Apr-13-06
 | | Sneaky: I'm sensing somebody who's name starts with an "A." Somebody close to you, you know somebody who starts with an "A"? I think it's A...nna. Yes Anna, or Alan. Amy? Arnold? Augustus? Oh you say your mother's name is Alina? Yes that's it, Alina. When did she pass away? Alina is here, she wants to tell you that she loves you very much and that you should do your best always. Oh yes, I also see a surgery. I see a surgery. Alina knew somebody who had a surgery. A man in fact. This man is very outgoing among friends but other times he can be very shy. I think the man's name has the letter "E" in it, or "A." |
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Apr-13-06
 | | tamar: <Sneaky> Psychic abilities a pretty handy tool for correspondence chess. "I'm seeing a closed game, but one that may come open at any time. I'm getting the letter B in connection with a possible diagonal move..." This guy is actually pretty interesting in his own right. http://www.chesscafe.com/text/analy... |
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| Mar-29-12 | | whiteshark: "Try to keep your pawns coordinated. Think of them as the foundation of your house. Every crack and every hole can eventually lead to disastrous consequences for the whole house." ~ Jonathan Edwards, US Correspondence champ. |
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| Apr-03-12 | | wordfunph: Jon Edwards won the 10th United States Correspondence Championship in 1997 and author of the book The Chess Analyst. http://www.amazon.com/The-Chess-Ana... |
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| Apr-03-12 | | qqdos: He's also the author of a more recent book (2011) Sacking the Citadel - The History, Theory and Practice of the Classic Bishop Sacrifice (Bxh7+!) - all very deeply classified, what he calls a taxonomy. Don't offer the Greek (Greco) Gift without checking your assets with this splendid book! |
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| Feb-01-23 | | whiteshark: Newly <Correspondence> GM and <World Champ>, Dr. Jon Edwards on Engines, Openings, and his Road to the Title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa0... (~1h:18m) ENJOY! related ICCF crosstable: https://iccf.com/event?id=85042 CONGRATS!! |
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Feb-03-23
 | | FSR: Ben Johnson interviews him on the Perpetual Chess Podcast. https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/n... Jon admits that he was very lucky. He won two games. He won one because his opponent withdrew from the tournament and resigned the remainder of his games. In the other, his opponent had a brain fart and hung a piece in an even position. Correspondence chess with computers is a joke these days. Everyone uses Stockfish, and every game ends in a draw. |
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Feb-03-23
| | FSR: Edwards says that it is entirely possible that every game in the 33rd World Correspondence Chess Championship (the current one) will be drawn. |
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Mar-19-23
| | FSR: Edwards tied for the championship with three other players. All of them had also been beneficiaries of a point from the guy who withdrew, and had won one other game. Edwards won the tiebreak by one-quarter of a Sonneborn-Berger point. That quarter-point made him the champion and gave him the correspondence grandmaster title. |
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Mar-19-23
 | | perfidious: <FSR....Correspondence chess with computers is a joke these days. Everyone uses Stockfish, and every game ends in a draw.> Gave it up long ago and would never go in for that form of the game again. |
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Mar-19-23
 | | fredthebear: Some find their own monumental online dishonesty gratifying, pleasing. Yet correspondence chess is not for them? |
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May-26-23
| | FSR: Here is a recent talk Edwards gave at the Marshall Chess Club about chess and artificial intelligence: https://marshallmedia.s3.amazonaws.... |
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