User Profile: keypusher

keypusher
Member since Sep-23-04 · Last seen Dec-09-13

Scott Thomson
The Perseus Project: The classics in Greek, Latin & English--hyperlinked
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper...
A page from the Venetus A, the oldest complete manuscript of the Iliad, courtesy of Harvard's Multitext Library:
http://chs119.chs.harvard.edu/venic...
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...
Chess-play is a good and witty exercise of the mind for some kind of men, and fit for such melancholy, Rhasis holds, as are idle, and have extravagant impertinent thoughts, or troubled with cares, nothing better to distract their mind, and alter their meditations; invented (some say) by the general of an army in famine, to keep soldiers from mutiny: but if it proceed from overmuch study, in such case it may do more harm than good; it is a game too troublesome for some men's brains, too full of anxiety, all out as bad as study; besides it is a testy choleric game, and very offensive to him that loseth the mate. William the Conquerer, in his younger years, playing at chess with the Prince of France (Dauphine was not annexed to that crown in those days) losing a mate, knocked the chess-board about his pate, which was a cause afterwards of much enmity between them.
--Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy
"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
"You are also a machine, as are Anand, Carlsen, Kasparov, and Fischer. You and the others are just inferior machines. Your idea of beautiful chess is simply faulty chess that is not caught in its faults."

--vsaluki

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Oct-05-13		chancho: Happy Birthday, Scott!

Oct-05-13		wordfunph: <keypusher> Happy Birthday!

Oct-05-13		Sho: Thanks

Oct-05-13		WCC Editing Project: Good Heavens Happy Birthday as well! Who knew? Best regards to you sir. -Jess

Oct-07-13		Pulo y Gata: Belated happy birthday, key. Remember what a Banana once said: "I want to live with the awareness that I will die; without it, I am not alive." Enjoy the games!

Oct-13-13		Open Defence: belated Birthday wishes!!

Oct-22-13		keypusher: [Event "Team match"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=200..."] [Date "2013.10.22"] [Round "-"] [White "keypusher"] [Black "atadros"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1983"] [BlackElo "1990"] [TimeControl "1/432000"] [Mode "ICS"] [Termination "normal"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 g5 10. fxg5 h6 11. Nf3 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Qb6 13. Qc2 Bb4+ 14. Kf2 Nc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5+ 16. Ke1 Bd7 17. Bd3 Rc8 18. Qb3 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 b5 20. h4 a6 21. h5 Bc6 22. Bf6 Kd7 23. h6 b4 24. Qd1 Be3 25. h7 d4 26. Rh3 Kc7 27. Rg3 Bb5 28. Bxh8 Rxh8 29. Qc2+ Kb6 30. Rg8 Rxh7 31. Rb8+ Ka7 32. Rxb5 1-0

Oct-24-13		Annie K.: <keypusher: <<karpova> Well yes, but I didn't feel bound by the source material. :-)>> Correctly enough, since you were never in any of the mentioned groups. :)

Nov-06-13		Travis Bickle: I know you want me thrown off this site and go out of your way to insult me, but I was trying to reply to all the things that Richard Taylor was saying as a joke about, <"Richard Taylor: <Jack Bauer: You better go in for a closer look of the <U.S. Government Terrorist Identification Chart>: http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/defa... > I think TB and tech draw are clearly identifiable as "biological weapons"...the authorities need to be notified.> So I thought by posting about being a biological threat, I would joke that I am registered with the NRA. There was no threat intended to Richard or anyone else.

Nov-06-13		Travis Bickle: Did you see what Richard said about me & if so why didn't you comment on that also with extreme prejudice? <Richard Taylor: <<harrylime>> Do realise that TB is simply a Challenged Head in some kind wheelchair attached to a plastic /electric/electronic arm and he just reaches for switches on a module in front of him all day? He is a jovial spastic who believes he was in Vietnam and so on and is obsessed with simple music. He has a very simple philosphy of life, being a kind of challenged robotic head, which is all rather sad...He has no life to speak since he was in an accident many years ago...>

Nov-06-13		Travis Bickle: Scott I apologize for posting what I did as I later seen you actually supported me. I got upset that many people are trying to destroy my reputation that I didn't read your full post and felt I needed to clarify what it was all about. Travis

Nov-06-13		Colonel Mortimer: <Travis Bickle> <many people are trying to destroy my reputation> You're making a good job of that without anyone else's assistance.

