User Profile: brankat

brankat
Member since Oct-10-05 · Last seen May-24-13

Branko Katic. Born and raised in former Yugoslavia, I have been living in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, for the last 30 years. Used to play chess actively when I was a teenager, and was awarded a Candidate Master title in 1970.
I "retired" a year later, mostly due to University studies and never participated in tournaments again. Instead I got a degree in History and Social Anthropology, which didn't do me much good :-)
I had neither played chess, nor followed chess events for more than 30 years. Until, by chance, I discovered this great site: Chessgames.com in 2005.
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A fellow CG.com member, and a friend, WILSON HU User: CHESSMORON, organized a double round-robin tourney: <The MASTERS vs. the MACHINES>, February - April, 2007. It was my privilege and an honour to be on the Masters team with FIDE Master ERIC SCHILLER Eric Schiller and the USCF Master BILL WALL Bill Wall!
The link to the games: CG.com Masters vs. Machines Invitational (2007)
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<A few of my favourite Chess related quotes>:
"If Acoustics was a science that informed the world about sounds, then Music was an art that revealed the beauty of that science; if Logic was a science that revealed the laws of Thought, then Chess, in the form of artistic images, was an art that illuminated the logical side of thought."
<M.M.Botvinnik>
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"It is too beautiful to spend your life upon. Many times have I managed to break with Chess, yet I have always fallen in love with it again. I was too captivated by the conflict between ideas and opinions, attack and defence, life and death."
<Emanuel Lasker>
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"The chess player who has lost his game - who will describe him? I have seen him unable to move. The public was long gone, the lights were out, and still he sat rigidly in his chair staring at the emptied board, because he had overlooked Bg2. A case of complete petrification, with bystanders whispering and tiptoeing by.
I have heard him begging for punishment in blasphemous language. He had forgotten Nh5, and in his dismay he called down annihilation upon himself. Derisively, he rejected our words of solace, demanding insults and chastisements.
Standing afar and horror-stricken, I have witnessed him swearing in orgiastic fury to rip off his genitals, because he had played Qf6 instead of Qb6."
<Jan Hein Donner>
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The one I personally subscribe to:
"Of my 57 years, I’ve applied at least 30 to forgetting most of what I've learned or read, and since I succeeded in this I have acquired a certain ease and cheer which I should never again like to be without.
If need be, I can increase my skill in chess, if need be I can do that of which I have no idea present.
I have stored little in my memory, but I can apply that little, and it is of good use in many and varied emergencies. I keep it in order, but resist every attempt to increase its dead weight."
<Dr.Emanuel Lasker>
"Aspirin can prevent pregnancy. All a woman has to do is place an aspirin between her knees and not let it go."
<ThFocus>
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CHESS related links I often use:
Game Collection: 170 Major Chess Tournaments 1882-2007 compiled by User: RonB52734
http://chesstempo.com/game-database... Games DATABASE
http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/arch... Sarah's Chess JOURNAL
Nasruddin Hodja's Game Collections GAMES COLLECTIONS compiled by User: nasruddin hodja
Game Collection: Nf5 sac against the kingside castled fianchetto
http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/records... RECORDS games
http://www.chessville.com/Quotes/mi... Chessville-QUOTES
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... CHESS NOTES by Edward Winter
Petrosian-Spassky World Championship Rematch (1969) All WCC Matches
http://www.endgame.nl/match.htm HISTORY of Chess Matches from R.Lopez to V.Kramnik
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... P.Morphy's notes: De La BOURDONNAIS-A.MCDONNELL
http://www.chessbase.com/puzzle/puz... The famous PLASKETT PUZZLE - Analysis
