Jim McCormick Enters the Washington Open | Yasser Stories

Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan tells the tale of Washington State Chess Champion Jim McCormick, who in the 70s devised a plan to enter a weak open tournament by entering alongside an unknown player.
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[@magnus9839]

Loving this fantastic series of videos!

[@arightscepter]

I at least saw Yasser at an Oregon Open when he was young stylish and dark haired. I think about '94. John Donaldson was there too. I recall John helping with a post mortem for me, but I didn't get to meet Yasser.

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Yasser is a living breathing legend. Respect.

[@ggblee]

Yesss!! More Yasser stories!

[@grannywalter]

please, more of this!

[@isaacbragg-gardiner2456]

why doesn't this link to a playlist?? There's so many stories I want to hear again or send to a friend! Like the one about how his team captain eloped with the other team's board 1 🤣

[@951genni]

Gold!

[@seulebrg]

Yeeees, Yasser talking about Chess stories is pure gold

[@omare7475]

great story, but why did Jim wait until the last minute to register?

[@PauloGarcia-sp5ws]

Thats funny.

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Hilarious 🤣