perfidious Member since Dec-23-04 Behold the fiery disk of Ra! Started with tournaments right after the first Fischer-Spassky set-to, but have long since given up active play in favour of poker. In my chess playing days, one of the most memorable moments was playing fourth board on the team that won the National High School championship at Cleveland, 1977. Another which stands out was having the pleasure of playing a series of rapid games with Mikhail Tal on his first visit to the USA in 1988. Even after facing a number of titled players, including Teimour Radjabov when he first became a GM (he still gave me a beating), these are things which I'll not forget. Fischer at his zenith was the greatest of all champions for me, but has never been one of my favourite players. In that number may be included Emanuel Lasker, Bronstein, Korchnoi, Larsen, Speelman, Romanishin, Nakamura and Carlsen, all of whom have displayed outstanding fighting qualities. Besides sitting across the board from Tal, I have a Lasker number of three and twos for world champions from Capablanca through Carlsen.

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Apr-24-26 Chessgames - Sports   perfidious: One could ask a question once posed by Bill James with regard to Eddie Murray: <In batting average, what was perfidious' worst year? Every year.>      Apr-24-26 Chessgames - Guys and Dolls   perfidious: Teri Weigel.      Apr-24-26 Chessgames - Politics    perfidious: A precis of how, and why, that self-proclaimed great businessman paid a call to bankruptcy court: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br0...      Apr-24-26 W Pulling vs J O'Sullivan, 1845   perfidious: <Enough of the trash.> Then why were you here?      Apr-24-26 Grigory Goldberg   perfidious: <In an attempt to avoid "depraved onions"....> 'Depraved onions'? Really? Quite droll.      Apr-23-26 Frank Marshall    perfidious: <Geoff>, I have never seen any collection of Najdorf's games, but would imagine that he does not relate the story of the local journalist at Wijk aan Zee who cured him of his long-standing habit of asking others how they felt about his position during games.      Apr-23-26 World Championship Candidates (2026)    perfidious: <Atterdag....Bu - Liu - Lu - Zhu - Xu - Xi - they sure like short names there.> When one tries to enter fewer than three characters to search for anyone, the only chance is via the drop-down menu, more's the pity. Long ago I had a co-worker who would not even have made ...      Apr-23-26 Alekhine - Euwe World Championship Match (1935)   perfidious: Capablanca is asked about this match in the presence of Euwe: 'Alekhine's game is twenty pc bluff'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck6...      Apr-23-26 Jose Raul Capablanca   perfidious: From lichess: 'Did the Soviets collude against Capablanca?' https://lichess.org/@/RuyLopez1000/...      Apr-23-26 perfidious chessforum   perfidious: <[Event "21st World Open"] [Site "Philadelphia PA"] [Date "1993.07.02"] [EventDate "1993"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "De Fotis, Gregory"] [Black "Ash, Richard"] [ECO "D79"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 d5 ...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 13 OF 426 ·  Later Kibitzing> May-12-19    Fusilli: Too much poker? Need a chess break? Here's a little jewel for you: N. Grigoriev, 1923 (taken from Yusupov, Build Up Your Chess.) click for larger view White to play and survive. May-12-19    perfidious: <Fusilli>, dang, looks like a tough nut to crack. Lemme get back to you on this one.... May-13-19    wtpy: Perf and Fusilli, Don't have a chessboard--I know that is kind of weird. I am thinking the main line is 1 c5 dc 2 Kb3 a2 3 Ka2 Ka4 4 Kb2 and white can keep the opposition. I just inherited some chess books among them Fine's BCE and am working though the positions that have diagrams. Still on king and pawns so hopefully this was in my wheelhouse. May-13-19    perfidious: <wtpy>, maybe not so strange as you think--mine is in mothballs somewhere or other. In any case, I prefer to think for myself over using a computer for analysis, and my luddite tendencies, same as those of <Sally Simpson>, are well known hereabouts. May-14-19    Fusilli: <wtpy> <I am thinking the main line is 1 c5 dc 2 Kb3 a2 3 Ka2 Ka4 4 Kb2 and white can keep the opposition.