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Aug-14-19
 | | WinKing: Hi offramp,
Coming Saturday, August 17th (Less than 3 days to go!) <<>Sinquefield Cup 2019<>> Countdown to Sinquefield: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdo... ♘St. Louis♘Sinquefield Cup♗St. Louis♗
Official site: https: https://grandchesstour.org/2019-gra...
This tournament will run from August 17th thru August 28th 2019. (11 Rounds) Participants include: Carlsen, Caruana, Ding Liren, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave, So, Nepomniachtchi,
Aronian, Mamedyarov, Anand, Karjakin & Nakamura
Average rating: 2781 - Category XXII Schedule - https://grandchesstour.org/2019-gra... Round 1 is Saturday, August 17th, & it starts @ 13:00hrs(1:00pm) St. Louis, U.S.A. time & @ 14:00hrs(2:00pm chessgames EDT) ***All 11 rounds start @ 13:00hrs(1:00pm) St. Louis,
U.S.A. time***
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< 3 Prediction Contests: (Win virtual medals - Gold, Silver & Bronze) > User: lostemperor
(FINAL STANDINGS PREDICTIONS) - Predict the order the players will finish.
Run & hosted by <lostemperor>. (3 categories to medal in) User: Golden Executive -
(The Game Prediction Contest) - Predict the result 1-0, 1/2, or 0-1. Run &
hosted by <Golden Executive>. (3 categories to medal in)
This year will be the 12th Anniversary for this contest! (from 2007 to 2019 -
12 years running)
User: OhioChessFan
(Moves Prediction Contest) - Predict the result 1-0, 1/2, or 0-1 & the number
of moves. (4 categories to medal in) This contest is run by <chessmoron> &
hosted by <OhioChessFan>. ~~~~~~~~~~
Also, don't forget about <chessgames> ChessBookie game for this event.
He can't wait to take some or all of your chessbucks. ;) ChessBookie Game
Don't miss out on the fun for this Super Event!!! ~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Aug-17-19
 | | Diademas: Welcome back! |
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| Sep-01-19 | | paavoh: One sighting, hoping for a full return.
<Aug-17-19
Premium Chessgames Member offramp: There is a horse named Miss Scarlett running in the 1:55 at Perth today.> |
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Sep-19-19
 | | thegoodanarchist: Congratulations to User: offramp for today's GOTD pun |
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| Oct-29-19 | | paavoh: He commented today at the GOTD. |
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Jan-09-20
 | | OhioChessFan: ** Coming Soon! **
Tata Steel 2020 Moves Prediction Contest. Conducted by the Legendary <chessmoron> and hosted at Graceland, home of Elvis. Click on Elvis for details. |
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Jan-09-20
| | WinKing: Hi offramp,
We really miss your company buddy! Hope you stop on by some time just to say hi. :) Coming in two days, Saturday, January 11th
<<>Tata Steel Masters 2020<>> Countdown to Tata Steel : https://www.timeanddate.com/countdo... ♘Tata Steel♘Wijk aan Zee♗Tata Steel♗
Official site: https: https://www.tatasteelchess.com/#
This tournament will run from January 11th thru January 26th 2019. (13 Rounds) Participants include: Carlsen, Caruana, Giri, So, Anand, Duda, Vitiugov,
Artemiev, Yu Yangi, Firouzja, Xiong, Dubov, Kovalev & J. Van Foreest Average rating: 2740 - Category XX
Schedule - https://www.tatasteelchess.com/play... Round 1 is Saturday, January 11th, & it starts @ 13:30hrs(1:30pm) Wijk aan Zee time & @ 07:30hrs(7:30am chessgames EDT) ~~~~~~~~~~
< 3 Prediction Contests: (Win virtual medals - Gold, Silver & Bronze) > User: lostemperor
(FINAL STANDINGS PREDICTIONS) - Predict the order the players will finish.
Run & hosted by <lostemperor>. (3 categories to medal in) User: Golden Executive -
(The Game Prediction Contest) - Predict the result 1-0, 1/2, or 0-1. Run &
hosted by <Golden Executive>. (3 categories to medal in)
This year will be the 12th Anniversary for this contest! (from 2007 to 2019 -
12 years running)
User: OhioChessFan
(Moves Prediction Contest) - Predict the result 1-0, 1/2, or 0-1 & the number
of moves. (4 categories to medal in) This contest is run by <chessmoron> &
hosted by <OhioChessFan>. ~~~~~~~~~~
Also, don't forget about <chessgames> ChessBookie game for this event.
She can't wait to take some or all of your chessbucks. ;) ChessBookie Game
Don't miss out on the fun for this Super Event!!! ~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| Feb-11-20 | | morfishine: Well, at least its good Dear <offramp> is keeping his forum open for all sorts of frivolous stuff and other Benny Hill or Dave Allen posts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFv... |
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Mar-26-20
 | | offramp: When I have White I dislike being overextended, like this:
click for larger view
But I love the same positions as Black:
click for larger view
...because I have nothing to lose!
