Originally posted by WulebgrYes, usually getting your opponent continuously in check is counter productive in a real game.
Experts are rated over 2000. David MacEnulty is rated 1654. See http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?12544466. I had watched the preview and read the summary on A&E's website, so I was dreading the simul by a B player. Not surprisingly, Richard Mason (the character based on MacEnulty) checkmated nearly opponent on the same circuit around the boards.
...[text shortened]... that tells the true story of David MacEnulty, as it may be more inspiring than A&E's melodrama.
It doesn't necessarily mean that you are winning, but to most people who know little about chess, it can be interpreted as such. Hence in the media they consider it more dramatic to have all the consecutive checks.
Originally posted by buddy2Exactly!!! Why don't they make a movie about the life of Paul Morphy? Exactly how many chess players do you think would go see it? What about a movie about Capablanca! I very lively person and World Champion! It would make for a fantastic movie! And, what about Andre Philidor's life? It was amazing! And, sad at the end. But, the end all be all, would be the entire life of Bobby Fischer - if he'd ever die so they can make a movie about him then. lol
I tried to watch it, believe me. But the first scene I saw was Ted Dansen explaining to the kids, chess is like war...and showing them moves. Then the principal walks in and he scrambles them up to the board to show their multiplication skills. One of the kids is having trouble, but solves the problem by relating it to the chessboard. The principal says s ...[text shortened]... chess players minus cuddly kids. I'd love to see the triumph and tragedy of say, Paul Morphy.
I was just thinking that, about Fischer. Guaranteed they will make a movie about Fischer after he's dead. Except they will get it all wrong. They will make him a hero, defeating the Russians and all that. The people who make the movies want everything in black and white, no mixtures of good and bad. It's bad for the audience, makes them think.
Originally posted by ark13i watched it to and if you look at the board in the split instances they show it while pointing the camera at the players, the boards are set up wrong, half the time there is already a checkmate on the table, and most pieces are hung. And the guy is one of the best chess players ever (if you dont think he is dont post on it i dont know the stats of famous chess players im just using inductive reasoning), and yet he is living in the bronx and not playing chess tournaments?
You're lucky you didn't watch the rest. The movie was somewhat entertaining, but the chess was excruciatingly unrealistic. These kids, who started playing chess 6 months ago, ended up going to the nationals and winning the team competition. Also, half the boards were set up backwards. After nearly EVERY move, the player would say "Check". I'm not sur ...[text shortened]... h is not the kind of chess people at the nationals would be playing. Most games lasted 15 moves.
Originally posted by trallphazOne of the best players EVER? Are you insane? Do you not know the distinction between being a great player and a great coach? It's very possible to be one and not the other. He's written a few chess books for kids: "The Chess Kid's Book of Tactics" and "The Chess Kid's Book of Checkmate". It doesn't take an expert to write a chess book intended specifically for kids, and it certainly doesn't take an expert to coach them. Seriously, have a look. Nathan already posted the link once, but here it is one more time. http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMain.php?12544466
i watched it to and if you look at the board in the split instances they show it while pointing the camera at the players, the boards are set up wrong, half the time there is already a checkmate on the table, and most pieces are hung. And the guy is one of the best chess players ever (if you dont think he is dont post on it i dont know the stats of famous ...[text shortened]... using inductive reasoning), and yet he is living in the bronx and not playing chess tournaments?
And yes, it's a provisional rating, but it's based on 12 games. And you can click into his tournament history and see the ratings of some of the players he's lost to. Sorry, he's a legendary chess coach, but he's no expert.
You can be a great chess coach for kids without being a great chess player. It's just a matter of instilling a love of the game, its past, its infinite possibilities. I'm sure he's God to the kids and can easily beat any of them. and I'm sure he's honest enough to tell them there's better chess players out there. I was a chess coach in school, and a mediocre player (still am). I could easily beat any of the kids. This was in high school. Then one came along whom I had trouble with. Through his own study and competition he eventually beat me easily. He went on to be rated around 2000 USCF. I reccomended to him not to make chess more important than his school studies. I didn't want him to become another Fischer. He went on to college then I kinda lost track of him. I'd like to think i helped him a little.
Originally posted by powershakeryeah
Exactly!!! Why don't they make a movie about the life of Paul Morphy? Exactly how many chess players do you think would go see it? What about a movie about Capablanca! I very lively person and World Champion! It would make for a fantastic movie! And, what about Andre Philidor's life? It was amazing! And, sad at the end. But, the end all be all ...[text shortened]... he entire life of Bobby Fischer - if he'd ever die so they can make a movie about him then. lol
that would be a good movie a documentary about a short, effeminate little mommys boy,that went around beating people at chess for a few years.then withdrew and went totally insane.
or just do the fischer story..same thing only fischer was tall
No, I can see all the pre-war ambience of New Orleans. Morphy was from an aristocratic, well-to-do family. they expected Morphy to become a famous, influential lawyer. He's a genius, photographic memory, brilliant mind. Turns to chess as a youngster, beats everyone in New Orleans, everyone in U.S.A. Now a young man, decides to go to Europe to beat everyone there, become the acknowledged world champion. Staunton keeps putting him off, attacking him in magazines. Goes to Paris, beats Anderson, meets the famous and infamous in France, falls in love with a woman who turns him down as a mere chessplayer, back to U.S.A., where he is idolized, but only as a chessplayer. He doesn't want to be known as a chessplayer. No one thinks of him as a lawyer, despite his ability. Sinks into depression, paranoia,finally dies. I'm sure a good screenwriter can do something to shape that.