User Profile: Domdaniel

Domdaniel
Member since Aug-11-06 · Last seen May-21-13

A distinct aroma of burning prevails. Fire and brimstone, probably, or one of the charred and singed chess sets in my possession.
*Empty Space*
I don't exist.
Just like the Urban Spaceman.
I am deeply suspicious of 'social media'. I don't want my computer to think it knows my 'preferences', and I don't want my personal details passed from hand to invisible hand, or soul to poison soul. But I'm sufficiently open-minded -- or innocent -- to trust in the integrity of Chessgames.com, and the good people who run it.
Note: some folk may be more familiar with the kind of bio/profile that goes "Muh name is Peregrine Ng and ah play Bullet at PhyringRange.com and ah come to CG for thuh crab sandwiches..." ... sort of thing.
This isn't one of those. In fact, it was never really *written* at all ... more like 'left behind' after repeated moves. The fragments that remain intact have withstood years of deletions. Quite like me, really.
"A medium amputates the organ it extends".
- Marshall McLuhan
"I go without saying".
- Me, or somebody like me.
<The Game and Playe of Cheffe ...>
"Chess is a sea in which a shark can persuade a seagull to eat its skin parasites..."
"Chess is the art of cartesian coordinates with obsessive compulsive disorder..."
"Chess is the science of naughty molecules."
"Chess is sport for the disembodied."
"It is what it is."
"Except when it isn't."
<'His calmness, his authority in all circumstances! In a chess game he would win everything, merely by his nerves.' 'But he was not playing chess,' Smiley objected drily.>
(John Le Carré)
I'll say it again, though I can't recall saying it before: < Empathy is essential to any kind of intelligence worth having.> Although I seem to have some kind of attention surplus disorder.
On planet Earth (where most chess games so far are believed to have been played - Science Officer Chamitoff vs NASA Ground Control, 2008 and Soyuz 9 Cosmonauts vs Ground Control, 1970 are among the exceptions):
1. Brian Eno:
"Another green world."
2. William Burroughs:
"I don't want love - I don't want forgiveness - all I want is *outta here* --"
<A Phormer Phrontistery ... Frogspawn ... 20,000 Lashes ... A Phrontistery ... Phrogspawn ... Philoxenia ... Antarctica Starts Here ... Epigamic Ephebes ... Waxwing's Wah-wah Rabbits ... Opposition & Sister Squares ... Cosy Moments will not be Muzzled ...>
A dictionary helps. As does Modern Chess Openings. Encyclopedias, whether wiki, text-based or fictional, have their place. But for a good knight's sleep try a bed, futon, hammock or some of my writing. Avoid Gerry McCarthy
"Brutality is out of date."
- Aron Nimzowitsch
"Keep violence in the mind where it belongs."
- B.W. Aldiss
"Combinations and chemistry are your only men."
- Er, <me>?
<"I used to be somebody else, but I traded him in."> M. Antonioni
"Chess is a marvelous piece of Cartesianism, and so imaginative that it doesn't even look Cartesian." - Marcel Duchamp
[reconstruction always in progress, please excuse noise, no refunds, no discounts, no hawkers, no spitting]
So what am I doing here? Simple: I like to play *with* chess...
<Writing, unlike chess, is a victimless crime.>
"J'ai une maladie: je vois le langage."
- Roland Barthes
<More First Person Gibberish>:
Fischer-Dylan Syndrome: <"You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way">.
Favorite Opening: The French, naturellement. After 30-odd years, I think I'm starting to understand its benthic deeps. Well, I had it for a moment ... seems to be gone again.
Basta. Enough chess, it makes my head spin. Anyone who has lingered in my forum (Frogspawn, Philoxenia, 20,000 Lashes, Antarctica Starts Here, usw) knows that much of the conversation isn't about chess at all, or even lingerie. I'm interested in *stuff* -- arts and sciences, shoos and sheeps and ceiling wicks, kibitzers and King Kong vs Gojiro in Dronning Maud Land. I like to make connections. I like people who make connections.
Bad puns, bad languages, bad breathing, bad breeding, psychological insights, literary allusions, surrealist manifestos, or the sound of one hand stentorating. I'm not going to name any of the people who make CG so much fun. You know who you are, O my droogs and Zapkinder.
One last chess snippet. I have never, in my entire life, played either side of a Spanish/Ruy Lopez in a serious game. I'm a Spanish Virgin. There, you knew I was a pervert, didn't you?
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<From <Gravity's Rainbow> by Thomas Pynchon:
"Queen, Bishop and King are only splendid cripples, and pawns, even those that reach the final row, are condemned to creep in two dimensions, and no Tower will ever rise or descend -- no: flight has been given only to the Springer!">
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Whatever you find in books, leave it there.
- John Cale
Know anything about chess? It can be a virtual life work, and what is it to absorb all a man's thought and energy? - William Burroughs
I am not the only one who writes in order to have no face. - Michel Foucault
ChessGames.com Statistics Page
Biographer Bistro
CG Librarian chessforum
User: chessgames.com
PGN Upload Utility
Chessgames Present Hunt Clues Page
FEN reverser (courtesy of <ajile>): http://www.zbestvalue.com/ChessFENR...
OlimpBase (courtesy of Wojtek Bartelski, aka User: OlimpBase): http://www.olimpbase.org/
Some *other* databases include:
http://www.365chess.com/
http://www.chesslab.com/PositionSea...
http://www.newinchess.com/NicBase/D...
ChessBookForum chessforum
Chessgames Present Hunt Clues Page
Search Kibitzing
A statistical analysis by Jeff Sonas (thanks to <BadKnight> for bringing it to my attention): http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp...

