Dim Weasel Member since Sep-27-05 · Last seen Feb-07-10 Male, born 1959, live in Espoo, Finland. 'dim_weasel' at GameKnot Some CG links: ?, Rybka (Computer), User: RandomVisitor, User: gameknot, User: chessgames.com FIDE World Championship Tournament (2005), FIDE World Cup (2005) Corus Wijk aan Zee (2006), Linares 2006 (2006), MTel Masters (2006) Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match (2006) Fischer-Spassky World Championship Match (1972)

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Jan-31-09 Kibitzer's Café    Dim Weasel: Ok, now I get it. Just visited Corus C tournament page. Great going for youngsters.      Aug-31-08 Women's World Championship (2008)    Dim Weasel: <capybara> I guess they are nevertheless using the original 64-player pairings, so probably some participants got a free ticket to round 2 ...      Jun-01-08 Ivanchuk vs Anand, 2008    Dim Weasel: <<Udit Narayan> Anand simply blundered his queen away in a blitz game!> It was a rapid game, I think, and the cause was surely not time trouble, because the game was just beginning. Let's see what Anand has to say about this. I agree that games like this should not be      Apr-20-08 lostemperor chessforum    Dim Weasel: Baku pred: 1. Carlsen 2. Adams 3. Radjabov 4. Svidler 5. Karjakin 6. Grischuk 7. Mamedyarov 8. Cheparinov 9. Kamsky 10. Navara 11. Wang Yue 12. Bacrot 13. Inarkiev 14. Gashimov      Apr-20-08 Baku Grand Prix (2008)    Dim Weasel: <<Ichiro> Kamsky's second is ex-world champion Ponomariov!> Situation will be interesting if Ponomariov will act as Kamsky's second also in the Topalov match. Topa's manager Silvio Danailov has also been (maybe still is ?) Pono's manager.      Oct-04-07 Robert James Fischer    Dim Weasel: <RookFile> Thanks. Sounds well in accordance with Soviet cold-war driven mentality of those days. Fair-play probably wasn't the top priority at any field.      Oct-04-07 A Ludgate vs L Quaresma, 2004    Dim Weasel: I was scanning the database for reversed dragons and chose this game for closer inspection because it was correspondence and promised notes. However, it wasn't what I expected. Why 27...1-0 ? What does the note on 27th "(ETL)" mean? This is Quaresma's last game in database, ...      Oct-03-07 K Allen vs Speelman, 2007   Dim Weasel: Weak back rank is such a common theme.      Oct-02-07 Zappa vs Rybka, 2007    Dim Weasel: <<ounos> Oh, that amazing position after the 101st move!> Yup, I stored the useful (read: "simple enough to be recalled later") manouver that follows into my modest endgame toolbox.      Sep-29-07 FIDE World Championship Tournament (2007)    Dim Weasel: A lot of discussion about <short draws> here, overall impression being that players involved do not want to fight it out. I agree that usually this is the case, but there are exceptions. Remember the marathon match Karpov-Kasparov 1984-85. Having nearly lost the match ...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 8 OF 15 ·  Later Kibitzing > Mar-28-06    Dim Weasel: <DeepBlade> Thanks for corrections! So I see you are a King's Gambit player. I think KG is quite an interesting opening because it originates already from Morphy era, is very straightforward and yet it is still 'untamed'. The event field of your game says "KGA Thematic": is it a correspondence tournament? Mar-28-06    Dim Weasel: <DeepBlade> About the Reti endgame study <45> on page 6. I am not sure if anyone has claimed a solution to this one yet. My choice would be 1.Nb3+ and then take the black pawn, but somehow I suspect there is more in it. Please give the solution. Mar-28-06    DeepBlade: Indeed, I really like the KG mainly because it is orthodox and classic. An open position with lots of pitfalls. KGA games tend to be sharp, the game hangs on a thin wire, the good move keeps you alive, and the bad one makes you crawling for desperate defence. I like it because I grew up with it. It was my first reply to 1.e4 e5 and I simply would reply with the same. As I said I grew up with it, so I know which moves are weak in a particular position in a KGA game, mainly because Ive suffered the weakness of it. <<DimWeasel>The event field of your game says "KGA Thematic": is it a correspondence tournament?