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| Jul-08-09 | | pulsar: Saw this in Donostia Chess Festival (2009), page 25: <messachess: So, the time controls: "The rate of play will be 90 minutes per player and game plus 30 seconds per move." Two questions, anyone? What is the significance of the "...and game..." insertion in there? Also, anyone here ever play this; what's it like?> <Blunderdome: <messachess>, the only explanation I can come up with for the phrase <and game> is that it clarifies that the players get a fresh clock at the start of each game, rather than having to budget the 90 minutes through ten rounds. I can't imagine why anyone would think that needs clarification, though.> |
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| Jul-10-09 | | WhiteRook48: Kibitzer's Cafe, page 3383
see posts by <Khapablanca> |
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| Jul-10-09 | | WhiteRook48: WannaBe chessforum
<technical draw: Whoa, that didn't last long. From 3rd to 33rd. You must have doubled your luck...> |
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| Jul-10-09 | | WhiteRook48: Eric Schiller page
<Dr. Know Nothing> on Feb-11-09: <Schiller you are the worst chess writer ever! the first chess book I ever got was one of yours and It was the worst book I have ever seen! Please stop!> |
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| Jul-15-09 | | WhiteRook48: on Khan-Capablanca page
<Fast Gun: How can this line possibly be attributed to Petrosian or Kasparov when Petrosian would be only 1 and Kasparov wasn't born until 33 years later!>
<keypusher: By the same logic, I presume 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 should be called the "Blackburne-Indian?"> |
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Jul-25-09
 | | Annie K.: Dortmund (2009) Phoenix: <Kramniks Anonymous> A few years ago, I became an avid Kramnik fanboy. Soon after, I couldn't stand the sight of a game lasting longer than 20 moves. I recognized something with me was wrong. I thought I saw the light, and became a Kramnik hater. This also had its problems...suddenly I found myself throwing up when my opponents responded to 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 with 2...Nf6. I could sense that being a Kramnik fanboy and a Kramnik hater was taking a toll on my mental health. My brain was becoming all smokey inside. And don't get me started on the effects of second-hand Kramnik. This had to stop. So, I googled "Kramniks Anonymous" and followed their rigorous 64 step Kramnik de-obsession program. It's been 2 years since I quit, and I feel great! I recommend everyone give it a try. |
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Jul-31-09
 | | chancho: From M61MG Wrestler:
<Colonel Mortimer: Lie Detector Machine singing to <Ed Trice> to the tune of “Sex Bomb” by Tom Jones:-> <Aw, aw baby, yeah, ooh yeak, huh, listen to this
Try it on with me baby as you might
Writing lies and stories throughout the night
Aim gonna fire shoot me what’s right
Aim gonna like the way you fight
And I love the way you fight>
<Ed Trice Ed Trice I’m your lovin’ device
feeding me those lies so I get all enticed> <Ed Trice Ed Trice put some of that truth on ice
Those lies are breeding, they crawl all over me just like mice.> <Ed Trice Ed Trice this a factual heist
You spike my graphs like there’s just no end in sight> <Ed Lies Ed Lies
and baby you can turn me on
baby switch the detector on
yeah darlin you can strap me on..> |
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| Aug-04-09 | | pulsar: Should have noticed this before, I can 'favorite' me, myself and I! And you can favorite yourself, too! <If you enjoy reading pulsar's messages,
use this button to add to your favorites:> |
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| Aug-29-09 | | Open Defence: Rising Stars vs Experience (2009) <percyblakeney: There is a team in Netherlands they call the Rising Stars and it's been the ruin of many a poor boy but maybe not of Jan...> |
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| Aug-31-09 | | Open Defence: Phony Benoni chessforum <Jim Bartle: I don't know about the 49ers this year. I think they traded in the team in the Cash for Clunkers program> |
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| Aug-31-09 | | technical draw: <Jim Bartle: I don't know about the 49ers this year. I think they traded in the team in the Cash for Clunkers program> One of the best of the year. |
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| Sep-11-09 | | arsen387: jon01: <notyetagm: He beat Van Wely like Chris Brown beat Rihanna.> I bet Chris Brown didn't sacrifice his bishop on 9th move already! from Sanan Sjugirov page |
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| Sep-12-09 | | Manic: <A Karpov Fan: I knew something was going down on f5, just like when you are queuing at the bank and the guy infront is wearing a ski-mask.