> Well, not really. Black plays 4.Kb4 and it is black that has the opposition. Play can follow 5.Kc2 Kc4 6.Kd2 Kb3 -+ But you are correct that it is all about the opposition. Hint: prioritize the opposition over the capture of pawns (or rather, over the timing of capture of pawns). You are also correct that the c-pawn must be pushed, but not in the first move. It's tricky, very tricky. White has one and only one correct move sequence to survive. May-14-19    wtpy: Fusilli, I guess you are right. Will take another look. May-18-19    Fusilli: OK, time's up! Here's the solution. Grigoriev 1923, white to play. (Taken from Yusupov's book.) click for larger view 1. Kb3! (1.c5 loses to 1...dxc5 2.Kb3 a2 3.Kb2 Kb4! 4.Ka1 Kb3 and ...c4, c3, c2, c1=Q/R mate.) 1...a2 click for larger view 2.Kb2! ("2.Kxa2 Kxa4 3.Kb2 Kb4, and black either wins the c-pawn and has a reserve tempo or he gains the opposition after 4.c5 dxc5" -- Yusupov. Black wins.) 2...Kb4 (black fights for the opposition too!) click for larger view 3.Ka1! click for larger view Kxa4 (black has nothing better now) 4.c5! (Now the pawn sacrifice leads to a draw.) click for larger view 4...dxc5 5.Kxa2 Kb4 6.Kb2 Kc4 7.Kc2= click for larger view White managed to secure the opposition and the draw. Of course, black would win if it were white's turn now. But it's not! Draw. May-18-19    perfidious: <Fusilli>, that is an absolutely sick puzzle--just beyond belief. May-18-19    Fusilli: <perfidious> It is, isn't it? It does bring home that king and pawn endgames are about opposition, opposition, and opposition. May-20-19    perfidious: <fkohn>, there were several wins by Schulien which were listed with Viktor the Terrible as an opponent, a misattribution which was corrected some years ago. Never met Chuck Schulien either at or away from the board that I recall, and in my chess playing days was only in Cleveland the one time already mentioned. Jul-10-19    perfidious: Flying under the radar yet again, as has often been the case. Such pettiness is not without its amusing aspects. Dec-24-19    Fusilli: Hey, <perf>, I wrote back in my forum. In the meantime, how about a little elegant finish by Viktor the Terrible? From Hug vs Korchnoi, 1978 Black to move: click for larger view Dec-31-19    Fusilli: I think I once read that you rarely look at your own forum, but anyway: Happy New Year <perf>! For whenever you see it! Feb-17-20    theagenbiteofinwit: You strictly a tournament player? I came back to chess after 10 years of playing cash games, sometimes as a primary source of income. I got burned loaning some money to some degens and got disappointed in the scene. I'm kind of shocked at how weak I've gotten. Games where I once had theory locked down, I now lose playing according to general principles. But unlike NLHE, chess proves a fair game where the just are rewarded and the vile punished, for the most part. Feb-18-20    perfidious: <Fusilli>, a belated thanks! As you say, but seldom do I read or post here. Mar-05-20    ketchuplover: caissa.com was pretty good in olden times. It was jumping so to speak. Live tourneys etc...It is now a shadow of its former self. Jun-10-20    perfidious: A few minutes ago, I tried to post at the support forum on the ongoing battle of a certain element here at CG who seek freedom of expression--so long as they are allowed that right, unchecked, while opponents are ruthlessly muzzled when they step out of line, in true McCarthyite fashion. The site then proclaimed I was offline. Not sure whether to laugh or be put out over this turn. Perhaps the poster who proclaimed <heart attack giver!> can refute this; but any attempts at refutation will, of course, have to take place somewhere else, as I do not propose to have his dross, bullying and other forms of misconduct sully this page, a refuge for decent people. Jun-10-20    posoo: I have contacted da man kennith RUGOFF himself to see if he is intarested in INJONCTIVE RELEEF Jun-10-20    perfidious: Dang, injunctive relief sounds like a nasty sort of medicine--could it be even worse than the castor oil we constantly saw in Little Rascals shorts, so very long ago? Jun-10-20    jith1207: I realize we share birthdays closer to each other though decades apart, so advance birthday wishes, though it's too early right now. Happy 60 and have many more happy returns! Jun-10-20    perfidious: <jith1207>, thanks! Jun-10-20    chancho: They say it's your birthday... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ema... Jun-10-20    chancho: Next month. Jul-10-20    perfidious: Hahahahaha! As matters continue apace--not that any other outcome was expected. Jul-10-20    chancho: Not as cool as the previous link, but there it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE_... Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 426) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 13 OF 426 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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