sisyphus Member since Feb-01-04 · Last seen Nov-20-09 56/m/Fairfax, Virginia USA USCF 1624 I gained 46 points for a quick rating of 1670 in the first tournament I played in 20 years. Woo hoo _____________________________________________ 8 March 2009 To document my minimal claim to fame, my game was featured in the "Back to Basics" column of the March 2009 Chess Life, analysis and instruction for those of us below Class B. http://main.uschess.org/content/vie... (U.S. Chess Federation membership required)

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Oct-16-09 J Cahill vs T Shorten, 1974    sisyphus: Why not 18...Rxc4?      Oct-14-09 J W Rimington Wilson vs Steinitz, 1862   sisyphus: 9...Qg5 was a mistake. 9...Nf6 would have preserved an advantage.      Oct-08-09 European Club Cup (2009)    sisyphus: <What happened with team Vilnius vs Baden-Baden?> I saw Vallejo play a miniature against Lithuanian IM Grabliauskas this morning. I never saw Black whip up a kingside attack so fast in an innocuous queen's pawn opening. V Grabliauskas vs Vallejo-Pons, 2009      Oct-08-09 Nanjing Women's FIDE Grand Prix (2009)    sisyphus: Xu Yuhua beat Kovanova in 31. Munguntuul - Dzagnidze is a rook ending, I think a draw at this level.      Oct-07-09 US Women's Chess Championship (2009)    sisyphus: How 'bout Foisor - Melekhina? Terrific to see how Black got up a piece and put her opponent away.      Oct-05-09 chessgames.com chessforum    sisyphus: I second the call for a U.S. Women's Championship forum.      Oct-05-09 B Yildiz vs M Sebag, 2009    sisyphus: Though 26...Rcxc6 is marked as an Exchange sacrifice, it's better to see it as winning two pieces for rook and pawn (after 27.Bxd6 Rxd6). Black's advantage was soon dissipated after 27...h6, allowing White's queen to invade the back rank with check. Better would have been ...Rd8.      Oct-04-09 Z Franco-Ocampos vs Seirawan, 1983   sisyphus: Queen sac (21...Nxd1): completely sound and something I would never have looked at.      Oct-04-09 Francisco Vallejo-Pons   sisyphus: Paco Vallejo won the Spanish Championship today, finishing with 8/9 and a full point ahead of the field. He needed a win with Black in the last round to place unshared first. He beat IM Sergio Cacho (who was 1994 champion) with the Benko Gambit.      Sep-30-09 Hans Berliner   sisyphus: It's much like the numbers Larry Kaufman determined and published in Chess Life some years ago. From memory: P=1, N=3.25, B=3.25, R=5, Q=9.5. In addition, he gave an extra half-pawn for having a bishop pair. It's useful for evaluating certain exchanges, such as (1) two pieces are ...

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