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keypusher
Member since Sep-23-04

Scott Thomson
The Perseus Project: The classics in Greek, Latin & English
https://scaife.perseus.org/reader/u...
A link to a page with downloads from the Venetus A, the oldest complete manuscript of the Iliad, courtesy of Harvard:
http://www.homermultitext.org/manus...
From Google Books, a link to Tarrasch's book on the 1908 world championship. I've translated his notes on the game pages.
http://books.google.com/books?id=0C...
Lasker's book on St. Petersburg 1909
http://www.google.com/books?id=o3eC...
Tarrasch's <Dreihundert Schachpartien>, which covers his career from the beginning through his match with Chigorin in 1893
https://books.google.com/books?id=9...
The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world. It slaps the theory of natural selection in the face. It is the most absorbing of occupations. The least satisfying of desires. A nameless excrescence upon life. It annihilates a man. You have, let us say, a promising politician, a rising artist that you wish to destroy. Dagger or bomb are archaic and unreliable - but teach him, inoculate him with chess.
-- H.G. Wells
Chess-play is a good and witty exercise of the mind for some kind of men, and fit for such melancholy, Rhasis holds, as are idle, and have extravagant impertinent thoughts, or troubled with cares, nothing better to distract their mind, and alter their meditations; invented (some say) by the general of an army in famine, to keep soldiers from mutiny: but if it proceed from overmuch study, in such case it may do more harm than good; it is a game too troublesome for some men's brains, too full of anxiety, all out as bad as study; besides it is a testy choleric game, and very offensive to him that loseth the mate. William the Conquerer, in his younger years, playing at chess with the Prince of France (Dauphine was not annexed to that crown in those days) losing a mate, knocked the chess-board about his pate, which was a cause afterwards of much enmity between them.
--Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy
Just because many great chess players were obnoxious jerks, doesn't mean that if you're an obnoxious jerk you're a great chess player.
--AgentRgent
You are also a machine, as are Anand, Carlsen, Kasparov, and Fischer. You and the others are just inferior machines. Your idea of beautiful chess is simply faulty chess that is not caught in its faults.
--vsaluki
Alas, before the post mortem the gods have placed the game.
--Phony Benoni
A chess engine is a great antidote to human optimism.
--johnlspouge
[Y]ou have not been mean to me. Being mean to me is accepting my sacrifices and then taking me to a lost ending.

--Sally Simpson

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   keypusher has kibitzed 32275 times to chessgames [more...]

   Apr-07-26 Chessgames - Politics

keypusher: <sfod> Those are good questions, which I will try to answer, but it will probably be a while. (And you can certainly mention the other things you disagree with, I wasn't 100% confident about some of it myself). Can't answer the last question though, I've never asked him. And

   Apr-07-26 Kibitzer's Café

keypusher: (I Want to Live Like) Common People https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxh...

   Apr-06-26 Botvinnik - Flohr (1933)

keypusher: <However....in this event USSR Championship (1944) Flohr and Botvinnik were favorites.> These stories all begin with bull****. Flohr had finished second behind Kotov in the Moscow semifinal. Other than that he had barely played chess since 1939. The idea that he would have ...

   Apr-06-26 Chessgames - Sports

keypusher: <UCLA's Betts will be eaten alive at the WNBA level. They'll take her lunch money.> Alright, I'm calling it. Thanks to HMM Lauren Betts is going to be WNBA Rookie of the Year.

   Apr-05-26 World Championship Candidates (2026)

keypusher: <SFOD> <teyss> <FSR> Thanks for the helpful responses. I think if you picked Sindarov second or even third you're doing pretty well (especially since the tournament isn't even half over).

   Apr-04-26 World Championship Women's Candidates (2026)

keypusher: Wow, so replacement-player Muzychuk is in first place, the only player above .500, and Rameshbabu Vaishali won today. I'm rooting for Pragg in the open, so I guess by extension I have to root for her in this one. Plus I love her expression in this picture. ...

