User Profile: hms123

hms123
Member since Dec-13-07

Welcome, all! This is the place for frivolous commentary, serious commentary, and cogent discussion.
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My favorite wines:
Matted Elk (red), March 2012
Matted Elk (red), April 2012
Matted Elk (red), May 2012
Matted Elk (red), June 2012 (limited bottling, no longer available)
Matted Elk (red), July 2012
I am looking forward to the release of the August 2012 vintage.
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Work, the what's-its-name of the thingummy and the thing-um-a-bob of the what d'you-call-it. (P. G. Wodehouse)
You have to bring some funk to get some. You can't just walk in a place and expect to get some funk. If you ain't bring no funk, then you can't get no funk..Another thing is, you can't fake the funk or your nose will grow. (Bootsy Collins)
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base. (Dave Barry)
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Here's an article that I wrote:
<Chess Life, August, 2011, <<Brave New World: Human Intuition and Computer-assisted Chess>>, see pages 32-35>
http://content.yudu.com/A1t744/Ches...
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These are links that I find useful:
1. <<<New Search Feature instructions>>> chessgames.com chessforum
2. <<<Wiki info on FEN notation>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forsyt...
3. <<<Fen Help>>> FEN Help Page
4. <<<FEN Reverser>>> http://www.zbestvalue.com/ChessFENR...
5. <<<Zip File Archive>>> Zipfile Archive
6. <<Jan van Reek's site:>> http://www.endgame.nl/
7. <<ICCF Archives:>> http://www.iccf.com
8. <<iPad shortcuts:>> hms123 chessforum
9. <<pgn4web quickstart:>> Pgn4web Quickstart
10. <<change password:>> http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chan...
11. <<Internet Archives WayBackMachine:>> http://wayback.archive.org/web/
12. <<Avatar sizer>> http://www.shrinkpictures.com/creat...
13. <<K+B+N vs K:>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWZ7...
14. <<Collection to check out:>> Game Collection: They were surprised
15. <<Puzzles:>> http://www.wtharvey.com/
16. <<kingscrusher's video spreadsheet>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...
17. <<chess.ok online opening book:>> http://chessok.com/?page_id=352
18. <<PGN reader:>> http://www.caissa.com/chess-tools/p...
19. <<Time zones:>> http://24timezones.com/
20. <<Build an opening repertoire>> FSR chessforum
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<<<Caissar Awards>>>
Thanks to User: wannabe for running the contest, and to everyone who voted for me or for any of the other fine nominees.
<<2008 Caissar Award winner for <most helpful>. (shared with User: brankat)>>
<<2009 Caissar Award winner for <most constructive kibitzer>.>>
<<2011 Caissar Award winner for <most helpful>.>>
<<2012 Caissar Award winner for <most helpful>.>>
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For your amusement:
1. <<My Favorite Player <Lauren S Hwang and her best gameL S Hwang vs H Kim, 2005>>>

2. <<My favorite annotated game: <Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927

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   hms123 has kibitzed 11752 times to chessgames [more...]

   Jun-19-13 chessgames.com chessforum

hms123: <chessgames.com> <Are you going to do something about this buffoon (not <TheSlid> of course) before he drives everyone away?> Amen.

   Jun-18-13 Domdaniel chessforum

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   Jun-15-13 Team White vs Team Black, 2013
   Jun-13-13 hms123 chessforum

hms123: <pgp> I never thought you would shoot at anything. That was just a little teasing.

   Jun-07-13 mistermac chessforum

hms123: <mistermac> Say hello on the Team White page and join the conversation.

   Jun-06-13 AylerKupp chessforum

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   Jun-05-13 playground player chessforum

hms123: <pgp> I confess. I would have guessed John Creasey as well. While I doubt that I have read all of his books, I certainly gave it a good try back in the 1970s. The <Toff> was one of my favorite characters for a long time. Richard Stark's (Donald Westlake) <Parker> ...

   Jun-05-13 Kenneth Rogoff

hms123: <kb2ct> <Well, I think your avatar is simply fabulous.> As do I.

   May-30-13 Annie K. chessforum

hms123: Call me anything but late for dinner.

   May-29-13 SwitchingQuylthulg chessforum

hms123: <Switch> I'm glad. It is nice to have friends who remember these things. I am happy to count myself among them.

