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 - Politics    perfidious: A newly created account and the first post of same turns up here. Imagine that. Sockie or not? You decide.      Apr-24-26 Chessgames - Guys and Dolls   perfidious: Vanessa Angel.      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 ...      Apr-23-26 Chessgames - Sports    perfidious: <Even so, Fidrych, who'll pitch Wednesday night against Chicago, finished what he started--his 17th complete game of the season.> Hard to even imagine the last time any <team> racked up that many over a season. In those days, it was nothing.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 19 OF 426 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-01-20    chancho: <George Conway: Our president is now saying that thugs who try and run a bus off the road, terrorizing everyone on the highway are patriots. They're Brownshirts.> Agolf Twittler calling out of control morons slamming into a Biden bus on its way to Austin, Texas, with their vehicles, "patriots." A five deferment slimeball trying to defend the indefensible. Nov-02-20    technical draw: To show how useless polls are, in one poll the candidate "biteme" is winning by a million votes. There are other candidates but I can't post their names on this family friendly site. Nov-02-20    jessicafischerqueen: <technical draw> Fun facts: "biteme" coal is the soft kind that burns dirty. "anarchycite" coal is the hard kind that burns citys. =================== Here is science proofing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitum... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthr... Nov-02-20    technical draw: <jfq>. Those biteme coals are dangerous. They may even bring back the dinosaurs: <and contain evidence of dinosaur activity in the numerous ash plies.> Imagine putting coal in your furnace and watching a T-Rex come out. No thanks. Nov-02-20    chancho: <Trump: "I know what trending is better than anybody in the world. I've been trending my whole life. From the day I was born, I've been trending."> *Barf* Nov-02-20    perfidious: <biteme coal> sounds nasty, lemme tell ya. Nov-02-20    chancho: This guy lays out all of Trump's sins in 120 seconds: https://twitter.com/i/status/132343... Nov-03-20    perfidious: Having alienated many others who helped get him there four long, hellish years ago, the Tinpot Despot is reduced to desperate measures in a race which is looking more likely to go against him: <'I say to the women of the suburbs: love me women of the suburbs.'> Nov-03-20    technical draw: I don't know if chessgames.com will allow a little wager on the presidential contest but if they do I bet one year premium membership that trump wins. Any takers? (just one) Nov-03-20    Check It Out: I'll take you up on that. Nov-03-20    technical draw: OK, <Check It Out>, bets on. Nov-03-20    technical draw: My little bet is nothing. Check this guy out: https://dailycaller.com/2020/11/03/... Nov-03-20    perfidious: Go Amy McGrath!! KO McConnell the Obstructive!!! Nov-04-20    perfidious: Another journey through Wretched Bayou, Delusiana, courtesy of the Tinpot Despot: <We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Poles [sic] are closed!> Nov-04-20    perfidious: The Tinpot Despot in full flower this a.m..... <'A very sad group of people is trying to disenfranchise that group of people and we won’t stand for it.'> After scoring a much-needed win from Florida: <'We won states that we weren’t expecting to win.'> 'Boo effing hoo! Why is it always me?' Nov-04-20    perfidious: Regrettably, McConnell the Obstructive lives to tell the tale. Nov-04-20    perfidious: From the maw of <kudzu dumpty the prolix> a time ago: <....Trump is so on top of this, so proactive, so decisive, I just wish I could shake his hand and thank him personally for being the great president that he is....> Bottom rail is very likely to soon be on top, sucka. Nov-04-20    perfidious: Wonder whether the 'wartime president' is feeling his oats now; up go the ramparts!! Nov-04-20    perfidious: <'This is a fraud on the American public. This is an embarrassment to our country. We were getting ready to win this election. Frankly, we did win this election.'> Did a parallel election take place? Nov-06-20    perfidious: Gonna be tough for the deniers to refute this one. <Special Counsel’s Office Opens Hatch Act Investigation Into Trump’s Use of White House for Campaign Events The U.S. Office of Special Counsel has opened an investigation into whether President Donald Trump’s campaign’s use of the White House violated federal law. Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) called on the watchdog to conduct a probe on Election Day, to which the agency responded that it “was not consulted on the decision to use space inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building as a campaign ‘war room.” The office’s statement also read, “Our Hatch Act Unit has opened an investigation into these allegations to determine if the Hatch Act was violated.” The Hatch Act prohibits the use of federal property for campaign events. The Republican Party hosted its election convention at the White House as well, presenting not only speeches but also a naturalization ceremony presided over by acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf.> https://www.thedailybeast.com/speci... Nov-06-20    perfidious: <'Joe Biden should not wrongfully claim the office of the President. I could make that claim also. Legal proceedings are just now beginning!'> Time to ante up, loser! Nov-07-20    perfidious: Is Our Hero still thanking SCOTUS?? I rather doubt that. Nov-07-20    perfidious: <This ****ing virus, what does it have to do with me getting reelected?'> Mebbe a whole lot more'n you think; believe it or not, there <is> a world outside the narrow orbit of your concerns, and it rose up and bit you square in the arse. Nov-07-20    chancho: <perfidious> Wow, did he really say that? What a sick, sick, SICK man! Nov-07-20    perfidious: <chancho>, see below: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/... He is one pathetic sumbitch. 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