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| Jan-15-05 | | Eatman: Crazy opening and some crazy tactics once white king got to h1. |
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| May-06-05 | | schnarre: Oh when the pawns... come marching in...(marching band in background) |
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Jun-10-09
 | | chessgames.com: Congratulations to the 1st place winner of our 2009 Pun Contest, member tpstar, for <Holy Queen Sac, Basman!> The wide appeal for both the pun and the game gave it the highest score of all entries. <tpstar> will be sent "Fischer World Champion!", the acclaimed classic about the 1972 Fischer-Spassky match written by Jan Timman and Max Euwe supplied by New in Chess. For more information about the Fischer book, see http://www.newinchess.com/Fischer_W... |
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| Jun-10-09 | | whatthefat: Brilliant work, <tpstar>! |
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| Jun-10-09 | | parmetd: what pun contest!?! I wasn't aware of this! |
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Jun-10-09
 | | Sneaky: I voted highly for this one even though you have to stretch your mouth a little to make "Batman" sound like "Basman". Plus, the game is amazing, it's not a sham-sacrifice at all--it's a genuine full blooded queen sac. I think in the end the best pun won, great work Tony! |
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| Jun-10-09 | | Kinghunt: Nice game and nice pun... but as with many brilliant looking sacs, it isn't entirely sound. 27. Ne4 followed by 28. Qf3 leave white with an easily winning position. For example, 27. Ne4 Rxd5 28. Qf3 g5 29. Qg2 Rh6 30. b4 and it is hopeless for black. Black's pieces have lost all coordination. Yes, the pawn is still on h2 and the pressure on the a8-h1 diagonal is annoying, but black is not making any pressing threats, while white has the unblockable threat of e6. After 30. b4:
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| Jun-10-09 | | dabearsrock1010: Had to google to figure out the pun, and use <sneakys> kibitz as well. Before my time as a 22 year old. |
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| Jun-10-09 | | amadeus: Holy pun, Basman!
Congrats, tpstar. |
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| Jun-10-09 | | syracrophy: Wasn't 20.e6+ much better, with the idea of 20... Kxe6 21.d5+? |
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Jun-10-09
 | | TheAlchemist: Congratulations, Tony! |
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| Jun-10-09 | | lzromeu: Congratulations to the 1st place winner of our 2009 Pun Contest, member tpstar ohm crazy game. The craziest game I ever seen. First place pun contest or first place pub contest game in London? |
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| Jun-10-09 | | remolino: Wow, what a pun, congrats! |
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Jun-10-09
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Holy wordplay, tpstar! Truly, this was the work of a joker! |
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| Jun-10-09 | | bane77: I don't get the pun. Who the hell is Basman guy?
I didn't understand almost any pun from the contest. I think that a lot of user puns are related to US TV serials, citations from songs and such stuff, dated from mid 60-ties or 70-ties. Puns should be much more universal so almost everyone can get it immediately.
Therefore I consider this contest unfair and boring. |
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Jun-10-09
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: <bane77: I think that a lot of user puns are related to US TV serials, citations from songs and such stuff, dated from mid 60-ties or 70-ties. Puns should be much more universal so almost everyone can get it immediately. Therefore I consider this contest unfair and boring.> Only the winning puns. Those who get them, like them - those who don't are forced to select "didn't get it" instead of "not very clever", which they'd probably pick if they did get them. There's also the consideration that such puns carefully select the one part of audience that can be trusted upon not to know how the names are <actually> pronounced. |
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Jun-10-09
 | | tamar: Pow! Wham!! Thunk!!! |
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| Jun-10-09 | | Lutwidge: Hmm. I hate to quibble about this pun contest, but, uh, did chessgames.com actually randomize the voting candidates? I think I voted on about 200 games out of 2400 and I'm pretty sure I've seen all ten of these, which is statistically, well, strange. Also, I'm also pretty sure I voted on several games in succession that were obviously entered by the same entrant, suggesting again that there wasn't much of a randomization of entries. Oh well. Good job, tpstar! |
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Jun-10-09
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <Lutwidge: Hmm. I hate to quibble about this pun contest, but, uh, did chessgames.com actually randomize the voting candidates? I think I voted on about 200 games out of 2400 and I'm pretty sure I've seen all ten of these, which is statistically, well, strange. Also, I'm also pretty sure I voted on several games in succession that were obviously entered by the same entrant, suggesting again that there wasn't much of a randomization of entries.> To be expected. They first hit the voters with 1) best puns and 2) new puns. These ten, having won, are obviously supposed to be in the first category (otherwise something's badly amiss). And since puns are often submitted many in a row, it's not unlikely you'll be given consecutive puns by same entrant through the second category shortly after they come in. |
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| Jun-10-09 | | Lutwidge: <SwitchingQuylthulg:
To be expected. They first hit the voters with 1) best puns and 2) new puns. These ten, having won, are obviously supposed to be in the first category (otherwise something's badly amiss).>I'm confused. How would CG know which are best before voting begins? To be honest, a lot of the first hundred or two I voted on were pretty awful. Present company excluded, of course. :) |
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Jun-10-09
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <How would CG know which are best before voting begins?> They don't (supposing the contest was honest, of course - but there's no reason to presume otherwise). By the time you got there, thousands of votes were probably already in. |
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| Jun-10-09 | | pawn to QB4: < I don't get the pun. Who the hell is Basman guy? > hi bane - Mike Basman, veteran British player noted for his originality, especially in the openings. Botvinnik rated him very highly, hoped he'd become British champion. He was once one of the favourites to become the "first" British GM, a contest won by Tony Miles. These days Basman mostly shows up as the moving spirit of a huge annual contest for children here in the UK. |
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| Jun-10-09 | | Lutwidge: <SwitchingQuylthulg:
They don't (supposing the contest was honest, of course - but there's no reason to presume otherwise). By the time you got there, thousands of votes were probably already in.>Hmm. Wasn't the voting phase of this contest separate from the entry phase? I actually can't remember. Actually, even if the two did overlap, it doesn't explain why I would have seen all ten of these when having only looked at 200 out of a total of over 2400. Eek, 1 AM here. Good night! |
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Jun-10-09
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <Lutwidge: Hmm. Wasn't the voting phase of this contest separate from the entry phase? I actually can't remember. Actually, even if the two did overlap, it doesn't explain why I would have seen all ten of these when having only looked at 200 out of a total of over 2400.> The two overlapped a lot - entry phase ran from May 1 to May 24, and voting was possible all the while. If you only started voting after entry phase was over, it's not at all surprising that the top 10 puns would already be up there. |
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Jun-10-09
 | | OhioChessFan: <Lutwidge: To be honest, a lot of the first hundred or two I voted on were pretty awful. Present company excluded, of course. > CG.com was in a difficult position with the 2400 entries. I would have preferred some sort of prescreening, since you are correct in that most were awful. OTOH, they wanted the membership to have the final say. The first pun I saw was Marjanov Error, which I expected to be a Top 10, though the game wasn't as good as the pun. I did another 20 or so, and they were all awful. In my limited experience running contests, I realize there is simply no way everyone is going to be happy, so it's best to just be thankful for the time and money the contest organizers invested. |
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