FIN de Partie

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   May-21-13 Annie K. chessforum

Domdaniel: "Too many sam cooks spoil the euphoria", eh? Hi, A. I've been offline so long it feels like up to me ... um, I mean it feels normal. Takes time to readjust, but I'll get back in the cg swing of things eventually.

   May-21-13 Domdaniel chessforum

Domdaniel: <Alien Math> Yes indeed. I suggest Equations of Life, and Theories of Flight by Simon Morden, plus a couple of later sequels.

   Mar-27-13 Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2013

Domdaniel: < "things should start to get interesting right about now". > The Mississippi Gambit?

   Mar-25-13 Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2013

Domdaniel: <Phony Benoni> Lasker wasn't *that* old in 1914, and still had a few years to go as world champion. Unlike, I suppose, Anand ...

   Mar-19-13 Radjabov vs Kramnik, 2013

Domdaniel: More weak than strong, I think, Perf. But not catastrophically so.

   Mar-07-13 Bunratty Masters (2013)

Domdaniel: <perf> True. Maybe next year...

   Jan-29-13 chessgames.com chessforum

Domdaniel: < don't forget to make sure somebody annoying shows > Did somebody call?

   Jan-24-13 Wang Hao vs Carlsen, 2013

Domdaniel: Carlsen's style is perfectly suited to the current form of a GM chess game -- all in one session, stamina required for endings and semi-endings. He's very good at the transition from middlegame to endgame. In previous generations, we saw Tal's talent for first-session ...

   Jan-21-13 Neberman vs Silbermann, 1902

Domdaniel: Hobbesian: "nasty, brutish and short". Milorad Nastic , Brutus (Computer) , & R Short ... ?

   Jan-18-13 Anand vs Nakamura, 2013

Domdaniel: <sharky> Je t'aime aussi, <teh Fernch>.

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May-09-12		Memethecat: <frogbert: i haven't got many principles> I wouldn't worry about it, royal friends are pretty boring anyway.

May-09-12		Shams: "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them. .. well, I have others." -- Groucho Marx

May-09-12		Domdaniel: "If your accent slips, always have a better one on underneath." -- JP Donleavy

May-09-12		Domdaniel: <Someday you will be yelling out to the streets below your windows: "He is the chancellor of all the big ones! I love his genius! I am the most his close personal friend!"> -- Nathanial Hornblower

May-09-12		frogbert: meme, i frequently see kings and queens - and bishops too. they usually take my cue, unless i've been snookered into a corner. after a precise pass followed by a header i still might score - but they might apply too bold types for my taste. often referred to as the men in black, who live in the umpire state building next to the royal castle, the kings, the queens and the pawned chess rookies. i do get royalties for pr.

May-09-12		Memethecat: I wish I'd fed my cat penny royal tea. The inevitable has happened, the kittens are out of their cupboard & gettin braver by the hour, I got 29 days, not a bad run, much longer than expected. So no more peace till I find them homes, I'm thinking about a pool competition, winners get a kitten, it'll be a 'catastrophe'.

