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Jun-20-07
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| LIFE Master AJ: I am a big fan of Bill's works. (I have bunches of his books.) 500 French Miniatures, 500 King's Gambit Miniatures, 500 Sicilian Miniatures, etc. Hi Bill, this is A.J. Goldsby, from Pensacola, FL. How are you? |
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Jun-20-07
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| Marmot PFL: One of my games from a junior tournament made it into "500 Sicilian Miniatures". I was only about 1500-1600 at the time and my opponent even lower but it was a nice trap, and it was good to see you didn't have to be a master to get a game published. |
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Jun-24-07
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| wwall: My miniatures were selected because I liked the game. You didn't have to be a master to get a game published. I used a variety of sources to show play from grandmasters to lower rated players. Glad to see one of your games made it in the collection Marmot. The games were not as annotated as I would have liked, but I tried to briefly comment on most of the games. For good annotations, wee A.J. Goldsby's page at http://www.geocities.com/lifemaster... |
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Jun-26-07
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| LIFE Master AJ: Bill - glad to see you are alive and kicking. Can I expect to see you at a tournament anytime soon? (Or are you too busy with work now?) Wasn't looking for a plug for my site, but thanks. BTW, yours is really great, I am constantly surprised by how much info there is on yours! Would you care to estimate the number of hours your site took to create? How many hours do you put in in say ... a week? ... a month? ... a year? Or have you ever bothered to keep track? (Just curious.) |
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Jun-30-07
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| wwall: Not much tournament play except on the Internet. Too busy with work and teaching tennis 6 days a week. Haven't kept track, but it may be an hour a day on chess articles, games, trivia, research, etc on chess. |
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| Jun-30-07 |
| centercounter: Bill, I actually found a predecessor for a "homecooked" line I had prepared in one of your books. A little disappointing, as I thought I came up with the line as an original, but I did get some ideas from the game. PS: I didn't get to use that line till over 15 years after I prepared it. :P By the way, great work on your books (and I really have to check out your website!) Bill! |
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Jul-20-07
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| LIFE Master AJ: ... "wee A.J. Goldsby's page" ...
I wondered why my legal pad ... under my computer ... was soggy. |
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Nov-21-07
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| Pianoplayer: Bill wall has a cool name you pay the bill or get hit by a wall |
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| Nov-22-07 |
| guy0307: Is William R Wall your father? |
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Dec-06-07
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| wwall: Yes, William Raymond Wall (1920-1980) was my father who taught me how to play chess. He was just an average player, but got me interested in the game and joining a chess club. |
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Dec-09-07
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| LIFE Master AJ: Hello Bill:
Bought your "500 English Miniatures" from a book vendor (Sig Smith) in Mobile last weekend. I have gone over a few of the games. (Pretty interesting stuff.) Do you have a favorite miniature from that book?
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Dec-09-07
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| LIFE Master AJ: BTW. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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Dec-31-07
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| brankat: Hi Bill! Just dropped by to wish You a very Happy and successful New Year! |
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Dec-31-07
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| sallom89: Happy new year to u and to all chessgames members ! |
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| Jan-21-08 |
| DarthStapler: Your miniatures series is very entertaining
One of my goals in life is to lose a game to you on the internet and have it published in one of your books |
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Jan-23-08
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| OhioChessFan: Hey Bill. No idea how I ended up here, http://www.geocities.com/SiliconVal... but I did want to note the last game should be scored 0-1 |
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Jan-25-08
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| Joshka: Bill since you actually knew Bobby, could you share any light on your personal relationship? thanks in advance |
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Mar-07-08
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| wwall: OhioChessFan - fixed the score.
Joshka - In 1991, when I lived in Palo Alto, John Donaldson gave me all the back issues of Seirawan's "Inside Chess magazines to deliver to Bobby Fischer. I knew Joan Targ, sister of Bobby Fischer (my uncle was a school teacher in Palo Alto that taught both Targ kids and knew the family). I gave the magazines to my wife to deliver to the Targs in Portola Valley. I would have gone, but I was playing at a LERA tournament in Sunnyvale at the time. My wife delivered the chess magazines to Joan, but did not stay (it was raining). But she did notice a red-headed older man reading a newspaper in the living room. It wasn't Rusell, Joan's husband. Turns out it was Bobby Fischer, but my wife did not recognize him until later, when his picture was all over the place during the Fischer-Spassky 1992 match. I tried to call Fischer for an interview, but got his lawyer instead (Fischer didn't do interviews). The lawyer did acknowledge he got the chess magazines my wife delivered. Also, I was a coach and tutor of Jordy Mont-Reynaud in Palo Alto. It turns out that the house he lived in used to belong to the Targs where Fischer would sometimes visit. |
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| Mar-07-08 |
| MichAdams: <I gave the magazines to my wife to deliver to the Targs in Portola Valley. I would have gone, but I was playing at a LERA tournament in Sunnyvale at the time. My wife delivered the chess magazines to Joan, but did not stay (it was raining).> Was their roof leaking?? Anyway, I trust this missed opportunity taught you a valuable lesson: never send a woman to do a delivery man's job. |
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| Mar-07-08 |
| MichAdams: Russell Targ was into parapsychology, wasn't he? Which brings us nicely onto the subject of Uri Geller and his meeting with Fischer. I emailed Geller about it once, but, unhappily, I can't remember anything of detail about his reply, only that it was the usual hokum. |
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Mar-09-08
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| wwall: Dr. Russell Targ was a laser physicist at Lockheed Martin. Earlier, while at Stanford, he investigated Uri Geller and believed he had psychic abilities. I think he is now trying to claim all of Fischer's money in Fischer's will for his (Targ's) two sons as the beneficiaries. |
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May-11-08
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| brankat: <wwall> Best wishes for Your Birthday, Bill! |
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| May-11-08 |
| DarthStapler: Happy Birthday, Mr. Wall |
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May-13-08
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| wwall: Thanks. I've now lived longer than Capablanca, Alekhine, Tal, and Petrosian (maybe world champions die younger and patzers live longer) |
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May-14-08
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| brankat: Yes, it is only fair that way :-) |
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