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  • #16
    Re: Musicians who excel in chess

    Originally posted by Frank Dixon View Post
    In Canada, we should never forget the tragic case of the very gifted FM Todd Southam, who died at age 26 in 1996. A tremendous player, Canadian Junior Champion circa 1988, who made one IM norm, and who would have certainly attained that title had he lived longer. Taken from us far, far too soon. Todd had recorded some of his own original music, and his brother David sent me a copy; I am very impressed. :)
    Agreed, Hot Toddy is a CD his parents sent to me. Todd's main influence was Bach I would think.

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    • #17
      Re: Musicians who excel in chess

      Hot Toddy is also a NB group.

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      • #18
        Re: Musicians who excel in chess

        Originally posted by Kevin Pacey View Post
        From the CFC Handbook, Section 4:

        "438. Rating Classes, Titles and Certificates. [Motion 2012-G Mallon/Drkulec]

        a) The CFC officially recognizes the following titles, rating classes and CFC rating floors: National Master (2200), National Candidate Master (2000), Class A (1800), Class B (1600), Class C (1400), Class D (1200), and Class E (1000).

        b) To achieve standing for any class or title, the player must:

        i. Have at some point had a published CFC rating above the minimum rating floor for that class or title

        ii. Have in three separate tournaments achieved a norm, which is a performance rating at least 100 points above the rating floor

        iii. For the purposes of these norms, only CFC regular ratings count, and the player must have played at least five games.

        iv. Matches may not be used as a norm.

        v. An event can be used as a norm for multiple classes - for example, a 2300 performance event can be a norm used by the same player for Class A, National Candidate Master AND National Master.

        vi. Titles and Classes are not awarded to Foreign players or members.

        vii. Rating Floors are used only as the minimum required published rating to achieve titles or classes, and do not prevent a member’s rating from dropping below the rating floor for that member’s title or class.

        viii. At any time, should a member’s published, established regular rating exceed 100 points above the rating floor for a title, they will achieve that title even if they do not have sufficient norms.

        c) Certificates. The CFC will provide, free of charge, certificates to those who achieve the title of National Master or any higher title that the CFC chooses to award. Certificates for lower titles or classes are not automatically provided, but may be requested. The CFC Executive is empowered to set a fee for this service not to exceed $10 including shipping."
        The CFC has a calculator on its web page
        if you want to find out what your new
        rating is.

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        • #19
          Re: Musicians who excel in chess

          Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
          A lame article what forgot to mention Smyslov and Taimanov (and Fischer).
          E,

          I cannot find any reference to Fischer being a musician. Can you elaborate?

          Thanks, Jordan
          No matter how big and bad you are, when a two-year-old hands you a toy phone, you answer it.

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          • #20
            Re: Musicians who excel in chess

            Originally posted by Jordan S. Berson View Post
            E,

            I cannot find any reference to Fischer being a musician. Can you elaborate
            I can not remember the source, maybe the New in Chess article, anyway, Fischer liked to sing, even he was a bad singer :D Can you imagine Champions trio: Smyslov and Fischer singing, and Taimanov accompanying with a piano.
            Last edited by Egidijus Zeromskis; Friday, 12th April, 2013, 12:17 PM.

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            • #21
              Re: Musicians who excel in chess

              Originally posted by Egidijus Zeromskis View Post
              A lame article what forgot to mention Smyslov and Taimanov (and Fischer).

              "Fortunately I’ve got a weak character, so I never did decide to dedicate myself to only one of my professions. And I’m very glad. After all, if I’d rejected chess or music then my life wouldn’t have been two times, but a hundred times less interesting." - Mark Taimanov http://www.chessquotes.com/topic-success

              Also, Lajos Portisch is a fine baritone.

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              • #22
                Re: Musicians who excel in chess

                http://en.chessbase.com/home/TabId/211/PostId/4000320

                A very interesting interview with Taimanov (from 2002) - he explains how he mixed chess and music.

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                • #23
                  Re: Musicians who excel in chess

                  Igor Ivanov trained as a concert pianist, so you could have Fischer and Smyslov singing, accompanied on pianos by Taimanov and Ivanov.

                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Vasilyevich_Ivanov

                  If we could only get a couple of grandmasters on violin…

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                  • #24
                    Re: Musicians who excel in chess

                    I fear that Bobby’s singing was not up to concert standard:

                    Sunday 12 January 2003
                    Observer Sport Monthly


                    Bobby Fischer was singing the blues. As he wailed along with a 1965 recording by Jackie ('Mr Excitement') Wilson, his voice - a gravelly baritone ravaged by age but steeled by anger - rumbled through the microphone like a broken-down freight train on rusty wheels: 'You go walking down Broadway, watchin' people catch the subway! Take it from me, don't ask for a helping hand, mmm, 'cause no one will understand!' With each note he became increasingly strident. 'Bright lights will find you, and they will mess you around! Let me tell you, millions will watch you! Have mercy now, as you sink right down to the ground!'

                    Even if you knew nothing about Bobby Fischer, listening to him sing this song would tell you all you needed to know. 'There just ain't no pity. No, no, no, in the naked city, yeah - New York City.' This unlikely duet, featuring Jackie Wilson and the world's first and only chess grandmaster fugitive from justice, was broadcast live, on 6 July, 2001, by DZSR Sports Radio, a Manila-based AM station that has embraced Fischer as a ratings booster. In exchange for these rare interviews (Fischer hasn't given a magazine or TV interview in 30 years), Sports Radio management has happily provided Fischer with hours of free airtime to spin his classic R&B records and to lash out at his enemies, both real and imagined.