May-10-12		frogbert: how many kittens? i love those animals and i ended up allergic to them, probably due to childhood exposure.

May-11-12		shivasuri4: <Domdaniel>, after over a year, <eyal> is back to the world of CG! Am looking forward to some great analysis and discussions between you and him on various topics once again.

May-11-12		Memethecat: There's 4 of the little bleeders, they're still trying to find their balance when they walk, so look a lot like those wind up toy dogs that take 6 steps, sit down & bark then repeat, without the barking, of course. The great news is I went to town yesterday to put up signs "Free kittens, call 555 4321" (every movie phone No starts with 555), in the 1st shop(cat charity) they asked if they could have them all, & in return would spay my cat for free, well, it would've been rude to refuse.

May-11-12		Memethecat: Well today's match was frustrating, not from a playing pov, but because of my desire to watch it live, once I found out about the fide official site. My slow net connection gave 10sec of footage followed by 2min waiting, then same again. I decided I needed a stronger signal, so quickly brewed a flask of coffee, got my tat together & drove my van to the top of the nearest hill. Now I got 30sec footage & 30sec waiting, after about 10mins of this it began to work properly, so they put on a bunch of ads for Russian mega-industry & a brief history of the WC. Back to the game & it was over already. However, that's the only time I've seen 2 GMs sat face to face & I really enjoyed it, seeing the body language, hearing the noisy venue. Natalia P had to put up with a bit of lascivious behaviour, all them chess nerds in the virtual company of a good looking lass who loves the game, you could almost hear the libidos pulsing in tandem. I'm impervious, of course, it didn't even cross my mind what it would be like to have a beautiful partner that would take pleasure in thrashing me regularly.

May-11-12		Domdaniel: <a beautiful partner that would take pleasure in thrashing me regularly> Me neither. Though I suppose one would have to be able to put up some resistance, and I'm not sure I could. Anyhow, the delightful Natalia already has a 'manager stroke husband' ... infamous in CG folklore for coining the term 'spacebar masters' to describe weak players who rely on computer analysis.

May-12-12		Memethecat: Getting a manager to stroke your husband! she must be busy. 'Spacebar master' does have a nice ring to it, but I thought everybody used engine analysis these days, even 'the best of the best of the best'(US military lingo). I read a 'good' bit of advice t'other day on another chess site(infidelity runs in my family, according to the milkman). It recommended going over your own games with a pen & paper, jotting down thoughts, ideas, better moves if you spot them, for you & your opponent, & only after doing all that run the game through an engine. It sounds sensible to me, so I'm gonna try it for a bit.

May-12-12		Domdaniel: <meme> -- < It recommended going over your own games with a pen & paper, jotting down thoughts, ideas, better moves if you spot them, for you & your opponent, & only after doing all that run the game through an engine.> I've sometimes attempted something like this. You apply yourself assiduously -- actual acid is not mandatory -- to the task of analyzing your games. At the end of the process, which never truly ends, you have a better understanding of the kind of errors you typically make, and the areas in which you need to apply yourself in order to improve. As long as your rate of brain deterioration is not greater than your capacity for improvement, you might even gain a few rating points. Life's too short. But nevertheless I do analyze my own games. Despite so many changes that I'm effectively a different person, there are certain broad continuities between the mistakes I made 30 years ago and the ones I make now. This is spooky, or slightly depressing (depends on whether it led to a win or a loss). On a good day, I feel a profound connection to the French Defence. On a bad day, it bites me.

May-12-12		hms123: <Dom> Like you, I have a real connection to the French Defence. Here's the latest (played OTB): [Event "informal"] [Site "?"] [Date "2012.05.11"] [Round "?"] [White "quelqu'an d'autre"] [Black "moi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [Annotator "hms123"] [PlyCount "60"] [TimeControl "?"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 4. Nf3 Qd7 5. Bd3 Ba6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Re1 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 c5 9. c3 Nec6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Nbd2 c4 12. Qc2 b5 13. a3 h6 14. b4 cxb3 15. Nxb3 O-O 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Qe7 18. Be3 Nd7 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra2 Nxc5 22. Rea1 Rxa2 23. Rxa2 Ne4 24. Ra6 Rc8 25. Qb3 b4 26. Nd4 Nxe5 27. f4 Rxc3 28. Ra8+ Kh7 29. Qa4 Rxe3 30. fxe5 Re1# 0-1 After <27.f4>: click for larger view <27...Rxc3 28. Ra8+ Kh7 29. Qa4 Rxe3 30. fxe5 Re1# 0-1> click for larger view

