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 660 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-22-10    dakgootje: <But if you know that 45^2 = 2025, you can work out all those other numbers much more easily> It may be a matter of taste. I'd simply prefer to bruto-force it ;) A kind of old-new-fashioned because supposedly the trick-calculating is the latest fashion again. Not an expert though - so perhaps they have left that train of thought once more. Dec-22-10    dakgootje: I'm out for a bit :) Prepare for Nuklu! Dec-22-10    crawfb5: Here's something in honor of our newly-minted high priest of the NuKlu: Hey, Mister Daniel Freeman, won't you post a Klu for me I'm not sleepy and there is no site I'd rather be Hey, Mister Daniel Feeman, won't you post a Klu for me In the jingle jangle morning, I'll come a-googling you Take me on a flight on your magic surfing site My senses are alight, this new idea just might Be the one that's right I'm ready to search anywhere, anywhere you bade I have my cyber-spade, cast your ambiguous Klu you made I promise to dig into it Dec-22-10    Domdaniel: <hms> A friend of mine - a very good artist - once showed me how *knowing a lot of tricks* helped to create plausible images of 3-D scenes on a flat surface ... I suppose that's a *kind* of maths too. Dec-22-10    SwitchingQuylthulg: <dakgootje> But one day you'll be on television, watched by a million Dutchmen, and the host will say something like... <And now, one final question. If <dakgootje> gets it right, he'll be the first contestant ever to win our biiiiiig jackpot. If he gets it wrong, he'll get the consolation prize of one rubber duck. OK, ready? What, precisely, is the square of 70569127? I repeat, what is the square of 70569127? You have half an hour to work the answer out in your head.> And then you'll be really glad you know all these tricks. Dec-22-10    Domdaniel: <Quythulg> And I'd say, Eight thousand and ... um, to how many decimal places, exactly, mijnheer? Dec-22-10    Domdaniel: <crawf> Thank you for that, maaan. :) Ny numbers have been squared My senses all are bared By this awaiting ... Dec-22-10    dakgootje: I think I might manage that in half an hour, even without tricks ;) Besides, I don't think such a program would get many viewers - watching for half an hour how some fellow breaks his brains over what the bank-geniuses could find out in five seconds and a calculator. ..oh and a rubber duck is the epitome of coolness. Dec-22-10    dakgootje: Actually, on second thought - I probably would not manage it [even with tricks]. Paper would really be needed :P Dec-22-10    Domdaniel: <dak> Quylthulg forgot to mention that you'd be strapped to a table, and wired up to an array of PET and CAT scanners and such. So viewers could cut away to graphics of your actual neurons firing, synapses spluttering, and so on. While scantily-clad lovelies, of whatever gender, pointed helpfully to the build-up of stress chemicals near the pineal gland ... Bit like Clockwork Oranje, eh? Dec-22-10    Domdaniel: Now it's my turn to brave the outside world. This particular interval, though excessive in duration, has been fun. Well, relatively. Dec-22-10    hms123: <dak> I just recently read about a Prof of Engineering who gave a math calculation pre-test to his class. The ones who could do long-division by hand were also the ones who did best in the class even though calculators were used by all. He believes that mental facility with these sorts of things helps to create better understanding. I take the same approach in my class. I make them construct and deconstruct problems and "work them backwards" etc so that things finally click for them. Dec-22-10    SwitchingQuylthulg: <dakgootje: Besides, I don't think such a program would get many viewers - watching for half an hour how some fellow breaks his brains over what the bank-geniuses could find out in five seconds and a calculator.> Well, you never know, with audiences. After all, some of the most watched TV programs ever have included: - Funerals and weddings of famous people, in which even less happens over a much longer time. - Football games, which combine that boredom with outrageous referee errors. - Man climbing down ladder with great solemnity. - People driving around aimlessly in expensive cars. Dec-22-10    Domdaniel: Baby, it's Old King Cold outside. And my noisy neighbors sound like the B Donner party ... Dec-22-10    Domdaniel: <Quylthulg> I thought that one with the guy on the ladder was out of this world. The rest, bleagh. Dec-22-10    Domdaniel: And lo, for this is the day upon which Nuklu appeareth not, as it is his/her Auntie Olklu's birthday. Dec-22-10    hms123: <Dom> I found it pretty easy to be very good at serious, high-level tournament bridge. I stopped playing after a few years because it was "too easy". Chess is really hard in comparison. Was I better at bridge than at chess? I was certainly higher-ranked by any objective measure, but I believe that in some absolute sense I was better at chess. I had talent and I studied it a lot--still study--can't say much about what shreds of talent might be left. To me the fact that chess is so fascinating to so many, and that it draws people back in after years away, tells me that it is something altogether different than bridge. I have played with and against some of the best bridge pairs (Barry Crane and Tommy Sanders come to mind). In fact, I kibitzed those two at a large regional event during a session where they were pure magic. It was fascinating to watch. They knew everything. It was like watching Fischer at the top of his game in the midst of a brilliancy. Dec-22-10    Domdaniel: <hms> I never really *studied* bridge much beyond the basics -- though, as you've seen, I played with some strong players. I still 'do' newspaper bridge columns about as regularly as chess ones, viz, all the time. Them and crosswords being the only reasons to buy a paper. But try telling an editor that ... Dec-22-10    technical draw: <hms123> The last game of bridge I played was in Bangkok in 1972. The bidding was 7 no trump, double and re-double, vulnerable and I had to play it out. I made it and got about a zillion points. I saw no purpose in continuing in bridge after that. Dec-22-10    Domdaniel: Ah, *humor*. I jest knew we were missing something. Dec-22-10    dakgootje: I am currently missing everything - but that might be due to the fact I don't know how to play bridge :D Dec-22-10    Domdaniel: Whist with stanchions. Dec-22-10    technical draw: <Ah, *humor*. I jest knew we were missing something.> I hope you're not referring to my post because it's true. It's true I tell you! What have I wrought? My great accomplishments are now considered tongue-in-cheek! Dec-22-10    hms123: <TD> I believe you. What had you been drinking at the time? Dec-22-10    technical draw: <hms123: <TD> I believe you. What had you been drinking at the time?> I had nothing to drink during the game but afterwards I had 7 or 8 Singha beers. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 963) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 660 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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