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Oct-04-16
 | | WannaBe: Let's get ready for Beeeeeees ball!!! |
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Oct-04-16
 | | WannaBe: I am seriously rooting for extra innings! C'mon bonus beeeees ball! |
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Oct-04-16
 | | WannaBe: <leepeter01> I don't think any of us would qualify, you see, we only speak Americanese Englishese. |
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Oct-04-16
 | | Penguincw: Well you know, some of us speak Canadian English. < Once your details are imputed in the system it will be in the IELTS or TOEFL web sites/system once for ever and will appear real, legit and verifiable for ever. > For ever or forever? :p (kinda ironic, isn't it) Anyway, I don't know what you're advocating for <leepeter01>, but I don't think this is the right place to do so. However, if you would like to discuss sports here (or any topic relating to <Phony Benoni>) then I'm sure you're more than welcome. :) |
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Oct-04-16
 | | WannaBe: We speak Canadese Englisese?? Really? I thought we all speak Sportese. Or Sportish. |
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Oct-04-16
 | | Penguincw: < < Once your details are imputed in the system it will be in the IELTS or TOEFL web sites/system once for ever and will appear real, legit and verifiable for ever. > For ever or forever? :p (kinda ironic, isn't it) > I feel like an idiot trying to correct what I thought was a typo or something. Although not going to lie, this ad is still fairly poorly written... ---
Enough about that. Interesting WC game going on. BAL definitely has the advantage now, since their bullpen is better than the Jays. Regardless of who actually wins this game, a lot of people seem to want to see a TEX-TOR rematch, considering what happened last year and earlier this year. |
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Oct-04-16
 | | WannaBe: Blue Birds are going to Texas!!! |
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Oct-04-16
 | | WannaBe: Phony Benoni chessforum I expect 6-packs of beer to be arriving at my wabbit hole by Thursday, Friday latest. C'mon people!!! (If you send me a keg, I'll jinx Texas, too.) |
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Oct-05-16
 | | Penguincw: < I expect 6-packs of beer to be arriving at my wabbit hole by Thursday, Friday latest. C'mon people!!! > Sorry, some fan threw it onto the field. ;)
(but for real, it's sad how Jays fans keep doing that; I'd like to say it doesn't represent the fanbase as a whole, but it seems to be a recurring pattern) |
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Oct-05-16
 | | saffuna: A general chess question:
Say I were a player with skill around the 1500-1600 level, not very good but not embarrassing. But I have a phenomenal memory and I memorized every line in the Chess Encyclopedia, every line to its end. How well would I do in tournaments, and what might my ranking be? |
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Oct-05-16
 | | OhioChessFan: Don't ask me to defend my answer, but I'd guess ELO 2200. I think you'd kill most people under 2000. In tournaments, I think people would choose openings where they get to call the shots, and book up accordingly, eg, with White, I think you'd run into a lot of French or Caro Kanns and Slavs. With Black, I expect you'd run into a lot of people opening with the English. |
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Oct-05-16
 | | saffuna: That sounds reasonable. I wonder how often I would reach absolute winning positions just by following theory. And how often would I be able to spot the weakness of out-of-book moves? I have to assume, since the Encyclopedia is five volumes of small type, that most good moves are covered. |
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Oct-05-16
 | | saffuna: I'm reading analysis about Showalter not bringing his reliever with the 0.54 ERA last night. Everybody thinks he was nuts. I think Showalter was using regular season rules, not bringing the closer in until the team had a lead. But that is not a one-game strategy, it's a season-type strategy intended to get good use out of the closer without wearing him out. But last night it was only that game, no thought about conserving his arm for the future. And he never got in the game. |
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Oct-05-16
 | | saffuna: A loss meant going home. No more games. Get your best pitcher in there at a key moment. Overuse him so he can't go for 3-4 more days if necessary. Have to win that game. |
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Oct-05-16
