No, you can't beat the <one giant bushy eyebrow> of <Used to Be Good Off> for "color commentary."

BTW, if you got a male cat, would he be "Mrs. Pickles?"

And you're not kidding about the Mr. Pickle nanochip are you?

I played and won my "Saturday game" with <1.c4> again.

I managed to nurse a one pawn advantage to a win in a 60 move endgame-- three and a half hour game.

I noticed that he could have drawn at any point in the last 10 moves but he didn't see it.

I think he was more tired tense and exhausted than I was-- I doubt my technique was any better.

Actually, I thought I had a win by force and typed

"Games over now-- very well played" in the chat box.

Then I noticed he could draw by force.

Luckily, he didn't.

WHALASDA;KK;AKD

I'm very very tempted to play another game cuz I can only play two days a week maximum.

But <Branko> told me playing one long game per day and putting all your effort into that is best.

So I suppose I will study chess now.

aksjd;kja;kjkfjejiewjwefj

re: Chess|Psychology
The early pages of <Pfleger & Treppner: Chess - The Mechanics of the Mind> refer to a <de Groot> study conducted in the past decade. Around the turn of the millenium, my mann http://www.fredwilsonchess.com insisted <de Groot> published after a quarter-century hiatus, but could not produce the hardcopy after my repeated inquiries.

In the language of <notyetagm>: <KLANG> has a <NEED> to see this <de Groot> publication--his entire catalog, actually--in <any and all> <languages and formats> <IMAGINABLE>.

I gave your <Fawn pawn> posts some belated attention, with indeed the powerhouse pawn on <h-6>, and I deliberately played a bit sloppy, in order to see upto which point the position, i.e., the winning margin, could be stretched, following play without the blunder of the Rook trade... Interestingly, the most testing theoretically won endgame, would be K+R vs. K+Q....

But I played it out as described, and ran into this little familiar "trick" --

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--where you can just knock off the h7-pawn with the Rook-- and after 1...Rxh7 2 g6 Rxh6 3 g7 - there is no way for the Rook to cover g8 Q-ing square, except in this case with the pin threat on g1, but then f6 wins...

But getting back to Q v R - there is a nice video on youtube, with a few delicate maneuvres pointed out, by a guy with a nice, explanatory turn of phrase:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=9kMbY...

And I left you a little note at Howard's, so an EMU will be heading your way soon.

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... one would/could end up with Q v R, in case of the Rxh7 -- after which the possible 30-40 move theoretical endgame (given the inferior side can keep his rook on the board for a while), can serve as excellent technique training, by playing both sides as accurately as possible, though you can spar against an engine, as it at least will not drop a rook as long as it's within the horizon.

<POLLOCK>

I will check out the <Food Tube> video now...

Also, I now have TWO <games collections>.

One is about the <KID> but it's only 2/3ds finished.

Today I made a quick one for myself, mainly--

Game Collection: Alekhine plays the English with the White Pieces

heh

It's linked in my profile...

Mrs. Englishwoman

Oh I almost forgot....

As a <Nederlandisch Chess Historian>, is there any way you can help <KlangenFarben> in his "DeGrooting"?

I can't shake this feeling that this mysterious <De Groot> has some kind of Dutch connection....

Might there be information at the <Dr. Max Euwe Center>?

But I won't be able to go there the next couple weeks.

Waaaahhhh

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... after which he forces a big trade within SIX moves:

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... and basically sticks it in his opponent's face saying: "I'll beat you even from here, you [....]!"

That I like a lot.

<Aljechin> was a fierce competitor.

"The Dutch psychologist, Adrian de Groot, himself a player of master strength.... He recently repeated this experiment [with Adorjan, Short, Pfleger of West Germany, along with a number of average club players]."

So <de Groot> published sometime between 1980-1987, and the best the American chess constituency could do for me was pass on rumors.

The other name I would like to hear about is Lenz, a psychologist de Groot leans on heavily during critical laying-down-of-fundamentals in the thesis but who disappears during the fog of WWII. Talking about the remnants of a vaguely-past professional made the coherency of the whole thesis quite treacherous.

What about emailing <Edgar Winter> with the <de Groot> mystery?

You know that guy from <chessbase.com> who investigates chess mysteries.

Your quest is reminding me of the very short, but very fine last novel of Charles Dickens:

<The Mystery of Edwin De Groot>.

Well ok it's actually <The Mystery of Edwin Drood>.

Pretty darn good though.

When <Niels> has the time in a few weeks, I'll wager he has some success at the <Euwe Center>.

He's quite familiar with its august environs, and the <Center> is just a few minutes from his house. It contains the secrets of all Dutch Chess mystries, arcania, and ancient knowledge.

<Niels> (he is the Blue Elephant) is busy on an important secret mission for the next few weeks.

<Samuel L. Jackson>: HELLO!

Haven't seen you for a while. What is your prediction for the Championship?

heh yes that game's a corker. <Alekhine's> instinct is akin to that of <Tal>....

He didn't calculate everything out all the way down the line when he offered many of his spectacular sacs and combos.

I think he just enjoyed doing it to see if he could get away with it via some "razzle dazzle."

<KlangenFarben>

We already had a discussion of how to pronouce <Euwe> and <Alekhine> recently.

According to <Niels>, Euwe is pronounced

"eu" (like in the french "deux") and then "vuh".

The <Alekhine> pronuciation debate is in this forum: