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| Oct-17-08 | | brankat: <WannaBe> They may have changed the rules. I lost a total of ten points (the opponent was about 200 points higher rated). And the games count in the current tournament standings. The guy now has 2 points out of two games, and I, 0 out of two :-) You can check it under <brankat15>, either in the "games history" or "tournaments" (43rd..expert section). In one mini-tourney last year I lost all 6 games on time without making a single move@! I was wrong about the start date of the tournament by 1 week :-) Cost me almost a 100 points. That's why I'm still hovering around 1,800. |
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| Oct-18-08 | | Open Defence: <WannaBe: Wheeee!!! I am the wiener of the 49th GK.com, Intermediate section, group 343!!
I'm gonna take on the winner of Anand-Kramnik Match!!
> congratulations!!! |
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| Oct-18-08 | | chessamateur: Speaking of Gameknot, is the site down or something? |
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| Oct-18-08 | | Open Defence: < chessamateur > I am online there right now, so no I dont think its down |
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| Oct-18-08 | | chessamateur: <OD> Odd, I hadn't been able to get to it for days and now it's suddenly up again. |
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| Oct-18-08 | | Open Defence: maybe some local settings on your computer perhaps ? I am online quite regularly there so I dont remember a down time, unless it was a local ISP issue |
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| Oct-18-08 | | chessamateur: <OD> I'm not sure what the problem was, I'm not much for computers. All I know is its fixed now. <Wannabe> Damn Boston. I put my faith In the Rays winning, even as they were inexplicably blowing the lead. It's all you fault the Evil Empire II is still alive. I'm sure humanity is quite happy. |
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Oct-18-08
 | | WannaBe: <chessamateur> I've been on GK.com everyday, and have not noticed any connection problems. Without knowning where you are connecting from (School, work, home, free Hot-Spots, etc...) I don't think I can begin to diagnose your problem... However, with what <Open Defence> posted, I have to (guess) say that the problem is on your side. I have seen, on occassion, that GK.com have had server problem, and they always post a page that tells everyone, and the games in progress have their clock suspended, until the problem is resolved. |
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| Oct-19-08 | | chessamateur: <Wannabe> It was probably me, but thankfully it works fine now. |
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| Oct-20-08 | | brankat: Tampa's first appearance in the World Series! Good luck! |
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| Oct-23-08 | | whiskeyrebel: You can't blame the players, but dropping the world "devil" from the team name is pretty wimpy. |
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Oct-23-08
| | WannaBe: Not overly concerned with game 1, Tampa also lost game 1 to Boston, and won the series. Keeping my fingers crossed for game 2. |
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Oct-25-08
| | WannaBe: All music lovers, see if you can catch all the inside jokes in this Animaniacs clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkBz... |
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| Oct-26-08 | | yoozum: Hey, glad to see you're still around. I just bought myself another premium membership and will try to return to semi-regular kibitzing here. |
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Oct-27-08
| | WannaBe: <yoozum> Glad to hear back from you. Yes, old cg.com members never die, we just keep playing for the 50-move draw. =) Since you've been gone, I've bought a Pub & Grill, (probably at the worst possible time, and I think, I know economics...) Things/business/U.S. economy are suffering, and myself included..... But, I think I will (try) to tough it out, since all the people that I talk to are in the same boat that I am. Glad to have/hear from you on cg.com again. The <City of Moscow> page misses you!!! |
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| Oct-27-08 | | yoozum: I might consider doing a City of Moscow once more, but no inspiration right now. Congratulations on the pub, but that really does suck with the financial crisis. I, myself, am searching for jobs in the financial sector, even though it's probably the worst sector to find a job in now. If I were at your pub right now, I already know that I'd order whatever is closest to a half-pound burger, no cheese, with some mushrooms. Probably some fries on the side, all washed down with a nice Heineken. I'm sure there's something like that there ;-) |
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Nov-01-08
| | WannaBe: Texas Tech wins! What a game, what a football game!! |
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Nov-03-08
| | WannaBe: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/2008110... Well, I have a very simple solution to this problem, re-elect W.!!!! I, mean, geeze, it's been done before, why can't it be done again?!?! |
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Nov-10-08
| | WannaBe: News: Braves - Phillies to begin MLB season 2009 on April 5th. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/... Reaction: They can borrow the Zambonis from the Flyers to clear the base path between innings! |
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Nov-14-08
| | WannaBe: Um.... There is a chance for an all New York City football team in the Super Bowl in 2009! |
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Nov-15-08
| | WannaBe: Why, why, do people not know the word <resign>?? (Yeah, I goofed a bit at the end...) [Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=104..."]