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Sprezzatura spoken here

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May-22-13		crawfb5: This one just ended. No remarkable blunders or brilliancies, but sometimes a caveman-style king hunt is just fun. crawfb5-NN 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Be2 Bf5 7.O-O Nd7 8.Nf3 e6 9.c4 N5f6 10.Nc3 Qc7 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.g3 Be7 13.Bf4 Qd8 14.Re1 O-O 15.Nxg6 hxg6 16.Bf3 Nb6 17.b3 Ba3 18.Rb1 Bb4 19.Re3 Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Qd7 21.Rd3 Rfd8 22.Qe2 Nc8 23.Rbd1 Ne7 24.g4 Rac8 25.h4 b5 26.g5 Ne8 27.h5 gxh5 28.Bxh5 g6 29.Bg4 Ng7 30.Rh3 Nef5 31.Bxf5 exf5 32.Be5 Re8 33.Qf3 Rcd8 34.Bf6 Re6 35.Qh1 Nh5 36.Rxh5 gxh5 37.Qxh5 Rxf6 38.gxf6 Qd6 39.Qh6 Qf8 40.Qg5+ Kh7 41.Kg2 Qh6 42.Rh1 Qxh1+ 43.Kxh1 Rxd4 44.Qg7# 1-0

May-22-13		hms123: <crawfb5> That is a pretty exciting game, and a brutal attack. Don't people ever resign in correspondence chess?

May-22-13		crawfb5: <H> Usually, but lately not so much. Maybe it's because most of these are team games that the last thing they lose is hope. Last cycle our team crushed everybody in our group, scoring 50/56. It helped that we had a super-strong board 1, so I could play board 2. Even though I've moved up to board 1 this cycle, we're at 16/17, and I'm at 4/4 (12/12 for both cycles).

May-22-13		hms123: <crawfb5> Good job! Is this over at QA?

May-22-13		crawfb5: <H> No the team is over at ChessWorld.

May-24-13		Expendable Asset: <hms123> What do you think of <The Art of Attack in Chess> by Vukovic?

May-24-13		hms123: <EA> I have the book and have worked through some of it, but not enough yet to have a judgment. I have liked what I have seen so far. It has great reviews. I have a tendency to buy books faster than I can work through them. I get distracted easily.

May-27-13		crawfb5: You could call this the blunder de jour or possibly a fundamental lack of endgame knowledge. crawfb5-NN, Black to move click for larger view 49...Be4? 50. Rxe4 dxe4 51. Kxe4 Kg5 click for larger view Black will not be able to hold back all of the pawns. 52. Kd5 Re8 53. c6 Kg6 54. c7 Kf7 55. Kd6 Re6+ 56. Kd7 Re7+ 57. Kc6 Ke6? (57...Re8 is better, but 58. Kb7 still wins) 58. c8=Q+

May-27-13		hms123: <crawfb5> Nice. Ever since the 1970s, and thanks to Botvinnik, I always look at every exchange sacrifice on every move.

May-31-13		Annie K.: <hms: <Why do I think there might be a third <co->conspirator?>> Exactly. ;)

Jun-07-13		playground player: <hms123> I've had to do a lot of nagging about it, but my publisher is finally exploring the prospect of getting <Bell Mountain> put up for one of Amazon's one-day deals. While they're at it, they're also going to get my books included in Barnes & Noble's list (about time!), both in hardcover and e-book formats. The problem is that nobody knows how to get a particular book included in Amazon's one-day deal package. You can't just call them up and ask them. It's very difficult to get questions answered by Amazon. But the staffer who is handling this for me is both competent and persistent. She'll keep at it until she gets it done. I'll keep you posted.

Jun-07-13		TheFocus: Good luck Lee.

Jun-07-13		hms123: <pgp> You have to start somewhere. Let's hope for the best.

Jun-08-13		playground player: <hms123>, <The Focus> Thanks very much, guys--I really do appreciate it.

