An Englishman Member since May-31-04 · Last seen Aug-16-25 I'm a long since retired former master (but never particularly good) whose opening repetoire consisted of the English, Nimzo-Indian and Caro-Kann. I now pursue a career in film, theater and television as an actor, playwright, screenwriter, director, producer and Web content creator.

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Aug-16-25 K Lerner vs V Chekhov, 1984    An Englishman: Good Evening: Best my poor brain cells could find consisted of 20.Rdh1, because 20.g6 seems to fall short after 20...h6.      Aug-16-25 C Jaffe vs Reshevsky, 1920    An Englishman: Good Evening: White's KG-Evans Gambit hybrid looks intriguing thanks to that massive pawn center, but fares poorly in the database. Not sure why.      Aug-15-25 D Minic vs P N Lee, 1964    An Englishman: Good Afternoon: This game took place during the era when Bobby Fischer could write in My 60 Memorable Games that Dragons in the latest Informant ended in losses for Black in about 90% of the games. But only a few years later, Soltis published an article in Der Schachspieler ...      Aug-12-25 G Oparin vs Q L Le, 2025   An Englishman: Good Evening: 4.h3. 6.Bd3. 50 years ago, we would have ridiculed these as the moves of children. Astounding how the game has changed, but if you think about it, all players have done is apply Nimzowitsch's dictum that the beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the ...      Aug-10-25 Botvinnik vs H Ree, 1969    An Englishman: Good Evening: Chose 26.Rxc5,dxc5; 27.d6!? Game-losing error, or good but not as good as Botvinnik's choice?      Aug-09-25 B Sivanandan vs M Ashworth, 2025    An Englishman: Good Evening: Wish I had played this well at 6+4. Of note--after 20...Ne6 Black has overprotected his d4 pawn in classic Nimzowitschean fashion. Shouldn't he have therefore won the game?      Aug-08-25 R Panjwani vs So, 2014    An Englishman: Good Afternoon: Thank you, <FM David H. Levin>. One possible conclusion: 15...b3 might constitute the most brilliant move of the game.      Aug-08-25 K Arakhamia-Grant vs S Tqeshelashvili, 1999    An Englishman: Good Evening: It makes sense that the puzzle would consist of 21. White to Play. Sometimes, you have to take that extra tempo to prepare the attack, and perhaps the immediate 21.Nxe6 would not prove as strong. Flubbed both this puzzle and the bigger puzzle--how does one ...      Aug-06-25 O Crawford vs T Kanyamarala, 2025   An Englishman: Good Evening: The score is now correct. Good thing, too. Interesting Queen endgame. Took a while to figure out why Black didn't immediately push with 44...b5-b4-b3. Black wanted to switch the Queen to the a1-h8 diagonal with 47...Qd4.      Aug-06-25 Kramnik vs Anand, 2007    An Englishman: Good Evening: Writing as a former Master who had an excellent record with and against the Catalan--despite having no idea how to play with or against it--have always appreciated Super-GM games with the opening. Why? Because I have no idea what either player is doing. 10...Ra7 ...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-26-10    David2009: <An Englishman:> (O Almeida vs P Zarnicki, 2002) [snip] <proving that one means of avoiding playing bad moves is not to see them.> I like it! Mar-23-11    YourNickname: <An Englishman> You are awesome! Jun-04-11    Mozart72: <An Englishman> You are welcomed to my chessforum. Jul-29-11    WannaBe: Good evening, If my memory serves, you are/were living in N. California, I will soon be relocating to San Mateo county area, and would not mind meeting some of the CG.com members. If, however, you have moved, and/or my faulty memory chip is wrong, kindly disregard this message in its entirety. Sincerely Oct-13-11    WannaBe: I replied on my forum, but unfortunately, forgotten to post it here, I'll be absolutely tickled pink and delighted to have a meeting/lunch/drink. Please e-mail me, kstc_jyu at yahoo.com, please, do mention cg.com in case your message ended in my spam box. p.s. I responded