" There has long been a lively debate about who is the strongest player of all ", wrote GM Robert Byrne in his New York Times column of Aug. 26, 1997.

Polgár " was unrecognizable in her first-round encounter with Viswanathan Anand ", wrote GM Robert Byrne in his New York Times column, " making more errors than she normally would in a dozen games.

Byrne wrote and illustrated Fantastic Four # 286 ( 1985 ), incorporating Busiek's idea.

In 1981, Byrne partnered with choreographer Twyla Tharp, scoring music he wrote that appeared on his album, The Catherine Wheel for a ballet with the same name, prominently featuring unusual rhythms and lyrics.

Byrne also wrote, directed, and starred in True Stories, a musical collage of discordant Americana released in 1986, as well as producing most of the film's music.

Bax ’ s poetry and stories, which he wrote under the pseudonym of Dermot O ’ Byrne, reflect his profound affinity with Irish poet W. B. Yeats and are largely written in the tradition of the Irish Literary Revival.

After an injury forced him to leave Bob Astor, he stayed a while in New York, playing with Bobby Byrne in late 1942, and then with Charlie Barnet for whom he wrote the classic arrangement of Skyliner.

John Byrne wrote and illustrated this series, with inks by Doug Hazlewood.

In August 2000, the magazine published a letter from an Irish contestant, John O ' Byrne, who wrote: " How I'll miss the fractured definitions, awful puns, conversation stoppers, one-letter misprints, ludicrous proverbs, openings of bad novels, near misses, et al.

In 2007, Stern wrote an issue of The All-New Atom and reunited with Byrne to produce a five-issue story arc for JLA Classified for DC.

Stuart J. Byrne ( who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym John Bloodstone ) produced a new Tarzan novel, Tarzan on Mars, but it remained unpublished because Palmer was unable to get authorization from the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Simone also wrote an Atom series, based on ideas by Grant Morrison and penciled by her Action Comics artist, John Byrne and later Mike Norton.

Curated by Aaron and Bryce Dessner, this album comprised songs by bands and artists such as Arcade Fire, Grizzly Bear, Beirut, David Byrne, Sufjan Stevens, Spoon, The Dirty Projectors, Feist and The National, among others.

Performers included David Byrne, The Dirty Projectors, Feist, The National, and several other artists who contributed to the compilation.

2009 Eastnor Castle: Basement Jaxx, Orbital, David Byrne, Lamb, Spiritualized, Pharoah Sanders, Amadou & Mariam, Max Romeo, Mulatu Astatke, Chris Cunningham, Josie Long, Tim Minchin, Dylan Moran, Noel Fielding, Russell Howard, Metro Area, Michael Lang, Friendly Fires, Mr Hudson, Chrome Hoof, Calexico, Ashley Beedle, The Field, James Yuill, Todd Terje, Bass Clef, Tomb Crew, Don Letts, Bonobo ( musician ), Justin Robertson, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, To Rococo Rot, David Shrigley, Norman Jay, Gong, John Cooper Clarke, Mixmaster Morris, Congo Natty, Jazzie B, Keb Darge, Adrian Sherwood, Greg Wilson, DJ Derek, Sparky, Suns of Arqa.

Moviegoers may recognize Sakamoto primarily through his score work on two films: Nagisa Oshima's Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ( 1983 ), including the title theme and the duet " Forbidden Colours " with David Sylvian, and Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor ( 1987 ), the latter of which earned him the Academy Award with fellow composers David Byrne and Cong Su.

In 1991, Byrne released a classical instrumental album The Forest, where some of the tracks were already featured as a score for 1988 Robert Wilson theatre piece of the same name.

A decisive moment occurred midway through the second half: with the score tied at 6-all Roosters winger Todd Byrne made a clear break down the sideline and looked set to score a try before being chased down and tackled into touch by Penrith lock forward, Scott Sattler.

The narrative scheme, the brooding period atmosphere, the understated score ( by David Byrne ) and the precision of the acting also make the story seem more interesting than it is.

