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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 32261 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Apr-05-26 Chessgames - Politics (replies)
 
keypusher: <dehanne> Well said by MTG.
 
   Apr-05-26 Kibitzer's Café (replies)
 
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) (replies)
 
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) (replies)
 
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 (replies)
 
keypusher: Great pun <rcs784>. And a glorious new chapter for the <Fawn Pawn>. Game Collection: Fawn Pawns Hope <Open Defence> sees this game.
 
   Apr-04-26 Chessgames - Sports (replies)
 
keypusher: Incidentally, I was wondering if the last time UConn scored so few points was back in 1955 or something, but in fact they lost 57-44 to Georgia Tech in 2021. Maybe more pertinently, they lost the title game to South Carolina in 2022 64-49. In that game USC outrebounded UConn ...
 
   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...
 
   Apr-03-26 Navara vs S B Hansen, 2015
 
keypusher: [DIAGRAM] White is ok after 27.Ra2 or 27.Nb1. But after 27.Nf3 Nxf3+ 28.gf Re5 he was lost. Very difficult position to play, discussed in Aagaard's <Thinking Inside the Box>.
 
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Aug-19-21
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  chancho: Thanks for the kind gesture <Scott>.

I never engage keyzer Sose.

(maybe a post back in 2017)

You know what they say about sticks and stones.

I used the search feature and got this:

Search Kibitzing

Lots of ad hominems in there, it seems.

:-)

Aug-19-21  rbd: <keypusher: <ftb> <JFQ> I think <rbd> meant well, in all his guises, but struggled with self-control. Like Brutus, he made no use of his own philosophy. And he was the recipient of a lot of frankly racist attacks.>

Well, i am showing 'perfect' self control now and walking what i talked of philosophy of Absolute. Correct ?

Aug-20-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: <rbd> Well, I hope so. And hi!
Aug-25-21  rbd: <keypusher: <rbd> Well, I hope so. And hi!>

Hello, <keypusher>

1)yes, it is all anout self control. And i am deeply focused on practicing philosophy of Absolute to expand in dispassion and thus have spontaneous self control

2) and i would stay away from this site.

All the best.

Respect.

Aug-27-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: I wonder if you have any opinion or insights to this Federal Appeals Court's decision. I find it fascinating.

https://autos.yahoo.com/michigan-wo...

Aug-27-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: <WannaBe: I wonder if you have any opinion or insights to this Federal Appeals Court's decision. I find it fascinating.>

I got in the bathtub, and opened a vein.

Aug-29-21  rbd: Hello <keypusher>

Hope you are well.

I owe you one last conversation - an intelligent , productive , dispassionate conversation.... .. ..because you are a stand for intelligent , productive , dispassionate conversations , i think....

So , within next few days , i would have that last conversation with you in your forum , if you please..... ...
Regards.

Aug-29-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: <rbd> Sure, but as you know, I am not a very reliable correspondent.
Aug-29-21  rbd: <keypusher: <rbd> Sure, but as you know, I am not a very reliable correspondent.>

1) stupid , poisonous/destructive monologues of <big pawn>/<george wallace> and gang mostly need no response

2) my monologue too would not necessarly need a response - it is just that you would find my last monolgue intelligent/mature and productive/constructive., I hope.

Aug-31-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: <rbd> Well, fire away.
Aug-31-21  rbd: <keypusher: <rbd> Well, fire away>

It may take a day or a week or more before i post my last monologue.

That would also be beginning of new phase of my journey towards reaching delta + gamma brain wave activity every moment - 'self control ' as you put it , reaching 'perfect' self control spontaneously by reaching delta + gamma brain wave activity which in turn is reached by having perfecf signal/noise ratio (no thought other than 'need of moment' thought ...no emotion , perfect dispassion)

Regards.

