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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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   Apr-08-26 World Championship Women's Candidates (2026)

keypusher: <boz: Nobody wants to win this.> Jiner Zhu has finally reached first -- a tie for first, anyway.

   Apr-07-26 Chessgames - Politics

keypusher: NYT article re the decision to go to war -- hopefully not paywalled. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/...

   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 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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May-17-08		keypusher: Thanks <tpstar>! Never saw that one.

May-17-08		brankat: <keypusher> Thank You for the info You posted at <Tarrasch>'s regarding 1908 match.

May-17-08		sitzkrieg: p.s. I d like to say something positive about slo.. Slo is right about people like fincher and others..Usually Slo is much more civilized, intelligent and polite then them. I also don't see slo as a troll, he makes regulary interesting posts, and some provocations now and then can be quite refreshing too imo:o. just take his comments lighthartedly, and not too seriously when needed. Just like mine:)

May-17-08		keypusher: Alright, <sitzkrieg>, I will leave your last post up, just in case you are right. :-)

May-20-08		brankat: <keypusher> In regards to Your question about the 1961 Tal-Botvinnik Match book. I liked it. Perhaps the most intriguing part is Botvinnik's impressions of young Tal's personality. This "profiling" Botvinnik used as a part of his preparation for the match. Then there is an assessment of Tal's style of play. Done there and then, without a "historical distance" or a benefit of a hindsight. Also, I found it interesting the way the games were analyzed. Botvinnik did the games he had won, others dealt with Botvinnik's losses. I assume the idea was to be as objective as possible. But, since You have Tal's book about 1960 match, it certainly would be a good idea to go through that one first.

May-20-08		Benzol: <keypusher> Would you mind if I included Game Collection: St. Petersburg 1895-96 with the other tournaments that are listed on my forum page?

May-20-08		slomarko: <Also, I found it interesting the way the games were analyzed. Botvinnik did the games he had won, others dealt with Botvinnik's losses. I assume the idea was to be as objective as possible.> Brankat i think the other way round would be more objective.

May-20-08		brankat: <slomarko> You may be right. The thought actually did occur to me after I posted the above. Just like in a chess game, spotting a mistake after the move had been made :-) I read the book some 40 years ago, and have forgotten a lot about it, but I think Botvinnik does give his rationale for the approach to the analysis. It's just that I don't remember what it was :-) Besides, I'm sure the games must have been analyzed many times over the years by various writers/masters and engines. What does remain unique and original, are Botvinnik's thoughts on Tal and his chess.

May-20-08		slomarko: sometimes its comical when sb annotates his own game (a win of course) and then he keeps giving himself exlamation marks and by the end of the game he has like 10 or 15 of them or something and then you just wonder how the hell he won the game only 1:0 :P but of course Botvinnik wasn't like that in fact i remember i read Kasparov once said Botvinnik was very critical of his own games.

May-20-08		brankat: <slomarko> One has to be critical of one's own games, otherwise it'd hard to expect any progress in quality/strength of the play. Botvinnik was known to be, among other things, very self-disciplined, well organized and hard working. Plus, he was a scientist. Such people usually tend to be self-critical and objective.

May-20-08		keypusher: <Benzol: <keypusher> Would you mind if I included Game Collection: St. Petersburg 1895-96 with the other tournaments that are listed on my forum page?> I'd be honored, Paul!

May-20-08		Calli: email from Google regarding Wiener Schachzeitung 1908: "Thank you for your email. I understand that "Wiener Schachzeitung" was previously available on Google Book Search, but at this time you are not able to access the book. I will shortly pass along your finding to the appropriate members of our team for review. I appreciate your taking the time to write us, and I encourage you to continue to let us know how we can improve Google Book Search. We are working to resolve all outstanding issues with this beta program, and your feedback has been very helpful." Isn't everything at Google in "beta"?

May-21-08		brankat: <keypusher> Should You decide to go on a chess-books shopping binge, this one may be of interest. I think it is also somewhat different: http://www.chesscafe.com/Reviews/bo...

May-26-08		brankat: For Your viewing pleasure :-) http://www.kwabc.org/Bilder/Galleri...

May-26-08		keypusher: <brankat> Thank you!! Many pictures there i hadn't seen before. The "unofficial" pictures are quite interesting.

Jun-03-08		WannaBe: I see your name under the adv. entry list, and see your section. Will try to meet up w/ you! :-)

Jun-04-08		WannaBe: Re: Yermo Simul: http://www.vegaschessfestival.com/ click on the far right link, <SIMUL>.

Jun-09-08		WannaBe: Pleasure to have met ya!! You can see the pictures here: http://mysite.verizon.net/jyu1/inde...

Jun-11-08		WannaBe: <keypusher> go to http://www.uschess.org/msa/ then select 'Look Up a Member', then type in your name or your USCF ID, and select 'Tnmt Hst'. I see, that you gained 40 pts! :-)

Jun-12-08		WannaBe: <keypusher> With your permission (and the recommendation by <Benzol>) would you mind, if your picture from round 6 gets submitted to CG as your player's page photo?? If you wish to review that picture, visit http://mysite.verizon.net/jyu1/inde...

Jun-12-08		keypusher: <wannabe> Sure, that picture is fine. Although a friend I showed it to told me I shouldn't sleep during games!

Jun-12-08		Sergey Sorokhtin: keypusher! look Kurajica-Karpov 1976 :)

Jun-13-08		whiskeyrebel: I enjoyed meeting you at the National open. You seemed very ready for battle before each round. I wish round 6 had gone better for you. You did well though. The more people I meet in person from this site the more fun I have here.

Jun-13-08		keypusher: <whiskeyrebel> <I wish round 6 had gone better for you.> Me too. I had a quite satisfactory position out of the opening, but got comprehensively outplayed after that. Round Six went well for you, though, right? <You seemed very ready for battle before each round.> I don't know about that, but I didn't get as nervous as I did in the old days. When I was 19 every game felt like #24 of the world championship. <The more people I meet in person from this site the more fun I have here.> Ditto!

Jun-13-08		whiskeyrebel: Round six was sweet for me. 1) I fended off an attack by a talented 13 year old who outrated me and 2) answered back with a snazzy winning combo. 3) I pulled this off wielding my beloved CK.

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