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2004-05-19 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by tipper 2004-05-19 7:57:27 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Any opinion pieces on the subject from Bobby Fisher? I'm sure they'd be real interesting...

Posted by tu3031 2004-05-19 8:57:01 AM|| 2004-05-19 8:57:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 GARRY KASPAROV?

Posted by Shipman 2004-05-19 9:00:21 AM|| 2004-05-19 9:00:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Isn't he a Grand Master of chess? If anyone would know strategy, I think he would (if he is that Kaspariov).

Posted by Sean 2004-05-19 11:03:02 AM|| [www.haarsager.com] 2004-05-19 11:03:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 ...Actually guys, think about it - wouldn't a chess Grand Master be the kind of guy you'd want figuring out how the other side is thinking? Hey, I'll take that kind of brainpower on my side any day of the week.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2004-05-19 11:03:27 AM|| 2004-05-19 11:03:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 In his trade you're supposed to be able to see several moves ahead. It seems he does.

Posted by Nero 2004-05-19 11:06:49 AM|| 2004-05-19 11:06:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Taking the rhetorical question seriously:

the only time I would want a Grand Master of Chess to be involved in developing WoT strategy and tactics is if we are facing the other side over an actual chess board.

Face it, the specific skills required to be a chess expert revolve around deep knowledge of that game's rules, and understanding of the history of the game (eg. various tactics and strategies used by the greats).

At the various military schools we have, the focus is on the "rules" and history of war-making. The graduates of those schools are the ones that need to be involved in the WoT, and they are.

Posted by Carl in N.H 2004-05-19 11:53:48 AM|| 2004-05-19 11:53:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 I want Texas Slim working on my WoT strategy.

Posted by Shipman 2004-05-19 12:22:05 PM|| 2004-05-19 12:22:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Chess master yes, but I believe also an Armenian Jew who helped Armenians flee Baku when the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict led to pogrom-like unpleasantness there. I believe he also russified his name from Kasparyan to Kasparov on the advice of a professor early in his life who knew that while Armenians were a privileged minority in the Soviet system (at least among the various groups in the Caucasus), an Armenian name was still an impediment to his career. He's therefore got some background on intolerance, struggles against totalitarianism, and the like. Not that any of this matters either -- his analysis stands or falls on its own merits.

Posted by Verlaine 2004-05-19 1:28:45 PM|| 2004-05-19 1:28:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Stands or falls on its own merits, yes, and from what I can tell it's standing quite nicely. We need a guy like this to be briefed on some history, given an office, and told to figure out what we need to prepare for.

Posted by The Doctor 2004-05-19 10:41:53 PM|| 2004-05-19 10:41:53 PM|| Front Page Top

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