User Profile: Check It Out

Check It Out
Member since Feb-17-06

"The worship of Caissa is, however, so alluring, so fascinating, that the mind, after an interval of repose, returns to it with renewed vigour, greater hope, and redoubled erergy, intent on wresting the palm of victory from the majority of opponents. "
*** The Gentleman's Magazine, 1881
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I played competitive chess as a kid inspired by the 1978 match Korchnoi vs. Karpov, and chessgames.com has renewed my enthusiasm for the game. I play occasionally at chess.com and gameknot.com, with more or less accuracy.
I think the greatest players are/were Kasparov, Fischer, Capablanca, Alekhine, Lasker, Morphy, Anand, and Kramnik, but my favorite players are Tal, Nezhmetdinov and Bronstein.
Up-and-comers I like: Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Anish Giri and Fabiano Caruana.
Other interests include:
Karate, music, reading, food, drink, people, business, hard rock, guitars, scrabble, poker, weightlifting, performance, competition, action, lounging, being lazy, gardening, movies, sleeping, and working outside in bad weather.
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Name pronunciation by User: Annie K.:
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Article by User: hms123 on the Chessgames.com World Team (p. 32-35): http://content.yudu.com/A1t744/Ches...
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Amazing game collections:
Phony Benoni's Game Collections
suenteus po 147's Game Collections
kevin86's Game Collections
SwitchingQuylthulg's Game Collections
TheAlchemist's Game Collections
MorphyMatt's Game Collections
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Awesome profiles on this site:
Lots of game collections here: User: Benzol
Photos: User: brankat
Game Mapping Project: User: Bridgeburner
User: Domdaniel
Lots of useful links: User: hms123
Tons of Robert J Fischer here: User: jessicafischerqueen
User: morfishine
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   Check It Out has kibitzed 3788 times to chessgames [more...]

   May-24-13 David Bronstein

Check It Out: <kamalakanta> I agree. Try posting to the biography bistro page; I'm sure they'll snap at a chance to write the bio of one of the most creative chess players of all time.

   May-24-13 Morozevich vs Svidler, 2013

Check It Out: Svidler's second miniature of this tournament; unfortunately he's on the wrong side of this one.

   May-24-13 Team White vs Team Black, 2013
   May-23-13 Topalov vs Kamsky, 2013

Check It Out: Let's see some all out aggression!

   May-22-13 Magnus Carlsen

Check It Out: No perfidious, you have to call someone an idiot not be one. :)

   May-22-13 Kenneth Rogoff

Check It Out: Socials are only a step away from communes. :)

   May-22-13 Anand-Carlsen World Championship (2013)

Check It Out: <parmetd> Of course Anand can calculate, but age has slowed him down. Carlsen's youth allows him to do it better and longer.

   May-21-13 Korchnoi vs I Krush, 2007

Check It Out: Prolixity: nice word, offramp. As Shams pointed out there are plenty of examples of Korchnoi's boorish behavior. Admiring his chess is one thing, admiring the man is another.

   May-20-13 Teichmann vs Moreau, 1903

Check It Out: Nice combo, tpstar.

   May-17-13 Karjakin vs Topalov, 2013

Check It Out: If you do you might end up 6 feet under

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Jan-01-13		Check It Out: tks c

Jan-03-13		Robed.Bishop: Thank you for the holiday wishes. I hope you had a merry Christmas and I hope you have a prosperous new year!

Jan-09-13		WinKing: Just wanted to say I always enjoyed your posts during the game. You are always 'upbeat' & that's the kind of support the world team needs. Wish more members had your attitude. :)

Jan-09-13		Check It Out: & #9833 ; = ♩ & #9834 ; = ♪ & #9835 ; = ♫ & #9836 ; = ♬ & #9837 ; = ♭ & #9838 ; = ♮ & #9839 ; = ♯ & #9840 ; = ♰ & #9841 ; = ♱

Jan-09-13		WannaBe: & #119070 ; 𝄞 is treble clef but I can only see a block & #119071 ; 𝄟 is bass clef, but again, I can only see a block. ☹

Jan-10-13		Check It Out: Ah yeah, this URL is genius: Tournament Index

Jan-10-13		WannaBe: †♥ Here are some: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_s... Best way, is to google/bing/yahoo search with "HTML code <what you are looking for>" and it will be out there. By the way, do you see the treble/bass clef? Because I am still seeing a box, not sure if CG is supporting all HTML char set, or just my stupid browser is not supporting it …

Jan-10-13		OhioChessFan: Tata Steel Moves Prediction Contest, sponsored by the legendary <chessmoron> and hosted in my forum, is now open. First round begins Saturday the 12th. Click on Elvis for details.

