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| May-04-09 | | hms123: <CBF> Thanks for remembering to post that collection in the header. I can't remember why I am in a different room half of the time. |
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| May-04-09 | | madlydeeply: Hi jess finally heard that wilco song pretty sweet! then i'm called up to go to Ikea and look at shelf brackets ~GOSH HOw INTEREstING |
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| May-04-09 | | wanabe2000: jessicafischerqueen
Glad to see you back as the Queen of France rather than the King of Egypt. Keep up your wonderful sense of humor and great chess posts. |
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May-05-09
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <Mage of Maple> and <wanabe2000> Thanks! I wanted to go back to my original avatar all along, but <Eyal> kept telling me not to. heh |
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| May-05-09 | | Travis Bickle: <jessicafischerqueen> Hiya Jess how are ya? : ) Blade Runner was a great flick wasnt it? Come check out my tunes I tryed to relate to the film. |
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| May-05-09 | | madlydeeply: thats ok jess because i got FIFTY comments i'm a STAR |
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| May-05-09 | | madlydeeply: plus it wasn't a game I'm proud of or anything. I don't think i've EVER had a game i'm "proud" of I hate to say. GHOD that is so LHAYME. |
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| May-05-09 | | blacksburg: <Is there a lot of "word discussion" to go along with the diagrams and printed lines from the games?> yeah, OMGP has lots and lots of words and stories and anecdotes, and there is a reasonable amount of explanation to go with the variations in the games. i have to admit, though, many of the variations are over my head. i know that there has been a lot of controversy and criticism regarding the OMGP's, but i like them a lot. i would suggest picking up 1 volume, maybe the one on Fischer, and seeing how you like it before buying all of them. |
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May-05-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: thanks <B-Burg>
Luckily, <Greetings <<<E Y A L>>> from me> has kindly supplied a website can join for free and then read <Volume Bobby> for free on the interweb. So on your recommendation, I will do so. |
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| May-05-09 | | just a kid: <<Blacksburger on Rye, Hold the Chess Books>: Hey I'm thinking of getting Kasparov's <My Not Quite as Great as Me Predecessors>. Do you recommend it?
Is there a lot of "word discussion" to go along with the diagrams and printed lines from the games?> I have the first book.On about pg.60 now.It is a good overview of chess history if that is what you're also looking for.If you want lines,they have a whole bunch of analysis lines.The downside though is that Kasparov does not give a bunch of explanation to those lines.He gives some of his opinions on the games though.Overall,I think it is a good book. |
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May-05-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: Thanks for the review, <T-money>! |
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| May-06-09 | | achieve: <Jess> The gamecollection (<Great Jan Timman>) you posted at my place today, has vanished. ???? |
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| May-06-09 | | madlydeeply: hey Jess i got a song running through my head everybody join in!! you know it.... HEAD GAMES
i can't take it anymoreHEAD GAMES
always you and me babyHEAD GAMES
funny because nobodys been playingHEADGAMES with me lately...is it because chess is a HEADGAMES YOU AND ME BABY... insteaed of making loveHEADGAMES ooh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygBt...
boy foreigner is some silly #$@% innit?
it was so cool when i was 13!! now it seems like...music that 13 year olds would think is so coolHEAD GAMES I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE i think it should be the chessgames.com ANTHEM |
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| May-06-09 | | benjinathan: JFQ I think you can pick some of the volumes up at low prices at BMV on Bloor street next time you are in Toronto. |
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| May-06-09 | | achieve: <Looks like I threw the baby out with the bathwater!!> heh - exactly the same expression we use in Dutch! Thanks for reposting that GC link, <Jess>. |
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May-07-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: Thanks <Doctor>- looks like the <Center> was put to good use analzying a game of great subtlety. Check out today's puzzle-
Look at the move played just before the puzzle move- it's inaccurate Then, look at the move played just after the puzzle move- it is also inaccurate (since it loses almost immediately by force). But there is an alternate defence. Black should still win, but he has to work for it. See if you can find the alternate defence and then beat your Engine against it!! I've been working on it for over an hour and the win is subtle and you have to really plan it out- Move order is critical in it. |
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May-07-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Carmen>
sigh
<Foreigner>??
GHOD |
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| May-07-09 | | achieve: <Jess> Thanks for this Hot Puzzle Tip! You're right bxc4 loses instantly, so Rc1 must be tried... I have been at this for about 10 minutes and thought of a big trade off and that I would win the pawn race as Black. But this seems to me the crucial position:
click for larger viewWith White just having recaptered the B on <f2>... Now - can Black play Kf7 here, with the aim of moving in with the King and getting to the base of the white chain on <g3> and winning? Or can white mop up the c2-pawn and be back in time? Have to leave home soon, but am I warm?
If not please let me know but don't give the full answer; I'd like to give it another look, well COUNT, when I get back in about 4 hours from now... |
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| May-07-09 | | achieve: <Jess> This is how i won it against my engine, with a timely ...a5 & ...Rc3, and White is powerless against the K-side actions by Black. Here's the line without annotation as I gotta go now. I think I got this down... 
click for larger view1... Rc4 2. Rc1 Bc5 3. Kg2 Bxf2 4. Kxf2 Kf7 5. h5 a5(!) 6. Ke2 Rc3(!) 7. Kf2 g6 8. h6 g5 9. Ke2 Rxg3 10. fxg5 Kg6 11. Kd2 Kxg5 12. Ke2 Kxh6
13. Rh1+ Kg6 14. Kd2 Rg2+
click for larger view0-1 |
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May-07-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: <...a5 & ...Rc3, >
Well that's why they pay you the big money <Dr. Euwe>. After an hour of trying other <not winning> avenues- I learned that not only are both of these moves necessary, but they must also be played in the <correct order>. Finding out the WHY of the order- as opposed to just finding out you need to do it this way- Is more difficult for me. |
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May-07-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: In fact, after these two moves in the correct order- rightfully given the !!- there are a variety of different ways to win. And you still have to be careful and think ahead- it's possible to boot it from here even. heh
Ok now look at the move that starts the original puzzle sequence- Black's original <Bxf1>. That not only doesn't win for Black, it gives White an advantage, if defended properly on White's next move. |
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| May-07-09 | | madlydeeply: HEAD GAMES |
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May-07-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: Oh my GHOD yes Ok then... |
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| May-07-09 | | achieve: <Ok now look at the move that starts the original puzzle sequence- Black's original <Bxf1>. <<<You mean here?>>> 
click for larger viewThat not only doesn't win for Black, it gives White an advantage, if defended properly on White's next move.> I don't see White's advantage, obviously because I do not see its "proper defense"... Perhaps Rf2xc2 is worth a shot?
Mr. Just had Lunch and Feels like Napping |
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May-07-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: Yes
<Bxf1 Rfxc2> is better than <Bxf1 Rcxf1>= Although I'm no longer certain White has an advantage. It's for sure better than the text move from the game, because in the text move, Black has a forced win against any defence, if Black can work out the details to the best defence- as you did. And I did as well, but it took me a long time (over an hour)to figure out how with trial and error against my Engine. Rather than say "White has an advantage," I'd now say "White has a better chance of surviving" -- maybe a draw is possible or even a win if Black makes a mistake. For example, after White captures <Rfxc2>, the Black Bishop must retreat, and then <Rc7> picks up Black's <a-pawn> by force. Pretty sure about this- |
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