Donald Bradman's average

[Chrish]

And china is a terrible example considering their performance in Olympics..

 

[TheJediBrah]

Surely more people play cricket competitively than chess

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Aleksandr Karelin (USSR /Russia) "The Russian Bear"

Greatest Graeco-Roman wrestler of all time.
887 wins and 2 losses.
3 golds and one silver at 4 Olympics 88-2000.
Went 6 years without conceding a point.

 

[mr_mister]

Chess is one of those games I get into for a bit once every 4-5 years, and I always forget how fun it can be

 

[Chrish]

Well if you want to get into it again and play the computer, here is the link..

Chess.com - Play Chess Online - Free Games

Play chess online for free on Chess.com with over 150 million members from around the world. Have fun playing with friends or challenging the computer!

www.chess.com

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

First post in this forum.But Fischer 1 vs 1 with same facilities imho would have beaten Carlsen.
And let’s not forget Capablanca.

 

[Prince EWS]

Well if you want to get into it again and play the computer, here is the link..

Chess.com - Play Chess Online - Free Games

Play chess online for free on Chess.com with over 150 million members from around the world. Have fun playing with friends or challenging the computer!

www.chess.com

Never would have guessed that link without you. Thanks.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I've never learned how to play because I thought it was chess.org this whole time

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

Almost impossible to compare a singles and team sport.But Walter Lindrum definitely deserves a mention if we are talking about Singles sportsplayer.Imo Australia’s 2nd best sportsplayer behind Bradman.

 

[Shady Slim]

doesn't stack with the other names mentioned from a standard deviations above point of view but having watched a fair bit of ali recently i have to throw him into the mix too - i've watched a lot of sport, played a lot of sport, and there's just airs of invincibility i see in him that even as regards sportspeople who are statistically head and shoulders above their competition you don't see...

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

David Fagan won the Golden Shears 16 times and 12 of those in a row, setting 10 world records along the way.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Jason Wynyard has won over 100 world titles in woodchopping.

 

[Coronis]

There’s a bloke at my work who’s won the last 11 Employee of the Month awards.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

There’s a bloke at my work who’s won the last 11 Employee of the Month awards.

Is he on fries or burgers?

 

[weeman27bob]

There’s a bloke at my work who’s won the last 11 Employee of the Month awards.

If you beat him to the next one you might get a date with Jessica Simpson

 

[ashley bach]

If we're talking about mind sports, then Giorgio Belladonna trumps anyone and everything in sight.
He won an unprecedented 16 world bridge championships which is basically literally impossible.
Because bridge is always played with a partner, it takes two to tango. Since there are so many more variants in the game compared to chess,
dominating in such a way that he did has led to suspicion of fowl play, which has only now 60 years later been 99.9% proven(in most peoples mind)
Without exaggerating, an Australian by the name of Avon Wilsmore has dedicated his life into proving the case against the famous/infamous
Italian blue team which won 13 world championships between 1957 and 1975. In his most longest awaited book of all time ''under the table''he ventures
back to the days where every card or bid is analysed in detail. These days the game is under the microscope, every table has cameras recording
every detail, and with thousands of kibitzers watching each match live online, anyone caught cheating is basically banned for life pronto.

 

[Coronis]

Is he on fries or burgers?

Both, he’s that good!

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

If we're talking about mind sports, then Giorgio Belladonna trumps anyone and everything in sight.
He won an unprecedented 16 world bridge championships which is basically literally impossible.
Because bridge is always played with a partner, it takes two to tango. Since there are so many more variants in the game compared to chess,
dominating in such a way that he did has led to suspicion of fowl play, which has only now 60 years later been 99.9% proven(in most peoples mind)
Without exaggerating, an Australian by the name of Avon Wilsmore has dedicated his life into proving the case against the famous/infamous
Italian blue team which won 13 world championships between 1957 and 1975. In his most longest awaited book of all time ''under the table''he ventures
back to the days where every card or bid is analysed in detail. These days the game is under the microscope, every table has cameras recording
every detail, and with thousands of kibitzers watching each match live online, anyone caught cheating is basically banned for life pronto.

I love this post. Someone achieves something which is literally impossible.

Then, fowl play. Pok-pok-pok-POKUUURRRRKKK!

 

[weeman27bob]

I love this post. Someone achieves something which is literally impossible.

Then, fowl play. Pok-pok-pok-POKUUURRRRKKK!

Are you wary of seeing misspellings like that?

 

[TheJediBrah]

speaking of fowl play I'm gonna knock off early and smash a Zinger family meal I think

I literally died of hunger today