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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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Apr-10-11		Annie K.: Ah, great. Thanks. :)

Apr-10-11		Open Defence: hey I am setting up my photography web site, i have uploaded a sample of my work http://agneshosea.zenfolio.com/ just wanted your feedback before I upload more photos and invest in a domain name

Apr-10-11		Annie K.: <Deffi> I'm not anywhere near being an expert on photography, but I think the pics are great. :) The layout is all right. The site takes very long for me to load, but that problem may be at my end. Good luck!

Apr-11-11		Domdaniel: <'A visitor!' exclaimed a voice behind me. 'What a delightful surprise!' I turned and was astonished to see a large and luxuriant cat sitting precariously on the uppermost bookshelf. He was staring at me with a curious mixture of lunacy and benevolence ... 'That's because you have a temporary form of cat blindness.' 'I'm not sure I've heard of that.' 'It's quite common,' he said airily. 'I suppose you have heard of knight blindness, when you can't see any knights?'> 'Lost in a Good Book', by Jasper Fforde.

Apr-11-11		Annie K.: Heh! Very good. Thx. :) I suppose I may have to read some Fforde sometime... ;)

Apr-18-11		Annie K.: [Event "FICS rated blitz game"] [Date "2011.04.19"] [White "AnnieK"] [Black "NN"] [WhiteElo "1470"] [BlackElo "1271"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [Mode "ICS"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Bc2 h6 9. Nf1 Qd7 10. Ng3 Rad8 11. d4 Bc4 12. b3 Ba6 13. d5 Nb8 14. c4 Ne8 15. O-O g5 16. h3 Ng7 17. Nh2 f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Qh5 Bf8 22. Ng4 Nd7 23. Qxh6 Bxh6 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 25. Nxf5 Nc5 26. Bxg5 Rg8 27. Be3 Ne4 28. f3 Nf6 29. Bxa7 b6 30. Ne7 Ra8 31. Nc6 Bb7 32. Bb8 Bxc6 33. Bxc7 Bd7 34. Bxd6 e4 35. Be5 Nh5 36. fxe4 Kg6 37. Bd4 (Black forfeits on time) 1-0 Here the cute thing was that 23.Nxh6 wins a pawn, but 23.Qxh6 wins the Bishop as well. And getting the Q's off simplifies the endgame, which is also good for me at that point. Of course BxQ wasn't forced, but I expect a 1200 player to be unable to resist the bait. ;p On other matters, I haven't moved to the new apartment yet, there's been a lot of preparation to get in first... should be winding that operation up in another week, then I may have more time and energy to do stuff and hang around here again. :)

Apr-24-11		jessicafischerqueen: <Annie> what an entertaining game- This is my favorite move, by far: Annie (white) to play... click for larger view 9.Nf1?! click for larger view Why castle when you can reserve that key <f1 square> for the Knight? This is indeed sweet as you say- Annie (White) to play: click for larger view 23.Qxh6????? click for larger view And yep I'd wager there are plenty of folk well over 1200 who will accept an <exceedingly temporary queen sac> in a Blitz game. This is where <chesstempo> training really comes in handy- "spot the forking square in .00001 seconds" is indeed valuable training for such a game as this. Later, you "give back" your extra bishop, for three pawns, for this endgame: click for larger view The old "7-1 Pawn ploy" eh?

Apr-24-11		Annie K.: <Jess> nice to see you around! Thanks for looking at the game. :) <9.Nf1?!> Heh. I play that Nbd2-Nf1-Ng3 maneuver pretty regularly, and of course it has to come before castling, otherwise I'd have to play Re1 to vacate f1 for the N to complete its route, and that's not really a part of my favorite setup. Haven't noticed any serious drawbacks to this line so far. :) <This is where <chesstempo> training really comes in handy- "spot the forking square in .00001 seconds" is indeed valuable training for such a game as this.> Exactly, although it's <Emrald> training in my case. ;) Just sent you the last of the Russkies too, finally!

Apr-24-11		jessicafischerqueen: <Annie> aha yes it's <Emrald> that forces you to lose points on time limit. <chess tempo> more of a puzzle solving site- find the best continuation, not penalized for time. It's been a year now since I did any tactics training on those sites. The latest batch of Russian names is wonderful- please extend my thanks also to your tame Russian. I think we should credit him for research in the video? Would you please ask him if that's OK, and if so, can we use his real name? So far all the research on <Nezh> has been done by me, you, "The Russian," and Owls. Regarding your EMU, yes, I suspected something like that- I'll send you a return EMU sooner rather than later. This week I have to deal with the dread Korean immigration department to extend my visa. Thanks to three (count them- three) Canadian "teachers" being caught molesting Korean schoolgirls over the past five years, including this year, Canadians are now subject to the most stringent vetting at immigration. This sickens me- is Canada the "new Catholic Church" or something? What's up with that? At any rate I'm furious. At the sick criminals who came here I mean. Who can blame Korea. If they had any sense they'd deport all foreigners immediately. The place is 99.99999 percent Korean anyway. Who needs foreigners? In the case of my countrymen, "the enemy is us."

