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| Oct-19-08 |
| Woody Wood Pusher: <TTD> <JFQ> has been playing about with banners in her forum, I didn't know anything about it until I saw hers, so I'm just letting you know such options exist (in case you didn't like me). Its one of the options in the forum edit page, I think they are so funny :-) |
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Oct-19-08
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| ToTheDeath: What are banners? I don't see a forum edit page. |
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| Oct-19-08 |
| Woody Wood Pusher: <TTD> A banner is like a big header space on the top of your forum page, so you can give your forum a title basically or whatever you want.. try this link
Chessforum Configuration Page
It should take you to the right page, and then just type into the 'name forum' box and hey presto! |
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Oct-19-08
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| ToTheDeath: Nice, that's pretty cool. |
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| Oct-20-08 |
| Woody Wood Pusher: Like the banner <TTD> Game 5 starts in 1 hour!
Convene the council!! |
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Oct-20-08
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| ToTheDeath: At this point Kramnik needs to push with White, so far he's gotten very little with 1 d4. It ain't over but the fat lady is warming up. |
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| Oct-21-08 |
| Woody Wood Pusher: She is indeed! If Kramnik continues his passive play this is over, if he comes out fighting he might give himself a chance, or he might end up losing by a bigger margin. Either way, a lot of play left here! |
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| Oct-21-08 |
| Woody Wood Pusher: I'm afraid we are going to have to hurry the fat lady <TTD>! What an amazing game! |
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Oct-21-08
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| ToTheDeath: Stunning. Somewhere Garry K laughs. |
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| Oct-23-08 |
| Woody Wood Pusher: Kasparov has to regret not trying the Slav himself against Kramnik, and maybe 1.d4 more seriously as well. Game 7 was great even though it was a draw. Anand left Kramnik with absolutely no counter-play. For a minute it looked like he had another win coming, but I have to hand it to Kramnik for being able to construct such a great fortress. He had to see it a long way ahead as well. I think either Anand's b4-b5 or bxa5 lead to a draw so I don't think he wasted any opportunities. Maybe Anand fixed the kingside with g4 too early, but I'm not going to argue with him lol. |
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| Oct-30-08 |
| Woody Wood Pusher: Hey <TTD>, haven't seen you around lately, how's things? I think it's good Anand won so convincingly, but Kramnik put up a great fight towards the end. Kasparov came out with some negative comments a bit too soon though, looks like he was waiting eagerly for Anand to win so he could jump up and down on Kramnik's legacy. |
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Oct-31-08
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| ToTheDeath: I'm still here, just been busy lately working and what not. Most of my online time has been spent stock trading, chess kind of got pushed aside, lol. Great result for Anand, he deserved it. |
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| Nov-02-08 |
| Woody Wood Pusher: Speaking of great results, did you read Karpov got through to the semi finals of the Cap d'Agde! He was only eliminated by Nakamura (the eventual winner!) in the blitz tie-breaks! Against such a strong line up, this was awesome at his age! Also, take a look at this quirky game from that event, Karpov's 12.f3!? looks odd but he just builds up relentlessly from there! Karpov vs Yifan Hou, 2008
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Nov-02-08
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| ToTheDeath: Pretty game- love the exchange sac. |
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Feb-23-09
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| ToTheDeath: GM Arthur Kogan kicking my butt in a 10 minute Blitz exhibition! http://www.instantchess.com/?EXP=1&...
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| Mar-01-09 |
| Woody Wood Pusher: Hey <TTD>, thanks for pointing out those interesting Karpov stats against the Kings Indian. It is pretty impressive he has only lost to it five times in Classical with such a long career. I remember reading a comment which he made once about him regularly meeting or playing almost all the main openings in his career, except the KI which he said he never played and nobody played against him! Now we know why!
