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 917 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-25-15    Domdaniel: <Shams> A quick look, as requested. I haven't tried to analyse deeply, use an engine, or read any comments. It's quite balanced, but I prefer Black. His King should be OK on either g7 or e7 - I prefer e7, French Kings can be safer behind the central pawns than in a castle. And with the unopposed White Bd3 there's a slight danger of an attack combining h4-h5 with the Bd3. It *may* be possible to oppose this Bish with something like ...Na7 and ...Bb5, though I'm not sure. Black also has an extra pawn, of course, and some chances of his own. As long as White's ambitions are kept in check, I think Black has the best chances. Feb-25-15    Shams: PSA: the French discussion has been moved to my forum. Parting gift for our host: A Volokitin vs I Salgado Lopez, 2014 Feb-25-15    Domdaniel: <Shams> I know the Wahls line, but haven't yet played it either - I still mostly prefer the Wade (...Qb6/...Bd7-b5). But I tried to formulate a rule a few years ago: piece exchanges initiated on the b-file often rebound on the first exchanger, even if pawns are doubled. It happens with Queens on b3 and b6 in some Reti and Slav lines, for example. Whoever plays Qxb3 or Qxb6 will usually be worse. A French Advance line in the Wade is 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Qb3 c4, which I *have* played. I think 7.Qc2!? is better than 7.Qxb6 axb6. Black's advancing b-pawns and open a-file are powerful. Feb-25-15    Shams: A Joycean pun just occurred to me: the ineluctable modality of the risible. Feb-25-15    moronovich: Sorry to hear about your fall <Domdaniel> ): I sincerely hope you will recover well and that the big doctor time is on your side... Sometimes it is worth to remember that we humans are good to cooperate with pain.Also without concrete knowledge. All the best,incouragement included moro Feb-25-15    Domdaniel: Shams -- not to mention that funny little organisation, The Indestructible Sodality of the Divisible. Feb-25-15    Domdaniel: <moronovich> Thanks for the 'couragement. Every little helps. Feb-25-15    chancho: Get better soon, <Dom>. Feb-25-15    SwitchingQuylthulg: <Domdaniel> Very sorry to hear about your difficult times :( I hope you'll have a speedy recovery and effective painkillers. Feb-25-15    cro777: Hello <Dom>. I am sorry to hear of your recent loss. Wishing you a speedy recovery. As Anne Lamott said, you can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town. Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. As far as the French Defence is concerned, as you mentioned, the exchange on b5 in the Advance variation can be prepared by ...Qb6 (the Wade) or ...a6 (the Wahls). The latter system is recommended by Hannes Langrock in a recent book (French Defence: The Solid Rubinstein Variation, 2014). As John Watson pointed out in the Foreword, Langrock is the type of chess writer who enjoys the richness of the chess itself. Among other things he extensively analyzes the rare but respectable lines. <I'd like to try to partially explain my absence over the past few weeks. And no, it wasn't the Bunratty drinking tournament.> That is what happens to us while we're busy making other plans. As Alina remarked, drinking Guiness at Bunratty is a form of art. Ars longa, vita brevis! Feb-25-15    Annie K.: <Dom> good that you got net access set up. :) Also, maybe not that bad that you are now for a while going to be closely observable by medical professionals, and can't run away. ;s Feb-25-15    Pulo y Gata: <Domdaniel> I hope your recovery is such you'll bag first prize when this ordeal is over. I'm sure you will. Keep pushing. Cheers! Feb-28-15    Domdaniel: Thanks, everyone. Your good wishes really do cheer me up. Today, still in hospital, my computer went dead and wouldn't start (I got it going just now). Then my phone credit ran out so I couldn't even call for assistance. And I had another very minor fall, trying to pick up a fallen crutch. All these are very trivial and barely qualify as misfortunes, plus I'd hate to give the impression that my life is now a series of misfortunes. But some days you eat the bear and some days the bear eats you. Thanks again, all. Feb-28-15    Annie K.: Hon, you really have to look into a different, not credit-based, phone plan. :( Mar-02-15    Domdaniel: <A> I'm looking into all sorts of different plans - levitation, anti-gravity belts, non-addictive painkillers... I've even considered being sensible in my old age, but that might be a stretch. Mar-02-15    hms123: <Gerry> Get well soon. Best, Hms Mar-18-15    MarkFinan: Junkie author William S. Burroughs on heroin addi…: http://youtu.be/DnxweVAvE5w The title says it all really!? Btw. The bit about heroin users not bathing is untrue, or it certainly was in my case!! It's when you're going cold turkey that water on the skin is painful, but then again even blinking hurts when you're rattling. Apr-28-15    Domdaniel: <Language and Silence ...>: Neil Jordan, interviewed by Gerry McCarthy: "Our relationship to language as Irish people is decidedly different to the English. Our relationship to language and the expression of emotion. It either comes out in great splurges of words, or it's a dead silence." http://www.iol.ie/~galfilm/filmwest... Apr-29-15    moronovich: Hi´<Dom> ! How is your recovery ? Apr-30-15    OhioChessFan: Oh dear, what you miss when someone cough cough has their forum on top secret mode. Has it really been 2 months since I popped by? Condolences and best wishes for recovery. May-07-15    Annie K.: Dear G/D, Happy Birthday! :) May-11-15    Domdaniel: <Annie> Thanks. I see there has been some debate around whether it should be illegal to wish somebody a happy birthday. Not in my case, of course -- I'm thoroughly outed, birthday and all. On the topic of 'users' vs 'members': it may be my perversity talking, but the former reminds me of drugs and the latter of sex. As in the story about the flasher on a golf course -- he whips open his coat on the 18th green and the lady captain peers at the exposed object and says "Is it a member?" May-12-15    Annie K.: What wouldn't? :) May-12-15    Domdaniel: <A> What wouldn't remind me of sex or drugs? I guess the obvious answer is "rock'n'roll" (Ian Dury, 'Sex and Drugs and Rock'n'roll'). But there are other answers. In fact, compared to *some* people, I prolly don't think about those things very much ... except when they give rise to puns, natch. May-18-15    Annie K.: <I guess the obvious answer is "rock'n'roll"> The obviously wrong answer, yamean? I'm pretty sure not many things could remind you of the other two faster than the third. ;p Heh, ok, nevermind then. :) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 963) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 917 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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