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Date: 21 Jun 2008 22:10:11
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Subject: Luke Harmon-Vellotti
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I predict this kid will be a master within a year, and a GM by 13.
http://sponsorluke.com/
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Date: 25 Jun 2008 19:55:26
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Subject: Re: Luke Harmon-Vellotti
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On Jun 23, 8:33=A0am, SBD <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Jun 22, 3:56 pm, Mike Murray <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:07:14 -0700 (PDT), SBD <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
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> > >On Jun 22, 12:10 am, [email protected] wrote:
> > >> I predict this kid will be a master within a year, and a GM by 13.
> > >>http://sponsorluke.com/
> > >>"a position he shares with legendary chess players, Larry Parsons and
> > >>Paul Johnson"
> > >Get real. Legendary???? Paul Keres might qualify, not Idaho's
> > >Anypatzer.
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> > What's wrong with local legends? =A0I mean, Dutch Henry Leuch was no
> > Jesse James or Wild Bill Hickock, but he was legendary where I grew
> > up.
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> I would have had less quarrel with "local legends," but that was just
> one aspect of a website designed - so its seems - just to suck money
> away from people to sponsor some A player in a bogus "World
> Championship", that bothered me.
The A player is a 9-year old. The highest rated 9-year old in the
country. He just went 3.5/6 in the Open section of the National Open,
losing to 2 masters, drawing a 2300, and beating two masters
(including Sunil Weeramantry) and an A, achieving a performance rating
above 2200. He is an A player because his rating can't keep up with
his chess growth due to the fact that he can only play in a few
tournaments a year with strong players. If he had a coach appropriate
to his talent and strong opposition available where he lived, who
knows how much higher it would already be.
Just what you have against the World Youth Championships is beyond
me. Plenty of GMs have gotten their start in the under-10 or under-12
sections, Judit Polgar for one twenty years ago. The U.S. has
selected Luke to be the under-10 U.S. representative this year.
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Date: 23 Jun 2008 08:33:51
From: SBD
Subject: Re: Luke Harmon-Vellotti
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On Jun 22, 3:56 pm, Mike Murray <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:07:14 -0700 (PDT), SBD <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> >On Jun 22, 12:10 am, [email protected] wrote:
> >> I predict this kid will be a master within a year, and a GM by 13.
> >>http://sponsorluke.com/
> >>"a position he shares with legendary chess players, Larry Parsons and
> >>Paul Johnson"
> >Get real. Legendary???? Paul Keres might qualify, not Idaho's
> >Anypatzer.
>
> What's wrong with local legends? I mean, Dutch Henry Leuch was no
> Jesse James or Wild Bill Hickock, but he was legendary where I grew
> up.
I would have had less quarrel with "local legends," but that was just
one aspect of a website designed - so its seems - just to suck money
away from people to sponsor some A player in a bogus "World
Championship", that bothered me.
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Date: 22 Jun 2008 04:07:14
From: SBD
Subject: Re: Luke Harmon-Vellotti
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On Jun 22, 12:10 am, [email protected] wrote:
> I predict this kid will be a master within a year, and a GM by 13.
>
> http://sponsorluke.com/
"a position he shares with legendary chess players, Larry Parsons and
Paul Johnson"
Get real. Legendary???? Paul Keres might qualify, not Idaho's
Anypatzer.
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Date: 22 Jun 2008 13:56:37
From: Mike Murray
Subject: Re: Luke Harmon-Vellotti
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On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:07:14 -0700 (PDT), SBD <[email protected] >
wrote:
>On Jun 22, 12:10 am, [email protected] wrote:
>> I predict this kid will be a master within a year, and a GM by 13.
>> http://sponsorluke.com/
>>"a position he shares with legendary chess players, Larry Parsons and
>>Paul Johnson"
>Get real. Legendary???? Paul Keres might qualify, not Idaho's
>Anypatzer.
What's wrong with local legends? I mean, Dutch Henry Leuch was no
Jesse James or Wild Bill Hickock, but he was legendary where I grew
up.
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