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Nov-15-14
 | | Richard Taylor: <Domdaniel: <Richard> I don't have a car either - when I play chess, I get somebody else to drive me. I'm a LENDL - Low Expectations, No Driving Licence.
This doesn't always work out well. Once, years ago, en route to a tournament with the then Irish champion David Dunne, we drove off the road and hit a wall. No damage done to the passengers, though - just the car. And I think Dunne won the tournament. Not so many people playing the Pirc these days, though I don't really see why. > I have a car now. I did get some lifts to things via another chess player. One to see my new grandson - I have four now! Sebastian is 12 and the son of a German and 2 others are sons of a kiwi but of Irish descent, and the other is a kiwi. This generation of kiwis are going to be big, I mean compared to the basically English Taylors, my parents weren't big and nor am I. But a lot of kiwis are big, I suppose it's all the good tucker... BTW Dom did you ever read anything by Dervla Murphy? I read her biography and it read like a powerful and tragic novel. My mother read her travel books. BTW here biog/novel ends fairly happily but her mother was very bitter to be confined to bed by some illness. I sold quite a few of her books. I shut down my book selling as such... |
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Nov-15-14
| | Richard Taylor: What do you think of Muldoon the poet (not NZ's grumpy Prime Minister of the 70s and 80s!)...? Sarah Broom wrote and interesting book I read called 'Contemporary British and Irish Poetry' which is good as an introduction. She more or less leaves out such poets associated with the Grosseteste Press, such as Prynne but she does talk about another favourite of mine Tom Raworth (of his early witty works)...Raworth also went to the US. She also talked about Dabydeen, Carol Ann Duffy (I was surprised how good she is considering she is a poet Laureate, but I am keen to see say Geoffrey Hill get more awards / attention); she did a great job. She died tragically young.
I didn't realise it, but I had seen her briefly and in fact she reviewed my book 'Conversation with a Stone' (it was a fair review, critical of some parts, liking others) but I didn't connect her up till later...Her poems are good also. In any case I got a selected of his poems after reading her book and a few other of the poets she dealt with. http://www.sarahbroom.co.nz/about.h... |
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Nov-15-14
| | Richard Taylor: Back to chess. Yes. I see Botvinnik played the Robatsch a lot. Is that the same as the Pirc? I know the Pirc has counter attacking potential. I studied the famous Kasparov vs. Topalov immortal and decided that Topalov's position was basically sound. In any case I won a game with that idea, allowing my opponent to come down and take the B on g7 and get his Q there but I castled Q-side. The second time I tried it (same opponent) I got check mated! I think you have to be in the mood for it. I might essay e5 in answer to 1 e4 depending on who I play. But I think openings are often a matter of fashion rather than they are so good or bad. The Benoni I have had some success with (and losses) but it remains hard to take down. Although I think there are easier ways than others: I think the immediate "knight's tour" by White is the best idea. But it's good to have up one's sleeve so to speak! |
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Nov-15-14
 | | OhioChessFan: <Either people are now laughing aimlessly at nothing at all, or the lollards have taken over the asylum> User: iii
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Nov-15-14
| | Richard Taylor: <Dom> For the record it appears I will or could be playing Black against Irine Kharisma Sukandar who is here: Irine Kharisma Sukandar She is also an IM and got her norm in the NZ Queenstown Classic that was also mainly organised by Murray Chandler.
She is ridiculously beautiful and I am hopelessly in love with her already so I am lost...Help!!!! |
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| Nov-15-14 | | Travis Bickle: <Richard Taylor> Dr Taylor, I have the answer... Play her blindfolded! ; P |
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Nov-16-14
| | Richard Taylor: It might work!
Although to be fair she might be completely psyched by my horrible appearance that SHE wont be able to think, so I will make myself look even worse than I normally do! Well I think she is 2400+ so I am unlikely to do much but be good to have a reasonable game. The good news is that she will stand to lose more rating points. So if things don't go well, or I get lucky, the pressure will go on her. Although I suppose she will be far more experienced in the various openings and so on. But who knows. I will try something and hold on for the ride. In the next round I could be facing a 1200 player or lower, it is impossible to know. More likely someone a bit closer to my rating though (about 1870 I think, I fell in rating points over the last few years, and haven't played much for a while so I will see how I go).... |
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| Nov-16-14 | | waustad: Has there been any discussion here about Lisa, A Chess Novel? |
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| Nov-16-14 | | waustad: <RT>From what I gather, Pirc/Robatsch/Ufimtsev/Modern are distinguished mostly by the move order and who is giving the name. They often end up in the same sort of positions. |
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Nov-16-14
 | | Domdaniel: <waustad> Yes, they can often transpose, but there are differences. The Pirc proper occurs after 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 etc. The Modern (aka Ufimtsev/Robatsch) tends to start with 1...g6 and 2...Bg7, though an early ...d6 is also possible - the key point being that the Knight may go to e7 or h6.
