Name? | Hangin |
Date of Birth? | 1961 |
Place of Birth? | Brooklyn, NY |
Place of residence? | https://www.chessreporter.com |
Current Rating? |
1800+ ICC rated -
www.chessclub.com |
Current position in the world rankings? | I am not too low on the chess food chain, but low enough to make sure there is cover close by. There are a lot of crocodiles out there. |
What's your favorite color? | RED |
What's your favorite kind of food? | I like Famous Dave's Chili |
What's your favorite drink? | Miller lite from the keg |
Who is your favorite writer? | Michael Beschloss - I liked his books on LBJ |
What was the best or most interesting book you ever read? | Nixon's memoirs |
What is your favorite all-time movie? | God Father |
Who is your favorite actor? | John Wayne |
Who is your favorite actress? | Anne Archer |
What music do you prefer to listen to? | I like Rock |
What is your Favorite music album? | The best of Hot Tuna |
Do you have a favorite painter or artist? | No |
Which is the best chess game you ever saw? |
Viswanathan Anand vs. Teimour Radjabov
Dortmund 2003. Radjabov makes a great queen sacrifice, which did not lead
to an immediate mating attack. Follow the Chess Fm link to Michael Rhoade's interesting analysis of this game. |
Is there a chess book that had a profound impact on me? |
None have had a profound impact, but that's my fault. But my favorite chess
books are Simple Chess by Stean and Persona non Grata
by Victor Kortchnoi and Lenny Cavallaro. |
Best Game I ever played? | I recall a nice postal game I played in the early 1980's against Charles Cheng. I had the white side of a French defense. I wasn't too happy about my pawn structure, it got busted up. But I realized what a great attacking game I had. I put my rooks on the two half open files. My knight had a great outpost. Charles only lasted a few weeks. Here is one of my most recent wins on ICC. It's a nice attacking game. I had blown the first game. So I was eager for revenge. I got it too. I busted open his castled king position by sacrificing a knight. |
My best results ever? | In the early 1990's, I won a Sunday Somerset, NJ quad. It was a 4 player tournament. I won the first two games and locked up first place. In the final game, I was 2-0 and my opponent was 0-2. He had lost to the two players I beat. In our game, I started hanging pieces left and right. I lost very quickly. But I did take home the trophy. |
Who is my Favorite player of all time? | Victor Kortchnoi. I admire his courage and fighting spirit. |
What is it that you appreciate most in a person? | Kindness |
Who would you like to be? | FIDE President Florencio Campomanes |
Why? | I would have done some things differently. I would have prevented the 1993 split of the Chess World Championship. |
Your best character trait? | my integrity |
Your worst character trait? | Sometimes I am too analytical and I should think more before speaking. I should think about people's feeling first before speaking. |
Do your have a dream? | Yes, a return to the world championship process that FIDE perfected in the mid 1960's thru 1993. |
Your greatest fear? | That we are seeing the end of the true chess world champions. |
Do you believe in the future of chess? | Of course, chess will be here until the electrons stop spinning. I like following professional chess. I also enjoy playing chess. |
Does chess make you happy? | Only when I win or when I learn something about the game. |
Is chess or a form of the game played in other Galaxies? | yes, I think chess is universal. It's basic to intelligent life. All we have is the chess board, 32 pieces, and the truth. |
Is chess a sport, an art, or a science? | Chess is all of those and a lot more. There are great lessons about life to be learned by understanding this great game. |
Who is the current world champion? | Vladimir Kramnik is the 14th chess world champion. We have to back the rich tradition of the man who beat the man who beat the man contests. Vladimir defeated a great champion in 2000. |
If you could cover any chess event past or present what would it be? | I would want to cover a world championship match. Much has been written about Spassky and Fischer and all the other matches since. Unfortunately not much has been written about the 1927 world championship match. So I would want to cover the 1927 match between Capablanca and Alekhine. |
How is it hangin? | It's hangin until the last "G" drops. |
8/22/2005 | more |