The chess games of Richard Archer

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Richard Archer

Number of games in database: 6
Years covered: 2009
Last FIDE rating: 2011
Highest rating achieved in database: 2024
Overall record: +2 -3 =1 (41.7%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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RICHARD ARCHER
(born Nov-23-1969, 55 years old) United Kingdom
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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. J Michielsen vs R Archer	1-0	37	2009	European Club Cup	B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
2. R Archer vs P Corbin	1-0	44	2009	European Club Cup	A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
3. R Archer vs B Jensen	0-1	36	2009	European Club Cup	A40 Queen's Pawn Game
4. A Calabrese vs R Archer	1-0	28	2009	European Club Cup	B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
5. R Archer vs N Larter	1-0	37	2009	European Club Cup	C05 French, Tarrasch
6. P Dhame vs R Archer	½-½	19	2009	European Club Cup	A45 Queen's Pawn Game

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Nov-18-13		epistle: Thomas Merton's "The Need to Win"-- When an archer is shooting for nothing He has all his skill. If he shoots for a brass buckle He is already nervous. If he shoots for a prize of gold He goes blind Or sees two targets-- He is out of his mind! His skill has not changed. But the prize Divides him. He cares. He thinks more of winning Than of shooting-- And the need to win Drains him of power.

Nov-18-13		offramp: That is a fantastic poem - very apposite for chess, or all sport. Here is a similar poem by Luis Aragon. I think it says a little about Viswanathan Anand and his problems during the Anand-Carlsen World Championship (2013): Rien n'est jamais acquis à l'homme Ni sa force Ni sa faiblesse ni son coeur Et quand il croit Ouvrir ses bras son ombre est celle d'une croix Et quand il croit serrer son bonheur il le broie Sa vie est un étrange et douloureux divorce Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux Sa vie Elle ressemble à ces soldats sans armes Qu'on avait habillés pour un autre destin A quoi peut leur servir de se lever matin Eux qu'on retrouve au soir désoeuvrés incertains Dites ces mots Ma vie Et retenez vos larmes Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux Mon bel amour mon cher amour ma déchirure Je te porte dans moi comme un oiseau blessé Et ceux-là sans savoir nous regardent passer Répétant après moi les mots que j'ai tressés Et qui pour tes grands yeux tout aussitôt moururent Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux Le temps d'apprendre à vivre il est déjà trop tard Que pleurent dans la nuit nos coeurs à l'unisson Ce qu'il faut de malheur pour la moindre chanson Ce qu'il faut de regrets pour payer un frisson Ce qu'il faut de sanglots pour un air de guitare Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux Il n'y a pas d'amour qui ne soit à douleur Il n'y a pas d'amour dont on ne soit meurtri Il n'y a pas d'amour dont on ne soit flétri Et pas plus que de toi l'amour de la patrie Il n'y a pas d'amour qui ne vive de pleurs Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux Mais c'est notre amour à tous les deux

Nov-19-13		epistle: Let's translate the poem from the French defense to English opening: Il N'y A Pas D'amour Heureux - There’s No Happiness In Love (A poem by Louis Aragon) Nothing is man’s to have and hold. Not his strength Not his weakness and not his heart. And when he thinks To open out his arms, his shadow forms a cross And when he thinks to grasp some joy, he crushes it. His life is a divorce, full of hurt and questioning. There’s no happiness in love His life is like that of troops not issued with arms Whose uniform proclaims a different destiny To what avail they rise from their bunks each morning They whom the evening finds disarmed and uncertain Say then these words, my love and please fight back your tears There’s no happiness in love My fair loved one, my dear loved one, so torn by life I bear you within me just like an injured bird. And those who unknowing watch us as we pass by Repeating after me the words that I have woven And who in your fair eyes died like a flash away There’s no happiness in love The time to learn to live, already, is long gone Let our hearts in the night weep both in unison What it takes in regrets to repay one small thrill What it takes in sorrow to pen the slightest song What it takes in sad tears for one tune on guitar There’s no happiness in love But how is that similar to Thomas Merton's poem?

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