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 889 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-09-14    Domdaniel: Terribly nice of you, <moronovich> ... but I do *not* need cheering up. I am quite cheered up enough as things are. Any more cheering up and I'll break down. Jan-09-14    Domdaniel: <Jess> Ah yes, indeed, <The Van> ... a fine Stephen Frears movie, set in Dublin. I probably interviewed Frears and the van and the guy from Star Trek... and yes, I am actually a fully qualified Saint. Jan-11-14    Domdaniel: <Jess> Thanx ... but *my* national ant-thing is "Antarctica Starts Here" ... all songs from north of the Antarctic circle are enemy propaganda. "Her schoolhouse mind has windows now Where handsome creatures come to watch The anaesthetic wearing off Antarctica starts here." Jan-12-14    Domdaniel: A fatal stabbing in Dublin has been linked by police to a dispute over a game of chess: http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0112/49... This is a dangerous hobby, people. Jan-12-14    Domdaniel: <Garda sources say that the pair were playing chess when one of the men attempted to move his king. That led to a dispute over the movement of the piece. The victim was then bludgeoned with a dumbell, before being stabbed.> I can understand people killing one another over the en passant rule, or the Knight's move. But the King? Must have been in check, I guess... The moral: never play chess in the presence of dumbells. Jan-12-14    Annie K.: But what was the position, and who was right about that move? Reporters can never get the most important facts straight. :s Jan-12-14    OhioChessFan: Oh, dear. So far the 2 funniest candidates are voteless. Jan-12-14    OhioChessFan: And as I typed that, you got one! Jan-12-14    Domdaniel: <Elvis> Apologies to the *real* King... Jan-12-14    Domdaniel: ... though he wasn't exactly a bad mover... Jan-12-14    OhioChessFan: I've always thought the funniest kibitzer should be.......you know.....funny. And every year.....anyway. And it appears to be happening again. What exactly am I missing? Jan-12-14    Domdaniel: I am reminded (don't ask why!) of the words of the late Viv Stanshall, playing Sir Henry Rawlinson ... "You're supposed to *love* me, you vile jelly! Take that!" (Thwack!) Fortunately, Henry hit him with the soft end of the pistol... Jan-12-14    Annie K.: <Ohio: <What exactly am I missing?>> Residual Pavlovian training. More interesting to note who are finally getting over it... <Dom> heh. :) Jan-12-14    OhioChessFan: This bothers me every year and every year I type out a post or 10 about it and delete all of them. This year I thought I'd change the karma and leave the posts. And it's happening again. Seriously?! Jan-12-14    OhioChessFan: Bondage. James Bondage. Jan-12-14    Domdaniel: <Ohio> I know, I know. Something is very wrong. Is it a kind of cosmic inertia? Whatever has happened before is more likely to happen again? Or is it a self-fulfilling prophecy? Incidentally, I reckon that the current Caissar system offers a premium to those who pick up early votes in each category -- later voters might not be sure of the contenders, and some will just copy what they've seen. I'm not really complaining, as a couple of my earlier votes turned out to be winners. Jan-12-14    Domdaniel: <Ohio> As you've probably noticed, it's not just the likely winner ... at least two of those in runner-up positions aren't funny either. There, I said it. Jan-12-14    OhioChessFan: One of the runnerups isn't remotely funny. I really don't get it. Jan-12-14    Domdaniel: I don't get it either. Unless ... maybe everyone else has a <sense Yuma>, and we don't ...? Nah, I don't buy it. Jan-12-14    OhioChessFan: On a related note, last year I emailed one of my correspondents and asked about their vote, whereupon they admitted their candidate wasn't funny but it would mean a lot to him to win. I sort of want to ask all the other people "What exactly do you find funny in him?" Next year I'm just closing my eyes. Maybe you can close your eye. Maybe this is all unsporting, but your forum is hidden from new kibitzing after all, and I do hope it's not found out I'm whining here. <The moral: never play chess in the presence of dumbells.> Rhymes with bumbles maybe? Jan-13-14    SwitchingQuylthulg: <OhioChessFan: One of the runnerups isn't remotely funny. I really don't get it.> There are people who can make their fellow kibitzers smile and laugh by borrowing from joke books and internet humor sites, and there are people who can make their fellow kibitzers smile and laugh because they have an actual sense of humor. A few members seem to be unable to tell the difference, or don't care about it; not that surprising, really. Jan-13-14    Domdaniel: That 'chess killing' in Dublin gets weirder: now certain media outlets are reporting a cannibalism angle, which clearly trumps chess on the tabloid weirdness scale. The man charged with the killing is from Sicily, which may point to the opening used. Jan-13-14    Domdaniel: <Switch> Internet *humor*? Who knew? Jan-14-14    MarkFinan: <Yet, even so, I don't think that Ray should be demonized. He has done good things and bad things. Who hasn't?> From Karpova forum. Too bloody right, and thank god for some sense that I call "working class sense". Common sense. Jan-14-14    Domdaniel: <Mark> Yeah ... he may be a Penguin, but he's not an Evil Super-Villain. Well, not *completely*... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 963) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 889 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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