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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 800 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-25-12    hms123: <Dom> I have just discovered <Reed Farrel Coleman>. Thus far I have read <The Hurt Machine>: http://www.amazon.com/Hurt-Machine-... and <Redemption Street>: http://www.amazon.com/Redemption-St... and am in the middle of <Soul Patch>: http://www.amazon.com/Soul-Patch-Pr... <The Hurt Machine> is his most recent and is first-rate. The other books are also excellent. For whatever reasons, Coleman reminds me of Bruen. The protagonist (ex-cop turned "better to be lucky than good" PI) is flawed but complex. He is Jewish rather than Irish, but lives in an equally ethnic (but universal) world. I think you would enjoy reading any of the books that are readily available. Jan-25-12    frogbert: a final one then, to honour b's solution: click for larger view of course, since a capture (here) never will take you to squares without pieces, we can have a puzzle without boundaries. Jan-25-12    Bureaucrat: Nice puzzles. Posted moves at my place. Jan-25-12    Shams: <Dom> Will you do me a favor? Please go to Daniel Freeman's page and tell me if I'm wrong. I flagged a post and it's still up there. Is my reality testing just off on this? Jan-25-12    Thanh Phan: Almost forgot, this short read could fit here also http://www.cad-comic.com/images/gam... Jan-26-12    Domdaniel: <Shams> I've just seen it. Very vile indeed. I have no idea why it's still there. Jan-26-12    hms123: <shams>. I flagged it as well when it first appeared. Odd to say the least. Jan-26-12    SwitchingQuylthulg: Our admins are seldom in much hurry to delete vile postings - other than the fact these particular posts happen to target the admin himself, there's nothing odd or unusual about this. Jan-26-12    frogbert: sq, agreed. Jan-26-12    Domdaniel: So - having earlier noted the preceding posts by <hms> and <Quylthulg> - I thought I'd pop back and say something brief like "SQ, agreed". What's this then, <frogbert>, mon ami? A coup d'etat? I'm not au fait with the current mode d'emploi of an upheaval against a dictator, but surely etiquette requires that said dictator be informed of the revolution. At least before the firing squad arrives. L'Etat, c'est Moi. Jan-26-12    SwitchingQuylthulg: <Domdaniel> Don't worry, the new regime still lets you use English. Jan-26-12    Domdaniel: <M. Switch> Ouais, c'est bien. But what I *really* want is to be flown into luxurious exile in France, so I can spend my ill-gotten gains. I'm willing to reveal the codes for the <Frogspawn nuke>. For a consideration, of course. Jan-26-12    frogbert: i'm simply an agreeable fellow, dom. and switchingquylthulg is neither pronouncable (for me) nor very writable. hence sq. regarding vile posts i think there are much stranger things going on. and on. Jan-27-12    Shams: Thanks, <Domdaniel>. Jan-27-12    Domdaniel: <Shams> That Antioch creep reminds me of the movie *The Boys from Brazil*. He's probably a clone who plans to write a book called 'Mein Kampf - or Yours?' when he grows up. It's funny how delusional people urge others to 'think'. Nuff said. Jan-27-12    frogbert: does the dom approve of carlsen's reckless play today, or would you rather see another careful, correct positional squeeze? ('dom' means "sentence" or judgement/verdict etc. in norwegian - did you know?) Jan-27-12    hms123: <Dom> No wonder! <Tower> by Bruen and Coleman http://www.amazon.com/Tower-Novel-K... Jan-28-12    Domdaniel: <frogbert> Are 'reckless' and 'careful, correct' the only options available? Isn't there just a hint of a value judgment peeking through there? How about 'energetic' vs 'tired' ...? I thought Carlsen played very well to survive against Kamsky today. The Topalov game was something else. But I've been playing a tournament myself and haven't really seen them properly. Jan-28-12    frogbert: agreed about carlsen's play <after> he messed up against kamsky. a bit sad that he failed to capitalize on two paths to clear advantage <before> he went wrong. and there are more options for sure. carlsen used words like 'missed' and 'hallucinated' about the topalov game. i guess it boils down to "i messed up". how did your tournament go? Jan-30-12    Domdaniel: <how did your tournament go?> Pretty normal, for me. I lost to the eventual winner. A last-round win would have left me in joint 2/3rd, but I managed to lose that too, from a good position with White. But I scored 100% with Black. Jan-30-12    Domdaniel: A nice finish from Gibraltar: A A Lopez vs E Schiller, 2012 Feb-01-12    Domdaniel: *... creeps quietly away, having kick-started a nature/nurture gender war on the Shirov-Hou live game...* Innaresting, actually. In another context (teenager beats 40-ish big beast) this game would be seen as the triumph of youth over an ageing generation of former stars. But because 'youth' happens to be female, it's about gender instead. Biology is real, but acculturation is routinely under-estimated. Feb-03-12    frogbert: <teenager beats 40-ish big beast> i'm afraid this beast has seen his best days, while hou's are yet to come. but it was a very impressive display of her in gibraltar. Feb-03-12    frogbert: anyone with viewpoints on cg.com becoming a chess suppliances store? a bit surprised not to see any discussion about that yet, anywhere. (or maybe i missed it.) Feb-03-12    Annie K.: What's the problem? Nobody is forced to buy anything if they don't want to. :) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 963) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 800 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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