An Englishman Member since May-31-04 · Last seen May-28-23 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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May-28-23 J P Batista vs G R S Name, 2009    An Englishman: Good Evening: Saw the text move and the variation Black *should* have played. 20...Qh4 was an error; he should have accepted the sacrifice and according to the CG computer, would have had a slight edge, to my surprise. 5/5 for the week with Tuesday and Saturday already known. ...      May-28-23 J Xie vs S Lalic, 1996    An Englishman: Good Evening: 46...Black to Move would constitute a diabolical April Fool's Day puzzle. Interesting game. 8...Ne5 and 10.Na3 both had cunning tactical tricks--10...Ba6 keeps White from castling, but 11.Qa4+ has rather devastating consequences. Would have liked to see White ...      May-27-23 Anand vs Robatsch, 1992    An Englishman: Good Evening: Already known, but still nice to reacquaint myself with this miniature.      May-27-23 Anand vs Caruana, 2021    An Englishman: Good Afternoon: True, "only" a blitz game, but seriously, no one has noticed Black sacrificing an entire Rook v. a former World Champion?! Followed by a combination starting with a Knight sacrifice? Also, doesn't it seem odd that a 19th Century defense to the Ruy Lopez ends up      May-27-23 Martin Perez vs Catalan, 1981    An Englishman: Good Evening: The big debate--how many question marks to attach to the move 3...exf4, one or two.      May-26-23 Superbet Blitz Poland (2023)    An Englishman: Good Evening: +11, -1. Mr. Carlsen has a way of reminding people of his existence, doesn't he?      May-23-23 Wojtaszek vs Carlsen, 2023    An Englishman: Good Evening: Happy Merry Birthday, <Brenin>, from someone who will soon turn 1,000,001! You have much to look forward to.      May-23-23 Mecking vs Polugaevsky, 1977   An Englishman: Good Evening: The CG computer likes 17.f4, but this carbon-based life form would have found 17.Qxb5,axb5; 18.a4 more to its taste. Unbalanced pawn formation, 2 B v. B & N, passed a-pawn (which give Knights so much trouble). The computer probably thinks the Rf8 can hassle the ...      May-21-23 R H Newman vs Tolush, 1947   An Englishman: Good Evening: Thanks for the correction; never knew about the 1947 match. Congratulations on getting to participate in the event.      May-21-23 Van Wely vs Piket, 1996    An Englishman: Good Evening: Already knew this, which came as a surprise; unlike 2008, "solved" this one but of course it doesn't count. Can't complain; 6/6 for the week.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing> 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. Sep-04-21    An Englishman: Good Evening: <0Zer0>, better a "somewhat dubious" opening that works than a sound opening that doesn't. Besides, the Scandinavian has a much better reputation than back in my time, when Bobby Fischer (v. Addison) allegedly laughed when his opponent played 1...d5. Today, the database has 14 Scandinavians played by Carlsen himself. Sep-04-21    0ZeR0: <An Englishman> Right you are! I think ultimately as a chess player you’ve got to play your openings. The openings that you know and which match your personality and style. I believe Carlsen himself has described the Scandinavian as dubious, but obviously that hasn’t stopped him from playing it and beating the likes of Anand, Caruana, and Nepo. Jan-28-22    Dionysius1: Good evening! I see your favourite games amount to 10 wins by black plus 1 draw. You counter-puncher you! Oct-06-22    MissScarlett: I like the Yasser pun, but why did you use <Wonn> instead of <Won>? Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 6) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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