An Englishman Member since May-31-04 · Last seen Nov-27-09 I'm a long since retired former master (but never particularly good) whose opening repetoire consisted of the English, Nimzo-Indian and Caro-Kann. I now pursue a career in film, theater and television as an actor, playwright, screenwriter, director, producer and Web content creator.

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Nov-26-09 Max Weiss vs Chigorin, 1889   An Englishman: Good Evening: <paul1959>, I agree; Black must prevent White's incursion to f5. Chigorin might have tried to accomplish this by 28...g6 and 29...h6. Note that if Black is successful, White has taken his King further away from the Queen side. The key issue is this--can ...      Nov-26-09 N Banks vs Kashdan, 1926   An Englishman: Good Evening: My, oh my, 31...Qg6 is a remarkable defensive resource; my old weakness in tactics raises its ugly head again. Of course, Kashdan didn't see it, either, so perhaps I can take some small consolation in that.      Nov-26-09 Max Weiss vs Chigorin, 1889   An Englishman: Good Evening: Another fine game from the Weiss-Chigorin rivalry. White's position looks horrible after 30 moves, but he manages to avoid loss long enough to come upon a saving resource in 41.Rh8+.      Nov-26-09 Suetin vs Botvinnik, 1952    An Englishman: Good Evening: More elegant than difficult; the threatened mating pattern of Re6, Bg5, Kc5 and Pe6 has rather a pleasing symmetrical appearance to it. Incidentally, 76.Rh5 was the final blunder; 76.Rh2,Kc5?!; 77.Rc2+ and White can struggle on for a bit. Finally, to all of our ...      Nov-25-09 W Fried vs Schlechter, 1897    An Englishman: Good Evening: "White was Fried From a Gambit" (someone had to write it, might as well be me). It would be interesting to see if Black could get more after 14.Kc4 than "merely" the win of a piece. In the fantasy variation 14...b5+; 15.Kxb5,Rb8+; 16.Ka5,Nc6+; 17.Ka4,Rb4+; ...      Nov-25-09 Smyslov vs P Cramling, 1996    An Englishman: Good Evening: This is a very hard game to understand, and I'm sure I played the Reti-Smyslov more than Reti and Smyslov *combined!* Aside from <al wazir's> suggestions, I don't get 34.Qb2; did White overrate the weakness of the b7 pawn? And later, although White has an ...      Nov-24-09 A B Carlin vs Christiansen, 1986    An Englishman: Good Evening: Who is this ABC gentlman? He only has 4 games in the database, but he holds his own against rather formidable competition.      Nov-23-09 E Paoli vs Rellstab, 1959   An Englishman: Good Evening: Poor Rellstab (our Player of the Day) was, sad to say, one of the great anvils of the 30s and 40s, but here, in one of the last games of his career, he finally scores an impressive win featuring a highly speculative Q for R & N sacrifice. Paoli probably could ...      Nov-22-09 Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1955    An Englishman: Good Evening: Another solution I already knew. I have studied this ending many times over the years, and the winning move still looks impossible.      Nov-19-09 M Pavlovic vs G Cabrilo, 1991    An Englishman: Good Evening: Solved it. Excellent Thursday puzzle! I often won games with traps like this, but I never knew I had set the traps until after my opponents fell into them. I wonder if Carilo sat there, fingers crosses, thinking to himself, "please castle Queen side, please ...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing > Jan-19-09    ILikeFruits: how do you... do my fellow... i likes... the world... needs more of... us... Jan-20-09    An Englishman: Dear eightbyeight: Thank you for the advice, but the Roadrunner cartoons were my favorite growing up. Besides, our friend "Speedipus Rex" was always polite, never failing to say "Meep, Meep!" to announce his arrival. Jan-27-09    eightbyeight: Just as you never fail to say Good Evening to announce yours. Oh yeah - you just did. Feb-13-09    Minty: <An Englishman: ...I am not Stephen Fry, in fact, I have no idea who this gentleman might be. Sorry.