Jan-11-13		Check It Out: 𝄢

Jan-11-13		WannaBe: It's a block. Do not worry, I will solve this.

Feb-26-13		Check It Out: I took the forced draw due to time trouble. [Event "Dojo Chess Match"] [Site "Ballard Dojo"] [Date "2013.02.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Tom"] [Black "Matt"] [ECO "A68"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 Bg4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.Qc2 Ne8 13.Bd2 Nc7 14.Rae1 b5 15.Ne2 b4 16.Ng3 Qf6 17.b3 Nb5 18.Bg4 Nb6 19.e5 Qd8 20.e6 Nxd5 21.exf7+ Kh8 22.Be6 Nd4 23.Qe4 Nf6 24.Qd3 d5 25.f5 gxf5 26.Qe3 Ng4 27.Qg5 Qxg5 28.Bxg5 Nxe6 29.Rxe6 Rxf7 30.h3 Bd4+ 31.Kh1 Nf2+ 32.Kh2 Rg8 33.Bf4 Ne4 34.Rd1 Nxg3 35.Rxd4 Rd8 36.Be5+ Kg8 37.Rh4 d4 38.Bxg3 d3 39.Bf4 d2 40.Bxd2 Rxd2 41.Rc4 Rg7 42.h4 1/2-1/2

Mar-11-13		Abdel Irada: <CIO>: Although we disagree as to some specifics (which is as it should be, since we're not the same person), I think we share an understanding of some of the fundamental moral imperatives facing our societies. I note that you have a special expertise regarding the Federal Reserve and related issues � about which I know very little � and I would like to know if you have any interest in writing about them for some venue other than on the <Kenneth Rogoff> forum. If so, I'd like to invite you to have a look around my site and see whether what you see there seems essentially in accord with your own understanding and ethos. If it is, I'd be interested to know if you'd like to write some articles for the site. I can't pay you � I can offer only blood, sweat, tears and controversy � but if that bargain is not loathly to you (and you can bear with my own far different writing style), I think your contributions could add a dimension to my own work. Please let me know what you think.

Mar-20-13		Abdel Irada: Have you had a chance to look over the site yet?

Mar-22-13		frogbert: cio, then we're off to london again! well, at least i am. ;o)

Mar-22-13		Check It Out: <frogbert> Have a fun trip, eat some Italian food!

Mar-22-13		Abdel Irada: <CIO>: I want to make this very clear: I am perfectly willing to take "no" for an answer, and I will not be offended in the least. Since I have in effect solicited your opinion, I cannot object to whatever opinion you may offer. So, please don't feel that politesse obliges you to remain silent if you'd prefer not to write for my site, for whatever reason or none at all. One aspect of Asperger's Syndrome that you will probably have noted is that its "sufferers" are extremely forthright. To a man (or woman), I would say that we would always prefer an honest answer, however unflattering, to none at all. (This is, of course, among the principal reasons why "normal" folk find us hard to understand, and why we often unwittingly offend by applying the same principle to our own utterances.)

Mar-23-13		Check It Out: <AI> I haven't decided one way or the other. I'm just taking my time :) I'll look at your site (which I have a bit already), and if I think I could add something I'll let you know.

Mar-23-13		Abdel Irada: Thank you for letting me know where things now stand. Unfortunately, I am also congenitally impatient. If, as <al wazir> says, this is his "besetting sin," it is also (among) mine. :-S By all means do take your time. No decision of any moment should be rushed.

Mar-25-13		Abdel Irada: I got your note on my forum and will look forward to seeing the article.

Apr-04-13		Check It Out: Hi Jim, some friends of mine are visiting Peru in a week for 2 or 3 weeks. They are Juniper and Chris, wife and husband. Juniper is a student of mine at the karate dojo, and also participates in our chess club with <Shams> and myself. Very friendly people and adventurous. might be interested in your books, or simply chatting it up about places to go, hikes, etc. Would you be willing to correspond or meet with them?

Apr-04-13		Jim Bartle: Sure, I'm in the Lima phone book.

Apr-04-13		Check It Out: Great. Can they contact you by email?

Apr-04-13		Check It Out: That's fine if not. I've sent them a message to look you up when they arrive. They know me as Matt or Sensei, not Check It Out. I've asked them to purchase your best book for me - which should it be?

Apr-10-13		hms123: <CIO> BOB4: Chessgames Challenge: Team White vs Team Black, 2013

Apr-26-13		Abdel Irada: I gather your Fed article is turning into a significant research project? ∞

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