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Annie K.
Member since Apr-02-04

Annie Kappel
This profile needs an update badly, but I don't have the time... :)
My YouTube channel, featuring pronunciations of non-English chess player names: http://www.youtube.com/user/AnnieK1...
I'm 45 y/o, of Transylvanian origin, living in Israel since childhood. I speak English (no, really), Hungarian (great language!), and Hebrew (if I must, which is often, for some reason).
Afflicted with an uncontrollable sense of humor and other highly controversial characteristics.
I learned chess as a child, but had no further opportunities to practice the game. Returned to it seriously around 2004, and have been hanging out here since.
Note: if I am not home (i.e., here), you can probably find me at the Domdaniel chessforum, the SwitchingQuylthulg chessforum, the visayanbraindoctor chessforum, or the chessgames.com chessforum! :)
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<My City of Moscow skits:>
<<<<<<>>>>> Kramnik's Party -> City of Moscow (kibitz #752)
<<<<<<>>>>> Sochi 2008: An F-Files Production -> City of Moscow (kibitz #774)
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<Game Collection: My GotD Puns>
<My favorites:>
All Your Baze Are Belong To Us - L Baze vs T Palmer, 2004 - GotD Mar-21-10
Y Yu No Claim Repetition? - Yu Yangyi vs M R Venkatesh, 2012 - GotD Jun-30-12
He Who Has E Tate is Lost - E Tate vs Y Shulman, 2001 - GotD Sep-22-16
How Many Roads Must Aman Walk Down? - S Shankland vs A Hambleton, 2014 - GotD Dec-23-16 (besides the obvious reason for the pun - a long King walk - note also the terms 'shank' and 'amble' embedded in the player names)
So me the Wei - W So vs Wei Yi, 2013 - GotD Jan-29-17
This Won't Borya Ider - B Ider vs Wei Yi, 2014 - GotD Apr-01-17 (follow-up to previous day's GotD, 'This Won't Borya')
Injun vs Engin' - Anand vs REBEL, 1997 - GotD Jan-06-2018
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<My other (linkable) site contributions:>
* The Player Names Pronunciation Project: http://www.chessgames.com/audio (or look for names with a loudspeaker icon in the Player Directory)
* Created on my suggestion: Biographer Bistro
* The first (now retired) Carlsen Dancing Rook: https://web.archive.org/web/2013040...
* The Caruana Dancing Rook:
http://www.chessgames.com/chessimag...
* The Hou Dancing Rook:
http://www.chessgames.com/chessimag...
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<<<<<<< MAJOR CHESS SITES <<>>>>>>>>>
<< Correspondence chess <<<<<<>>>>>>>>
< ChessWorld -> http://www.chessworld.net
ChessWorld is my new main chess playing base. It's a rather restrictive site for non-paying members, but one of the best sites for paying members. The full features include excellent interface options and first class study and analysis resources. Nice community, likeable admin. Paid membership recommended.
< Update: while I will leave the original entry for ChessWorld as-is, I have by now been a member of the site for 2 years, and am now an admin there. I still think the site is one of the best, and the <other> admins are nice. :p >
My ChessWorld profile: http://www.letsplaychess.com/chessc...
< Queen Alice -> http://www.queenalice.com
Queen Alice is a charming site - well behaved players, decent admin, site design visually very pleasant. It is also completely free. Unfortunately, it lacks team play, the interface and resources are relatively simple, and it can be frustratingly slow (loading times). Nevertheless warmly recommended.
My QueenAlice profile: http://www.queenalice.com/player.ph...
< GameKnot -> http://gameknot.com
GameKnot is technically an excellent site, however I would not recommend it to the serious player who is looking for a site to settle in, due to an anti$ocial admin with ju$t one $ingle intere$t in hi$ $ite... oop$, $orry about the typo$.
My GameKnot profile: http://gameknot.com/stats.pl?annie-....
<< Other chess sites <<<<<<>>>>>>>>
< FICS - the Free Internet Chess Server -> http://www.freechess.org
FICS is a great site to play chess at various faster time controls. There are a few difficulties getting started with it - first, it can be hard to find an email they will accept for registration; and second, there's a lot of site code to learn. But it's worth the hassle. :)
< ChessCube -> http://www.chesscube.com
ChessCube is quite good for fast time control games - provided you have a strong computer with broadband, as the site is entirely Flash based, which means it takes considerable computer resources to load. The site is nominally free, but heavily commercialized with all sorts of frills that can be purchased on it.
< Emrald Chess Tactics Server -> http://chess.emrald.net
Emrald is not a playing site - it is an invaluable tactical training asset. The only problem with it is also the difficulty of finding an "acceptable" email address to register with; but once past that hurdle, the site deserves nothing but praise.
It's a completely free site. You can play (practice) there as a guest, but they recommend registering, so that their program can keep track of your progress, in order to assign you puzzles best suited to your current level. I strongly second that recommendation. Register and always play logged in! It will make a huge difference in the site's ability to help you improve. An issue that scares some people off Emrald is that your progress is tracked via a "rating system", and because of the high importance they assign to speed, if you are not used to finding tactics fast, your rating will be very low at first - and many people are simply embarrassed to play logged in for that reason. Don't let it bother you! If you let embarrassment hold you back from letting the site help you improve to the best of its ability, you are only shooting yourself in the foot, and nobody else really cares that much anyway. ;p
A few of the people I've recommended Emrald to, had dropped it after a brief trial with remarks along the lines of "Oh, it's a blitz training site. I don't play blitz, so I don't like their obsession with speed." That reaction is absolutely wrong - and it's also one that many people who try the site out for only a short time are likely to have, if only because players who are used to being rated, say, 2000 and above, at corr. chess sites, are going to be annoyed and put on the defensive about finding themselves rated as low as 1200-1300 at Emrald, and will wish to dismiss the "insulting" site.
Yes, the Emrald rating system is heavily influenced by speed. But thinking that the site's purpose is blitz training is a complete misunderstanding of the lesson taught. The real purpose of Emrald practice is not to improve your blitz skills, but to train you to recognize dozens of tactical themes and opportunities AT A GLANCE - which will not only save you time in games of any time control, but is often the only way you will catch them AT ALL. Those brilliant tactical shots that can be seen in anyone's collection of "most memorable games", are often moves that will either occur to you as soon as you glance at the position, or you will miss them altogether. That's what Emrald really teaches - tactical chess intuition.
<Intuition in chess can be defined as the first move that comes to mind when you see a position. --- <Viswanathan Anand>>
<Personally, I am of the view that if a strong master does not see such a threat at once he will not notice it, even if he analyses the position for twenty or thirty minutes. --- <Tigran Petrosian >>
<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>
^ TL;DR.

