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March 6, 2011WikiProject A-class reviewApproved
April 9, 2011Good article nomineeListed
On this day...Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on September 19, 2019, and September 19, 2022.
Current status: Good article

Review of Ashot Nadanian

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GA Review

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Reviewer: Philcha (talk) 21:05, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, SyG, it's good to see you again. I'll start comments soon. --Philcha (talk) 21:05, 1 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll mark  Done comments when I think they're resolved, highlight  Not done any that are unresolved when most others are done, and strike out any of comments that I later decide are mistaken. I'll sign each of my comments, so we can see who said what - please do the same.

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Coverage

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  • Green tickY I note that Nadanian "possesses enormous chess potential, but he was not able to find enough time to work professionally on his chess" (lead and "Playing strength and style"). Why could Nadanian not support himself through chess and how did he support himself - especially as he now has a family? --Philcha (talk) 11:45, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Structure

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Done. (moved section "Notable Games" down.) --MrsHudson (talk) 17:44, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Early years

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  • Green tickY "Born on 19 September 1972 in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, then Soviet Union ..." is ambiguous for younger readers born since the fall of the Soviet Union - it may mean Nadanian was born in Baku but moved immediately to (some other part of) the Soviet Union. How about e.g. "... which then was part of the Soviet Union ..."? --Philcha (talk) 11:45, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done (changed to "which then was part of the Soviet Union"). --MrsHudson (talk) 17:44, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done (added source). --MrsHudson (talk) 17:44, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done. (changed "short story" to "article") --MrsHudson (talk) 17:44, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I changed it. SyG (talk) 13:47, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
What do you mean? --MrsHudson (talk) 17:58, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The article says "In one of these park-battles he reminded he had a chance to play ...", which can mean that he missed the opportunity. How about e.g. "He remembers that in one of these park-battles he played ..." --Philcha (talk) 21:49, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have changed to "He remembers that in one of these park-battles he played against a mysterious, silent stranger who turned out to be the highly-respected chess champion Vladimir Makogonov." --MrsHudson (talk) 06:19, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chess career

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I have added a source for all three championships. --MrsHudson (talk) 18:08, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. --Philcha (talk) 21:53, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done. (moved "lives in Yerevan" to the "family" section and added source)
  • Green tickY The link cited for "European Individual Chess Championship in Saint-Vincent 2000", Ruschess.com, says "ruschess.com expired on 03/24/2011 and is pending renewal or deletion." You should see if there's a back-up at Internet Archive, see instructions at User:Philcha#Tools. If you can't find a back-up at Internet Archive or find another source, you must remove the content, per WP:V. --Philcha (talk) 11:45, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done. (added archieved version of the Ruschess.com link) --MrsHudson (talk) 06:42, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • That's not how to do it. url= should have the initial, dead link; add archiveurl= url of archived version and archivedate= date from Internet Archive's "calendar" from this source. --Philcha (talk) 15:44, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have fixed the problem. --MrsHudson (talk) 17:57, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have performed Checklinks and there does not seem to be any broken link anymore. SyG (talk) 14:36, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have fixed those I could. All links seem to work now. SyG (talk) 14:35, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done. (deleted "one of the strongest open tournaments of all times, with 82 grandmasters out of 132 participants") --MrsHudson (talk) 20:44, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Playing strength and style

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I have added a sentence about FIDE best rating. SyG (talk) 14:43, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I edited "uses a different ladder" to "uses a different scale" - isn't English fun? --Philcha (talk) 15:44, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Green tickY "He likes to create fresh, atypical positions straight from the opening, often employing bizarre maneuvers to achieve his goals. Uncommon chess openings have always been a part of his repertoire (e.g. Sokolsky Opening,[28] Budapest Gambit)" appears to an editor's comment not supported by citations from good sources - see Wikipedia:Verifiability#Reliable_sources. --Philcha (talk) 16:01, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done. (I think we can use here ChessBase Mega Database as a source). --MrsHudson (talk) 17:43, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
ChessBase Mega Database doesn't have the usual backing info - author, publisher, editor, etc. - but I googled and New in Chess and Mega Database 2011 (PC-DVD): London Chess Centre show that Mega Database is a major resource. --Philcha (talk) 15:44, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The article says: Tibor Karolyi devoted a chapter to him in his 2009 book Genius in the Background and jokingly called him "Kasparov's Half-Brother", implying not only that both Kasparov and Nadanian had the same trainer in Alexander Shakarov, but also the similarities of their playing styles. In particular, Karolyi emphasizes their ability to implement effective ideas on the edge of the board, attributing this to the influence of their common chess "father". So the common chess "father" is Alexander Shakarov. --MrsHudson (talk) 18:15, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I copyedited - what do you think? --Philcha (talk) 11:19, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It's fine to me. --MrsHudson (talk) 17:43, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chess theoretician

