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Feb-03-06
 | | TheAlchemist: I have decided to start things all over again, as I was getting tired of my monologues. As all the "hot" topics have been taken already, I really don't know what can be discussed here at all. If anyone has any suggestion, feel free to post it here. Anyway, welcome and feel free to stop by anytime.
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| Feb-04-06 | | mymt: <The Alchemist> hi just curious,
what was the chess tournament they used to hold in Portoroz?
[is there still one there?] |
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Feb-04-06
| | TheAlchemist: <mymt> Hello. In 1958 there was an Interzonal (where Fischer's star began to shine). We've had 8 open tournaments (slow time controls) held so far, the winners were: Levin ('93), Cebalo ('94), Tukmakov ('95), Kozul ('96), Delchev ('97), Solak (2003-2005). I've uploaded the games from 2004 and 2005, I don't know what happened to those of 2003. This year it won't be held, sadly, because since it was revived in 2003 it wasn't profitable and this year there simply isn't enough money anymore. And the few people who did most of the work (from my chessclub, who is the organizer) simply don't have the energy anymore. It's sad, because it was the only way for players like me from local clubs to meet and hang out with players with international titles. We do still hold 1 day rapid and blitz tournaments, where some GMs and IMs participate, but compared to a week of playing and hanging out with players from other towns and countries is nothing. I've actually made a few friends (sort of) this way and I usually saw them only once a year. Not anymore, it seems. |
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Feb-04-06
 | | tpstar: <TheAlchemist> I loved your monologues. :) Please consider reposting them here, or else establish a player page and store them there. Under your Achievements, you might include your Immortal Game = ? for posterity. Good luck with your forum. =) |
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| Feb-05-06 | | mymt: <The Alchemist> that sad, it use to be one our favourite pastimes " bet you dont where ...is" when all those tournament were run in all those far away exoitic places that none of us had heard of. |
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Feb-09-06
| | TheAlchemist: <Cogano: How does one read a "C" with the # 14 written right next to it, on the upper left side? Is that usually the place where scientists place the atomic number (I've forgotten much of my chemistry, but I'm referring to the # of electrons in a given atom's orbit. If my memory serves me right, for regular carbon, the # of electrons in its orbit is 6, but I may be mistaken.) Thank you kindly for your anticipated help!> There are three types (isotops) of Carbon, with the atomic mass of 12, 13 and 14. They all have 6 protons and 6 electrons, but they differ in the number of neutrons. Atomic mass = number of protons + number of neutrons, so you can do the math :-) Here is some more information, if you're interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon |
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| Feb-09-06 | | Cogano: <TheAlchemist> Thank you so much for that explanation. I was actually just browsing through my high-school Calculus book (for grade 13). & I happened on the section for exponential
functions (including logarithms & natural logarithms, which have much important applications for, among others, biology. It was in the section on biology that I happened on the term because it dealt with radio-active decay!) Thanks for the help again & good luck with your studies. Take very good care & have yourself a most joyous
day, every day. Cheers mate! |
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Feb-10-06
| | tpstar: <TheAlchemist> I respect your modesty, but I believe you bit <tpstar> because you played better = H Bastian vs R Calvo, 1986 I'm so proud of you. =) |
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Feb-10-06
| | TheAlchemist: <tpstar> LOL, I didn't notice that typo until now, it was a really embarassing one :-) Anyway, thanks. |
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| Feb-11-06 | | meloncio: <TheAlchemist> Did you really win tpstar? Wow, I'm impressed. Tony Palmer has his own page here, more than 2200 ELO, oooffffffff. A question about on-line games (I mean slow games, I hate blitz!). What do you prefer, http://gameknot.com/ or http://www.queenalice.com/ ? I'm not really thinking of back to active play, because I live much happier now retired, but who knows? I'm so lazy and to play from home is so easy... |
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Feb-11-06
| | TheAlchemist: <meloncio> I only play on QueenAlice, so I don't know about GameKnot, people seem to like it though. I still think that Tony didn't play as well as he can in that game, I didn't do anything special. |
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Feb-11-06
| | TheAlchemist: I declare open the
♔ OLYMPIC FORUM ♔
Everybody is welcome to stop by. |
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Feb-11-06
| | TheAlchemist: The first race, the men's 20 km individual race (biathlon) is about to end, the first gold goes to Germany with Michael Greis. A curiosity: the Serbian Aleksander Milenkovic is competing at his third Olympic games. In the Winter Olympics in Albertville 1992 he competed in cross country skiing, in the Summer Olympics in Barcelona 1992 he competed in cycling (road race) and this year he is competing in biathlon. |
