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May-22-13 Stein vs Tal, 1961    morfishine: <ughaibu> Well, thats my impression. While his drinking and love of beautiful women are clearly established, perhaps his work habits are not. Tal was no "dummy" in the sense that he would think he could rely on talent alone to succeed. True, in tournaments, where breadth is      May-21-13 morfishine chessforum   morfishine: <The Last Straw> Its a great pleasure that you have found these links helpful!      May-19-13 Tal7777777 chessforum   morfishine: Hello <Tal7777777> I do recall vaguely our first game. I was Black and down an exchange but winning the e-pawn when we decided on a draw. Do you have the game score? I have miss placed. In any case, I look forward to being more active at <CG> in June. Best, morf      May-18-13 scormus chessforum    morfishine: Hi <scormus>! Good luck on your game with <The Last Straw>! I was checking my notes in reference to your question: <I see someone set <the Last Staw> on me, wasn't you by any chance?> I don't think so. I can't find any post mentioning that you might be ...      May-07-13 sevenseaman chessforum    morfishine: Yes <sevenseaman> I should've included a line with the point first <1.Nf6+> then <2.h7+> and White wins; Don't start with 1.h7+      May-07-13 US Chess Championships (2013)    morfishine: Its great to see Christiansen and Benjamin pushing toward the top. I'm a little surprised at Hess's poor start      May-07-13 J Negro vs Manuelli, 1983    morfishine: Cool, 32.Qxg6+ fxg6 33.f7+ Qxf7 34.Rh8# A lot of action packed into 3-moves. Sweet      May-06-13 Patriot chessforum    morfishine: I tell you <Patriot> my thought process is just pitiful. I had the winning move all decided on and then over-analyzed the position and switched rooks. Instead of 19.Rde1, 19.Rhe1 wins on the spot. I knew intuitively that was the move but switched at the last minute. I'm ...      May-06-13 Z Belic vs S Inhoven, 1987    morfishine: 25.Rh8+ Kxh8 26.Qh1+ Kg8 27.Qh7# Nice theme      May-05-13 Kasparov vs P Nikolic, 1992   morfishine: Hello <Bartimaeus>! On your comment: <...The point was that its any day better than 34... Rxa2+ as a result of which Black immediately loses a piece and very soon the game. A better fight could have been put up with Re6 though Black would probably have lost ...      May-05-13 Tiggler chessforum     May-04-13 N Vitiugov vs Ding Liren, 2012     May-04-13 Abdel Irada chessforum     May-04-13 I Lesnik vs Joze Siska, 1948     May-03-13 DcGentle chessforum     May-02-13 truefriends chessforum     May-02-13 Team White vs Team Black, 2013     May-02-13 Pospisil vs Keller, 1984     May-02-13 G Welling vs B Huemmer, 1982     May-01-13 V Tukmakov vs Schussler, 1983     Apr-30-13 Przepiorka vs J Von Patay, 1926     Apr-30-13 V Vepkhvishvili vs K Shavgulidze, 1983     Apr-30-13 Phony Benoni chessforum     Apr-29-13 M Heinsohn vs B Blitsko, 2012     Apr-29-13 Caruana vs Topalov, 2013     Apr-29-13 H P Garcia vs P Gelpke, 1983     Apr-28-13 Adams vs Fedorov, 2001     Apr-27-13 E Formanek vs A Lein, 1977     Apr-27-13 Lenderman vs S Zierk, 2012     Apr-27-13 Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849     Apr-26-13 Janowski vs Lasker, 1909     Apr-25-13 Alekhine Memorial (2013)  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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 101 OF 101 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-11-13    DcGentle: <morfishine> One important point: In order to win in chess, one has to create and exploit factual or practical constraints. As example take <sevenseaman>'s puzzle #93877. White already created a factual constraint for the black king, this piece cannot move. And White could even exploit this by what? and how?. Also in your last game against <scormus> there was a very similar situation. May-11-13    The Last Straw: <sevenseaman> I think I have found the solution for #93877. May I post it? May-11-13    sevenseaman: <The Last Straw> By all means. Anyone solving must post, here or my forum. <morf>'s is a very popular forum. If you deem some others may