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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 861 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jun-09-13    Annie K.: Hmm. I think I'll try to find the series around here. You got me curious. :) Jun-09-13    Domdaniel: Iain Banks, a truly great writer, has died at the terribly young age of 59. RIP. Hope he's reincarnated aboard a Culture GSV. Jun-09-13    Annie K.: Sorry to hear that, really sad news. :( Jun-11-13    OhioChessFan:   Jun-11-13    Annie K.: Ah, the strong, silent type. ;) Jun-11-13    OhioChessFan: It's my understanding most women are more concerned about the silent part. Jun-13-13    Domdaniel: <Ohio> And yet Mr Presley, the King, was anything but silent, and had many female fans. Mr Dylan had a line about "The Ohio, and all of them rebel rivers". Is there a connection? Jun-13-13    duchamp64: <Domdaniel> I am back at CG (at least for now). Anything new in your Duchamp research? Jun-14-13    Domdaniel: <duchamp64> Hi, Allan. Nothing new to report, I'm afraid - a fire in my home last year destroyed many of my books and papers, including Duchamp-related material. I'm trying to rebuild, but there was stuff there that took me years to find. Jun-17-13    Annie K.: <Dom: <It may even be possible to play e4 *three* times in a single game>> And that's just White... ;) Jun-18-13    Domdaniel: <A> I tried to calculate the max number of pawns that could reach e4 during a single game, if (a) it didn't matter whether they were white or black, and (b) they could reach e4 via a capture as well as a normal pawn move. It looks like five white pawns and seven (!) black ones can get there, though I don't think there are sufficient captures available for that. Jun-18-13    Domdaniel: <hms> You've retired? Congrats. Are you an Emeritus or an Escapee? Jun-18-13    Annie K.: Nice. :) Well, maybe there would be enough possible captures without clause b, particularly since _xe4 is arguably not "the classic e4 move" anyway - then you have 3 White pawns and 5 Black ones. Can't play e4 too often, I always say! :D Jun-18-13    Domdaniel: <A> Yep, e4 is like voting -- for full democratic effect, vote early and vote often. Jun-18-13    hms123: <Dom> Emeritus officially; Escapee psychologically. We are in Maine chasing down lobsters, scallops, and craft beers. Our luck is in thus far. Jun-20-13    Domdaniel: As the doomed Mr Bolan put it in the 70s: "Telegram Sam, you're my Maine man". Bar Harbor? Jun-20-13    hms123: <Dom> Yes. Bar Harbor. It is stunningly beautiful. Rocky coastlines are everywhere. Btw, in your honor, I have just about finished re-reading <Snow Crash>. Stephenson was prescient back in 1992. The book is even more impressive as time passes. I should get to some of your current recommendations when I return to the hot and humid southern realm. Jun-20-13    SwitchingQuylthulg: More than enough captures to get all the pawns to e4 - you don't even need to promote anything: [Event "Club Championship Final"] [Site "Escambia County, FL"] [Date "2013.06.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Datsvich, V"] [Black "Merritt, F"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "746"] [BlackElo "2200"] [ECO "A00"] [TimeControl "7200"] 1. e4 f5 2. Bb5 fxe4 3. Bc6 bxc6 4. d3 d5 5. dxe4 dxe4 6. Nc3 Qd3 7. Nd5 cxd5 8. cxd3 Bg4 9. Bg5 Bf3 10. Bf6 gxf6 11. gxf3 e5 12. dxe4 dxe4 13. Qd6 cxd6 14. h4 Ne7 15. h5 Ng6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. fxe4 d5 18. Rh5 dxe4 19. f3 f5 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Rf5 gxf5 22. Ne2 e3 23. Nc3 e4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 {White carried away by men in white coats} 0-1 Jun-20-13    Annie K.: <Switch> Brilliant. Thanks! :D Hmm... if statistically Black could get more pawns to e4 than White, how come de facto White seems to play e4 more often?? ;s Jun-21-13    SwitchingQuylthulg: <Annie> It's easier for White to get <one> pawn there :) When it comes to getting four or more pawns there, Black does do it more often; similarly, White is more likely to get four pawns to e5. Here's a fun example of the latter: T Gillani vs S Belkhodja, 2006 The game opens with <1. e4>... and the pawn patiently sits there for the next 96 moves. In the meantime, three Black pawns and three other White pawns visit the square e5. Finally, well into the endgame, the original e-pawn gets into the action with <98. e5> :) Jun-21-13    Domdaniel: <SwitchingQ> Brilliant, sir. A wonderful achievement, a vital addition to chess lore, and a theoretical improvement on the classic Murphy-Endon game (which also featured men in white coats, though one of them may have been playing). Jun-21-13    Domdaniel: <hms> I've never been to Bar Harbor, although my brother used to work there. There's a rocky coastline much closer to me, in West Cork. Also pretty stunning. Jun-21-13    Alien Math: <SwitchingQuylthulg: More than enough captures to get all the pawns to e4 - you don't even need to promote anything:> Oh neat find ^.^ <White carried away by men in white coats 0-1> aw Jun-21-13    Annie K.: <Switch> not to mention the part about how just because something is possible, doesn't necessarily mean that it would be a good idea to actually do it? ;D Thx for game. :) <Dom: <There's a rocky coastline much closer to me, in West Cork. Also pretty stunning.>> Pics or it didn't happen, as they say on the netz... ;) Jun-22-13    Thanh Phan: Encountering trouble finding some books, out of print gets annoying at times Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 963) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 861 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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