Nov-06-13		perfidious: The comment cited by the <Colonel> is classic psychological projection, if there ever were any such animal. Coming from someone whose speciality is ranting and raving over the most minor of transgressions, real as well as perceived, it is also supremely hypocritical.

Nov-06-13		jessicafischerqueen: Greetings <keypusher>! I have to concur with the learned member from <Kentucky> (perfidious). The "Col" (previously banned as "Hayton" for stalking AJ Goldsby) seems to have one purpose at this website: to promote as much arguing as possible over subjects that have nothing to do with chess. In particular he is noted for stalking <Travis Bickle> into personal fora to insult him or pour gasoline on any fires he spots.

Nov-06-13		Colonel Mortimer: You got that wrong Jess. <perfidious:> is agreeing with me:)

Nov-06-13		Colonel Mortimer: <Jess> <In particular he is noted for stalking <Travis Bickle> into personal fora to insult him or pour gasoline on any fires he spots.> I don't expect you to be impartial. But for those who would like to the truth, <travis> often polluted my forum when I was a member. Now and again he does a foul-mouthed raid on the rogoff forum with all manner of insults levelled at me and others. He was banned for his last outburst.

Nov-06-13		jessicafischerqueen: <Col> Aha you are right. In that case I have to disagree with the learned member from Kentucky. I may be dumb as a rock. No disagreement there. But why not back off <Travis>? This isn't the first time you've stalked him to another forum. I think your "contribution" to this website is an utter disgrace. No chess postings. All off topic. All arguing. And, as mentioned before in the great "AJ vs. the other guys" stink of last year, I remember your response all to well when I asked you for help to defuse that situation. I'll repeat what I said then: You are unbelievably selfish, and a nasty, grotty little man. You are scum.

Nov-06-13		Colonel Mortimer: <jess> <But why not back off <Travis>? This isn't the first time you've stalked him to another forum.> You have it the wrong way round. <You are scum.> That's not what you said to me on email. But then you are a turncoat, a fair weather friend. I'll accept your apology when you recover from your latest hissy fit.

Nov-06-13		jessicafischerqueen: Col I stopped our email correspondence at the precise moment when you outright refused to help me defuse last year's destructive "AJ vs. the World" stink. Your refusal to help was selfish beyond belief. I will never correspond with you again, nor shall I ever apologize to you for anything. You were already "permanently banned" for your colossal selfishness. What a joke that is. A really unfunny joke, since you are still polluting this website with your selfish squabbling. You contribute nothing. Absolutely nothing. You can't even be arsed to support the website by buying a premium membership, you despicable cheapskate.

Nov-06-13		Colonel Mortimer: <Jess> <I stopped our email correspondence at the precise moment when you outright refused to help me defuse last year's destructive "AJ vs. the World" stink.> You do me too much credit, no one has been able to defuse that continuously erupting volcano.

Nov-11-13		keypusher: Glad you all found a use for my forum! Try to be nicer to each other, though.

Nov-16-13		Shams: ICYMI: https://twitter.com/SlateVault/stat...

Nov-21-13		keypusher: <Shams> Thanks. Decades ago I saw pictures of that set in one of the first chess books I ever read, Lessing and Saidy's The World of Chess. Nice to have a picture I can keep!

Nov-28-13		Colonel Mortimer: I have given <jessicafischerqueen> plenty of time to apologise. I also note that you have selectively culled posts so that those that remain are personal attacks on my handle. Any reason for this?

Nov-29-13		SugarDom: Go jessica! Go girl.

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