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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Frogspawn: Levity's Rainbow

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 235 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-30-07    WBP: <Dom> Brutal week, here, brutal, brutal brutal. Some unpleasant familyt stuff in addition to classes starting. Hoping that once I get this thing off the ground and at cruising altitude and can start looking in and posting (or posing) on a more regular basis. BTW, <(what in hell did I mean by "posers that be"?!? You're turn on that, as usual, was very good and funny)> Silly me. I have been so exhausted I actually thought I'd intended "posers that be" in the message in <Eyals>. That's why I couldn't figure out what I meant. Only with the benefit of a little time today have I been able to discern from your amusing reply that it was one of my typical typos, the "w" and "s" being in such close proximity. (Luckily, the "f" and "s" are separated by one letter, or else i could get into all kinds of trouble spelling "suck.") <Mack> I'm with you, man. Hope I can spare the time to look in. I think Anand has looked quite strong recently. Aug-31-07    Domdaniel: <no crappy little sheds in Dictatorial Tinpotsia, rather a great big tower in Mexico> This should also please everyone who lives in roughly the same timezone as Mexico, like, uh, the Guatemalans. Aug-31-07    Ragh: <Bill> The WCC venue in Old Mexico must be only a hop, skip and a jump away from your New Mexico. So, you might as well try to catch some of the action LIVE from the bleachers. Aug-31-07    mack: Mexico is by far and away my favourite country name. Aug-31-07    mack: click for larger view White to play; who wins? Aug-31-07    Ragh: If it is not Frog chess, then black should win easily. White's only move here is Rxa3+. Anything else will allow it getting mated after Nc2#. So, 1.Rxa3+ Kxa3. Black should now comfortably coast to a victory here, since white king is in a paralyzed position and is also "outpawned" 6 to 4. Aug-31-07    Domdaniel: <Ragh> I disagree. Yes, 1.Rxa3+ Kxa3 is forced. But then 2.h5 and white's kingside pawns get through first... don't they? Aug-31-07    Ragh: Ah, may be <Dom>. I see that black's g-pawn might be overworked when white launches attack from both flanks. Do you have a particular line? Yes, It might not be enough that white king is paralyzed, since black has no passed pawn anyway. The three man army of white pawns are closer to the "touchdown range" compared to the 3-man army of black pawns. Aug-31-07    mack: <Ragh> It's not Frog chess, I'll give you that much. It's regular, 100% all-American yesiree-Bob chess with medium fries. Aug-31-07    Ragh: <mack> Hey, I didn't knew "regular" chess is American. Anyway, with help of Dom's h5 hint I found the full line here... 1.Rxa3+ Kxa3 2.h5! Kb3 3.g6 fxg6 4.h6! <white has the luxury of sacrificing its own g pawn to put pressure on black's g-pawn with consecutive f and h pawn pushes> gxh6 5.f6. Trivia: Mexico is actually pronounced Mehico! Aug-31-07    WBP: Can't Black simply play 2...g6? Doesn't that stymie the White kingside pawns? That would seem to lead to a stalemate, since the subsequent pawn exchanges followed by c5 would leave White with no legal moves. Aug-31-07    mack: <Ragh: 1.Rxa3+ Kxa3 2.h5! Kb3 3.g6 fxg6 4.h6!> Why 2...Kb3? <WBP: the subsequent pawn exchanges followed by c5 would leave White with no legal moves.> You sure? Aug-31-07    Ragh: <mack> Black has a good defence in 2..g6! after h5, isn't it? So, you say that it can successfully deadlock the white pawns from progressing any further. Aug-31-07    WBP: <Mack> <<WBP: the subsequent pawn exchanges followed by c5 would leave White with no legal moves.> You sure?> Well, 1 Rxa3+ Kxa3 2 h5 g6, and now White has to move a pawn. If either 3 f6 or h6, then 3...g-pawn takes either at f5 or h5 (whichever didn't move), and then 4 g6, and after the unopposed f- or h-pawn takes at g6, the other Kingside pawns is blockaeded, leaving only 5 c5, and Black takes with wither pawn, leaving a stalemate. Or, if after 2...g6, White chooses to exhange on g6 with either the f- or h-apwn, Black recatures with the same file pawn, and White can either push the free pawn to the sixth rank (blockading the pawns on the Kingside), after wihich Black moves his king to b4 and picks up the c-file pawn, or else recapture at g6, after which Black does likewise, and White's left with c5 and we have a stalemate. Obviously, I'm missing something. Que es? <Ragh> Yeah, I'm close, real close to the site. Plan on brreaking out my telescope. Want to make sure the players are taking proper bathroom breaks. Aug-31-07    Ragh: I think the draw by stalemate line goes 2.h5 c5!! <not g6> 3. bxc5 g6 4.hxg6 hxg6 5.fxg6 fxg6 =. I don't know if this can go wrong, since my other two options (of black win and white win) are already refuted. :) Aug-31-07    Ragh: <Bill> Do let me know if that remote viewing idea works. I shall then use my own version of Hubble space telescope for long distance viewing of those games. Sep-01-07    Domdaniel: I've had another look, and now I think <Ragh> was right in the first place, and it's a Black win. If 1.Rxa3+ Kxa3 2.h5, then 2...g6 stops white from breaking through. White can try sacrificing all his pawns for stalemate, which nearly works -- but c5 (whether played before or after the kingside pawn pushes) is answered with ...b5! White's pawn queens, but black's b-pawn delivers mate on b2. I can't see any other tricks for White, though I've a feeling there are some more hidden subtleties in this... Sep-01-07    Domdaniel: This sudden outbreak here of what looks suspiciously like actual chess analysis will raise suspicions in certain quarters. Is it all some kind of code? Have we found a way of sniggering lewdly in algebraic, or using FENs to give somebody the proverbial finger? Well... maybe. Sep-01-07    achieve: Well, yes, it's kinda "out there",,, Hoos move is it? (Great puzzle - I'm already in headache phase..) Sep-01-07    WBP: <Dom> <but c5 (whether played before or after the kingside pawn pushes) is answered with ...b5! White's pawn queens, but black's b-pawn delivers mate on b2> Ah, yes. I always stop one move short! (And that's what they used to call Kurtz when he was a prodigy: "One-Move Short"). <This sudden outbreak here of what looks suspiciously like actual chess analysis will raise suspicions in certain quarters> Very funny (trying again to break the LOL habit). Yes, god forbid we should talk of chess here! Sep-01-07    mack: <(Great puzzle - I'm already in headache phase..)> Cheers! It was just a little something I woke up with in my head on Friday morning and immediately slapped on the board. Dom's second answer is absolutely correct - it is a black win because of the b2 mate. I do quite like the fact that at first it looks like an easy black win, then a probable stalemate, then a black win again. Sep-01-07    achieve: Congratulations to <Ragh> and <Domd>.. Still puzzled how <mack> could wake up with this.. I only dream about music and wars.. rarely chess. Sep-01-07    achieve: One tempo decides.. Pawn b2 is just in time against d1Q -- beautiful puzzle! White is *forced* to promote.. (as Dom already explained..) Sep-01-07    Domdaniel: <mack> It's your own, um, baby? Fantastic. You're a composer... Sep-01-07    mack: <Dom> I know, I'm surprised too. I mean, let's not kid ourselves - it's rather rudimentary stuff. And no doubt the main theme has been subconsciously nicked from Gregoriev or Troitsky or one of those lads, but I think I might have the 'bug' now. Which is bad news for you lot, because it means I'm going to be bombing your forum with increasingly crap puzzles every other day. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 963) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 235 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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