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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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Oct-14-13		visayanbraindoctor: Regarding pandemics, here's another one (aside from Yersinia pestis discussed above), which in medical classes in my country is a subject because cases can sometimes occur. "Cholera is an infection of the small intestine caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are watery diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission occurs primarily by drinking water or eating food that has been contaminated by the feces (waste product) of an infected person, including one with no apparent symptoms. The severity of the diarrhea and vomiting can lead to rapid dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, and death in some cases. The primary treatment is oral rehydration therapy, typically with oral rehydration solution, to replace water and electrolytes. If this is not tolerated or does not provide improvement fast enough, intravenous fluids can also be used. Antibacterial drugs are beneficial in those with severe disease to shorten its duration and severity. Worldwide, it affects 3–5 million people and causes 100,000–130,000 deaths a year as of 2010. Cholera was one of the earliest infections to be studied by epidemiological methods." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera Medical students are taught to quickly rehydrate potential victims. Other disease entities that occur almost in plague scenarios here are Dengue and Typhoid. These kill lots of children and teenagers here. Peculiarly, I think nearly every one here has been smitten by these diseases at one point in their lives, but survived. Without antibiotics and modern medical strategy and care, kill rates would be much higher.

Oct-14-13		Abdel Irada: Cholera sounds disturbingly reminiscent of the case of gastroenteritis I contracted on my first visit to the Philippines. I didn't vomit, but the diarrhea was bad enough to land me in sickbay for a week. And yes, I can attest that dehydration is the most dangerous symptom of that malady as well. I ordinarily can't sleep on my back, but that week I had to, so the IV drip wouldn't be dislodged. Doubleplusunfun. ∞

Oct-14-13		visayanbraindoctor: <Abdel Irada> Wow what can I say? Good thing you survived. As you say, these patients (you included I guess) literally spurt out liters of diarrhea fluid that resembles the fluid from water-immersed rice. Many ERs in the Philippines have these oral rehydration ready to mix packs and if really bad hypotension occurs, IVFs are started. Unfortunately, when it starts, patients and their relatives often underestimate it. Why? Because it's painless and there is often no vomiting. If a patient arrives in the ER already in hypovolemic shock secondary to dehydration, he is just liable to die soon. The trick is getting them to be treated on time.

Oct-14-13		Abdel Irada: Thankfully, I made my illness known in time. Not with a lot of time to spare, I suspect, because I was starting to feel weak and lethargic as I worked, and since I was then in deck department, and boatswain's mates are always quick to suspect malingering, it took a bit of time to get approval to report to sickbay, where I was immediately put on a drip and confined to bed. ∞

Oct-14-13		visayanbraindoctor: <Abdel Irada> Boatswain's mate? I would guess you're US Navy then. Probably best that the doctors and medics in your ship be instructed to have a high index of suspicion on these diseases whenever the ship docks in third world country ports. In particular if the sailors decide to go out and eat local food away from the hotels and high class restaurants.

Oct-14-13		visayanbraindoctor: Imagine you're a medical student for the first time seeing such a case. Stuporous child gets carried by panicky parents and relatives into the ER. Place on gurney. Diarrhea fluid just keeps pooling out of his or her clothing, even before it can be cut or removed. First thought: "S__t, he is pouring out all his body's liquids out in his s__t." Looks funny, except it's not if it's happening in front of you.

Oct-14-13		Abdel Irada: I was in the U.S. Navy. This was 28 years ago. Anyway, I think the medical staff was so trained. The questions they asked (after putting me on a rehydrating drip) tended toward such a suspicion. And it was not unfounded: I had in fact foolishly consumed a drink with ice made from the local water. Interestingly, I seemed to build an immunity, as tested in my youthful bravado when I again used the local water. On this second occasion and thereafter, nothing happened. Then again, I may have merely got lucky. ∞

Oct-14-13		Thanh Phan: <Abdel Irada> interesting how sometimes <the Best thing they could have done>, is put you on an iv drip while attempting to learn what is disturbing your wellbeing, prolonging your ability to continue to keep them busy while they find what is actually a problem for you

Oct-14-13		Domdaniel: <In future, one foot will suffice.> Hmm ... I thought it had been established that 'Smelly Socks' Ivanov was, in fact, Bigfoot ... does this mean that we have another suspect?

Oct-14-13		visayanbraindoctor: <Abdel Irada: I seemed to build an immunity> IMO that's true. I myself, in retrospect after my medical training, believe I have incurred as a child or teenager all the common infectious diseases here. But the only one documented by CXR that I got is a childhood PTB, for which I had to take drugs for (I guess that's why I remember it). Indigenous residents almost surely undergo the same infect and recover phenomenon. Without modern medicine to control it, it would probably be real catastrophe, one or more of these diseases easily converting into full blown plagues.

Oct-14-13		Annie K.: Think I'll take this opportunity to highly recommend one of my all-time favorite books, 'The Making of a Surgeon', by MD William A. Nolen. It's probably a bit on the dated side by now, but it's a wonderfully written personal account of the realities of the medical profession, that I would still consider a must-read for anybody interested. :) <Dom> well, Bigfoot is supposed to be a race... that would require more than one individual, eh? Sortof like a conspiracy. ;)

Oct-14-13		Domdaniel: <A> And of course Bigfoot is also a character in Inherent Vice, by Mr Conspiracy himself ...

