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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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Jan-24-13		hms123: <Annie> Fritz thinks the opening is <B00> (really) <Queen's Fianchetto, Nimzowitsch Defense>. Nonetheless, after <9...Nfd7> it is clearly a French Defense . click for larger view For example, Chekhov vs E Kengis, 1991 after <5...c5> click for larger view

Jan-24-13		Annie K.: <hms> thanks, it did taste much like a French! Although I usually don't play f4 in the French, but I often do in the Caro-Kann. It seemed to be a good idea here. ;)

Jan-25-13		SwitchingQuylthulg: <hms> Not sure about the <g2> thing - if Black had really had his eyes on that square he'd surely have played 30...Qe2, which not only pressures g2 but also stops the deadly Qh5+ :) <Annie> I also vote for a French, but if Black had played more reasonably after move 10 and gone on to win I'd have happily agreed it's an Owen ;-)

Jan-25-13		hms123: <Switch> Good point. Maybe he wanted that a3 pawn. That can't be a good plan. It just occurred to me that he didn't want to trade queens and may have been trying sneak up on g2 by playing Qd2 first.

Jan-25-13		Annie K.: <Switch> I like your system for precisely determining the exact nature of ambiguous openings! =) I also couldn't for the life of me figure out what the point of Qc3 was. Luckily it was not my problem, and I had other things to do. ;p

Jan-26-13		Annie K.: Well, this was fun! [Event "FICS rated blitz game"] [Date "2013.01.27"] [White "AnnieK"] [Black "NN"] [WhiteElo "1490"] [BlackElo "1250"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [Mode "ICS"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Qf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. h3 h6 6. Ne2 Be7 7. Ng3 Be6 8. Bb3 Bd8 9. c3 Ne7 10. Bc2 O-O 11. d4 Nd7 12. Qd3 Nb6 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. Qxf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nxd5 18. O-O Bb6 19. Be4 Nf6 20. Bxb7 Rad8 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 d5 23. Nxe5 Rfe8 24. Nf3 Rxe3 25. Rad1 Re2 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 a5 28. Nb3 Ne4 29. Nd4 Rd7 30. Bc6 Rd6 31. Rf5 Nf6 32. Ba4 Ne4 33. Nb5 Rd8 34. Bb3 Nf6 35. Nc7 d4 36. cxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxa5 Rd2 38. Rb5 Ne4 39. Kh2 Nd6 40. Rb6 Nf5 41. a4 Ne3 42. Rb8+ Kh7 43. Bxf7 Rxg2+ 44. Kh1 Rc2 45. Ne6 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Ra1 47. b3 Ra2+ 48. Kg3 Nf5+ 49. Kf3 Nh4+ 50. Ke3 Rh2 51. Nf8+ Kh8 52. Ng6+ Kh7 53. Rh8# 1-0

Jan-26-13		hms123: <Annie> No kidding! Nice mate at the end. I am glad it wasn't a French Defense.

Jan-27-13		SwitchingQuylthulg: <Annie> Perhaps your opponent was one of those people who think they are Napoleon. Leastways, ...Qf6 (and the overall weak play) remind me of Napoleon Bonaparte vs The Turk, 1809 :s Alternatively, of course, he could have just been your average NN. That would also fit the symptoms :) <13. d5!> was a very nice bait! Just the type you offer to a fish who's just gone a whole opening without any food :-)

Jan-27-13		Annie K.: <Switch> thx, I'm glad you liked that little trap. :) The Napoleon game is... I'm sure Waterloo can't have been worse! ;s

Jan-29-13		hms123: <Annie> <Heh. Somehow, I suspected that. :p Ul...timately, somebody is always going to annoy somebody. ;)> Well spotted.

