Raymond Keene

Here is the story:

Ray Keene used to go to my school. Now he is an IGM. Every year he comes back to play 30+ simultaneous games against boys from the school and some others, for charity.

Well, he beat me in 6 moves, as his damned queens pawn opening ruined my favorite (and only decent) black opening.

I must admit, I should have been more careful, and instead of helping my friend escape losing his queen, I should have concentrated on my game. Oh the shame.

It's not like I expected to win or draw, .... but six moves....

:-(

PS, i meant to say as well that: how good is Keene compared to other IGMs?

Ray Keene has an account at chessgames.com

Keene is a weak GM,who has written some of the worst chess books in history,when he's not busy kissing Kasparov's butt.

Originally posted by sundown316
Keene is a weak GM,who has written some of the worst chess books in history,when he's not busy kissing Kasparov's butt.

Originally posted by ketchuplover
via chessgames.com you've been invited to play mr.keene in a simul at Dulwich. he didn't specify the time. also he wants to know what some of those books are.

mr.keene also said he has no plans to register here.

please contact Mr.Keene at chessgames.com you can find him via the player directory.

thanks🙂

Originally posted by ketchuplover


mr.keene also said he has no plans to register here.

Weak?I wish I played as weak as Raymond Keene...😞

A "weak" GM would likely be better than any of the players who play regularly on this site...

Originally posted by sundown316
Which books? How about all of them,with the exception of Aron Nimzovitch:A Re-Appraisel?

I rather like his gambits book. Pretty old, and I don't have a copy, but the public library in San Pedro, CA has one... I forget the name, but it basically just gives the first few moves of every gambit known to man, along with his evaluation.

Originally posted by paultopia
I rather like his gambits book. Pretty old, and I don't have a copy, but the public library in San Pedro, CA has one... I forget the name, but it basically just gives the first few moves of every gambit known to man, along with his evaluation.

Originally posted by marinakatomb
Sorry, i disagree. The art of the middle game written with Kotov is a masterpiece.

Originally posted by marinakatomb
Sorry, i disagree. The art of the middle game written with Kotov is a masterpiece.

Ex-champion Boris Spassky, Keres’s most devoted "disciple", in his memoirs:

“I loved Paul Petrovitch with a kind of special, filial feeling. Honesty, correctness, discipline, diligence, astonishing modesty – these were the characteristics that caught the eye of the people who came into contact with Keres during his lifetime. But there was also something mysterious about him. I had an acute feeling that Keres was carrying some kind of a heavy burden all through his life. Now I understand that this burden was the infinite love for the land of his ancestors [Estonia -lk], an attempt to endure all the ordeals, to have full responsibility for his every step. I have never met a person with an equal sense of responsibility. This man with internally free and independent character was at the same time a very well disciplined person. Back then I did not realise that it is discipline that largely determines internal freedom. "

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