Domdaniel Member since Aug-11-06 · Last seen Jan-10-19 no bio

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Jan-08-19 Domdaniel chessforum    Domdaniel: Blank Reg: "They said there was no future - well, this is it."      Jan-06-19 Kibitzer's Café    Domdaniel: Haaarry Neeeeds a Brutish Empire... https://youtu.be/ZioiHctAnac      Jan-06-19 G McCarthy vs M Kennefick, 1977    Domdaniel: Maurice Kennefick died over the new year, 2018-2019. RIP. It was many years since I spoke to him. He gave up chess, I reckon, towards the end of the 80s, though even after that he was sometimes lured out for club games. I still regard this game, even after so many years, as the ...      Jan-06-19 Maurice Kennefick    Domdaniel: Kennefick died over the 2018-19 New Year. Formerly one of the strongest players in Ireland, he was the first winner of the Mulcahy tournament, held in honour of E.N. Mulcahy, a former Irish champion who died in a plane crash. I played Kennefick just once, and had a freakish win, ...      Jan-06-19 Anand vs J Fedorowicz, 1990    Domdaniel: <NBZ> -- Thanks, NBZ. Enjoy your chortle. Apropos nothing in particular, did you know that the word 'chortle' was coined by Lewis Carroll, author of 'Alice in Wonderland'? I once edited a magazine called Alice, so I can claim a connection. 'Chortle' requires the jamming ...      Jan-06-19 chessgames.com chessforum    Domdaniel: <al wazir> - It's not easy to go back through past Holiday Present Hunts and discover useful information. Very few people have played regularly over the years -- even the players who are acknowledged as best, <SwitchingQuylthulg> and <MostlyAverageJoe> have now ...      Jan-05-19 Wesley So    Domdaniel: Wesley is a man of his word. Once again, I am impressed by his willingness to stick to commitments.      Jan-04-19 G Neave vs B Sadiku, 2013    Domdaniel: Moral: if you haven't encountered it before, take it seriously. Remember Miles beating Karpov with 1...a6 at Skara. Many so-called 'irregular' openings are quite playable.      Dec-30-18 Robert Enders vs S H Langer, 1968   Domdaniel: <HMM> - Heh, well, yes. I also remembered that Chuck Berry had a hit with 'My Ding-a-ling' in the 1970s. I'm not sure which is saddest -- that the author of Johnny B. Goode and Memphis Tennessee and Teenage Wedding - among other short masterpieces - should sink to such ...      Dec-30-18 T Gelashvili vs T Khmiadashvili, 2001    Domdaniel: This is the game I mean: Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 569 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-20-10    Annie K.: <Human Resources> Now THAT is scary! Feb-20-10    Domdaniel: <Deffi> I have three copies of Ballard's alternative zodiac, and I can't find any of them. And I have a mental block on Libra. I'd suggest something like a Geiger counter or oscilloscope, but I know it isn't ... Maybe I'll just google it. Feb-20-10    Domdaniel: Libra *may* be the Psychiatrist. Here's a good piece on Ballard: http://www.alteredfluid.com/2009/04... I'll post the whole neo-zodiac when I find it. Feb-20-10    chancho: Famous Libran: October 2, 1869 - Mahatma Gandhi - Pacifist Feb-21-10    Red October: Gandhiji would have referred to himself as an Activist, through active resistance, he strongly believed that non violent non co-operation was the most active form of resistance Feb-21-10    chancho: <Deffi>I think you might find this of interest: http://www.ecentral.com/astra/flibr... Feb-21-10    Red October: heh yeah! Feb-21-10    Domdaniel: <a computer writes> What interesting spellings ... Truman Copote, Scott Fitsgerald, TS Elliot ... and that's just the writers. A few actors, mostly European (Bardot, Mastroianni), are also mangled. And 'Jess Helms'? Suddenly, one-twelfth of the people in the world gasped in shock. Secretly, they had always known that their hidden talents were not appreciated by those around them. Feb-21-10    chancho: I noticed that <Dom>. Walter Mathhau?? Feb-21-10    Domdaniel: <chancho> Yeah, they must mean Wallter Mathhauu ... Feb-21-10    Domdaniel: <Bill> Thank you for the, the ... well, it could be verse, I suppose. But <His beloved d6> worries me. I know it's not exactly