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| Feb-25-18 | | morfishine: <thegoodanarchist> Its pretty much the same thing. I have my settings for games set at 100 pts below my current rating up to 500 pts above, so I'm always playing very good players who mingle standard chess with Chess960. Technically, my rating for standard chess reached a high of 1870 a couple of years ago when I ceased training. Its interesting how chess principles are the same for standard & Chess960. If you want to improve your chess I would concentrate on openings, doing tactical puzzles every day and honing your endgame. Oh, and you must keep this up every day, there is no time allowed for vacations, otherwise you will most likely fall back. ***** |
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| Feb-25-18 | | thegoodanarchist: <f you want to improve your chess I would concentrate on openings, doing tactical puzzles every day and honing your endgame. Oh, and you must keep this up every day, there is no time allowed for vacations, otherwise you will most likely fall back. > Yeah, that was my formula for many years, and I got to be a good player. I was winning prizes in the open section of (small) tournaments. I was wondering, though, if your activity included anything helpful that I was not doing. Doesn't seem so. Another thing I did was study complete games. I would set up a board, use a clock, and cogitate on the middle game positions as if I were in a tournament. Then, I would make my move, punch the clock, and write it down. Then I would check against the grandmaster's move. |
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| Feb-25-18 | | morfishine: <thegoodanarchist> There is no shortcut. I was lucky to meet <Patriot> who guided me to solving puzzles and referred me to Dan Heisman, chess teacher and national master. I really think the main ingredient to breaking through to the next level is just never giving up, keep on with your program and results will show themself. It helps to be "tactically sharp" but if one is average here, then strong positional play can offset I really admire those GM's that "took awhile" to get their GM norms. They stuck to it and finally got the GM title. ***** |
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| Feb-25-18 | | thegoodanarchist: <morfishine: <thegoodanarchist> There is no shortcut. I was lucky to meet <Patriot> who guided me to solving puzzles and referred me to Dan Heisman, chess teacher and national master. > I was lucky to meet a French Canadian master at the World Open, when I was in my early 20s. He told me about a kid who got "The Black Book" (Encyclopedia of Chess Middlegames) and solved all the puzzles without looking. The kid went from ~1500 to Expert! I did the same thing and my rating shot up 300 points. But I never finished Part II, the hard puzzles, so I didn't make expert :) |
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| Feb-26-18 | | morfishine: <thegoodanarchist> Well, for crying out loud, finish Part II, your expert rating awaits! (I still got that huge Polgar book '5,334 Problems' in hardcover of all things that I've never started. 5,334 seems a funny number to stop at) ***** |
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Feb-26-18
 | | offramp: Old Offramp looks out upon a troubled world.
My predictions for the coming year.
MARCH 2018
In the land of SOD a riotous election.
A Sikh and a Muslim both fight for selection.
APRIL
Scandal in France from a woman called Cindy,
Dancing the tango and speaking in Hindi.
MAY
Songs of joy and tears of sadness,
Nothing will stop Catalonian madness.
JUNE
In the land of the bear he is sentenced to death
But salvation arrives with an icy breath.
JULY
The corn-chandler's foot is stuck in the pantry,
Judah and Ephron fight it out in the gantry.
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| Feb-26-18 | | thegoodanarchist: < morfishine: <thegoodanarchist> Well, for crying out loud, finish Part II, your expert rating awaits! (I still got that huge Polgar book '5,334 Problems' in hardcover of all things that I've never started. 5,334 seems a funny number to stop at)> I had 2 copies of that. I got them at a B&N or else Borders clearance sale. Dirt cheap, something like $4.99 each. They had a huge stack of them. Wish I had bought more, and resold them on ebay. Don't have them anymore, gave them away in a move or something years ago. Nowadays there are lots of tactical software products on the market |
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Feb-26-18
| | offramp:
AUGUST
With ten million and seven mirrors life is created,
Snow wind sleet rain, all unabated.
SEPTEMBER
A stuck pig speaks. It says goodbye,
The sight of a victory goal passed us by.
OCTOBER
In Goshen he is blessed with a shekel weight.
But his wife in a chaise-cart still turns up late.
NOVEMBER
At the picture of him she does throw his number,
Rousing the good-natured man from his slumber.
DECEMBER
Four soldiers, one cupboard, and they have one master.
Aholibamah returns to avert a disaster.
JANUARY 2019
The bright jewels lie clammy, and busting and bloom,
A sailor is robbed as he sleeps in his room.
