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| Nov-25-20 | | Z4all: <JFQ>, <Boomie>... I thought the <Carolus> site was used by Sarah (aka batgirl) before she moved on to <Chess.com>. AFAIK all her most recent work is on <Chess.com>, with the Collins blog post being her latest. Am I wrong? Or does <JFQ> know of yet another site <SBC> will be using? * * * * *
PS- Does anybody know what the owner of the <Carolus> site has been up to lately? He seems to have abandoned his chess site in lieu of actually making a living (the nerve!)... https://twitter.com/Elekta/status/1... . |
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Nov-26-20
 | | jessicafischerqueen:
<z> I had not seen the Christmas Carolus site before- I assumed it was current. I have been reading <Batgirl> regularly but I always do it at chess.com |
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| Nov-26-20 | | fabelhaft: <Does anybody know what the owner of the <Carolus> site has been up to lately? He seems to have abandoned his chess site> It's been six years since anything was edited on the site but only minor details also the years before that so it was in principle abandoned long ago, as it looks |
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| Nov-26-20 | | Z4all: Thanks <JFQ> and <fabelhaft>. I really wish I had gotten to the <Carolus> site before all the interzonal PGN links went stale... https://cid-ea385817c877cd86.skydri... (Tunis 1985) The skydrive Microsoft drive is no more. Too bad, as <Carolus> usually had the most accurate movelists of the games (vs. other online chess DB's). * * * * *
As for <batgirl>, here's my reconstruction of her history (kinda meta, eh?!)... In the earliest record of her work, that I could find, she used Angelfire for hosting: <Sarah's Serendipitous Chess Page> https://www.angelfire.com/games/SBC... (defunct) https://web.archive.org/web/2001110... (2001 wayback version)l (Found via Wall's 2007 post on chess.com -
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/ge...
- his site still being on geocities)
The sequence, I believe, went from <Angelfire> to <Carolus> to <chess.com>. She used to be more active on <CG>, quite a few years ago. Her work on <chess.com> varies in frequency, but remains prolific. . |
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| Nov-26-20 | | Z4all: One last <batgirl> detour - she herself gives a brief sketch of her early history here: https://www.chess.com/blog/batgirl/... It includes some other history of chess history stuff, but doesn't mention her Angelfire days (nor any Z-stuff... tant pis). |
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Nov-26-20
| | jessicafischerqueen:
<z>, <all>. Ok and <4> I don't want to leave anyone out. <Batgirl> still posts here from time to time: User: sbc |
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Nov-26-20
| | jessicafischerqueen:
I remember Angelfire <AJ> was on there. Seems like a precarious state of affairs for historical archiving, that platforms come and go- and with them comes and goes history. The whole point of history is to try to preserve something for longer than a few years. That is why we should be transferring all this to paper. |
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Nov-26-20
 | | perfidious: <jess>, no chance Angelfire was preserved on <Wayback Machine>? |
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Nov-26-20
| | jessicafischerqueen:
<perfidious> A lot of material is indeed preserved on <Wayback Machine>, most profitably by the tireless volunteer editors at Wikipedia. I used to read a lot of <AJ's> stuff on Angelfire, but tbh I have not looked for any of it recently. I save a lot of cg.com pages on the <Wayback Machine>, but certainly our whole website is not saved at the moment. I haven't counted the pages at cg.com but I imagine there are "plenty of them." Fans of the the movie "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and the TV series "Alice" may prefer archiving with the <Vic Tayback Machine>: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/pro... |
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Nov-26-20
 | | HeMateMe: I've always liked Bat Girl's posts. I've seen her stuff copied, cut and pasted to other chess sites or pseudo chess sites. I remember seeing a Bat Girl reference on Yahoo Backgammon, of all places. Does anyone remember a guy named Mitt Greengard or maybe Midge Greengard? Chess columnist, and [I think] free lance computer programmer? He had some funny chess columns, good opinion type writing, especially about the horrors that ARE the USCF and the state of North American chess, in general. Is Kevin Spragett still putting out his entertaining chess column? |
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Nov-26-20
| | jessicafischerqueen:
<HeMateMe> Mig Greengard was excellent. I used to read his stuff regularly at chesscafe.com before they put up their paywall. He had all his stuff at the <Daily Dirt> but that website is now defunct AFAIK. |
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Nov-26-20
| | jessicafischerqueen:
<HeMateMe> Kevin Spragget's chess website is still up and running: http://www.spraggettonchess.com/ |
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Nov-27-20
| | HeMateMe: thanks Jessica! Good info. Spragett is a funny guy, offbeat. Nice to have a few loose wheels here and there in the chess world. I liked the Mig columns but never thought it was quite good enough to be a pay site. As much as <Winter> seems to be an unlikeable curmudgeon, one has to admit his historical chess columns have worth. I've always read them, when they pop up in my travels. |
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Nov-28-20
| | jessicafischerqueen:
<HeMateMe> I've read a lot of Spragget he is an excellent commentator and personality eh. Edward Winter is the standard all others should try to live up to. He's all about the facts. |
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Nov-28-20
| | HeMateMe: Jess, you have mentioned loving horror films so I left you a trailer in the cafe for <Motel Hell>, all time great campy horror! (better see the film with a friend...) |
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Nov-29-20
| | jessicafischerqueen:
<HeMateMe> Thank you! I haven't seen that horror movie yet, but I'm going to look for it now. |
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| Dec-11-20 | | Wanda Nida: whats batgirl's email? |
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Dec-24-20
 | | Check It Out: Happy birthday, GM Krush. The perfect chess name. Women's US Champion at the age of 15!
Wow. When I was 15...well, let's not go there. |
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Dec-24-20
| | HeMateMe: I think the NY times did an interview with her at the park in queens where she played a lot of chess, as a teenager. The russians and Ukrainians seemed to live in little communities in the boroughs. She probably had some strong competition in that park. |
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| Jun-21-21 | | pazzed paun: Nice interview with Irina on. Chessbase |
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Dec-24-21
| | HeMateMe: Many time USA champ krush celebrated today. Wish the site would update the somewhat dour photo. |
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Dec-24-21
 | | Stonehenge: OK, I have uploaded another photo. |
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Dec-25-21
| | HeMateMe: Well done, Stonehenge. She's really pretty, I'd hope for something with a nice big smile <https://www.bing.com/images/search?...> how 'bout a little Mona Lisa grin?<https://www.bing.com/images/search?...> chess in schools, Irina
<https://www.bing.com/images/search?...> I love this one, date night with ex husband Pascal <https://www.bing.com/images/search?...> relaxing after a game
<https://www.bing.com/images/search?...> Wait, wrong Irina!
<At age 14 Krush won the 1998 U.S. Women's Chess Championship to become the youngest U.S. women's champion ever. She has won the championship on seven other occasions, in 2007,[3] 2010,[4] 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2020.[5]> That's pretty Fischeresque, mostly 'owning' the USA championship! |
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Dec-25-21
| | Stonehenge: Yes, but I don't want any problems with copyrights. Commons.wikimedia.org is safe in that regard. |
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Dec-25-21
| | HeMateMe: Oh dear, the old photo is back. Why not just email irina for a photo you can use? |
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