percyblakeney Member since May-27-04 · Last seen May-17-08 maxharmonistgmail.com

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May-17-08 Cez Chess Trophy (2008)    percyblakeney: ...and apart from that Kramnik has a winning position, 5-1 coming up here.      May-17-08 M-Tel Masters (2008)    percyblakeney: It's not as if Topalov normally wins at will against Radjabov, he hasn't done that in 5― years (+1 -0 =8 to Radjabov since then) and will maybe feel less motivated when it isn't in his own hands anyway.      May-17-08 President's Cup (2008)   percyblakeney: Some sixth round results: Sokolov-Korchnoi 0-1 Guliev-van Wely 1-0 Milov-Najer 0-1 Abbasov-Naiditsch 1-0      May-16-08 Aronian vs Radjabov, 2008    percyblakeney: Aronian's best option at move 39 would probably have been 39. Nxf5 Rxf5 40. Bxe4 Rf6 and even if a4 is hanging and black is an exchange up, there may well be ways to save the draw. 31. ... e4 is a nice move that gives white lots of things to think about with little time left. ...      May-16-08 Radjabov vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2008    percyblakeney: It's interesting that engines fail to see 24. Rf7 (at least after a few minutes of looking at the position), but immediately after it's played they call it the best move. Radjabov has played quite well in general in Sofia, but some blunders have been costly. He shouldn't have ...      May-15-08 Van Wely vs S Rahmanov, 2008    percyblakeney: The pgn seems suspicious, for example both players overlook something on move 27...      May-15-08 Gata Kamsky    percyblakeney: It seems a bit strange that the organiser (VAT ZTO Prodexport) is contacted through a gmail address, and isn't mentioned anywhere on the Internet, but maybe things will work out.      May-15-08 Loek Van Wely    percyblakeney: Draw for van Wely against Turkan Mamedjarova (2271) in the fourth round.      May-15-08 Ivanchuk vs Radjabov, 2008    percyblakeney: 33. ... Bxd5 is a strange looking move, but by then Radjabov seems to have decided to go for the draw. With Kf7 instead it looks as if Ivanchuk would have been in trouble. For example 33. ... Kf7 34. Bxe6+ Kxe6 and black has things like e4, advancing the king, and using the ...      May-13-08 Bu Xiangzhi    percyblakeney: Actually, the rectified list ends in 2006, so Kramnik's rectified rating was 2611 when he won the individual gold in the Olympiad 2006, but 2650 for July 1993. Kasparov's rectified rating for Linares 2005 is 2690, the same as he had in January 1983.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 19 OF 19 ·  Later Kibitzing > Dec-05-07    percyblakeney: <kellmano> OK, the list has been updated! Jan-02-08    cuendillar: Add me at FICS and gameknot, same username Jan-05-08    percyblakeney: <cuendillar> User: GameKnot updated! Jan-11-08    Buddy Revell: Hi! Could you add me to the gameknot list? My handle there is <buddyrevell>. Thanks! Jan-12-08    percyblakeney: <Buddy Revell> Done! Apr-03-08    ahmadov: Congrats on your coming 15,000th post! Apr-03-08    percyblakeney: <ahmadov> Thanks, instead of celebrating 15K on the Kasparov, Carlsen, Radjabov or Morozevich page I came up with this more unusual place instead: I Leather :-) Apr-03-08    ahmadov: <percyblakeney: <ahmadov> Thanks, instead of celebrating 15K on the Kasparov, Carlsen, Radjabov or Morozevich page I came up with this more unusual place instead: I Leather :-)> A nice choice indeed ;-) Apr-04-08    percyblakeney: I just played a blitz match against the mighty Lime (Computer) Three minutes/game, and I managed to reach +1 -17 =2 with this as my only success: percyblakeney vs. Lime v62 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 c5 5. e4 d6 6. O-O g6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 11. a3 Ng4 12. h3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nd7 15. Kh2 Qa5 16. Nf3 c4 17. d4 Rfe8 18. Be3 e6 19. Bf2 Re7 20. Rad1 Rae8 21. Qd2 Qa4 22. e5 d5 23. g4 Rc8 24. Kg3 Qb3 25. h4 Ree8 26. Be3 Rcd8 27. Rh1 Kh8 28. Rdg1 Rf8 29. Rh2 Rde8 30. Rgh1 h5 31. g5 Qa2 32. Bf1 Rd8 33. Be2 Rfe8 34. Bd1 Kg8 35. Ne1 Re7 36. Bf3 Nb6 37. Qd1 Ree8 38. Bxh5 gxh5 39. Qxh5 Nc8 40. Qg4 Ne7 41. h5 Nf5+ 42. Kf3 Qb1 43. Ng2 Qxb2 44. Nh4 Nxh4+ 45. Rxh4 Bf8 46. g6 Rb8 47. h6 Red8 click for larger view 48. h7+ Kh8 49. gxf7 Qg2+ 50. Kxg2 1-0 Lime can be