User Profile: Ron

Ron
Member since Mar-29-03 · Last seen May-21-13

"Everyone thought that the encounter of the two chess players was accidental."
--From the story "An Examination of the Works of Herbert Quain" by Jorge Luis Borges
Also, I have a blog devoted to chess:

http://chessaficionado.blogspot.com/

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   Ron has kibitzed 2694 times to chessgames [more...]

   May-15-13 Kenneth Rogoff

Ron: IRS Acting Commissioner resigns: http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/05/1...

   May-08-13 Team White vs Team Black, 2013
   May-06-13 Raymond Keene

Ron: Hello GM Keene: I was born in the US but my father came from England. So, probably expectedly, I take some interest in developments in the UK. I am impressed by this: http://www.samizdata.net/2013/05/ni...

   Mar-31-13 Carlsen vs Svidler, 2013

Ron: Another possibility is that both Kramnik and Carlsen lose.

   Mar-31-13 Anastazia Karlovich

Ron: They should make a James Bond movie with some of these women chess players.

   Mar-31-13 Kramnik vs Gelfand, 2013

Ron: Ah, but can Kramnik engineer a one rook endgame?

   Mar-23-13 Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2013

Ron: Oh my! A loss by Carlsen here would make the tournament standings very interesting...maybe Aronian should treat Radjabov to dinner.

   Mar-17-13 Radjabov vs Ivanchuk, 2013

Ron: I still have a fascination for this particular game. I was watching this game live, and after Radjabov played 15 Rd3, Ivanchuk went into a long think. 15 Rd3 put Black into a critical situation. I'm serious.

   Mar-03-13 Edward Winter

Ron: Edward Winter had an article in chessbase about hypermodernism: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... On the one hand, Winter spent a liitle time focusing on the use of the word 'hypermodern', which, I don't find worthwhile. But the thrust of the article is about those who ...

   Feb-19-13 The World vs Akobian, 2012

Ron: 9. c3 was the best move. Playing c4 would have given Black more freedom on the queenside. If I recall correctly, the only computer which was for 9. c3 was <RandomVisitor>'s Rybka. 9. c3 had its human advocates, <Dan> perhaps being its most outspoken advocate.

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Aug-17-08		ravel5184: <Ron> What's up with your forum? Only 0 kibitzes? (well 1 now).

Aug-18-08		Ron: Hello <ravel5184>. Well, very recently opened it up. I hope some analysis in our Arno Nickel game will happen here.

Aug-19-08		ravel5184: Great! How bout we look at the Scandinavian?

Aug-20-08		kutztown46: <Ron> Thank you for volunteering for Voting Statistician. I listed that job as open because the one who was doing it for the last two games disappeared in the middle of the last game. He (<rebjorn>) has since reappeared and offered to do the job again. He has a system all set up to accomplish it. Do you mind if we let him do his regular job again? Instead, I see from the second message on your forum that you hope to host some analysis on your forum. We still need some more forum hosts for the temporary (analysis) forums. Would you be willing to give that a try? If you have questions, let me know.

Aug-21-08		rebjorn: Hey Ron if you'd rather do stats then host a forum you won't hear any griping from me.

Aug-24-08		TiTi: lol, good one: "A very complicated position" ^^

Aug-25-08		Ron: click for larger view GMAN moved 1. e4

Aug-27-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 FINAL VOTE RESULTS: 1...c5 312 votes (54.4%) 1...e5 138 votes (24.0%) 1...e6 35 votes (6.1%) 1...c6 23 votes (4.0%) 1...d5 18 votes (3.1%) 1...Nf6 17 votes (3.0%) 1...g6 8 votes (1.4%) 1...d6 6 votes (1.0%) 1...Nc6 5 votes (0.9%) 1...h5 2 votes (0.3%) total # of votes: 574 draw requests: 9 (1.6%)

Aug-29-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3

Aug-31-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 FINAL VOTE RESULTS: 2...Nc6 295 votes (58.1%) 2...a6 142 votes (28.0%) 2...e6 29 votes (5.7%) 2...d6 20 votes (3.9%) 2...g6 13 votes (2.6%) 2...Nf6 3 votes (0.6%) 2...e5 2 votes (0.4%) total # of votes: 508 draw requests: 7 (1.4%)

Sep-01-08		artyom2008: hey ron missed you

Sep-01-08		artyom2008: dont tell me you forgot me

Sep-02-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3

Sep-04-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 FINAL VOTE RESULTS: 3...d6 232 votes (45.4%) 3...e6 145 votes (28.4%) 3...g6 64 votes (12.5%) 3...e5 26 votes (5.1%) 3...Nf6 19 votes (3.7%) 3...Nd4 9 votes (1.8%) 3...1-0 5 votes (1.0%) 3...d5 3 votes (0.6%) 3...a6 3 votes (0.6%) total # of votes: 511 draw requests: 9 (1.8%)

Sep-06-08		Artar1: <We need your vote in our Battle of the Brains2 game. Can you vote right now? The team needs you. Thanks!>

Sep-06-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4

Sep-08-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 FINAL VOTE RESULTS: 4...cxd4 467 votes (93.6%) 4...1-0 14 votes (2.8%) 4...Bh3 3 votes (0.6%) 4...Bg4 2 votes (0.4%) 4...Qa5 2 votes (0.4%) 4...Be6 2 votes (0.4%) total # of votes: 499 draw requests: 11 (2.2%)

Sep-10-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4

Sep-12-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 FINAL VOTE RESULTS: 5...Nf6 294 votes (62.0%) 5...g6 86 votes (18.1%) 5...e6 37 votes (7.8%) 5...e5 31 votes (6.5%) 5...1-0 5 votes (1.1%) 5...Qb6 3 votes (0.6%) 5...a6 3 votes (0.6%) 5...Bd7 2 votes (0.4%) total # of votes: 474 draw requests: 12 (2.5%)

Sep-14-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5

Sep-16-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 FINAL VOTE RESULTS: 6...e6 302 votes (74.9%) 6...Qb6 51 votes (12.7%) 6...e5 15 votes (3.7%) 6...Bd7 13 votes (3.2%) 6...a6 6 votes (1.5%) 6...1-0 4 votes (1.0%) 6...Qa5 3 votes (0.7%) 6...Nxd4 2 votes (0.5%) 6...Bg4 2 votes (0.5%) 6...h6 2 votes (0.5%) total # of votes: 403 draw requests: 9 (2.2%)

Sep-18-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2

Sep-20-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 FINAL VOTE RESULTS: 7...a6 270 votes (66.8%) 7...Qb6 72 votes (17.8%) 7...Be7 40 votes (9.9%) 7...h6 10 votes (2.5%) 7...1-0 6 votes (1.5%) 7...Bd7 2 votes (0.5%) total # of votes: 404 draw requests: 6 (1.5%)

Sep-22-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0

Sep-24-08		Ron: click for larger view 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. 0-0-0 Bd7 FINAL VOTE RESULTS: 8...Bd7 221 votes (55.9%) 8...h6 87 votes (22.0%) 8...Be7 48 votes (12.2%) 8...Qb6 19 votes (4.8%) 8...1-0 9 votes (2.3%) 8...Nxd4 5 votes (1.3%) 8...e5 2 votes (0.5%) total # of votes: 395 draw requests: 4 (1.0%)

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