                    This radio broadcast was Fischer's 17th in the Philippines.

                    http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/s...870785,00.html
                    ++++++++

                    Bobby’s radio interviews can be found at:

                    http://bobbyfischerpage.tripod.com/

                    On July 6, 2001, from Manila, he plays a song by Jackie Wilson and accompanies him sort of karaoke-style from about 1:45 to 7:00 on the mp3 recording. [This is the first cut with a total duration of 20:02]

                    I’m giving this as reference and not recommending that anyone actually listen to it! Does Jackie Wilson have a big following today?

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                    • #25
                      Re: Musicians who excel in chess

                      Originally posted by Jack Maguire View Post
                      Philidor certainly gets consummate praise in this "Musicians who excel in chess" piece.

                      http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/sport...l-chess-277109
                      Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Artur Rubinstein were all avid chessplayers, I recall reading somewhere. Prokofiev, I think, was fairly strong - first category or perhaps candidate master strength.
                      "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
                      "Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
                      "If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey

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                      • #26
                        Re: Musicians who excel in chess

                        Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
                        I fear that Bobby’s singing was not up to concert standard:

                        Sunday 12 January 2003
                        Observer Sport Monthly


                        Bobby Fischer was singing the blues. As he wailed along with a 1965 recording by Jackie ('Mr Excitement') Wilson, his voice - a gravelly baritone ravaged by age but steeled by anger - rumbled through the microphone like a broken-down freight train on rusty wheels: 'You go walking down Broadway, watchin' people catch the subway! Take it from me, don't ask for a helping hand, mmm, 'cause no one will understand!' With each note he became increasingly strident. 'Bright lights will find you, and they will mess you around! Let me tell you, millions will watch you! Have mercy now, as you sink right down to the ground!'

                        Even if you knew nothing about Bobby Fischer, listening to him sing this song would tell you all you needed to know. 'There just ain't no pity. No, no, no, in the naked city, yeah - New York City.' This unlikely duet, featuring Jackie Wilson and the world's first and only chess grandmaster fugitive from justice, was broadcast live, on 6 July, 2001, by DZSR Sports Radio, a Manila-based AM station that has embraced Fischer as a ratings booster. In exchange for these rare interviews (Fischer hasn't given a magazine or TV interview in 30 years), Sports Radio management has happily provided Fischer with hours of free airtime to spin his classic R&B records and to lash out at his enemies, both real and imagined.

                        This radio broadcast was Fischer's 17th in the Philippines.

                        http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/s...870785,00.html
                        ++++++++

                        Bobby’s radio interviews can be found at:

                        http://bobbyfischerpage.tripod.com/

                        On July 6, 2001, from Manila, he plays a song by Jackie Wilson and accompanies him sort of karaoke-style from about 1:45 to 7:00 on the mp3 recording. [This is the first cut with a total duration of 20:02]

                        I’m giving this as reference and not recommending that anyone actually listen to it! Does Jackie Wilson have a big following today?
                        This recording is poor quality.The article about Fischer
                        is very good.Fischer said he miscalculated in the first
                        game against Spasky.

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                        • #27
                          Re: Musicians who excel in chess

                          Originally posted by Peter McKillop View Post
                          Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Artur Rubinstein were all avid chessplayers, I recall reading somewhere. Prokofiev, I think, was fairly strong - first category or perhaps candidate master strength.
                          Vladimir Horowitz was also a keen player. On one of his last albums there is a shot of him playing with one of the sound technicians. From the position on the board it was pretty obvious that neither of them was particularly strong.

                          The composer Sergei Prokofiev was almost certainly of master strength. He famously won a match against the violinist David Oistrakh that got some coverage in Shakhmaty v SSSR.

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                          • #28
                            Re: Musicians who excel in chess

                            Time for more modern musicians and players :)

                            Bono
                            "I never knew what I wanted to be. One day I'd wake up and want to be a chess player -- the best. I'd read a book on it, and at twelve I studied the grandmasters, and I was fascinated."



                            Sting
                            Even Kasparov stood playing him :D




                            Madonna
                            The Power of Good-bye shows her power :)
                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq01a0KEJ9U



                            Some says that The Beatles were the strongest chess band with John Lennon and Ringo Starr on top boards. They always fought what color to play until Yoko Ono invented white pieces (Play it by Trust)

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                            • #29
                              Re: Musicians who excel in chess

                              Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
                              Bobby Fischer was singing the blues.
                              The January 1962 issue of Shakhmaty v SSSR featured an article by Tigran Petrosian on the Bled 1961 international tournament (1 Tal; 2 Fischer; 3-5 Petrosian, Keres and Gligoric). After assessing Fischer's play in the tournament, Petrosian added the following colour commentary:

                              "But enough about Fischer the grandmaster. It seems the young American champion has a new passion -- singing. In the evenings Fischer would appear in the casino, performing a number of contemporary popular songs accompanied by a jazz combo. The grandmaster has a high opinion of his own singing voice, but this view is shared by only a few of his listeners. He is definitely much better at chess..."

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