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Mar-01-09
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| ToTheDeath: Even Kasparov only managed one win against him in the KID, vs. two losses and a whole lot of close calls. You get the impression Karpov doesn't think hypermodern openings are sound. |
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| Mar-01-09 |
| Woody Wood Pusher: Yea that's what I thought as well!
hehe
Here is something strange though, I lost a game the other day in the Benoni so out of curiosity I checked Karpov's record against it on C.G. Repertoire Explorer: Anatoli Karpov (white) Now the stats say 75% wins, but if you actually look at the four games there, the surprising thing is Karpov gets himself into <terrible> positions against relatively weak players (2200) and only just survives. I know they are simul games but still...
Makes me wonder why nobody at the top ever tried it against him. |
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Mar-01-09
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| ToTheDeath: Karpov likes those kinds of positions with a nice spatial edge for white. The game against Browne he had excellent chances from the look of it, old Walter had to scramble at the end to draw. Simul games don't mean much i think, the GM will often play a weak line to get the opponent out of book and then outplay him. |
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Jul-21-09
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| ToTheDeath: I've been playing a lot on ICC lately. Here's my first win over a GM in the 5 minute pool. I trapped his queen- and missed the faster mate with 21.Qxe6+! [Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.07.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ToTheDeath"]
[Black "Buffon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (center counter) defense"]
[ECO "B01"]
[NIC "SD.01"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Kxd7 10. Qe2 Rd8 11. Bg5 Kc8 12. a3 Rxd4 13. b4 Qd8 14. Be3 Rh4 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. g3 Rh5 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Na4 Bg4 19. Nxb6+ axb6 20. f3 Bh3 21. g4 Nxg4 22. fxg4 Rh4 23. Qe5 Rxg4+ 24. Bg3 Rxg3+ 25. Qxg3 Bf5 26. Qe3 b5 27. Qb6 Be7 28. Bd3 Bg4 29. Rf1 f6 30. Be4 Bd8 31. Qd4 Bc7 32. Bxc6 Bh3 33. Qd7+ Kb8 34. Qxg7 Rd8 35. Bg2 Bf5 36. Rad1 Rc8 37. Rd7 Bxc2 38. Rc1 Bb6+ 39. Kh1 Be4 40. Rxb7+ Bxb7 41. Qxb7# Black checkmated 1-0 |
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Jul-21-09
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| ToTheDeath: Here's a nicer win over an IM- he surprised me in the opening but I played reasonably, got a nice attack and outplayed him in the time scramble. 44.Rxc6! is a nice shot to end the game. [Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.07.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ToTheDeath"]
[Black "Dorot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2199"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[Opening "French: Paulsen variation"]
[ECO "C10"]
[NIC "FR.04"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. a3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Na5 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O Bd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Ba3 Qc7 12. h4 h6 13. Re1 b6 14. Nd2 h5 15. Nf3 Nc4 16. Bc1 O-O-O 17. Ng5 Rdf8 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Qb7 21. f3 Bd5 22. Qb5 Kb8 23. a5 Bc6 24. Qe2 b5 25. a6 Qb6 26. Be3 Ka8 27. c4 cxd4 28. c5 Bxc5 29. Bf2 Qc7 30. Reb1 Rb8 31. Kh1 Rhd8 32. Ne4 Be7 33. Be1 Qxe5 34. Bg3 Qd5 35. Bxb8 Rxb8 36. Rd1 Bxh4 37. c3 e5 38. cxd4 exd4 39. Rac1 f5 40. Rc5 Qd7 41. Nf2 Bf6 42. Nd3 Qd6 43. Rdc1 Rb6 44. Rxc6 Rxc6 45. Qe8+ Bd8 46. Qxc6+ Qxc6 47. Rxc6 Bb6 48. Rc8# Black checkmated 1-0 |
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Jul-23-09
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| ToTheDeath: Another win over an IM- I equalized quickly out of the opening, blundered/saced an exchange but with his king caught in the center I had a strong compensation. Both sides erred afterwards but I got a big attack and a decisive advantage with the shot 23...Nxc3. My technique wasn't perfect but in blitz the perfect is the enemy of the good- meaning you don't want to spend a bunch of time looking for the best move only to lose on time. Of course he played until mate, most of these titled players never resign to someone lower rated. In fact I had one IM facing a mate in one let his clock run down to 1 second, then move- he was hoping I'd disconnect and forfeit. [Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.07.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "garbaranza"]
[Black "ToTheDeath"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2199"]
[Opening "Sicilian: accelerated fianchetto, modern variation"]
[ECO "B34"]
[NIC "SI.31"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nb3 O-O
8. Be2 a5 9. a4 d5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. c3 Nxd5 13. Bd4 e5 14. Bc5
Re8 15. f3 Be6 16. Bb5 Re7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nc1 Qh4+ 19. g3 Qh3 20. Qe2 Rd8 21. Nd3 e4 22. Nf2 Qg2 23. fxe4 Nxc3 24. Qe3 Bd4 25. Qf4 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2
Qxh1+ 27. Bf1 Qxe4+ 28. Be2 Nxe2 29. Qxe2 Qh1+ 30. Qf1 Qxh2 31. Qf2 Qh1+ 32.
