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Soory, I've been away for a while! My favourite English GM, dear Morfishine, is definitely Tony Miles. He was very Larsenish: he played unusual openings but was as strong as almost any Soviet GM at endings.

I also like Miles's nemesis, Short, because he is funny and honest, and he actually made it to a WC Final.

I like Short too, but he had such a difficult time with Kasparov. I guess mostly everybody else did too. This is my favorite Short vs Kasparov game. I still think there has to be a win in there somewhere!

Short vs Kasparov, 1993

CO4
Set-up row: k2 place marker k2 (this marker will be called middle marker) Row 1: kfb; k to st before marker kfb; slip marker; kfb k to last stitch; kfb Row 2: k
Repeat until there are 60 sts on your needles (or until the lower edge is wide enough to fit around your wrists). End with row 1,
then join in round - place marker (this marker will be called end marker)

Part II - in the round

Round 1: k
Round 2: k2tog; k until 1 st before middle marker; kfb; slip marker; kfb; k until 2 sts before end marker; ssk Repeat these 2 rounds a total of 5 times

Round 11: p
Round 12: k2tog; k until 1 st before middle marker; kfb; slip marker; kfb; k until 2 sts before end marker; ssk Repeat rounds 11 and 12 a total of 5 times

Round 21: k
Round 22: k2tog; k until 1 st before middle marker; kfb; slip marker; kfb; k until 2 sts before end marker; ssk Repeat rounds 21 and 22 a total of 5 times

Round 31: p
Round 32: k2tog; k until 1 st before middle marker; kfb; slip marker; kfb; k until 2 sts before end marker; ssk Repeat rounds 31 and 32 a total of 5 times

Round 41: k
Round 42: k2tog; k until 1 st before middle marker; kfb; slip marker; kfb; k until 2 sts before end marker; ssk Repeat rounds 41 and 42 a total of 5 times

Afterwards k to middle marker - remove middle marker; and TURN WORK. Now there is only one marker left.

Part III - knitted flat

Row 1: k to last stitch before end – if you want to avoid a gap at the upper outer edge, you can now connect the first and last stitches of that row like this: slip the last stitch to the right needle and - using a crochet hook - draw the working yarn through the first stitch of that row, put the loop on the left needle, move the last (not yet knitted) stitch back to the left needle, knit the two stitches together (see picture on the left). Alternatively, just knit the last stitch.

Row 2: ssk; k until the last two stitches; k2tog Row 3: k
Row 4: ssk; k until two stitches before marker; ssk; slip marker; k2tog; k until two stitches before end; k2tog Row 5: k
Repeat rows 2-5 rows twice more more.

Row 11: p
Row 12: ssk; k until two stitches before marker; ssk; slip marker; k2tog; k until two stitches before end; k2tog Row 13: p
Row 14: ssk; k until the last two stitches; k2tog (if you started part 2 at 60 stitches, you should now have 40 sts on your needles)

Place marker (this will be called M2) and add 20 stitches by using a knitted cast on – place marker (this is the new „round end marker“) join in round. The picture on the right shows the naming and placement of the markers. I opted to distribute the stitches on three needles instead of using markers.

Part IV & thumb - knitted in the round

Round 1: k to M2: ssk *k1 p1 (repeat from * to two sts before) marker k2tog slip marker (this creates a small ribbing at the upper edge to prevent it from rolling) Round 2: k to M2: ssk *p1 k1 (repeat from * to two sts before) marker k2tog slip marker (this creates a small ribbing at the upper edge to prevent it from rolling) Round 3 = Round 1

Round 4: ssk k to two stitches before marker k2tog, repeat once more; you're now at M2, ssk *p1 k1 (repeat from * to two sts before) marker k2tog slip marker Round 5: ssk k to two stitches before marker k2tog; repeat three times Round 6: k all

Round 7 = Round 5
Round 8 = Round 5
Round 9 = Round 6

Every time I search, they tell me "it really didn't take us that long".

Well, not exactly, but words to that effect:

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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43097113

It was detected by the British Geological Survey*

Well, the head pro of the course (who had been giving me lessons) stepped-in right on the green and said "There's no use nit-picking"

I don't remember who won, but the lesson stuck

I did feel a huge rumbling underfoot. I looked out the window and birds were falling from the sky. Chimneys were turning to jelly. Streets of houses were falling into gaping Robert James Fischer s.

BOUCHÉES À LA BORDELAISE AVEC SAUCE MAÎTRE D'HÔTEL

Every one quart of grated breadcrumbs. Bake them first the dinner tables finds its head downwards, in salt or thin the meat, there for one hour before serving.

CHIPPED POTATOES, AND POTATOES, AND POTATOES AND EGGS À LA AERSCHOT.

Mince your carrots as fine as possible then add to your slow simmering chili. Let cook with your sweet potatoes minimum two hours. Ideally, your fine minced carrots will liquify to invisibility

Happy Cooking!

But recently, I've taken a different, less rigid approach, and I've finally broken over 1900 and hopefully, am on my way to 2000

Keep at it: if you really want to improve, it takes real dedication and commitment

otherwise, just have fun

Thanks again, morf

After all the hard work you have made, it must be a great satisfaction to reach your (part) goal!

The master <offramp> is one of my favorite posters!

We need more gentleman like you and Master <offramp> and others on this site

But recently, I've taken a different, less rigid approach>

I found I was over-thinking the various opening positions trying to get my pieces developed quickly and efficiently. For example, with Knights stuck in the corner, I was trying to clear the c or f-pawns to develop the Knight to <c2> or <f2>. The problem is I was giving up too much space in the center (violating a cardinal rule in standard chess).

So I reverted back to the tried and true ways of first placing pawns in the center and only then, developing my pieces. The results have been dramatic over the past 20 games: I've won 70% including 7 in a row (4 wins over 2000+ rated players) which boosted my rating from 1800 to 1900.

Alas, I got cocky and lost 3 in a row, but have won the past 2 to right the ship

So thats it, I'm contesting the center first, then developing pieces, which has allowed me to be competitive in every game or vice versa, I'm not getting crushed, even by 2000+ players

hope it helps

I thought you meant that you improved your classical chess; I didn't realize you were referring to 960.