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PHOTO ALBUMS Links:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Caissa1... ALEKHINE FAMILY PHOTOS
http://picasaweb.google.com/Caissa1... S.RESHEVSKY - "The WUNDERKID" - PHOTOS
http://picasaweb.google.com/Caissa1... RUSSIAN MASTERS' PHOTOS, early 20th Century
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... S.GLIGORIC 85th Birthday Celebration
http://www.chesspro.ru/_events/2011... Tribute to Dr.M.Vidmar (in Russian)
http://www.ara.org.ar/chs/ajedrez/p... Photos of all Teams from 1939 Chess Olympiad, Argentina
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MISC:
http://www.chessintranslation.com/2... S.GLIGORIC Interview: Analyzing by the riverside with Bobby Fischer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanue... Dr.Emanuel LASKER Biography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetoz... S.GLIGORIC Biography
http://www.tri.org.au/chess/ Chess on Stamps.
http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/... B.Fischer-F.Castro, Havana, 1966 ________________________________________________-
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REMINDERS:
User: wordfunph April-24 :-)
SwitchingQuylthulg chessforum: How to link to a specific post!
User: themadhair Carl Sagan on Voyager I
Complete List of BOOKS about <J.R.CAPABLANCA> and <A.A.ALEKHINE>, page 230, this Forum.
Links to <The BEATLES> videos, page 266, this Forum.
Link to <PETER, PAUL and MARY> videos, page 275, this Forum.
Link to <MAHALIA JACKSON> videos, page 276, this Forum.
Link to <PAVEL BURE> videos, page 271, this Forum.
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<Events organized and hosted in this Forum>: ________________________________________________-
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Consultation game: "MIXED DOUBLES"
Team White: THE BATCHIMEGS <jessicafischerqueen & Eyal>
Team Black: OPENLY DEFIANT CATS <Open Defence & Brankat>
Start: June/27/2007. - End: Aug/19/2007.
ECO: B76 - <SICILIAN, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack>
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Qd2 0-0 9. g4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4* Be6 11. h4 Qa5 12. h5 Rac8 13. a3 Bc4 14. h6 Bh8 15. 0-0-0 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 Rc4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Kxd2 Re8 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. b3 Rc5 22. c4 Re6 23. Ke3 f5 24. Rd5 Kf8 25. Kd4 fxe4 26. fxe4 Ke7 27. b4 Rc6 28. g5 Rc7 29. a4 Rd7 30. Ra5 b6 31. Rb5 Kd8 32. a5 == Draw offer accepted.
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Consultation Game:
<CHESSGAMES.com Members vs. MFO (mrfixitonline) Chess Club Members>
<MFO> :
(Akavall, bin, buti_oxa, Ceri, ForceMid, FusterCluck, Joshua, madcat_lives, samurai goroh, Stormboy).
<CG.com>:
(TheAlchemist, chessmoron, dakgootje, hitman84, jessicafischerqueen, Marco65, Rocafella>, Swapmeet, TTLump, Zebra, EmperorAtahualpa, mckmac, Elixir of Life).
WHITE: < MFO > ---BLACK: < CG.com >
Start: Jan/21/2007 - End: May/23/2007
ECO: B90 - <SICILIAN, Najdorf>
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nc6 8. h3 Nf6 9. Be3 e6 10. g4 Be7 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 O-O 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 b5 15. O-O-O Rb8 16. h5 b4 17. Na4 e5 18. Qd2 Bb7 19. g6 Bxe4 20. Bg2 Bf5 21. Bd5 Rc8 22. Bb3 Be4 23. gxf7+ Rxf7 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Nb6 Rc6 26. Rhf1 Qe8 27. Rxf7 Nxf7 28. Nd5 Bd8 29. h6 a5 30. Re1 a4 31. Bxa4 Bh4 32. Qd4! and Black resigns.
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Consultation game:
CG.com American kibitzers: "ISOLATED PAWNS"
<Akavall, square dance, suenteus po 147>
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CG.com Canadian kibitzers: "NORTHERN KNIGHTS"
<AgentRgent, Hesam7, THE Pawn>
WHITE: <ISOLATED PAWNS> - BLACK: <NORTHERN KNIGHTS>
Start: Sep, 05/2006 - End: Nov, 11/2006.
ECO: B17 <CARO-KANN, Steinitz Variation.>
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Qe2 a6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. 0-0 0-0 15. c4 e5 16. Bc3 Re8 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. b4 Bxb4 19. Rb1 e4 20. Rxb4 Qc5 21. Bc2 Bg4 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 exf3 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. c5 Be6 26. Bb3 Bxb3 27. axb3 Rac8 28. Rxf3 1/2-1/2.
Nov. 11/06: Draw offer accepted by "Northern Knights".

