lost in space Member since Apr-03-08 · Last seen May-23-13 Ground control to major Tom Ground control to major Tom Take your protein pills and put your helmet on (Ten) Ground control (Nine) to major Tom (Eight) (Seven, six) Commencing countdown (Five), engines on (Four) (Three, two) Check ignition (One) and may gods (Blastoff) love be with you This is ground control to major Tom, you've really made the grade And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare This is major Tom to ground control, I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in a most peculiar way And the stars look very different today Here am I floatin' 'round my tin can far above the world Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles, I'm feeling very still And I think my spaceship knows which way to go Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows Ground control to major Tom, your circuits dead, there's something wrong Can you hear me, major Tom? Can you hear me, major Tom? Can you hear me, major Tom? Can you... Here am I sitting in my tin can far above the Moon Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do

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May-23-13 Topalov vs Kamsky, 2013    lost in space: 22. Bh3 would be have been funny, but 22. Bxd5 is already played      May-21-13 lost in space chessforum   lost in space: part 2 The 1978 Karpov-Korchnoi match was in many ways even more difficult than the one in 1972. Mr. Karpov, a Soviet player, had become world champion after Mr. Fischer refused to defend the title in 1975. Mr. Korchnoi had long been one of the top Soviet players, but he had      May-21-13 FIDE Grand Prix Thessaloniki (2013)    lost in space: Hi Boomie, who is this Mr. Avarage with an ELO of 2752? :-)      May-21-13 Korchnoi vs I Krush, 2007    lost in space: Nice! Black to move: 27...Qxe4 28. Nxe4 Rd8+ 29. Rf1 Rxf1# White to move: 28. Rf8+ Rxf8 29. Bd5 1:0      May-20-13 F J Moyano Morales vs C Merlo, 1967    lost in space: I love Mondays! 20. Qg5+ Rxg5 (only move) 21. Rxg5#      May-19-13 Lothar Schmid    lost in space: Sad news. RIP GM Schmid. I had the honor to play a game against you in the 1980ties (simul)...and lost. Will never forget it.      May-19-13 Yifan Hou vs Lahno, 2012    lost in space: Well, I saw the first few moves but haven't been able to see, if this is a win or a draw. My thought was that most probably Black would have a perp...      May-18-13 Aronian vs Carlsen, 2013   lost in space: Correct. An other method is 8. c5 c6 9. b4 a5 and so on. A matter of taste. Allowing black dxc4, c5 cxd4 b5 with tempo (Bc4) means mostly that Black is = or close to =. I think also 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. 0-0 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Rfd1 was a bit better than the text; still this ...      May-15-13 Svidler vs Karjakin, 2013    lost in space: hunderttausend heulende Höllenhunde      May-14-13 J L Hammer vs Wang Hao, 2013    lost in space: The HAMMER is COMING DOWN, DOWN DOWN, down to the ground (Motörhead)      May-14-13 Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2013     May-14-13 Anand vs Karjakin, 2013     May-14-13 Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1957     May-14-13 T Hickendorff vs R Van Bokhorst, 2005     May-13-13 Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2013     May-13-13 Chigorin vs Davydow, 1874     May-12-13 Topalov vs J L Hammer, 2013     May-12-13 Aronian vs Karjakin, 2013     May-10-13 Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2013     May-10-13 Karjakin vs Wang Hao, 2013    May-09-13 Carlsen vs Anand, 2013     May-06-13 Z Belic vs S Inhoven, 1987     May-05-13 Petrosian vs Smyslov, 1955    May-05-13 V Buenermann vs K Mokry, 1998     May-01-13 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972     May-01-13 Gelfand vs Adams, 2013     Apr-30-13 Topalov vs Karjakin, 2013     Apr-30-13 V Vepkhvishvili 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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 14 OF 14 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-01-13    cormier: Happy New Year ... tks G Jan-02-13    lost in space: The same to you, <cormier> Jan-02-13    lost in space: Danke für die netten Grüße, <whiteshark>. Das Gleiche natürlich auch für dich und deine Familie. Schade, dass ich dir die Antwort auf deine Grüße hier geben muss, da ja dein Forum geschlossen ist. Möge dein Level an dauerhaftem Stress, Bewegungsmangel, falschem Essen, Genuss/Verzehr an legalen/illegalen Drogen, dein persönlicher Fahrstill und auch die Dosis der Radioaktivität immer unterhalb der Gafahrengrenze bleiben. Dann steht einem gesunden 2013 hoffentlich nichts im Wege! ;-) Jan-04-13    kutztown46: Happy New Year! Sorry for being late. Jan-05-13    lost in space: <<The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with Capablanca.