to your message weeks ago. =) Oct-13-11    WannaBe: p.s.s. I am free this weekend, nothing going on at work, unless all of our servers decide to suffer a major power failure and crap out on me. May-14-12    El Trueno: Hi! I would like to play chess against you 'cause I like your comments :) it would be helpful for me 'cause I'm studying english at school etc.. :) Sep-03-12    Tal7777777: Happy labor day! Sep-10-12    Abdel Irada: <An Englishman>: Are you by any chance in New York? ;-) Dec-05-12    ChessYouGood: It's ever oh so great to read your profile old chum. In particular, it's lovely to see I am not the only actor, playwright, screenwriter, director and producer around here. I am currently working on "Driving Miss Daisy II: Who's in the Boot?" at the moment. Perhaps we can collaborate! Jun-11-14    Ashperov1988: You must like stings song haha Dec-25-14    wordfunph: <An Englishman> Merry Christmas and Happy 2015! Jul-22-16    virginmind: this can't be real... Nov-15-16    ketchuplover: Get a haircut young man :) Nov-15-16    An Englishman: Good Morning: <ketchuplover>, seriously, I got one last week, the famous US Marines "Three Minute Special." Do I need a new one already? Nov-18-16    ketchuplover: Apparently my time machine malfunctioned :( Nov-19-16    jessicafischerqueen: Good afternoon: long time no see. Dec-13-16    ketchuplover: May you and your circle have a healthy holiday season Mar-10-18    ketchuplover: Go So & Caruana! Mar-11-18    An Englishman: <ketchuplover>, for some strange, can't post messages on your page. Anyway, quite a remarkable first round. Keeping my fingers crossed for an exciting tournament. May-11-19    Pyrandus: Good Morning, Englishman! - Your "sign" (Emoticon?) is a Fenix? Thx. Jun-28-19    An Englishman: Good Afternoon: <Pyrandus>, sorry for not noticing your message sooner. My avatar is The Roadrunner, a famous American cartoon character from the 50s and 60s. He co-starred in some famous silent cartoons with Wile E. Coyote. Sep-03-21    0ZeR0: Greetings, <An Englishman>. After reading your bio I was curious to learn more about your opening repertoire. Which variations of the English would you often play? I'm asking because I also play the English, albeit not at the master level as you have (obviously). Sep-03-21    An Englishman: Good Evening: <0Zer0>, used the Botvinnik formation more often than other variations. The Botvinnik has one peculiar feature in that it works as both a White opening or a Black defense. 1.c4, 2.Nc3, 3.g3, 4.Bg2, 5.e5 represents a typical move order. White will follow with Nge2 and d2-d3, avoiding d2-d4, and eventually h3, Be3 and Qd2, after which one may attack on the Queen side, center or King side. Often transposed into either the Catalan or the Neo-Catalan if in the mood to do so. Sometimes transposed into a Reti, and in one successful game played 1.c4,c6; 2.e4 and transposed into playing the Panov-Botvinnik Variation v. the Caro-Kann; ironically, my favorite defense to 1.e4. Sep-03-21    0ZeR0: <An Englishman> The Botvinnik system is an important part of my own repertoire as well. I like it because it's relatively easy to learn and play, is solid, and can be a good foundation for attacking possibilities as you mentioned. I've learned a lot from GM Simon Williams, a great practitioner of this opening, both through his Chessable course and his book titled "The Iron English." Williams has stated that the Botvinnik English almost single-handedly carried him to his first master title. <Sometimes transposed into a Reti, and in one successful game played 1.c4,c6; 2.e4 and transposed into playing the Panov-Botvinnik Variation v. the Caro-Kann; ironically, my favorite defense to 1.e4.> That's interesting. Against 1.e4, I like to employ the Scandinavian. It's been described as somewhat dubious, but at my level it often works well for me. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 6) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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