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| Sep-11-11 | | twinlark: Thanks, ceegee. |
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| Sep-11-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: <<Sep-11-11
chessgames.com: The user smackedupgoose is a known troll who's been here for years. The other night he posted childishly over and over, with "toilet humor" etc. The poor admin on duty at 5:00am USA time, during the live game, certainly didn't feel like actually reading all of his posts (about genitalia etc.) so some mass deletion took place. Sorry if it disturbed a page of your chessforum>> Not a problem ... I suspected as much ... I deleted all my posts that referred to him, as it was out of place (made no sense) with his posts gone. |
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| Sep-11-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: My own observation is that most people - even if they want to remain anonymous - give a lot of cool stuff in their intro/header. If it lacks this basic work, then its usually my assumption that the user in question is a "sock-puppet" or a troll. (Or maybe both!) Thanks for the explanation, I really do appreciate it. |
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| Sep-11-11 | | rogge: Yeah. You're famous for wrong assumptions, no surprise. |
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| Sep-11-11 | | twinlark: Hi <ceegee>
Hope you're not getting sick of this, but the database contains the 8th Asian Continental Chess Championship (2009) and 10th Asian Individual Championships (2011), but not the 9th Asian Continental that was one of the qualifying continental tournaments for this year's World Cup, qualifying Ni Hua, Wesley So, Abhijeet Gupta, Le Quang Liem, Yangyi Yu and Li Chao. Continentals are of course heavy duty tournies (eg the European Individual Championships (2010) and the American Continentals: http://www.fide.com/index.php?optio...), enabling players to earn double-GM norms, and produce 6-20 qualifiers where zonals produce 1,2, or 3. I'm not sure if the African Continental (http://www.fide.com/index.php?optio...) is as heavy duty for obvious reasons, but under FIDE's rules the double-GM norm may apply even to this. If you agree, there is of course no hurry, just something for completeness in due course. Incidentally, it's possible the Nanjing Super Tourney won't be happening in 2011: http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews |
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| Sep-11-11 | | DrMAL: <Sep-09-11 chessgames.com: <perfidious> We are not going to tolerate turning this forum, intended to help members use both free and premium features, into another flame war. Pursuant to that, your comments were deleted along with replies to it by <solskytz> <hedgeh0g> and others. We're not saying you are wrong, we're not saying you are right, we are just saying that it doesn't belong on this forum.> Thank you for answering this publicly even if the user you answered is one of the most violating of members. Apparently, there is some confusion over numbers 1-3 versus number 4 in the Posting Guidelines. Fact is, as has been shown by numerous court rulings, numbers 1-3 imply number 4. "Internet flaming" is illegal in the USA and carries with it various penalties both to the hosting site as well as the user committing it. Exceptions are made concerning users who, fed up with seeing so much of this, have participated on occasion. ChessGames.com has been given a list of users who are indeed in violation of these posting guidelines. What ChessGames.com decides to do about it will determine their liability should such a case come to legal action. I for one am finished with reading many posts by users whose intent is only to "flame" others, so I have given ChessGames.com notice to act accordingly. Being one of many who appreciate this site I hope the host does indeed act accordingly. Good luck with the decision either way, I have no interest in writing more publicly on this topic. Unless a victim of repeated unfounded "flaming" myself my own posts have been and will remain exclusively directed at constructive analysis and commentary on the chess games in this site. |
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| Sep-11-11 | | I play the Fred: <"Internet flaming" is illegal in the USA> You have not demonstrated this yet. All you have done is to show that it is possible to take action against defamation, but how does one defame the reputation of an anonymous user? Furthermore, you continually fail to recognize your own numerous flamings, especially those which you issued unprovoked. The way you tell it, all you've done here is post commentary and analysis and <out of nowhere> "psychotic" users posted "garbage" <again, quoting <DrMAL> directly> against you. |