Sep-03-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: kp-MA10 9/1/21


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27.Nf5 Bf8 (27...ef 28.Nd5 or 28.Bxf7+ Kxf7 29.Qxh7+ Kf8 30.Nd5) 28.Nh6+ Bxh6 29.Qxh6 f6 30.Nd5 exd5 31.Rxd5 Be6 32.Rxc5 Nf8 (32....Qxc5 33.Bxe6+; 32....Bxa2 33.Rc7 Bf7 34.Bxf6) 33.Qxf6 Bd5 34.Qg7#

Sep-08-21  rbd: <keypusher: <rbd> Well, fire away>

Hello , <keypusher>. Hope you are well.

Ad soon as I am done with my current project that I am occupied with...May take a week more ...a month max....

Regards.

Sep-10-21  rbd: <<keypusher: <ftb> <JFQ> I think <rbd> meant well, in all his guises, but struggled with self-control. Like Brutus, he made no use of his own philosophy. And he was the recipient of a lot of frankly racist attacks.>>

A different way of looking at this is - <rbd> always meant well - always a voice of reason and sanity like <keypusher> and some/many others - and he very earnestly made use of philosophy of Absolute (teachings of Jesus/Buddha/Krishna et al) , however , he lacked maturity/intelligence/leadership abilities of <keypusher> and some/many others ,nonetheless , he is/was bound to catch up eventually and go all the way to the level of Jesus , so earnestly he follows philosophy of Absolute(teachings of Jesus)

2) I would expand on this as soon as I get time - hopefully , within a month from now

Regards.

Sep-18-21  rbd: A student of mine said to me "<rbd> , sir -. kamal, kartik and all other students of yours - they will never stand by you , when you are in 'need' , they will not be there for you ...But I will always be there for you ..Because for me you are my guru , 'Dronacharya' and I have values of Indian culture , I am like eklavya as long as you do not ask me to cut my thumb off , I won't go to that extreme but I will always be there for you. And it is not empty talk . I have walked the talk in past and I will walk my talk in future"

Me : I am very , very disappointed in you and very happy with kamal, kartik , jalaj

Forget about me and focus on teachings - that is what I want. Jalaj showing me his progress in spirituality/advanced meditation/advanced maths/computers daily and so are kartik and kamal. That is what I want. I don't want anything from you for me personally. I want you to reach the level of Krishna/Jesus/Buddha : Delta+gamma brain wave activity all the time - infinite intelligence/wisdom (clarity/depth of thinking/understanding) , infinite compassion , infinite bliss , infinite concentration/courage/strength...

2) today , I was speaking with kartik and I was like "kartik , you had joined me in 2011 and in 2013 you had qualified IIT JEE advanced .

I am very happy with our progress .

Till we reach level of Krishna/Buddha/Jesus we will have some stupidity/'jackass'ness (gadhapan - in Hindi)/immaturity and in last 10 years you and i have dissolved a lot of stupidity/jackassness/immaturity. In next one year , I want us to make twice as much progress as we have made in last 10 years...And I will lead by example : I will show the earnestness of vashishtha muni (guru of ram) and I want from you earnestness of ram, arjun, eklavya..

That is what I want , that is what will give me happiness ...I do not want anything from you for myself personally ...

Nisargadatta maharaja said "water does not care if it quenches thirst or not "

Another version of that is "tree does not care who if anyone eats its fruit or sits in its shade "

Or "sun does not care who if anyone uses its light and energy"

That is perfect description of selfless/impersonal love and that is my promise to you

If anyone has to be grateful , it is me not you because your earnestness helps me increase my earnestness many times

Always remember that we are descendents of Krishna/buddha/Jesus and it is our destiny to reach their level. Let us work together to have tryst with our destiny.

