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Dec-07-11
 | | brankat: I just noticed: Six grand in the last round??? |
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Dec-07-11
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: It's the fault of a certain English grandmaster who occasionally kibitzes on this site... ;-) I've had worse days than this, most spectacularly round 4 of Bilbao Grand Slam Chess Final (2008). This is a bit like stubbing one's toe on a padded door :-) |
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Dec-07-11
| | brankat: N.S.? Worse day? That was when You were some 50 Gs ahead? :-) |
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Dec-07-11
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: You must be thinking of Corus (2009), when I lost a record c$59500 in the space of 4 rounds. Yes, that was pretty bad too :-) |
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Dec-07-11
| | brankat: And Svidler wasn't even there. Nor was he in Bilbao, 2008 :-) |
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Dec-07-11
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: Svidler only ever appears to spoil everything on the very very last day of the leg... ;-) |
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Dec-07-11
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <Word of the Day>
<hintza: What exactly did you mean by "unphatimable"? If that is a real word I will eat my hat.> <tpstar: <hintza> The Word of the Day is "unphatimable" which can be broken down to its root = phatim = Ebonics for a talented (phat) chessplayer who improves to IM level, colloquially shortened to "phatim." If someone can reach that level of play, they are called "phatimable" by their peers whereas someone who won't is termed "unphatimable."Enjoy your tasty hat. ;>D> |
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| Dec-07-11 | | Penguincw: < < SwitchingQuylthulg: <Penguincw: Is the London Chess Classic (2011) tournament going to be the last tournament for betting?> That's a legitimate question. Tata starts on January 13, and I doubt <Bookie> wants to keep this game in limbo for a month, so I'd guess we'll finish with the Women's World Team Champs. > Ok. Thanks. Besides, I remember Tata being in the Winter Leg. |
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Dec-08-11
| | brankat: Wishing You a better luck in round 5! |
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Dec-08-11
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <brankat> I did have better luck this round. I only lost 5900 chessbucks ;-) In further good news, I'm pretty sure next round will be even better ;-) |
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Dec-08-11
| | brankat: Well, as long as You are showing some progress there is still hope :-) I wasted only 200. It did occur to me that W-W-D was probably a very likely outcome, but I didn't like 9-1. |
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Dec-08-11
| | brankat: Just when we were finally ready to hit it big in the 6th round the Bookie decided to introduce Daily Double, and abolish P-3. A conspiracy! |
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Dec-09-11
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <brankat> Perhaps CG wants to keep Santa in the red :-) |
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Dec-09-11
| | brankat: A Drawfest today. So, it is back to the drawing board :-) |
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Dec-10-11
| | brankat: I tried today the H.Hunt, the one with a bunch of fish and music notes as a clue. Didn't have much of a clue, though. I looked at a few Fischer games (mostly against Smyslov), and some Levenfish games. No banner there :-) |
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Dec-10-11
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <brankat> You have to use some brute force. If you'd checked every Fischer and Levenfish game you'd have won :-) |
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Dec-10-11
| | brankat: I checked about 15 of Fishers games, and about 2 dozen of Levenfish's. So, which one was it? Were You the winner?
I find this game even tougher than Pick-3 :-) |
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Dec-10-11
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <WannaBe> won. I was sleeping :-) |
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Dec-10-11
| | brankat: Ironically, <Wannabe> doesn't even need it. He's got a lifetime membership :-) I wouldn't mind the clock, though. You could use one too, especially if it also has an alarm :-) |
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Dec-10-11
| | brankat: Win-3 time again. I'm now down to c$123 :-) |
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Dec-10-11
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: I think the shirt should say "I won the ChessGames Holiday Present Hunt and all I got was this lousy T-shirt" :-) |
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Dec-10-11
| | brankat: Now it's down to $2. |
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Dec-10-11
| | brankat: They just posted a CLUE. Good luck! |
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Dec-10-11
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: I love the Holiday Hunt :-) |
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Dec-10-11
| | brankat: That was quick! You extended Your lifespan by an extra 4 months? |
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