   Apr-04-26 Caruana vs Bluebaum, 2026

keypusher: Great pun <rcs784>. And a glorious new chapter for the <Fawn Pawn>. Game Collection: Fawn Pawns Hope <Open Defence> sees this game.

   Apr-03-26 Vasiukov vs R Naranja, 1974

keypusher: [DIAGRAM] White finds a pretty win from here.

   Apr-03-26 Y Kraidman vs Vasiukov, 1974

keypusher: Wonderful finale from here. [DIAGRAM]

   Apr-03-26 Manila (1974)

keypusher: Best tournament of Vasiukov's life according to Chessmetrics. http://chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/Play...

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Dec-19-14		keypusher: <Shams> Thanks. I hate spunk.

Dec-19-14		Shams: Hey, you like Hoosiers, you'll like this one.

Dec-26-14		cormier: Joyeux Noël ...

Dec-31-14		Fusilli: Best wishes for 2015!

Jan-07-15		OhioChessFan: Tata Steel Moves Prediction Contest Conducted by the Legendary <chessmoron> and hosted at Graceland, home of Elvis. Click on Elvis for details.

Jan-13-15		keypusher: Biographer Bistro Phony Benoni: <keypusher> You will always have access to the actual collection. Once the Historical Tournament Page is created based on it you will not be able to change that page, and any further changes to your collection will not be automatically reflected on the Tournament Page. To create a crosstable, try using the following format: table[ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tarrasch 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 Walbrodt 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 ]table By using the commands "table[" at the beginning and "]table" at the end, you will be able to add empty spaces where needed and make the crosstable come out looking nice and even, if a tad small. It looks bad here because it works only on collection pages, not on regular kibitzing. If you prefer, the Game Editors can take care of the story and crosstable after the tournament page is created. It's just that we would prefer to give the creator of the original collection a chance to make final changes before it comes under our control.

Jan-15-15		keypusher: crawfb5: <keypusher> BCM vol #10 covered the match and annotated all the games (1-2 on pp 68-72, 3-8 on pp 103-114, 9-11 on 146-153, 12-14 on pp 202-208, 15-17 on pp 240-245, 18-23 on pp 283-296 and dates are on 103). https://books.google.com/books?id=0...

Jan-16-15		Abdel Irada: Thank you for speaking up. I wish more people would do that. ∞

Jan-16-15		keypusher: <abdel> sure. I like the guy, he just seems to be a bit nuts where you are concerned.

Jan-16-15		Abdel Irada: Unfortunately, I think he's being manipulated and used as a cat's-paw by <john barleycorn> (who has more or less explicitly promised to make me another AJ Goldsby: <john barleycorn: Mark, I think this will be my New Year's resolution to honour the great minds of our boy and our client: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPp...>, Dec. 31, Kibitzer's Café). <Mark> is essentially decent, but <barleycorn> seems to have recruited him by exploiting his dislike for Islam; you will note that <Mark> never said a word against me until I revealed my conversion. At this point, you will probably have noted that both of them follow me around the site, immediately ridiculing anything I post — it doesn't matter what. The admins have limited power to control this behavior. The only thing that I think will discourage them is to find themselves rebuked and ostracized until they get the idea that other users won't tolerate what can only be described as stalking. ∞

Jan-16-15		Jim Bartle: <abdel> You really need to post something you disagree with intensely. I bet the reaction would be the same.

Jan-16-15		Abdel Irada: As I said, it doesn't matter. I could post "Hello," and both of them would promptly tell me why I was wrong. ∞

Jan-16-15		Jim Bartle: Yes, but it would be funny.

Jan-16-15		Abdel Irada: It already is funny, in a way. People like this are so predictable, I make a game of telling the forum what they're going to say, and then they have to come up with something else — usually something a lot weaker. :-D ∞

Jan-19-15		keypusher: Jan-19-15 torrefan: < you kibitzes like the mighty <tolenggoy> ...> I'm glad you noticed. There is only one "g" in the name of the greatest troll of all time.