Jun-08-13		crawfb5: Here's the ending I alluded to earlier. I got out of the opening in good shape, but pushed too hard in the middlegame and drifted into a bad position, eventually giving up a pawn. This one is also not quite a blunder du jour, but approaching a swindle on my part. crawfb5-NN, White to move click for larger view <42. Qb4 Qxb4+ 43. axb4 Kf7 44. Nd4 a6 45. Nc6> click for larger view The first point -- Black cannot hold the a-pawn and my b-pawn becomes dangerous. <45...Be4 46. Nb8 Bf3 47. Nxa6 Bxg4 48. b5 d4 49. b6 Bf3 50. Nc5 g5?> click for larger view A tempting, natural-looking move, but Black's last chance to hold was 50...g6 51. hxg6+ Kxg6 52. Nxe6, which Houdini evaluates as only slightly better for White. It's dicey, but I could believe it's drawn. In any event, it would have been better than the text move. <51. b7!> Surprise! Sure, you can have that protected passed pawn, but now your King cannot infiltrate the kingside and your pawn is one file closer to my King should you push it. It's time to collect the Bishop and start picking off loose pawns. <51...Bxb7 52. Nxb7 g4 53. Nd6+ Ke7 54. Nxc4> There's one. <54...Kd7 55. Ke2 Kc6 56. Kf2 Kc5 57. Nd2> click for larger view Note how the b-pawn and the Knight prevent Black from getting in on the queenside. It was one of those endings where things just seemed to be on the best squares. Good for me, bad for him. The rest is routine technique. <57...Kd5 58. Kg3 Kxe5 59. Kxg4 d3 60. Kf3 Kd4 61. Kf4 e5+ 62. Kf3 e4+ 63. Nxe4 Kc4 64. Nd2+ Kd4 65. Kf4 Kd5 66. Ke3 Ke5 67. Kxd3 Kf5 68. b4 Ke5 69. Kc4 Kd6 70. b5 Kc7 71. Kc5 Kb7 72. b6 Kb8 73. Kc6 Kc8 74. b7+ Kb8 75. Ne4 Ka7 76. Kc7 1-0>

Jun-08-13		hms123: <crawfb5> Very nice play. I am always fascinated at how knights can cooperate with pawns and bishops to control a lot of squares.

Jun-10-13		playground player: <hms123> Move over, Barbara Cartland--my newest Bell Mountain book, <The Fugitive Prince>, has now been published. that's No. 5 in the series, with at least two more to go. Of course, first I've got to pass John Creasy...

Jun-10-13		hms123: <pgp> You are well past me. Good luck.

Jun-12-13		playground player: <hms123> Well, I think I've got my publisher convinced to participate in those one-day deals. The problem now is, no one can find out who to get in on it. Amazon.com is very hard to get information from, and I'm not set up for Barnes & Noble yet. We can only keep trying...

Jun-12-13		hms123: <pgp> Ask the NSA. I bet they know. ;-0 Good luck.

Jun-13-13		playground player: <hms123> The NSA is watching, listening, analyzing... Now some of my statements about the purpose of the Second Amendment being to protect us from our own government don't sound so radical, do they?

Jun-13-13		hms123: <pgp>. Actually, they do. I don't think going to DC and shooting at the NSA building will be of much use. The real problem is that the horse is out of the barn on privacy. Google knows if I am thinking of buying a watch or going on vacation. Amazon knows what I read and what I am thinking of reading next. Spotify radio knows what music I like. Private individuals are taking pictures of everything all the time, and are happy to turn them over to the government when asked. Oh, did I mention that the TSA knows more about my body than my physician? It is not good at all. And it has been going on for a long while. We are our own worst enemies. As Pogo said, "we have met the enemy...and he is us.". http://www.igopogo.com/we_have_met.... Look at the date for that quotation.

Jun-13-13		playground player: <hms123> Now, now--I never suggested shooting at anyone. I merely repeated our country's founders' thoughts on the right to bear arms as a safeguard of liberty. Meanwhile, the regime is arguing "there is no expectation of privacy," blah-blah... like anyone with half an ounce of sanity would trust them not to abuse this enormous resource of information. Plenty of bad stuff floating in this pot! Information is power--and I don't want the government to have that much power. It's bad enough that business interests can acquire it; but at least amazon.com won't make you disappear if they don't like the cut of your jib. Our freedom has measurably decreased in the past few years. Getting it back won't be easy.

Jun-13-13		hms123: <pgp> I never thought you would shoot at anything. That was just a little teasing.

Jun-13-13		playground player: <hms123> Gotta be careful what we say--Big Brother is monitoring our conversations. (Hey, Washington--chew on this!) Oops...

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