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 666 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-24-10    SwitchingQuylthulg: <MostlyAverageJoe> Ouch... ...but thanks for prompting me to finally find, after a couple decades of overlooking, that <my> trusty program is actually capable of non-case-sensitive queries. :-) Dec-24-10    Domdaniel: <MAJ> and <Quythulg> I feel much better now. I'm in the same *zone* as you two, and I do it the hard way. Thanks. Dec-24-10    Domdaniel: Did it again. That should read <MAJ> and <Quylthulg>, of course. I *can* spell it, but that first 'l' keeps escaping. Dec-24-10    Domdaniel: <twinlark> Thanks, mate. You on the beach with the bonzer sheilas, tinnies of vino and the roast roo? Dec-24-10    Domdaniel: <MAJ> - <Proper way to handle improper cell phone calls> Heh. That's one way. Another - in the situation I described - would be to grab the thing and do as much *spoilage* as possible ... "Hi Dave, a critic person here, your listeners will want to know that this time Arnie is a good robot, reprogrammed to protect the kid ... and when they meet, don't be fooled ..." Click. Might hurt the box office though. Dec-24-10    Domdaniel: Eh? Those two *still* unarrived? Bizarre. I just got my 'Christmas' so-called shopping done ... Dec-24-10    Annie K.: Shopping? ;) Good morning, or whatever it is. ;p Dec-24-10    Domdaniel: Well, I suppose you could call it shopping. Two prezzies for me, one for everybody else. Which is a small list, this year, as the ice and snow deters visitors. Dec-24-10    crawfb5: Kidnapping Santy Claws Chopping him to bits... Oh, wait, you said <shopping>... Nevermind... Dec-24-10    Annie K.: <Dom> good weather, eh? ;) The statistical distribution is very good, also. :) <craw> thassokay, it's the thought that counts... :D Dec-24-10    Domdaniel: < morning, or whatever it is> I can see the last rays of December 24th sunshine reflected on the roof of the house opposite. And the taxi that brought me home nearly didn't make it up the hill to the West Wing. Does that summarize the aesthetic geophysics of the situation to yer satisfaction, dear? Dec-24-10    Annie K.: Quite clearly, thx. :) You can has central heating? Dec-24-10    Domdaniel: < central heating?> Yeah, but it's in shock. So I'm sitting 15 inches away from a big electric heater as well. Dec-24-10    Domdaniel: These old mansions, yanno. Impossible to really cold-proof 'em without a herd of servants throwing faggots on the fires. Dec-24-10    Annie K.: Heh. I get ya... electric heaters are gud. Trivia fact - Israel has no central heating. Of course there's no need for it, either. ;) Dec-24-10    Travis Bickle: Domdaniel, sorry I offended you by sending you that Christmas song, would you please delete it. Thanks Dec-24-10    Domdaniel: <Trav> Heh, certainly not. I might even listen to it again now. Thanks, and have a good Christmas. Elves! Dec-24-10    Domdaniel: Trivia? Ireland has no air-conditioning. Well, apart from a few corporate offices, and they're just showing off. No extremes here. Usually. Dec-24-10    Domdaniel: <Annie> You're expert an divining the words/intentions of CG. You reckon 'the end of Dec 245h' is, um, 23:59 Florida time, or when? Dec-24-10    Annie K.: Hmm... I'd guess one may pop up any time within the next two hours or so, and the last one no later than 9-10pm EST, but may be much earlier. No guarantees, no warranty, no refunds, also no ballistic expired groceries plz. ;p Dec-24-10    Annie K.: Santa Claus <chessgames.com: <<I'm going to create a <sockpuppet> account> The elves keep an eye out for that kind of thing. Don't end up on Santa's "naughty" list.>> Just providing an opportunity to put your current favorite refrain to use... ;) Dec-24-10    Domdaniel: Coupla years back, I posted a link to a song (Guts, by John Cale) that featured a certain fword once. Admittedly in the first line. And *they* made it vanish. I think it happens if somebody complains. I spent an amusing hour or so last night with other Idle and Palin stuff. I'd forgotten how hilarious 'Every Sperm is Sacred' is ... 'Ere, mate, can you get that on The National Elf...? Dec-24-10    MostlyAverageJoe: <Domdaniel: <MAJ> and <Quythulg> I feel much better now. I'm in the same *zone* as you two, and I do it the hard way. Thanks.> Most of mine (9 out of 13), I did the hard way, too, as they were not suitable for computer aid: 2007: #53 2008: #15, #20, #23, #28 (btw, I am not sure how #7 could have been done without computer aid for pattern searching). 2009: #13, #17 2010: #24, #34 For #24, I did have to get a couple letters right before looking for the matching names. But I also pulled a TD on that one (somehow I was convinced that the second word had 5 letters, and picked the letter 'i' from 'first' as in 'first-born' instead of 'i' from 'hirsute' :-). Pulling a TD may be not a 'hard' way, but is certainly a 'normal way', IMO:-) And #34 (stealing the idea from <OCF>) definitely does not qualifies as computer-aided, either. And I'd have gotten #44 too -- googling does qualify as hard way, right? Most of the ones that are suitable for database searches disappear rather quickly -- so there is where the search efficiency ("several minutes" reported by <SwitchingQuylthulg> for CQL -- vs about 7 seconds for my custom code) makes a difference. This year, I saw only the three suitable ones that I got and the Tsagan, which I missed; all the others came and went while I was offline or too busy to pay attention. Dec-24-10    Domdaniel: <MAJ> I concede I'm not a total luddite - Chessbase helped me to find 'Sunjaikin' two years ago, when I knew the start of the name. But, um, you're only showing what I keep telling you. You *are* very good at this, even without the superfast searches. I've missed 2 certainly, and possibly a 3rd, by less than a second this year. Down to micro-decisions like which direction to check through a list of games ... Another record -- you're the only person to win a physical object in each of the 4 years. I'd forgotten about the DVD set that first time... Dec-24-10    MostlyAverageJoe: <TravisBickle> For posting the URL to that song you did, you deserve this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbVC... Happy Christmas, everyone! Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 963) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 666 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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