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Aug-10-09 | | Knight13: So now they're probably thinking, "you men are the stupid ones who designed this chess system, not us. Why should we care and 'protest'? (besides, it's actually good for us)" Yeah nice argument.
But...
We "stupid" men also designed the system back then when women couldn't have have jobs, no voting rights, no equality, etc." Oh, oh, oh, now you care and you're protesting and fighting.... Ahh.... Okay, now I know. |
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Aug-10-09 | | Knight13: So now they're probably thinking, "you men are the stupid ones who designed this chess system, not us. Why should we care and 'protest'? (besides, it's actually good for us)"
Yeah nice argument.
But...
We "stupid" men also designed the system back then when women couldn't have have jobs, no voting rights, no equality, etc." Oh, oh, oh, now you care and you're protesting and fighting.... Ahh.... Okay, now I know. So you all would keep your mouth shut with your heroic "fight for equal sex rights!" as long as it's to your advantage and to our disadvantage. Uh huh... So much passion on your part. |
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Sep-25-11
 | | perfidious: <RookFile: A lot of people will tell you the toughest climb is from 2100 to 2200.> The most difficult hurdle I had was from 2150 to 2200-that is, to stay, because on the way, I went from 2125 to 2269 in two events, dropped back to expert, went over 2300, dropped back to expert again, then finally made master for good, all in a little over three years. |
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Sep-25-11
 | | OhioChessFan: <RookFile: A lot of people will tell you the toughest climb is from 2100 to 2200.> I guess I'm not one of those people. ;) I am reminded of one of the funniest sitcom lines ever. Welcome Back Kotter, one of the girls in the smart class says "I've never gotten a B in my life." And Horshack replies "Neither have I!" |
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Sep-25-11
 | | perfidious: <OCF> Nice one!
Maybe the hardest for me was 2350, since I never made it.... |
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Jan-26-12
 | | FSR: Sadly, the author of Game Collection: People that never won hasn't been seen in these parts since 2005, so Ms. Cottrell (11 losses in 11 games 2003-06) isn't in the collection. |
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Jan-02-13 | | Landman: At http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... is a recent picture of who <whiskeyrebel> is pretending to be. |
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Jan-03-13
 | | WannaBe: "A biker guy?" A biker guy?!?! What the heck?!?!
Why I oughtta kick that writer's butt, like a real biker guy! Hey, I owned a 250cc once! |
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Jan-03-13
 | | perfidious: <WannaBe> Well, you're a wascally wabbit, so you have ride low to the ground. |
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Jan-03-13
 | | tpstar: <People that never won> The usual candidate for chess futility is Colonel Moreau Surely Ms. Cottrell has wins to her credit but sadly she must be unaware of this database. =) |
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Feb-13-15
 | | OhioChessFan: The infamous tournament of all losses and all played out to checkmate was 9 years ago? Unbelievable. |
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Oct-08-15
 | | perfidious: <alexmagnus: Wow 7 pages of kibitzing... Never knew that to become (relatively) much kibitzed you just have to lose all your games in one national championship:-)> Make that eight.
Dammit, how did I never get to play a US Championship? lmao |
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Oct-08-15
 | | WannaBe: CG should really ask for permission to use this picture, it's quite apropos, in my opinion http://en.chessbase.com/portals/4/f... |
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Oct-08-15
 | | perfidious: Caption:
<So Ah'm 0-11 on freakin' Chessgames.com? Ah still got ta play a US Championship, jes' lahke my hubby!!!! Ah know it don't mean Ah kin play worth pissall, but Ah wuz there an' yew ain't!!> |
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Oct-08-15 | | Jim Bartle: She qualified fairly, she played, she lost. Nothing wrong with that. What I object to is playing on and on in hopeless positions. |
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Oct-08-15 | | optimal play: <OhioChessFan> <I am reminded of one of the funniest sitcom lines ever. Welcome Back Kotter, one of the girls in the smart class says "I've never gotten a B in my life." And Horshack replies "Neither have I!"> Were you reminded of that because one of Kelly's opponents in her games listed above was named Epstein? :D |
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Oct-09-15
 | | alexmagnus: <She qualified fairly> She didn't play even one game to qualify. She qualified by virtue of being the only woman in her qualifying tournament. |
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Oct-09-15 | | zanzibar: RE: <WannaBe>'s suggested photo... Prompted me to look up this wiki article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongu...
It turns out that I've been under the (somewhat common) mistaken opinion that tongue-rolling was a Mendelian trait, when it isn't: < Rolling the tongue into a tube shape is often described as a dominant trait with simple Mendelian inheritance, and it is commonly referenced in introductory biology courses.[1]There is little laboratory evidence supporting the hypothesis that tongue rolling is inheritable and dominant.> Of course, clover-leafing is a bit more impressive:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe... (Ah, the things one learns on <CG>) |
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Apr-18-18
 | | FSR: Did Ben tell her to play every game until checkmate? I know there are coaches who tell their young students to play every game until mate, but it's weird to see someone do that in a U.S. Championship. |
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Apr-19-18
 | | FSR: Hard to believe she even got a FIDE rating of 1849. A pretty horrible player. |
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Apr-19-18 | | Nosnibor: Well she`s not in the C.G. Players List of most eminent players although there are a number of players with lowly grades. |
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Apr-19-18
 | | FSR: <Nosnibor> They compile that list based primarily on peak rating, and hers is only 1889. |
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Apr-19-18
 | | perfidious: I am surprised, as <FSR> notes, that even 1849 was attained. |
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Apr-19-18
 | | FSR: <perfidious> Apparently she got somewhat better. According to <sisyphus> on July 5, 2006: "Kelly Cottrell beat an expert in the last round of the World Open. She finished 3/9 against 2086 opposition for a tournament performance rating of 1961." She is nowhere to be seen on the current USCF rating list; it appears that yet another of the greats has left the game. |
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Mar-23-19 | | Caissanist: She's still on the USCF rating list, under the name Kelly Cottrell-Finegold. Her last tournament was in 2007. |
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