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| Mar-11-12 | | brankat: "If a man could fulfill half of his wishes he would double his troubles." :-) -- Benjamin Franklin |
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| Mar-11-12 | | frogbert: <I am also playing a coupla games today.> ah, that's only for youngsters like you, dom! but i played one game yesterday as well - it was the last weekend of play in the "regional league", divisions 1-4, and i played the last 3 rounds for my club's "team 2" - or "the academic chess club oslo 2", translated word for word. (i played 2 games for our team 1 in the national league before christmas.) match points count first (over individual points), and unfortunately we didn't distribute our points wisely enough over the last two days, winning 3,5-0,5 yesterday and losing 1,5-2,5 today. by doing that we ended up on the same number of match and individual points as another team, in shared 6-7th place of 8 - but we placed 7th due to having lost the match against that team. which means relegation. we might be saved by the bell, as the regional league will be restructured next year; otherwise it will be only modestly intersting to play league games for our team 2 next season. my own games went pretty well both days, although yesterday's game became too complicated for me at some point, making me slightly lose control towards the time control (and then *he* blundered, with *me* short on time). today my opponent simply dropped a pawn in the early middle game in a grünfeld sideline, and then he helped me trade down to an ending which he didn't play very well. the young fellow is talented, though, and he's gained around 300 rating points over the past year; in round 5 he actually beat carlsen's dad henrik, who is rated 1927 in norway and 2058 fide. (this weekend was round 6 and 7.) |
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| Mar-11-12 | | frogbert: and thanks for all the good wishes, of course - maybe it made the difference! |
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| Mar-11-12 | | frogbert: from yesterday's game - black (me) to move - and bengt larsen might have said: find the plan!
click for larger viewwhile i probably chose the right plan in the above diagram, i soon enough drifted and we got here, again black to play, and it takes some courage to keep the dynamic balance: 
click for larger viewwith the clock closing in on the deadline (no increments) i decided that 34... Ne5 was playable - and that i could meet Nd5? with Qh5! sacrificing the bishop on e7. and the cliffhanger could continue ... :o) today's game started out rather peacefully, as i had decided to *refrain* from playing e4 against his grünfeld. when we entered the middle game i felt that i had reason to be happy with the opening as white: 
click for larger viewit's his (black's) move, but it's hard to find plans for him, and i think white has good prospects here: better development, central control and easier piece play. |
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| Mar-11-12 | | twinlark: Apropos to an earlier rant, fyi: http://www.informationclearinghouse... |
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| Mar-12-12 | | frogbert: <Wish me ... a brilliant combination or two.> so, did anything materialize, dom? |
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| Mar-12-12 | | Nemesistic: Well i hope you won your games Dom, and i don't know what else to say right now apart from.. Pheww! Has <tpstar> been acting like he does for the last 8yr or so, or has he only recently switched genders ?? I understand if you delete this, but boy is he an idiot! Time to relax with a DVD, peace out Dom.. |
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Mar-12-12
 | | Domdaniel: Well, that seems to have worked. Two games as Black, two French Defences, two wins. Maybe no brilliant combinations, but I finished both off with the same move: ...g3 Game #1, vs 2100 guy:
click for larger viewOK, I'm about four pawns up, and it's completely won. But he's been trying hard to mate me while I gobbled up his queenside, and it's only in the last couple of moves that I've begun to hit his King as well. Obviously I can't let him play Qxf7+, so: 43...g3+ 44.Kxg3 Rg8+ 45.Kh4 Qh1#
Game #2, in which my 16-1700-ish opponent launched a dangerous-looking but unsound attack in a roughly equal position:
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He has just played h5 instead of taking my g-pawn. Bad idea. 28...g3 29.f3? Qc5+ 0-1.
The incredible Black Run goes on... |
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| Mar-12-12 | | Nemesistic: Thats why i hate e6 once iv'e played e4! I just cant beat you french players.. Well the ones who know what they're doing anyway.. Its my most dreaded opening as white, i should brush up on my french but iv'e been "busy" looking through Kings Gambit games at the moment.. I love Morphy's old games, even if they are 150yrs old. |
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| Mar-12-12 | | frogbert: <Game #1, vs 2100 guy:> nice finish! (in a completely won position, as you say, but still.) 2100 - is that fide or irish rating? |
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| Mar-12-12 | | hms123: <Dom> Good play. I have just the opening for you. It will solve all your problems with White. Opening Explorer |
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| Mar-12-12 | | frogbert: with some mirroring practice dom might simply throw out 1. a3 as white. there are few openings where it's a disadvantage for black to have played a6 before the game begins, and people might even forget what they like to play with white. after some practice, dom might score even better with white-black than with black! |
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| Mar-12-12 | | Nemesistic: Hey <frogbert>, i totally agree with what you posted on the homepage, and sorry if i snapped the other day at you, but you did kind of rip my game apart lol.. I can't help what an engine plays so im still having it as my "Immortal" :) |
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| Mar-12-12 | | frogbert: <you did kind of rip my game apart> sorry, neme - i was only curious about the engine (which version) and the kind of hardware it run on. i understood that you considered this a slight or a belittlement of your game/achievement, but i forgot to take that plausible reaction of yours into account before i posted. as i pointed out afterwards, not wanting/bothering to enter a discussion/fight with you, i did *not* specifically make any comments about the game as such or about your play. and i still haven't, mostly because i 1) don't know how strong a player you are, and 2) because i'm not the type of guy who goes "wow, great game" only because someone wants to hear that. [i probably should, more often, but i find that hard to do. honestly.] in other words, <if> i were to comment on that game, it would've been based on a) what i would consider relevant comments based on the player(s) involved - different comments are "right" for a game by patzers like me and others are right for games by carlsen & co. b) what i really, honestly and sincerely thought about the game, without much emphasis on pc-ness. and that's how easy and how complicated it is. most people on this site can make "obvious" comments like 'black really was punished for moving his queen around like that' or 'black totally neglected king-safety and white took full advantage of it'. fewer people are able to analyze games thoroughly or to give comments adapted to their audience. :o) |
