keypusher Member since Sep-23-04 Scott Thomson The Perseus Project: The classics in Greek, Latin & English https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/u... A link to a page with downloads from the Venetus A, the oldest complete manuscript of the Iliad, courtesy of Harvard: http://www.homermultitext.org/manus... From Google Books, a link to Tarrasch's book on the 1908 world championship. I've translated his notes on the game pages. http://books.google.com/books?id=0C... Lasker's book on St. Petersburg 1909 http://www.google.com/books?id=o3eC... Tarrasch's <Dreihundert Schachpartien>, which covers his career from the beginning through his match with Chigorin in 1893 https://books.google.com/books?id=9... The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world. It slaps the theory of natural selection in the face. It is the most absorbing of occupations. The least satisfying of desires. A nameless excrescence upon life. It annihilates a man. You have, let us say, a promising politician, a rising artist that you wish to destroy. Dagger or bomb are archaic and unreliable - but teach him, inoculate him with chess. -- H.G. Wells Chess-play is a good and witty exercise of the mind for some kind of men, and fit for such melancholy, Rhasis holds, as are idle, and have extravagant impertinent thoughts, or troubled with cares, nothing better to distract their mind, and alter their meditations; invented (some say) by the general of an army in famine, to keep soldiers from mutiny: but if it proceed from overmuch study, in such case it may do more harm than good; it is a game too troublesome for some men's brains, too full of anxiety, all out as bad as study; besides it is a testy choleric game, and very offensive to him that loseth the mate. William the Conquerer, in his younger years, playing at chess with the Prince of France (Dauphine was not annexed to that crown in those days) losing a mate, knocked the chess-board about his pate, which was a cause afterwards of much enmity between them. --Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy Just because many great chess players were obnoxious jerks, doesn't mean that if you're an obnoxious jerk you're a great chess player. --AgentRgent You are also a machine, as are Anand, Carlsen, Kasparov, and Fischer. You and the others are just inferior machines. Your idea of beautiful chess is simply faulty chess that is not caught in its faults. --vsaluki Alas, before the post mortem the gods have placed the game. --Phony Benoni A chess engine is a great antidote to human optimism. --johnlspouge [Y]ou have not been mean to me. Being mean to me is accepting my sacrifices and then taking me to a lost ending. --Sally Simpson

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Aug-21-25 Levenfish vs Botvinnik, 1937   keypusher: <erniecohen: I don't understand. Why did Black resign?> I don't understand your post. There are several posts immediately below yours that address that question. Why not engage with them?      Aug-21-25 Firouzja vs Duda, 2025   keypusher: To borrow <offramp>'s comment about another marathon game: <I've often found that in any game of 100 moves there is a period or two when nothing happens. Often it's a load of manoeuvering before a pawn break, of near-repetitions in a queen or rook ending. But this game is      Aug-18-25 keypusher chessforum    keypusher: < Fusilli: Just saw your reply to my question about the summer classic! I have not given up completely on playing it, but it is pretty unlikely. From the comments on your simul game with Alex Fishbein: <keypusher: <FSR> I moved here last December. Kept my job in NYC ...      Aug-16-25 Chessgames - Sports    keypusher: <saffuna: <Didn't the knuckle baller Niekros brothers play well into their '40s?> As well as the soft throwers Tommy John and Jamie Moyer. Also knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm, although he was a reliever.> And then there’s Nolan Ryan, who last led the league in strikeouts      Aug-13-25 USA Seniors Championship (2025)   keypusher: I have a very nice memory of Alex Fishbein, happy to see him win. A Fishbein vs S Thomson, 2021 (kibitz #1)      Aug-13-25 Keymer vs M Karthikeyan, 2025    keypusher: <SFOD> <I would say 6.Bf4> Oh, I'm sure that's right. But I'll bet I could find an old book explaining that moves like Bf4 and Bb5 were generally bad against the Sicilian. (See also Abdusattorov vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2025 (kibitz #1) .) <Running the engine on ...      