still be at it, then posting your solution on my page may prolong the mystery a bit longer. May-11-13    sevenseaman: #101206 A Missed Train click for larger view White. It was a 2730.6 rated problem, one of the highest I may have solved. I was on the cusp of the solution but missed it at the last move due to a carelessness in analysis(a characteristic, intermittent failing). I had made this brilliant play; 1. Rh3 Qf8 2. Rg1 Rf1 3. Rh7+ Kxh7 4. Qh3+ Kg6 Here I insouciantly captured the Black R with my Q rather than allow myself a few seconds and do it with my semi-hanging R. click for larger view CT never spare dimwits and were right in punishing me (a loss of at least 4 pts). A missed train that may not reappear for another 6 months, even at my frequency of haunting the stops. May-12-13    sevenseaman: #96858 A Fly in the Spider's Web. click for larger view Black. If the idea strikes you, its a walk in the park. May-12-13    truefriends: <Just posted the current position of the game on my forum if you are still interested. Think i found another way to bring the K to g3 and avoid Bc2.> May-12-13    Mr. Happy: Hi <morf> This is just a duplicate account of User:The last straw. I may sometimes use this account when stopping by. click for larger view Black to play. May-12-13    The Last Straw: Oh yes, I would like to confirm that <Mr.Happy> is me. May-12-13    morfishine: Hi <everybody>! Thanks for dropping by and making this such a rich chess experience! I'm taking a break from <CG> to tend to some family matters. Feel free to use this forum as you like. I'll catch up to you later Peace, morf May-13-13    Mr. Happy: Hi <morf>! I'm sorry to hear that you'll be gone for a while. Best wishes, and I can't wait to see you back! May-13-13    scormus: Hi <morf> I hope youre feeling better now and wer able to do your part on Mother's Day. I go along with your views on our game, it was great fun, very intense and quite exhausting. I had another internet game going on at the time and was glad I did not need to give so much thought to that one. One game like ours at at time is enough! May-13-13    DcGentle: <Mr. Happy>: I like your new nick. :-) Well, because <morfishine> takes a break, I'll post the solution of your last puzzle, there is a short version, and the longer one. The short one is a mate in 3: 1... Rxc3 2. bxc3 Qa1+ 3. Kc2 Ra2# The longer one is a mate in 13, apparently: 1... Rxc3 2. Rd8+ Rxd8 3. Bxb6 Qxb6 4. bxc3 Rd2 5. Qe1 Qd8 6. Qe3 Nxg2 7. Qxd2 Qxd2 8. Rd1 Qxd1+ 9. Kb2 e4 10. Ka3 Bxc3 11. b4 Ne3 12. fxe4 Nc4+ 13. Ka2 Qc2# May-13-13    morfishine: <The Last Straw> or <Mr. Happy> You are very kind sir! I have enjoyed very much the problems and puzzles you have sent over. You and <sevenseaman> could very well form some sort of puzzle-creation machine: positions that are not manufactured or foreign to the avid chess player; but positions that one may encounter OTB...these are the richest and thus afford the most enjoyment :) May-14-13    DcGentle: <The longer one is a mate in 13, apparently> Well fact is, there is a better line, I tried Zappa Mexico II instead of Houdini this time: 1... Rxc3 2. Rd8+ Rxd8 3. Bxb6 Qxb6 4. bxc3 Qe3 5. Qc1 Rd2 6. Rd1 Qd3+ 7. Ka1 Rxd1 8. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 9. Ka2 Nd3 10. b4 Qa4+ 11. Kb1 Qb3+ 12. Ka1 Qb2# And here there are some alternatives, objectively worse but interesting: 1... Rxc3 2. Rd8+ Rxd8 3. Qe1 Rxb3 4. Qd1 Rxd1+ 5. Rxd1 Qa3 6. Rd8+ Kh7 7. Rd2 e4 8. Bd4 Bxd4 9. Rc2 Rxb2+ 10. Kc1 Qa1+ 11. Kd2 e3# 1... Rxc3 2. Rd8+ Rxd8 3. Qe1 Rxb3 4. Qc1 Ra8 5. Kc2 Qa4 6. Kb1 e4 7. Bd4 Qxd4 8. Qc2 Rxb2+ 9. Kc1 Ra1+ 10. Qb1 Ne2# Notice that White can hang on one move longer by giving the queeen with 4. Qd1 in the second line, instead of 4. Qc1 in the third one. May-14-13    The Last Straw: <DcGentle>Very amazingly done! Yes, <1...Rxc3> is the key move. White of course can throw in a few spite checks or so, but it's always over. May-15-13    The Last Straw: click for larger view <24.a4?> This weakens the white king. <24...d4! 25.exd4?> 25.Na2 Nxb5 26.Qxb5 and white still may have chances to draw. <25...Nf4! 26.Qf1 Nxb5! 