Oct-14-13		Annie K.: Oh, yeah - I forgot that! :)

Oct-14-13		SwitchingQuylthulg: <Annie K.: <Dom> well, Bigfoot is supposed to be a race... that would require more than one individual, eh? Sortof like a conspiracy. ;)> I'm sure Nobby appreciates your confidence in that :)

Oct-15-13		Annie K.: <Switch> hmm... sorry, I lose track. Too many minor characters with those names/nicknames... or is that too many smartass authors. Is that a Snow White reference, a Pratchett one, or some other culprit? ;s <VBD> love that diary entry, keep it up! :)

Oct-16-13		SwitchingQuylthulg: <Annie K.: <Switch> hmm... sorry, I lose track. Too many minor characters with those names/nicknames... or is that too many smartass authors.> Sure, but not as many that fit the context :-) <'[...] The Watch's got loads of dwarfs and trolls and a golem - a free golem, savin' your presence, Mr. Pump - and a couple of gnomes and a zombie... even a Nobbs.' 'Nobbs? What's a Nobbs?' 'Corporal Nobby Nobbs, sir. Not met him yet? They <say> he's got an official chitty saying he's human, and who needs one of those, eh? Fortunately there's only one of him, so he can't breed.' -- Going Postal>

Oct-16-13		visayanbraindoctor: <Annie K. <VBD> love that diary entry, keep it up!> Thanks. It's an experiment, actually multiple experiments.

Oct-16-13		Domdaniel: < Fortunately there's only one of him, so he can't breed.'> That's what they said about certain ancestors of mine, but they found a way.

Oct-16-13		visayanbraindoctor: More News From Biology: Giant Arapaima Fish Discovered In Brazil http://www.webpronews.com/giant-ara... These discoveries are going on all the time. Number of known species goes up. Invasive Mink Threatens South America's Largest Woodpecker http://www.livescience.com/40371-mi... If the woodpecker becomes extinct, the number of known species goes down. Unfortunately, the undiscovered ones are already there, and not being created in present time. It's not as if we are actually adding to the real number of existing species. Invasive species seems to be the number one cause of extinction. Domestic cats that have gone feral, and rats associated with humans, are especially devastating to isolated island birds.

Oct-17-13		Annie K.: <VBD> do you ever sleep? I mean, how do you find time for all this? =) <Dom> resourceful, that. ;) <Switch> aha, Pratchett then. I haven't read Going Postal, although I have it... I've read 'Guards! Guards!' and 'Men at Arms', but the Watch just isn't my favorite subseries. The Rincewind books, being cultural/country parodies, are the most entertaining to me, then the witches, which are usually literature and play parodies, and the books featuring the Death of the Discworld, for being plain fun. But I still have to catch up with some of the series - have most of the books, just haven't got around to reading'em. :s Thanks for clarification. :)

Oct-17-13		SwitchingQuylthulg: <Annie K.: I've read 'Guards! Guards!' and 'Men at Arms', but the Watch just isn't my favorite subseries.> The Watch books change somewhat at that point, as they become more about Vimes and less about Carrot and the Watch itself finds its feet and becomes actually efficient. From 'Jingo' on they're quite stable in tone. 'Going Postal' isn't a Watch book, though. Quite the opposite, in fact :)

Oct-17-13		Annie K.: <Switch> thanks! :) Kewl, I liked Vimes better myself. OK, will try to get around to those Pratchett books sometime soonish. ;)

Oct-18-13		visayanbraindoctor: More news from Biology Were Earliest Humans All 1 Species? http://www.livescience.com/40505-ea... I have come across this idea before. Apparently there is a school of thought among some anthropologists that believe that the numerous variants of humanity then were all Homo erectus. I actually go for this theory. Sometimes it seems to me that anthropologists and paleontologists are quick on the trigger on naming human species. Why? Because it's a fast-lane to fame and immortality, to be credited as the 'discoverer' of a new species.

Oct-18-13		Annie K.: <VBD> I completely agree that normal intraspecies variation should account for many individual differences that their discoverers have been attempting to claim 'separate species' status for, that has been my impression too. But I wouldn't go so far as the article title's claim - and, in fact, neither does the neurobiologist speaking for the research team: <The researchers caution they do not propose all fossil human specimens, including Neanderthals and modern humans, are lumped into Homo erectus. "We only refer to the time between 2 million and 1.8 million years ago," Zollikofer said. "We are not compulsive lumpers."> So that title is just another annoying exaggeration by sensationalist media... Interesting news coming out of Dmanisi, anyway. Thanks. :)

Oct-18-13		MarkFinan: Thanks for that feedback Annie, but ive just downloaded another keyboard instead. Modern technology, eh. Plus ive sussed out how to add the "peace" sign at the end of my posts anyway now the admins posted one. I just jot down the required numbers and punctuation. ✌ followed by a aemi colon ... I dont know why that works and the actual key for the sign doesnt though! ✌

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