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| Jun-14-08 | | achieve: Dang it, am I glad to see you again!!!
But for ... |
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Jun-14-08
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| Jun-14-08 | | achieve: Geez Jess, you must have been frightfully busy!
I already planned to send you an "investigative" email, and with Branko away for two weeks already... Then things can get difficult. Thanks for that clip. I'll check it out soon.
~lol~
My best,
- Bill |
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Jun-14-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: Niels did you try mailing a 'real' letter to Branko? Or phoning him?
Unless I'm remembering wrong, you have his "real" contact info, no? I hope he resurfaces soon.... I will remain postive in my thoughts and prayers about him, as per the last few times he took a longish break... Here is the "clip" challenge-- I say you can't listen to it without weeping.. Prove me wrong!! |
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| Jun-14-08 | | achieve: Jess. No haven't sent him a snail maill letter... I just expected to maybe see him back every day... As I recall Branko has no phone (good ploy, although sometimes it's a handy apparatus) so I will write him a letter. There is a chance he went for a routine periodical med check and was advised to get more rest... But now I'm speculating. Going in for the clip now and cry my eyeballs out.
heh |
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| Jun-14-08 | | Trigonometrist: Hey <jess>..
Just posted a message for you at <dom>'s forum.. Good to see you again.. |
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| Jun-14-08 | | ravel5184: <jessicafischerqueen> Did you think I hadn't already looked at <notyetagm>'s collections? |
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| Jun-14-08 | | ravel5184: P.S. It's <<<<<5184>>>>>, if you don't mind. 5184 is (2^3 x 3^2)^2, or 8 x 9 x 8 x 9. |
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| Jun-14-08 | | Red October: Come gather 'round people
at the Chess Board
Its Bobby playin Tal Blitz dont you know
Bobby grabs the pawn it's 1.e4
Tal counters with c5 the crowd is on fire
oh the pawns they are exchangin.....
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| Jun-14-08 | | minasina: Get Up Stand Up Comedienne, stand up for your rights. History lesson number 4: How the Finns learned <Ballroom Blitz> http://youtube.com/watch?v=U-0OgH4v... |
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Jun-15-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <ravel5184>
Hey man check out this forum:
Domdaniel chessforum
It's called <Frogspawn> and it has some very talented chessplayers and mathemeticians. We hang out there a lot. It also has many puns and incomprehensible bits of Irish-Dutch storytelling. And, of course, there's sport. |
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Jun-15-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: Heh thanks <HMS Defiance> Happy <going all out with the chess folk song lyrics> week!! And, of course, there'll be sport. And General Mao Tse Dung Kung Pao Chicken. kokomo. |
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Jun-15-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <mina>
HAHAHAHAAHA
HEH
Yeps I saw that one before. Someone posted it at <CG.com> a few months ago. Was it you?
Brilliant. |
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| Jun-15-08 | | Boomie: <Jessie: Morphette of the I've had enough of this nonsense.> Good morning. ;->
Admit it. You'll never get enough nonsense.
Perhaps you should offer your services to The Great Leader. I hear he pays well and offers unique fringe benefits. You'll be a free woman soon. Any grandiose plans for the Summer? Still coming to the Great Northwest? Perhaps I could visit the Vancouver Chess Club so we could poke fun in person. That and form a search party for Brankat. |
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Jun-16-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: quack! |
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| Jun-16-08 | | Trigonometrist: <jess>
I see the same quack appeared on <dom>'s forum... |
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| Jun-16-08 | | Blako: < quack!> You speak almost my language, Ms. Sass Quatch woman! (Me canary, but almost duck) |
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| Jun-16-08 | | notyetagm: Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986 White to play after 8 ... ♘e4x♘c3:
click for larger viewKasparov (Black) has just captured the <PINNED> White c3-knight with 8 ... ♘e4x♘c3. To a beginner it would appear that Black has just won material. But Karpov (White) has a neat and thematic resource in this position. When Black played 8 ... ♘e4x♘c3 with the support of his <UNDEFENDED> Black a5-queen, he <LINED UP> his Black knight with his <UNDEFENDED> Black a5-queen. <<<Whenever you see two pieces of the same color on a file or a diagonal, you should be thinking <PIN(!)> (Weteschnik).>>> So Karpov (White) plays 9 ♕d1-d2!, <PINNING> the Black c3-kight to the <UNDEFENDED> Black a5-queen, not losing any material at all. Position after 9 ♕d1-d2!
click for larger view<WETESCHNIK ON PINS> -- Every undefended piece (<UNDEFENDED> Black a5-queen) is a potential candidate for a pin -- Two pieces of the same color (Black c3-knight, <UNDEFENDED> Black a5-queen) on a file or diagonal (a5-e1 diagonal) should be considered as pinned -- Every attacked piece of yours (Black c3-knight by White b2-pawn) standing in front of another of your pieces (<UNDEFENDED> Black a5-queen) must be regarded as pinned |
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| Jun-17-08 | | achieve: <Jess> An EMU found its way to your nest. THAT'S RIGHT!!
You heard it here first (I assume..)
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| Jun-17-08 | | notyetagm: Kramnik vs Aronian, 2007 This upcoming tactical shot by Kramnik is one of my all-time favorite <PETITE COMBINAISON>. White to play: 28 ?
click for larger viewHere Kramnik (White) played the magnificent 28 ♗b3xe6+!, a 2700-level version of the old <EXCHANGE ON THE PINNING SQUARE> idea. Position after 28 ♗b3xe6+!
click for larger viewAnd then there follow 28 ... ♕g4x♗e6 29 ♕c2-b3!, <PINNING> the Black e6-queen to the Black g8-king (<PINS AGAINST THE KING>) and revealing exactly why Kramnik played 26 ♕e2-c2! in the first place. Position after 28 ... ♕g4x♗e6 29 ♕c2-b3!
click for larger viewKramnik's brilliant tactical point is that the <COMPLETELY PINNED> Black e6-queen can <DEFEND> neither the Black h3-knight nor the Black d6-bishop. <<<So both of Black's minor pieces are hanging (<EN PRISE>)!!!>>> This tactical nuance allows Kramnik to regain his sacrificed bishop, gaining a pawn in the process. A -TREMENDOUS- example of tactical play by Kramnik.
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| Jun-18-08 | | WBP: Hi <Jess>!!!
Hope you're doing well. How's the school situation? I saw <Eyal's> remarks about the 13th--any word yet? I was looking for Skookim and thought I'd find some of them here. Guess not. Best, Rene D.
Donald Pleasance rocks! |
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| Jun-18-08 | | Ragh: <JFQuennedy> Congrats on being the first human being for hitting 400 pages in a chessforum! |
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| Jun-18-08 | | Eyal: Actually, I believe <Emperoratahualpa>'s forum already got there about two years ago, but it's been closed for quite a while... Still, an achievement of epic proportions without doubt! @@@
<Feb-09-07 jessicafischerqueen: Hello everyone I got my own forum now!! So I won't be spamming everyone elses!!!!wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee>
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| Jun-19-08 | | edda zeitz: <Kurosawa>
Have you seen his late movie "Yume" (Kurosawa's Dreams)?
There is a marvellous sequence "The wedding of foxes". |
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| Jun-19-08 | | Eyal: "Sunshine through the Rain"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGhq...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHus...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6-2...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIJB... |
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