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 915 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-15-15    Domdaniel: <achieve> It's those damn gremlins, led by Ignatius the Leprechaun. They like to mess with ignore lists. Glad it's fixed now. Jan-15-15    Domdaniel: Bertolucci Syndrome strikes ... it seems I've won the profile Caissar again, for substantially the same text as last year. You wouldn't get away with having the same entry in the Oscars or the Booker Prize for two years running. But I'm pleased. And I'll write a new one soon... maybe. Jan-15-15    Domdaniel: <Pulo y Gata> Sadly, I lost the score of the Miles game years ago. I remember it began as a French, and finished up with my Queen against his Rook, Bishop and Knight. I thought I was going to lose, but he offered a draw. I'd have liked to see what engines made of it, but engines weren't too good back then. The Short game is here: Short vs G McCarthy, 2011 Jan-15-15    OhioChessFan: <Bertolucci Syndrome strikes ... it seems I've won the profile Caissar again, for substantially the same text as last year. You wouldn't get away with having the same entry in the Oscars or the Booker Prize for two years running.> At least you were worthy the first time around. Just saying. Jan-15-15    Domdaniel: <Ohio> I'll take that as the compliment that I think it is. Jan-15-15    Annie K.: It's an as-opposed-to thing. ;p And a compliment. :) <Carpe diem> heh Jan-15-15    Domdaniel: <A> I thought an as-opposed-to thing was a *complement* ... though, as always, I'm open to correction. ;-) Jan-15-15    Domdaniel: <Annie> btw, Have you read anything by Neil Gaiman? I'm reading his 'American Gods' -- which is superb. Jan-15-15    Annie K.: Nah, complement works ok for me. So a complimentary complement, or a complementary compliment then. :) Haven't read anything by Gaiman yet - I think I have here somewhere a book he co-wrote with Pratchett, but I haven't read it yet. I *have* read some Jasper Fforde you recommended a few years ago, on the other hand, and he is very, very funny. :) Jan-15-15    Domdaniel: <A> Yeah, Fforde is seriously funny. Light, but funny ... and inventive. Gaiman is darker, and writes beautifully. Reminds me, in some ways, of Iain Banks. As I've read pretty much everything by Banks, I'm happy that there are several Gaiman novels ahead of me. Jan-16-15    Pulo y Gata: First, congratulations! You really have a good read of a profile. As for winning an award twice, you have outshone Romain Gary. He's the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice, once in '56 (I've read his The Roots of Heaven, great read.) and another in '75. He used Émile Ajar to win the last one. My point: You are above such trickery, sticking to <Domdaniel> and still grabbing the Caissars! Seriously, congratulations. I've read American Gods, I thought it was wonderfully thought out. I've read Stardust and Smokes and Mirrors, too. As for Fforde and Banks, I've read good words from friends, but I haven't found the time - alas! Will look at your game with GM Short when I have enough time. Thanks for sharing. Jan-17-15    FSR: Glad you liked my article. You might also enjoy this article of mine, which like First-move advantage in chess was Today's Featured Article on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg.... I also am fond of the non-award-winning http://bit.ly/1mlK6rR. Jan-18-15    Domdaniel: <FSR> Thanks -- excellent stuff. Brilliantly researched and very well written ... but also with something extra, touching on ideas and themes that reach beyond the nominal title of the articles. Jan-18-15    Pulo y Gata: <Domdaniel> What a complicated struggle your game with Short was! I can't say I understand much of it, lol. I don't know the theory of that line; and I don't understand the finish and why it is a draw: Rxh6-gxh6. Will look at it again when I have more time. What a game! Jan-19-15    FSR: <Domdaniel> Thank you. My cheeks are crimson, as Larry Evans once said. :-) Jan-19-15    Domdaniel: <Pulo y Gata> It wasn't a draw, unfortunately. I lost. But thanks for the comments. Jan-19-15    Pulo y Gata: Opps, sorry about that <Domdaniel>. I got confused about the draw with Miles and did not even bother looking closely at the game score. That's embarrasing of me. Jan-24-15    Domdaniel: Now reading: <Anansi Boys> by Neil Gaiman, a semi-follow-up (though not really a sequel) to American Gods. Good stuff. Though this one reminds me of Douglas Adams rather than Iain Banks. I see, incidentally, that American Gods was completed less than 20 miles from where I live. I wonder if there's something in the water? Jan-24-15    Domdaniel: A dubious, albeit accurate, statistic: every day, about 5000 people in the world will experience some event with odds of a million-to-one against... Jan-24-15    Annie K.: That sounds Adamsian too. ;) Jan-24-15    parmetd: Dom, I am sorry to read about the loss of your chess book collection to a house fire. I have a fair number of duplicate books that I'd give to you. I have been struggling what to do with them as I seek to declutter in preparation for a move. Jan-24-15    Domdaniel: <parmetd> If you can spare some books, I'd really appreciate it. My house, fortunately, was insured - but the insurance money went on important stuff like repairs, not trivia such as chess books. As luck would have it, the fire started in a room where, earlier that day, I'd assembled my chess books and scoresheets with a view to sorting them all out. Well, I guess they got sorted all right... Strangely, I now find myself with several books on strategy and middlegames, but very few on openings or endgames, and hardly any game collections. If you can help I'll gladly contribute postage, though I'm not too well off right now... I had to stop working for a time after the fire. Jan-24-15    parmetd: Great Dom, I will email you. Jan-24-15    Domdaniel: <parmetd> Excellent, thanks. Decluttering is a good idea -- as long as you don't do it the way I did! Jan-24-15    Domdaniel: <A> Uh, one, two, three, done. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 963) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 915 OF 963 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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