US Super Chess Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura (current #6, former #2 in world) wins age group in 5K run (Sunrise FL)

[Pillsbury] dealing with syphilis during his entire career as an international-caliber player

Not his whole career, only after the midpoint in St. Petersburg (when either he contracted it, or the symptoms appeared, depending on how the tale is told).

A's N: Thanks for posting your relevant chess and running PRs.

This thread reminded me of a Naka picture from January that I especially liked:

https://cdn.chess24.com/nif9EoJLTbyphSRsod-wgQ/original/nakamura-and-father-st.jpg

The older gentleman is actually his stepfather, but I think it still gives a good sense of the proportions Hikaru might reach if he lets himself go.

Jesus, dude. Stop and think for a second. "I COULD care less" means the exact opposite of what you intended. Try " I COULDN'T care less" and see how you get on. You'll probably find that fewer people view as a Moran.

Dkny64 wrote:

A's N: Thanks for posting your relevant chess and running PRs.

This thread reminded me of a Naka picture from January that I especially liked:

https://cdn.chess24.com/nif9EoJLTbyphSRsod-wgQ/original/nakamura-and-father-st.jpg

The older gentleman is actually his stepfather, but I think it still gives a good sense of the proportions Hikaru might reach if he lets himself go.

Ha ha! As soon as I saw the photo, I thought, "Hey! It's Sunil Weeramantry!" I remember him from about forty years ago. It appears that Sunil is drinking wine, and Naka is sticking with his Red Bull.

Why don't you chess geeks play chess track, with a chessboard at the S/F line and you move and then run a lap, and your opponent must move before your lap is complete, etc?

Just remember I invented it.

Mr. Obvious wrote:

actual skills wrote:

28 is miserably slow. Like if you did a "couch to 5k" program I'd consider it a fail. We are talking about three nine-minute miles here--slower!

He should have put "winner" in quotations since he had no competition.

Making a big deal about this is like making a big deal about Galen Rupp placing among small children in a chess tournament (which he would struggle to do).

I don't think anybody is making a big deal about his time at all. Yes, that is pretty slow, even in the not "This is Letsrun everybody here runs sub 14" world.

There are a small number of us who follow Chess and running who are taking the opportunity to chat, that's all.

Do they follow Capitalization?

Even Malmö has strong chess tournaments.

Tepe Sigeman & co to host Chess tournament in Malmö May 10-14: Eljanov, Jobava, Short, Grandelius, Blomqvist, Harika

http://tepesigemanchess.com/deltagare

Failed to run 15k in the Red Bull Wings For Life World Run.

https://twitter.com/GMHikaru/status/861202986361638912

Bad Wigins wrote:

Why don't you chess geeks play chess track, with a chessboard at the S/F line and you move and then run a lap, and your opponent must move before your lap is complete, etc?

Just remember I invented it.

I would give this a try. Seriously.

che su ga taikutsu

This is really interesting. I'd love to know if anyone has done it.

Harambe wrote:

Avocado's Number wrote:

I, too, would be curious if anyone has a higher rating than an 8k time. I was fairly close (roughly 2200 and 23:30), and a combination of something like 2345 and 23:45 sounds very doable to me, but they're both pretty time-consuming pastimes if you're really serious about developing your potential. I chose running over chess. Now, thirty-five years after my last rated game (and more than twenty-five years after my fastest running), I've returned to chess as an enthusiastic spectator, and even played in a blitz tournament a few weeks ago, but I don't think that I want to get super-serious about either chess or running ever again. They're both insanely addicting, at least to me.

This is really interesting. I'd love to know if anyone has done it.

Simen Agdestein was a national footballer for Norway, and a chess GM (2637). Wonder if he had the stamina to go 8k fast enough.

Nakamura is update.

After the game Chess.com conducted an interview with Nakamura. He talks about the game but also about his recent running activities:

gmhikaru: Back to training for #wingsforlife on May 6th!

When I saw this old thread back on the front page of this message board just now, I figured that someone must be posting today's big news -- Sam Shankland just won the 2018 U.S. Chess Championship, with an incredible score of 8.5/11, for a performance rating of about 2900, putting him in the 2700+ for the first time in his career! Fabiano Caruana, who has been on a roll recently (to say the least -- he could be the world champion by the end of the year) finished second, with Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura well back and never really in contention. Shankland seems like an odd duck, even by elite chess standards, but I was still glad to see him win, and he seemed so happy when he finally locked it up with his victory over Awonder Liang (the latest prodigy) today. If he continues at this level -- or even close -- the big three of U.S. chess could become the big four. If Caruana, So, Nakamura, and Shankland are all on board, the U.S. should be very tough to beat in this year's Olympiad.

On the women's side, 15-year-old Annie Wang and Nazí Paikidze (who may have the most unfortunate given name on the planet) tied at the end of the 11-round event. The playoff for the title begins tomorrow (Monday), 1:00 p.m Central Time.

Very exciting tournament!

+1 Wild event. Lots to comment on but among other things I was super impressed with the way Shankland managed his nerves today and demonstrated the difference bewtween a soild pro and a talented youngster.

gmhikaruRun, run, run, run away...#leuven #running

This is the dude who took down Caruana, so that Shankland could win.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stlchessclub/27762873128/in/photolist-23D7QJQ-JiiYWm