catlover Member since Nov-10-04 · Last seen Dec-11-19 I'm a North American, but live in Guatemala. In terms of chess, I'm an amateur of mediocre ability. I have loved chess since I was in grade school, but only played in one tournament, which was when I was a kid. And yes, I do love cats.

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Nov-27-19 M Sana vs A E Franklin, 2008    catlover: Thanks, <Fusilli>. It was a fun game and a good pun.      Nov-25-19 N Padevsky vs I Asmundsson, 1957    catlover: <wtpy: Ingmar looks like a guy who enjoyed a good bar fight which probably means he never got in one.> Agreed. From the looks of his bio photo, I wouldn't mess with him.      Nov-15-19 V Kovalev vs D Gavrilescu, 2019   catlover: <ajile> It looks like White queens a pawn with 51. b5, but black also manages to queen a pawn: 51. b5 axb5 52. axb5 Kd3 53. b6 e4+ 54. Kf4 e3 55. b7 e2 56. b8=Q e1=Q.      Nov-15-19 Gligoric vs Ulf Andersson, 1974    catlover: <offramp>, it is good to see you posting again. We've missed you.      Nov-13-19 Furman vs Spassky, 1957    catlover: What a beautiful game by Spassky. I love the final position.      Nov-11-19 U Rath vs Larsen, 1978    catlover: Larson's center pawns went snicker-snack.      Nov-10-19 Kibitzer's Café    catlover: <HMM><Susan Freeman> The other day, National Public Radio aired a story on Prince. I missed the first part but what I gathered is that a number of songs Prince recorded were never made public, but recently have been made available.      Oct-26-19 B Sadiku vs S Soors, 2015    catlover: As Yogi Berra used to say, "It's deja vu all over again."      Oct-24-19 T Hart vs Timman, 1968    catlover: <Cheapo by the dozen>, you're on a roll!      Oct-19-19 Nimzowitsch vs Weenink, 1930    catlover: As <JimNorCal> said, Nimzowitch moved his pawns up quickly. It looks to me that he moved his pawns forward without the proper development to support that movement. I wonder if Nimzowitch was having an off day. It did not look like the white pieces were being moved by an ...

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