Two seasons passed before the fledgling team began to score points, but by the conclusion of the 1983 season Derek Warwick and Bruno Giacomelli had collected a very respectable 10 points-enough for the team to finish ninth in the constructors championship, and enough to earn Byrne credibility in the pit-lane.

* Paul Byrne, The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ( Croom Helm: London, 1988 ) ISBN 0-7099-3260-X

Feeling that Clark is the real person and that Clark is not afraid to be himself in his civilian identity, John Byrne has stated in interviews that he took inspiration for this portrayal from the George Reeves version of Superman.

This fact was one of the main inspirations for the 1980s reboot of the Clark Kent half of the Superman character, according to writer and artist John Byrne in the article " Super-Discussions " published by Attic Books in Comics Values Monthly Special # 2 ( 1992 ).

Produced at a cost of almost $ 9 million with a high-profile cast including John Hurt, Gabriel Byrne and, in his final role, Robert Mitchum, the film marked a significant departure for the director from his previous features.

Unusually, and despite many offers from other clubs, he remained at Fulham for his entire professional career, until leaving for South Africa in 1970, where he played for the now defunct Durban City, alongside former Fulham teammates Johnny Byrne and Bobby Keetch.

The idea that there was a standard formation for English longbow armies was argued by Alfred Byrne in his influential work on the battles of the Hundred Years ' War, The Crecy War.

In Byrne v Ireland, the Irish Supreme Court declared that sovereign immunity had not survived the creation of the Irish Free State in 1922, and that accordingly the state could be sued for and held vicariously liable for the acts and omissions of its servants and agents.

Through a recent development in common law, beginning with Hedley Byrne v Heller in 1964, a victim of negligent misstatement may recover damages for pure economic loss caused by detrimental reliance on the statement.

Throughout the decade, Uncanny X-Men was written solely by Chris Claremont, and illustrated for long runs by John Byrne, Dave Cockrum, Paul Smith, John Romita, Jr., and Marc Silvestri.

Marvel replaced Claremont briefly with John Byrne, who scripted both books for a few issues.

Byrne was then replaced by Nicieza and Scott Lobdell, who would take over the majority of writing duties for the X-Men until Lee's own departure months later when he and several other popular artists ( including former X-title artists Liefeld, Portacio, and Marc Silvestri ) would leave Marvel to form Image Comics.

Byrne goes on to present the talk show for 37 years, making it the longest running in the world.

Gelbart-scripted films for television included Barbarians at the Gate ( 1993 ), a true story about the battle for control of the RJR Nabisco corporation starring James Garner that was based on the best-selling book of that name ; Weapons of Mass Distraction ( 1997 ) starring Ben Kingsley and Gabriel Byrne as rival media moguls and And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself ( 2003 ) starring Antonio Banderas as the Mexican revolutionary leader.

*" The Golden Section " 11 / 9 / 83 ( music by David Byrne ) ( also filmed for PBS )

Many of his father's old allies blamed the son for splitting the white vote with Byrne and allowing the relatively unknown legislator Congressman Harold Washington to become Chicago's first black mayor.

Byrne was narrowly defeated in the 1983 Democratic primary for Mayor by Harold Washington.

Byrne ran one more major campaign, a failed bid in the 1988 Democratic Primary for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk.

After being waved off for landing twice, his plane's wing struck the porch of a nearby house and the plane crashed into Sunset Memorial Park, killing Lt. Byrne.

Jane Byrne could not find one serious candidate to run against Washington for his re-election campaign.

Washington won with 37 % of the vote, versus 33 % for Byrne and 30 % for Daley.

" GM Robert Byrne called him " perhaps the most brilliant theoretician and teacher in the history of the game.

* April 20 – Robert Byrne, American chess player

In the 1974 Candidates ' matches, Spassky first defeated American Robert Byrne in San Juan, Puerto Rico by 4½ – 1½ (+ 3 − 0 = 3 ); he then lost the semifinal match to Anatoly Karpov in Leningrad, despite winning the first game, (+ 1 − 4

* Gerry Robert Byrne as Taxi AD / Stage Manager

The cast for this sequel includes Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Imogen Poots, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack, Mackintosh Muggleton, and Idris Elba.

