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| Oct-03-08 | | klangenfarben: <hms123: <jess> here's the link again; http://www.chesscafe.com/Reviews/bo...;: While the link is live, I should mention that the first volume, advertised on the right-hand column, is highly-regarded by my long-time bookseller and award-winning chess journalist Fred Wilson. I soon found myself agreeing eagerly, and everyone's amused by the completely unnecessary blonde. You can bet your booty this new volume will be on my shelf come Halloween (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/dead...). |
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| Oct-03-08 | | hms123: <Jaessica> I thought JC spoke proper English--sort of like Jeeves of P. G. Wodehouse fame. Best,
Bertie |
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| Oct-03-08 | | just a kid: I got a tournament tomorrow.I'm not sure what I want to play for openings though. |
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Oct-03-08
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <just a kid>
Remember all that advice <Woody Wood Pusher> gave you last week about openings? I think you would do well to listen to him.
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| Oct-03-08 | | just a kid: I might be able to get My system soon. |
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| Oct-03-08 | | just a kid: Did you see the continuation to my Caro-Kann game I posted in WWP'S forum? |
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Oct-03-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <just a kid>
"just a suggestion"....
As you can tell, everybody here is very happy your are so active in chess, and active at CG.com. People are more than happy to help you, play games with you, and analyze your games as well. Here is a hint-- When you post a question, and someone answers, try to respond to the person- respond to what the person actually said-- at some point. this makes a "two way" conversation--
I understand that you post information in forums with lots of traffic in them-- that's a good idea and you are welcome in my forum any time. It would "just be nice" if you made a bit more of an effort to respond to the responses you get from others. Also, in <Boomie's> forum, there is a game posted by <Niels> in which he managed to beat <Rybka>. Why not have a look at it and help others analyze their triumphs as well? "Just a suggestion" |
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Oct-04-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <hms123: <Jaessica> I thought JC spoke proper English--sort of like Jeeves of P. G. Wodehouse fame.
Best,
Bertie>
<Howard the Linguistics Archaeologist>
Yes, as you say-- This was the opinion of most historians as well, until the noted <academic> Mel Gibson made the STUNNING DISCOVERY that Jesus actually spoke <Aramaic> with an <Australian accent>. |
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| Oct-04-08 | | achieve: Hi <Jess>! - I just posted something at <Howard's End>, what, as I prepared it, occurred to me as being a long overdue tribute to my German teacher. Funny, this "Chessgames-thing..."
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Oct-04-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: Hi ho!
In this chess video-
http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=52wL2...
<Kingscrusher> poses the question to the audience-- "HOW MANY MOVES AHEAD DO YOU CALCULATE".
If any of you want to post responses to this question at <CG.com>, please do so here in my forum. I think it is a very interesting question that we all might profit from if we shared our views and arguments. Quack! |
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| Oct-04-08 | | Boomie: <Jess the facts, maam: "HOW MANY MOVES AHEAD DO YOU CALCULATE".
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Before the introduction of the calculator, in my epic work "The Art of Losing in Chess" subtitled "When I play black, I lose because I am black. When I play white, I lose because I am Boomie", I claimed I could see one move ahead. The worst move. All seriousness aside, the answer depends on the position. In a forced line I saw ten moves ahead in a tournament game after a piece sac. In the post mortem, we found that I had missed a saving move, Kg1. But who can find that over the board? My opponent certainly didn't and was squashed like a bug. In quiet positions, there are many branches that seem equivalent. I doubt I could go more than 2 or 3 moves in that case. This must be the kind of position Fischer referred to when he said 5 moves. |
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Oct-04-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Tim>
Interesting... <Eyal> once told me I only had to see "one move" ahead... Recently, we were looking at a "what if" scenario from one of my games last week- He posted a FEN and I told him "that's where my brain calculated and then said-- OK no need to calculate further here, since <I figure I can beat him> from this position.... So yes- the position... Maybe the brain stops calculating after a conclusion, however provisional or heuristical, is reached about a position 1,2, 3, or 30 moves ahead... |
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Oct-04-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Super Chess Man: Are you really a queen ?> Yes, I am.