 | | Penguincw: < I'm reading analysis about Showalter not bringing his reliever with the 0.54 ERA last night. Everybody thinks he was nuts. > I agree (obviously I'm biased since the Jays won, so I'll try to be neutral). FTR, if I were in the situation, I would've actually brought Jimenez (who I assume is the LRP) in to pitch to Carrera (so the entire 11th, and a few innings more). People criticizing Showalter for this move kinda annoys me, especially since this is all hindsight, and hindsight is 20 20. I wonder if Britton had entered the game and lost the game, what people would've said ("Should've brought in the righty Jimenez to face the righties in the lineup.") But again, it's the postseason. Managers ideally want to stick to the same strategies as they've done all season long, but the need to try to conserve the bullpen and all is not as necessary. I'm sure in the days before the bullpen was really developed and all, the best pitcher on the team (so the closer in this case) would always come in to pitch in jams; now, the road teams usually reserve them exclusively for save opportunities. |
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Oct-05-16
 | | Phony Benoni: If your general chess knowledge and understanding remained at about 1500-1600, memorizing the openings is not going to help to an great extent.. You'll probably have better positions after 10 or 15 or maybe even 20 moves, but there comes a point where you would be on your own, with a better position but not one that wins itself. It's as if you had a chess engine with a weak playing algorithm that couldn't calculate very well. Installing an opening book will not make that much of a difference.. Memorizing openings becomes more important as your general chess strength grows Then you will know how to exploit the advantages you get--and, just as important, you can't allow your stronger opposition to get opening advantages they can exploit. In the spirit of full disclosure this election year, I should stipulate: (1) I almost never memorized openings, nor was very successful when I tried; (2) Your Mileage May Vary. But, in general, I think good chess judgment is more important than memorizing openings. |
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Oct-05-16
 | | saffuna: <...but there comes a point where you would be on your own, with a better position but not one that wins itself.> Definitely. When I reach the end of theory, these are the possibilities: 1. I have a winning advantage so clear.
2. I have a definite advantage, positional or material.
3. The game is even.
Against an 1800-2000 player I would win in the case of #1 almost all the time. I would lose almost every game which reaches #3. Despite the advantage in #2 I would have no idea how to convert the advantage. (This is the story of my chess life, reaching clearly good positions out of the opening and not knowing how to take advantage.) I also haven't included the cases where the opponent plays a move not considered by theory (and therefore probably bad). It is unlikely I would know how to take advantage in many cases. So the question is, how often does a 2000 player make it through a long theoretical line and stay equal or only mildly worse. |
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Oct-05-16
 | | saffuna: <But, in general, I think good chess judgment is more important than memorizing openings.> I agree, for the reasons already given. I follow theory to move 20, reach a good position but don't understand it, don't know how to play it. |
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Oct-05-16
 | | WannaBe: I think this SFG/NYM game will go at least 15 innings, possibly 35. Potentially this game will be over minutes before Karjakin/Carlsen starts. |
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Oct-05-16
 | | Penguincw: Any mid-game predictions? My prediction remains the same: Giants win. FTR: This was my prediction bracket for the postseason (yeah, I know it already started): ALDS
- <TOR> - TEX
- <BOS> - CLE
NLDS
- <CHC> - SF
- <LAD> - WSH
WS - <CHC> - BOS
(take a good guess at my WC and LCS predictions) Yes, I believe this is the year the Cubs end their streak. ---
Just looking at the actual teams, I think the best team in the majors facing off the team with even year luck is far more interesting than a NLCS rematch, especially with the injuries the Mets have. |
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Oct-05-16
 | | WannaBe: My mid-game prediction, is that one team, SFG or NYM will go to Chicago. |
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Oct-05-16
 | | Penguincw: Giants take the lead! Maybe this is why Showalter didn't use his closer yesterday...* A friend of mine and I had a bet on who would this game. I chose Giants. He chose Mets. Loser gives winner a quarter. I'm about to get paid! :) * I do agree with the Mets' move to bring in the closer for the home team in a tied game in the 9th though. Pretty common. |
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Oct-05-16
 | | WannaBe: Looks like Giants will go to Chicago, unless something really strange happens. |
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Oct-05-16
 | | WannaBe: <Penguincw> You know, in metrics, that HR went 90K mm... Give or take 1K mm. |
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