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 | | WannaBe: Interesting Sicilian, any comments on this game would be appreciated, I think the critical move was 36...Rd3+ but I have not yet reviewed the game, and gave it a deep review. [Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "WannaBeCG"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1419"]
[BlackElo "1331"]
[ECO "B21"]
[TimeControl "1200"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 d6 3. d5 e6 4. Nf3 exd5 5. Qxd5 Be6 6. Qd1 Nc6 7. c3 Nf6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Ng5 Nd7 14. f4 Bxg5
15. fxg5 Nde5 16. Bf4 Ra7 17. Nd2 Rfa8 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5
dxe5 21. Qf2 Be6 22. Qf6 Qd7 23. Be2 Re8 24. h4 Qe7 25. h5 Qxf6 26. gxf6 b6
27. Kf2 Bd7 28. g4 Rb8 29. g5 b5 30. a5 c4 31. Rh1 Rf8 32. Rh2 Bc8 33. Rah1
Rd7 34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Ke3 Rff7 36. Bg4 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Bxg4 38. Rg2 Rd2+ 39. Kg3
Rxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rd7 41. Kg3 Be6 42. Rf1 Bf7 43. Kg4 Rd2 44. Kf3 Kf8 45. Ke3
Rxb2 46. Rd1 Ke8 47. Rd6 Rg2 48. Rxa6 Rxg5 49. Rb6 Rg3+ 50. Kf2 Rxc3 51. Rxb5
Rc2+ 52. Ke3 h5 53. Rxe5+ Kf8 54. Kf4 Rf2+ 55. Kg5 Rg2+ 56. Kh6 h4 57. a6 Ra2
58. Rc5 Rxa6 59. e5 h3 60. Rb5 Ra8 61. Rb1 Rc8 62. Rh1 Rc5 63. Rxh3 Rxe5 64.
Kh7 Rh5+ 65. Rxh5 gxh5 0-1 |
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Mar-26-10
 | | OhioChessFan: From the This Is Not a Joke Department:
http://www.slashfood.com/2010/03/25... |
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| Mar-26-10 | | babakova: I just had 8 beers, true story. |
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| Mar-26-10 | | babakova: Wish I had 8 more. |
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Mar-27-10
 | | HeMateMe: I alternate between lite beer on one day, any maybe a st. Pauli girl or Becks, on another. The rich beers have too much sugar--you have to cycle on and off of them. |
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| Mar-27-10 | | Knight13: If they defined the word "responsibly" more clearly I bet people wouldn't actually abuse the alcohol. |
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| Mar-27-10 | | thegoodanarchist: According to Seirawan and Silman in "Winning Chess Tactics": "Reuben Fine once wrote that (Rudolph) Spielmann's main concern in life, apart from chess, was to accumulate enough money to buy limitless quantities of <beer>!" (page 151) |
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| Mar-27-10 | | Spell Binder: Oh...guys? Whenever you visit the Philippines, try its beer. :) |
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| Mar-30-10 | | melianis: Premium registration with a credit card that works only in this country? Maybe I could send a letter with dollars in it? Isn't that illegal? I have no wish to pay for my local bank to setup a new account for foreign payments and no wish to spread my account info anywhere on the net. Well, a beer is an option. |
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Mar-30-10
 | | tpstar: <WannaBe> Congratulations! White played 2. d4 to offer the Smith-Morra Gambit (1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3) like the consultation game. One way to continue is 2 ... cxd4 3. c3 d5 Opening Explorer following the principle that ... d5 equalizes in the Sicilian. The primary drawback to 2 ... d6 is White may choose 3. dxc5 dxc5 4. Qxd8+ trading Queens and you can't castle. White should have grabbed the Pb7 with 6. Qxb7 followed by 7. Bb5 and castling up a Pawn. The early middlegame was fairly even, yet 16 ... Ra7!? & 17 ... Rfa8!? is a very unusual plan, especially without advancing the Queenside Pawns. You want your Rooks on e8 & d8, or c8 & d8, supporting your center. Instead of 28 ... Rb8 consider 28 ... a5 fixing your Pawns on dark squares where they can't be attacked by White's lsb. The endgame looked better for White yet 36. Bg4?? was a blunder losing to 36 ... Rd3+ (Discovery) and you won a piece. Keep practicing! =) |
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Mar-30-10
| | HeMateMe: <TP> Just curious, you being a physician--do you have an opinion on the recent healthcare legislation passed by both Houses? |
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Mar-30-10
| | tpstar: <HeMateMe> Yes. |
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Mar-30-10
 | | matey: I would like to hear it. |
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Mar-30-10
| | HeMateMe: Don't worry <TP>--no demonstrators will picket your neighborhood, or saturate your virtual mailbox. If the doctors got 5% less from the medicare segment of their billing, would it throw the whole profession back into the dark ages? |
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Mar-31-10
| | tpstar: <matey> The US government correctly identified four problems affecting all Americans: the high cost of health insurance, the millions of uninsured citizens, the unfair nature of insured folks paying higher premiums just to cover bad debt from the uninsured, and the ever-increasing costs of health care paid by the government itself. President Obama deserves credit for addressing these problems proactively, as politicians tend to react or overreact only, except his inexperience showed up at the worst possible time as this process has been the most mishandled government initiative I have ever seen, starting with the title. This was all about health insurance, not about health care per se, and I hate when bills are misnamed just to gain support ("No Child Left Behind" & "Patriot Act"). Moreover, it wasn't clear, it wasn't summarized, it wasn't bipartisan, it wasn't open or transparent or televised, and there is no excuse for holding important votes on holidays or Sundays just to ram things through. After their bipartisan meeting, it was clear they should have started over. Actually <HeMateMe> has the worst quote yet, from 11/23/09: "If the healthcare reforms go through, people will not allow personal taxes to skyrocket. Instead, hospitals and physicians will receive lower payments from the government. The highest earners in the healthcare profession, including the insurance firms, will make a little less money. They will have to accept anyone for treatment, as a requirement for staying in business/keeping a