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Feb-14-10
 | | chancho: <dakgootje> Remind me to never play poker with you. :-) |
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| Feb-14-10 | | dakgootje: Hehehe, normally I would probably have outplayed them anyways but they were confident enough no-one else knew spanish and thus felt free to tell their hole cards to each other. Online translators go a long way. |
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| Feb-14-10 | | just a kid: Thanks! you too! Altohugh I'm not sure how I am going to celebrate it... |
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| Feb-14-10 | | Red October: Happy Valentines Day!! <Jess> |
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| Feb-14-10 | | Travis Bickle: Jess Happy Valentines Day! ; )
Here's a special Valentine song for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uKG... |
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| Feb-14-10 | | notyetagm: <jessicafischerqueen: And Happy Chess Valentine!> Same to you.
:-) |
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| Feb-14-10 | | crawfb5: Happy VD from me and my three girls. They are all very cute, but they are all trouble. Girls are like that. I think three beers would probably be better for me today. My foamy Ballantine
Sweet sudsy Ballantine
You make me smile with your hops
Did you hear about the English teacher who was moonlighting as a lady of questionable virtue and was arrested for improper conjugation? Convicted, it was a sentence she could not parse. On to more serious matters. I did a once through on the Fischer video series. You've gotten quite good at panning across the photos for effect. Maybe you can work for Ken Burns after you've served your time in Korea. I also liked the use of maps. That was a nice touch. I'm not sure if I would have spent that much time setting the mood for 1940s Brooklyn, but that's entirely a matter of taste. I think there is one photo, however, that is much too early (the streetcar at about 0:29). At least one horse-drawn cart is visible in the background. I would have liked to have seen more text screens. <I> recognized most of BF's opponents, but I'm not sure everyone would. Is your viewer someone who already knows a lot about Fischer, and you're inviting them for a nostalgic trip down memory lane, or is it someone who doesn't know as much, particularly about things prior to the WC match? The latter viewer is going to need a little more guidance than the former. Were all the game positions shown final positions or critical junctures? Again, a little more text (or animated moves for a critical position) would be helpful. I know the focus was on Fischer's international career, but his 11-0 US Championship run is worth consideration. You did have a cover shot of Donaldson's book on BF's US simul tour, which followed on the heels of the championship rout. Overall, a very impressive series. Well done. |
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| Feb-14-10 | | technical draw: Happy Valentines Day., Jessica, here's a gift:
http://candyaddict.com/blog/candy_p... |
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| Feb-14-10 | | Travis Bickle: Welcome Jess! ; P |
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| Feb-14-10 | | notyetagm: Bacrot just won a miniature against Bareev.
A <PINNING MASTERPIECE> by Bacrot. 19 ♖d1-e1
click for larger view19 ... ♕d8xd4 20 ♗c4xf7+! 1-0
click for larger view20 ♗c4xf7+! is a beautiful <DECOY FOR TEMPO>, <DRAGGING> the Black g8-king onto the f7-square so that ♖e1x♘e7+ will be done with <CHECK>. All these <PINS> are very reminiscent of his fellow countryman Vachier-Lagrave's win over Mchedlishvili in the Bundesliga last weekend. [Event "ICC 100 30 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2010.02.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "*GM_Bacrot"]
[Black "*GM_Bareev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Opening "QGD Slav: Czech defense"]
[ECO "D17"]
[NIC "SL.04"]
[Time "10:12:52"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. e3 e5 8.
Bxc4 exd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Na6 12. Bg5 Nc7 13. Qb3 a6 14. a5
Rb8 15. Rad1 Ncd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18. Qa3 Re8 19. Re1 Qxd4 20.
Bxf7+ 1-0 |
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Feb-14-10
 | | Fusilli: And happy Valentine's to you! This is what I gave Kristin today: http://www.muttermuseumstore.com/me... Fusilli only got his usual crunchies, though. :-) |
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| Feb-14-10 | | SugarDom: Hello JessicaFQ, thank you. I hope you enjoyed your Valentine... You were correct about that video. That is part of the future plan.. |
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| Feb-14-10 | | notyetagm: Vallejo-Pons vs Aronian, 2010 23 ?
click for larger viewWho here thinks that the <TACTICAL GENIUS> Aronian overlooked the <CLEARANCE> shot 23 ♗e3xc5! ??? 23 ♗e3xc5! <clearance: e-line>
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23 ... ♗d6x♗c5?? 24 ♘e5xg6+ <discovered attack: e8,h8>
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| Feb-15-10 | | Travis Bickle: Jess I sent you an email. |
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| Feb-15-10 | | hoodrobin: <jessicafischerqueen: Happy Valentine Day <Hoot>!!> Always thinking of you, <jess> !!! |
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Feb-15-10
 | | jessicafischerqueen: Thanks <Hoot>!!