downloaded here: http://www.geocities.com/taciturn_l... The engine can be used together with for example Arena: http://www.playwitharena.com/ Apr-05-08    percyblakeney: Looking for a weaker engine than Lime I found one with the promising name Clueless. On the CCRL 40/40 rating list Lime has a rating of 2214, while Clueless is 2037, both probably higher than they deserve. That didn't stop also the latter from winning a dozen games before suddenly letting me win this easily a couple of times, 3 minutes/game also here. clueless 1.4 vs. percyblakeney: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4 Bg7 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 b6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bc2 Qh4 16. Ne2 Be5 17. Ng3 Nf4 18. Qa3 Nf6 19. Be3 N6h5 20. Rfe1 click for larger view Qh3 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Rac1 Qg2# Clueless can be downloaded here: http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/deta... Apr-06-08    tpstar: <percyblakeney> You have probably seen this before, but it might be new for some of your Scandinavian friends. This gets off to a bad start and just keeps getting worse. Be glad it's Finnish and not Swedish: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPnG... "How can I be sure you're not pretender?" lol Apr-06-08    percyblakeney: <tpstar> I hadn't seen it. Fascinating... Swedish group Hep Stars had a hit here in the 60's called Sunny Girl. One verse according to the lyrics sheet, copied exactly: She's domestic, she is property she's slim like reed She's devertin', she is faithful Ain't that all you need And I'm souring like a feather in a world I've just created for a very simple reason that is one, she's mine She's all mine At least they didn't dance. Apr-06-08    percyblakeney: The mighty Hep Stars with Sunny Girl, maybe not too terrible if one avoids listening too carefully to the slightly strange lyrics: http://www.123video.nl/playvideos.a... Apr-07-08    gus inn: <percyblakeney> Congratulations for winning in the Chessbookie-game ! Quite an achievement. And on top of that , the reward goes to a wellinformed and very helpfull kibitzer. We cannīt demand more for a 1000 chessbucks , canīt we ? :) All the best - gus inn. Apr-07-08    percyblakeney: <gus inn> Thanks! :-) Apr-07-08    gus inn: And one ore word : I just loved the tune from the Hep star song .And still does.It is so gentle and loving. From the summer 67 ? , when I turned 14. Apr-07-08    percyblakeney: Yep, this is music from around the time I was born. The guy behind the keyboard would be more successful with the English lyrics later (Benny Andersson of ABBA). Apparently Hep Stars sold more records in Sweden in the 1960's than irrelevant foreign bands like Beatles and Rolling Stones. :-) Apr-10-08    zarg: The ChessBookie Champion of the World (2008) Well done! Apr-10-08    percyblakeney: <zarg> Thanks! Apr-10-08    notyetagm: <percyblakeney: Hi, <notyetagm>! I saw that you asked about an Elo performance rating list for 2008, and I just constructed one for some of the top players, this is how it looks at the moment if I didn't miss something:> Thanks :-) Apr-26-08    Billy Vaughan: I like the name! I was an ensemble member in my high school's performance of The Scarlet Pimpernel, and fell in love with the music and the story immediately :) Apr-27-08    percyblakeney: <Billy Vaughan> A nice site with the full texts of all the books and lots of interesting information on the subject (I'm far from an expert on it myself): http://www.blakeneymanor.com/index1... May-06-08    radu stancu: Hello all. I was wondering if there's any interest in a gameknot mini-tournament, and if yes, with what time controls. percyblakeney, I hope it's ok to post this here. :) May-06-08    percyblakeney: <radu stancu> Of course it's OK! :-) I'm not playing at the moment myself, but surely many other users would be interested in participating. May-06-08    radu stancu: Ok, I see that <suenteus po 147> has started the 2008 New Year tournament, I'll post on his forum too, to see if there's interest for a new one. Jump directly to page #   (enter number from 1 to 19) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 19 OF 19 ·  Later Kibitzing >		Take the Premium Membership Tour

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