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vampiero
Member since Feb-21-05 · Last seen Mar-11-07

I'm a 16 year old Russian Jew who lives in San Francisco. Im not religious and I speak English, Russian, French fluently, and a bit of Spanish. Philosophy is easily my most favorite subject (apart from girls), followed by Economics (...like any other typical jewish boy, lol).
I have a black belt in Kenpo Karate after 11 years, and now I've been starting Judo. Done it for about 2 years and I'm Junior National Champion. The only other sport i really like is Soccer, Go Chelsea!

I taught myself music theory and now i play the guitar quite well. I recently started playing chess again and have since become an 1800 strenght player, but havn't had any lessons. I mostly play d4 unless i feel in excellent form to play e4. I tend to respond with the Sicilian, French, Dutch, or the old Queens Gambit Declined.

vampiero has kibitzed 188 times to chessgames [less...]

Feb-25-06 Aronian vs Leko, 2006

vampiero: he was probably considering Bd3

Feb-08-06 Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3 (A94)

vampiero: but how often does White actually play a4? I've seen it but its pretty rare

Jan-29-06 Napoleon Bonaparte

vampiero: Merci szunzein de parler Francais, je sais que ca donne une impression que tu sais de quoi tu parle mais moi aussie je peu parler francais. Et juste si tu savais pas, c'est un conversation sur Napoleon et non pas Mozart.

Jan-29-06 Anand vs Gelfand, 2006

vampiero: a beatiful game in which Anand sets up his position, then steals the initiative to create Kingside anarchy, and then plays a very precise passive endgame to advance his pawn majority.

Jan-22-06 Topalov vs Gelfand, 2006

vampiero: pawn islands tend to be a weakness when there are many pieces on the board such as middlegames or the begginning of an endgame with alot of pieces is bad too. But in this case, Gelfand has a passed pawn on the a-file which is a strength. Read My System by Nimzowitsch to understand ...

Jan-08-06 Vladimir Kramnik

vampiero: ??? I dont quite understand, are you saying his play would be worse if he didnt' have a smoking/drinking lifestyle, or perhaps u mean he wouldn't be as much of a genius?

Jan-04-06 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd (C99)

vampiero: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nf1

Jan-02-06 A Volokitin vs M Perez Candelario, 2004

vampiero: what is the continuation after ...Nb7

Jan-01-06 Petrov Defense (C42)

vampiero: can someone explain to me why 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 isn't played, because after ...Nf6 6. d4 is played its the exact same position as the mainline except Blacks knight is back on the f6 and not in the middle of the board?

Dec-30-05 Morozevich vs Motylev, 2005

vampiero: Black doen'st have any pieces to make a serious claim to the kingside, if anything, he can battle for the queenside but realisticly hes gotta aim for a tough route just to get a draw

Dec-27-05 Alekhine / Koltanowski vs Maccabi Chess Club, 1934

Dec-26-05 Rublevsky vs Jakovenko, 2005

Dec-24-05 Garry Kasparov

Dec-23-05 Eric Schiller

Dec-22-05 Anatoly Karpov

Dec-22-05 Kasparov vs Malshikov, 1977

Dec-22-05 Kasparov vs Z Lanka, 1976

Dec-21-05 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation (B31)

Dec-21-05 Peter Svidler

Dec-20-05 French, Winawer, Advance (C17)

Dec-18-05 Capablanca vs Ragozin, 1936

Dec-13-05 Bobby Fischer

Dec-12-05 Tseitlin vs E Dizdarevic, 1999

Dec-07-05 Oscar Chajes

Dec-02-05 Susan Polgar

Dec-02-05 Napoleon Bonaparte vs Madame De Remusat, 1804

Dec-01-05 Alexander Alekhine

Dec-01-05 Emanuel Lasker

Nov-30-05 Mikhail Chigorin

Nov-29-05 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation (B39)

Nov-29-05 Korchnoi vs Petrosian, 1974

Nov-29-05 Portisch vs Petrosian, 1974

Nov-29-05 W Hahn vs Tarrasch, 1890
Nov-29-05 Geller vs Larsen, 1966

Nov-29-05 Karpov vs R Byrne, 1971

Nov-29-05 Karpov vs Larsen, 1987

Nov-29-05 H Wang vs V Malakhov, 2005
Nov-28-05 Veselin Topalov

Nov-28-05 Fischer vs U Geller, 1968

Nov-28-05 Petrosian vs G Kasparian, 1946

Nov-27-05 P Hlavac vs P Danek, 2000

Nov-25-05 Benjamin vs D Gurevich, 1993
Nov-25-05 P K Wells vs Van Wely, 2005

Nov-25-05 Geller vs Kholmov, 1957

Nov-22-05 T Fogarasi vs D Breder, 2000

Nov-19-05 Kasparov vs Yermolinsky, 1977

Nov-10-05 G Tunik vs Korneev, 1998

Nov-10-05 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (D47)

Nov-08-05 Jose Raul Capablanca

Nov-03-05 Salo Mendelsohn

Oct-27-05 Gaston Needleman

Oct-11-05 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation (A87)

Oct-07-05 Tigran Petrosian

Oct-07-05 French, Winawer, Advance (C19)

Oct-07-05 Evans Gambit (C51)

Oct-01-05 Topalov vs Adams, 2005

Sep-29-05 Gligoric vs L Prins, 1952

Sep-28-05 Bronstein vs A Medina Garcia, 1955

Sep-23-05 Ray Charles vs L Evans, 2002

Sep-12-05 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line (D67)

Sep-06-05 Boris Yankovich

Sep-05-05 M Yudovich Sr vs Botvinnik, 1934

Aug-25-05 Caro-Kann (B10)

Aug-15-05 Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922

Jul-31-05 Korchnoi vs Parma, 1971

Jul-30-05 Evgeny Sveshnikov

Jul-21-05 Evans Gambit (C52)

Jul-18-05 Unzicker vs O Sarapu, 1970

Jul-15-05 Dan Heisman

Jul-04-05 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 (B61)

Jul-01-05 Deep Blue vs Bronstein, 1996

Jun-29-05 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer (B62)

Jun-29-05 O Bernstein vs Smyslov, 1946

Jun-28-05 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack (B63)

Jun-28-05 French (C10)

Jun-27-05 Adams vs Hydra, 2005

Jun-26-05 Viktor Korchnoi

Jun-26-05 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack (A01)

Jun-25-05 Grunfeld (D85)

Jun-25-05 English (A20)

Jun-24-05 Scandinavian (B01)

Jun-23-05 Spassky vs Petrosian, 1967

Jun-23-05 Gulko vs Tal, 1970

Jun-23-05 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense (D57)

Jun-22-05 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto (B34)

Jun-22-05 Adams vs Hydra, 2005

Jun-21-05 Irving Chernev

Jun-21-05 Hydra vs Adams, 2005

Jun-21-05 Adams - Hydra Match (2005)

Jun-20-05 English (A10)

Jun-20-05 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 (B35)

Jun-20-05 Bent Larsen

Jun-20-05 Boris Spassky

Jun-20-05 Deep Blue (Computer)

Jun-20-05 Queen's Gambit Accepted (D20)

Jun-20-05 King's Gambit Accepted (C33)

Jun-20-05 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit (D08)

Jun-20-05 W Harrelson vs Kasparov, 1999

Jun-19-05 Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1966

Jun-19-05 Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966

May-13-05 MTel Masters (2005)

May-10-05 Salov vs V Terentev, 1982

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