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Oct-05-08
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| parisattack: <brankat> First, of course,my condolences on the passing of your father... Yes, the Glasniks of that era would be near priceless. I have all the Chess Reviews with his wonderful 'Game of the Month' - I loved them; 3 pages on the first 15 moves, 1/2 page on the rest of the game. Many of them are in the book 'Selected Chess Masterpieces' by Gligoric. How do I get to your forum? |
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Oct-05-08
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| brankat: <parisattack> A CG.com member's forum is one of the "perks" of premium membership. I get to m forum simply by clicking on "profile", either at the bottom of the screen menu, or at the top right-hand corner button of the opening page. But since you are not a prem. member, I think You'd have to take a detour. Try:
1. At the bottom of the screen click on "chessforums", then 2. Now You are at the Chessforums Activity page (shows the most recent activity). If You don't see my avatar and name there click on any of the available ones (either a name or an avatar itself). 3. This will bring You to someone's forum. At the bottom of the screen there is an entry field. Type in <brankat> and "Enter". |
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Oct-09-08
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| brankat: <parisattack> Has the above been too complicated? :-) |
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Nov-24-08
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| brankat: Finally, got myself Gligo's book, "I play against the Pieces", today! Ten bucks in a second hand bookstore! :-) |
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Nov-24-08
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| Stonehenge: <brankat> Am I right that you'll find always the same kind of boring people in second hand bookstores? Like chessplayers for example. :0) |
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Dec-01-08
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| parisattack: <brankat: Finally, got myself Gligo's book, "I play against the Pieces", today! > Enjoy! It is certainly one of my ATF chess books. |
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Dec-02-08
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| brankat: <Stonehenge> I've met ll sorts of interesting people in bookstores. Much more so than, for instance, in bars. Yet, I still prefer bars. Can't figure out why :-) Possibly because drinks are usually more affordable than books? :-) |
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Dec-02-08
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| brankat: <parisattack> I'm now close to about half way through the book. A very fine work indeed. Like all of Gligo's writings. I just noticed You are now a Premium CG member. Congratulations! Opening Your own forum any time soon? |
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Dec-02-08
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| parisattack: < brankat: <parisattack>
Opening Your own forum any time soon?>
Perhaps a forum on collecting chess literature which has been an interest of mine since I began playing the game...but after the holidays. Gligo - There is also a nice collection of his games by Colin Leach although the annotations are Informant-style and it is the Gligo annotations that I like so much in the Pieces book. |
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Dec-02-08
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| brankat: <parisattack> Certainly. You choose topics, subject matters .. You'd like to talk about, discuss, explore. Should be interesting. |
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Dec-10-08
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| parisattack: <Possibly because drinks are usually more affordable than books? :-)> I saw an 18th century Philidor book sell for $700 recently. A bottle of Louis XIII is $2000 - but I would rather have the book, myself - although to have both to enjoy together would be very fine, indeed. |
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Dec-10-08
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| brankat: <parisattack> This is what <Calli> posted almost 5 years ago :-) <Feb-19-04 <Calli> You can buy Ruy Lopez de Segura original book from 1584. on e-Bay. <http://cgi.befr.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAP...;Only a few thousand Euros. I am waiting for the Dover reprint ;-) > |
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Feb-02-09
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| brankat: Dear Gligo!
Wishing You a very Happy Birthday! |
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Feb-02-09
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| talisman: happy b'day. read your book in 10th grade on the fischer - spassky match and was hooked. |
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Feb-09-09
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| parisattack: <brankat: Dear Gligo!
Wishing You a very Happy Birthday!
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I missed Gligo's B-Day! Belated greetings and well wishes to one of my ATF players! Brankat - I have not yet found my Yugoslav Biltens but did find my run of the Hungarian Sakkélet and some Bulgarian Misls - so perhaps I am close to them! |
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Feb-10-09
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| brankat: <parisattack> Good to see You. It's been a while. I've been checking from to time on Your Forum. Still not activated. In due time, I suppose. As for the Biltens, I guess You must have a ton of all sorts of magazines, papers, books etc accumulated over the years. The task of sorting them out is indeed a major project. Good luck :-) |
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Feb-11-09
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| parisattack: <brankat: <parisattack> Greetings and a belated Happy New Year, Brankat! Yes, unfortunately I have many boxes and tubs of chess literature which most likely will never be put to the best use. I hope to start a Chess Literature forum soon. I have one on my chess website but it has not done well; perhaps more eyes are watching here. |
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Feb-12-09
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| parisattack: <brankat:>
And, so, my forum 'Chess Literature' is open. |
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Mar-18-09
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| jakaiden: I Play Against Pieces is complete!! Game 18 has an ep (en passant) error. Also game 71 has been uploaded with corrections. Enjoy. |
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Mar-28-09
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| parisattack: <jakaiden: I Play Against Pieces is complete!! Game 18 has an ep (en passant) error. Also game 71 has been uploaded with corrections. Enjoy.> Good work! Great to see them online. Gligoric one of the best 1. d4 players of all time. I always tell anyone contemplating the Benoni to play over Gligo's victories over that opening as a reality check. |
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Jun-22-09
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| brankat: <parisattack> A good advice! A funny thing has been happening with my playing the Benoni. I had never tried it until about 2 years ago. And it was mostly on the spur of a moment in one of the correspondence games. I kind of got tired of QG, refuse to play Nimzo because I just hate to "give away" the DS Bishop so early, find the K Indian suffocating, was not sufficiently familiar with the Q Indian. So, it left the Benoni on the menu :-) Anyway, since then I've played about a dozen Benonis. I'd say the score is something like +8 -4, no Draws. Those losses have been my most disastrous ones. By the same token, the wins were my best ones! I'll have to go through Gligo's Benonis. Also his KIDs, and the Spanish games, too. |
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Jun-22-09
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| parisattack: <Brankat ...Anyway, since then I've played about a dozen Benonis.> I have always loved the Benoni formations but just never had the great success like you are having! I do play the Franco-Benoni on occasion - delaying the development of the KN and do a bit better with that, on balance. Gligo the ultimate Benoni slayer; and he makes it looks so simple and thematic. Good books on the Benoni are the series (three of them) by Steffen Zeuthen. |
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Jun-22-09
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| brankat: <parisattack> Thank You for (always) well informed comments. |
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| Jun-24-09 |
| rudysanford: I stumbled across his book on the Nimzo-Indian in a bookstore, and not yet being a Nimzo/QID player, I have let it sit. Several times. At some point, I could see exploring the Nimzo, or at least having one more book to accompany all of those others in my 'chess waiting room'. At this point in time, is this work on the Nimzo still worthwhile? It seemed good, but this is an opening that I have never played and know nothing much about. I have only come across it by going over the occasional master game of players that I am interested in. |
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Jun-25-09
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| parisattack: <rudysanford: I stumbled across his book on the Nimzo-Indian in a bookstore, and not yet being a Nimzo/QID player, I have let it sit. Several times.> I suppose some of the variations are out-of-date by now - and the variations start fairly deep into things. But Gligo's annotations are always good reading. For the Nimzo-Indian perhaps Mastering the Nimzo-Indian by Tony Kosten is a better first-read. Gligo never avoided (as White) allowing the Nimzo 'on principle' as it were. In I Play Against Pieces introducing Gligoric-Janosevic (Game 61) he writes: 'I think there is a kind of 'creative obstinacy' in me and that's why I was constantly bothered by the fact that many Grandmasters as White tend to avoid the Nimzo-Indian - as if it were like tasting poison. |
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