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Apr-06-11
 | | OhioChessFan: Photographic evidence of a Chinese plant:
http://floridagardener.com/pom/Holm... |
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Apr-06-11
| | OhioChessFan: http://kimmco.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8... |
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Apr-06-11
 | | Domdaniel: <Ohio> (1) Heh. Of course all plants, vegetables, power stations, trolls, and indeed photons under the control of the People's Republic of China are state secrets. Persons with cameras will be deported and subsequently shot. (2) Well, they say old jokes are best. Chessically, I reckon the Bipolar Bear goes 1.f4 f5 2.g3 g6 etc. Nice find. |
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Apr-06-11
| | Domdaniel: This, for example: Lynda Roberts vs B Bejatovic, 2010 It seems fitting that Black wins. |
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Apr-06-11
 | | Annie K.: <Dom: <<Annie> A wise course. I think he listed you a few times -- with me, Jess, TD, and many others -- as members of a sinister cabal of intellectual snobs who were stalking him. I'd rather stalk a fly, personally. They're less predictable.> >Heh, yeah. I was aware of the times it mentioned me, since I regularly run kibitz searches for my name, as you know. ;) Always good for a smile, to be listed with good company. :p <That said, the probationer did exhibit some innaresting character traits. A bottomless pit of self-righteous anger (there's an entity named BAAM - the British Association of Anger Management - who seem to be aptly named) ... and in a way that's not typically trollish.I think that threw a few people, possibly including admins. Trolls, nordamericano style, behave in comprehensible ways. The probationer didn't conform: he insisted that he was the wronged party. And was so demented that I've been wary about discussing him since the incident, but hopefully the CG version of an ASBO will have some effect.> Yup - an interesting case study really (though the snippets that showed up with my name searches, plus the bits quoted by other people, were mostly sufficient material for me...). Not a troll, really: a genuine psycho. And one that occasionally actually attempted to *impersonate* a troll, at that; this being the weirdest part, probably. It was quite fascinating to observe his apparently compulsive habit of projection/reflection: whatever critical comments people would make about him, those would be the charges he would throw back at them, or at his next target. Made me almost think of an alien, or a very young child; as if he genuinely didn't know how to act in a social environment, and was earnestly using all available examples as guides to pattern his own behavior on. Bizarre. Eh, good riddance, anyway. I reckon "probation" means that his account hasn't been deleted, and/or his IP hasn't been blocked, but that he either <can't> post, or has just been warned not to post at all. |
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Apr-07-11
| | Domdaniel: <Annie> Yes, yes, yes. You've nailed it with even more than customary precision. A psycho mimicking a troll: exactly. Brilliant. Even weirder, the habit of re-using critical comments as weapons wasn't the only bit of recycling. He accused me of having been in jail, and then *defended* himself against similar accusations from others. Hmmmm. An alien, you say? A pod person? Wonder if anyone would go for a movie idea like 'The Stepford Hooligans', about a British slum where the football hooligans, thugs, muggers, junkies, and ASBO offenders have been replaced by androids ...? Nose and toes ... |
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Apr-08-11
| | Annie K.: <Even weirder, the habit of re-using critical comments as weapons wasn't the only bit of recycling. He accused me of having been in jail, and then *defended* himself against similar accusations from others.> Yes, that was the 'projection' part I was referring to (as opposed to the rest of the recycling phenomenon, which was all 'reflection'). I really suspect that he actually *had* been in jail, for a long time, and until recently. Mostly because... it would make everything else in his behavior MAKE SENSE, like the central piece of a jigsaw puzzle? Think about it - the social ineptness in normal society, the seemingly complete lack of perception of the abnormality of his own constant and unbridled anger and aggression, the shamelessly fawning attitude toward those he considered capable of helping him "establish" himself... and many other little mannerisms and details... would all just make a lot more sense with such a background. Therefore, it is, IMO, very likely to be true. |
