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| Jan-12-11 | | hms123: <Mariano> I don't think anyone has posted on that book yet. Have at it! |
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Jan-12-11
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: <Fusilli: <SQ> Thanks for the info on the scoring ranges! Are you also into GTM practice? > Sporadically. I have apparently taken 75 quizzes to date, which are neatly devided into three separate incarnations: ~30 games of player 1 in December '07 (when I first got a membership and was trying the feature out); ~15 games of player 2 in Aug-Oct 2008 (no idea what got me interested then); ~30 games of player 3 over the last week, largely inspired by this forum. ;-) I'm happy to say that player 3 appears a bit stronger than player 2 and a lot stronger than player 1. ;-) |
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Jan-12-11
 | | Fusilli: <SQ> <I'm happy to say that player 3 appears a bit stronger than player 2 and a lot stronger than player 1. ;-)> All right!
<...over the last week, largely inspired by this forum> Nice to read that! I do think it is great training. <dak> As for the time it takes, remember the GMs took their time too! I think we all have cut off times beyond which our strength improves significantly. I play a lot of blitz on ICC, and it is clear that I am, relatively speaking, a better player in 5-minute games than in 3-minute games. (Of course *everyone* is a better player at 5 than at 3, but I am saying relatively.) At GTM, the important thing is to stay within, say, 2 hours for 40 moves. Less than 2 hours is fine, but it is not really relevant in OTB competition. After all, Botvinnik never played blitz! (Or, I think, he said he did once while traveling by train.) |
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Jan-12-11
| | Fusilli: <craw> A foot and a half! A friend who lives in Manchester, CT, posted on Facebook some pictures of her dog (a labrador) knee-deep in snow today. Stay in, stay in!
In Baton Rouge we only had one snowfall in the six years I lived there and it was, for many young people, the first time in their lives they'd seen snow... |
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| Jan-12-11 | | dakgootje: Thank you for that highly informative post Fusilli! Not a big chess book reader myself either - actually, I don't even own a chess book, but for one of the Anand - Kramnik match which I won at the Clue Hunt in... 2008 I think? I had not really thought about reading a book for endgames yet - but it would be a logical idea. <At GTM, the important thing is to stay within, say, 2 hours for 40 moves.> Fairly sure I made that - but generally you get an additional hour for moves 40-60.. I undoubtedly went over that :P Of course, there is a big difference in that in normal games you opponent has to think as well, while here the reaction is immediate. I don't really pay much attention to the amount of time I use -- I certainly am no good at blitz though. Anything quicker than 3 minutes and my brain just shuts down ;) |
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| Jan-12-11 | | dakgootje: <"outstanding" is anything >35%.> That actually means it is practically impossible to get an 'outstanding' at Short-Topalov anymore. There are 61 guessable moves, so the top-score is 183. With a par of 131, that means the top-score is 183/131 = 1.4 That is excluding that the par will go up a little due to such a high score. -- Think I shall start, or maybe even finish, another random GTM this evening. |
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| Jan-12-11 | | dakgootje: Right, got to stay honest..
Had a go at 20-mover Alekhine vs J A Seitz, 1925. It went terrible. Scored 34 on a par 29, but [especially if you know the Budapest Gambit] high 40s are certainly possible. Better luck next time. |
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| Jan-12-11 | | wordfunph: <Fusilli> thanks to the GM Secrets: Endings review, i haven't read yet though i have a copy of that Soltis book. Book outline is a replica of GM Secrets: Openings with helpful quotes and appealing caricatures. Indeed a very good read, i say 9/10 rating. |
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Jan-17-11
 | | jessicafischerqueen: Hello!
By any chance, do you know how to pronounce Polish correctly? If so, how do I pronounce Najdorf's first name?
Also-
"Tartakower" should be "Tarta-Cover"
and "Winawer" "Vin-ahver"?
I need to know... |
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Jan-17-11
| | Fusilli: <JFQ> You mean <Moishe Mieczslaw>? In Argentina we always knew him as <Miguel>, and he legally changed his name to <Miguel>. I think he has made history as <Miguel> and is listed as <Miguel> virtually everywhere. So, I would go for <Miguel>, if I may give my opinion. What, that's a lot of <Miguel>s in just a few lines! As for the "w" as "v", that would be my guess as well, but I can't claim I know how to pronounce Polish... :-( |
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Jan-19-11
 | | chancho: Heeere's Johnnyyyyy!! |
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Jan-20-11
| | Fusilli: <chancho> ?
