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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 >>
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^ 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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Oct-05-11		Annie K.: Thanks folks. ;) <Jess: <They are indeed working me too hard, and they've started paying me in Gryffindor dollars. Should I be worried?>> Galleons? Nothing to worry about, as long as the paygoblin is polite. <Switch> you're right, of course, it's three months. We iz vewy speshul indeed!

Oct-08-11		Domdaniel: Hi, Annie. I stumbled across a word yesterday which meant 'the galley slave who did his slaving on the much-envied top deck of a trireme'. Envied cos you got some air and sunlight on the top deck of three. However, I've forgotten it and will probably never find it again. It's comforting to know that such a word exists, though. I have not forgotten you, however. You are, as it were, in top spot on my 'to-do' list. But, as you know, this is not a position that carries guarantees. I've called to apologize because you were dragged into the Lemming's latest outburst. Daniel has assured me that they have a way of really keeping him out in future. I'll be in touch. Since everything ever uttered by the Lemming is the polar opposite of the truth, it's clear to all that you are the most beautiful and delightful of human creatures. Only cats come close. And they're not always as smart. ;)

Oct-08-11		Domdaniel: <SwitchingQ> -- < (<Boomie>'s original version was "Hippy Nude Deer"...)> Not to mention Ogden Nash, in the poem where Jupiter/Jove decides to seduce a nymph while disguised as a lamprey fisherman, but forgets to bring the costume. So he got nowhere... <She was a Southern Nymph, a Hellenic Dixiecrat, and had been taught never to trust a Nude Eeler.>

Oct-08-11		Annie K.: <Dom> I don't see the problem. :) I have pics uploaded on my player page, donni? People can just make up their own minds. Not that this will help them any. :p Now, let's try an experiment. From now on, and until further notice, anything you want to say to me, I mean anything at all, even perfectly reasonable general questions like 'pardon me, would you happen to know what year this is?' - please use email. I'd like to see how this works out. Kthxbai.

Oct-08-11		Hugin: Hey my name is Leifr Eiríksson (old norse)son of Erik Thorvaldsson, known as Erik the Red (Old Norse: Eiríkr inn rauði)and Thjodhild (Þjóðhildr). The year is <1003> and i just landed in L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. To my surprise the place is already crowded nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus arrives further south... Hola Annie Domdaniel Jessica et all...

Oct-10-11		brankat: Hi there Softy! :-)

Oct-10-11		SwitchingQuylthulg: <brankat> Softy?! Forcing people to communicate by email is a traditional Spanish Inquisition method!

Oct-10-11		Hugin: Who discovered the American continent??. Certainly not Leifr Eiríksson (old norse) or Christopher Columbus...Who build the pyramids/walls in Latin America? Where do we find more or less the same building techs? Where do we find the same boat building techs as seen in El Lago Titicaca in Peru?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtQd... We have to visit Middle East and surrounding areas to find similar..Does that prove people from those areas discovered America? No but in my mind, it proves some from that area arrived America before us europeans did. Sorry for posting this i was just a tad inspired touching into it due to the joking post before hehe.

Oct-10-11		Annie K.: <Hugin> yes, I've long been fond of Thor Heyerdahl and his theories myself. Haven't gotten around to reading all his books, but 'The Ra Expeditions' is an old favorite. :) <Branko, Switch> hi! ;)

Oct-10-11		Hugin: <Annie K.: <Hugin> yes, I've long been fond of Thor Heyerdahl and his theories myself. Haven't gotten around to reading all his books, but 'The Ra Expeditions' is an old favorite. :)> Good to hear Thor Heyerdahl's work reach around the world:).He was a man of peace and tolerance....(He fought during ww2 to end Nazism.) Ever after he tried to bring people/ culture together in peaceful harmony. He was sorta a rebel speaking acting up against the jaws of big politics about to chew up the world again durig the cold war. He was not without fault but a great explorer scientist that had the guts to go up against myths..( Personal opinion)

Oct-10-11		brankat: North American continent, then Central and South America were discovered, and populated over a period of hundreds of years, at least some 10,000 years ago, by nomadic groups of people, most likely from the territories of Eastern Mongolia and North-Eastern China.

Oct-10-11		brankat: That, too, is mostly a matter of oral tradition, and then some anthropological "re-construction" and speculation. But, it does seem to suffice.

