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 664 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-23-10    Domdaniel: Sold down the river. Life's a beach. Dec-23-10    dakgootje: Generally gives the impression of a snow-storm though ;) Dec-23-10    Open Defence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sk0... Dec-23-10    Domdaniel: <Deffi> No complaints here. Though maybe <Source: Domdaniel, theatre critic.> should read <Source: Domdaniel, *former* art/cinema/theatre/book/squab critic.> ... ? I'm in semi-retirement from use of the critical faculties. Dec-23-10    Domdaniel: PZ has an IQ of 150? This explains much. They tend to be agressive down in that stratum, especially young males. Dec-23-10    cro777: Thanks. I accept. Any other improvement? (English is not my native language). Dec-23-10    cro777: That explains his overagressive behaviour. Dec-23-10    Domdaniel: <cro777> Your English is a lot better than my Hrvatska. I don't really need an elaborate description. 'Critic' would be fine. Oh -- 'literature' has a 't' too many in the text. I used to have a few words credited to me in some 'online dictionary of neologisms', but I don't think it exists anymore. Dec-23-10    Domdaniel: O Nuklu Almost gone, Nuklu We note that In 2008 and 2009 The last few klus Had Christmas themes Think Santasiere b4 Ugo. We wonder why you Give free ad space To the competition O Nuklu. Dec-23-10    Open Defence: <I used to have a few words credited to me in some 'online dictionary of neologisms', but I don't think it exists anymore.> I've been called a few names in my time Dec-23-10    cro777: Yes, a typo. I envy you on brilliant English, always reading your posts with great pleasure (and learning a lot, of course). Dec-23-10    Domdaniel: "Yes, no, I mean maybe..." Negyesi M Orr vs S Knott, 1986 Dec-23-10    cro777: An elaborate description suits better. Thank you. Dec-23-10    Annie K.: <Improve>: "cotroversial" in Origin should be "controversial". ;) <Discuss>: Presenting Zhdanov with the claim to fame of having a term coined by him added to an encyclopedia, has got to be one of the least palatable ideas I've heard this year. :s Dec-23-10    cro777: Thanks, Annie. This is for the amusement of the World Team. Dec-23-10    Annie K.: That's ok then... ;) Dec-23-10    Domdaniel: < Presenting Zhdanov with the claim to fame of having a term coined by him added to an encyclopedia, has got to be one of the least palatable ideas I've heard this year> I agree. Best simply to shorten it: <"Originally used as a disparaging term for amateur players with chess engines, it was adopted as a badge of pride by one team ..."> Dec-23-10    cro777: ...the least palatable idea ever, but acceptable as a joke. Dec-23-10    Domdaniel: <Old Sayings and Proverbs I Shoulda Listened to ...> A watched pot never boils. (Welsh) A dog cannot watch two gates. (English) The day is never so holy that the pot refuses to boil. (Danish) To him who watches, everything reveals itself. (Italian) Watch even the road that is known to you. (Korean) Who watches not catches not. (Dutch) No medicine can cure a vulgar man. (Chinese) He who waits till an opportunity occurs may wait forever. (Roman) A man who wants bread is ready for anything. (French) He that has time has life. (English) In time, even a bear can be taught to dance. (Yiddish) Time marches on. (American) Wasting time is robbing oneself. (Estonian) Lords and fools speak freely. (Danish) It destroys the craft not to learn it. (Irish) Not always the pen, but the weapon writes the law. (Hungarian) If fortune turns against you, even jelly breaks your teeth. (Persian) One who is waiting thinks the time long. (Irish) First things first. (Japanese) First thing you learn is you always gotta wait. (Velvet Undergroundish) <John Stone, Routledge Book of World Proverbs> Let him who is without Stone cast the first sin. (Domestique) Dec-23-10    Eyal: <SPACEBAR MASTERS DEFINITION Spacebar Masters is a neologism denoting a bunch of chess amateurs using computers without a necessary strategic understanding of the game.> The term I like best for this species is Mig Greengard's <afritzionados>, even though it might be a bit dated - after all, most of them use Rybka, Houdini, or Stockfish rather than Fritz nowadays... [Reference for the OED: <Black got just enough play to liquidate the dangerous white b-pawn and, after some adventures, head to the fortress R vs Q draw I'd pointed out an hour earlier. It's always nice to stick it to the spectating afritzionados, who see their machines on +4 or something for the queen in a totally drawn position.> (http://www.chessninja.com/dailydirt...)] Dec-23-10    Domdaniel: Totally contradictory, natch. Also, there is a great amount of Irish and Yiddish wisdom concerning art, craft, scholarship, and the like. But Hungarians seem to dwell mainly on violence. The Dutch and the Danish are good to farm animals. Dec-23-10    Annie K.: <But Hungarians seem to dwell mainly on violence.> They have much experience with being on the conquered side, mainly. ;) Check your mail when you're done solving the klu... :) Dec-23-10    dakgootje: Well, turns out all my tries on cryptograms turned out to be useless after all for clue #61.. Otherwise Karpov vs Sax, 1983 would've been fairly suiting due to the GOTD-pun. Dec-23-10    Domdaniel: Missed it by less than a second. Was still live when I checked the preceding Amour game. Knew I shouldn't have gone through Amant first. Foiled again. Dec-23-10    Annie K.: I tried Amor and Amore (after GID 1505050), and Love, of course, but not Amour... :s Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 963) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 664 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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