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Aug-09-18
 | | Fusilli: <chancho> Gente que no tiene nada que hacer. Once you see that @#$%*&!# posts occupy many times the space that chess posts occupy, you've got a problem! I took a quick look at Freeman's page and felt very sad at the mess it's become. |
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| Aug-09-18 | | technical draw: <chancho> Tienes razón. Yo iba a retirarme en Noviembre cuando vence mi membresía pero con todo lo que ha pasado creo que me voy antes. (especialmente si cierta persona asume (o mas bien, usurpa) el control. |
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Aug-10-18
| | Fusilli: <tech draw> No se a quien te refieres, lo cual probablemente es bueno! Yo pagué hasta abril de 2019... veremos cual es la situación entonces. Daniel's death must have been totally unexpected. I imagine he would have made minimal provisions for the survival of his website had he seen it coming. But who knows, just speculating here. It always feels more personal when someone who shares my birth year dies. Thankfully, it doesn't happen often. Yet. |
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| Aug-26-18 | | Knight13: Hope she never changes. |
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Dec-25-18
 | | OhioChessFan:
User: MARYUser: Blue User: Link User: christ User: mas |
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Dec-26-18
 | | Penguincw: What <OCF> said. ^ |
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Feb-10-19
| | Fusilli: Just won a nice 5-min game on ICC against IM Nasser Ahmed Saeed [Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2019.02.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Ashkeef"]
[Black "Fusilli"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[Opening "Pirc: Austrian attack"]
[ECO "B09"]
[NIC "PU.05"]
[Time "23:06:38"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. e6 fxe6 7. Nf3 e5 
click for larger view(Crazy move. It's not horrible, but with 7...Nf6 or 7...O-O black is fine. His response was not good and gradually black gets better and better.) 8.
Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O c5 13. f5 c4 14. fxg6 (way too ambitious; he had already committed to this piece sac in the previous move, I guess)
cxb3 15. Qh5 Be6 16. gxh7+ Kd7 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Qe2 Qg6 
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(Black is clearly winning. No compensation for the piece.) 19. Rae1 Rxh7 20. h4
Bd4+ 21. Be3 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Nc4 23. Qd4 Rg8 24. Rf2 bxc2 25. Nd5 Qg4 26. Nf4
Rxh4 27. b3 Ne5 28. Qa4+ Kc8 29. Qa6+ Kb8 30. Qb5+ Ka8 
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(Yes, the king is safe there)
31. Rc1 Rgh8 32. Nh3
Rxh3 33. Rf8+ Rxf8 34. Rxc2 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 Qd4+ 36. Ke2 Ng1+ 37. Ke1 Re3+ 38.
Re2 Rxe2+ 39. Qxe2 Nxe2 40. Kxe2 Rf2+ 41. Ke1 Qd2# White checkmated 0-1 Honestly, he played badly, but an ego boost for me anyway! |
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Feb-11-19
| | OhioChessFan: <(Yes, the king is safe there)> Kind of hard to believe on the wide open board. 31..Qd1+ would have been a bit of a snarky move but I guess not as objectively good as Rgh8, which is probably the "right" move. |
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Feb-11-19
 | | Richard Taylor: Dear Fusilli, I noticed you are about to be espoused...as an ex-expousee, I tend my deepest sympathy and condolences.... ...I jest of course.
A man has three options in life:
1 to get a-married
2 to stay a-single
3 to do either or neither and still go a-crazy |
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Feb-12-19
| | Richard Taylor: In your game White should play 9 fxe5 then I think Black maybe plays Nb6... 6... e6 is good but your e5 seems to have unsettled your opponent... The Austrian Attack is mostly what I play against the Pirc I have got some good wins with it but lost some also. Perhaps 4 Nf3 is better overall. The other one is to play 3 f3 ...
Chess is a difficult game. But a good scalp by you! |
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Feb-14-19
| | Fusilli: <OCF> Snarky indeed! I think I saw Rf1 and then if Nf3+ Kf2, white is alive. Either wins anyway. Black is winning at that point. <RT> I got married (second time) last June. Thanks for the good wishes! And yes, a man can go a-crazy either way. |
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Feb-17-19
| | Richard Taylor: <Fusilli: <OCF> Snarky indeed! I think I saw Rf1 and then if Nf3+ Kf2, white is alive. Either wins anyway. Black is winning at that point.