Any other questions, feel free to ask. I might even answer. ;p

>> Click here to see Annie K.'s game collections.

   Current net-worth: 990 chessbucks
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   Annie K. has kibitzed 8212 times to chessgames [more...]

   Sep-15-20 S Mariotti vs A Geller, 1990

Annie K.: The Black player in this game has been corrected from Efim to Alexander Geller. Thanks. :)

   Sep-14-20 chessgames.com chessforum

Annie K.: <MissS> ah, yes, the key term "I challenged her" - that pretty much describes the previous post too, which was a blown out of all proportion tirade about the severity of the Player of the Day (not the entire homepage as claimed, which I check on almost every midnight, ...

   Sep-12-20 Champions Showdown Chess 9LX (2020)

Annie K.: Note: if you can't see the games, please set your game viewer to pgn4web (in the box under the game score) - but remember to set it back to our default viewer Olga in the end, as it is about to be upgraded soon, and will be the best of our viewers. :)

   Sep-04-20 Chessgames Bookie chessforum

Annie K.: The logs have been checked, and the top places are cleared. Congratulations to winner <moronovich>, the other 5 qualifiers, and the rest of the top 10! :) We have opened the Fall Leg, so if anything turns up, betting can start immediately, but we have no official schedule for

   Aug-01-20 Biographer Bistro

Annie K.: <Tab> The WCC pages are tied in with some special functions, and changing them can cause far-ranging problems at this time (remember when merely changing the WCC page titles caused stats to disappear from the pages of participating players?), so let's take this up again after

   Jul-29-20 Ding Liren vs Leko, 2020

Annie K.: Identical to K Stupak vs E Shtembuliak, 2020 .

   Jul-24-20 Annie K. chessforum

Annie K.: A fun conversation from 2016... :) <Daniel:> I’ve come to learn a lot about what sports broadcasting must be like. Actually I learned about it long before CG when I worked at a newspaper. If there is a sporting event you MUST be excited about it, from a business ...

