I've been following Hou Yifan's progress for years, ever since she suddenly appeared in the FIDE list with a 2400+ rating at the age of 12! She survived being thrown in the deep end at Wijk aan Zee, beating some strong players and avoiding picking up the wooden spoon despite being the lowest rated player in the tournament. I'm hoping she'll build on this and join the 2700 club in the next two years or so.
I haven't heard of this guy before, but having spent the last hour going through some of games (particularly his Kings Indian victories!) I shall make sure I look out for him in the future.
Richard Rapport - Me neither, I thought it a joke something along the lines
of rapport = repertoire. Or is it an anagram?
Richard Rapport who plays the 'crap horrid trap.' [anag]
I've no idea what the 'crap horrid trap' is but it sounds like something I should be playing.
Of course these days I hardly keep up with what's happening now.
My nose is forever stuck in the RHP database looking for 'crap horrid traps.'
There is a guy called Fritz whose meant to be pretty good and the retired
escapologist Houdini, who I thought passed away years ago, he's good.
(well so RJ tells me.) 😉
Originally posted by greenpawn34 Richard Rapport - Me neither, I thought it a joke something along the lines
of rapport = repertoire. Or is it an anagram?
Richard Rapport who plays the 'crap horrid trap.' [anag]
I've no idea what the 'crap horrid trap' is but it sounds like something I should be playing.
Of course these days I hardly keep up with what's happening now.
My nose ist Houdini, who I thought passed away years ago, he's good.
(well so RJ tells me.) 😉
Richard Rapport just tied for 1st place (with Naiditsch) in Tata Steel, group B. He is young (born in 1996) and his play did impress me. It`ll be interesting to see further development of his chess career.
Indeed that does sound impressive.
When I have time I may look at a few games, are group B's game in PGN.
Post what you consider his best. WIth your rec and Fat Lady's I wanna see.
Originally posted by vivify In the first game, at move 29, why doesn't white play Rxd5?
I also thought White had a better move in the first game. It was much earlier on move 17. It looked like to me that White could win a pawn by playing 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4. What do you think about that?
28 Jan '13 10:51
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