> You aren't really an Englishman, are you? There are Englishmen living under rocks in Cumbria who have heard of Stephen Fry. Feb-14-09    An Englishman: Good Evening: <Minty>, it just serves to prove that there are many sorts of Englishmen. I live under a rock in the North Country, but I'm not sure which country. Feb-14-09    Minty: But not having heard of Stephen Fry is like not having heard of David Attenborough or Trevor McDonald! Does not compute! Feb-15-09    An Englishman: Good Evening: <Minty>, would two out of three make me two-thirds of an Englishman? Feb-15-09    Open Defence: beware.. I am <Eatius Birdius> Feb-15-09    jessicafischerqueen: Good Afternoon Will you be appearing in the gallery at <Linares>? Feb-15-09    An Englishman: Good Evening: <JFQ>, long time, no hear! I like the new avatar. As for Linares, does commenting on the games in CG count as part of the gallery? Feb-15-09    jessicafischerqueen: Good Morning Yes, it does. We will be very happy to have you in the <Linares> gallery with us. I will be on call in case anyone gets so excited they have a fit. If there are "ruffians," we will rely on such stout, resolute gentlemen as yourself to send the blackguards packing. Seriously, everyone behaves better when you appear. Mrs. English Patient Feb-16-09    An Englishman: Good Evening: <JFQ>, between the stout, resolute blackguard-packing gentlemen and the fine quality medical care your avatar provides, I don't think we'll have any trouble. Feb-16-09    everyone else: Good Afternoon: I will also be attending. It will be very nice to see you both. A nice fire, a glass of Guinness, and Linares.... Feb-16-09    jessicafischerqueen: Good Morning: Sorry for spamming but I'm very excited about watching Linares games live-- And I'm also excited you will be there. Please don't pay attention to that <everyone else> ID- that's actually me. Whenever I lose a game of chess I often sign in as "everyone else" and complain to my friends. Ok- see you at Linares1! Feb-17-09    An Englishman: Good Evening: <JFQ>, you are *not* a spammer. At first, I was puzzled by your second account name, but now it all makes sense: there's Her Majesty jessicafischerqueen; and then there's everyone else! Sep-12-09    newzild: Good morning, An Englishman - I have a question for you: Is it always evening when you post? Sep-16-09    An Englishman: Good Evening: No, not always, <newzild>; the sun never sets on the British Empire. Oct-03-09    Phony Benoni: <An Englishman> Good evening. A couple of days ago, commenting on the game Kasparov vs Deep Blue, 1996, you wrote: <Good Evening: I once played White in a casual game where my e-pawn did not move during the entire affair (45 moves). Here, White's e-pawn doesn't move until 61.exf3. Any game at least as long as this where the e-pawn doesn't move at all?> I have finally gotten around to doing a bit of research, and am please to offer you these two games: Gelfand vs Macieja, 2001 (Black pawn on e7 after 118 moves) Radulescu vs Boleslavsky, 1953 (White pawn on e2 after 115 moves) As for the latest first move of an e-pawn: N Birnboim vs D Gurevich, 1982, where in this position: click for larger view White finally got around to playing 121.e4. Oct-03-09    technical draw: Thanks for those games <Phony>. Amazing 121.e4! Oct-07-09    Deus Ex Alekhina: Hullo, English! So lucky of you to be able to enjoy limey "delicacies" such as: blood pudding, kidney pie, toad-in-the-hole, bubble & squeak, along with the Scot's haggis. Just the thought makes me feel peckish! Care for a nosh? Toodles. Oct-07-09    LIFE Master AJ: E Limp vs A Rodriguez, 2001 <<<< Oct-04-09 <An Englishman:> Good Evening:> Too easy, as was Saturday's.> After two months of going 3/7 or 4/7, this week was my first 7/7 in almost a year.> I'll never understand chess.> CONGRATS!!! "I'll never understand chess." Me neither! Oct-08-09    An Englishman: Good Evening: <Deus Ex Alekhina>, since I can't seem to post anything at your forum, I'll have to reply here with four simple words: Don't Forget The Curries! Oct-08-09    Deus Ex Alekhina: Hullo,English! Sorry, old chap, but I don't have a forum - it would be about food (of course), if I did. What's your favorite feeding hole in Piccadilly Circus? Toodles. Oct-15-09    An Englishman: Good Evening: <Deus Ex Alekhina>, I'm afraid you've caught me out--it's been so many years since I lived in England that I've forgotten the lyrics to "You'll Never Walk Alone." Not that I haven't thought about a return some day, but frankly, Brick Lane is probably more my sort of eating. Oct-16-09    LIFE Master AJ: You are welcome. (And my little comment here gets my own award for "Best use of CG color.") Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 4) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing >		Take the Premium Membership Tour

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