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| Sep-11-11 | | DrMAL: The first interaction I ever had with <I play the Fred> occurred here Karpov vs Seirawan, 1982 where my post directed at another was met by <Jul-20-11 I play the Fred: <Everett> is an awesome poster, which in this case automatically defines <DrMAL> as the complete opposite.> Whereupon he was (rightfully) placed on IGNORE. I had no interaction with him, of course, but (as far as I know) his next was during a live game where my post was also directed toward another Kramnik vs Nakamura, 2011 <Jul-31-11 I play the Fred: Look out Dom! The IGGY stick is coming for you! He hit me with it too; it was <devastating>!> Sometime afterwards this user constructed an elaborate "forum" entitled "The Weak in Chess" whose purpose was exclusively to horribly disparage a few members on this site including me. The forum was erased by ChessGames.com when this user failed to pay his membership fee but not before I saved it as a PDF file. Such conduct IS ILLEGAL and, if this user is not banned from this site, with his many disparaging "posts" eliminated, it may be used as evidence against both ChessGames and him in a court of law. I have nothing more to write on this topic, this user is clearly mentally disturbed and his presence on ChessGames.com serves to greatly lower it's standards as well as make it liable to legal action. A few other users such as <perfidious> have similar history and their continued presence on this site have similar potential consequences. |
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| Sep-11-11 | | TheFocus: <DrMal> You should stay away from the <Ask A Lawyer> site. You'll get in over your head. <I Play the Fred> didn't DEFAME you with his Hall Of Fame. Tomorrow, I will make that a part of my Bio. |
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| Sep-11-11 | | DrMAL: <perfidious> and <TheFocus> are similar users. After being so rudely insulted by <LIFE Master AJ> when he was dead wrong in Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2008 where I finally put AJ on IGNORE <parmetd> continued to try and make sense to him. The first of these two above decided to butt in (I was already out of the discussion) with <Jul-06-11 perfidious: good luck in trying to persuade <DrNICHEVO> to anything which doesn't agree with his point of view.> another of his useless insulting posts, this one directed toward me. It was not the first "out of the blue" time he did this. Then, two days later he had to add more and then two months later (!) had to add yet even more disparagement. Then, as part of this very small group of trolls, <I play the Fred> immediately joined in, thinking his ridiculous insult clever. And, of course <Perfidious> had to add yet even more. It is amazing that these users are still allowed to date to be on this site. Their posts make my point in that they serve NO USEFUL PURPOSE and they are solely designed to ILLEGALLY FLAME OTHERS. Now the fourth member of that little group of trolls has posted his intent to revive <I play the Fred>'s ILLEGAL "forum" so all I can write is (provided he remains on here): be my guest, the more evidence the better. I cannot speak for others but I imagine many if not most users will be greatly relieved to no longer have to look at "posts" such as these with their "contributions" towards chess. |
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 | | Domdaniel: I wasn't aware of Fred's forum, but 'The Weak in Chess' is a great pun. I seem to have an interest because the words "Look out Dom" were probably directed at me. I deduce Dr.MAL took exception to my style at some point. I'm not surprised. People who use CAPITAL LETTERS shouldn't live in glass houses. |
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| Sep-11-11 | | Pyke: Is it nowadays illegal to disagree with another person's opinion? |
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| Sep-11-11 | | DrMAL: <Domdaniel> Yes, it was directed towards you. We have kibitzed during live games and others where we did not agree, no problem of course, in fact we kibitzed well together afterwards. Not that it matters but I even stated in two posts that I thought you were a good player with helpful suggestions. <Pyke> I have no idea what your post is meant to imply, since players disagree on this site all the time without "flaming" (and continuing to "flame" the same users after those users who were "flamed" did nothing more to, or in reference toward, the original "flamers"). Your comment has nothing to do with the posts I wrote on. These types of "flaming" posts are indeed illegal and the few users who insist on making them were and are acting illegally. This is indeed a legal issue and, should these users and their "posts" remain on this website, it will indeed become a legal issue, as I have already given ChessGames.com notice on (with a deadline to remove them and their posts). I have nothing more to write on it being rather annoyed that it needed writing in the first place. It should not have been needed and this should not even be a question for anyone mature. It is now up to ChessGames.com to act properly on it. Obviously, we will see what happens. |
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| Sep-11-11 | | TheFocus: Wow. <DrMal> has been here since April and believes he is new resident manager. |
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| Sep-11-11 | | TheFocus: By the way, <Dr>, you can believe that the Admins are laughing at your antics. |
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| Sep-11-11 | | DrMAL: As usual, <TheFocus> takes keen interest in using this to continue to perform his incessant illegal "flaming." I, for one, will be happy upon his removal, but it seems very likely most other users on here will too. After all, like me, they are users interested in kibitzing on chess and not seeing endless barrages of senseless and childish derogatory posts whose sole purpose is to attack other users. As its name implies, ChessGames.com is about chess. Do I believe that the Admin is laughing? Well, since this is clearly not "antics" to anyone with the maturity to understand so, and since the posts make a very serious and overdue important point, I think they are not laughing at all but instead either considering or already implementing the proper (and legal) solution. |