Aug-12-25 Geoff Chandler    keypusher: < Bomb 11 is another 50kg HE. It comes down in Innes & Grieve’s whisky bond on Ronaldson’s Wharf and sets the spirit store on fire. The inferno lights up the night sky, making the job of navigating the Zeppelin and aiming the bombs easier. The entire stock, worth £44k ...      Aug-11-25 Alexander Alekhine    keypusher: <Who says that Alekhine did not know how to do a double rook sacrifice?> Nobody in the history of the world from creation down to the present day. <Who says that Alekhine did not know how to crush the Sicilian Dragon? > Nobody in the history of the world from creation ...      Aug-10-25 British Championship (2025)    keypusher: <offramp: The top boards have done very well as Black.> Indeed, decisive results on the top five boards and just one White win. So I guess Adams, Conquest, and Roberson end up tied for first?      Aug-10-25 A Vazquez vs W Carrington, 1875   keypusher: A nice queen sacrifice for White after a disastrous opening for Black.      Aug-10-25 W Carrington vs A Vazquez, 1875    Aug-08-25 A Lutsko vs D Howell, 2024     Aug-08-25 Burn vs G Schott, 1899    Aug-08-25 S Royal vs M R Harvey, 2025     Aug-08-25 Burn vs Mackenzie, 1886    Aug-06-25 Frederick Rhine     Aug-04-25 A Moiseenko vs Dubov, 2019    Aug-03-25 Z Franco Ocampos vs A Needleman, 2003     Jul-29-25 J Kaplan vs Bronstein, 1975     Jul-29-25 V Ciocaltea vs Fischer, 1962     Jul-25-25 Spassky vs M Shofman, 1962     Jul-24-25 Tarrasch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1910    Jul-21-25 Tarrasch vs von Gottschall, 1892    Jul-21-25 O Wuelfing vs M Lange, 1862    Jul-16-25 Chessgames - Music     Jul-15-25 Kramnik vs E Inarkiev, 2013    Jul-15-25 C Yip vs R Vaishali, 2025     Jul-15-25 M Sana vs R Burnett, 2015     Jul-14-25 V Ryznar vs Z Crnkovic, 2000    Jul-12-25 J Cox vs K Arakhamia-Grant, 2025     Jul-11-25 Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1938    Jul-10-25 A Lee vs A Shukhman, 2025    Jul-10-25 Larsen vs Barcza, 1959     Jul-10-25 A Shukhman vs A Lee, 2025    Jul-10-25 J Kupper vs Tal, 1959    Jul-09-25 Kibitzer's Café     Jul-09-25 Winawer vs Tarrasch, 1892     Jul-08-25 V Pechenkin vs Short, 2012    Jul-08-25 Karpov vs Romanishin, 1968    Jul-08-25 Karpov vs I Mikliaev, 1968    Jul-08-25 V Kirpichnikov vs Karpov, 1968    Jul-06-25 Saric vs Carlsen, 2025    Jul-03-25 USSR Absolute Championship (1941)     Jul-02-25 G Tsikhelashvili vs Karpov, 1968    Jun-30-25 Sinquefield Cup (2014)     Jun-29-25 Portisch vs J Hajtun, 1955    Jun-27-25 UzChess Cup Masters (2025)     Jun-27-25 Sindarov vs P Maghsoodloo, 2025    Jun-27-25 Abdusattorov vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2025     Jun-26-25 Kenneth Rogoff     Jun-26-25 M L Hanauer vs H Burdge, 1939    Jun-24-25 F Cruz vs E Cordova, 2012    Jun-24-25 chessgames.com chessforum     Jun-22-25 E Lundin vs A Staehelin, 1952    Jun-22-25 A Crisovan vs E Lundin, 1952     Jun-22-25 C Garcia Palermo vs Quinteros, 1987     Jun-21-25 Swiss Championship, Zurich (1952)     Jun-21-25 R Praggnanandhaa vs S Vokhidov, 2025    Jun-20-25 C Yip vs A Lee, 2025     Jun-20-25 Cairns Cup (2025)     Jun-19-25 H Dronavalli vs C Yip, 2025     Jun-19-25 B Assaubayeva vs C Yip, 2025    Jun-18-25 C Yip vs Koneru, 2025     Jun-18-25 Chessgames - 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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 48 OF 48 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-26-21    Diademas: Thank you for your kind greeting. It hasn't been the best of years here with Corona restrictions and a declining mother. She's gone from very active and mentally strong woman, "only" 78 years old, to someone that maybe shouldn't be left alone in just a few months. I'm looking forward to the World Rapid and Blitz Championships (2021) starting today, and I'm grateful for living in a country where Chess is considered top entertainment, so the event is covered on national TV for hours on end. A very merry Christmas and the very best for the upcoming year to you and all your loved ones from the city of your ancestors. Jan-01-22    Diademas: A happy new year to you and your family from a rainy Bergen. Jan-01-22    keypusher: <Diademas: A happy new year to you and your family from a rainy Bergen.