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| pawn52: <if the text were in all capitals with letters a foot high , i still would not be shouting, because i have mastered the art of reading without moving my lips!!!> Boy...you had to catch me in a bad mood didn't ya?
I'll repeat myself one more time.
If you type in all caps, you are giving the impression that you are yelling in your post. I guarantee ya if what you typed out was translated into words, tone, and other stuff that goes along with speech, you would be yelling at me as you are saying it. Like I said before, I'm not in a good move right now, so it would not be wise to piss me off right now. So please refrain from doing so. |
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| Dec-12-05 |
| pazzed paun: <PAWN52> I guess to those who have overly delicate sensibilties i am a barbarian (capitalised). history has shown that without barbarians we would all be living in palaces,wearing fine silk robes and feasting off golden platters. be greatful for being spared such sapping decadance. |
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Mar-23-06
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| Benzol: An interesting position from a game between Purdy and Sarapu played in 1962 with Keres giving adjudicating analysis http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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Mar-27-06
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| cu8sfan: His bio says he was born on MAR-07, however both Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_...) and the Chesscafe (http://chesscafe.com/) have today, MAR-27 as his birthday. I will change it accordingly. |
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Mar-27-06
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| Benzol: <cu8sfan> Thanks for the correction. :) I was interested to learn that Purdy's competitive correspondence career comprised only 46 games. His score was +34 =10 -2 which was fairly impressive. |
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Mar-27-06
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| duchamp64: 100TH Birthday today! Happy Birthday C.J.S.! |
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Oct-19-06
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| whiskeyrebel: it was my lucky day at the used bookstore; I found 3 Purdy books in new condition for $2 each! What a great teacher. |
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| Mar-27-07 |
| BIDMONFA: Cecil John Seddon Purdy PURDY, Cecil J. S.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/purdy_cecil...
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| May-03-07 |
| Carl Sbad: I once had the great good fortune to meet Purdy on two occasions. The first was a very pleasant morning in Sydney spent with him evaluating a then recently released chess computer.The second was in Perth at the Australian Championships. He was delightful and unassuming company. |
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Aug-23-07
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| whiteshark: Always investigate threatening moves and see if they are really serious. For both sides, of course, for it is as bad to miss an opportinity as to give one. -- C.J.S. Purdy |
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Sep-08-07
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| whiteshark: By far the most important thing about waek pawns and weak squares is not to overrate their importance. -- C.J.S. Purdy |
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Nov-01-07
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| whiteshark: Golden Purdy endgame rule no. 31:
" Avoid putting a  in a position of <IMMOBILE DEFENSE>. In the case of an attacked, unmoved a- or h- , usually prefer to give up the rather than to tie up a for its defense - instead, use your for attack in some way. " |
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| May-16-08 |
| GrahamClayton: Purdy was playing against Ian Parsonage in the 1979 City of Sydney championship when he passed away. |
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Jul-26-08
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| whiteshark: Quote of the Day
<In endings with bishops of opposite color, material means NOTHING, position EVERYTHING.>
-- Purdy
Where is SOMETHING ? |
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Sep-15-08
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| whiteshark: Olimpbase: http://www.olimpbase.org/players/7l... |
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Oct-05-08
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| Karpova: Amatzia Avni's interesting article: "C.J.S. Purdy: An Unconventional Chess Thinker"
Link: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/avni....
Some of his unique views (in the article there is elaboration and examples from chessgames): <1.Combinations, says Purdy, can arise at any time. [...] the possibility of executing a (sacrificial) series of forcing moves is not dependent on the assessment of positional factors.> <2. Forming a plan is desirable but not
absolutely necessary. [...] Purdy puts tactics and avoidance of mistakes before planning> <3. The well-known device of “double
attack” is explained by Purdy in an original way.> In chess you can only make one move at a time so the chessplayer should be <“trying to force his enemy into the often impossible task of doing two things at once.”> |
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Oct-06-08
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| whiteshark: Thanks for this nice find, <Karpova>. |
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Oct-06-08
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| whiteshark: < Castling is like marriage - not to be embarked on irresponsibly. <<<<>>>>> -- Purdy |
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| Dec-06-08 |
| GrahamClayton: <benzol>I was interested to learn that Purdy's competitive correspondence career comprised only 46 games. His score was +34 =10 -2 which was fairly impressive. Benzol,
Those 46 games included 2 Australian correspondence chess championships and the inaugral ICCF World Championship. Has any other player, either OTB or CC, achieved so much success with so few games? |
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Jan-15-09
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| KingG: Silman claims that it was to his brother that Purdy said his last words. <The most stirring story of a chess player dying with his boots on concerned world-class postal player and renowned chess teacher Cecil Purdy. He was playing in an over the board chess event and was up an Exchange in his game. It was clear that he was eventually going to win, but his well-wishers' smiles soon turned to horror when he fell off his chair and collapsed in a heap on the ground. His brother (who was also playing at the event) rushed to his side and Cecil whispered something into his ear. Then he died. His final words? One might imagine something like, "Tell my wife I love her." Or "The gold is hidden under the bedroom floorboard." But no, this is a chess player and so his last thoughts were about chess. His dying message to his brother: "I have a win, but it will take time!"> http://www.jeremysilman.com/chess_r... |
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| Jan-15-09 |
| ughaibu: Did they adjudicate it as a win? |
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Jan-15-09
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| kellmano: I like Silman's story so much that I am prepared to believe it. |
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Jan-23-09
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| Benzol: <KingG> <kellmano> Did you read the bio? |
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| Mar-27-09 |
| WhiteRook48: happy birthday! |
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Jul-05-09
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| whiteshark: Quote of the Day
< In endings with bishops of opposite color, <<material means NOTHING, <position EVERYTHING. >>>>
-- Purdy |
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