   Jul-22-20 Biel (2020)

Annie K.: It gets worse - the chess24 intro says "In case of a tie for first place chess960 rapid games will be played", but in fact the official site specifies that the chess960 tiebreaks in question are the ACCENTUS 960 games - which have already been played on the 18th, the event's first ...

   Jul-21-20 Csom vs A Yusupov, 1982

Annie K.: The only requirement for this excellent pun is to pronounce Csom correctly. Which means, as "Chom". :)

   Jul-17-20 K Pedersen vs G F Kane, 1972

Annie K.: <jith> thank you for the always helpful directions. :) So all 12 Pedersen games we have in Chess Olympiad Final-A (1972) games are about to be reassigned from Eigil to Karl.

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Procrastinators' Club (planned)

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Aug-31-11		Domdaniel: I don't 'do the opposite' just to be wilfully perverse, yanno. Well, okay, sometimes I do. But it's more of an urge to disorder -- I like to take apart anything that presents itself to me ... a word, a belief system, a societal norm, a galaxy, whatever ... and see if can be reassembled differently. Sometimes this leads to puns and anagrams. Sometimes it leads to radical political theories, new philosophies, and slightly twisted science fiction conceits. Sometimes it annoys people, and sometimes I run into a fellow compulsive alternizer, and communication is possible. Or not. Incidentally, if you google 'anagram' it asks if you're really looking for 'ram a nag'.

Aug-31-11		Annie K.: So maybe you're related to Google? This could make some kind of sense... ;)

Aug-31-11		Thanh Phan: Invasions, the Animated Short Film ~ http://youtu.be/k4ExqQTNklk Cute I thought

Sep-01-11		crawfb5: http://verydemotivational.files.wor...

Sep-01-11		Domdaniel: Related to Geurgle? I was the beta version. I was too buggy. Least, I think they said 'buggy'.

Sep-01-11		Annie K.: <Thanh> extremely cute. :) <craw> heh, thanks! <Dom> can't imagine why they'd say that... :D

Sep-02-11		Thanh Phan: <Soft L> links sent to your YouTube messages, Hope not mind

Sep-03-11		Annie K.: <Thanh> of course I don't mind, I can use all the help I can get on that... thanks! :)

Sep-12-11		Domdaniel: <Annie> How are things, then? May I ask a kvestion? You're trilingual between English, Hebrew and Hungarian, yes? One of these writes from right to left, the other two don't. But the two 'European' languages also have big differences ... belonging to different language families (Finno-Ugric and Indo-European) and having different naming conventions ... Thus, in Hungary, you're Kappel Annie, just as Judit is Polgar Judit. In Anglo-American the reverse order applies. And the Hebrew element writes it backwards. Is that 6 or 8 permutations? Is there existential chaos? How d'you sort it out in your head? Is there a primary identity and preferred order? The chosen username could be a clue. And what would you say if somebody (like a peculiarly insular American, say) asked you what your 'Christian name' was? I'm wondering about such things, partly because I've used 2 or 3 names for years. Not with intent to defraud, just a kind of compartmentalization. I know - I should save such 'personal' questions for emails. One day, emails from me will have vast rarity value and will be sold for billions on some future Ebay. While I'm on the subject of names: <Thanh Phan> ... do you prefer to be addressed as Thanh or Phan or Thanh Phan ... or does it matter? Obviously, people can call me whatever they like. And many do. ;)

Sep-12-11		Domdaniel: PS - on the Ummigration question. Preliminary research in CG biogs suggests that players 'move' to countries such as Spain, Belgium, and Ireland ... but 'immigrate' to the USA. I haven't found an emigrant yet.

Sep-12-11		Annie K.: <Is that 6 or 8 permutations?> Just two. :) The direction of the writing doesn't matter, as long as one is used to <reading> it in the same direction it's written. ;) The Hebrew naming order convention is mostly the same as in English, but the terms for the names are less self-absorbed; they translate as "private name", and "family name". And there is less rigidity about it - the order is naturally* reversed for alphabetically ordered name lists (such as phone books, class rosters, etc.), and if I were to introduce myself "last name first" here, I don't think anybody would pay it any mind. To me, the Hungarian order is still "the proper order", ;) but I'm just as used to the reversed order, since that's what I seen most often, both in Hebrew and English. However, the "proper order" view is reinforced by the fact I already mentioned: all three languages, even English, will switch to the family-name-first convention for name lists, even if English will add a comma when doing so (such as "Smith, John"), which Hebrew doesn't do (* hence my term "naturally" above). This means, to me, that even English "admits" that this order is more practical and makes more sense. ;) <And what would you say if somebody (like a peculiarly insular American, say) asked you what your 'Christian name' was?> The response could range anywhere between snarky, supercilious, and a gentle correction, depending on what my opinion of the person is otherwise; the person clearly isn't very bright, but they may have other redeeming qualities. ;) <I know - I should save such 'personal' questions for emails.> That was hardly a personal question... :) Actually personal questions, posted here, won't be answered. :p <I haven't found an emigrant yet.> They are in the closet. ;)