> And to you from a rainy Franklin! Feb-05-22    Diademas: Hi Scott. I will be coming to the US in May, June this year with two intentions. Exploring BBQ in the south and driving through the mid-West. My base will be with a chidhood friend living in Austin, Texas going to Franlins and hearing cool jazz. But it would be nice to have a meet up in Nashville or any other place of your choice. Leave me a word at knut508@hotail.com if it is of any interest. Regards from your friend Knut. Mar-31-24    keypusher: click for larger view May-07-24    Troller: Yo. I saw somewhere your daughter is going to Denmark this year. If she wants an extra contact, feel free to forward my details. I live in the countryside in what is more of a touristic holiday-destination about an hour's drive from Copenhagen. Both my sons are studying in Copenhagen though. You can find me on fanefjordfrugt.dk or troelsbc at hotmail.com. May-31-24    Fusilli: On the Rogoff page, you wrote, in regards to NY judges, <Diverse in race, gender, and ethnicity, less so in ideology, I would say.> And <On the other hand, I think they're generally conscientious and hard-working.> My immediate thought, from inside the Ivory Tower, was that I can fully borrow your words to summarize my view of the faculty in American higher education, at least in the "top" (50? 100?) universities. To be more precise, 90% of humanities faculty, 60-80% of social sciences faculty, and probably less than 50% of sciences faculty. The latter still rank low on diversity (racial/ethnic, as a proxy of diversity of life experiences and what they can bring to the table), which is a problem. Most science faculty tend to keep their political positions to themselves, except when they feel they have strong science to back them, as is the case with those who work on climate issues.) American higher education ranks low on diversity of viewpoints. Because I think this needs fixing, I am a member of <Heterodox Academy>. Despite this, I love my colleagues! Even though I am very often in the minority on political matters in my department (I am not obsessed about guns, despite being an immigration researcher I am not for open borders, I am with team Israel and often hawkish on foreign policy, etc.), it is a great place to work, and my colleagues are super smart, serious professionals, and kind-hearted. Discussions are always civil, and despite often strongly felt political positions, the overwhelming majority of faculty practice restrain in the classroom, contrary to what some media will lead you to believe by picking and choosing exceptionally bad cases. May-31-24    Fusilli: What's the position of the diagram, Scott? A puzzle? White to play? My first thought is that b5 screams to be played. Unless I am missing something more crushing. If so, forgive me, I only looked for 10 seconds! Jun-04-24    keypusher: Thanks for these message, Fusilli! I suspect the fact that racial, ethnic, and gender diversity tends to be accompanied by a lack of ideological diversity is seen as a feature, not a bug by those who advocate for it. It follows that the relative lack of diversity in the science faculty may have its advantages. But this would be a better topic for discussion than posting. That position is from a silly offhand game I played at the NCC. It is Black's turn to move, and his queen is hanging. You're right that after ...Qe8, b4-b5 wins immediately, but I wasn't thinking about that. Anyway, he moved the queen somewhere else (allowing Nxc6+), and I made a complete hash of the rest of the game, but couldn't help winning. I just put in that diagram because I figure I'll never have a space advantage that big again. Jun-04-24    Fusilli: <keypusher> OMG, I didn't even see the queen was threatened. My blitzing has been showing a big loss of tactical instinct lately. Natural, I guess. Are you going to the NCC these days? I don't remember ever meeting in person, have we? (I realize this question is risky, since the answer could be, as has happened to me in other, non-chess contexts, "yes, multiple times.") I plan to play a FIDE tournament in August. But first, I plan to play the Philadelphia Open (5 rounds) in late June, and the US Senior Open near Chicago in mid-July. Let's see how I feel about those... Jun-07-24    keypusher: <Fusilli> I've mostly stopped playing OTB -- I don't do well, and I don't really have time to work on the game. I showed up for a casual night once. Good luck in your upcoming tournaments! Jun-16-24    WannaBe: <keypusher> When you moved, did you hire movers? If so, which company? Jun-20-24    keypusher: <WannaBe>, we used Mayflower, and thought they did a good job. Jul-13-24    Fusilli: <keypusher: ... Good luck in your upcoming tournaments!