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| Sep-11-11 | | I play the Fred: Everyone - not only the user <Everyone> - is invited to examine my post history to determine whether I was trolling and harrassing, or offering honest critique. Sometimes I'm only joking, but some people can't discern that: <Over time, there were other subtle but unusual behaviors: <lack of empathy with the plight of others>, <absence of social niceties>, and statements to others that, while factual, would not be spoken by people with a normal social skills. There was also <an inability to understand humor>, particularly puns which require association skills, and any humorous comments were instead taken literally. Elise's mother-in-law was not only socially clumsy but often physically clumsy as well, lacking in coordination and poise. Elise's mother was finally diagnosed with Asperger's Disorder.> http://mental-health.families.com/b... I'm not saying anyone here has Asperger's; I'm not a Doctor. Only a Doctor would be able to diagnose someone from some posts on the internet: <DrMAL: this user [I play the Fred] is clearly mentally disturbed> Clearly, I should take <DrMAL> to court for defamation. Anyway, does my response during this exchange strike anyone here as flaming or joking? 7-31-11
<DrMAL: Dom i don't know why you insist on getting into such a discussion. i made no threat to IGNORE i simply did so. whatever...keep it up and our discussion will end too.I play the Fred: Look out Dom! The IGGY stick is coming for you! He hit me with it too; it was <devastating>!> What do you all think? |
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| | Domdaniel: <Fred> I don't want to think about it: I'd just like it to go away. But if Dr MAL is concerned about so-called 'barrages' he should maybe consider what his own posts look like to a passer-by. |
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Sep-11-11
 | | tpstar: <chessgames.com> Best wishes on 9/11. Thank you for putting up with all of us babies.
Good luck with your illegal site. ;>D |
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| Sep-11-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: BTW - I just went undefeated in the LA State Champ. (4 wins, three draws, no losses; 3-way tie for first.) I attribute much of my ability to remain sharp - in between chess tournaments (before this one, my last tournament was months ago) - to the daily work that I do here. (POTD's) Thanks for all your hard work! |
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| Sep-12-11 | | I play the Fred: Seriously AJ, well done. Don't know if you'll ever read this, but that's a hell of a result. I now realize that there is more that I could do to make this place better, and if I am willing to <call you out> when I think you're wrong, I feel I should be willing to <give you credit> when appropriate. Congratulations! That goes for everyone I've bumped heads with; I'm going to make more of an effort to smooth things over. |
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| Sep-12-11 | | kellmano: I have a law degree in the UK, and over here if you rang up a solicitor and said 'I want to take action against a chess website where people are rude to me' you would not get very far. Particularly if you are anonymous, and no-one makes any assertions that defame your character. You'd have more chance of winning a case in which you sued a friend for being mean to you once. I also think if you could sue host websites due to an argument that turns nasty, youtube would have shut down 10 million times over. |
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| Sep-12-11 | | DrMAL: <moronovich: Poll.
Who is fastest :
1.Lucky Luke and his shadow ?
2.Life Master AJ and the ignorebutton?
3.DrMal and a lawyer ?>
The name "moronovich" about says it all.
In an effort to try and rid this site of some of its most childish users and their posts, more childish posts occur. An IM buddy came by yesterday and, after looking at all the $#&* on here, said, "Why not just stop posting?" We both even laughed at the "masterly" reply to Akobian vs A Kretchetov, 2005 (thanx for the tip I'll remember it next time LMAO). I agreed with him, anything else is not worth my time. I have posted some very good analyses on this site. Most of them were too high level for practically all on here anyway. This site is mainly full of low level players, some once half-decent but now jealous/bitter of anyone good. Enjoy fighting incessantly like children I will no longer be sharing anything else. |
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Sep-12-11
| | Domdaniel: I don't think the Doc does irony. |
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| Sep-12-11 | | I play the Fred: It takes a lot of integrity to walk away from the millions he was sure to get from his lawsuit. I'd be surprised if he really left. For one thing, he only said he wouldn't be sharing; he may just lurk, hoping to see something he can add to his case against chessgames.com; in any event, it seldom happens that people like this leave for good, though I hope I'm wrong. How typical - right after I publicly announced that I was going to try to mend fences. Well, there's still <AJ> and <shach>... |
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