keypusher Member since Sep-23-04 · Last seen Nov-20-09 Scott Thomson The Perseus Project: The classics in Greek, Latin & English--hyperlinked http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bi... A page from the Venetus A, the oldest complete manuscript of the Iliad, courtesy of Harvard's Multitext Library: http://chs119.harvard.edu/venice_im... SBC's website, full of wonderful stuff about early chess in general and Paul Morphy in particular http://batgirl.atspace.com/index.html A collection of chess links, including tons of tournament crosstables and games: http://www.worldchesslinks.net/inde... From Google Books, a link to Tarrasch's book on the 1908 world championship. I've translated his notes on the game pages. http://books.google.com/books?id=0C... Lasker's book on St. Petersburg 1909 http://www.google.com/books?id=o3eC... "I had a toothache during the first game. In the second game I had a headache. In the third game it was an attack of rheumatism. In the fourth game, I wasn't feeling well. And in the fifth game? Well, must one have to win every game?" --Tartakower, allegedly "Just because many great chess players were obnoxious jerks, doesn't mean that if you're an obnoxious jerk you're a great chess player." --AgentRgent

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Nov-20-09 chessgames.com chessforum    keypusher: cg.com, hi, I just uploaded a game by the redoubtable Vadim Zvjaginsev against Sergey Volkov from 1998. If you add it to the database I'll put Dvoretsky's annotations in the kibitzing.      Nov-14-09 keypusher chessforum   keypusher: I'll be back for the London tournament.      Nov-14-09 Kenneth Rogoff    keypusher: <chessmoron> <pawn to QB4> Evidently I have not been clear. It's not that I think KSM is too evil to be tried. It's that, to me, the majesty of the rule of law is just another phantasm, no more real than God or the devil. Nor can it be vindicated in this case, any more      Nov-14-09 Tal Memorial (2009)    keypusher: Congrats to Kramnik!      Nov-14-09 Magnus Carlsen    keypusher: <returnoftheking: bwehehe Solon just can't help himself.> You're the last person who should accuse others of lacking self-control.      Nov-13-09 Steinitz vs Lasker, 1896   keypusher: keypusher: <Ratul> Welcome! Yes, in fact according to Honza Cervenka's nice analysis from 12/23/05 White is lost after 23. Qxb7. So I agree, h3 would have been better, either on move 22 or move 23. In the tournament book Tarrasch writes that <on 23. h3 the attack with the      Nov-13-09 Scott Thomson   keypusher: <Chancho> I was doing jumping jacks on the inside. :-)      Nov-13-09 Steinitz vs H Schlemm, 1897   keypusher: <Plato> You are right! I was going from my memory of a note in Hoffer's London 1899 tournament book, which says after 4....d5-d4: <This variation was worked out by Pillsbury for the occasion. It is a modification of a consultation game (I forgot this part) played in ...      Nov-13-09 Phony Benoni chessforum    keypusher: <Jim Bartle> Seeing the Dead 40 times has got to be worth something! I bought one Grateful Dead album when I was a kid but didn't like it. Not loud or fast enough for my younger self. But every once in a while I rent a car with satellite radio, and Sirius has a channel ...      Nov-13-09 Kibitzer's Café    keypusher: <I suppose my favorites were seeing Russia from her back porch > Seeing Russia from her back porch was a line from Tina Fey, not Palin herself. But one of Fey's funniest bits was simply reciting verbatim Palin's response to one of Couric's questions. The whole fiasco makes ...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 13 OF 13 ·  Later Kibitzing > Sep-07-09    jessicafischerqueen: Thanks for your kind acknowledgement of the "Big Three" project you gave on the <Fischer page>. The "Big Three," as you know, are <suenteus po>, <benzol>, and <Phony Benoni>. I don't exactly work *with* them, but sometimes they let me park the cars. Sep-08-09    Open Defence: so the players that faced the big three is the <Axis> ?? Sep-08-09    jessicafischerqueen: That's right <Deffi> and you are one of the "lead countries": Game Collection: The Big Three ?? Sep-08-09    rchczrms: OK <key>. I will challenge you one of these days. Sep-08-09    keypusher: <jessicafischerqueen: That's right <Deffi> and you are one of the "lead countries": Game Collection: The Big Three ??> Nice! I have had some horrible positions against Peter at gameknot, but haven't lost to him for some reason. Sep-08-09    keypusher: We should have a Hosea Club, like the old Menchik Club. I'd be a charter member. Sep-08-09    whatthefat: Hi <keypusher>, I hope you're well. I've recently moved across the Pacific to Boston, so maybe I'll see you at a chess tournament one day. :) I was wondering, do you happen to know of any good chess clubs in the Boston area? Sep-08-09    keypusher: <whatthefat: Hi <keypusher>, I hope you're well. I've recently moved across the Pacific to Boston, so maybe I'll see you at a chess tournament one day. :) I was wondering, do you happen to know of any good chess clubs in the Boston area?