I hope all is well with you sir. |
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Feb-15-10
 | | OhioChessFan: I don't know if you made a one time guest appearance or what, but you still have time for Round 3 predictions. |
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| Feb-15-10 | | crawfb5: I got your email and sent a preliminary reply. If I can keep the girls from trying to help me type I will try to send on further comments in the fullness of time. |
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| Feb-15-10 | | crawfb5: To text or not to text, that is the question
Whether 'tis nobler in the vid to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous misunderstanding,
Or to type words against a sea of confusions,
And by opposing end them?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjsj...
I did recognize Leonid, but not Ratmir, so as with most things, I was better than some, but worse than others. |
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| Feb-15-10 | | notyetagm: D Bojkov vs Ala Bennett, 2009 31 ♕e4-c4?? <alignment: c4,f4>
click for larger view31 ... ♕d5-d1+! <clearance: d8-d4>
click for larger view32 ♔g1-h2 ♖d8-d4 0-1 <fork: c4,f4>
click for larger view31 ♕e4-c4?? is a *very* embarassing blunder for someone to make who just wrote the GAMBIT book <A COURSE IN CHESS TACTICS>. :-) http://www.gambitbooks.com/books/co... |
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| Feb-15-10 | | notyetagm: D Fridman vs A Lenderman, 2010 48 ... ?
click for larger view48 ... ♕g4-h3+! <pin: h2>
click for larger view49 ♗g2x♕h3 ♖a2-h2# <arabian mate>
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| Feb-15-10 | | notyetagm: Grischuk vs Gelfand, 2010 Game Collection: THE POWER OF *EXCHANGE* 19 ?
click for larger view19 ♗e4x♘d5! <exchange>
click for larger view<Eyal: ... Looking at the game again, 19.Bxd5! is a key move which shows excellent judgment – Grischuk gives up his "strong" bishop and the "bishop pair" because he realizes that the knight on d5 plays a key role in holding together Black's position.> MONOKROUSSOS -> http://www.thechessmind.net/storage... <19.Bxd5
<<<A very "academic" approach: White commits completely to play on the dark squares.>>> In many isolani positions, Black's dark squared bishop is on e7, f8 or f6, and so this sort of plan is easily neutralized, but with the bishop on b4 and queen on e7 White gets a head start.> |
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| Feb-15-10 | | notyetagm: Anand vs Aronian, 2008 30 ... ?
click for larger view30 ... ♖e2-e3!!  <interference: d3,f3>
click for larger view<patzer2: The obstruction move 30...Re3!! makes for an impressive finish to Black's well calculated Marshall attack.> <percyblakeney: Anand on the game, from NIC 3/2008: <I still find it quite embarrassing that I missed this rook e3 completely [---] I thought I must look like some 2100 player. Just ridiculous>.> |
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| Feb-15-10 | | madnuts123: Hey like the page, alot of hard work here......
anyhow you may be interested in this.....
Hey all,
was wondering if anybody would like to set up a group with me, I am reading the book, Play like a grand master by Alexander Kotov,
The book is very good with excellent analogies of the games, tricks tips and strategy, the only thing is (And I know past masters would love to have had chessgames.com at there fingertips) Although we have the file luxury of this site unfortunately have to find the games and some books have over 300 games add that up and you got a whole bunch of hours, So what I am proposing is the idea of leverage, for example, almost everybody who uses this site has at least two or three chess books, and most of the rest would have more, some may even read some!!!!! Anyhow As I read this book/Search out the games, I add them to my favorites with all relevant references like the page number and associated headings, chapters ect ect...... So now you can buy this book online for cheap as chips and k-presto you don't have to do all the legwork of searching...... But the real bonus is exponential growth, If you take one of your books off the shelf and do the same, we can build a community, say 100 books in a year, can you imagine how much time would be saved not to mention the legwork of searching em out....... However all that time could be reinvested back into the study of the game...... instant access, Folks.... I look forward to working with you guys and may it bring you the strength you need to Check-Mate ps check out my post You can see what Im on about!!!!! |
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Feb-15-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: That's a good idea- it's already been done for a lot of books in the form of games collections that match the books. I think that's what you are talking about? To find out if a book is already done- like "My 60 Memorable Games"- just type the title into the search box on the "games collections" page. In fact there is an omnibus link on the <ChessBooksForum> hang on I'll go get it Ok here is the link- it was last updated on <March 24 2009> so keep that in mind:
Game Collection: The Chess Book Companion (a meta-collection) Also, keep in mind that this list of books-become-games collections may be missing some so do type the name of a Book you might want to do in the collections search box before you start the work of compiling games yourself by hand. Also here is the link to the <ChessBooksForum> for a lot of other Book resources and discussion- User: ChessBookForum I don't have time to work on such a project at the moment, but feel free to use my forum for advertising your projects. Jess |
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