Oct-10-11		brankat: A Soft Inquisitor then :-)

Oct-10-11		Thanh Phan: <Annie K.> Update toward the time-frame of members! Would be your activity? If are, Offer many thanks and clear paths toward your sight and goals! Are on half week vacation from "Comprehensive Computer Systems" and "Fault-testing of software based Common Problem Data Logged Resources"!

Oct-10-11		Hugin: Yes brankat people arrived the American continent from among other Siberia travelling over the Bering following aleutene etc...There is also strong indication of polynesians arriving as they did all over pacific by island jumping hehe. In Russia i belive Leningrad they have maps of many american native tribes and how they are related to their native tribes. But non of those tribes had the building techs u can see in the pyramids or the incredible walls in latin america if memory serves..

Oct-10-11		Annie K.: <Branko> Inquisitive, too. :p <Thanh> Yep, I confess... :)

Oct-10-11		Thanh Phan: <Hugin:...to their native tribes. But non of those tribes had the building techs u can see in the pyramids or the incredible walls in latin america if memory serves..> Or more correct, None of those tribes had the People in charge at their times to have such activities done as they would think of completing

Oct-10-11		Thanh Phan: <Annie K.:..Yep, I confess... :) > Offer many thanks and hope toward being worth of your contribute! Take care all times ~ Thanh Phạn

Oct-10-11		Annie K.: You've already proven yourself worthy, many times over, Thanh. :) You're welcome.

Oct-10-11		Thanh Phan: http://youtu.be/osH-pv2lRyE ~ Đến sau một người! One of Favorites! Offer for chance to relax while listen to, if need the translate, are able to provide or search able ~toward for most of the lyrics!

Oct-11-11		brankat: <Hugin> <..none of those tribes had the building techs u can see in the pyramids or the incredible walls in latin america if memory serves..> We will probably never know with certainty how did these, and many other things, happen. Usually, when one goes back thousands of years, the best we can do is: make educated guesses :-) But, some things we do know, about history in general, even the recent one, and also about human nature. First, a lot of "inventions", discoveries, novelties etc, including technological and architectural ones, happened independently. In various parts of the world, usually within a span of a few centuries, without any contacts / influences with/from the "outside". The best examples are really the most important of all developments in our human journey: -- setting fire -- bow and arrow -- wheel Secondly, usually, in most of cases these developments were a product of a Need/Necessity, either a real practical one, or a perceived one. Did old Egyptian pyramids have an older model to be fashioned after? I think not. The "need" for them was a perceived one, which then later became real. As far as I know they were "original" . I'm using a quotation marks here, because nothing is completely original. There is always at least some sort of a little "seed ", a fragment, going further back. There would be no progress without it. Just like the pyramids, the same goes, for instance for The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, etc. It is quite likely, I think, that the architectural wonders of Central and South America, the glorious achievements of the Toltecs, the Mayas, the Incas and the Aztecs were their own. The essential requirement for the development and growth of arts, culture in general, learning and "sciences" is an establishment of permanent settlements. And they are almost always based on agriculture. All the above mentioned nations/cultures had "met" the requirements. So, the need was there, the necessary materials, too. Agriculture based standard of living allowed for free time to think, explore, experiment. Which lead, through the time-tested "method of trial and error" :-), to technological advances. Many of the "results" are still out there for all of us to see, admire and enjoy.

Oct-11-11		brankat: <Hugin> I had left a post for You in my forum earlier today, suggesting that, perhaps, You may want to consider opening Your forum. There we could discuss History, Geography, Limericks and even Chess :-)

Oct-11-11		brankat: <<Branko> Inquisitive, too. :p> That's why we have 9 lives :-)

Oct-11-11		Hugin: <Thanh Phan: <Hugin:...to their native tribes. But non of those tribes had the building techs u can see in the pyramids or the incredible walls in latin america if memory serves..> Or more correct, None of those tribes had the People in charge at their times to have such activities done as they would think of completing> You'r absolutely right Than Phan and welcome back to circus cc com:).

Oct-11-11		Hugin: Also true brankat but there is also similarity /obsession if u which concerning the creation of calendars in latin american cultures and etc the egyptian/persian etc and also precision in em. Further it looks like they knew both a lot about the sky above us stars planets etc etc.... I am no expert but there seems to be so many similarities, it's personally hard for me to reject the notion of early contact between those cultures. There is also native american history about <white gods> that visitied em taught em and later left. It's all facinating though it's many years since i've looked into it...I just remember a bit from Thor Heyerdahls notion ancient cultures was probably able to cross big seas much earlier than recorded history claimed.

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