Comments on: Chess/music synaesthesia http://dfan.org/blog/2009/12/15/chessmusic-synaesthesia/ Sun, 13 May 2012 04:23:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dfan http://dfan.org/blog/2009/12/15/chessmusic-synaesthesia/comment-page-1/#comment-13937 dfan Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:07:29 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=1447#comment-13937 Interesting, thanks for the pointer. That sort of correlation has never occurred to me. I can see where Taimanov is coming from (he is of course a musician himself), but if I had been forced to make any correspondences, I would have come up with Fischer - Mozart (deceptive simplicity, clarity of thought) and Kasparov - Beethoven (chess/music as titanic dynamic struggle). His make sense too, though. Interesting, thanks for the pointer. That sort of correlation has never occurred to me. I can see where Taimanov is coming from (he is of course a musician himself), but if I had been forced to make any correspondences, I would have come up with Fischer – Mozart (deceptive simplicity, clarity of thought) and Kasparov – Beethoven (chess/music as titanic dynamic struggle). His make sense too, though.

]]> By: weng siow http://dfan.org/blog/2009/12/15/chessmusic-synaesthesia/comment-page-1/#comment-13922 weng siow Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:23:48 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=1447#comment-13922 Hi, I came across your blog from a reference at ChessPub to memory and chess positions. Great blog. Re Music, I recently came across an interview with at Chessville where instead of notes to chess opening correlations, it was composers to chess players: "Well, for me the resemblance between Capablanca and Mozart is absolutely evident. I would compare Lasker with Beethoven, and Steinitz with Bach. Alekhine with his wealth of ideas and sense of harmony is akin to Rachmaninoff. Smyslov's harmony is closer to that of Chaikovsky's. Fischer is as monumental as Liszt. Tal reminds me of Paganini - the same self-abandon and fatalism. Botvinnik is associated for me with Wagner. Karpov's chess is as simple and as complicated as Prokofiev's music. Kasparov with his dynamic play brings to mind Shostakovich and his symphonies..." (http://www.chessville.com/Editorials/Interviews/20Questions/Taimanov.htm) Hi,

I came across your blog from a reference at ChessPub to memory and chess positions. Great blog.

Re Music, I recently came across an interview with at Chessville where instead of notes to chess opening correlations, it was composers to chess players:

“Well, for me the resemblance between Capablanca and Mozart is absolutely evident. I would compare Lasker with Beethoven, and Steinitz with Bach. Alekhine with his wealth of ideas and sense of harmony is akin to Rachmaninoff. Smyslov’s harmony is closer to that of Chaikovsky’s. Fischer is as monumental as Liszt. Tal reminds me of Paganini – the same self-abandon and fatalism. Botvinnik is associated for me with Wagner. Karpov’s chess is as simple and as complicated as Prokofiev’s music. Kasparov with his dynamic play brings to mind Shostakovich and his symphonies…” (http://www.chessville.com/Editorials/Interviews/20Questions/Taimanov.htm)

]]> By: geenius http://dfan.org/blog/2009/12/15/chessmusic-synaesthesia/comment-page-1/#comment-7497 geenius Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:00:31 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=1447#comment-7497 English Opening: A-flat major? Alekhine: G minor? Or maybe F-sharp minor? English Opening: A-flat major?
Alekhine: G minor? Or maybe F-sharp minor?

]]> By: geenius http://dfan.org/blog/2009/12/15/chessmusic-synaesthesia/comment-page-1/#comment-7496 geenius Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:54:13 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=1447#comment-7496 OK, you know what's really scary? I'm looking at some of your associations, and I'm thinking, <i>Of course.</i> OK, you know what’s really scary? I’m looking at some of your associations, and I’m thinking, Of course.

]]> By: dfan http://dfan.org/blog/2009/12/15/chessmusic-synaesthesia/comment-page-1/#comment-7475 dfan Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:17:06 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=1447#comment-7475 (which as Rob tried point out to in followup comments that I will mercifully delete because WordPress automatically converted all his attempts to escape the HTML code, is & # 9 8 3 7 ;. Let's hope that worked.) (which as Rob tried point out to in followup comments that I will mercifully delete because WordPress automatically converted all his attempts to escape the HTML code, is & # 9 8 3 7 ;. Let’s hope that worked.)

]]> By: Rob Weychert http://dfan.org/blog/2009/12/15/chessmusic-synaesthesia/comment-page-1/#comment-7471 Rob Weychert Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:10:00 +0000 http://dfan.org/blog/?p=1447#comment-7471 Fascinating! I'm looking forward to knowing enough about both chess and music theory to make these kinds of associations. By the way, if you don't want to use the lowercase b, the HTML entity for the flat symbol is ♭. Fascinating! I’m looking forward to knowing enough about both chess and music theory to make these kinds of associations. By the way, if you don’t want to use the lowercase b, the HTML entity for the flat symbol is ♭.

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