Is that a reference to Johnny Carson? |
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Jan-20-11
| | chancho: <Fusilli> Ed McMahon would say that on the Tonight Show, but no, I was referring to when you mentioned this movie: The Shining. |
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| Jan-20-11 | | crawfb5: <M> I'm glad to see somebody will be carrying the torch until Howard's fever subsides. I have no idea what you've seen and what you haven't, so I'll just make a few semi-random recommendations. I quite liked <Dogma> (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120655/). George Carlin as a cardinal. Salma Hayek as a Muse/stripper. Alan Rickman as an angel. Chris Rock as an apostle. Besides, I find it funny that a director would put himself in practically the whole movie and only give himself two words of dialog. <The Full Monty> (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119164/). Unemployed steel workers decide to become strippers to raise money. <A Christmas Story> (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085334/). A young boys wants a BB gun for Christmas but everyone tells him, "You'll shoot your eye out!" Well, my sinuses are a bit clearer, so let me go back to bed. More recommendations later as I think of them. |
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Jan-20-11
| | chancho: Some John Candy movies:
Uncle Buck
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098554/
Only The Lonely
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102598/
Who's Harry Crumb?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098645/ |
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Jan-20-11
| | Fusilli: <chancho> Ahhh! Well, I still haven't seen it, but it is at the top of my list, together with another Jack Nicholson's classic: <One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest> (1975), which has a most impressive 8.9 rating on imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486/. <crawf> Thanks for the recommendations. I saw <The Full Monty>, didn't see the other ones. For now, I am trying to watch pre-1980 movies that made history. (Well, <The Shining> is a 1980 movie.) imdb is pretty helpful to select the movies, because now they have that list of four titles on each actor's page that tells you what they are known for. For example, for Marlon Brando you get <The Godfather>, <Apocalypse Now>, <Superman> and <On the Waterfront>. I watched <AN> and <OTW> in the last week, so now I am done with Brando (for now). Incidentally, these selections are sometimes debatable. (They probably use a user-based system, just like cg.com does to select players' favorite games.) For example, for Al Pacino you get <The Godfather>, <The Godfather II>, <Heat>, and <Scarface>. I would substitute <Scent of a Woman> for <Heat>. I think it was more important for Pacino himself (Oscar!) and his rendition of Col. Slade has made history. Personally, I liked Pacino's best in <Donny Brasco> and <Glengarry Glen Ross>, and I thought <Scarface> was lame. |
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| Jan-20-11 | | Jim Bartle: "A Streetcar Named Desire" was not one of the four principal Brando movies? |
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Jan-20-11
| | Fusilli: <JB> I just checked and <Streetcar> is, at 8.1, ranked lower than the other four Brando movies. Maybe they go by that, rating. <The Godfather> is rated at 9.2. <On the Waterfront> has 8.4. <Superman> and <Apocalypse Now> are in between. But this made me decide to add <Streetcar> to my list. |
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Jan-20-11
| | Fusilli: <JB> Actually, those top four listings for each actor can be highly dubious. Look at Paul Newman's selection, for example: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000056/ |
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| Jan-20-11 | | crawfb5: <M> Here's a long list of candidates from the American Film Institute. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27... |
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| Jan-20-11 | | benjinathan: <For now, I am trying to watch pre-1980 movies that made history.> For me, other than the ones you mentioned and in the 70s: clockwork orange
deerhunter
mash
all the presidents men
dirty harry
diva (1981 admittedly) |
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| Jan-20-11 | | Jim Bartle: I think at imdb the four movies shown are those which have been clicked on the most or are the most highly rated. I don't think any human had anything to do with choosing them. |
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| Jan-20-11 | | Jim Bartle: I know everybody has their quirky favorites which don't particularly impress others. One of mine is "The Long Good Friday," a British gangster movie from 1980 starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. A great movie with many classic scenes, including "Saved by the bell": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cosG... |
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Jan-20-11
| | Fusilli: <benjinathan>
<clockwork orange> CHECK
<deerhunter> CHECK
<mash> MUST SEE
<all the presidents men> CHECK
<dirty harry> MUST SEE <JB> I'm adding <The Long Good Friday> to my to do list, but I hope I get close captions... sometimes I have trouble with the British accent, especially with the kind of language to be expected in a gangsters' movie... <Crawf> Great list! But a horror movie on the number 1 spot? That is remarkable, unless they are not necessarily sorted by any meaningful criteria... |
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| Jan-20-11 | | Jim Bartle: I needed subtitles for "Long Good Friday" too, even after seeing it three times. Hoskins' accent is so thick it hardly seems like English. Here's Hoskins' defiant "hot dog" speech to the American mobsters near the end: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVVr... |
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