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Aug-31-08
 | | Domdaniel: PS. What's 'disproportionate' about it? *Bankers* have disproportionate amounts of money thrown at 'em. What you do is positively heroic by comparison. I'll prepare an anti-Rat for Galway, shall I? We may not meet over the board but we can dine well ... |
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| Aug-31-08 | | mack: <What you do is positively heroic by comparison.> What, nothing? Yes, I guess you're right.
<I'll prepare an anti-Rat for Galway, shall I?> Oh, do. Just looked at the sections and it seems like I should probably enter the misleadingly titled 'Masters' -- the current ECF/ELO conversion rate puts me at about 1870. We may or may not meet but there's a good chance eh - especially if we both 'deliberately' lose all of our games until we're the only ones left on 0. |
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| Sep-01-08 | | Boomie: <jessicafischerqueen> Did you have a good vacation? Did Dayglo survive in your absence? Gotta love that Summer that never was. We get those about every 10 years. You probably enjoyed the cool, Northwesty weather. Hal are you doing? I'm afraid I can't let you make that move, Dave. It might jeopardize the mission. I have complete confidence in the mission. All of my operating parameters are 5 by 5. Would you like to hear me sing? "Daisy. Daisy. Give me your answer, do." My name is Herr Fritz. You will obey me or suffer the punishment of hearing my voice. You can turn that nattering nabob off in Tools/Options. You might want to wait til you hear all his jokes, though. He is a laff riot. He even does the dead parrot routine. To analyze a game, I hit the Infinite Analysis button which is the one with a microscope or use Engine/Infinite Analysis. You can then move around the game score and play new moves on the board to create variations. Tools/Analysis gives other ways to analyze. Right click on the game score to enter comments. Ctrl-C copies the whole shebang in PGN format. FAQ = Furbearing Autonomous Queen? Forte Alto Queef?
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| Sep-01-08 | | Red October: can one get a PhD in chess, perhaps in Pawn Endings say ? I can set up a few positions, prove they are won, lost, drawn... I say you dont *have* to discover anything new to get a PhD right ? maybe just prove that the Sicilian Defence leads to a backward d pawn ? perhaps ? |
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| Sep-01-08 | | hms123: <RO> It is clear that the Sicilian has been refuted by the mere existence of the backward pawn at d6. All those GM's who play the Sicilian are fools. Those GM's who lose to it despite its obvious positional failings must be on the take. Oh yes, doubled pawns are evil and have no redeeming social value, and thus no place on the chessboard. If it weren't for wine made from the Nero d'Avola grape on Sicily, there would be no point in its further existence either. Hic,
hms |
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| Sep-01-08 | | Open Defence: so then the only defence that avoids doubled pawns a la the Ruy Lopez and a backward d6 pawn a la the Sicilian... is THE PETROFF!!! KRAMNIK IS A GENIUS!!!! |
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| Sep-01-08 | | hms123: <OD> Thanks for helping <RO> see the light. It is not easy having to do all this work myself. I do hope all is well in your part of the world. Water, water, everywhere... Yours,
Poseidon |
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Sep-01-08
| | Domdaniel: <Reddi> I know people who've done PhDs in chess *history*. Historians don't have to discover anything new - they're doing well if they discover something old. |
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| Sep-01-08 | | mack: <Historians don't have to discover anything new - they're doing well if they discover something old.> I was about to get indignant then, before I realised you were right... |
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| Sep-01-08 | | mack: But then, that's all ancient history now. |
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Sep-01-08
| | Domdaniel: Wot, air under ze bridge? |
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Sep-01-08
 | | jessicafischerqueen: OH NO!
Yes, it's another <Frankfort School Pop Quiz>! Distinguish accurately between the following terms:
history
historicity
historical city
historiography
photography
ahistorical
bhistorical
chistorical
A fresh steaming <sauerbrauten> goes out in the first post to the lucky wiener. |
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| Sep-01-08 | | chessmoron: history-chronological record of events
historicity -facts, baby
historical city--a city that is special in history.
historiography-history that is written in a scholarly way photography-art of pictures
ahistorical-crap history with no evidence
bhistorical-bisexual history.*
chistorical-Christian history*
*I made that up. ;D
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Sep-02-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: *scranton* |
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| Sep-02-08 | | Boomie: <jessicafischerqueen: *scranton*> Remember. *scranton* spelled backwards is "not narcs" so we're all safe there. |
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| Sep-02-08 | | achieve: <Friends>
I read and enjoyed all of your posts and replied to them all. I'm just <not> cleaning house to keep <chess analysis> on the "front page"-- So feel free to continue posting here anytime on any topic. The Management
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I miss the chess-stuff-on-the-front-page a tiny iddy biddy... And to finish OFF my post, I'd like to try a bashful, dawdling [hang on...] whoopaaa
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| Sep-02-08 | | Red October: Hi <achieve> hope you open up the <Euwe center> again soon :) |
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| Sep-02-08 | | achieve: Hi <Reffie>! "It" will open once the WORLD (read: The Boss) might wanna use it to topple Nickel. ;) |
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| Sep-02-08 | | Red October: btw are you a beer fan ? |
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| Sep-02-08 | | achieve: Haven't had one in months! |
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Sep-02-08
| | Domdaniel: <Jess> ZOO! Eight and a half thieves falling out of a suitcase! Tulse Luper eats Prospero's books! A Zee and two ohhhhs! Ohhhh. Ohhhh. Greenaway is magic.
(10/10 for <chessmoron>, btw - I always thought 'chistorical' referred to the island of Chisto Rico ... it got sunk by a nude German named Gustav, I heard ...) |
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| Sep-03-08 | | Open Defence: <Jess> a cracker of a game Aronian vs Carlsen, 2008
in the English Opening, though none of the Players are English.... Good Afternoon.... |
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| Sep-03-08 | | Boomie: Jessica Fletcher Queen - Chess Detective. They're dropping like pawns in Cabot Cove. |
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| Sep-04-08 | | Boomie: Irrelevant Jeopardy quiz of the week.
Category - Movie Title Meanings
Answer - 8 1/2
Remember your response must be in the form of a question. The first winning response receives a front row, center seat ticket to the WC match at CG next to Jessie's popcorn. |
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| Sep-04-08 | | notyetagm: Karjakin vs Gelfand, 2008 White to play: 87 ?
click for larger viewHere in a blitz game Karjakin missed a stunning winning move, 87 ♕e5-h5+!!. 87 ♕e5-h5+!! <decoy into skewer, pin-breaking>
click for larger viewThe point is the nasty <SKEWER> 87 ... ♕h4x♕h5 88 e7-e8=♕+. 87 ... ♕h4x♕h5 88 e7-e8=♕+ <skewer>
click for larger viewWow, what a away to win! This example will clearly make the next edition of Van Perlo's book on endgame tactics. A *great* example that you need to <FORCE YOUR OPPONENT TO LINE UP HIS PIECES>. |
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