> --- Chernev> True in the past. Later it was Fischer and afterwards Kaparov, in the future it will be Carlsen Jan-12-13    lost in space: <<I'm not afraid of Spassky. The world knows I'm the best. You don't need a match to prove it. > --- Fischer> Everting I hate in 3 sentences. Arrogant, egocentric, egomaniac, hybris. But he was right - at least after the match with Spassky Jan-30-13    lost in space: <<It's true. Capa, son of Caissa, was more interested, always, in cavorting with women than in playing chess. In a tournament held in London, before losing the championship, he was invited with Alekhine, who then was posing with his best friend, to the music hall with the famous Bluebell Girls (all tall, all blonde, all legs). The whole time that show lasted, Alekhine did not stop studying his pocket chess game, while Capablanca did not stop studying the blondes on stage. --- Guillermo Cabrena Infante> I wish that both continued to study their object of obsession also after his show. Feb-07-13    lost in space: <<My motivation for the game was to beat my sister.> --- Carlsen> Seems, he managed this challange in the meantime Feb-18-13    lost in space: <<Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine. > --- Spielmann> Use salt as a white man, vinegar as a miser and olive oil as a maniac -----lost in space Feb-22-13    lost in space: Here a Blitz game from last weekend (after a few beers and late in the night): I was black 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 b6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. f5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. Nf3 Ra7?! 9. 0-0 Qa8 10. e5 Nh6 11. fxg6 hxg6 12. Bxh6 Rxh6 13. Ng5! Rh5 14. Rxf7?? White was better. 14. Nxf7 and he wins 14...Rxg5 15. Rxg7?? click for larger view 15...Qxg2# Feb-23-13    lost in space: <<I prefer to lose a really good game than to win a bad one. > --- David Levy> Right he is. Will post a good lost game now. A bad win: see above. -------lost in space Feb-23-13    lost in space: Before that an other dirty win (Blitz) with Black: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qa4?! Bd7 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. e4 (8. Nf3 with slight advantage) 8...Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxb4 Nc2+ click for larger view 0:1 Mar-06-13    lost in space: http://www.n-tv.de/politik/Zehntaus... 100.000 more cases of radiation related cancer expected in japan due to Fukushima disaster Mar-06-13    lost in space: http://www.n-tv.de/politik/Die-Opfe... Victims of Fukushima Super Gau are forgotten Mar-19-13    lost in space: http://www.n-tv.de/panorama/AKW-Kue... News from today, not from one year ago: Cooling systems in Fukushima nuclear power station not working due to electrical blackout Mar-21-13    lost in space: <<To know is nothing at all; to imagine is everything. > --- Einstein> My motto for live Mar-22-13    lost in space: <<Chess is an art appearing in the form of a game.> --- Soviet Encyclopedia> Especially true for Carlsen. He IS an artist. Mar-24-13    lost in space: This my post No 6000. Not from any interest, I guess? Apr-07-13    lost in space: http://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Fukushi... Leakage in Fukushima reactor; small amount of radioactive water escaped Apr-11-13    lost in space: http://www.n-tv.de/panorama/Radioak... Next leakage: this time 22 liter of highly radioactive water leaked out of a container and drained into the ground May-09-13    lost in space: Here another quick and dirty win in a blitz game, this time with black: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. a3 d6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. Nf3? Nxf2 7. Kxf2? Bg3+ 8. hxg3 Qxd1 0:1 May-18-13    lost in space: The laws of chess are as beautiful as those governing the universe -- and as deadly. --- Katherine Neville May-19-13    lost in space: There are only two kinds of moves in the opening, moves which are wrong and moves which could be wrong. --- Tartakower May-21-13    lost in space: 85By DYLAN LOEB McCLAIN Published: May 20, 2013 Lothar Schmid, Chess Referee of the ‘Match of the Century,’ Dies at age 85 Lothar Schmid, a German chess grandmaster who was the referee for three of the most contentious World Chess Championship matches ever played, including the volatile 1972 contest between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, which he may have saved by negotiating a truce just as it seemed they were both about to quit, died Saturday in Bamberg, Germany. He was 85. His death was confirmed on Monday by his longtime friend Helmut Pfleger, a fellow grandmaster. Mr. Schmid was one of the first grandmasters to earn the title from the World Chess Federation, the