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Apr-08-11
| | Annie K.: Back to our regular broadcast, ;) here's another chapter in the endless <How NOT to Play the French> series, from today. I haven't had time to play any blitz for some weeks, so feeling pretty rusty... [Event "FICS rated blitz game"]
[Date "2011.04.08"]
[White "AnnieK"]
[Black "NN"]
[WhiteElo "1479"]
[BlackElo "1273"]
[TimeControl "600+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. b4
Nge7 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Na4 Qd8 11. Nc5 Bxc5 12. bxc5 O-O 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bxf5
exf5 15. O-O Be6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qd2 Qa5 18. Qg5 Qd8 19. Qg3 Na5 20. Bg5
Qd7 21. Bf6 h6 22. Qh4 Kh7 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. Qxh6 1-0 |
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Apr-09-11
| | Annie K.: ...and another one... :s
[Event "FICS rated blitz game"]
[Date "2011.04.09"]
[White "AnnieK"]
[Black "NN"]
[WhiteElo "1485"]
[BlackElo "1438"]
[TimeControl "600+0"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxb4 8. cxb4
a5 9. b5 Nce7 10. a4 f6 11. Bd3 fxe5 12. dxe5 Nf5 13. O-O Bc5 14. Bxf5 exf5
15. Ng5 h6 16. Qh5+ Kd8 17. Nf7+ Kc7 18. Nxh8 Ne7 19. Nf7 Be8 20. Bf4 Qe6
21. Nd2 Bxf7 22. Qxf7 Qxf7 23. e6+ Bd6 24. Bxd6+ Kxd6 25. exf7 Rf8 26. Rad1
Rxf7 27. Nc4+ Kc5 28. Nxa5 Kb4 29. Nxb7 Kxa4 30. Ra1+ Kb4 31. Rfb1+ Kc4
32. Nd6+ 1-0 |
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Apr-09-11
| | Domdaniel: Ah, the ongoing saga of the Advance French. Here's one of mine: the most recent, actually. [Event "Cork masters op"]
[Site "Cork"]
[Date "2011.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "McCarthy, Gerry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Nbd2
cxd4 7.cxd4 (7. Nxd4) 7... Bb5 8.Qb3 Bxf1 9.Qxb6 axb6 10.Nxf1 Nc6 11.Bd2 Bb4 12.a3 Nge7 13.Rc1 Bxd2+ 14.N1xd2 Kd7 15.Ke2 f6 16.exf6 gxf6 17.Nb3 Rhg8 18.g3 Nf5 19.h3 Nd6 20.Rhd1 Ra4 21.Rc2 Rc4 22.Na1 Rxc2+
(22... Na5) 23.Nxc2 Ra8 24.Ne3 b5 25.g4 b4 1/2-1/2
Black has a slight advantage in the end, but actually winning would've been hard. Also, Peter and I have a series of draws going back to the 1980s and I saw no reason to break with tradition. My other French game was a more exciting affair, tearing apart a rare gambit line in the Winawer. But I may have to go back to opening 1.e3 as White. Currently I win or draw with Black and make insane sacrifices as White. Perhaps the opening doesn't matter, if that's my plan. |
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Apr-09-11
| | Annie K.: <Dom> interesting game - I don't think anybody ever tried that early Bd7-Bb5 maneuver against me... looks uncomfortable. Yeah, 7.Nxd4 may have been better, to prevent Bb5. Lessee the other game? :)
<But I may have to go back to opening 1.e3 as White.> 1.e3 is halfway to 1.e4... ;)
Come on, I think you'd be good with 1.e4. Why not try? :) |
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Apr-09-11
| | Domdaniel: < Why not try? :)>
Prob'ly my control-freakery. I hate the idea of the other player deciding whether it's to be a Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann, Pirc, etc.Of course multiple systems against 1.c4 and 1.Nf3 also exist, but fewer players use them systematically and there are more transposition options. Ackshully, I now do sometimes reach an e4 opening sideways, as it were. I've even played it on move 2. Just not on my first turn. ;) |
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Apr-09-11
| | Annie K.: Heh! :D |
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Apr-09-11
| | Domdaniel: My other French game follows. It's odd, when I don't exchange off the 'bad' French LSB in the opening, I often wind up inflicting serious damage with it. [Event "Cork masters op"]
[Site "Cork"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Larter, Nick"]
[Black "McCarthy, Gerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4
6.f3 (WRG - The Winckelmann-Riemer Gambit, advocated by Tim Harding. 6...
e5 is also good, but accepting the pawn with exf3 gives White a strong attack.) 6...c5 7.a4 (Novelty?) Nc6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.d5 exd5 10.Qxd5 Qe7 11.Bg5
f6 12.Be3 exf3 13.Qxf3 Nh6 14.Qh5+ Nf7 (14... Kd8!? 15. Qxc5 Re8 16.
