Domdaniel Member since Aug-11-06 · Last seen Jan-10-19 no bio

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Jan-08-19 Domdaniel chessforum    Domdaniel: Blank Reg: "They said there was no future - well, this is it."      Jan-06-19 Kibitzer's Café    Domdaniel: Haaarry Neeeeds a Brutish Empire... https://youtu.be/ZioiHctAnac      Jan-06-19 G McCarthy vs M Kennefick, 1977    Domdaniel: Maurice Kennefick died over the new year, 2018-2019. RIP. It was many years since I spoke to him. He gave up chess, I reckon, towards the end of the 80s, though even after that he was sometimes lured out for club games. I still regard this game, even after so many years, as the ...      Jan-06-19 Maurice Kennefick    Domdaniel: Kennefick died over the 2018-19 New Year. Formerly one of the strongest players in Ireland, he was the first winner of the Mulcahy tournament, held in honour of E.N. Mulcahy, a former Irish champion who died in a plane crash. I played Kennefick just once, and had a freakish win, ...      Jan-06-19 Anand vs J Fedorowicz, 1990    Domdaniel: <NBZ> -- Thanks, NBZ. Enjoy your chortle. Apropos nothing in particular, did you know that the word 'chortle' was coined by Lewis Carroll, author of 'Alice in Wonderland'? I once edited a magazine called Alice, so I can claim a connection. 'Chortle' requires the jamming ...      Jan-06-19 chessgames.com chessforum    Domdaniel: <al wazir> - It's not easy to go back through past Holiday Present Hunts and discover useful information. Very few people have played regularly over the years -- even the players who are acknowledged as best, <SwitchingQuylthulg> and <MostlyAverageJoe> have now ...      Jan-05-19 Wesley So    Domdaniel: Wesley is a man of his word. Once again, I am impressed by his willingness to stick to commitments.      Jan-04-19 G Neave vs B Sadiku, 2013    Domdaniel: Moral: if you haven't encountered it before, take it seriously. Remember Miles beating Karpov with 1...a6 at Skara. Many so-called 'irregular' openings are quite playable.      Dec-30-18 Robert Enders vs S H Langer, 1968   Domdaniel: <HMM> - Heh, well, yes. I also remembered that Chuck Berry had a hit with 'My Ding-a-ling' in the 1970s. I'm not sure which is saddest -- that the author of Johnny B. Goode and Memphis Tennessee and Teenage Wedding - among other short masterpieces - should sink to such ...      Dec-30-18 T Gelashvili vs T Khmiadashvili, 2001    Domdaniel: This is the game I mean: Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 218 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-30-07    Domdaniel: Well hung, Jess. It may hurt now but you'll feel the benefit in no time. Or maybe that's 'in the long run'. I can never get trite aphorisms right. Anyway, close your eyes and think of Kurtz. Better now? Jul-30-07    jessicafischerqueen: Heh thanks <Dom>. Not really, the hurt only leaves when "one" plays and wins a game against a strong player again. The "fear" is that that day may never come. What I don't like about hanging pieces is that if you have a good and interesting position when you do it, you can't even take masochistic solace in <Botnniviks> advice to replay the loss and find your errors. Ah well, there's always next year. Jul-30-07    achieve: Was the dagnabbit post deleted? Or was I delusional? Who knows? Jul-30-07    achieve: I deleted my reaction to Jess' post as well. Jul-30-07    dabearsrock1010: <domdaniel> Im not sure if it was to be called catch-19 but i do recall that it is correct that it was a different number at first...heller apparently in fact did write a sequel the name of which escapes me but it was and is not considered anywhere near as good as catch-22 Jul-30-07    jessicafischerqueen: post? what post? Jul-31-07    achieve: The goalpost with a piece hanging from the crossbar.. heh Aug-01-07    jessicafischerqueen: <Dom> you <Dom>! Front and center, young man. Aug-02-07    WBP: <Dom> Hail, sir! Sorry to be so out of touch. been away and all manner of other things. Mostly distractions of a kind that have limited my capacity to participate on Chessgames (aside from a certain murder tial on another site). However, I have been following things--looking in, going to various forums, and genernally keeping up. As usual, your wit has been a major pleasure to look in on! My chess sucks of late. I'm considering giving it up. Paper, Scissors, Rock sems so much easier and less frustrating. Aug-03-07    jessicafischerqueen: Don't give up <Bill>!! chess will always be there waiting for you, like a <rabid badger>. Where the heck did <Dom> scarper to? Interviewing some <starlet>, again, I should imagine. Aug-03-07    mack: <I'm considering giving it up. Paper, Scissors, Rock sems so much easier and less frustrating.> Haven't scientists in Canada shown it to be a dead draw with perfect play? Aug-03-07    Domdaniel: <dabearsrock> It was <Catch 18>, I've discovered. Horrible, huh? Aug-03-07    WannaBe: <dabearsrock> & <Domdaniel> It was originally to be published as Catch-18, but, Leon Uris released his Mila 18 first. To avoid confusion, (you know how us book readers always gets these numerical things confused) Joseph Heller renamed it to Catch-22. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph... first paragraph... Aug-03-07    Eyal: From the wiki article on Catch-22 itself (quoting a study of the early composition history of the novel): <The number 18 has special meaning in Judaism and was relevant to early drafts of the novel which had a somewhat greater Jewish emphasis. There was a suggestion for the title Catch-11, with the duplicated 1 in parallel to the repetition found in a number of character exchanges in the novel, but due to the release of the 1960 movie <Ocean's Eleven> this was also rejected. Catch-14 was also rejected apparently because the publisher did not feel that 14 was a "funny number". Catch-17 was also rejected so as not to be confused with the WWII film <Stalag 17>. So eventually the title came to be Catch-22, which, like 11, has a duplicated digit with the 2 also referring to a number of déjà vu like events common in the novel> It doesn't say why Catch-23 was rejected, though... Aug-03-07    WBP: <Catch-14 was also rejected apparently because the publisher did not feel that 14 was a "funny number"> I always thought 61 was a hilarious number. And don't get me started on 47. Aug-03-07    jessicafischerqueen: Hi <Dom>!! A rare appearence! Kudos for your <succinctness>, though your fans await your next <Magnus Carlsen Opus>. Aug-03-07    Domdaniel: OK. I'm thinking of calling it <The Crying of Lot 48> ... Aug-03-07    Eyal: But then it might be confused with the movie <48 Hrs.> Aug-03-07    Domdaniel: Confound it, have <all> the numbers been taken? Aug-03-07    jessicafischerqueen: HEY! What do <two bald guys from Minnesetoa> have to do to get a G'DAY outta you???? Humph Aug-03-07    twinlark: <Confound it, have <all> the numbers been taken?> That sentiment deserves a lament; let's call it <Where have all the numbers gone?>. Aug-03-07    jessicafischerqueen: Well I've got <both> your numbers you blackguards. Fair Warning!! Aug-03-07    jessicafischerqueen: (another rare appearance by <Doggimus>) Aug-03-07    Domdaniel: <'bald guys from 'Minnesetoa'>? Hmph. Is that Minnesetoa East of Eden? But g'day nonetheless. Even if my initial calculations were wrong and there are really eleven of you. Jess's Eleven? Might be a movie in there somewhere... and a seafaring sequel, Ketch-22. Aug-03-07    twinlark: What about The Magnificent 17 or the Fantastic Forty? Sound like a plan? Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 963) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 218 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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