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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Apr-06-26 Chessgames - Politics    keypusher: <Elaborate , if you please . I am finding posts of you and <fsr> very insightful and they helping me a lot to expand , grow . I would be grateful if you explain , <keypusher> . Thank you .> I don't think average voter IQ has changed much since the 1990s. But the ...      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 Kibitzer's Café    keypusher: I finally saw <Project Hail Mary>. Some people have claimed it's unrealistic, and they have a point. Easily the craziest thing is that there's a schoolteacher character who's funny, charming, great with kids, and looks just like Ryan Gosling, and he can't even get a date.      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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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 31 OF 49 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-11-19    keypusher: Blumenfeld 1-0 59 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018 Jan-11-19    keypusher: Alekhine-Chatard 1-0 22 Stockfish vs AlphaZero, 2018 Jan-11-19    keypusher: The other 67-move Nimzo-English, 1-0 67 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018 Jan-14-19    keypusher: QGD Exchange (D35) 1-0 89 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018 Nimzo-English 1-0 53 (Rgg6 exchange sac) AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018 Nimzo-English 1-0 56 (Rf6 exchange sac) AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018 Jan-14-19    keypusher: French (Steinitz) 1-0 49 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018 Caro-Kann Two Knights (B11) 0-1 69 Stockfish vs AlphaZero, 2018 Jan-17-19    keypusher: Evans Gambit, 1/2, 136 Stockfish vs AlphaZero, 2018 Evans Gambit, 1/2 Houdini vs Stockfish, 2013 Jan-27-19    keypusher: French Defense, 30.Bxg6, 1-0 52 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017 Feb-07-19    keypusher: pat-SDT, 1983 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 Be7 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Qh5 Qe8 8. O-O g6 9. Qh6 Nc6 10. Re1 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Qd8 12. Bd3 Bf6 13. Rh5 Re8 14. Qxh7+ Kf8 15. Bh6+ 1-0 Feb-18-19    keypusher: Nimzo-English, 1-0 109 AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018 Feb-27-19    keypusher: Stockfish vs AlphaZero, 2018 Neo-Gruenfeld, 1/2 46 Feb-27-19    keypusher: King's Indians AlphaZero (Computer) May-06-19    Nisjesram: Well , one question , <keypusher> , if you please , provided you promise not to laugh . What did you say ? You promise ? Thank you , mate :) What if I become infinitely intelligent through some miracle . Infinitely more intelligent than Einstein or whoever. Now what ? What do I do now to make money real fast? Thank you Regards. . May-15-19    keypusher: <nisjesram> Sorry, just saw this. You couldn't have picked a worse person to ask the question if you had tried. The best way is to marry someone rich, or to have rich parents. If neither of these is open to you, then I think this is the next best option. https://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Not... May-15-19    diceman: <Nisjesram: What if I become infinitely intelligent through some miracle . Infinitely more intelligent than Einstein or whoever. Now what ? What do I do now to make money real fast?> If you were infinitely intelligent: 1)You probably wouldnt be interested in money, having more important things on your mind. 2) You'd be able to answer your own question. May-17-19    Nisjesram: < keypusher: <nisjesram> Sorry, just saw this. You couldn't have picked a worse person to ask the question if you had tried. The best way is to marry someone rich, or to have rich parents. If neither of these is open to you, then I think this is the next best option> Thank you , <keypusher>, for the book recommendation. Regards. . May-17-19    Nisjesram: < diceman: <Nisjesram: What if I become infinitely intelligent through some miracle . Infinitely more intelligent than Einstein or whoever. Now what ? What do I do now to make money real fast?> If you were infinitely intelligent: 1)You probably wouldnt be interested in money, having more important things on your mind. 2) You'd be able to answer your own question> :) Cheers :) . May-19-19    keypusher: < diceman: <Nisjesram: What if I become infinitely intelligent through some miracle . Infinitely more intelligent than Einstein or whoever. Now what ? What do I do now to make money real fast?> If you were infinitely intelligent: 1)You probably wouldnt be interested in money, having more important things on your mind. 2) You'd be able to answer your own question.> I think diceman’s answer was better than mine.... Jun-06-19    keypusher: Wow! Four decisive classical games! And Black won the only Armageddon. So, overall, Six decisive games out of 15 classical. White has scored 5-4 in Armageddon. Jun-06-19    keypusher: Another day in the bag. Two wins in classical, White scored 1-2 in Armageddon. So overall: 2 wins out of 10 in classical White has scored 5-3 in Armageddon. Jun-06-19    keypusher: So...day 1 of the Norway Chess Armageddon experiment. All the classical games were drawn, and White won four of the five Armageddon games. Ding's and Carlsen's Armageddon games were pretty impressive, but the rest seemed awfully sloppy. Jun-07-19    Fusilli: <keypusher> Are you active in competitive chess? Jun-08-19    keypusher: Fusilli No. my last tournament was in 2008. I’ve played online since then but not seriously Jun-09-19    keypusher: Ok, one decisive classical game and 2-2 in Armageddon today. So overall, 7 decisive classical games out of 20 and White has scored 7-6 in Armageddon. Jun-09-19    keypusher: OK, zero wins in classical in Round 5, and White scored 1-4 in Armageddon. So overall, 7 decisive classical games out of 25, and White has scored 8-10 in Armageddon/Ragnarok Jun-09-19    OhioChessFan: To my surprise, I don't get the sense anyone is steering toward the Armageddon games. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 49) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 31 OF 49 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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