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| Nov-14-08 | | malthrope: <<achieve: <JFQ> [...]> HEY!! YOU!!
WATCH IT!!
An ounce of respect would be nice - I'm not a CIRCUS ACT!!> ~ROFLPIMPMAO~ Oh the two of you... Don't forget I have a heart condition! ~lol~ |
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| Nov-14-08 | | malthrope: <achieve: <Mal> Do NOT fall for Jess and her phony URLs -- that's her "specialty" -- I know this for a while now...> Thanks for the tip! ;) I've got Sherlock on this case now on retainer! <grin> |
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Nov-14-08
 | | jessicafischerqueen: http://www.circus-elephant.com |
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Nov-14-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: heh... |
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| Nov-14-08 | | achieve: <Mal> Glad you're laughing; one of my rare "ally-hoops" (NBA slang, spelled wrongly) |
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Nov-14-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Niels> what page of my forum is the <tribute to the Blue Elephant> photo gallery? I think <Mal> should see it. Specially the <blue elephant> escaping from Alcatraz. I am useless with the <search kibbutz> function.. Where is <Eyal> when you need him!! |
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| Nov-14-08 | | achieve: There!
See <Mal>?
She posted another one... Nice colour, though... http://www.phonyurlqueen.org |
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| Nov-14-08 | | achieve: <Jess> heh - I remember... Lets see if I can find it... |
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| Nov-14-08 | | malthrope: Hmm.... [ http://www.circus-elephant.com ] Looks suspicious in a Hitchcock kind of way! ;) |
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| Nov-14-08 | | achieve: This is the hilarious gallery (hope this link is OK) -- jessicafischerqueen chessforum |
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| Nov-14-08 | | malthrope: [ http://www.phonyurlqueen.org ]
Oh my gut is bursting now! ~lol~
BTW: We have almost filled up 3 pages since <Eyal> posted the stinking diagram! o^0 |
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| Nov-14-08 | | malthrope: That's the ticket Niels! We'll have Jess running around in circles! <grin> |
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Nov-14-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Niels>
Brilliant!
<Mal> check out this action shot of <Niels> escaping from Alcatraz.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mnetha... |
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Nov-14-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: Oops maybe we should tell him-
<MaL> the link to my forum that <Niels> gave and the link I just gave to the <Blue Elephant action photo> are REAL links... heh...
This is getting confusing now |
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| Nov-14-08 | | malthrope: Oh now I get it!
<4. The Mysterious Journey of the Blue Elephant... 5. Blue Elephant escaping from Alcatraz (very exciting action shot!) > Me bad... and slow! ~lol~ |
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| Nov-14-08 | | malthrope: I didn't realize that I was being transported from page 467 to 455 in this chessforum! OK Mal - clean-up the eye glasses and take a deep breath. Me thinks there might be a wee bit of Java left! ~lol~ |
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| Nov-14-08 | | achieve: Yep Mal, Jess referred to a thread from over 3 weeks ago, but Jess and I immediately knew what we meant, so that was indeed confusing. BUT FUN! ;)
Speaking of... Jess, I'll write you a bit later, coz it takes some time to put it comprehensively in an emu-- it's "in the pipeline" but the fun here had me engaged... AWHOOGA! |
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| Nov-14-08 | | malthrope: Hehehe... Yep! Well I better reboot and take a short nap before Round #2 starts in Dresden! ;) |
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Nov-14-08
| | jessicafischerqueen: Arooooooooooooooooo |
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| Nov-14-08 | | achieve: <Jess> A pretty large bummed Mule just landed in your box! Awhackaa |
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| Nov-14-08 | | Woody Wood Pusher: <JFQ> <malthrope> Thanks for looking at my 'puzzle'. I played 1.Nf3 and awaited the resignation but my stubborn little opponent played on with 1..Rg8 because I was quite low on time and he was hoping to get lucky. But after 2.Nxg5,hxg5 3.Rh3+,Bxh3 4.Qxh3 mate he finally had to concede. You are right that 1.Ne6! can also be played with much the same result, but I didn't see this until I looked at the position afterwards. As for <Eyal>'s position, I also thought Ng5 at first until I saw black's LSB can ruin the party. Probably without the clue 'elegant' I would not have seen it at all. |
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| Nov-14-08 | | malthrope: <Woody Wood Pusher: <JFQ> <malthrope> Thanks for looking at my 'puzzle'.> You're welcome Woody. :) As I'm sure Jess would say, "It was our pleasure." ...followed by something witty added that only she can do! ;) Hope you had fun with the madhouse that occurred here last night with <Eyal>'s stumper... I overstepped on the 'elegance' a wee bit but all same gained insight to this specific type of combination and the necessary mechanics needed to make my 'elegant' solution line work! The K on b1, a1 or a2 for example (avoiding the check on the c1-h6 diagonal) or no 'f-pawn!' (which allows the key defense gxf2!). ~lol~ Then it's a different ballgame! ;) The move Qh4 as a defense was of course silly, but I was simply trying to point out that the 'elegance' was gone... Where is the elegance? :)) We are, after all, just students of the Royal game. <grin> |
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| Nov-14-08 | | achieve: <Mal> I actually agree with you regarding 'elegance' -- though the coming to life of the h1-rook through the R-g3 sac was a lovely motif, but in a nagging way refuted by the ...Q-h4 g3xh4 -- and as a composer of elegant studies, your nature is to give it a elegant finish as well, with the king placed off that diagonal; which makes it very tempting to adjust the actual game position, in order to "perfect" the puzzle. <Funny thing> - but a concept also well known in music, where many big selling pop classics' themes have just been largely copied from e.g. a Chopin Prelude... but in the hands of a talented musician, the beautiful motif can be dressed up in a way that one hardly remembers that the original idea was conceived 200 years (or more) earlier... In the end J.S. Bach seems the source of ALL musical progressions, and he was partly influenced by Palestrina, Buxtehude, Sweelinck and ... ;)) That's why they invented copyright!
Am I drifting? Yeah, we just had a ball with a nifty puzzle yesterday! |
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| Nov-14-08 | | just a kid: Hi jess.Just stopped by to say hi.I have a tournament tomorrow.I need to snap a current funk I'm in before next week's biggest tournament of the semester. |
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| Nov-14-08 | | achieve: <MAL's RE-ARRANGEMENT OF THE PUZZLE> A) With the White King on <A-1> 
click for larger view(Mate in 6)
B) With the F-pawn missing for White
click for larger viewWhere we indeed see the clever motif again, but after Black returning some material, White needs about <10> EXTRA moves (<FORCED SEQUENCE>), in order to take another Piece off Black... 1. Qg6+ Kh8
2. Rg3 fxg3
3. Nh3-g5(!) Qd8xg5+
4. Qg6xg5 Rf8-f7
5. h2xg3+ Bc8-h3
6. Rh1xh3+ Rf7-h7
...and here an instructive King Chase starts, and is needed, to <FLOOR> Black FOR GOOD 7. Qg5-f6+ Kh8-g8
8. Qf6-g6+ Rh7-g7
9. Qg6-e6+ Rg7-f7
10. Qe6-h6 Rf7-f1+
11. Kc1-b2 Kg8-f7
12. Qh6-d6 Ra8-g8
13. Rh3-h7+ Rg8-g7
14. Qd6-d7+ Nc6-e7
click for larger view (White to play) ... and <BINGO>!!!
(finally...)
The entire sequence is FORCED! (I think...) |
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