> Thank you! But, as it happens, I ended up playing neither the Philly tournament nor the US Senior Open. I did travel to Philly, but did not feel like playing at all, so it was just a vacation trip, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. As for the US Senior Open, taking place right now, I decided against it for the same reason (low interest in playing or in traveling again) and because my father-in-law (in hospice care) was approaching the end of his life. The good man passed away yesterday. He was 82, fought disease bravely, and there is no scarcity of people who loved him. <FSR> is playing the senior open, but I could not find results posted online yet. Jul-17-24    keypusher: <Fusilli> Oh I am sorry about your father-in-law, and also about the Senior Open, if it's not too absurd to put those in the same sentence. My mother is in hospice care, but sort of like President Carter she seems to be doing pretty well! The Senior Open also seems to have been a quite rotten experience for FSR, which is a shame. Jul-21-24    Fusilli: <keypusher> Thank you, and sorry/glad to hear about your mom. Yes indeed about the senior open! Jan-02-25    Teyss: Hi Scott, A very happy new year, une très bonne année, to you as well as to your loved ones. Sorry to hear about your mother, hope she's still doing good. Take care. Feb-08-25    Fusilli: May I interest you in my <morbid trivia>? Check out my forum! Jul-15-25    Fusilli: Hi Scott. Are you planning to play the summer classic? Unfortunately, it's right after classes start at Vanderbilt. Bad timing for me. <FSR> mentioned on my forum that he is planning to play the senior open and asked me if I plan to do so myself. It's July 25-27 in the Chicago area. I am toying with the idea, but I honestly don't think I have it in me, especially considering the travel. And I have work to catch up with too. Jul-18-25    offramp: You might be interested in a small prediction contest: offramp chessforum (kibitz #2017) Aug-06-25    keypusher: <Fusilli: Hi Scott. Are you planning to play the summer classic? Unfortunately, it's right after classes start at Vanderbilt. Bad timing for me.> No, I'm taking care of my mom for a week just before and taking my daughter to college right after and work is busy, so not really realistic. It's too bad, I really enjoyed the Music City Open and was hoping to play more this year, but it's not working out that way. Sorry for this late reply, just got back from Portugal (so clearly it hasn't been all work this summer). Aug-15-25    Fusilli: Just saw your reply to my question about the summer classic! I have not given up completely on playing it, but it is pretty unlikely. From the comments on your simul game with Alex Fishbein: <keypusher: <FSR> I moved here last December. Kept my job in NYC though.> What is the practice FSR refers to? Are you an attorney too? Aug-17-25    gezafan: Now that football season is here again here's something to look for - The White Perp Shot. After a bad play has been made the camera will linger on a white player. The player may have had nothing to do with the play but the camera is still on him. By showing the white player, it makes it seem as if the white player was at fault for the bad play, even if he wasn't. I've even seen them show a white player on the bench after a bad play, with no explanation why. Often there will be no comment on the part of announcers as why the white player is being shown. Here's an example. A couple of years ago Lions rookie Brian Branch blew a coverage, resulting in a big play. The camera focused on Alex Anzalone, who had nothing to do with the play. There was no explanation of why Anzalone was being shown. Aug-18-25    keypusher: < Fusilli: Just saw your reply to my question about the summer classic! I have not given up completely on playing it, but it is pretty unlikely. From the comments on your simul game with Alex Fishbein: <keypusher: <FSR> I moved here last December. Kept my job in NYC though.> What is the practice FSR refers to? Are you an attorney too?> I am afraid so. Aug-18-25    Fusilli: <keypusher> <I am afraid so.> lol My dad was a lawyer and my family expected me to follow on his footsteps and inherit his practice. But at the time of choosing what to do in college, I wanted something that mixed the study of social issues and statistics, so I went for econ. (Then I got a PhD in demography and ended up being a professor of sociology, so I am a social sciences hybrid.) I do like the law quite a bit though, I have always had lawyer friends, I follow SCOTUS with interest... It may become my profession in my next life! That or third world peasant, we'll see. But you said you work in NYC... Living in TN? Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 48) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 48 OF 48 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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