<Prugno>: Only noticed this just now: who on earth wrote "bona fide chess prodigy" in that biography?

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<Larsker>: <kackhander: english is one big mish mash of bastardisations of other words, get used to it.> But you're taking a latin term and inventing a new definition out of the blue for no meaningful reason. It's especially bad because <bona fide> is a legal term - leading to even more confusion.

<Larsker>: Of course, older users of this site know that the original text said <Nigel David Short was a Deus ex machina chess prodigy.> As we all know <Deus ex machina> means <real> in English.

<acirce>: I thought it was "habeas corpus", but my memory might be quid pro quo. You never know what ceteris paribus leads to in these days of ipso facto.

<aw1988: Why do people capitalize the l in 'lol'?> Because I keep doing it. Never mind. :)

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<acirce, Mar-31-07, Vasily Smyslov >:

<chessgames.com, May-13-04, Baron Tassilo Heydebrand und der Lasa >: FYI: the longest names on the site are

Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint Amant

Conrad Waldemar Vitzthum von Eckstaedt

Baron Tassilo Heydebrand und der Lasa

Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritsky

Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky

Dr. Jana Malypetrova Hartston Miles Bellin

Maria Raquel Bernaldo De Quiros Lopez

Francisco Javier San Claudio Gonzalez

Conrad Waldemar Vitzthum von Eckstaedt

and the winner:

Count Grigory Alexandrovich Kushelev-Bezborodko

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<Apr-25-07, Odd Lie >:

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<May-03-07, Beer >:

<kevin86: How unusual to have a similar mate by a player with a very similar name!!>

Watson: Quite an odd coincidence, isn't it Holmes?

Holmes: Coincidence plays chess rather poorly I've found. No, Reason and Logic suggest something altogether more deliberate is at work here. And if my hunch plays out, I believe we'll see more of these 'coincidences' of yours before the week is out. Indeed I believe we'll have more of this in less than 24 hours time.

Watson: Another? So soon? Are you sure? Shall we alert the Yard? Is there some sort of diabolical scheme afoot?

Holmes: Tranquility and equipoise, my dear Watson, are far more conducive to ratiocination than such palpitating alarm. There is no need for the authorities, I assure you. It's not a scheme we've stumbled upon; merely a theme. And rather a good one, too.

<Fourpointo: 32. ...Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Qf8 34. Re8 Kh8 35. Rxf8 Bxf8 buys some time I think with only a queen for a rook trade, but it's still bad position.>

From Topalov vs Kamsky, 2006

<Steppenwolf: 17. Be5, f6. 18 Ng5, f5. And now what?>

"Hi there, and welcome to Championship Chess! I'm your host Al Petrov, and with me is our special color commentator direct from London, Howie Staunton!"

"Hi Al! Looks like a perfect day for chess here in Moscow."

"That's right, Howie. The temperature is a frigid -27 degrees, with blizzard warnings posted for the area. What could be better than sitting inside a nice cozy chess club watching two champions battle it out?"

"Nothing, Al! And here come our players now!"

"First, with the White pieces, it's Prince Sergey Semenovich Urusov!"

"Looking almost as impressive as his name."

"And with the Black pieces it's ... er ... ah ... Ben."

"That name doesn't bode well, Al. Especially when he's wearing an "I Love NN" button."

"Yes, Howie, I fear for his chances. But here we go-it's 1.e4, and we're steering into an Italian Game. Wait--what's this?"

"Good Heavens, the Evans!"

"Isn't that Morphy's favorite opening, Howie?"

"Who?"

"Well, Ben has accepted the pawn, and played the Ba5 variation. The Prince comes right at him, and Ben counters with ...d5. Wait--what's this?"

"A perfect en passant maneuver, Al!"

"Let's see that in slow motion replay, Howie!" Ben's pawn jumps to d5, but the Prince's e-pawn jumps in and yanks it off the board from behind."

"Always thrilling! The Prince is a great all-rounder, Al. This reminds me of my game against..."

"We'll have to get back to that later, Howie! The Prince has just delivered a check!"

"Yes, the over-under for first check was move 10, so this game is falling right into line and a lot of happy bettors are pocketing their ChessBucks. Ben blocks, but the Prince is piling on the pressure."

"And here's another check! Ben moves his king away, trying to escape the pins, and now follows with ...d5 trying to chase the bishop away. What's this? It's a sacrfice!"

"Yes, 16.Ba3 is thematic in this line of the Evans, Al. Black is caught in another pin, and has no time to take on c4 as 17.Bxe7+ would be murderous."

"Beautiful analysis, Howie. Ben is in full retreat now, and now tries 17...f6 to chase the knight away. What's that? It's another sacrifice!"

"Not much of one, Al; taking the knight allows mate in one."

"Yes, I heard the warning buzzer. Black tries to chase her away with 18...g6, but the Prince counters by another sacrifice with 19.Rxe7!"

