Jun-29-22
 | | fredthebear: Why is 12.Nd5!! a great move?
They don't know why. It looks so... dangerous. |
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Jun-29-22
| | fredthebear: Nok says: <nok: <12.Nd5!! is a great move.> I prefer 13.Qa3> Back in '71 a fellow could get two for the price of one at the Kenny Rogueoff show. |
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Jun-29-22
 | | MissScarlett: Nincompoop. |
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Jun-29-22
| | fredthebear: Me, or Nok, or Kenny? |
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Jun-29-22
| | fredthebear: Oh, I see now. You were referring to Mario Bertok. |
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Jun-29-22
| | fredthebear: Let's not be too hard on Mario. After all, this was just a blitz game in Sarajevo YUG back in the day. I mean, Rogoff was the next Fischer, but then he decided to make a buck instead. They say Rogoff still has quite a following in some corners of the world. |
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Jun-30-22
| | fredthebear: YUG stands for Yugoslavia, just in case the next or last generation is wondering. Yugoslavia broke up in the 1990s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugos... Those long-time CG.com members who don't know the north end of a map probably remember that Beyonce split with Destiny's Child in the 1990s. Justin Timberlake left 'N Sync about the same time, and Brittany Spears as well. Garth Brooks went BIG in country music throughout the 1990s like Justin in pop. Garth left his wife for singer Trisha Yearwood. Richard Gere and Cindy Crawford divorced. Bruce Willis and Demi Moore divorced. Donald and Ivana Trump divorced following his affair with Marla Maples. Donald and Marla got divorced in 1999. Oh, Johnny Depp and Kate Moss gave it up, too. (Johnny recently went through a highly publicized trial against Amber Heard. Here's just one clip of many: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...)
It's no surprise that J.Lo and P.Diddy (that's Jennifer Lopez and Puff Daddy) broke up in the '90s. That girl is after Elizabeth Taylor's record. This is how Sam Hunt remembers those infamous '90s break-up days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvn... Back to Yugoslavia, this might help the more worldly chess players out there: https://allthingscruise.com/underst...
This was no laughing matter. Many people lost their lives in the conflict; it was brutal. Now Kenny Ro has now gone through his own break up. CG.com fans must be patient. Time heals some wounds, makes others bitter. Gotta keep movin' posters; just sitting there reminiscing, feelin' sorry for self will get you ran over by the next one coming along. Pick yourself up and keep moving. |
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Sep-29-22
 | | FSR: Shades of Yermolinsky vs E Tate, 2001. |
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Sep-29-22
| | FSR: <fredthebear: . . . Now Kenny Ro has now gone through his own break up.> What? |
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Sep-29-22
| | fredthebear: This miniature is THE game that was uploaded (perhaps the wrong technological terminology) to chessgames that simultaneously caused the disappearance of the years of prior Rogoff pages. Of course, Rogoff was restarted so the page did not completely dissolve, but at the time in June it had been greatly diminished. The person responsible for uploading this blessed game was let go of his privileges (for lack of better phrasing). Apparently, a few comments by others above were deleted. I can tell that I was in the mood to play that day. However, Messiah and I were censored and suspended for a simple complaint about sock puppet accounts on another newbie page at the end of the month and I was not around this summer. It just so happens that user <stone free or die> previously Z free or die and every other Z account took out a new account on Jun-29-22. In other words, MissScarlett so wrongly punished Messiah and I again for simple, truthful statements but let her pal Z go free as is her custom. Hopefully, that is clear FSR. I have enjoyed reading your posts and miniatures but won't be commenting as much as the past as I must use other chess sources to be treated fairly as other users are. Full freedom of speech does not exist here anymore, unless one has a certain title or friend in power. By the way, I'm a Libertarian, not that it should matter, but it does here. |
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Sep-29-22
 | | perfidious: Nasty piece of overworking the defender.
As to the whingeing from another quarter, <fredthebore> had no problems indulging himself in copious quantities of oil of vitriol; then the worm turned and he was slapped down. |
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Sep-29-22
| | fredthebear: If one looks on a modern map, the country of Yugoslavia cannot be found. Yugoslavia no longer exists. One can use the city of Sarajevo (where the game above was played) as a visual aid to find the area. For those who don't open links, the breakup of Yugoslavia began in mid-1991. It was a major world issue at that time. Thus, I tripped memory lane and recalled some of the big celebrity break-ups of the 1990s. FTB has done various "remember when" posts to help readers visualize the era of a game. |
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Sep-29-22
| | fredthebear: <Sep-29-22 perfidious: Nasty piece of overworking the defender. As to the whingeing from another quarter, <fredthebore> had no problems indulging himself in copious quantities of oil of vitriol; then the worm turned and he was slapped down.> Again, fredthebear tells the truth, and is obviously far more informative, entertaining than perfidious. Readers have been able to rely upon FTB posts for a decade. Unfortunately, fair and equal treatment for all users is an issue on this website, like it was in Yugoslavia in 1991. I have provided good information, but am constantly harassed, in this case by a mean-spirited moderator who originated the "bore" term in 2009 hoping to run me off like so many others perfidious has intimidated over the years. He has done much to ruin the participation on the website and we have far fewer regulars than we had in 2009. The administration allows such abusive behavior from favored individuals even though it breaks the guidelines. |
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Sep-29-22
| | FSR: Thanks for the explanation, <fredthebear>. I was surprised to see this game, having previously known K Rogoff vs S Spencer, 1969 to be the only decisive miniature among Rogoff's games on this site. Sad that this game's posting produced such havoc. That must have been many thousands of Rogoff pages that were somehow obliterated. |
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