> I don't even know of any good clubs in New York (I find the Marshall depressing as hell)! Sep-08-09    keypusher: <whatthefat> I think <RookFile/AnalyzeThis> is from Boston...<Boomie> might be. Maybe they can suggest a place. Sep-08-09    whatthefat: Hah! Thanks, I might drop <Boomie> a line then. Sep-08-09    jessicafischerqueen: <Boomie> lives in Washington State. Sep-08-09    keypusher: <whatthefat> See fischer page. Say whatever you like about <RookFile> -- I've said it already, and much more harshly. But no man holds less of a grudge. Sep-09-09    Open Defence: he's a nice guy except when politics are discussed :) Sep-09-09    jessicafischerqueen: I love <Rookfile>= and he and <Eyal> have posted so much great analysis on the <Fischer game pages> that they should get medals. Sep-09-09    jessicafischerqueen: Also, <keypusher's> observation about <Rookfile> not holding grudges is very true. Remember when <Rookfile> played the "grudge match to the death" against <Plato> at <Ziggurat forum>? <Rookfile> couldn't stand <Plato> but after the match they became friends. Sep-09-09    whatthefat: <keypusher> Thanks. Hey, you never know, maybe we'll butt heads over rating systems and the like in person next time. :) Sep-10-09    Open Defence: I always thought your handle referred to pushing the buttons / keys on the chess clock... Sep-10-09    whiskeyrebel: I always figured keypusher for a locksmith. Oct-28-09    tpstar: <keypusher> Very nice posts about 9/11 - thoughtful and composed. I would have been much harsher against such Blame the Victim mentality, as I cannot begin to imagine dancing in the streets over such a horrific tragedy. I have long suspected that the fierce anti-Americanism on this site is actually anti-Semitism, as in the US must "apologize" for supporting Israel. That thread reminded me about Rudy Giuliani declining a $10 million donation from Arab donors who wanted the US to "reconsider" foreign policy, meaning pro-Israel policy. No need to respond. :-) Nov-06-09    keypusher: <tpstar> thanks. It was not so easy to be calm. For once I thought before typing. :-) Nov-10-09    whatthefat: <tpstar>, <keypusher> Sorry if I caused any offence. I'm perplexed as to how you managed to read anti-semitism into my posts; I frankly couldn't care less about US support of Israel beyond acknowledging it as a potential source of provocation of fundamentalist terrorists. I take issue with describing a pacifist approach to the fall-out from 9/11 as a 'blame the victim mentality'. If anything, it is an attempt to end the blame cycle that is leading to more and more senseless deaths. In this respect, I think it is a good idea to step back for a moment and ask why the US was targeted over other nations of equal Christianity and equal standards of living. It is only when such questions have been thoughtfully addressed that we can hope for peace. Sadly though, I don't think that will happen. Nov-10-09    keypusher: <whatthefat> Oh, I didn't see any anti-semitism in what you said. Also, I think the U.S. was targeted not because "they hate our freedom" but because the US supports Israel, had bases in Saudi Arabia, had defeated Iraq in a war and supported sanctions against it, and so on. But I found the notion of apologizing (even if I could figure out who the U.S. was supposed to apologize to) in the immediate aftermath of the murder of several thousand of my fellow citizens contemptible. Nov-10-09    whatthefat: <Oh, I didn't see any anti-semitism in what you said.> I'm glad. <Also, I think the U.S. was targeted not because "they hate our freedom" but because the US supports Israel, had bases in Saudi Arabia, had defeated Iraq in a war and supported sanctions against it, and so on.> We're on the same page here. <But I found the notion of apologizing (even if I could figure out who the U.S. was supposed to apologize to) in the immediate aftermath of the murder of several thousand of my fellow citizens contemptible.> Fair enough, I expect most people to feel that way. But if the conflict is to ever end, one of the parties needs to take the high ground, and you can be sure that won't be the terrorists. But I do apologize if I've caused offence with these sentiments. Perhaps it is easier to say these things having not lived through such an event myself. You are two of my favorite kibitzers on the site, so I'm very sorry if I've put either of your noses out of joint. Friends shouldn't discuss politics, eh? Nov-11-09    keypusher: <whatthefat> Well, for what it is worth, I don't respect or like you any less than I did before. I am not a pacifist, but we could use some pacifism in the USA. Nov-14-09    keypusher: I'll be back for the London tournament. Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 13) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 13 OF 13 ·  Later Kibitzing >		Sign-up and play against other members

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