Qxe7+ Rxe7 17. Kd2 Nf5 18. Bc5 Re5 19. Bf2)
15.Qxc5 Qe4 16.Nf3 b6 17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.Qd4 Qxc2 (18... Qe6 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Qf4 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 O-O is also good for Black) 19.O-O O-O 20.Qg4 Qe4 21.Bf4 Nh6! 22.Qh3!? (22.Qh4 Nf5 23.Qg4 Ne3
24.Qg3 Nxf1 25.Rxf1 Bxa4) 22... Qxf4 23. Nd4? (23. Qe6+ Nf7 24. Qxc6
Rac8 25. Qd7 Qc7) 23... Qd6 24.Rad1 Rfe8 25.Kh1 Rad8 26.Qd3 Ng4 27.Qh3 Bd7 (27... Ne3) 28.Qh5 Ne3 29.Nf5 Qc6 (29... Qe5) 30.Nxe3 Rxe3 31.Rd4
Rde8 32.Qh4 Bh3 33. Rg1 Bxg2+
(mate in 2.) 0-1 |
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Apr-09-11
| | Domdaniel: I might get around to some positions I managed to *lose* next. They say it does one good. |
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Apr-09-11
| | Annie K.: There ain't no such thing as a 'bad' Bishop. ;)
Well, there is... in the endgame, if you've somehow managed to lock it in completely, behind permanently blocked pawns for example. :s But not in the opening. Nice game - White doesn't seem to have a clue about what he's supposed to be doing here, but Black still needs to be better off in that department in order to cash in the point. :) |
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Apr-10-11
| | Annie K.: Take two:
<Dom: << Why not try? :)>
Prob'ly my control-freakery. I hate the idea of the other player deciding whether it's to be a Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann, Pirc, etc.>> I don't mind letting'em decide. I just concentrate on proceeding to try and make them regret whatever they decided. ;p |
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Apr-12-11
| | Domdaniel: Je ne regrette rien. But that's as likely to be my dysfunctional regret circuit as it is anything noble or profound. Speaking of dysfunction, it was alleged - yet again - during the recent kerfuffle that I am deliberately cryptic, obscurantist, and impossible to understand. The latter is quite false, as several of you know. However ... I must point out that I am not addicted to obscurity for its own sake. I just think it's a useful trick to have in your repertoire: being able to shift register is a vital resource in modern communications. Or non-comms, as the case may be. And I'm perfectly capable of speaking fluent Simplistic. Obviously, since it's what most people speak, I use it every day. One wouldn't want to be one of those nutters stuck in a private argot, would one? I like to switch codes between AS (American Simplistic) and BS (British Simplistic), though I have to admit that BS comes more naturally. I've *tried* the Irish version, Hiberno-English Simplistic (HES), but it probably doesn't exist. Every utterance in Irish-English has several layers of meaning, like a Magritte painting of an onion described by James Joyce. Imagine you are playing in a chess tournament, and the person standing next to you says "Look at your man". In AS this is a straight warning that you've left a piece en prise. In BS, it may insinuate that you should examine a private part of your anatomy as soon as you get the chance (if you happen to be male, that is - the resonances are different if you're female, though you may need to think about divorce). But in HES, "Look at your man" tells you that the GM leading the event has just drunkenly blundered his Queen and is cringing with mortification. |
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Apr-12-11
| | Domdaniel: From the aimlessly entertaining verbosity of the preceding post, it may be inferred that I have to write an article today, for money, and a typical deadline crisis - une crise de la ligne morte - is looming. So naturally I come here and waffle instead. Beats going to the word gym. |
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| Apr-12-11 | | hms123: <Dom> I find you completely comprehensible--those opposable thumbs come in handy in any version of Simplistic. Further, I agree on the obvious need to be able to communicate in public places in ways that are obscure to the non-cognescenti (which often includes me). It is more fun that way as well. Start writing. |
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Apr-12-11
| | Annie K.: <Dom: <Je ne regrette rien.>> I wasn't talking about you, Monsieur Piaf. ;)
Is your homework done yet? |
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Apr-12-11
| | Domdaniel: <hms> Thanks *a lot*. Now I'll spend the rest of the day opposing my thumbs and going 'ooooh!'. <Annie> Nope, not yet. Plus I just found out that the point at which I start being late is somewhat earlier than I'd hoped. These daily organs, yanno. Churn, churn. |
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Apr-12-11
| | Annie K.: <Dom> "ooooh!" may be overly sophisticated, at that. I believe the common pronunciation is simply 'Oooo!'. <Plus I just found out that the point at which I start being late is somewhat earlier than I'd hoped.> Ouch. Uh, this isn't still the same article you told me about, is it? |
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Apr-12-11
| | Annie K.: *... somewhere, a whooshing sound...*
Um, sorry? ;) |
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Apr-13-11
| | Domdaniel: Whoooosh? Not quite. Though I'm not used to these daily papers, with their odd notion that you can see something on Monday, write it up on Tuesday, file it Wednesday and run it Thursday. Where's my thinking time? So on Monday I toured an old church turned arts centre, interviewed a few people about it, etc. Yesterday I did nothing. Today I got up, wrote 1300 words in two hours, and sent it off at 10.56am. I was told that 11.00 might be getting late-ish. No probs. |
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