> No it wasnt corr. but it was a thematic tournament,starting with the moves 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 being an King's Gambit Accepted. About the Reti problem, Solution: 1. Kh1! Now black must move.. The bishop has no squares left, black cannot play his pawn, the king cannot go to d6, and after 1. ...Kb4/Kc4/Kd4/Kd5 White plays 2.a6! and the pawn cannot be stopped Mar-28-06    Dim Weasel: <<DeepBlade> Reti problem> Brilliant!! And the tempting 1.Kxh2? is no good because it allows black a bishop check that avoids white's knight fork. Mar-29-06    Dim Weasel: #68 Mate in two by Cook, 1868 click for larger view Mar-29-06    Dim Weasel: #69 Mate in three by Williams, 1904 click for larger view Mar-29-06    Dim Weasel: #70 Mate in four by Braun, 1977 click for larger view Mar-29-06    Dim Weasel: #71 Mate in five by Courtenay, 1864 click for larger view Mar-29-06    Dim Weasel: #72 Mate in six by Jespersen, 1883 click for larger view Mar-29-06    Dim Weasel: #73 Mate in seven by Rasch Nielsen, 1951 click for larger view Mar-30-06    Dim Weasel: PS Check also the problem by Kasparyan in User: tamar 's profile. It is simply unbelievable! Mar-30-06    hitman84: <68>1.Qa1 Kh7<Kg8 2.Ne6#> 2.Nf5# <69>1.Kb2 a1 2.Ra1 h1 3.Qh1# Beautiful!!! <70>Bg6,Bf7,Bg8(waiting move),Bb3# <71>1.Nf5 Ka1 2.Nd4 Ka2 3.Ne2 Ka1 4.Nc1 a2 5.Nb3# <72>1.Rb5 Ka3 2.Ka5 Ka2 3.Ka4 Ka1 4.Kb3 Kb1 5.Rc5 Ka1 6.Rc1# <73>1.e3! Kb6 2.e4 Kc6 3.e5 Kb6 4.e6 Kc6 <...Ka7 5.e7 Kb6 6.e8=Q Ka7 7.Qe3#>5.e7 Kd6 6.e8=R!!! Kc6 7.Re6# brilliant!!!!!!!!! Mar-30-06    hitman84: <PS Check also the problem by Kasparyan in User: tamar 's profile. It is simply unbelievable> Kasparyan is one amazing dude! Mar-31-06    Dim Weasel: Genrikh Kasparian Mar-31-06    DeepBlade: Just a little bit homework to recognize mating patterns: #74 Black to move and mate in 3 click for larger view #75 White to play and mate in 2 click for larger view #76 White to move and mate in 2 click for larger view #77 White to play and mate in 2 click for larger view Apr-01-06    hitman84: OK I wont give out the answers... here are the themes... <74>exploiting the absolute 2nd rank. <75>decoy. <76>create a zugawang. <77>epaulette mate. Apr-01-06    DeepBlade: <hitman84> Good social thinking, by not giving answers! Thanks for giving the less speedy solvers a shot at these themed mating patterns! I can tell you got the right solution, because you can detect the themes. As a token of appreciation: #78 White to play and mate in 5 click for larger view Apr-01-06    Dim Weasel: <DeepBlade> I am a very much less speedy solver, so I am allowed to give lines (nice hints <hitman84>, thanks ;) <74> 1...Qxa2+ 2.Rxa2 Rxa2+ 3.Kg1(or Kh1) Rd1# Apr-01-06    Dim Weasel: <75> 1.Qxh7+ Kxh7 2.Rh1# Apr-01-06    Dim Weasel: <76> 1.Kf2 Kd1 2.Qxd3# or if B moves then 2.Qd2# Apr-01-06    Dim Weasel: <77> 1.Rxd8+ Kxg7 2.Qg5# Apr-02-06    hitman84: <DeepBlade> <78>I'm stumped :( 1.Nb7 <controlling the movement of K >Kd5 2.Bf7+ Kd4 3.ba6 c4 4.a7 cb3 5.a8=Q b2 6.Qd8# Apr-02-06    DeepBlade: <hitman84> How about starting with Bc6? If you take a close look at the Black king, he hasnt got much moves left... you just got to force some moves and then: opposition, elimination! Now if you move the Black King in a stalemate position, he still has pawn moves. Now use those moves to mate! Apr-02-06    DeepBlade: <Dim Weasel> Congrats on recognizing and executing the mating patterns! #76 and #77 were quite challenging, dont you think? Apr-02-06    hitman84: <78>got it,got it !! :)))) this is one helluva crazy problem... Thx <deepblade> 1.Bc6 Kc5 2.Ke5 ab5 3.Bf3 c6 4.Be2 de2 5.e4# 1.Bc6 ab5 2.Ne6# Jump directly to page #   (enter number from 1 to 15) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 8 OF 15 ·  Later Kibitzing >		Sign-up and play against other members

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