The Modern can also transpose to a King's Indian or Gruenfeld. |
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Nov-16-14
| | Domdaniel: <Richard> I know of the poet Paul Muldoon, but I'm not really familiar with his work, and I've never met him. Trivia corner: did you know that the word 'hoodlum' is supposedly derived from the name 'Muldoon'? Just spell it backwards, and change the 'n' to 'h'... |
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| Nov-16-14 | | waustad: The Pirc can also transpose into the Philidor. The Philidor Improved Hanham often starts with black moves d6, Nf6, Nd7, e5, Be7, O-O, c6. Of course it can change a lot based on what white has in mind. I first ran into this in some Austrian games but have seen it elsewhere too. With all of the transpositions available, what an opening is called depends often on what depth they make the decision on naming it. They may call a perfectly normal Dutch Stonewall the Agincourt based on the first two ply. |
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Nov-17-14
| | Richard Taylor: <waustad> yes I see. The Philidor is actually deceptive, can be tricky to play against. I tried this opening once as Black: 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. f4 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. fxe5 Nxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8
* I had this really strange game but it was the last game and I had a horror of blundering despite that I got an advantage. A friend played it so I just copied the first moves...as I played it I felt there was something wrong with it, but my opponent wasn't particularly strong. |
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Nov-17-14
| | Domdaniel: One version of the Pirc/Philidor hybrid line has become known as the (British) Lion - 1.e4 d6 2.d4 e5 etc, when White's options include the queen exchange after 3.dxe5 dxe5, or a transposition to a Philidor. I recall once, when my usual French was offline for repairs, I played a Pirc, having prepared moves in all the main lines. Naturally, my opponent didn't play any of them - it went 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 and now not the regular 3.Nc3, but 3.Bd3. I could find nothing better than 3...e5, and the game was later drawn. But it slightly put me off playing the Pirc. |
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Nov-18-14
| | Richard Taylor: I have played against and once a version of that e5. I played a version of the Robatcsh or Modern or Pirc a few times. I just in fact played two interesting games by Botvinnik where he showed the dangers of a White early advance e.g. 1 e4 g6 2 d4 g6 3 Nc3 c6 4 f4 (he calls this into question if Black hasn't played Nf6 but in fact I think I played my 'Immortal Game' No 1 (I have 3 of them!!) with that, but opponent went wrong of course) so now 5 Be3?! Qb6!? (Gives White problems although White is still o.k. but in practical terms the problem of the B being loose was what enabled (with other ideas) Botvinnik to win a nice game against Yudovich. I notice this game is not up. This is the second game in a week or so I think should be on CG.com. I must upload them. |
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Nov-18-14
| | Richard Taylor: Here is a game of mine vs. the 'Modern' or whatever it's called. One of my 'Immortals'! R Taylor vs M Steadman, 2008
But the very next day I lost - checkmated - trying to play the same opening against a player I had previously beaten - also checkmated! - with it. I recall deviating from my original idea which was similar to the immortal Kasparov-Topalov game where I thought Topalov's postion was initially out of the opening good. (Not the same moves but Black's idea of Q-side castling and a possible e5 and c6 or c5 etc...) |
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Nov-18-14
| | Domdaniel: <Richard> Brilliant game. I reckon I'm still waiting for my Immortal. Not that I haven't had sacrificial wins - most recently a couple of weeks ago - but somehow they always seem flawed. Well played, again. |
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Nov-22-14
 | | Annie K.: Repaint! Nuklu is coming! =) |
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Nov-23-14
| | Domdaniel: <A> Slightly ahead of ourselves, aren't we? But I'll repaint all my stains anyhoo... |
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Nov-23-14
| | Annie K.: Well, <cg> are already talking about it... :) chessgames.com chessforum |
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| Nov-23-14 | | cro777: <Domdaniel: 'Bog' means 'god' in most Slavic languages. And 'Lyubov' means 'beloved'. So Bogolyubov was god's beloved - except maybe when playing Alekhine.> God's beloved is Bogomil (Bogumil) from the Slavic elements bog (god) and mil (gracious, dear). Bogolyub(ov) is a man who loves god. The difference is between "to love god" and "to be loved by god". In effect, Bogolyubov, "(son or descendant) of Bogolyub", is last name derived from the first name Bogolyub. With reversed roles, he would be McBogolyub and you would be Carthyev. Probably, one small step for Ireland but one giant leap for Slavic peaple. |
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Nov-23-14
| | Annie K.: Hmm, I like the sound of 'Carthyev'. :D
PS - The repainting iz probably mostly relevant to pronouncing Alekhine as AAA wished it to be pronounced, which is more like Al(y)-EKH-in. ;p Also, getting a mouse about now would be gud. :) |
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Nov-24-14
| | Annie K.: Stains, oh, you inert element, you! No, it's a much bigger job than that. Scenes, whole scenes! You have to repaint all your scenes. :) |
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| Nov-25-14 | | Alien Math: Finding a gem, Every issue of Popular Electronics since 1954 in PDF format http://www.americanradiohistory.com... Hope your holiday are great! |
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Nov-25-14
| | Domdaniel: Why does trigonometry cut corners?
Cos it can repoint its sines. |
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