Jan-20-15		keypusher: [Event "Chessgames.com Friendly Mini"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/"] [Date "2005.12.01"] [Round "-"] [White "percyblakeney"] [Black "keypusher"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1852"] [BlackElo "2012"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. O-O Na6 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Nb3 a4 15. Nc1 Nc5 16. Bb1 Qg5 17. Kh1 f5 18. f3 f4 19. Rf2 Qh4 20. Kg1 g5 21. h3 Ng3 22. Nb5 Rf6 23. Nxc7 Rh6 24. Nxa8 Bxh3 25. Bc2 Bg4 26. Rf1 Nh1 0-1

Jan-21-15		WannaBe: <keypusher> You asked this a few weeks ago, and I sorta gave you an answer, but not definitive. Here is an article: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/page... <On Tom Brady's fourth-and-1 run for a first down -- this is a public service announcement: Teams that want titles go for it on fourth-and-short -- New England fullback James Develin, who rammed into Brady's back and pushed, should have been flagged for helping the runner. This penalty, a big factor in the old days of three yards and a cloud of dust, is almost never called today.>

Jan-21-15		keypusher: Thanks, <WannaBe>. Glad I wasn't making it up.

Jan-27-15		WannaBe: <keypusher> Sorry to be back again... http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/page... <Push Him Real Good: Last week I said that versus Indianapolis, New England should have been called for helping the runner when the Flying Elvii fullback pushed Brady forward during a quarterback sneak. Readers, including Marcus Masciarelli of Somerville, Massachusetts, noted it is a 10-yard foul to "pull a runner in any direction at any time," and it's a foul to push a teammate to help him recover a loose ball, but pushing the runner is no longer considered helping the runner. So the Patriots fullback's move was legal. However, the officiating signal for PUSHING OR HELPING THE RUNNER still appears in the rulebook.>

Feb-03-15		keypusher: Nf8: <keypusher> 1. Average of the 12 monthly rating lists of 2015 (2 Candidates spots) 2. I think you can find the clearest description in the wiki entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_...) under "Qualification paths". 3. Two 4. One Basically, the current cycle has exactly the same structure of the cycle that has just ended: <cycle leading to the recent Carlsen - Anand match> 2012-13 Grand Prix Series 2013 World Cup early 2014 Candidates late 2014 WC Match <current cycle> 2014-15 Grand Prix Series 2015 World Cup early 2016 Candidates late 2016 WC Match With the 8 players in the Candidates qualifying via 2 World Cup spots + 2 Grand Prix spots + 2 Rating spots + runner-up of the last cycle (Anand) + Organizer's Nominee. 1. How do you qualify by rating for the Candidates? 2. How do you qualify for the World Cup? 3. How many slots in the Candidates come from the World Cup? 4. How many world cup events are there? Are you judged by average performance in all of them?

Feb-03-15		keypusher: Thanks, WannaBe. Guess I was making it up after all.

Feb-06-15		morfishine: <keypusher> Interesting take on Positional play vs Tactical play. I spent about a year studying 'Positional play' with <DcGentle>. We, or at least I, learned much about positional play. The main idea seems to be a focus on 'relevant squares'. Development of all the pieces are an aspect of positional play that also stands forefront. The point is that immediate gains resulting from "tactics" are bypassed in favor of massing all the forces. So what may seem "slow" and "positional" is actually part of a larger plan Another idea we found is that tactics do not trump "positional play" since all tactics stem from positional play in the first place! So what may seem like a boring, drawn out, positional win, is in fact, well-defined in the notes. [ie: the tactics are all in favor of the player with the superior positional stance] morf *****

Feb-18-15		keypusher: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet... https://twitter.com/bennedik/status...

Feb-19-15		keypusher: https://chessnumbers.wordpress.com

Feb-21-15		keypusher: <morfishine> Thanks, is your course of study with DcGentle on one of your forums?

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