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| euripides: <river> I agree - I have discovered from the Crystal Palace tournament that I enjoy buzzer chess much more than I expected to. But it requires more organisation than five-minute chess - at least a third piece of equipment and possibly a third party. So it would be a little surprising if five-minute chess or similar had not been played informally as well. One can surely play five-minute chess with old or decrepit clocks; one just has to treat them more gently. Banging a clock has arguably more to do with theatrical effect than speed. |
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Apr-18-08
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| hrvyklly: <euripides: Banging a clock has arguably more to do with theatrical effect than speed.> Absolutely, whenever my opponent starts doing it I retaliate by pressing my clock as gently as possible, just to annoy them... |
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| Apr-18-08 |
| Petrosianic: <keypusher> <I doubt it would have occurred to anyone to play blitz before the advent of durable, <cheap> chess clocks. I remember seeing a nice early 20th century antique clock at a tournament once -- anyone trying to play blitz on it probably would have gotten arrested. So if anyone can examine his or her old magazine collection for chess clock advertisements> I came across a clock ad in the May 1936 issue of Chess Review last night. Price was $7.50, which, according to the Inflation Calculator would be $112.22 in 2007 dollars. A tad on the pricy side, but people do pay that much today. I don't know if you'd want to play Blitz chess with it, though. |
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| Apr-19-08 |
| Petrosianic: An announcement in the October 1948 issue that the <7th> US Speed Championship (defined as 10 seconds a move), would be held on November 28th, and that Max Pavey was the defending champion. (One page later is a death notice for legendary goat L. Walter Stephens, of US Championship infamy.) |
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Apr-19-08
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| keypusher: <One page later is a death notice for legendary goat L. Walter Stephens, of US Championship infamy.)> For those who, like me, had no idea why Mr. Stephens is infamous, see the kibitzing here: Reshevsky vs Denker, 1942 |
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| Apr-19-08 |
| maxi: There are loads and loads of people like Stephens. Man's capacity for unfairness is infinite. |
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Apr-19-08
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| Calli: What does the incident say about Reshevesky? |
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Apr-19-08
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| RookFile: It's hard to say, because to my knowledge, Reshevsky never gave his side of the story. I think the best way of understanding the way Reshevsky thought is to liken him to Karpov. Reshevsky was a warrior. He showed up and played to win - period. Kasparov explained once that the difference between Spassky and Karpov can be explained that Spassky was a gentleman, something like Fischer forfeiting a match to him would have troubled him deeply. Karpov never had any such problems, Kasparov joked that he's surprised that Karpov didn't write a book claiming credit for the forfeit win over Fischer. Reshevsky was the same way - he was a warrior, who came to win - damn the consequences. |
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Apr-23-08
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| chancho: What year was this photo taken?
http://www.capmontoro.com/images/bl... |
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Apr-23-08
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| NakoSonorense: Hace mucho, mucho tiempo... |
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Apr-23-08
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| brankat: <chancho> The way Capa looks, and he doesn't look well, I'd say sometime between 1939-42. |
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Apr-23-08
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| chancho: <brankat> Gracias Amigo. |
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| Apr-29-08 |
| Whitehat1963: Most people have probably seen this already, but if you haven't: http://batgirl.atspace.com/LaskerMa... |
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| May-07-08 |
| Augalv: Capablanca Chess Tournament Kicks Off
Havana, May 7 (Prensa Latina) The drawing of lots by elite chess players will focus the opening ceremony of the 43rd Capablanca Memorial International Chess Tournament, scheduled for Wednesday evening at the Neptuno-Triton hotel resort in Havana. According to a report from the Cuban News Agency -AIN-, the order of the matches for the nine sessions of the competition will be defined after each of the ten Grand Masters (GM) randomly pick numbers that may mark their fate. The elite group will be granted the 15th category of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) for having an average ELO of 2,602 points. Heading the group is Cuba’s Leinier Dominguez (2,695), who is in the 26th position in world ranking. Before leaving Caracas, Eduardo Iturrizaga, first Grand Master of Venezuela, said he aspires to dominate at the José Raúl Capablanca In Memoriam, although he still has to obtain the 2,600 ELO, threshold to enter elite events. Another favorite is Holland’s Sergei Tiviakov (2,634), 84th in the world, and holder of the European title. He is one of the four foreign players among the group of elite competitors. The others are Farruk Amonatov (2,625), from Tajikistan, Poland’s Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2,625) and German Igor Khenki (2,608). Also among the top players is Cuban Lazaro Bruzon (2,608). With ELOs below 2,600 are locals Holden Hernandez (2,568), national champion Yuniesky Quesada (2,567), Jesus Nogueiras (2,559) and Walter Arencibia (2,534). GM Neuris Delgado (2,530), and International Master (IM) Fidel Corrales (2,502), who is waiting for FIDE's confirmation to be named GM, will take part in the event. Source: www.plenglish.com |
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May-07-08
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| CapablancaFan: <Augalv: Capablanca Chess Tournament Kicks Off> Thanks for the info! |
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May-09-08
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| whiteshark: Quote of the Day
< As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent.> -- Capablanca
When did Capablanca say this ? |
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May-09-08
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| Karpova: <whiteshark>
On Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1913 < paladin at large: <whatthefat><"As one by one I mowed them down, my superiority soon became apparent."
- Jose Capablanca >
Your citation is misleading in juxtaposition with your other quotes since Capablanca made this statement in the specific context of his 1906 - 1908 encounters with members of the Manhattan Chess Club. (My Chess Career)> |
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May-09-08
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| whiteshark: Thanks <Karpova>, it's indeed from the intro of chapter III <The years 1906-1908> of My Chess Career: "After two years, in the course of which I had done a great deal of physical sport, I left the University and dedicated most of my time to chess. During those two years I played many a serious game, mostly in summer, against the strongest players of the Manhattan Chess Club, <and as one by one I mowed them down without the loss of a single game my superiority became apparent.> From that period I take the following games,..." |
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| May-09-08 |
| maxi: As I understand it, My Chess Career was written to pressure Lasker into a match for the world championship. |
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| May-09-08 |
| maxi: And it worked, too, since the match took place a year after the book's appearance. |
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| May-09-08 |
| Petrosianic: That may be The Fallacy of False Causation. I've never heard any book claim that the book caused the match. Most sources seem to indicate that it was the record purse that did the trick. |
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| May-09-08 |
| maxi: I was kidding. Sorry. |
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May-09-08
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| RookFile: Lasker wasn't interested in being champ any more, but he did want to be paid. |
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| May-13-08 |
| Augalv: Three way tie in 43rd Capablanca Memorial Cuban Chess Tourney
The 43rd Capablanca Memorial Cuban Chess Tourney registered a three-way tie for the first place after three rounds between three grandmasters (GMs), two Cuban, Walter Arencibia and Leinier Dominguez and one German, Igor Khenkin. http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2008/0... |
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May-16-08
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| Knight13: Chessmetrics Player Profile: José Capablanca
Born: 1888-Nov
Died: 1942-Mar
Best World Rank: #1 (85 different months between the May 1914 rating list and the July 1937 rating list ) Highest Rating: 2877 on the May 1921 rating list, #1 in world, age 32y6m Best Individual Performance: 2833 in New York, 1918, scoring 6/6 (100%) vs 2682-rated opposition |
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