Apr-24-11		jessicafischerqueen: <Annie> very quick I'm off to work but not in a good mood- I'm thinking of leaving this country and trying to get a teaching spot in Eastern Europe, where they play chess. Do you think Hungary would accept me? Mrs. Refugee.

Apr-24-11		Annie K.: <Jess> I'll ask Vladimir if he'd like to be credited. Ugly business with those teachers, sorry to hear about that. Hungary certainly does have much chess activity - and other cultural highlights as well. If you want to move there, I can help you learn the language! :)

Apr-24-11		hms123: I'm Hungary. Can I have a cheeseburger? thanks, Wimpy

Apr-24-11		crawfb5: For which he'd gladly pay you Tuesday.

Apr-25-11		Annie K.: groan heh. ;p <Jess> Vladimir doesn't seem to be very interested in being credited, so I guess it's up to you. His last name is Sandler, btw. Yep, same as. ;)

Apr-26-11		jessicafischerqueen: heh... Ok then let's leave the final decision on Mr. Sandler up to you, when the time comes. I can't see the project being finished before the end of August anyways.

Apr-26-11		Thanh Phan: <DomDaniel: ...'Lost in a Good Book', by Jasper Fforde.> That type of book I like much, Many thanks for the suggest for reads :) <Open Defence> Your ability with camera are neat and have hopes stay safe when photo the wildlife. Many thanks for Desktop picture. ~Take care <jessicafisherqueen>Sorry to read of what happened. You videos are great information of both history also chess. Have hopes you find where you feel comfortable and stay yourself at all times ~Thanh Phạn

Apr-26-11		Annie K.: <Jess> I think he can be credited, as long as it's clear that I'm responsible for any mispronunciations that may have slipped in on the way. :) I can't see any security/privacy issues, as his online presence is otherwise zero, so there's nothing to connect the dot to. Looking forward to EMU, btw. ;)

Apr-27-11		jessicafischerqueen: LOL then he is a rather clever dot if you ask me. I think you and the few others who post "yourself" here are quite brave really. I will hit you up this weekend- It's midterms here and the students and my fellow teachers are all climbing the walls, which is pretty exhausting to watch, I can tell you. I have some TOP SECRET information that's actually not secret at all. Incidentally, have you ever listened to a "hear book"? I've listened to two so far, one by Garry Kasparov and another quite good novel about a chess murder mystery. Which was spoiled by someone reading it out to me. However, if you ever get insomnia get some "hear books". Highly recommended.

Apr-27-11		Annie K.: <Jess> I'm phobically challenged. :p Weekend is fine. :) Heh - yeah, I listened to books... before I learned to read. Of course there were no audiobooks back then - they would have scared the mammoths - but that's what family is for, nesspah? ;)

Apr-28-11		jessicafischerqueen: As a cryptozoology enthusiast, I'm very pleased to hear that there are recent Mammoth sightings in Israel! QUESTION: Could there really be a secret plateau in South America with dinosaurs on it? Quite right <Annie> I don't really get the current format of "hear books." The <Kasparov> hear book would have been great if Garry had done the reading. But agreed, family members and other loved ones are the best "book readers" available. Having such folk read to you is one of the best ways to fall asleep quickly, for example. That gentle, reassuring drone of love is a much healthier soporific than, say, oxycontin.

Apr-29-11		jessicafischerqueen: Well here it is- Richard gave it his best shot based on your audio files, and he did more retakes than he'd like to have done. Patient man. "Rossolimo: Chess Artist" Written by Jessica Fischer Narrated by Richard Dewoskin Researched by Jessica Fischer, Larry Crawford, and Annie Kappel Part one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4bl... Part two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTVE...

Apr-29-11		jessicafischerqueen: Jaffa the Hut

Apr-29-11		jessicafischerqueen: <Annie> in other news, I made a 20 second youtube video for the purpose of posting your pronunciation of <Rashid Nezhmetdinov> on his player page. There's a person asking for the correct pronunciation there. However, I wouldn't post something like this without your permission first. So the video is currently set to "private" and I've added your youtube ID to the list of people allowed to hear it (that would be a list of one- just you). I uploaded it from my "back up back up" youtube account which is this: http://www.youtube.com/user/alecksa... And this is the link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G60a... Let me know if you are indeed able to see/hear the video? I'm pretty sure I spelled your youtube name properly. Then it will be your decision if it's ok to post the video on <Nezh's> profile. I notice they took down the test version of your "Vassily Smyslov" from his profile page. Were you aware of that? ?! At any rate... Back in a bit

Apr-29-11		jessicafischerqueen: The Mighty Negev

Apr-29-11		Annie K.: Hey, <Jess>! The mammoths would have had to have been in Transylvania, chronologically speaking, since I only immigrated to Israel (ya, that sounds as if that was my idea??) at 8, and I learned to read rather a long time before that. ;p Very good job on the Rossolimo videos - just watched'em. :) He's had quite an eventful life, and a great deal of chess talent. I can't access the Nezhmetdinov video though?! ;) I didn't notice the admins took down the audio beta, but I'm sure they'll get back to that project, they seem to have really liked the idea. I'll ask them for an update sometime.

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