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Author Re: Josh Waitzkin is a LOSER that couldn't make GM even though his dad FRED WAITZKIN spe
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2004-10-20, 12:46 am


"B. G." <garrubal@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm sure Josh Waitzkin (sorry if I misspelled the name) is not the
> only person who achieves a high chess level as a child, and then not
> become a GM. And that does not make him a loser. Maybe he realized
> that spending more time in chess wasn't really worth the effort.


You're right. He realized this when he kept getting his weakling XXX kicked
and knew he would never be a GM, not with all the tutors in the world
helping him. So why do morons like Ray Gordon keep glorifying this most
prozaic of players. Waitzkin wouldn't have a chance in hell against any of
the top 100 in the world.

quote:

> Of the Polgar sisters, Susan and Judit became GMs, but not Sophia
> (again sorry about any misspellings). And yet, I wouldn't consider her
> a loser.



Sofia is too good looking to be a loser. I would swap rooks with her any
time. I didn't like her comments about Fischer though.

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> I'm sure there are plenty more examples.
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