Sep-22-21  rbd: Part 1

This website has some very stupid , repugnant people - <jessicafischerqueen> , for example. After <big pawn> and his fellow low life racist , dogmatic fools like <ohiochessfan>, <optimal play> , <diceman> , <thegoodanarchist>, <Keyser soze> (and his fellow troll <colonel Mortimer>), <jessicafischerqueen> is the most stupid and repugnant low life I have ever come across on this site - low life even joined racists , dogmatic fools against me , how low this nincompoop go , mind boggles (but then again , he had the company of another low life idiot <diademas> in that great witch hunt against me - that low life idiot <diademas> prophesied multiple times that <rbd> going to have meltdown but in the end it was that fool himself who had breakdown while I am perseveringly inching towards level of Jesus every moment and helping others in that area too)

And <Susan Freeman> supports racist attack against me too.

So , of course , I won't be posting on this filthy site having filthy , rooten people like <jfq>

Sep-22-21  rbd: Part 2

If dogmatic fools like <Fredthebear> need be helped in teaching them teachings of Jesus , I may help , otherwise , I am done on this rotten site having rotten people like <jessicafischerqueen>

Sep-22-21  rbd: Part 3

Presently , my focus is on maths, computers , reaching level of Jesus .

After I am done with that ? Finance, economics , it seems.

In a few years from now , when this racist rotten site is finished/destroyed , if you want to get in touch with me , we can exchange emails now , <keypusher>

Otherwise , all the best . Goodbye !

Sep-22-21  rbd: Part 4

<Keypusher> has certain skills, knowledge , intelligence which I might want to focus on after a few years from now and might want to seek his guidance (without taking much of his time) at that time if I have his emailid , in case this rotten , racist website is destroyed by then

It is not that <Susan Freeman> gave just tacit support to racist attacks against me - she openly , blatantly supported racist , vile attacks against me.

And so did <jessicafischerqueen> and <diademas> - hell, these two low life idiots even joined those racist , vile scumbags (<big pawn>/<George Wallace> and gang) in witch hunt against me. And who had meltdown at the end of it ? Victim of racist attacks (that is me) or perpetrator of racist attacks (that is <diademas>)?

3) and but for the sane , smart , mature, honest voice of reason from <keypusher> , <jfq> would continue rooting in her own faeces without getting any wiser about it and patting her back while at it

Sep-22-21  rbd: So, racist , vile people continued hurling abuses and in retaliation , <rbd> hurled unusually vile abuse.

All of a sudden , low life idiots like <diademas> were jubilant - <ah! That is the sign <rbd> is on the verge of meltdown - he cracking. I must use this opportunity . I don't have any compunction to gang up with racist , vile scumbags and hurl abuses at <rbd>. >

Never going to happen. <rbd> is man of steel for many years now.

<Rbd> is inching towards level of Jesus every moment non stop very earnestlu - assessment of <keypusher> is wrong about this.

And soon after king of fools <diademas> had breakdown/meltdown - this site is full of such immature , childish clowns like <diademas>. This site does not deserve me.

However , there are some very mature , intelligent people on this site too and that is why I was here learning from them . Of course , it was time to leave now , nonetheless.

Sep-23-21  rbd: Last conversation(/s) that I want to post in the forum of <keypusher> ( and perhaps in a few other forums)

(i) is <keypusher> a lib ?

(ii) have Sam Harris , Richard Dawkins and other agnostic/atheist ' experts 'have decisively defeated dogmatic fools like <big pawn>/<George Wallace> , <ohiochessfan>, <thegoodanarchist> , <diceman> , <optimal play> - in the debate on <existence of personal god>?

Sep-23-21  rbd: <keypusher: < al wazir: <keypusher: In other news, private corporations squelched what is almost certainly an accurate story just before the presidential election.> I don't understand the reference to private corporations. I looked at the Politico link and didn't see the words "private corporations" mentioned there. Please clarify.>

Forgotten so soon, huh?

Facebook and Twitter blocked access on their platforms to a New York Post story about Hunter Biden's emails shortly before the election. In fact Twitter just shut down the Post's twitter account for nine days or something rather than allow people to link to the story>

<Keypusher> is a lib ?

<Keypusher> is the kind of smart , sane conservatives who focus on the stuff that is important.