Sep-12-11		Domdaniel: Hey, thanks. Good info. I got good info from CG too. Uh, perhaps I should rephrase that.

Sep-12-11		Domdaniel: Did you see the media pics of glowing green cats, btw? It's some kinda jellyfish gene. I think it's cruel. Nobody should put anything in a cat that they wouldn't put into their own children. And they should also ask permission before tinkering with genes.

Sep-12-11		jessicafischerqueen: <Annie> Contact! Thanks so much for hooking me up with the KGB like you did. He is very cool, and I could hear the Russian accent from his keyboard too. Hope all is well over hear in your CeeGee house. It appears well in order at the moment. Except for <Dom> you keep insisting that there is no one who will admit they are an emigrant? I think this might be one of those Irish "armadillos" we keep hearing about. You see, the Irish are everywhere now. In fact they are three deep in the White Horse Tavern as we speak, they haven't finished eulogizing Brendan Behan yet. As well they shouldn't yet have yet!

Sep-12-11		I play the Fred: <Procrastinators' Club (planned)> I will post here eventually.

Sep-12-11		jessicafischerqueen: <Dom> the horse already got out of that opened Panora's barn door and he's running off into a nightmare that's already been here. The US army has had "spider goats" giving "silk milk" for a decade now, they use it to make bullet proof armor. It's stronger than Kevlar. It's a fact! (really it is this time)

Sep-13-11		whiteshark: Will teh Club merge wif <Procrastinators Anonymous> 2 rulez teh Wurld sum dai?

Sep-13-11		Domdaniel: Procrastinators Anonymous? It takes time and energy to maintain a secret identity. They sound like workers to me. Maybe the two disorganizations could eventually overlap - like, um, galaxies - but trying to expedite the process would be rank anticrastination.

Sep-13-11		Annie K.: <Dom: <Uh, perhaps I should rephrase that.>> Yes, why don't you. ;p <Did you see the media pics of glowing green cats, btw?> Nope. Media? You mean things like TV or newspapers? They still exist? <Jess> glad to hear that worked out! :D <I play the Fred: <<Procrastinators' Club (planned)> I will post here eventually.>> No hurry... <whiteshark> I agree wif <Dom> it sounds like wurk. :s But it's good to see you back here, to be sure. :) Could I designate you my German language advisor for my YouTube channel plz? (See my TLDR profile...) In particular, I would like to have your opinion on whether my rendition of Unzicker is horrible, or just awful. ;)

Sep-13-11		Domdaniel: Sigh. Media. Like the things we live in. But here ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2...

Sep-13-11		SwitchingQuylthulg: <Domdaniel: Procrastinators Anonymous? It takes time and energy to maintain a secret identity.> Like bald guys get exhausted maintaining their secret hair colour? Besides, anyone who's actually joined a club is the procrastination equivalent of NN in any case.

Sep-13-11		TheFocus: I am a member of a club of people who refuse to join clubs. We don't have any meetings. We collect no dues. I personally have never met any of the other members. I think I am an office, but I wouldn't swear to it. Or maybe I am on the refreshment committee. I really should quit. This is totally against my principles of not joining a club.

Sep-13-11		Annie K.: Heh, <Switch> has a point. Although if somebody really wanted to be <anonymously> bald, they may have to search out and destroy any photographic evidence of their pre-baldness-era hair color... and possibly kill anybody still living who may know their secret. Sounds quite exhausting, ackshly. <Dom> just the sort of thing that's the reason for my trying to avoid reading any news. :\ Media, ok. I approve of air. And languages. ;)

Sep-13-11		Domdaniel: <I think I am an office, but I wouldn't swear to it. > Interesting. I used to think I was a plate glass window, but somebody saw through me.

Sep-13-11		Annie K.: <Dom> I thought I was wrong once, but it turned out I was mistaken. :)

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