Jan-29-13		Annie K.: Likewise. ;)

Feb-02-13		Abdel Irada: <Annie K.: <hms> thanks, it did taste much like a French!> With plenty of cinnamon and maple syrup, I hope. (I for one like my French well toasted.) ;-)

Feb-02-13		SwitchingQuylthulg: Amazing what you can get away with :) [Event "rated blitz match"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2013.02.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Quylthulg"] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1944"] [BlackElo "1795"] [ECO "A15"] [TimeControl "180"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. f3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 c5 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qc2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 14. Kf2 f5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Bd3 gxh4 17. Ke3 cxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qg7+ Rf7 22. Nxc6+ bxc6 23. Qxc3 {Black resigns} 1-0

Feb-02-13		OhioChessFan: http://gma.yahoo.com/photos/artist-...

Feb-02-13		Jim Bartle: The Ramones is hilarious.

Feb-02-13		Annie K.: Cute, thanks <Ohio>! :D Hi <Jim>, welcome here. I think the Bowie cover is the best one, but they are all clever. :) <AI> I'll pass on the cinnamon, but will take the maple syrup with my coffee - may sound odd at first, but I picked up the idea from a Canadian friend years ago, and never looked back since. Great combo. I am currently in the theatre, short break before the second scene - watching a local remake of 'All About Eve', very well played ackshly. Catch up with the rest when I get home. :)

Feb-02-13		Abdel Irada: I've tried maple syrup in coffee, but found the flavor too strong and somehow incompatible; also, it's expensive in California (very much unlike Vermont, where when I was a child we used to tap our trees and make our own). But if people all had the same tastes in everything, life would become awfully boring, what? ;-)

Feb-02-13		Annie K.: Well, that was quite fun. The season's theatre subscription is from my work - that's what I get for having been with the company for 10 years now. Either their idea of a penalty, or a subtle hint that I should get a life, possibly. ;p I don't mind; it's nice, even though having weaned myself off TV long ago leaves me curiously un-jaded and maybe a bit overly impressionable by these plays. However, 'All About Eve' is an old favorite (both the Bette Davis original and the Lauren Bacall musical version 'Applause'), and this cast did a good work - just an enjoyable evening. :) <Switch> 1.c4 instead of 1.b3? That's like moving into the fast lane, innit? ;) Great tactics. :D <AI> Maybe you just used too much syrup - try again, with less, eh? ;)

Feb-02-13		Abdel Irada: Actually, I didn't use that much. I think it's just a matter of personal taste: To me, the flavors don't mix well — at least, not directly. Incidentally, how long ago did you wean yourself off television? My family and I got rid of ours in November 2001 ... and haven't missed it at all. :-) On a serious note, I think our society would be in better shape if fewer of us watched TV, particularly as a primary news source. Fortunately, I think the trend is increasingly leading away from that practice; more people are getting their news on the internet lately, which mostly means they're better informed than they used to be. Although of course this depends on the specific sources they rely on, I think this represents an encouraging development and a nasty setback for propagandists. As such, I applaud it.

Feb-03-13		Annie K.: Late 2003 or so. Me neither. :) But I try to avoid news, and particularly politics, if I can help it. ;p OK, one of those Sicilians (to give the French and unidentified openings a little break...) ;) [Event "FICS rated blitz game"] [Date "2013.02.04"] [White "AnnieK"] [Black "NN"] [WhiteElo "1523"] [BlackElo "1374"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [Mode "ICS"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. e5 Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Ng5 Nxd4 16. Qg8+ Rxg8 17. Nf7# 1-0

Feb-04-13		SwitchingQuylthulg: Smothered mates are always nice :) Amazing what you can get away with, part II: click for larger view Quylthulg - NN, FICS 3 0, 2013. There followed: <26. Qh6 Be7 27. Qg7#>

Feb-04-13		Hungarian Chess: I heard there was free biscuits here?

Feb-04-13		dakgootje: Years ago I have been lured in with the same promise. Biscuits have yet to materialize.

Feb-04-13		SwitchingQuylthulg: I'm sure they will turn up eventually :)

Feb-04-13		jessicafischerqueen: <dakgootje> Interesting name. Magyar? I believe there was Prince Dakgootje who once single handedly prevented the Ottoman Foot Stool from rolling over Europe?

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