Qf1 Qxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Rd2 34. Rc1 Rxb2 35. Rc7 Bd5 36. Rc5 Bc6 37. Rxa5 Ra2 38.Ra8+ Kg7 39. a5 h5 40. Ra7 Kf6 41. Ra8 Kg5 42. Rf8 f5 43. Rd8 Rxa5 44. Rd4
Ra2 45. Rb4 Rc2 46. Rd4 Be4 47. Rb4 Kg4 48. Ra4 Kxg3 49. Ra3+ Kf4 50. Ke1 h4 51. Ra8 h3 52. Rh8 Kg3 53. Kd1 Rg2 54. Ke1 h2 55. Kf1 Rg1+ 56. Ke2 h1=Q 57. Rxh1 Rxh1 58. Ke3 Re1+ 59. Kd4 Bf3 60. Kc5 Re4 61. Kd5 Kf2 62. Kd6 g5 63.
Kc5 g4 64. Kb6 g3 65. Kxb7 g2 66. Kc6 g1=Q 67. Kd6 Qd1+ 68. Kc5 Re2 69. Kc4
Rc2+ 70. Kb3 Qb1+ 71. Ka3 Ra2# White checkmated 0-1 |
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Aug-06-09
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| ToTheDeath: Second win vs. a GM! He played some bad sacrifices and I held on through the time scramble. [Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.08.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Goldin"]
[Black "ToTheDeath"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[Opening "Sicilian defense"]
[ECO "B30"]
[NIC "SI.31"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 d5 8.
Ba2 O-O 9. Ng5 Nd4 10. f4 b5 11. Ne2 a5 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 b4 14. Bd2
bxc3 15. bxc3 Ba6 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Rxf5 gxf5 19. Qh5 h6 20. Nf3
Qd6 21. Nh4 Bxd3 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 d4 24. Rf1 dxc3 25. Bc1 Ra7 26. Bf4
Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Rd7 28. Bb1 Rfd8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Bxh6 Bxh6 31. Qxh6+ Qg7 32.
Qh5 Rd5 33. Qf3 Rd2 34. g3 c2 35. Bxc2 Rxc2 36. Qf4 Rcd2 37. Qf5 Kg8 38.
Qxc5 R2d5 39. Qe3 Qd4 40. Qf3 Qg7 41. Re1 R5d7 42. Re4 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 R8d2+
44. Kh3 Rd3 45. Qh5 Rd8 46. Rg4 Kf8 White forfeits on time 0-1 |
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Sep-29-09
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| Viewer Deluxe: Hi <ToTheDeath>,
I loved the W-maneuver instructions you posted here R Kempinski vs Epishin, 2001. They’re brilliant and I have a very good chance of remembering the sequence (this time). The only minor question left is about the variation starting 146. Kc8. I felt that 146…Ne7 is the right order of moves and took the liberty to improve it in the posting on my blog.
Thanks |
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Oct-01-09
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| ToTheDeath: Cool, glad you liked it. |
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