Thanks for dropping by! |
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| Oct-04-08 | | Boomie: <jessicafischerqueen: <Tim> Interesting... <Eyal> once told me I only had to see "one move" ahead...> That's Capa's famous response. 1 move...the best move...heh. In a tournament game, when you are contemplating a Tal in the saddle piece sac, you gotta calculate to some conclusion point. In my cited game, I was playing an expert rated 250 points above me. The line involved a queen trade and there was no mate involved. Ten moves down the line I trapped one of his rooks with my bishops. I had to work it out to that point to justify hanging my knight. Like many of Tal's sacs, it was unsound. But the refutation wasn't found until the next day after a table full of experts had worked it over for about an hour. |
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| Oct-04-08 | | Red October: the question should be how many moves do you overlook?! <HAPPY there are SOCKPUPPETS about WEEK!!!> |
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| Oct-04-08 | | Boomie: <Red October: the question should be how many moves do you overlook?!> Well, I didn't see that coming. heh.
<HAPPY there are SOCKPUPPETS about WEEK!!!> It's raining hosekitties and sockpuppies. |
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| Oct-04-08 | | Woody Wood Pusher: Hey JFQ I saw your post on the Drawnik page <Currently, most chess/linguistics scholars believe that the following spellings are most faithful to the original alphabets and languages: <Washed Asparagus> v. <Kanned Ham>.> Nice work LOL!
I should warn you though that Drawnik's fans have absolutely no sense of humour and will probably try and flame you for that...let them try I guess. I'm not sure what has happened to my payment to C.G., I am going to give it a little longer and just pay over the internet...I miss my forum (oh and the little detail of being able to watch the World Championship match live) I just bought a news chess book <Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov> which looks to be really interesting. In the introduction I read that, while Karpov is obviously considered a giant on the chess-board, off it his analysis of his own games is seen as 'lightweight' by Russian chess-players....much like the man himself I guess (at least in his younger days) Is there any news from Ireland yet and <Dom>'s tournament? Oh yes, I was wondering if you could recommend a copy of Bobby Fischer's 60 memorable games to buy? I have decided to buy a games collection for every World Champion, but I keep reading terrible stories about this collection. Not that the quality of the games is in any doubt, but some people say Batsford has introduced many changes to Fischer's text and cut out large chunks of his analysis. Getting a copy of the games is no problem, but I want to know what the genius himself said about them, not some idiot editor! I was watching a documentary on the Fischer-Spassky match, and it struck me how much respect they had for each other (unlike some recent champions). Apparently after Spassky had waited an hour for Fischer to turn up for the second game and the arbiter disqualified him, Spassky was heard leaving the stage and muttering to himself about what a great shame for chess it was. Topalov's ridiculous gless with his free point seems even more pathetic after hearing this. |
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| Oct-04-08 | | Red October: I am a Kanned Ham fan |
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| Oct-04-08 | | klangenfarben: re: How Many Moves Ahead...
The seminal work is Adrian de Groot's Thought And Choice In Chess. Tough reading, it's his doctoral thesis revamped. He had access to WCC Euwe and all ranges of chess-playing expertise. In the end, it's the same for all ratings: a few moves as necessary, a lot when you're working, and then a static evaluation is made. The discriminant between masters and the rest of us is the quality of the static evaluation (and when to know that that static eval is not good enough). |
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| Oct-04-08 | | klangenfarben: pls capitalize the F in Farben, like on my profile, then kill this post... |
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| Oct-04-08 | | klangenfarben: While "Searching For Bobby Fischer" was a fairly compelling book, it was so titled as most book publishers will not publish a chess-related book that doesn't have Fischer in the title. The "forensic psychiatrist" who profiled him was the chapter I skipped. Whatever trade organization he belonged to, if any, should have made every effort to repeal this turkey's credentials. To provide a public psychoanalysis on a living person you never met is an extraordinary ethics violation. |
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| Oct-04-08 | | Red October: so ESPN is <Elect Sarah Palin NOW!!!> ? |
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| Oct-04-08 | | mckmac: < Klangenfarben > <...To provide a public psychoanalysis on a living person you never met is an extraordinary ethics violation.> Absolutely.Unbelievable.Disgraceful.Very well said! |
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| Oct-04-08 | | just a kid: I had an off tournament.In my first game I was up 2 pawns but blundered into a mate in 2.I drew my 2nd game,but at one point I was lost.My 3rd game was better as I won a Rook and pawn endgame.It didn't hurt that I was up 2 pawns.My 4th game was the best as Black left his king wide open,and I used my Queen and Knight on the a2-g8 diagonal mating black on h5 on move 24. |
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| Oct-04-08 | | just a kid: Great advice Jess.I am going to Boomie's forum right now... |
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