"Beautiful shot, Al! If 19...Nxe7 20.Qh6+ Ke8 21.Bf7#."

"Yes, Ben is definitely rattled. He's fingering his NN button for inspiration, and seems to have found it--he takes the queen!"

"Mate in two, Al!"

"And the Prince finishes with a flourish, Howie! The crowd is going wild, as confetti covers the board to celebrate checkmate!"

"Great game, Al!"

"Here come the Prince. Prince! Prince! Any comments on the game."

"Well, I must thank my opponent for playing such a great game. It was tough overcoming his resistance; I don't often have to go for over twenty moves."

"Thanks, Prince; gracious as always. And here's the loser. Any comments on the game, Ben?"

<From Magnus Carlsen >:

<slomarko2, May-25-07>: < Solon: Slomarko's great hero Morozevich drew as White against Timofeev (2658) in eight moves! What a disgrace. What an outrage. Unbelievable.> <solon> if you want to disrespect Moro (which you should not), use appropriate page. This page is for disrespecting Carlsen

<slomarko, May-25-07>: WHAT???? who is this <slomarko2> impostor trying to impersonify me?? this is SCANDALOUS the administrators should block him at once! unbelieveble. i'm disgusted.

<slomarko2, May-25-07>: <square dance: <a little correction, he didn't qualify for Corus as he finished in second Corus B 2006 after losing the decisive game Motylev.> he only finished 2nd on tie breaks. this year nepo finished a game back in the C group and was invited to next years B group.><square dance> , I don't understand what your point is. Do you mean to say there is no bias in favouring Carlsen or you are saying that there is a bias in favouring both Carlsen and Nepo. I sense a huge conspiracy here. Do you remeber that conspiracy when Topalov blundered and lost to Carlsen and Carlsen gained from many such games around that time? So giving the invitation to Nepo is a conspiracy to distract from favouritism towards Carlsen

<supergrandmaster: it is time to consolidate! Bxh3 is my vote, as punishment for pompous analysis that dares to ignore basics, as if all Kibitzers were grandmasters!

Xeeniner: <Supergrandmaster> I was thinking Bxh3 too, but 37. ...Bxh3 38. Qxb3+ is winning for white.>

Chancho: <Nako> Yeah,I saw those Santo films in the late 60's and 70's. (I saw an India Maria movie once with my wife) And yes, Banderas is much preferable to Brando playing Pancho Padilla. (Although Brando is the far better actor)

<chessmoron>: <chancho> Brando is not portraying Pancho Padilla. He's portraying Emiliano Zapata.

<chancho>: Ah damn it! I saw Viva Zapata a long time ago, and now I go and confuse him for Pancho Padilla. lol

From Aerosvit (2007)

<TheBB>: Shirov wins.

<IMDONE4>: True that!

<TheBB>: I'm happy that you can confirm my observations.

<hitman84>: You mean Rublevsky lost ?

<arunjangity>: what if shirov won AND rublevsky lost?

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<FerociousBeast: I can Beat every type of chessmaster blindfolded and with knight odds. SUPER BIG TIME GRANDMASTER OF THE WORLD,
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Iron Maiden: <FERBY> Of course you can, but first you have to persuade them to put on a blindfold and give you a knight.>

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tpstar: I finally figured out why people can't communicate with the FurBall = nobody else here speaks jive. <FerociousBeast> Masta G funk homebro, why you be such a maja playa hata? Ay yo trip, I be crump plus all that so I come correct with the 313 line. Stop dissin' my homeboys in the crib with this drawin', flamboastin', big pimpin' doped up crackhead bizzo busta freak show. SLAP YO FACE and DEM WRONG and FOO this and FOO that - like brother M.A. would say, I pity the FOO, and the main FOO here is YOU! Lay off my posse before I get 186 serious and wax it for real. U.N.I.T.Y., bro. Peace out, 5000.>

<THIS WAS NOT AN EASY PUZZLE! IT TOOK ME .00009 Seconds to get it so An easy Puzzle would be .00000009 or less....>

<FerociousBeast: Kevin You spent 6 hours analyzing it and writing up that stupid paragraph and You are wrong? Dont u feel stupid

tpstar: <Chessgames.com> Please delete the above comment from <FerociousBeast> due to its spiteful content with zero redeeming features plus no relation to chess. Then please tell the <FurBall> how he's a blasphemous newjack zooted shermed out skitzing wanksta dopehead fresh outta that up north trip. Yo bro, dissin' my peeps ain't right; this discussion be old school. tpstar got my swerve on but you can't scrap a lick, sucka. Tripped out triple beam thug, pimpin', mackin' and poppin' collars. Zip it for real before I does. Word. Then please delete this message.>

<Open Defence: did i type years instead of ears lol!!>

<Stonehenge: <OD> One gets sloppier as the ears go by.>