Larsen won at Monte Carlo 1968 with 9½ / 13, ahead of Botvinnik, Smyslov, Vlastimil Hort, Robert Byrne, Portisch, and Pal Benko.

A fully illustrated book by Robert O ' Byrne on the society's first 50 years was published in 2008.

Comic artist John Byrne based the appearance of Sebastian Shaw on that of British actor Robert Shaw.

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4. Bg5 was introduced by Robert Byrne in the 1960s, after which Black has often played the natural 4 ... Bg7, though 4 ... c6 is considered more flexible, as Black may wish to save a tempo in anticipation of White's plan of Qd2, followed by Bh6, by deferring ... Bg7 as long as possible, playing for queenside activity with ... b7-b5 and ... Qa5.

He also tied for first in 1972, but lost the playoff in 1973 to Robert Byrne.

He won at Vršac in 1971 and finished third with Robert Byrne ( after the co-winners Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi ) at Hastings in 1971 / 2.

In December 2007, Visionaire released an issue named Visionaire 53: Sound which comprises five 12 " records featuring contributions from over 100 artists including David Byrne, U2, Michael Stipe, Courtney Love, Laurie Anderson, Cat Power, Adrock, Lee Ranaldo, Antony & the Johnsons, Thurston Moore & Kim Gordon, Malcolm McLaren, Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian, Andrew W. K., Danger Mouse, Yoko Ono, Cerith Wyn Evans, Helmut Lang, Christian Marclay, Doug Aitken, Robert Wilson, Gary Hill, Sylvie Fleury, Vito Acconci, Mariko Mori, Carl Michael Von Hausswolff, The Knife, Littl ' ans, UNKLE, Animal Collective, SunnO ))), Gang Gang Dance, DJ Spooky, Miss Kittin, Trevor Jackson, Towa Tei, Nigo, Hiroshi Fujiwara, as well as fashion designers Karl Lagerfeld, Alexander McQueen, and Stefano Pilati, and many others.

Harold's Cross Green was a key meeting point for members of the Society of United Irishmen just before the 1798 Rebellion, rebels such as Thomas Cloney and Myles Byrne meet the commander Robert Emmet to discuss tactics for pending uprising.

During the fire, Secretary of State Robert Byrne saved the original copy of the state constitution, but suffered cuts and burns on his hands while breaking a window to reach the document.

His older brother, International Grandmaster Robert Byrne, was also a leading player of that time.

Acclaimed novelists Blake Morrison, Chris Whyte, Lionel Shriver, Colm Tóibín, Jennifer Johnston, John McGahern, Joseph O ’ Neill, Sebastian Barry, Joseph O ’ Connor, Hugo Hamilton, Edna O ’ Brien, Douglas Kennedy, Patrick McGrath, William Trevor, Colum McCann, Gerard Donovan, Frank McCourt, Joris Duytschaever, Irvine Welsh, Dr. Robyn Rowland, Andrew Lindsay, Michael Cunningham, Jane Urquhart, Anatoly Kudryavitsky, Cees Nooteboom, Michael Dibdin, Clyde Rose, Abdel Bari Atwan, Clive James, Melvyn Bragg, Alain De Botton, Lloyd Jones, Eric P Kaufman, Robert Fisk, Jung Chang, Terry Jones, Gabriel Byrne, Christine Dwyer-Hickey and many more.

Robert Eugene Byrne ( born April 20, 1928 in New York City ) is a leading American chess player, a Grandmaster, and a chess author.

In the Maurice Wertheim Memorial, New York 1951, Robert Byrne scored 6 / 11 for a tied 6 – 7th place ; this was a Grandmaster round-robin with 6 of the world's top 36 players, and it was won by Samuel Reshevsky.