User Profile: thegoodanarchist

thegoodanarchist
Member since Jul-29-03 · Last seen Jun-23-09

I play chess on gameknot.com and in USCF rated OTB tournaments. My current rating is 1809 USCF (modified Elo).
BS, physics 1988
BS, mechanical engineering 1994
MS, physics 2004
PhD, physics 2006
My favorite chess player of all time is Alexander Alekhine, because of the stunning and amazing tactical play. Tal is a close second, with the tiebreak between them being their... annotations. Alekhine's annotations are the best!
Consider the following from Alekhine-Weenink, Prague Team Tournament (July 1931): After 22. g4, AA writes "This little pawn threatens by its further advance to set on fire the black King's residence - and cannot possibly be stopped from that dark design." Tremendous!
Alekhine vs Weenink, 1931

I very much enjoy discussions about who is the greatest chess player of all time. My top five are Fischer, Kasparov, Karpov, Capablanca and Lasker. I put Fischer #1, but don't have an order for the rest. Should Lasker be ahead of Karpov? Should Capablanca be ahead of Lasker? I am undecided on these and other questions.

thegoodanarchist has kibitzed 517 times to chessgames [more...]

Mar-14-09 M Umansky vs The World, 2009

thegoodanarchist: I voted to castle.

Mar-14-09 Zhao Xue vs Yang Shen, 2009

thegoodanarchist: Black should have castled before commencing his wing attack

Mar-12-09 capafan chessforum

thegoodanarchist: <cafafan> After 22 hours Fritz8 still had 9...Qa5 as the best reply. So I will check out the <ajile> analysis and see what I can see.

Mar-10-09 Lasker-Capablanca World Championship Match (1921)

thegoodanarchist: <<Gypsy> ...Alekhine broke the London Contract by agreeing to play for the championship with Bogo and Euwe for much less. So Alekhine singling out Capablanca for the strictest adherence to original ammount does not seem to have much of a legal basis. Nor can it be ...

Mar-10-09 Lasker-Janowski World Championship Match (1910)

thegoodanarchist: Lasker had two - TWO - total whitewashings in WCC matches. Kudos to him for his convincing wins.

Mar-10-09 Lasker-Marshall World Championship Match (1907)

thegoodanarchist: I would like to know the conditions set for winning the match. Obviously our "slugger" Marshall didn't come close, but was there a set number of games? or was it first to x points to win? Just historical curiosity...

Mar-10-09 Lasker vs Steinitz, 1896

thegoodanarchist: A win by black without castling by either side - is this the only WCC game where that happens?

Mar-10-09 Steinitz-Gunsberg World Championship Match (1890)

thegoodanarchist: Is this where Bobby Fischer got his ideas for the (potential) 1975 title defense? First to 10 wins? Champion retains title in case of 9-9 wins tie? Fischer must have really respected these early chess pioneers of the WCC...

Mar-10-09 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927

thegoodanarchist: <<Whitehat1963> ...while I'm a huge fan of Capablanca, it was probably best for the future of chess that Alekhine won the match, showing the power of preparation and determination above superior but lazy genius. The result must have served as an inspiration to many

Mar-09-09 J Vesely vs J Rejfir, 1961

thegoodanarchist: pin and win! This was a "hard" Monday puzzle. I looked at two other moves and it took me about 15 seconds to realize Qxf7 picks up the exchange.

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