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| Mar-12-13 | | The Last Straw: What is the cult? Sorry if this is rude. :P |
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Mar-13-13
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: <The Last Straw> That would be the cult of Nuklu (god of the sun, lifepower, recovery, holy game hunts and several other things we can't tell non-members about) and his wife, the goddess of chess. Join us and you'll gain any number of awesome cult privileges, including but definitely not limited to access to Guess-the-Move, full access to the Opening Explorer, access to the Sacrifice Explorer, access to the Endgame Explorer, access to the Zipfile Archive, the right to search Chessgames kibitzing, the right to "participate" in our gory pagan festivals, the ability to remove all those annoying ads and smoother use of Chessgames.com in general. Membership will only cost you US$29.00 per year!* *You'll also have to sign a couple documents :-) |
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Mar-13-13
 | | dakgootje: <You'll also have to sign a couple documents> Mostly involving the ownership of your life-savings in case of any accidents. |
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Mar-14-13
 | | OhioChessFan: Candidates Moves Prediction Contest, sponsored by the legendary <chessmoron> and hosted in my forum, is now open. First round begins Friday. Click on Elvis for details. |
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Mar-16-13
 | | moronovich: Good luck with the remaining rounds.
Hope you enjoy the Candidates.
Not the Candy Dates as <achieve> once typed ;)See you around.
Nothing new from <brankat> BTW ? |
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| Mar-18-13 | | bubuli55: < Switch > I appreciate that. I feel better now :) |
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Mar-26-13
 | | Annie K.: <Switch> an early 'good luck' for round 10! ;) |
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| Mar-26-13 | | bubuli55: < Switch > turn it on. Good luck! |
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Mar-26-13
 | | jessicafischerqueen: Thanks for the <Alexander Cordel Reverse King Accepted> game, added to the collection. An astonishing outing, I doubted your FEN until I played it through. |
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Mar-27-13
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <Annie> <bubuli55> Thanks, and good luck! :-) |
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Mar-27-13
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <Tactic of the Day> The in-between mate :-)
C Orbaan vs H Kramer, 1950
click for larger viewWhite played <25. Bxe5> here. Black didn't bother to recapture. S Levitsky vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1905
click for larger viewAlways look for trouble on your back rank! <24...Rd8 25. Rxd8 Qe1#> Sachariev vs Dobrev, 1973
click for larger viewAfter <11. Nfg5 Nxg5> Black undoubtedly expected the reply 12.Bxg5. He was wrong. C B Van den Berg vs A Kinzel, 1957
click for larger viewAnother back rank disaster: <28. Rxd2?? Rf1#> :) M Rivas Pastor vs C Barrero Garcia, 2001
click for larger viewNo, not again... yes, really: <34. Bd2 Nxd2 35. Re8#> Movsesian vs B Predojevic, 2004
click for larger viewAmazing what can happen just before the time control: <39...Rxf3?? 40.Qh6#> And finally, a completely epic example :)
J S Stanley vs C G Heydon, 1872
click for larger viewIn a totally lost position, Black tried one last trap with <27...Re7>... and <28. Rxe7?? Qf1#> followed. |
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Mar-31-13
 | | brankat: Happy Easter Egg Hunt! :-) |
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| Apr-01-13 | | bubuli55: < SwitchingQuylthulg > Congratz! |
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Apr-01-13
 | | wordfunph: <Switch> congratulations! |
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Apr-02-13
 | | ahmadov: I have looked through a couple of pages on your forum and I see you get a lot of congratulations! You must get a lot of support from Nuklu in order to be successful lately :-) |
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Apr-02-13
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <bubuli55> <wordfunph> Thanks, and better luck next leg! :-) |
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Apr-23-13
| | brankat: SETTLEMENT DATE: Apr-22-13
PROJECTED PAYOUT: 297 (13:2)
Alekhine Memorial rd 2: Adams-Svidler
Adams
YOU WIN! COLLECT 297 40c$
[cash in ticket]
Thanks Nuklu! |
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| Apr-24-13 | | kudubux: Hey <Switch>!
What do you think of 1.Nf3 followed by 2.b3 pattern?
I played in a 45 minute club tournament using Kramnik's new pet and got a +1 =3 result with it. |
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Apr-24-13
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <kudubux> I'm not sure, I don't play it that way :) I suppose it helps cut some of Black's more aggressive options (compared to <1. b3>), but it also cuts some of White's more aggressive options by blocking f4, frequently a good move. Additionally, you'll have to prepare something against 1...g6... H Pohla vs J Yuchtman, 1966
...why am I not surprised you scored so many draws? ;-) |
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| Apr-24-13 | | kudubux: I am a long time fan of 1.b3, you know, but I've opened my doors to flexibility since here in our club one needs to widen his repertoire to accomodate more "clients". :) I don't know much about painting but I know a lot about DRAWing. A common joke of me in our club is they describe me as a player "Rich in DRAWING tactics". |
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Apr-26-13
| | brankat: <kudubux> You could try this sequence: 1.b3, 2.c3, 3.Bb2 (to over-protect <c3>), 4.Na3, 5.Nc2, 6.a4! Your Queen's flank is fully developed!
Now You need only some 6-7 moves to do the King's wing. After about move #15 You can start focusing on the issues of the Center. I'm pretty sure <Switch> would approve of the approach :-) |
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| Apr-26-13 | | kudubux: <Branko>
Believe it or not, I have tried that setup in blitz games, adding the maneuver Ra2 and Qa1. Confused opponents would then be overly eager to punish my flamboyant opening and end up having too weaknesses on the Queenside. |
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May-06-13
| | OhioChessFan: Norway Moves Prediction Contest, sponsored by the legendary <chessmoron> and hosted in my forum, is now open. First round begins May 8th. Click on Elvis for details. |
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May-16-13
| | brankat: <Switch> Are You betting on number of moves. Also on final standings?
That should be considerably tougher than games' outcomes, and they are not easy ones either. At least there are no c-bucks needed there ;-) |
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May-17-13
| | brankat: I now find myself in an unfamiliar territory. But it probably won't last longer than a day :-) |
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