license to practice medicine. There may be a huge tug of war over this, but this country won't allow unfair taxation levels." The 20th century was the most successful to date for longevity, with US life expectancy increasing from 40-45 in 1900 to 70-75 in 2000 (depending what you measure). So in return, despite older and sicker and more complicated patients than ever before, doctors should accept less money to see more patients, and then have the government force unwanted patients on us. That approach is insane, and terming that approach "reform" is even more insane. Doctors' immediate concern is a 21.3% cut in Medicare payments which starts tomorrow 4/1/10 since Congress left without rescinding it. That will indeed save money, but anyone who thinks doctors will therefore accept more Medicare or even public option/government patients just doesn't understand Business. If any Medicare cuts go through. and this legislation isn't undone, expect a doctor strike in the next four years. |
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Mar-31-10
| | matey: Thanks for your reply. I had'nt kept a close eye on the issue but have been told by friends that you MUST purchase health insurance or face a fine, which seems like heavy handed tactics to say the least. |
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Mar-31-10
| | HeMateMe: <TP> I stand by my comment on this. the 4 problems you mentioned above are being combatted by this new legislation. Yes, its a bit fragmented, it is certainly a work in progress. So were social security and medicare. The Republicans wanted none of it, so the Democrats had to compromise, and pass the parts of this plan that they could. I'm sure there will be more students being accepted into medical school, if there is a real problem with doctors 'having to see more people.' I'm not sure how 21.3% cuts in medicare payments will affect the earnings of the typical physician. I guess it would depend on what percentage of your total earnings come from medicare payments. These premiums are out of control, and the uninsured cost the government a lot of money. If all of this somehow ends up in a shortage of physicians (highly unlikely) or a 'doctors strike' (even more unlikely), then the government will tweek this plan, and probably tax the highest earners a little more, so that doctors can keep their earnings at a level that doesn't decimate the medical industry. I thought some changes might occur at the medical school level. There are shortages of certain types of doctors, general practicioners, I think. There are also certain parts of the country that have a real shortage of doctors, as populations shift. Maybe this will be solved by requiring people in med school to work in a certain part of the country, for a certain number of years, as a requirement for getting a license to practice medicine. Shortages? Raise the taxes of the doctors who specialize in vanity medicines, like plastic surgery, liposuction, etc., and use that leverage to tax a GP less, in order to produce more doctors where there is a shortage. I would think the Democrats should accept a cap on lawsuit damages, which would lower the insurance premiums that doctors pay. These types of compromises and adjustments can make up for the lost income of physicians. At the end of the day, the doctors making the very most may lose a little bit of income, if they are in the top 5% of earners, making more than $250,000. There won't be many tears shed for anyone making that kind of money, in any industry, who has their taxes raised slightly. |
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Apr-05-10
| | tpstar: tpstar-shmokn (FICS 4/5/10): Call yourself a family man (1. e4 d5), talking 'bout the family's plan (2. ed Qxd5)/To bring the sweet talk deep and down (3. Nc3 Qd4!?), works better than an average pickup line (4. Nf3 Qc5!?)/You put your woman out to pasture on the promises you gave her last year (5. d4 Qd6), peace and love is on your head (6. Bc4 Be6)/And the grass is greener playing 'round (7. Bxe6 Qxe6+), your family seed is what you spread (8. Be3 Nc6??)/I don't care what you do (9. d5 Qg4), but there's a hypocrite that lives in you (10. dxc6)/'Cause if your woman gave her love in the same way that you do (10 ... Qxg2?)/You'd feel away (11. Qd7#), you know you would (1-0) - Neneh Cherry, "Buddy X"
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| Apr-27-10 | | Berzha: thats a funny name!... beer! |
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| May-07-10 | | Akavall: All the beer is on this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ7_... |
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| May-31-10 | | Travis Bickle: Hooray For Beer!
http://www.youtube.com/user/RedStri... |
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Jun-13-10
| | tpstar: tpstar-TTTC (FICS 6/13/10): Hey (1. e4), what did you hear me say (1 ... e5)/You know the difference it makes (2. Nf3), what did you hear me say (2 ... d6)/Yes (3. d4), I've said it's fine before (3 ... Nd7)/But I don't think so no more (4. Bc4), I said it's fine before (4 ... Ngf6?!)/I've changed my mind (5. Ng5), I take it back (5 ... Qe7?!)/Erase and rewind (6. Bxf7+), 'cause I've been changing my mind (6 ... Kd8)/Erase and rewind (7. Ne6+), 'cause I've been changing my mind (1-0) - The Cardigans, "Erase/Rewind"
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| Jun-13-10 | | kurtrichards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6w7...
ouch! |
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Jul-09-10
| | tpstar: abacadab-tpstar (FICS 7/9/10): No intentions whatsoever (1. e4 e5)/I was gone for a night (2. Nf3 Nc6), nothing’s forever (3. Nc3 Nf6)/The cruel daylight brought me back to my senses (4. Bc4?! Nxe4!)/Got caught in here under false pretenses (5. Nxe4 d5)/No way out (6. Bxd5 Qxd5), none whatever (7. d3 Bg4)/I made up a story (8. Be3 0-0-0), thought it was clever (9. h3 Bh5)/She didn’t ask and I got no reply (10. Qd2)/But later that night (10 ... h6), I heard her cry (11. Qc3??)/No way out (11 ... Bb4), she doesn’t buy my story (0-1) - Jefferson Starship, "No Way Out"
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Jul-09-10
 | | Check It Out: glug glug glug glug glug...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...... |
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