May-13-12		twinlark: Message for you guv: Biographer Bistro

May-13-12		Domdaniel: <HMS> Very nice indeed. I used to play those systems with an early ...b6, years ago -- my notorious draw with Miles was in the dodgy line 3.Nd2 b6, which he later tried a few times with Black. I wouldn't normally play them now, though I still use the Wade Variation (4...Qb6 and ...Bd7-b5) against the Advance. When it works properly, a position that seems drawn suddenly turns into a black win. L'enfer, c'est les autres qui gagne. Sartre missed the last bit, je croix.

May-13-12		Domdaniel: <twinlark> Cheers -- I'd seen the improvement in the Marin entry (he and Avrukh seem to be two of the best authors currently working on opening theory) but it's also very nice to see the relatively unheralded Reinaldo Vera get a mention. Speaking of great writers, I just finished 'Here on Earth' by that great Australian, Tim Flannery. Brilliant stuff -- I thought I knew the basics of Earth science, but I hadn't been keeping up. Mind-blowing, wonderfully written, and an ecological call to arms to anyone with half a brain.

May-13-12		frogbert: to what kind of activities should we apply that half-brain, dom?

May-14-12		twinlark: Tim Flannery actually received the Australian of the year Award back in 2007, something Howard the Duck had to deal with before he was turfed. I like Flannery's ideas too, including restocking the niches left by extinct species with close approximations, such as elephants for mammoths and mastodons, Komodo Dragons into Australia to substitute for Megalania (a 20 foot goanna (lizard)). I've thought too about the thoughtful spread of easily controlled endangered animals into habitats to which they aren't indigenous, but which could be beneficial for preserving the species and beneficial for the new environment, like introducing cheetahs onto the Australian plains (tagged and monitored - they're not prolific breeders), to prey on the feral rabbits, cats and foxes etc that plague this country), although Flannery's idea of reintroducing the Tasmanian Devil to the mainland is interesting too. One or both might be pinch hitters for the gap left by our extinct marsupial lions and Tasmanian tigers which would have absolutely feasted on exotic pests, although the thylacaleo would have happily dined out on feral pig, buffalo and camel as well as domesticated cattle and sheep. And probably humans. Come to think of it Britain and Ireland used to have some interesting megafauna not so long ago, such as lions and tigers and bears, not to mention wolves and elephants but I can foresee that an attempted reintroduction might strike a few snags. But it'd be great to see road signs warning of elephants crossing.

May-14-12		frogbert: <Mind-blowing, wonderfully written, and an ecological call to arms to anyone with half a brain.> i have no idea of the book's contents, but if it's along the lines of un's "agenda 21" advocating "sustainable development" then it will receive lots of opposition from playground player and companey, see playground player chessforum ... personally i hadn't heard about tom deweese before: http://www.newswithviews.com/DeWees... - maybe for a reason. :o)

May-14-12		twinlark: Reckon people waste time trying to convert opponents rather than marshaling the forces of the like-minded.

May-14-12		frogbert: well, those who are severely against the implementation of agenda 21 don't really have much choice, do they? :o)

May-14-12		twinlark: No idea what agenda 21 is.

May-14-12		Memethecat: No! I wont go to the dark place, you cant make me. <frogbert> I just noticed your name with a big thank you attached on the 2700 stat site, but that H.A.R was helpful & had a good working knowledge of the rating system, it must be somebody else. Deweese: Its difficult to take someone serious when they class this statement as evil: “It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class, involving high meat intake, consumption of large amounts of frozen and convenience foods, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work place air conditioning, and suburban housing are not sustainable.” You can disagree with it & give valid reasons why, but once you start categorising others opinions as 'good or evil' you lose the right to breathe...well, at least the right to open your gob. I'd go further, remove the 'good & evil' tag from the political lexicon, the 'Axis of mild annoyance', see, its not so easy to drum up fear & hate, is there another short, perspicuous word that carries the same impact?

May-14-12		frogbert: <but that H.A.R was helpful & had a good working knowledge of the rating system, it must be somebody else> yeah, doesn't sound like anyone i know. <No idea what agenda 21 is.> http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/agenda21/

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