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Apr-09-16
 | | offramp: <<Well, we crossed the panhandle and then we headed towards Amarillo
We pulled up where Henry Porter used to live. He owned a wreckin' lot outside of town about a mile.
Ruby was in the backyard hanging clothes, she had her red hair tied back. She saw us come rolling up in a trail of dust.
She said, "Henry ain't here but you can come on in, he'll be back in a little while." Then she told us how times were tough and about how she was thinkin' of bummin' a ride back to where she started.
But ya know, she changed the subject every time money came up.
She said, "Welcome to the land of the living dead." You could tell she was so broken-hearted.
She said, "Even the swap meets around here are getting pretty corrupt." "How far are y'all going?" Ruby asked us with a sigh.
"We're going all the way 'til the wheels fall off and burn,
'Til the sun peels the paint and the seat covers fade and the water moccasin dies."
Ruby just smiled and said, "Ah, you know some babies never learn." Something about that movie though, well I just can't get it out of my head
But I can't remember why I was in it or what part I was supposed to play.
All I remember about it was Gregory Peck and the way people moved
And a lot of them seemed to be lookin' my way.
Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love. Well, they were looking for somebody with a pompadour.
I was crossin' the street when shots rang out.
I didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I ran.
"We got him cornered in the churchyard," I heard somebody shout. Well, you saw my picture in the Corpus Christi Tribune. Underneath it, it said, "A man with no alibi."
You went out on a limb to testify for me, you said I was with you.
Then when I saw you break down in front of the judge and cry real tears,
It was the best acting I saw anybody do.
Now I've always been the kind of person that doesn't like to trespass but sometimes you just find yourself over the line.
Oh if there's an original thought out there, I could use it right now.
You know, I feel pretty good, but that ain't sayin' much. I could feel a whole lot better,
If you were just here by my side to show me how.
Well, I'm standin' in line in the rain to see a movie starring Gregory Peck,
Yeah, but you know it's not the one that I had in mind.
He's got a new one out now, I don't even know what it's about
But I'll see him in anything so I'll stand in line.
Brownsville girl with your Brownsville curls, teeth like pearls shining like the moon above
Brownsville girl, show me all around the world, Brownsville girl, you're my honey love. You know, it's funny how things never turn out the way you had 'em planned.
The <<only thing we knew for sure about Henry Porter is that his name wasn't Henry Porter.>>
And you know there was somethin' about you baby that I liked that was always too good for this world
Just like you always said there was something about me you liked that I left behind in the French Quarter....> > |
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Apr-11-16
| | offramp: Attack attack attack and then my opponent ran out of time. I was black' 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 h5 7. Bf4 Qb6 8. Qd2 e5 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Bxe5 Rg8 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Ne1 Bd6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Bxg4+ Nxg4 18. hxg4 Rxg4 19. Qh6 Rdg8 20. f3 Rh4 21. Qf6 Bg3 22. Qf5+ Kb8 23. Nd3 Rxd4 24. cxd4 Qb6 25. Qc5 Qd8 26. Ne5 |
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| Apr-13-16 | | Karposian: <offramp: Attack attack attack and then my opponent ran out of time. I was black> Well played, but you played the Bronstein-Larsen variation in the Caro-Kann. That is a bit..disappointing. You're a braver man than I, <offramp>.
