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| Nov-02-05 | | schnarre: <DrDum> Now, now don't sell yourself short. Grab a good beer & relax with the rest of us sots. |
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| Nov-02-05 | | Anatooly Homedepotov: *BAT-TPSTAR signal* I have an account ("homedepotov") on GameKnot but can't challenge you due to our rating differential being greater than 500 points. |
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Nov-02-05
 | | TheAlchemist: <tpstar> I have to ask you a little favor. Would you mind having a look at the line I posted: Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line (B99)) (up to 14.gxf3) and tell me what you think. Although it's very unlikely I will ever get to play it (nobody plays h6 and g5), I would still like to hear about it from a human perspective. Thanks! |
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| Nov-03-05 | | schnarre: <Anatooly Homdepotov> Feel free to drop a challenge on GK if you would like (I probably won't be too much of a contest, but I kep at it). <TheAlchemist> I play h6 & g5, but I don't play the Najdorf. In the diagram given White should have no difficulty winning! |
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| Nov-03-05 | | Anatooly Homedepotov: <schnarre> Will do. Best result I ever got was an almost draw vs Reshevsky (postal game) I tried to take my 40th move back before he'd sent his reply (I thought it was okay) and he told me to resign (I did) and then told me the game was drawn. I was just a kid at the time. |
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| Nov-03-05 | | schnarre: That's highway robbery!!!!! |
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Nov-03-05
 | | tpstar: <AH> Apologies in advance for perpetuating negativity in the bar, but there's a disturbing anecdote about Reshevsky losing to Denker on time during a US championship, then the arbiter allegedly reversed the clock on the table and awarded the game to Reshevsky. Here's an interesting insight by a former opponent = Samuel Reshevsky Still that's a huge moral victory to last until Move 40 against a GM. Good job. =) |
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| Nov-03-05 | | schnarre: Indeed, good job!!!!!!
<tpstar> Let me know if you can bear more "off-beatness" & I can direct you to a previous game on GK. |
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Nov-03-05
| | tpstar: <schnarre> You bet. =) But I wonder if it's "off-beatness" or "off-beatenness" - oh nevermind. ;>D One surefire way to improve is to post your games here, either in the Kibitzer's Cafe or under one of the database games. Then everybody can discuss it at length. Our last game made for a very nice puzzle (Rxc6+!) in the KC already. |
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| Nov-03-05 | | Anatooly Homedepotov: <tpstar> Thanks. He crushed me in the 5 other games I played him. I was courteous and respectful and resigned w/o dragging things out and wasting his time. He also analyzed some games of mine. |
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| Nov-03-05 | | schnarre: <AH> Do you still have any of those analyzed games? <tpstar>About how far back was that post? |
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Nov-03-05
| | tpstar: <schnarre> It became a bonus Monday Puzzle for Halloween = The Kibitzer's Café <AH> Hold on, KS. You played a 6-game postal match against Reshevsky?! Pardon me for asking, but were you a chess prodigy at the time? That's great how he went over your games with you. |
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| Nov-04-05 | | schnarre: <tpstar> Thanks! The following games seem appropriate for this page: In both of these White drops his Queen:
http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=385...
http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=358...
Gotta keep an eye on the clergy:
http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=339...
Mate with a Knight (embarrassing):
http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=282...
& even for me this one's bizarre:
http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=282...
....now for a good Beer!! |
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Nov-04-05
| | tpstar: <schnarre> Nice games! But I meant to post the moves here, not a link, so we could discuss certain positions. #1 & #2 I've seen before (2 ... Na6!?). =)
#3 Notice 7 ... Bg7? 8. Bxf7+! and if 8 ... Kxf7 9. Ne5+ & 10. Nxg4. Watch for this pattern whenever your KB hits f7. #4 Your opponent graciously gave up a piece in the opening, then your Smothered Mate was very nice. I thought 17. Nd2 followed by 18. Kf1 was inconsistent, but you were winnning anyway. #5 Outstanding win! Your opening was irregular but ultimately proven sound. Fine positional play, then sharp tactics. Beautiful finish, too. =) Another good spot for posting our own games is the "?" page. Lots of folks come here for R&R, not chess. ;>D |
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| Nov-04-05 | | Anatooly Homedepotov: <tpstar> $25 a game, I think. I sent him some crappy games I played with friends to analyze. He had an ad in Chess Life offering his services at one time. I'll contact <Sneaky> so he can research his massive CL collection for the dates it ran. Wish I still had 'em. |
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Nov-04-05
 | | Annie K.: <tpstar> I'd recommend posting games on the pages of their openings; that way the analyses will help others who are studying that particular opening even later. :) |
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| Nov-04-05 | | howardtheduck: <Bullying discussion>
I've never been bullied in my life, the trick is friendship.