27.axb5?> The final mistake. 27.Qxb5? loses to 27...Bc4! 28.Qb4 Bf8!, but white could have tried 27.Nxb5 Qxa4 (with ...Bxb3 in mind) 28.Nc3 Rxc3! 29.bxc3 Bxb3, even though that's also ugly. <27...Bxb3! 28.axb3 Rxc3! 0-1> White will be mated. May-15-13    The Last Straw: Game link: http://www.365chess.com/game.php?gi... May-15-13    scormus: Hi <morf> .... a few final thoughts <<I considered 15...Ne5 which is also good> This was the #1 candidate I worked on while you were contemplating your move. I can understand why you would not want to clog the e-file with another piece> The pressure from my R on the e-file was certainly a factor. What I did not appreciate at the time was how much trouble it would cause to me if you played Nf6+ <<After 16.Bxf4 I was strongly tempted to Nxf3 immediately, but it would have been a big??> (I think you meant 16...Nxf2)> I meant 16 ... Nxc3 (Nxf3 was my chesslexia kicking in!) Both ... Nxf2 and ... Nxc3 trigger a wild sequence of exchanges, starting with thatmove which was haunting me, 17 Nf6+, but after close examination I saw that when then dust settles you'd be ahead an R vs. a pawn or 2. Afterward I checked the move I'd later planned to play 22 ... Qg5 intending to meet 23 h4 by ... f3+ 24 hxg5 fxe2. I think I saw a line that would give you counterplay but it seems it was a ghost. So I missed a trick by not playing 22 ... Qg5 which was the most accurate and positive continuation. BTW have you been following the Norway tournament? May-16-13    scormus: hello <morf> I hope you are over your illness and have been able to follow the Norway tournament. Karjakin set a scorching pace and still leads, he had a good win yesterday against Naka. Naka seemed unable to decide between the Najdorf and the Dragon, and tried to play both. IMO not a good idea! I had another look at 22 ... Qg5, and I'm sure W's best move is 23 f3 as you had in mind. The engine had a lot od difficulty deciding B's best reply to your 22 g4, coming up with ... Qg5 at low depth of sear (threatening ... Qg5) ch before settling on ... Kf8 on deeper search. I think 23 f3 effectively refutes ... Qg5. So the engine outcome rather justifies mychoice of ... Be6, avoiding the unclear complications of ... Qg5. Basically what my gut feeling was telling me, though I don't think I'd have chosen ... Kf8. One thing we are all agreed about, 22 ... fxg3 is a mistake. Has a bit of good news, Chelsea (London) won the UEFA Cup soccer against Benfica (Lisbon) last night. And the tax authorities refunded me some money, worth about 700 USD. May-18-13    scormus: Hi <morf> I see someone set <the Last Staw> on me, wasn;t you by any chance <;)> If I get beat I know what to say, "Damn, that was the Last Straw" Norway is hotting up, great game yesterday Svidler-Karjakin. Magnus losing as well its stil open as we come to the end. I suppose a draw will be enough for Karjakin, if I understand the scoring Glad you enjoyed Chelsea, a good fighting win against a team that look better in the middle of the pitch, but Chelsea did the business where it mattered most. May-18-13    The Last Straw: User: hello User: are User: you User: zare? May-19-13    morfishine: <The Last Straw> Yes, I can't entirely ignore friends. Great, you have a game with <scormus>! I'm following with much interest. I expect to become more active on <CG> in early June May-19-13    The Last Straw: Hi <morf>! Thanks for replying, I'm preparing to take a break in late June but come back and be.more active in July. Sorry if it was kind of trollish to be posting blue hyperlinks in your forum. I used to do that with User: Ohiochessfan. Finally, I wish I could have a premium membership, but it's ok. Thanks! May-21-13    The Last Straw: BTW, thanks for posting so many links in your bio! They're very useful! May-21-13    morfishine: <The Last Straw> Its a great pleasure that you have found these links helpful! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 101) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 101 OF 101 ·  Later Kibitzing>		100% Cotton Chess Puzzle Shirt

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