FEBRUARY
The entire battle hymn sung like a bad hangover,
Amazing news for Haus Hannover. |
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| Feb-26-18 | | morfishine: <offramp> Those are some morbid, dark predictions. I used to make predictions under the moniker 'Nostramarcus', but while disasters were frequent topics, I had foreseen nothing as disturbing as your predictions ***** |
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Feb-26-18
| | offramp: <morfishine> it's odd but I don't find them too bleak. What about the one where teh guy gets his foot stuck in the cupboard door? I think we'll have to wait ans see how accurate they are. |
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| Feb-26-18 | | morfishine: <offramp> Maybe I jumped off the deep end with that comment. In any case, I thought his foot was stuck in the pantry (July), While the cupboard is mentioned (Dec) But I find these most interesting from salvation arriving with an icy breath, stuck pigs, unabated snow/sleet, a ripped off sailor & cupboards & pantries I will have to resuscitate 'Nostramarcus' and work up some of my own current predictions ***** |
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Feb-28-18
| | offramp:
Kramnik 7.5
Mamedyarov 7.5
So 7.5
Aronian 7.0
Caruana 7.0
Ding, Liren 6.5
Grischuk 6.5
Karjakin 6.5 |
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| Mar-01-18 | | thegoodanarchist: <offramp: One of the problems with forums is that owners have a perpetual power of deletion. Sometimes posts are deleted which leave a string of incomprehensible posts.> Maybe there were no deletions, and the forum owner was merely replying to posts that he or she hallucinated! |
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Mar-01-18
 | | WannaBe: I know, sometimes, I'd get a post/question on my forum, and in return, I answer/respond on that member's forum (if they have one and it is open). Just to confuse people!! =)) |
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Mar-01-18
 | | Penguincw: < WannaBe: I know, sometimes, I'd get a post/question on my forum, and in return, I answer/respond on that member's forum (if they have one and it is open). > Biggest dilemma ever: if someone posts something on your forum, and you want to answer it, do you post it on your forum, or their forum (if they have one)? Don't want to do both, as that's spamming. |
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Mar-01-18
| | WannaBe: Don't do both, do 3. =) |
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Mar-02-18
| | offramp: ☠
May the spirit which once inhabited this skull rise up and testify against me, if ever I knowingly reveal the secrets entrusted to me...
☠ |
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| Mar-02-18 | | thegoodanarchist: <offramp: ☠
May the spirit which once inhabited this skull rise up and testify against me, if ever I knowingly reveal the secrets entrusted to me... > He works at the Department of Motor Vehicles Help Desk. |
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Mar-03-18
| | offramp: [Event "Rated Blitz game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/3fn64IP2"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "offramp"]
[Black "Tobermory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "1388"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ba3 Qf6 9. Qb3 Na5 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. O-O Qxc3 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 f6 14. Rac1 Qd4 15. Nxc6 Qxa4 16. Rfe1+ Kf7 17. Nd8# White wins by checkmate. 1-0 |
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| Mar-03-18 | | morfishine: <offramp> This game should be submitted for GOTD with the straightforward game title "Offramp's Immortal" No doubt, you will be enshrined in the World Chess Hall of Fame so your memory will be glorified for eternity ***** |
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Mar-03-18
| | Penguincw: < WannaBe: Don't do both, do 3. =) > While you posted that twice (here and on my forum), I have decided to do what you said, which is 3 times: my forum (in response to your post there), your forum and of course, here. :) |
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| Mar-03-18 | | thegoodanarchist: <Penguincw: < WannaBe: Don't do both, do 3. =) > While you posted that twice (here and on my forum), I have decided to do what you said, which is 3 times: my forum (in response to your post there), your forum and of course, here. :)> Are you a Hoboken Penguin? |
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| Mar-06-18 | | WinKing: Hi offramp,
<<>Candidates Tournament 2018 begins Saturday, March 10th<>> A little over 3 days to go!
Countdown to the Candidates Tourament 2018:
https://www.timeanddate.com/countdo...
37&msg=Candidates+Tournament+2018&font=cursive
♘Candidates♘Candidates Tournament 2018♗Candidates♗ https://worldchess.com/
This tournament will run from Mar. 10th thru Mar. 28th 2018. (14 Rounds -
Double Round Robin)
Participants include: Aronian, Caruana, Ding Liren, Grischuk, Karjakin,
Kramnik, Mamedyarov & So,
Average rating: 2786 (as of 2/18/18) - Category XXII *****
*****
<<> Candidates Tournament 2018 <>> Schedule -
Round 1 is Saturday March 10th & it starts @ 15:00hrs(3pm) Berlin
time(9am chessgames time).
!!! Time changes will be occurring during the month of March both in Berlin,
Germany(on March 25th) & in the United States(on March 11th) . Starting
times will vary depending on the rounds. !!!
< 3 Prediction Contests: (Win virtual medals - Gold, Silver & Bronze) > *** User: lostemperor
(FINAL STANDINGS PREDICTIONS) - Predict the order the players will finish.
Run & hosted by <lostemperor>. (3 categories to medal in) *** **User: Golden Executive -
(The Game Prediction Contest) - Predict the result 1-0, 1/2, or 0-1. Run &
hosted by <Golden Executive>. (3 categories to medal in) This year will be the 11th Anniversary for this contest! (from 2007 to 2018 -
11 years running)**
*User: OhioChessFan
(Moves Prediction Contest) - Predict the result 1-0, 1/2, or 0-1 & the number
of moves. (4 categories to medal in). This contest is run by <chessmoron> &
hosted by <OhioChessFan>.* *****
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Also, don't forget about <chessgames> ChessBookie game for this event.
She can't wait to take some or all of your chessbucks. ;) ChessBookie Game
Don't miss out on the fun for this Super Event!!! |
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Mar-08-18
| | offramp: What do you call dates that have a crispy sugar coating? Candied dates. 😆😎 |
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| Mar-09-18 | | thegoodanarchist: What do you call it when dates with a crispy sugar coating can flip a piece of candy? Candied dates turn a mint. |
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