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Geoff Chandler The King of Posters
Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 756 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:46 pm Post subject: Chess Survey - This is Terrible. |
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Hi.
Been planning this off and on for months.
On another forum it was suggested that if you took a poll of 100 non-players
and asked them to name 3 chess players it would be Karpov, Fischer and Kasparov.
Today I carried out a poll on 18 people.
I did it in the queue at the Post Office whilst I posting off stuff
I sold on ebay.
(Only 18? you will see why in a minute).
I asked them to name 3 famous chess players and if I got 3
I was going to ask them the name of the current British Champion.
18 people polled.
Nobody could think of any chess player at all. I gave up.
One guy said "Checkov" (he's the Russian lad in Star Trek).
I am going out again tomorrow.
This time I am hitting the Edinburgh University.
Surely I'll find someone there who can give me one name.
You guys reading this at work - please take 2 -3 minutes and ask
your colleagues to name 3 famous chess players.
Post results here.
ie. (hopefully)
Fischer 2
Karpov 1
None 3 (three people asked could not give any).
PS:
Just asked my wife and son to name three.
(they live in a house with chess books everywhere - 2 chess sets
permanently set up - chess pictures, statues, trophies, t-shirts...)
They gave me three each - the poll is rolling.
Wife: Tal, Korchnoi and Kasparov.
Son: Short Kasparov and Fischer.
Ask your wives.
(a few will say my name in their sleep but that does count) |
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Geoff Chandler The King of Posters
Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 756 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:21 am Post subject: |
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Have some lads on another site (RHP) doing the surevey as well.
I've got one for Chigorin!
Fischer leading, will post full results on The Corner. |
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Geoff Chandler The King of Posters
Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 756 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Come on lads.
What's a matter, no work mates, no friends?
Ask the next non-player you see to name 3 famous chess players,
post reults here - the other sites are going along - Fischer leads.
Geoff |
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admin Site Admin
Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 1386
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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Ok Geoff I tried
2 identical answers
Kasparov and Deep Blue.
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andyburnett King
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 249
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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Just asked my girlfriend: "Name 3 famous chess-players".
Her reply: "Andrew Burnett, Walter Burnett and Garry Kasparov!"
I like the order she chose
Then she added: "Oh, and Karpov". And finally, not realising why I was asking, she said (and this is true) "There's that guy Geoff Chandler from your online stuff" |
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AWIC King
Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 221
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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I've asked 12 people so far - here are the results:
Kasparov 5
Short 3
Karpov 2
Fischer 2
Deep Blue 1
AWIC 3
Andrew Green 1
Harry Golombek 1
Jonathan Grant 1
That other Russian bloke, name begins with a K 2
The 2 Ks 1
Chekov 1
None 13 (4 people couldn't name any, and 1 could only name 2)
(None of the people who could name 3 could name the British Champion)
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Geoff Chandler The King of Posters
Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 756 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Cheers lads.
Deep Blue - ha ha ha.
Soon it will be Fritz12 and Rybka....
University gave me more though I did get another Checkov!!
8 no shows. |
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AWIC King
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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I've edited my post above to take account of more extensive polling... |
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Geoff Chandler The King of Posters
Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 756 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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Caught it - cheers.
POLL CLOSED - have new Corner posted in the wee hours.
Thanks everyone |
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