I could never get myself to play 5...gxf6?! It's such an ugly move. How can you damage your pawn structure like that, so early in the game?? I like the Caro-Kann, but I never play this "destruction of one's own kingside in the (usually) infinitesimal hope that the semi-open g-file can be used for crude attacks aimed at your opponent" type of thing. There should be some sanctions in place against players who make moves like 5...gxf6. It is an affront to all chess aestheticians. It's an ugly world out there, do we have to make chess ugly too?? Bent Larsen, not only did that Danish bugger have an ugly face, he played ugly moves too. I urge you, <offramp> to change your repertoire, away from this ugliness. 5...exf6 (the Korchnoi variation) is not so aesthetically pleasing either, but you should be able to get away with it. |
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Apr-13-16
 | | perfidious: <Karposian> Used to play 5....gxf6 a fair amount; here is one game with it, perhaps the most interesting: L Mercuri vs A Shaw, 1987. |
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| Apr-13-16 | | Karposian: <perfidious> "Et tu, Brute?" LOL. Well, I grant you that games in this variation can be highly entertaining, and that game you played against Mercuri where he gave up a piece for three pawns, is definitely an interesting one. But 5...gxf6 is still a thorn in my aesthetic eye :) |
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Apr-13-16
| | offramp: One advantage of the ...gxf6 variation is that you can play lots of moves quickly: h7-h5, Rg8, Bg4, f7-f5, Ne7, 0-0-0, Nb6-c8... All those can be played in at different times, and played quickly! |
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Apr-15-16
| | offramp: I've been given a free Apple iPad. What a piece of garbage. I'll give it to my daughter. |
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| Apr-16-16 | | thegoodanarchist: Do you have a good recipe for crumpets? |
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| Apr-16-16 | | WinKing: Only 2 more days!!!
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Apr-17-16
| | offramp: <thegoodanarchist: Do you have a good recipe for crumpets?> I make bread occasionally but, guess what?, I don't even know what the ingredients are for crumpets. The only one I can guess is flour, and I'm not even certain about that. |
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Apr-17-16
| | offramp: I was thinking today of the opening to an American anthology horror series on the telly: <Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality.
But there is, unseen by most, an underworld, a place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit. A darkside.
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The darkside is always there, waiting for us to enter - waiting to enter us.
Until next time, try to enjoy the daylight.> It was called Tales from the Darkside.
I was thinking about it because <chessgames.com> also has its darkside. I don't often see it because I do not frequent the secret black and midnight venues which play host to the anthological horror stories of blind men with knives in both hands stabbing at each other in a pitch-black room. The places I avoid are The Kibitzer's Café (where every coffee is poisoned), many of the members' personal forums and the monstrous Kenneth Rogoff player page. There are other garbage pages, Jeremy Lim, Odd Lie and a few others I can't remember. These form the dark side of chessgames.com, and I avoid them like the plague. |
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Apr-17-16
| | offramp: Rachel was full price let them of a well. And these are in from me. And he did, Jehovah brought them in the land of those days, that had respect unto me to come, thou shalt not let him three baskets of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and a covenant between the morning, a hundred and Israel. And Jehovah made war with blains upon the land which I seen mine own house of his enemies. And thou art thou taken away unto Abraham, and they conceived again, and jewels of Zibeon: Aiah and spotted. |
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| Apr-18-16 | | Karposian: <offramp: ..the secret black and midnight venues which play host to the anthological horror stories of blind men with knives in both hands stabbing at each other in a pitch-black room. The places I avoid are The Kibitzer's Café (where every coffee is poisoned), many of the members' personal forums and the monstrous Kenneth Rogoff player page.. ..These form the dark side of chessgames.com, and I avoid them like the plague.> There is one place here on <CG>, even more dangerous than the rooms you mentioned: the Wesley So page. There are persistent rumors about people wandering off to that devilish place, for never to be seen again. BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID. |
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Apr-19-16
| | offramp: A very disappointing loss, on time but I was lost anyway
[Event "Playchess"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Offramp"]
[Black "Phoenix13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1468"]
[BlackElo "1558"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nd7 8. Re1
Ngf6 9. Neg5 Be7 10. Rxe6 fxe6 11. Nxe6 Qc8 12. Nxg7+ Kf7 13. Bh6 c5 14. Ng5+
Kg8 15. Nh5 Qc6 16. d5 Qxd5 17. Nf4 Qd4 18. Nfe6 Qg4 19. f3 Qh5 20. Bg7 Bd5 21.
g4 Qe8 22. Bf5 Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Kf7 24. c3 Rg8 25. g5 Rxg7 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. gxf6+
Nxf6 28. f4 Qh5 29. Kh1 Qxf5 30. Qg1+ Kf7 0-1 |
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| Apr-23-16 | | thegoodanarchist: I have replied to you here:
Topalov vs Carlsen, 2016 (kibitz #50) It contains a link to a game you might find of interest. |
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Apr-26-16
| | offramp: "Is this Possible?"