Stupid conservatives stupidly focus on stuff that is not important - homosexuality , for example.

Sep-26-21  rbd: Definition of objective moral values

objective moral values are a set of natural laws that the homosapiens must obey, in order to reach highest level in Moscow hierarchy - I. e to have Delta + gamma brain wave activity all the time

Sep-26-21  rbd: Part 2

Objective moral values , Maslow hierarchy , delta + gamma brain wave activity

To be in the zone always

In September of 2002, a Tibetan monk by the name of Mingyur Rinpoche traveled from Kathmandu, Nepal to Madison, Wisconsin to let scientists study his brain while he meditated ....
All the yogis had elevated gamma oscillations not just during meditation but even during baseline measurements of their everyday neural activity.  ...
Gamma is the brainwave frequency that is the fastest and occurs when different brain regions fire in harmony, such as in moments of insight. For most of us, gamma wave bursts last a fraction of a second, not the full minute the Yogis achieved. For the first time, scientists were seeing the enduring transformation that years of meditation etch on the brain. Gamma waves give the brain the feeling that you’re in peak mental and physical condition or of being in the zone. It’s that “I can do anything I set my mind to” feeling. Gamma also is associated with peak concentration and high levels of cognitive functioning. Neuroscientists believe that gamma waves link information from all parts of the brain together, causing the brain to work most efficiently. Everyone has gamma brainwave activity, but the amount of gamma can vary widely. Low gamma brainwaves have been linked to learning difficulties, poor memory, and impaired mental processing. People with high levels of gamma are exceptionally intelligent, compassionate, happy and have great memories. The benefits of producing gamma include improved memory and recall, increased sensory perception, increased focus, increased brain processing speed, happier mood, calmer, more peaceful, and better sleep. Yogis like Mingyur seem to experience an ongoing state of awareness in their daily lives, not just when they meditate. Davidson observed gamma oscillations that persisted for minutes in the yogis, even while they were sleeping

https://braintap.com/study-of-medit...

Sep-29-21  rbd: Me : <GSM> , if a child is raped , tortured , murdered then everybody says that it is wrong . So what do you mean when you say that "objective moral values do not exist "

Gregor Samsa Mendel:--Even with things that are so obviously repugnant to seemingly everyone, people find rationalizations and exceptions. Genital mutilation of infants, without anesthetic, is regularly performed for religious reasons; if the Bible is to be believed, God murdered almost everyone in the Flood, children included, and killed the firstborn sons of the Egyptians; abortion is infanticide to some and not to others. All morality is subjective.

Me : See , there are psychopaths ...There are people who never reach higher level of Moslow hierarchy...There are people who are not 'evolved' /mature. All 'evolved'/mature people have compassion and intelligence and therefore they do not rationalize stupid, 'sinful' behaviour. 2) all 'evolved'/mature people have compassion and intelligence and they all would find rape/torture/murder of a child wrong and almost everyone capable of reaching that level of maturity- hence some moral values are objective. 3) what do you think , <GSM> P.s. you and I both agree that concept of personal god is stupid..I believe that personal god does not exist ..There is no god other than us..We are eternal Absolute , body dies not us...So let us not talk about stupid concept of personal god.

Gregor Samsa Mendel--Perhaps you have heard the expression, "There are no atheists in foxholes." I doubt that evolved people, or objective moral values, exist in foxholes either.

Me :  your argument/reasoning is very messed up ,chaotic <GSM> Let me bring some order , sanity to this conversation. 2) simulation hypothesis : this universe could be a computer simulation and homosapiens and everything else in it computer program - kind of like 'matrix ' movie. If you disagree then I would explain the reasoning behind this hypothesis. For now , I assume that you are in agreement with this hypothesis. 3) now question is - if you or I (or some far more intelligent species - aliens , may be ) create such a simulation , can they create objective moral values as a computer program in that simulation . A simple yes or no would suffice for now . 
Thank you. Regards.

Simulation hypothesis

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim...

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