[Date "2008.11.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "wannabecg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1424"]
[BlackElo "1408"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. Be3 e6 4. Bf2 Nc6 5. e3 Be7 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Bd3 e5 8. e4 dxe4 9. fxe4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 exd4
11. Ngf3 c5 12. O-O a6 13. h3 Be6 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. g4 b5 18. b3 Qc6 19. Qf2 f6 20. a4 Qb7
21. Nf3 Rca8 22. Qg3 c4 23. bxc4 bxc4 24. Be2 Qxe4 25. Nd2 Qxe2 26. Rad1 c3 27. Nf3 Qxc2 28. h4 Qxa4 29. Nxd4 c2 30. Rdc1 Qxd4+ 31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Bc5 33. Kf1 Bxf2 34. Kxf2 Bb3 35. Ke3 Rfd8 36. Kf4 Rd1 37. Rxc2 Bxc2 38. g5 fxg5+ 39. hxg5 Re8 40. g6 hxg6 41. Kg4 Re2 42. Kg3 Be4 43. Kf4 Bd5 44. Kg5 Rg1+ 45. Kf4 Rf1+ 46. Kg5 Rg2+ 47. Kh4 Rh1# 0-1 |
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Nov-15-08
| | WannaBe: Here is another one...
[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/"]
[Date "2008.11.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "wannabecg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1493"]
[BlackElo "1437"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e4 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Nxe4 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. c5 d6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. d5 Bb5 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Re8 20. Qd2 Re2 21. Qb4 Qb2 22. Qxb2 Rxb2 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. a3 Ra2 25. Nd4 Rxa3 26. Nf5 Rd3 27. Nxd6 Rxd5 28. Nxb7 g6 29. Na5 Be2 30. Nc6 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Bxd1 32. Kf1 Ba4 33. Ne5 Kg7 34. f4 f6 35. Nd3 Bb5 36. Ke2 Bxd3+ 37. Kxd3 f5 38. g3 Kf6 39. Kc4 Ke6 40. h4 a5 41. Kb5 Kd5 42. Kxa5 Ke4 43. Kb5 Kf3 44. Kc5 Kxg3 45. Kd5 Kxf4 46. Ke6 Kg4 47. Kf6 Kxh4 48. Kxg6 f4 49. Kxh6 f3 50. Kg6 f2 51. Kf6 f1=Q+ 52. Ke5 Kg4 53. Kd4 Qe2 54. Kd5 Kf5 55. Kd4 Qe4+ 56. Kc5 Ke5 57. Kb5 Qd4 58. Kc6 Ke6 59. Kb5 Kd6 60. Ka5 Kc6 0-1 |
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| Nov-15-08 | | brankat: In last couple of weeks, or so, I had a few games where the opponents waited until, almost the checkmate. Yesterday one finally resigned when he lost the second Rook. I had 2 Rooks and 4 pawns he 2 pawns :-) On the other hand, some players (no names mentioned) have a habit of resigning too early :-) |
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Nov-15-08
| | WannaBe: Bad fire, sky is almost black, ashes falling down like light snow. Air is almost unbreathable... |
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| Nov-15-08 | | Open Defence: was reading about the fire, am praying that this is put out quick! |
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