Natal Mercury
click for larger view
I saw this in the Chess Amateur of July, 1928 (Page 316).
<...It will interest our readers to say whether the position could have arisen from actual - maniacal - play!How have those rooks got there? They are not promoted pawns. We fancy we have seen this position before but it may be new to some of our readers.> |
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Apr-27-16
 | | OhioChessFan: Quite possible. I worked it out in my head and played it over to make sure. d3 and d6 allow the Bishop, Queen, and King to clear off the back row. gxf3 and gxf6 are the key moves, allowing the LSB to remove from the back row and the Rooks to get to the g file. fxg3 and fxg6 wrap it up, essentially. |
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Apr-29-16
| | offramp: A perfect answer <OCF>! |
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Apr-30-16
| | offramp: Britain's Labour Party, which I support, is having trouble with anti-semites in its ranks, including the leader. One of the problems Jews have had in the past is that from about 1880-1950 they were associated with bolshevism. Marx was considered a Jew and Trotsky and the Luxemburgs were Jews. In fact anti-semitism seems to have been considered a genuine, non-controversial political viewpoint, something that people openly talked about and discussed. T S Eliot, Evelyn Waugh, Ernest Bevin and many other men, worthy in other ways, openly wrote about their dislike for the entire Jewish people! So I am not surprised Alekhine was anti-semitic. His family home and all the family's possessions had been lost to the bolsheviks, who Alekhine as a White Russian would definitely have equated with Jews or Zionism. He would have had no problem liking and admiring individual Jews such as Landau. But in general he would have been gripped by a 1930s European panic about bolshevism/Zionism/Communism/Freemasonry - a huge conspiracy, fuelled by the "Protocols of Zion", stoked by far-right-wing groups all across Europe. It is easy to get sucked in to such beliefs. People FAIL to make up their own minds. People believe what they read on the internet!! Intelligent people, <leaders of major international political parties> such as Jeremy Corbyn, still believe those ancient myths. Essentially they believe that a group which comprises 0.001% of the population of anywhere is somehow controlling the Planet - and that is the base line. How could that be possible! |
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| May-08-16 | | thegoodanarchist: <offramp: Britain's Labour Party, which I support, is having trouble with anti-semites in its ranks, including the leader.> I am anti-Termite. There, I admitted it. Phew, what a relief to finally stop hiding my dark secret. |
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May-09-16
| | offramp: I am surprised at how BAD Apple's iPads are. The glass is good.... Um...that's it. My Kindle fire is hugely better that an iPad.
I'm astonished at how garbage it is. |
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| May-14-16 | | luftforlife: <offramp>: Just a note to let you know how much I enjoy your portraits of chess players. I've seen several of them, and I admire your directness of technique and your psychological insight. You capture gesturally and reveal authentically what seems to be the momentary inner essence of your subjects, who of course are deep in thought over-the-'board and so are probably not too outwardly dynamic. I know you work quickly, and your renditions are all the more powerful as a result. Good show! |
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May-15-16
| | offramp: Thank you, <luftforlife>. I am a member of a few forums. But this site is definitely the best. There is a lot of intelligence here. I really love - and I mean that - I love reading the conversations involving YOU and Zanzibar. They are very interesting. I read them but I'd don't necessarily comment... |
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| May-19-16 | | thegoodanarchist: <For two years running <Worst Fanirmod> at the annual Caissars.> The plural of Fanirmod is Fanirmodia, I believe. |
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May-20-16
| | offramp: 1. Belinda: spadille, spade3, 4 gap(Belinda 1-0-0)
gap2. Belinda: manille, spade5, 6 gap(2-0-0)
gap3. Belinda: basto, spade7, x gap(3-0-0)
gap4. Belinda: spadeK, spadeJ, x gap(4-0-0)
gap5. Belinda: clubK, spadeQ, x gap(4-1-0)
gap6. Baron: diamondK, x, diamond5 gap(4-2-0)
gap7. Baron: diamondQ, x, diamond4 gap(4-3-0)
gap8. Baron: diamondJ, x, heartQ gap(4-4-0)
gap9. Baron: heartA, x, heartK gap(5-4-0) |
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