<RT> I got married (second time) last June. Thanks for the good wishes! And yes, a man can go a-crazy either way.> You're keen! All the best! |
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| Feb-21-19 | | bubuli55: I’m praying for your stepson Tristan. |
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Feb-21-19
| | Fusilli: <bubuli55> Thank you so much, I appreciate it. |
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Feb-22-19
| | Fusilli: Interesting problem-like ending in a 3-min ICC game: Fusilli v someone
click for larger viewWhite is lost, of course. Piece under.
29.f4, blitz resourcefulness :), trying to provoke what happened: 29...gxf4 30.Re6
click for larger viewIf 30...Rfd8, white is still losing, but what the heck, it's a 3-min game, we are down to seconds, and black plays the natural 30...Qg5 
click for larger view31. Qxd6 and white is alive (and praying).
click for larger view31...Qxg3+
click for larger viewWhich one is correct? 32.Kh1 or 32.Kf1? Apparently, there is no difference. White is going to get his queen pinned! 32.Kh1 Qh3+ 33.Kg1 Rg8+ 34.Rg6 Rxg6+ 35.Qxg6 Rg8: 
click for larger view36.Re8 and white lives! But...
36...Qe3+
click for larger viewUh oh.
37.Kf1 and white STILL lives!
click for larger viewNow if 37...Qxe8?? black gets mated! And if 37...Rxe8, what black played, perpetual check follows... and HE managed to claim the draw with 8 seconds left on his clock (I had 20). (The computer says black could still play for a win with 37...Qf3+ 38.Kg1 Qd5!, but who could see that at that point. It's a 3-min game!) |
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| Feb-23-19 | | thegoodanarchist: <Fusilli: Dear <OCF> and other men and women of faith that visit your page: My oldest step-son, Tristan (16), was diagnosed brain cancer back in October. Since then, it's been an ordeal, involving so far two brain surgeries and one more to come soon. At this point, he has finished his 30-odd radiation sessions, has daily fevers, a weakened immune system, chemo lies ahead, and this year will be, well, tough. Really tough.> I am sorry to learn of this.
Here is one man's experience with brain cancer:
http://www.zerocarbhealth.com/index... May it be of benefit to your stepson. |
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| Feb-23-19 | | thegoodanarchist: And here is the direct link to the full story:
http://www.zerocarbhealth.com/index... |
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Feb-23-19
| | Fusilli: <thegoodanarchist> Thank you, quite interesting. One more example of the power of diets when they strike the right note (and I suspect, on the right person, since hardly anything works on two people the same way). Tristan, unfortunately, has a severe allergy to red meat so a diet like this sounds impossible for him. Also, his cancer is a glioblastoma. I am sharing your link with my wife. It is surely an inspirational story. I myself have multiple sclerosis, though thankfully with almost no symptoms. I was diagnosed in 2011 and, at present, all I have is some weakness on my right leg. I'd say my right leg has 80% of the (normal) strength of my left leg. So, I have some foot drop and trip a number of times a day (though have never fallen), and I have some difficulty putting on/taking off socks (on my right foot). There are recommended diets for people with MS that sometimes seem to operate miracles (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs7...). Often, they require extremely intensive management! |
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| Feb-23-19 | | thegoodanarchist: < Fusilli: Tristan, unfortunately, has a severe allergy to red meat so a diet like this sounds impossible for him.> Hi <Fusilli>
Since red meat is the perfect food for humans, I seriously doubt he is allergic to it. Most likely, his allergic reaction is to histamines on the meat. These are a product of aging, and nearly all commercially available red meat is aged, unfortunately. Since I don't have much of an problem with food histamines (Seasonal pollen is a different story), I don't really have much experience in how to deal with this issue. But I know of a blogger who does: <Finally, thanks again to Amber, I discovered that some people also have a difficult time breaking down and detoxifying histamines. Histamines are present in aged and fermented foods, such as cheese, wine, meat, and sauerkraut, as well as in foods that have been cryovac’d in plastic. Most of the meats sold in the big supermarkets have been both aged and cryovac’d and – therefore – contain very high levels of histamines. Now I finally understood why the beef and other meats – as well as the cheese and sour cream – I tried were making me feel bad. Incidentally, I know from past experiments that wine and sauerkraut also affect me negatively. Finding fresh, unaged, non-cryovac’d meat is a bit of a challenge, and it took me several weeks to secure a local source.I finally found some some unaged meat at a small independent butcher shop. However, it has been cryovac’d for shipping purposes. Nevertheless, I felt it was worth a try and the difference in how I felt after eating it – compared to it’s aged counterpart – was significant enough that I knew I discovered another piece to the puzzle of my strange food sensitivities. It turns out that healthy mitochondrial function is also needed to breakdown and detoxify the histamines present in aged and fermented foods.> https://zerocarbzen.com/about-me/
I think aging is mainly done with beef, and not so much with lamb. Might try a Whole Foods in your area. They usually carry fresh lamb. |
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| Feb-23-19 | | thegoodanarchist: <Fusilli: <thegoodanarchist> I myself have multiple sclerosis, though thankfully with almost no symptoms.> Sorry to hear that. You and your family sure have a full plate of life challenges. This fellow also has MS, and says he is in remisssion: https://zerocarbzen.com/2017/02/20/... And in his interview, he says that grain-fed animals cause him problems, and recommends grass-fed. Unfortunately, grass-fed beef is no exception to the standard aging practice and histamine generation. |
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Feb-23-19
| | Fusilli: <tga> It's called Alpha-gal allergy. It's caused by a tick bite. It's very real! He has had huge and sudden rash eruptions from red meat. The good news is that it tends to go away after some years. He's had it for three years so far. About MS, the large majority of people with MS have "relapsing-remitting" MS, including me and the fellow you cite. At advanced stages, MS can become progressive, and then it gets worrisome. I'm not too worried about it. The usual medication therapy has worked just fine on me. Cheers! |
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| Feb-23-19 | | thegoodanarchist: <Fusilli: <tga> It's called Alpha-gal allergy. It's caused by a tick bite. It's very real! > I've read of that! I didn't think that was the cause, of course, because it is rare and aging beef is standard procedure. Thank you for explaining. When I learned about Alpha-gal I was living in upstate NY, which is the most tick-infested area of America. I quit going hiking in the woods after that, and kept my hikes confined to urban areas, simply to avoid such a possibility. |
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Feb-24-19
| | Fusilli: My 10-year old (whispering): Papa, are you awake? Me: (No response)
-- Papa, are you awake?
Me: (No response)
-- Papa, are you awake?
Me: (No response)
-- Papa, are you awake?
Me: (No response)
-- Papa, are you awake?
Me: (No response)
-- Papa, are you awake?
Me: (No response)
-- Papa, are you awake?
Me (what I want to say): YES!!!! NOW I AM, DAMMIT!!!! Me (what I actually say): Yes, Cedric, good morning, what's up? Young children and sleeping late do not go well together! |
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Mar-17-19
| | Fusilli: Yesterday I had a good blitz ICC day and beat two IMs. Fusilli v. IM Nelson Nogueira (5-minute game) Position after 29.d6 Bc2-f5
click for larger view30.d7!
Now 30...Bxd7 would lose the piece to 31.Re7. Black played 30...Rxd7 and I won easily. Fusilli v. IM Amrou Sobh (3-minute game) Position after 35...Kf5-g4:
click for larger view36.Ra5!? The kind of thing we do in blitz...
36...Rxc3+ 37.Kd2 Rb3 38.Rxa6 Rxb4 39.Rxf6
click for larger view39...Rb7 40.Ke3 and black could not stop the white king from wrecking havoc. The white rook on the f-file is outrageously efficient as a double attacking-defending piece. |
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Mar-24-19
| | Fusilli: An example of the lethal d5 move in a typical position out of the QGA, Caro-Kann Panov, and other openings: Baches-Garcia v. Canal-Sala (from an IM Watson video lecture on ICC): 
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Black just played ...Bb7
Now 1.d5! wins by force. The game continued:
1...ed5 2.Bg5 (threatens Bxf6 and mate) Ne4 3.Nxe4 f5 4.Nc5 white wins. |
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