I was the smallest among my group of friends, at age 16 i was 5'10" and 175 pounds
So you can imagine my friends and why i never got bullied! |
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Nov-04-05
| | tpstar: <Annie K.> That's a good suggestion, although the ECO codes don't go out very far. I like posting under another game for subvariations and beyond, to discuss that line in detail. Unfortunately, I am finding some gaping holes in my previous analysis lately. I wonder how authors feel when they spend hundreds of hours on a book, only to find a simple refutation ruining their pet line/s. |
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Nov-04-05
 | | WannaBe: Okay, here is an example of playing the correct 4th move, if you don't, you will lose the game. KIDS, don't try this at home, I am a professional patzer, I've had years of training and is qualified for this... [Event "Chess Palace Championship"]
[Site "Chess Palace"]
[Date "2005.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "WannaBe"]
[Black "P. Cunningham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[BlackElo "1604"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[Annotator "Wannabe"]
[PlyCount ""]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3?? dxe4 5. Nd2 Nf6 6. Be2 a6 7. a3 Ba5
8. 0-0 Qxd4 9. Nc4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc3 11. bxc3 0-0 12. Bg5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nc6
14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 b6 16. Rab1?? Bb7 17. Rd2 Rfd8 18. Rbd1 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Rd8
20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. h3 c5 22. c4 e5 23. Bg4 Nc6 24. Be2 Nd4 25. Bd1 h6
26. Kf1 Nf5 27. Ke2 Nxe3 28. Kxe3 f6 29. g3 Kf7 30. Be2 g6 31. Bf1 Ke6 32. Bg2 f5
33. h4 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Ke2 f4 36. gxf4 exf4 37. Bh3+ Ke5 38. Bg4 Kd4
39. Be6 Kc3 40. Bd5 Bc8 41. Kd1 Bf5 42. Kc1 g4 0-1
I soon realized that I can't stop the pawns. Looking back, I probably should have resigned on move 35 or so... |
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Nov-04-05
| | tpstar: <WannaBe> Before you get too enamored with the Winawer, consider the Tarrasch French (3. Nd2) which avoids the doubled c Pawns (3 ... Bb4?! 4. c3) and lets White develop smoothly. Adams has great results with it lately. For your game, yes it hurt to give up two Pawns so early, but you could have got one back with 9. Ndxe4 Bxc3 (9 ... Nxe4?? 10. Qxd4; 9 ... Qxd1 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Rxd1) 10. Nxc3 and you're much better off. Don't be too hard on yourself with annotations; losing one Pawn is "?" while a dubious move is "?!" so I would say 4. Nf3? & 9. Nc4? & 16. Rab1!? instead. Your endgame was lost all along, so don't fret there. Keep at it! |
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Nov-04-05
| | WannaBe: <tpstar> thank you! Got another tournament this Sunday, will see how that one goes. There are 6 more rounds in this (Wednesday night) champ. will keep trying. =) |
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| Nov-05-05 | | mandar: ok my math quiz idea failed): I am not going to hold any of them hence forth. |
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| Nov-05-05 | | poktirity: <mandar> I've posted what I think is a solution to one of your problem. And I spent at least one hour of valuable study-time trying to solve that abc problem :( |
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| Nov-05-05 | | Akavall: How many sides does a sphere have? is it one, none, infinite? |
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| Nov-05-05 | | Calli: two sides, of course - inside and outside :-> |
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