Comments on: Never Underestimate the Power of a Sleeping Knight

By: Good Knight « thepHtest

Good Knight « thepHtest — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:16:51 +0000

[...] and would lose the match no matter what happened in the sole remaining encounter, between “Sleeping Knight” Jay Bonin and Denys Shmelov. Bonin, in fact, probably had a losing game because Shmelov was [...]

By: Knights Now Try to Do What the Yankees Didn’t « thepHtest

Knights Now Try to Do What the Yankees Didn’t « thepHtest — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:53:52 +0000

[...] was extremely tense. Early on, New York soared to a commanding 2-0 lead, with victories by “Sleeping knight” Jay Bonin and Irina Krush. The Knights then gave back a point when Pascal Charbonneau [...]

By: Deadest Draw But Knights Finally Rally « thepHtest

Deadest Draw But Knights Finally Rally « thepHtest — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:30:34 +0000

[...] in the U.S. Chess League. They whupped Seattle 3-1, with international masters Irina Krush and Jay Bonin scoring easy wins and Irina Zenyuk joining Hikaru in [...]

By: Isn’t It Lovely « thepHtest

Isn’t It Lovely « thepHtest — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:17:13 +0000

[...] It Lovely Well, I have not heard back from the casting agent who dropped by the Marshall in search of two male chess players, one young and one old, for a TV [...]

By: shazgood

shazgood — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:58:06 +0000

I am saddened by Nakamura squandering his obvious talent. You say he “amazingly” went down to defeat. Why is it amazing that his arrogant attitude towards his opponent backfired on him?
Playing blitz is obviously his drug of choice, but wouldn’t he be better off calming down, learning a little humility, and maturing into a better player? Carlsen and Radjabov - his close contemporaries - have sped past him in the Fide rankings while he appears to be languishing. It’s a real pity, because he is gifted.
Or have I got it all wrong? Please tell me he has a more mature side…