:-)>
Sakaev vs D Langier, 1992 |
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Sep-13-09
 | | jessicafischerqueen: Sep-13-09
< A Karpov Fan:> how about boiling the tap water Ray Mears style <Jess>? Sep-13-09
< A Karpov Fan:> Ray could make a meal out of anything, I heard he once cooked a camel crap by keeping it in the bottom of his boot while he walked across the desert. By the end of his journey it was ready to eat. I wonder what he washed it down with? HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH |
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| Sep-13-09 | | Open Defence: I Lysyj vs O Badmatsyrenov, 2009 62nd Russian Championship Higher League 2009 · Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-indian (E10) · 1-0 <Domdaniel: This is a Benoni. It doesn't really matter whether black plays the standard 2...c5 or defers it with 2...e6 and 3...c5, it's still a Benoni. Not, please, something called an "anti-Nimzo-indian".
If you want an "anti-Nimzo" try 1.e4.
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| Sep-19-09 | | WhiteRook48: Kramnik vs Shirov, 1994 <zzzzzzzzzzzz> asks who Kramnik and Shirov are |
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| Sep-30-09 | | WhiteRook48: Alekhine vs Golombek, 1938
<I Offer You A Resign: The winning plan is actually:
When your opponent isn't looking, sneak extra queens on the board so that the position looks like this:
...
and hope he doesn't notice anything...
O.K. WHATEVER I CAN'T FIND THE WINNING COMBINATION> |
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| Sep-30-09 | | dakgootje: < Kramnik vs Shirov, 1994 <zzzzzzzzzzzz> asks who Kramnik and Shirov are> the best part is, Shirov is his 10th favorite chessplayer according to his profile ;) |
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| Oct-01-09 | | TheBB: <YouRang> As a chess player's ELO approaches zero, can we really say that he is playing chess? And if not, why should whatever he is playing affect his chess ELO?? |
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Oct-03-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: Posted Oct. 3 in <Achieve> chess forum- Oct-03-09 <ontocaustic>: <
the killer instinct is of seminate improtance to kasparo'ws choise in a successor because how can you expect him to chooses the sleepy panda when he always looks too irritant and in interviews is boredom to a teacup and it would be no better with radjabow or karjakin and as others have lament even from the verges of destiny kamsky looks to be aged the World will know if kasparow has made an illstarred choise with the young terror of the chessboard when Caissa rises and proclaims a defeat over Nakamura and others > |
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Oct-06-09
 | | tpstar: <bernieno> Like everybody else i am impressed by Carlsen's achievements. But it looks like many top players are not playing their best chess now. In this game, Wang Yue's play almost disintegrated when he had reached the end of his home preparations. And he is on second place. No other player than Carlsen has scored more than 50% before this round. And only one point separates second and sixth place. <Natalia Pogonina> In the depth of my soul I agree. But each time I dare mention that Magnus's opponents seem to be playing below their strenth, an army of Carlsen's fans appears and starts calling me anything from "doesn't understand chess" to "envious". :-) |
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| Oct-06-09 | | TheBB: <Rolfo: awfulhangover is right!> <slomarko: <Rolfo: awfulhangover is right!> what Rolfo says is true!> <Fincher: <slomarko: <Rolfo: awfulhangover is right!> what Rolfo says is true!> What slomarko says is also true!> <Magnusch: <Fincher: <slomarko: <Rolfo: awfulhangover is right!> what Rolfo says is true!> What slomarko says is also true!> Fincher is 100% correct here!> <Appaz: <Magnusch: <Fincher: <slomarko: <Rolfo: awfulhangover is right!> what Rolfo says is true!> What slomarko says is also true!> Fincher is 100% correct here!> I want to express my support for this refreshingly original claim from Magnusch.> |
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| Oct-06-09 | | dakgootje: heh, theBB's quote reminded me strongly of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGjd... |
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| Oct-07-09 | | zarg: In R8 Pearl Spring 2009 Cat 21, Carlsen goes +5:
<Natalia Pogonina: Carlsen's performance has been far from outstanding.> |
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| Oct-08-09 | | TheBB: <twinlark>
<For live-rating-oholics, two wins will lift Carlsen into the the nose bleed altitude of 2806, a win and a draw to 2801, two draws or a win and a loss leaves him where he is at 2796, a loss and a draw and he slides to 2791 and two losses would plummet him to the pits of despair at the patzer rating of 2786.Who says I don't have a life when I can sit around and calculate important stuff like this? ermm...is he winning?> |
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