We don't give a toss as Black. |
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| May-27-20 | | morfishine: < offramp> This is the perfect comment: <...because I have nothing to lose! We don't give a toss as Black.>
Wonderful stuff! |
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| Jul-17-20 | | Tonymec: Not only the opponent is overwhelmingly cramped, (s)he is already two tempi behind (one pawn move against 4, two minor piece moves on both sides, but "we" haven't yet castled, which should happen once our KN moves into play). Hard to imagine how such a position could happen in real play (apparently one of the opponent's knights went "there and back" for nothing) but then you don't always know in advance what the opponent is up to. — Oh, whose move is it? |
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| Oct-24-20 | | login:
Seriously I am a bit stuck here, Offi have you ever heard the term 'Wurzel' describing South West England folks? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloss... I'm asking as a sincere Eric
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_... PS: Post more R-rated stuff. No joke.
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Oct-24-20
 | | Tiggler: <login> without referring to wiki, my opinion is that this must refer to a root crop called a mangelwurzel. In popular children's stories there was a character named Wurzel Gummage: a scarecrow whose head was presumably carved from a mangelwurzel. I am not familiar with the use of <Wurzel> as a west country yokel, but that seems like the logical etymology. |
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| Dec-24-20 | | morfishine: Merry Christmas <Offramp>! and I wish a most prosperous year for you! At least keep us supplied with your AMAZING wit! |
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Dec-25-20
 | | Penguincw: Hi <offramp>. Dropping by to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! |
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Jan-01-21
| | WinKing: Just caught your post <offramp>. Happy New Year to you my friend! Cheers! |
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Jan-15-21
 | | Golden Executive: Hi <offramp>! In my forum the <Game Prediction Contest for Tata Steel Masters 2021> is open right now and everybody is welcome! |
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Jan-15-21
| | WinKing: Hi offramp,
Starts tomorrow, Saturday, January 16th
<<>Tata Steel Masters 2021<>> Countdown to Tata Steel :
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdo... ♘Tata Steel♘Wijk aan Zee♗Tata Steel♗
Official site: https://tatasteelchess.com/
This tournament will run from January 16th thru January 31st 2021. (13 Rounds) Participants include: Carlsen, Caruana, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave,
Firouzja, Duda, Harikrishna, VanForeest, Esipenko, Grandelius,
Tari, Guijaro, Wojtaszek & Donchenko
Average rating: 2724 - Category XIX Schedule - https://tatasteelchess.com/playing-... Round 1 is Saturday, January 16th, & it starts @ 14:00hrs(2:00pm) Wijk aan Zee time & @ 08:00hrs(8:00am chessgames EDT) ~~~~~~~~~~
< 2 Prediction Contests: (Win virtual medals - Gold, Silver & Bronze) > User: lostemperor
(FINAL STANDINGS PREDICTIONS) - Predict the order the players will finish.
Run & hosted by <lostemperor>. (3 categories to medal in) User: Golden Executive -
(The Game Prediction Contest) - Predict the result 1-0, 1/2, or 0-1. Run &
hosted by <Golden Executive>. (3 categories to medal in)
This year will be the 12th Anniversary for this contest! (from 2007 to 2021 -
14 years running)
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Jan-17-21
| | thegoodanarchist: Nils Grandelius (kibitz #87) |
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| Feb-20-21 | | bix22: <offramp>'s "last seen date" shows Feb-20-21, though no kibitz references found here for Feb 17 through Feb 20. |
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Feb-21-21
| | offramp: I haven't been kibitzing too often.... I haven't been using computers, rather than handheld devices and they are fiddly to make complicated chess posts. |
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May-17-21
| | offramp: I switched to LINUX on everything (except phones) as soon as COVID-19 appeared in Angleterre. My computers have since been much slower. I thought they would be faster! I changed to Linux at that time totally coincidence. I can't use things like Chessbase and MS Word, it's a bit of a crimp. I cannot even typing these words that you are reading. |
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May-17-21
 | | WannaBe: Android is a (slightly) modified LINUX system, iOS is a Unix BSD. And of course, Unix is what led to Linux (Linus Torvald), so hence, you are <ALL> Linux. 😁😁 Unless you mean your land-line phones. (What are those?) Which flavor of Linux are you using? SUSE? Ubuntu (my fav), CentOS? You can use Open Office or LibreOffice for Linux systems. Some linux distro even have them pre-packaged as their default office suite of software (Maybe RedHat?) |
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May-18-21
| | offramp: Here is the dry version, from the horse's mouth: <
NAME="Linux Mint"
VERSION="19.1 (Tessa)"
ID=linuxmint
ID_LIKE=ubuntu
PRETTY_NAME="Linux Mint 19.1"
VERSION_ID="19.1"
HOME_URL="https://www.linuxmint.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://forums.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://linuxmint-troubleshooting-gu..."
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.linuxmint.com/"
VERSION_CODENAME=tessa
UBUNTU_CODENAME=bionic
>
For many, like me, <anything> is better than Windows.
Linux is a bit slow on my laptop, which was not designed for Linux. But Linux is a huge improvement for the previous Windows. |
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May-21-21
| | thegoodanarchist: <WannaBe:
Which flavor of Linux are you using?>
Wintergreen. |
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