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  • Green tickY I think "Nadanian has contributed analysis to many chess publications throughout the world including the Chess Informant, New In Chess Yearbook, 64, Kaissiber, Szachy Chess" needs citation(s). --Philcha (talk) 18:29, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
He has definetely contributed for above mentioned publications but I do know how it should be cited. If for example he has written several articles for NIC, which of them should be cited? --MrsHudson (talk) 18:20, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You can put any number of citations in 1 <ref>...</ref> - see e.g. the long list after "... began in 1866, when he beat Anderssen, or in 1886, when he beat Zukertort" in Wilhelm_Steinitz#The_beginning_of_Steinitz.27s_reign. --Philcha (talk) 19:02, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have added all necessary sources. --MrsHudson (talk) 20:13, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. --Philcha (talk) 21:34, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Chess coach and second

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Done. --MrsHudson (talk) 06:42, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I changed the sentence. SyG (talk) 14:47, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Green tickY I don't think Armenian Chess Players: Ashot Nadanian is a "reliable source" in WP terms. Blogs are tricky - some are entirely WP:SPS (some nobody's opinion), while some publishers of major newspapers etc. use blogs to show content they can't accommodate in the print editions, and the lead section is by a recognised journalist (so the journalist's content is "reliable source" but reader's comments are not). Bottom line: you need another source to say that Nadanian coached Davit G. Petrosian. --Philcha (talk) 18:29, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done. (I could not find any "reliable source" regarding Davit G. Petrosian, so I removed this info) --MrsHudson (talk) 20:44, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done. (here instead of angelfire.com I used a solid Armenian news website in Russian language). --MrsHudson (talk) 20:44, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I WP:AGF. --Philcha (talk) 11:19, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Notable games

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Only registered users can use the ICC searchable database. When you type "sea April24-1915 K-Sakaev" the program shows all the games played by Nadanian and Sakaev. --MrsHudson (talk) 21:08, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'll WP:AGF - I'm not going to register as my registrations file is long enough. --Philcha (talk) 11:19, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Other chess activities and hobbies

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I have regroupes these two. SyG (talk) 15:01, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have restored these two ChessBase links, as they are different and only second page supports "a hippophile chess composer". --MrsHudson (talk) 18:02, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Green tickY I don't see that A tale of seven knights supports:
    • Green tickY "He is particularly attracted by the problems, where in a final position white wins with a king and knights only" - the 7 examples on that pages show white winning with a king and knights only, but those are just 7 of Nadanian's 50-plus puzzles, and the page's text does not comment on this. --Philcha (talk) 09:04, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    • Green tickY "Whilst two knights cannot force checkmate against a lone king, they can do so in some exceptional cases when the defender has other pieces and even a turn to move". --07:17, 8 April 2011 (UTC)
I did a minor copyedit and added a source. --MrsHudson (talk) 17:53, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The ChessBase article shows that Nadanian is fond of this "knights theme".
Ashot sent us the following article on his infatuation with knights.
I would like to talk about an interesting idea which fascinated me in 2003.
A few months ago I remembered it and decided to return to the idea of the checkmate with two knights.
Not satisfied and still obsessed with the knight I decided to look for something even more beautiful.

How we can emphasize his passion for knights? --MrsHudson (talk) 18:50, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I have linked the term to Webster. SyG (talk) 15:18, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have removed it. SyG (talk) 15:20, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Family

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I made the change as suggested. SyG (talk) 15:30, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Very funny story. :-). How could it be added into the article? --MrsHudson (talk) 18:57, 6 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest re-titling the section to "Relationships". Then in a new para e.g. Nadanian said that during the Linares Open of 1998 his friend Levon Aronian joked that Nadanian ate cat food. When in 2004 Nadanian named his daughter Kiti, Aronian replied, "See? I told you that it was 'Whiskas'!'" --Philcha (talk) 07:45, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
What if we create subsection of "Personal life"? (along with "Other chess activities and hobbies" and "Family") Maybe we could also use the following info from an interview: I have perfect relations with virtually all Armenian top players. But the closest are Levon Aronian, Gabriel Sargissian, Ara Minasian, Varuzhan Akobian, and Andranik Matikozyan. And then give "Whiskas" story. --MrsHudson (talk) 17:53, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That would be even better! All as Nadanian said, of course. --Philcha (talk) 20:51, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Could you please have a look? --MrsHudson (talk) 07:01, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Fine. --Philcha (talk) 18:51, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Images

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No problems that I can see. --Philcha (talk) 09:04, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Lead

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Green tickY --Philcha (talk) 19:09, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Result - pass

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Thanks, MrsHudson and SyG - and the kibitzers at WP:CHESS. I'm very pleased to say that this article meets the Good Article criteria: it provides good coverage, is neutral and well-referenced, is clearly-written, complies with the parts of WP:MOS required for a GA and uses appropriate images that have good captions and comply with WP's policies on images. Many thanks for the work you've put into this, and for your prompt response to my comments - it's been a pleasure working with you.

If you've got 2 or more articles through GA reviewers, please try to review as many articles as you have nominated for GA review. --Philcha (talk) 19:09, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Philcha, for your review. Regards, --MrsHudson (talk) 19:21, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Philcha for this thorough and balanced review, it's always good to have you around ! Greetings also to MrsHudson for this great achievement ! SyG (talk) 08:31, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, SyG and congratulations! --MrsHudson (talk) 18:15, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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