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Jan-19-16
 | | Domdaniel: <moronovich> Thanks for the advice. I have now been in touch with Tim Harding about CC in Ireland, though I haven't decided yet whether I want to enter a tournament. We shall see. The last corr event I played in was around 1974-75, as a teenager - a junior event run by Chess Magazine. One other player and I each scored 100% against our other opponents, meaning our 2 games would decide the event. One of these looked drawish, but I agreed to play on as the other game was unclear. Inevitably, I didn't pay enough attention, blundered and lost the 'drawn' game - and lost the 'unclear' one a bit later.
A good lesson. |
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| Jan-20-16 | | Shams: <Domdaniel> Thanks again for the link to that Jesse Kraai video -- I've returned to it more than once after getting caught up in Nimzo's 4.Qg4 line. I'm still not sure what Black's best 8th move is ("Black has many good choices" -- Kraai) but have a look-see at this fine game! A Shvyriaev vs F Alikhanov, 2007 |
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| Jan-20-16 | | Shams: As for the Monte Carlo line, I don't mind too much when I lose to the IQP because those positions are still beyond my ken. I'm following the trend and meeting it with ...Bb4 and ...Ne7 in my games. The French Exchange sidelines annoy me. I lost a tournament game to David R Bragg last year when he played an early Qd1-f3 and I tightened up, missing a pawn sacrifice that would have put the question to his Queen. He ground me down like he usually does. By the way Bragg is one of those guys who drives 22 in a 25 and will not budge from that. I only mention that because he plays the Exchange French... |
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Jan-24-16
 | | Open Defence: as a person who gave up chess I can say it frees up time... |
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| Jan-24-16 | | Shams: <Open Defense> Music takes up a lot of time too though. All good hobbies seem to... |
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| Feb-07-16 | | cro777: Many believe that chess would be played out. But chess in bacchanal form has reasonable chance to outlive. Nigel Short: "Next event - the Bunratty bacchanal in the west of Ireland." (19th - 21st February 2016). |
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Feb-12-16
| | Domdaniel: <cro> Hmm. Technically, the west of Ireland is Galway and points north. Bunratty is near Limerick and Shannon, south of Galway - an area usually referred to as the mid-west. Though I can't really blame Nigel for not knowing this. And Bunratty *is* quite near the west coast. |
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Feb-12-16
| | Domdaniel: <Open Defence> I recently spoke to <mack>, who has also given up chess. And who, like you, was among my friends in my early days here. Having given up chess for about 15 years myself, I know exactly why people do it. Just remember that chess is out there, waiting. |
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| Feb-22-16 | | cro777: Vedi Napoli e poi muori!
Somewhere "near the west coast" of Ireland.
Nigel Short: "The crowning achievement of my career - winning the Bunratty Masters with 5.5/6. Now I can die contentedly." |
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Mar-01-16
| | Domdaniel: <cro> - < Vedi Napoli e poi muori! > -- Sipaj, <cro>. -- "<Brav' scugnizz'>". |
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Mar-19-16
 | | OhioChessFan: I can't believe #8.
<10 surprising Irish words> http://www.upworthy.com/10-surprisi... |
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Mar-21-16
| | Domdaniel: <Ohio> I'm not certain of the etymology, but #8 is plausible. I know it *looks* Yiddish (or whatever) in the spelling 'kibosh' (and spelling should not be ignored) -- but the Irish 'chaip bais' for a judge's 'death cap' has essentially the same pronunciation. The one I have trouble with is 'swanky'.
When I studied the history of the English language, one of the outstanding mysteries was why English had lifted so few words from any of the Celtic languages - Welsh, Irish, Cornish, Scots, Breton, Cumbric, etc.
OK, there are some well-known exceptions like 'smithereens' and 'slew' - but far fewer than you might expect from languages that were in close proximity for centuries. It's possibly a status thing - the speakers of Anglo-Saxon regarded Celtic tongues as low status. |
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Mar-21-16
| | Domdaniel: <A news flash> OK, so I just had my best tournament result in the almost-ten years since I returned to chess. In this week's Cork Masters, I scored 3.5/6 - which doesn't sound like much, I've scored more than that in other events - but here everyone I played had a higher rating, some significantly so. My predicted score was just 1.5/6, but I made 2 wins, 3 draws, and just one loss -- winning a grading prize (my first cash prize since the 1980s) and gaining a staggering 48 rating points. So, basically, well ... wheeeeeee! |
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Mar-21-16
 | | Annie K.: Congrats! :) |
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Mar-21-16
| | OhioChessFan: Another 15 tournaments like that and you'll qualify for the Candidates. |
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Mar-22-16
| | Domdaniel: <Annie> Thanks!
<Ohio> You're reading my mind, my friend! I just had exactly the same thought. |
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| Mar-27-16 | | luftforlife: <Domdaniel>: Regarding Welsh loan-words in English, and, more broadly, the relationship between the British and the English languages: you may be familiar with the following (and, if so, please forgive the superfluity), but in case you are not, and might be interested, here is a link to an informal transcription of Professor J.R.R. Tolkien's inaugural O'Donnell Memorial Lecture entitled "English and Welsh," delivered on October 21, 1955 at the University of Oxford: http://dohiyimir.typepad.com/eng_we...
This paper was subsequently published in Angles and Britons: O'Donnell Lectures (University of Cardiff Press 1963), 1-41, and in J.R.R. Tolkien, The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays (Christopher Tolkien ed.) (London: George Allen & Unwin 1983). Kind regards. |
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Mar-28-16
| | Domdaniel: <luftforlife> Thank you. I actually studied the history of the English language and Anglo-Saxon many years ago -- my professor at the time, A.J. Bliss, had been a student of Tolkien. |
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Mar-31-16
| | Domdaniel: "The others believed me wise because I won, but they didn't know the many instances in which I have been foolish because I lost, and they didn't know that a few seconds before winning I wasn't sure I wouldn't lose." - William of Baskerville
- Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose |
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Apr-12-16
| | Domdaniel: Oy. I recently had my best tournament result in years - 3.5/6 and a grading prize in the Cork Masters. But according to the <Swings & Roundabouts> rule, I was then due a bad result: which duly arrived in the form of 1.5/6 in the Galway Masters. Admittedly, I was seeded in last place. And I wound up playing several teenagers with rapidly rising ratings, and I even beat one of them. But still... |
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Apr-23-16
| | OhioChessFan: Yes-Roundabout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Td... |
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Apr-23-16
| | Domdaniel: <Ohio> Thanks for that. I didn't like Yes in the 1970s and I don't like 'em now. But it takes all sorts, I suppose. Speaking of which ... weird stuff seems to be happening in Ohio just now ...?! |
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Apr-23-16
| | OhioChessFan: No roundabout? I'll take a swing at the swings:
Roger Miller-England Swings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I7...
Horrible stuff going on around here. The cops are keeping their mouths shut, for a change. A family murdered, horrible enough, but at four different locations!? |
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Apr-27-16
| | Domdaniel: <Ohio> - < A family murdered, horrible enough, but at four different locations!?>
Yes, it's horrible and bizarre. I can't help wondering -- did the killers imagine they were being decent (or humane, kind, etc) by sparing babies and young children? |
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Apr-27-16
| | OhioChessFan: <did the killers imagine they were being decent (or humane, kind, etc) by sparing babies and young children?> That's sort of the prevailing view. Another take is that they left no witnesses, although a 3 year old could maybe identify someone. A few other points of interest: There was a pot growing operation at 3 sites, most were shot more than once, and apparently some pit bulls roaming around that have disappeared. |
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