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| Mar-12-12 | | Nemesistic: I understand, but i really didn't expect people to tell me how great i am, because im not! Im only a 1700+ and have only been playing again for the past few year after a 20+ yr break.. What shocked me is how many people told me shredder played so bad, and after trying to beat it on that setting for so long i thought i must have played/stumbled across a brilliancy lol.. Well you hear how engines play at a 3000+ level, so i got a bit carried away but even so i still think its a neat little game? I forced shredder into making, say 8 out of its 11 queen moves, so apart from 3...Qg5? im having this as my greatest victory (lol ;)) iv'e played an beat an ex British champ in a simul, iv'e played GM Short too, also played for my county age 10-11 in adult competitions so i used to be able to play a bit.. |
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| Mar-12-12 | | frogbert: i don't know why people were so hung up on 3... Qg5 which appears completely playable for black - only slightly inaccurate. after your response 4. Kf1 the position is basically equivalent to after 3... Qh4+ 4. Kf1. however, black had at least equality in the late opening/early middlegame, right before the Qc1+ and Qxb2 escapade that was horrible. anyway. :o) |
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| Mar-12-12 | | brankat: Congratulations Dom! |
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| Mar-12-12 | | frogbert: dom, i could've played a brilliant move (line/combination) in my saturday game, but even though i briefly considered the first few moves, it turned out to be way too complicated with the time i had left - and maybe regardless - so i chose something a little less committal. in terms of cg.com's potd it would probably be a saturday or sunday: 
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35... ? |
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| | Domdaniel: <Neme> A lot of 1.e4 people seem to feel that way about the French. Some even call it 'creepy', 'weird' and 'unnatural' ... heh. I jest lurv it, especially when I'm on a winning streak. <Frogb> 2100-ish in both systems. He was 2150 a couple of years ago, but I seem to be his, uh, nemesis. That was my 3rd win against him. I've managed to work out my <projected virtual fide rating>: it's now 2003, but that's only five games. I'll probably get one more out of the two remaining league matches ... so I'll need 3 from elsewhere. Decisions ... <Wot Else?> Neme ... sorry, didn't get a chance to look at your game yet. I have to do some 'work' for 'money' this week - the roof on Chateau Domdaniel is in a shocking state, with those guttersnipes stealing the lead and inhaling it. Eh, right. <Dak>, if you're around, no offence intended to gutters. Dutch ones are nice. Back when I get a chance. Thanks again, all. |
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| Mar-13-12 | | mworld: Congratulations on your nice victories.
When I'm white I have the opposite tendencies - more comfortable with the french and caro than I am with the sicilian. |
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| Mar-13-12 | | Nemesistic: I feel really comfortable playing whites side of the Caro, especially the 3.Nc3 ..dxe variation |
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Mar-13-12
| | Domdaniel: <twinlark> Thanks for the Pilger link. I haven't always agreed with the old boy, but he's invariably worth reading. And I quite often *do* agree. A closely related topic was covered in today's Guardian ... the psyche-war methods that armies now use to turn their troops into affectless killers. It seems too many soldiers in the past had scruples, or had been conditioned by religious maniacs telling them frankly unAmerican stuff like 'thou shalt not kill'. Can't have that, obviously. So they reprogram 'em. And when some unfortunate reconditioned killing machine shoots some of the 'wrong' people, they say he must be 'crazy'. As are they all. |
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| Mar-13-12 | | twinlark: <Dom>
I've sometimes felt Pilger's too apocalyptic and pessimistic and the first to see a downside when others are seeing the upside, but events and situations usually turn out to be worse than even he describes or expects (publicly anyway - I suspect even he feels the need not to express his deepest private opinions about what he sees in his travels). He makes no attempt to be unbiased, which is simple honesty. He tends to get his facts right, and then interprets them in historical context and through the filter of his humanitarian values. Can more be expected of an investigative journalist than that? |
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| Mar-13-12 | | frogbert: apropos reading: i'm currently enjoying kahneman's 'thinking, fast and slow', which i recommend if you haven't already picked it up. |
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| Mar-13-12 | | achieve: <Can more be expected of an investigative journalist than that?> Yes and no, Larks... I lean toward the former. Yes, for several reasons I feel, and perhaps you touched on this yourself here: <but events and situations usually turn out to be worse than even he describes or expects (publicly anyway - I suspect even he feels the need not to express his deepest private opinions about what he sees in his travels).> What's the point really in addressing and documenting the greatest humanitarian tragedies; massacres; the main perpetrators and politically responsible -- if you are not relaying your "deepest" feelings/opinions on them? Re-address them even, especially in light- and <because of>- what you say? Political correctness or fitting a job description seem to be out of the question (at a point one passes that stage), considering the direness and persistent nature of the crimes against humanity and the times we live in. My point of view may be much less "optimistic" than yours (was/is), and in my view it is my duty to express them - and my deepest feelings - as candidly as I can, of course given the appropriate setting, timing, and platform. <Dom> Well played, good results, and - umm - "best of luck" with "work." Re the roof of votre Chateau Dom, et cetera. Can't have it leaking through the night. |
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