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 314 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-19-08    Domdaniel: I remember Ruud. With a name like Ruud Lubbers it sounds like he was just embracing his destiny. Coulda been worse, maybe, like <Luud Rubbers>. Feb-19-08    twinlark: I thought you'd given up duble entendres for Lent. Feb-19-08    twinlark: Or was that for lentils? Feb-20-08    Domdaniel: Is it Lent? Oh good. I was afraid it might have been stolen. Feb-20-08    twinlark: Awesome. Who'd want to steal Lent? Feb-20-08    Domdaniel: Mebbe I should rephrase that ... "Is it lent? Has it been borrowed?" As the existentialist bank manager said, "We must forge out a loan". <twinlark> *Give up*? Nah, I'm doing double-pun overtime for lent. The groans from fellow penitents are spiritually rewarding. Feb-20-08    Domdaniel: <Ruud Lubbers> Back when spellcheckers didn't recognize names, I used to enjoy feeding in the names of politicians to see what suggestions emerged. The former Irish PM Charles Haughey came out as 'Charlatan Haughty' - this is so accurate it may be the single most intelligent thing a computer has ever done. Also amusing was the suggestion that Haughey's rival John Bruton was really "Join Britain". I have no idea what it would've done with Lubbers. Feb-20-08    Stonehenge: <PM Ruud Lubbers> What about PM <Wim Kok>? Anyway, I'm having cro-magnon for dinner tonight. That didn't make any sense, did it? Feb-20-08    Open Defence: Useful thing that shift + F7 Can fix typos in half a second Wish they would begin To know English from American And not correct Defence to Defense again Feb-20-08    Domdaniel: <Deffi> That defence/defense thing bugs me as well - even though I use a few Americanisms myself, like maneuver rather than manoeuvre. The Indian Defences are among the great discoveries of the 20th century, and they're not even Indian. Feb-20-08    Domdaniel: "bugs me" -- my apologies, that should read "gets on my jolly old wick". Since one is being Anglo. Feb-20-08    achieve: <Stonehenge>-<That didn't make any sense, did it?> I'll knock in the cleader AKA the red over the pocket... Right, here we go then *ughee* (clears throat - I sound like coughy Anand btw) Hang on (almost forgot) HAHAHAHAAHAH heh wheee Feb-20-08    Domdaniel: Hi Jess ... why are you clearing your throat in Dutch? Feb-20-08    Domdaniel: <Henge> Is that *filet* of cro-magnon? Feb-20-08    Open Defence: or Kentucky Fried Cro-Magnon Feb-20-08    achieve: <Dom> Did you know that Lubbers was an amateur boxer? Like Euwe was? He was called Ruud 'Lubrication' Lubbers AKA El Lubberricador (in Spain - or was it Rudy Lopez?? ... lemme think...) and Latex Rudy (in certain German nightclubs) Feb-20-08    Stonehenge: Yes yes, some real filet's cro-magnon. I got them from the butchers you know. They only tasted a bit stale, mate. Feb-20-08    achieve: Would you mind taking care of d'Echec, dear? Feb-20-08    Domdaniel: d'Echec? Ask <Bill>. Feb-20-08    Domdaniel: <Lubbers> I suppose he could *land* a punch ... geddit ... landlubbers ... never mind. All at sea here. Steady as she goes. Hoist the topsheet. Feb-20-08    achieve: <Hoist the topsheet.> Done, Captain! (I vaguely remember you mentioning that, way back when... Something to do with Spinaker? I'm really busting my brain here... ) Feb-20-08    Open Defence: what about the main sale ? and the *poop* deck ? Feb-20-08    achieve: I give up, although I immediatrly had a flash of recognition... I typed "hoist the topsheet" and "spinaker" in the search box, but it turned in only our posts here... Must be something in the spelling coz I KNOW my memory was instantaneous... @#$$@! (argh) Feb-20-08    Open Defence: <Oct-02-07 Domdaniel chessforum Domdaniel: ... and speaking of topsheets and spinakers, a lot of Dutch sailboat words got into English -- the best known being yacht, from jacht (formerly 'jagt'). Spinnaker is an exception -- it's a recent coinage from around 1870, which is recent for a sailing word. It may be a blend of 'spin' (or 'sphinx') and 'moniker'. 'Moniker' (= name) is even stranger: it comes from Shelta, a semi-secret language still used by travelling people in Britain and Ireland. Quite distinct from Romany, but there's also an Irish version called Cant. And 'caint' is Gaelic for 'speech'. Oct-02-07 Domdaniel chessforum Stonehenge: In Dutch we also say spinnaker. Did you know that the word boulevard was derived from the Dutch word bolwerk? Oct-02-07 Domdaniel chessforum Domdaniel: <Mrs. Rough & Upskirt> ... which reminds me of a piece of sailboat jargon: "Oy! Hoist up the top-sheet and spank 'er." Spinnaker, really. But they say 'spanker'.> Feb-20-08    achieve: <OD> Cripes!! That's it!! I couldn't find it!! It was spiNNaker then? Well OK... twas the spelling... I know my memory is still in tact... <Dom> grrrrr... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 963) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 314 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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