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| Feb-11-06 | | larrewl: <TheAlchemist> Thanks for hosting the Turin Olympics discussions on your forum! My father is American and my mother is Japanese so I'm pulled for/between the two. I expect USA to win more medals overall than Japan but I'll be cheering for many Japanese, including Joji Kato and Hiroyasu Shimizu in speedskating! |
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| Feb-11-06 | | notsodeepthought: I'm just interested in how the Jamaican bobsled team will do... are there any athletes/teams from countries other than the "traditional" Winter Olympics powers that have a realistic chance at a medal? |
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Feb-11-06
| | TheAlchemist: <notsodeepthought> Unfortunately, there's no Jamaican bobsled team in these games :-), but there are plenty of exotic countries in bob and luge to be found. I don't know what you mean exactly by "traditional", are those only the countries that win the most medals, or are the countries who have only one or two very good competitors counted as well? |
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| Feb-11-06 | | notsodeepthought: : I admit that "traditional" was ambiguous - to me, in the context of the W.O.s, the "traditional" powers would be the countries from Europe (especially the Alpine and the Nordic countries), North America, Korea, Japan, and Russia [yeah, I know, part of Russia is in Europe - and part isn't, so it's never clear whether they should be listed separately. Comments welcome]. I would consider Jamaica a "non-traditional power" in the Winter sports, which would be all the more reason to root for them. |
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| Feb-11-06 | | babakova: The swedish ladies has beaten the russkij team, next please. |
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Feb-11-06
 | | WannaBe: It was kinda funny, the music chosen for the athletes when they entered the stadium during the parade/march of the nations. 80s music?? If Ukrain and Sweden had swapped team uniform, I couldn't tell. Both had blue and gold. Looked very nice though. Got to get meself one of them Mongolian hats if I ever go back to a cold climate again, man those looked warm. American announcers on NBC sucked. Horrible. |
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Feb-11-06
| | TheAlchemist: <notsodeepthought> In that case, I really can't name any right now. I reckon you mean China there too, otherwise, their women biathletes (which isn't really their most traditional sport :-)) could be dangerous, especially in the relay, if they only get te shooting together, then, the Baltic countries (especially Estonia in the cross-country), but I guess these countries all belong on your list as well. We'll see. But I don't believe there will be surprises of the magnitude of, say, Anthony Nesty, who was the only competitor from Surinam in Seul 1988, no one ever heard of him, but he won a gold medal in swimming. On a different note, you'll be pleased to know, taht Italy won their first medal in the 5000m men's skating. The Italians also did great today in the biathlon, although they didn't win a medal, they surprised everyone with their great shooting. They could do well in the relay, if they keep up this form, but a medal should still be nearly impossible to reach. |
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Feb-11-06
| | TheAlchemist: <notsodeepthought> Anyway, regarding the super-powers, here is how I'd classify them: <First group> - countries, that should battle for first in the overall medals standings Norway, USA, Germany, Russia, maybe Austria (they are much dependent on alpine skiing) <Second group> - countries, that should win a few golds, but won't compete with the first group in the overall standings France, Canada, Japan, Finland, Sweden, The Netherlands, Italy, South Korea <Third group> - countries that will win some medals, up to 1-2 golds Croatia (= Janica Kostelic) :-), some countries from the former Soviet Union, Switzerland, Czech Republic, maybe Poland and Great Britain (their women curling team is a favorite) <Fourth group> - they might win 1 or 2 medals, but it would be a small surprise Personally I would rank my country in this group, we have some chances, I am sceptical though. <Fifth group> - outsiders, any medal would be a big surprise Here, I would put the African and most of the Asian countries, countries from the Caribbean etc. I'm sorry if I forgot anyone, you're welcome to add others or post your own opinions. |
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Feb-11-06
| | TheAlchemist: Also, another curiosity:
German Georg Hackl, 39 years old, who competes in luge, is on his way to winning his 6th medal in the 6th consecutive games, probably a record, although I should recheck that. |
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| Feb-11-06 | | babakova: The most interesting event today was the one Chad Hedrick won. But then again, the olympics has only just begun. |
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| Feb-11-06 | | notsodeepthought: <TheAlchemist: On a different note, you'll be pleased to know, taht Italy won their first medal in the 5000m men's skating.> Goodie goodie, we won a medal... For now, all the medal winners will be minor heroes back home (then they will take a back seat for the next four years, oh well, at least they get their 15 minutes of fame). |
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| Feb-11-06 | | babakova: I would guess that in Italy the only sport that REALLY matters is football? |
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