game’s governing body, doing so in 1959. He represented Germany in 11 Chess Olympiads between 1950 and 1974, winning two individual silver medals. He was better known as the chief arbiter, or referee, of the championship matches between Mr. Fischer and Mr. Spassky in 1972, between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi in 1978 and between Mr. Karpov and Garry Kasparov in 1986. The Fischer-Spassky showdown is often called the Match of the Century. Mr. Fischer, an American, faced Mr. Spassky, who was from the Soviet Union, against the backdrop of the cold war, and from the beginning the match was difficult to mediate. It was held in Reykjavik, Iceland, and started a week late after Mr. Fischer refused to show up unless the prize money was increased. A private sponsor doubled the fund to $250,000, and the match began on July 11, before television cameras and an audience in a large auditorium. In the first game Mr. Fischer blundered and lost. He insisted that the cameras be removed before he would continue the match. When they were not, he forfeited Game 2, and the match seemed to be in jeopardy. Before the third game, Mr. Fischer insisted that the game be moved to a small back room, with only a closed-circuit television feed to the audience and no camera operator in the room. Mr. Spassky agreed. But when Mr. Fischer arrived, he began to shout and make other demands, according to the 2011 book “Endgame” by Frank Brady. Mr. Spassky, incensed, announced he was leaving. “For a second, I didn’t know what to do,” Mr. Schmid told Mr. Brady. “Then I stopped Spassky’s clock, breaking the rules. But somehow I had to get that incredible situation under control.” Mr. Schmid reasoned with both players. To Mr. Spassky, he said: “Boris, you promised me you would play this game here. Are you breaking that promise?” To Mr. Fischer: “Bobby, please be kind.” It worked. Mr. Spassky sat down. Mr. Fischer apologized and went on to win the game, and eventually the match, becoming world champion. (Twenty years later, after Mr. Fischer had retired, he staged a brief comeback by playing a match against Mr. Spassky in Yugoslavia. Mr. Schmid was again the arbiter.) (end part 1) May-21-13    lost in space: part 2 The 1978 Karpov-Korchnoi match was in many ways even more difficult than the one in 1972. Mr. Karpov, a Soviet player, had become world champion after Mr. Fischer refused to defend the title in 1975. Mr. Korchnoi had long been one of the top Soviet players, but he had defected to the Netherlands two years earlier and was considered a traitor by the Soviet authorities. Mr. Korchnoi’s wife and son had been prevented from leaving the Soviet Union, and his son was arrested and imprisoned after he refused to be conscripted into the Soviet Army. To complicate matters, the players simply did not like each other. The match became a farce of recriminations and bad behavior. Mr. Korchnoi accused one member of Mr. Karpov’s entourage of being a parapsychologist who was trying to hypnotize him; Mr. Korchnoi even threatened to punch him before Game 17 unless he was moved farther back in the audience. To placate Mr. Korchnoi, Mr. Schmid was given the authority to ban spectators if they became disruptive. There was such acrimony that the players stopped speaking to each other. Even draw offers had to go through Mr. Schmid or one of his deputies. The 1986 match was also tense. It was the third time in three years that Mr. Kasparov and Mr. Karpov had played for the title. The first match, which began in September 1984, lasted five months and involved 48 games before being suspended. Mr. Kasparov won the second match in 1985 to become champion. But according to the rules of that contest, Mr. Karpov was entitled to a rematch. So they met again in 1986, and by that time the two had developed a healthy dislike for each other. The match, however, featured none of the theatrics of the 1972 or 1978 contest. Lothar Maximilian Lorenz Schmid was born on May 10, 1928, in Dresden, Germany. His father, Euchar Albrecht Schmid, was a publisher. Mr. Schmid studied to be a lawyer but became involved in the family business when his father died in 1951. He eventually took it over and ran it for decades. Although publishing took him away from playing chess, it gave him the financial means to build a chess library, by many accounts the largest private collection in the world, with an estimated 50,000 items. Mr. Schmid, who lived in Bamberg, is survived by his wife of 55 years, Ingrid; two sons, Wolfgang and Bernhard; a daughter, Alexandra; and five grandchildren Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 14) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 14 OF 14 ·  Later Kibitzing>		Advertise on Chessgames.com

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