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Jul-17-09
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: More <fawn pawns>... De Vere vs Paulsen, 1870
Rossolimo vs I Romanenko, 1948
A Yuneev vs K Klaman, 1979
A special case - a fawn pawn appearing on the very last move, causing immediate resignation: G Guseinov vs T Nedev, 2004
And finally, the best:
J Cesena vs J Dyke, 1979 |
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Jul-17-09
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <Howard>
Show me one Canadian Junior on the rise who didn't get humiliated in the first round. They should have to prove themselves much, much more before being allowed to publicly humilate themselves and their country like this. Contrast this to the US Open- Where, with 10 times the popluation of Canada, there are in fact "juniors on the rise" whose playing strength is sometimes hundreds of points higher than their current USCF rating. Example-- <Robson> and <Hess> two years ago. Canada has no <Robson> or <Hess>. Pumping up the prize pool to line <Irina Krush's> pockets at the expense of some CANADIAN SCHMUCK with NO SHAME is not helping Canadian Chess. Some of these fools aren't even rated as high as I am- Which is ridiculous. Think about that for a second. It's an international laughing stock.
"Play within your means".
And "Organize tournaments within your means".
If you can't raise the prize money to attract an <Adams> or a <Krush> to your tournament, PUBLICLY EMBARRASSING YOUR WHOLE COUNTRY by allowing PUNK ASS PATZERS to pad the prize fund with their IMPERTINENT HUBRIS just makes the WHOLE COUNTRY A LAUGHING STOCK. Again- Canada is not the United States.
Do you see the difference? Your points are wholly valid with respect to a tournament like the <US Open>. But not the <Canadian Open>. It is humiliating- to a Canadian chess player and a Canadian chess fan- pure and simple. CASE CLOSED |
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| Jul-17-09 | | hms123: <jess> Fair enough. I always assume that Canada is like the US but with diferent brands of petrol. We have Exxon and I believe that you have the more traditional Esso. I still remember how disappointed I was the first time that I crossed from Detroit to Windsor. I thought Canada was a foreign country. Fooled me. Canada is geographically large so there should be lots of people playing chess--except that that aren't lots of people are there? Therein lies the problem. It would be simple to promote chess in Canada. Just carve out a very large chessboard in the ice. You could use baby seals for pawns and grizzlies etc. for the other pieces. It could work. |
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| Jul-17-09 | | hms123: <jess> Here's a reply to your post with some additional information: Adams vs J Ventura, 2009 |
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Jul-17-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Howard> well you're certainly in tune with Canadian culture. They *do* in fact feature "human ice chess" at the popular <Cut Down All the Trees and use them to Beat the Whales to Death With> Winter Carnival. However, it's in the middle of summer.
I can recommend a good time/date/weather site, but it will only tell you about South Korean conditions. Would that be of any help?
It's hotter than a monkey's sweaty bum here at the moment and it's 4 in the freaking morning. Current Humidity is at 200%. |
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| Jul-17-09 | | Travis Bickle: <jessicafischerqueen> Then The Canadian Tournament you are referring to should be closed to just Canadians. |
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Jul-17-09
 | | chancho: Hey, <Jess>. I thought for a while there that I may have said something that offended you... given I asked you a question and you never answered.
But perhaps the stress of your job among other things is the reason.
Anyway, I hope you are ok. |
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Jul-17-09
| | chancho: <Jess> Thanks for that. |
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Jul-17-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: It's no worries, my dear <Canyonero>. I can't even imagine circumstances under which I would even become "slightly miffed" with you. It's never happened yet- and I don't see how it could happen in the future. I've just been super busy and I have a lot of mail here that's unanswered at the moment. Your pal Jess |
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| Jul-18-09 | | twinlark: What's a <Hostpur>? |
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| Jul-18-09 | | technical draw: <JFQ> I have a new Fischer collection: Fischer wins with black 1959. Here the 16 year old Fischer displays talent in all phases of the game and wins with the black pieces against world class players. See to believe: Game Collection: Fischer wins with black: 1959 |
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| Jul-18-09 | | hms123: <jess> emu alert. |
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| Jul-18-09 | | Travis Bickle: <jessicafischerqueen> Hiya Jess! I hope you weren't offended by my Canadien chess comment. |
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| Jul-18-09 | | Deus Ex Alekhina: I understand that Canada is officially a bilingual nation. And the two official languages must be Native, I'm guessing. Sioux and Inuit??? |
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| Jul-18-09 | | twinlark: <Jess>
<suenteus po 147> has responded to your query on my forum. BTW - <Bounty Hunter>? |
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| Jul-19-09 | | twinlark: er...Bounty Hunter(?)*
*query cast in small, very quiet and unobtrusive font. |
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Jul-19-09
| | jessicafischerqueen: no no the TV show <Dog the Bounty Hunter>. I think it's about a font detective |
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| Jul-19-09 | | twinlark: ahh...the Duane Chapman breed.
umm...are you annoyed at something btw?
I detect what seems to be an irritable waver in the font. |
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| Jul-19-09 | | BishopofBlunder: <twinlark: What's a <Hostpur>?> It's a pur that performs the duties of host. Or, if you meant "Hotspur", it's a Tottenham footballer. No need to thank me. I'm a professional.
I'll send my bill to your office. |
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| Jul-19-09 | | Travis Bickle: <jessicafischerqueen: ...If he posted that on the Barangay, and made it clear in a straight, declarative sentence:> I happened to be visiting a members forum and i seen this comment of yours (out of context). My question to you is what the hell is "the Barangay?? |
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Jul-19-09
| | chancho: < Jess> Everyone else...Got it. ;-) |
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| Jul-19-09 | | sentriclecub: 안녕하세요,
Hi Jess!
I wanted to comment on your BOBBY FISCHER-related <FILMS>: The "Anything to win" documentary is so insightful about his determination. It's my opinion that Bobby Fischer's chess ability stemmed in part from his attitude toward chess, and the super-seriousness of chess to him. I'm actually a fan of his attitude towards the game, especially his heralded quote <Chess is life>. I love watching the documentary because I see in him that he removed fake barriers between himself and his passion. Is this too artsy-fartsy? Or are you also fascinated by his self-directed obsession? I'm so terrible at the game of chess, that I'll never be able to appreciate his chess ability. I am a very hard worker, and I am fascinated by his eccentric attitude and how he quit because that's what he wanted. I love that about him! I too have an on/off obsessive switch that helps me do my best when I give something my 100% effort. :^^ I hope that my reason to like RJF has some merit, since I can't truly appreciate his chess ability. I thought I would drop by and ask the expert. :p <sc> |
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| Jul-19-09 | | suenteus po 147: <jessicafischerqueen> For your pleasure, as promised: Game Collection: Zurich 1959 |
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| Jul-20-09 | | Ziggurat: <jess> Re: academic journals, you may enjoy this comic strip http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/arc... |
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| Jul-22-09 | | just a kid: I finished my most recent collection
Game Collection: Winning chess Endgames Please check it out.It has quite a few Bobby Fischer games. Also,I have quite a couple of missing games from this database.If you know where the game scores are,I would appreciate it if you would give me the PGN and I could sumbit it into the database. |
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