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   May-24-13 brankat chessforum

brankat: Round #3 coming up!!!

   May-24-13 al wazir chessforum

brankat: An experienced vet could (probably) help some of the lot. Others are beyond assistance.

   May-24-13 SwitchingQuylthulg chessforum

brankat: Good Luck to both Luckies in round #3!:-)

   May-24-13 Komsomolskaya Pravda (Newspaper)

brankat: Happy Birthday Komsoloskmaya Pravda!

   May-23-13 Odd Lie

brankat: <No Profound Language> should be posted on B.Fischer's page, as a main guideline :-)

   May-23-13 perfidious chessforum

brankat: I feel flattered that (in a long time) someone actually agrees with me :-)

   May-23-13 Kenneth Rogoff

brankat: Let's not forget polar bears :-)

   May-23-13 Anatoly Karpov

brankat: As M.Tal used to say, often it is hard to understand Karpov's moves/ideas. By the time it sinks in, it's too late :-) Similar with Petrosian.

   May-23-13 jessicafischerqueen chessforum

brankat: Hi there Jess! How have You been?

   May-23-13 Robert James Fischer

brankat: <Harry> Bobby would not have considered you to be a "fan".

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Mar-04-12		brankat: Btw, the infamous "Probation" should be lifted in about 7 hours. That by itself should work better than any anti-depressant :-)

Mar-05-12		brankat: "The separation of Strategy and Tactics is like the separation between Space and Time. There really isn't a difference, but it sure makes it easier to talk about them." -– Jason Varsoke

Mar-05-12		moronovich: < brankat: "The separation of Strategy and Tactics is like the separation between Space and Time. There really isn't a difference, but it sure makes it easier to talk about them." -– Jason Varsoke> One of the best quotes I have ever seen !

Mar-05-12		brankat: <moronovich> I'm glad You liked the quote. I think it pretty well covers the essence of the issue. Also, I wish to thank You for the medical advice. I do go for walks regularly, every day. Sixty to ninety minutes, do some 6-8K. I usually do this for wrong reasons, but the effect is (hopefully) the same :-)

Mar-05-12		moronovich: I am glad to hear that <brankat> :) "Every chesspiece is like a box of chocolate.You know what you get,but never how the stomach reacts" ---moro---

Mar-05-12		moronovich: One day the cpawn was bragging to the hpawn:"Did you know that I have had more touchdowns than you little h ?" "Yes,I know.I used to be one myself,but as I matured I realized that the real art is not about shooting but about not shooting". Since that day the cpawn became much better.

Mar-05-12		brankat: Thank You <moro>. Great stuff!

Mar-05-12		SwitchingQuylthulg: <brankat: Btw, the infamous "Probation" should be lifted in about 7 hours. That by itself should work better than any anti-depressant :-)> To action! The cause of, and solution to, all of CG's problems :-)

Mar-05-12		brankat: <SwitchingQuyltgulg> Let's not forget the betting action, too. We could even bet on: which of the "culprits" will blink first! Of course, the odds would be very low :-)

Mar-05-12		SwitchingQuylthulg: <brankat> I somehow doubt the admins will offer betting on that. Everyone would go around encouraging their picks :-)

Mar-05-12		brankat: <SwitchingQuylthulg> The odds are much better in Reykjavik. As for the betting on provoking/bashing, it is too predictable :-)

Mar-05-12		SwitchingQuylthulg: I'm not sure the odds are that great in Reykjavik either :-)

Mar-05-12		brankat: <SwitchingQuylthulg> This will be Caruana's 4th tournament in 2.5 months. He should be tired. Navara, as seen in Tata tournament, is in a pretty bad shape. Yifan Hou shouldn't be amongst the boys. The odds are great on everyone else :-)

Mar-05-12		Robed.Bishop: <brankat> Your support was appreciated.

Mar-06-12		brankat: <Robed,Bishop> You are very welcome my friend. Hopefully, Justice will prevail :-)

Mar-06-12		brankat: <Robed.Bishop> To celebrate Your return from Purgatory I shall now post the LINK: Robed.Bishop chessforum One of the most superb literary pieces I've seen in all my years with CG!

Mar-06-12		brankat: And one more gem by the same Author: Robed.Bishop chessforum

Mar-06-12		TheFocus: Absolute classic posts!!!!! by <Robed.Bishop> (Yeah, they deserved five exclams!)

Mar-06-12		positionalgenius: Ha that is a classic.

Mar-07-12		brankat: Quote of the Day: "Never murder a man who is committing suicide." -– Woodrow Wilson (President W.Wilson must have been an experienced chess player :-))

Mar-08-12		Stonehenge: Evo ti nesto lepo: Borislav Kostic :)

Mar-08-12		kudubux: Hello again <Branko>! Been through a lot during those times that I was "away" but hey, I'm here and I'm back! I lost a dear chess pal (top of my profile). Sad, sad...really, when I think about the memories. I guess when someone goes away, a new one comes along---my wife is 4 months pregnant and I'm gonna be a dad soon! Now, where is Zahir?

Mar-08-12		kudubux: And Branko, one way to cure your depression is to play a chess game with Zahir. A win (again) will gladden your day. :)

Mar-08-12		Dr. Pipit Wagtail: Hi <Brankat> I live in Vancouver as well - and man, it can be a cold, rainy place any time of year.... and sometimes for all the year. Rainforests can be hard on the mind. Uh, if you think you might like to have a break in your routine and go out and have a coffee sometime, just mention the address of a closeby coffee shop in your forum here, and I'll visit there and drop off my name and telephone number. No obligations or expectations at all, just another option, just something to consider. Changing topics, years ago I used to lose a decent amount of money playing at the art gallery downtown. Was some of that to you?

Mar-08-12		moronovich: "If God was a woman she would have made sperm taste like chocolate" A great quote I just heard yesterday on BBC entertainment (QI). And good morning in Vancouver !

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