on a par with your infamous assignment chez Tal, but please tell me you meant e6. Or do I have to take up the Pirc, at my age? Feb-21-10    Open Defence: the market witnessed prophylactic profit taking... Feb-21-10    WBP: <Dom> Doh! THAT'S why I keep losing with the French--I always play 1...d6 instead of e6! Thanks for the perk up! (And yes, that is "alleged" verse.) Feb-21-10    Annie K.: Pirc: pronounced "Peertz". Just about the only opening against which I play f4 as White. Probably a mistake as well. :p Feb-21-10    Domdaniel: <Annie> Indeed. Last time I was in my chess club I heard somebody call it the 'Pirk' and just managed to restrain myself from going "Peerts, you mean?" Does anyone know how to pronounce 'Winawer', by the way? Winna were, Vinna verr, Weena-ver ... or what? Feb-21-10    Annie K.: re. <Winawer> I haven't a clue. :s My completely unsubstantiated guess, if I had to say it, would be Veena-werr. Any points...? re. <just managed to restrain myself> Heinlein used to say something along the lines of "never resist temptation; it may not come your way again". Heinlein was, occasionally, right. :D Feb-21-10    Open Defence: Oy Vey - Naa Werr! is the accepted Yiddish lingo I hear... Feb-21-10    WBP: <Dom> <Annie K> Thanks for the lesson. I had never heard the word pronounced nor seen it glossed anywhere. So much for (my) bad puns. (And don't get me started on Winawer.) <Heinlein used to say something along the lines of "never resist temptation; it may not come your way again".> In Lady Windermere's Fan Oscar Wilde said something like this (and I don't have a copy of the play handy): "I can resist everything except tempatation." Hiya, <Deffi>!! Feb-21-10    Domdaniel: <Bill> Pirc is a minor transgression. You should see the pages of vitriol on this very site re pronunciation of Alekhine: Al Yokhin vs Alec Hyne... There used to be a pair of kids' cartoon characters named Pinky and Perky. These are also the names of the delinquent lead characters in the films Brighton Rock and Joyrider. There are deep currents there. But I don't know whether Pinky and Perky were edible. Or even palatable. Feb-21-10    Domdaniel: <Annie> - <Heinlein was, occasionally, right.> Full marks for punctuation. But the corollary is that RH was frequently wrong, nesspah? I'll take my chances. (Or not, as the case may be.) Feb-21-10    Annie K.: <WBP: <"I can resist everything except temptation.">> Heh... not bad. Well-chosen generalizations can make for great track records. :) <Dom: <Al Yokhin vs Alec Hyne>> Al Yakkin' will do, I believe. :p Hehe... "Alec Hyne" is the FICS handle of Stephen Moss, who used to have that column with Nigel Short in the Guardian. I have a win against him somewhere... but don't ask to see the game, it was bad. :s <Deffi> thanks - good thing *somebody* knows some Yiddish around here! :D Feb-21-10    Annie K.: <Dom> - yup. As I said somewhere, I used to agree with a lot of Heinlein's ideas once - even up to 15% or so. ;) But I *am* more likely to quote the ones I still agree, or partly agree, with. Feb-21-10    OhioChessFan: Pity our friend WPB, It Pirced my heart to see, That try as he might, And take him all night, He can't tell a d from an e. Feb-22-10    Domdaniel: <Annie> 14.2857% I could understand. One day a week: a geek sabbath. But 15% ... ? Wait, no, I'm wrong: it's beautiful. Let's nominate Tuesday as the geek sabbath. But, since it's a geek thing, the real Tuesday alone is insufficient. You gotta have little fragments of *virtual Tuesday* - just a few minutes here and there will do, scattered around the week. You can even sleep through them if you want. Bringing it up to 15%. Exquisite. It's also a reasonable model of my calendrical habits. Bits of day are always turning up where I don't expect them. So, uh, this must be Belgium? In the month of Decervelage? Feb-22-10    Annie K.: That - sortof - makes sense. They all have to be before breakfast though, yes? :) Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 963) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 569 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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