jamesmaskell Member since May-20-05 · Last seen May-18-13 Rated about 1200 from Margate, England.

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May-14-13 Women Grand Prix Geneva (2013)    jamesmaskell: I failed to give mate in a KBB v K endgame in over 60 moves with an opponent who as a rule refuses to resign a month or so ago. It ended by stalemate... A draw which felt like a traumatising loss. Its easy to judge given Ushenina's rating, but if you cant remember the ...      May-13-13 US Chess Championships (2013)    jamesmaskell: Kamsky wins the Armageddon game. Cant knock Ramirez. He played his socks off. Well done to him.      May-11-13 European Individual Championships (2013)    jamesmaskell: After checking out Efimenko's fifth round loss against Butkiewicz, I can understand why he withdrew. A tournament to forget for him with a 26 ELO drop.      May-05-13 World Championship Candidates (2013)    jamesmaskell: I dont mind Chennai as a hosting city but the rules were three months after the Gelfand match and it was reported that India did not act during that period. Thus it should be a fresh bidding process.      Apr-14-13 Magnus Carlsen    jamesmaskell: I would be suprised if Kasparov didn't offer help though Im not certain whether Carlsen would be accepting seeing as it wasnt too successful last time round. I reckon itll be "thanks but no thanks".      Apr-07-13 Kibitzer's Café    jamesmaskell: And its all over with a very easy draw. Clear from the start it was only going to be a draw. Oh well.      Mar-31-13 Radjabov vs Carlsen, 2013    jamesmaskell: An incredibly tense moment!      Mar-24-13 Grischuk vs Ivanchuk, 2013    jamesmaskell: <watwinc> The players are playing very fast, particularly Ivanchuk. The position will be behind for a few minutes until they hit time control      Mar-17-13 Ivanchuk vs Aronian, 2013    jamesmaskell: Ive watched Carlsen play at London a couple of times and it does look like hes almost too relaxed, as if he was bored. At Tata recently it was the same thing. Each player has their own mannerisms, like Gelfand and his having to handle a pawn or Nakamura grumbling to himself...      Feb-24-13 Bundesliga (2012)    jamesmaskell: From the look of todays live feed, Anatoly Karpov is playing White against Alekseev. Nice suprise this morning. Game kicks off in about 20 mins.

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Mar-06-12    wordfunph: first! hi <jamesmaskell>.. i have visited your beautiful country in 2007 and played at Alwoodley Chess Club in Leeds for +2=0-0 record :) ..and bought some chess books and mags in London. wordfunph from the Philippines! :-)		Times Chess Twitter Feed

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