waustad Member since Aug-26-07 · Last seen Jun-18-13 I was USCF 1739 the last time I played tournament chess. I always preferred playing blitz. I quit playing tournament chess when I hurt my back, since sitting on those horrid folding metal chairs at a weekend Swiss for hours at a time was no longer an option. Here is a fun game I played years ago: NN vs William Austad Offhand game Ohio University Baker Center (the original one) 197? 1.) d4 Nf6 2.) c4 g6 3.) Nc3 Bg7 4.) e4 d6 5.) g3 Nbd7 6.) Nge2 c5 7.) d5 Ne5 8.) b3?? Nf3# click for larger view Some useful links: Chessbomb: http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/ 365chess: http://www.365chess.com/ Chessbase: http://www.chessbase.com/ Chess-results: http://chess-results.com/ FIDE ratings: http://ratings.fide.com/ World clock: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclo... Diaz cartoons: http://www.chessvibes.com/cartoons USCF ratings: http://www.uschess.org/content/blog... Tactical puzzles: http://chesstempo.com/chess-tactics... Chess ticker: http://www.chess-international.de/ Games from the Frauenbundesliga: http://teleschach.de/bundesliga/bl-... Norway chess site: http://norwaychess.com/en/ M60MG: Game Collection: My 60 Memorable Games (Bobby Fischer) Austrian chess site: http://www.chess.at/ Navara vs Hou: http://www.praguechess.cz/index.php... Tal Memorial Regs: http://russiachess.org/upload/ibloc... Dilijan GP: http://dilijan2013.fide.com/en/main...

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Jun-18-13 Tal Memorial (2013)    waustad: <The event in St.Louis next year looks like a great one.> Is this next year? http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId... They give dates but didn't mention 2014 anywhere.      Jun-18-13 A Muzychuk vs T Kosintseva, 2013   waustad: It seems that both Kosintseva sisters have dropped some elo since having a spat with their Russian team coach. This seems to have been a rather traumatic event for them, judging from translated interviews (adding yet another layer of doubt to validity). Combining that with how they ...      Jun-17-13 Kibitzer's Café    waustad: An extra complication is that I'm a pedestrian. In Europe it is usually easy to get around, but that isn't a given in the US. Here public transportation often assumes that one drives to a central point to get into the grid.      Jun-17-13 Nakamura vs D Andreikin, 2013    waustad: Please note that the correct time control is: The time control is 1 hour 40 minutes for 40 moves + 50 minutes for next 20 moves + 15 minutes till the end of the game with an increment of 30 seconds for each move starting from move 1. This is copied from the tournament regs pdf.      Jun-17-13 Caruana vs Nakamura, 2013    waustad: From the tournament regs pdf: The time control is 1 hour 40 minutes for 40 moves + 50 minutes for next 20 moves + 15 minutes till the end of the game with an increment of 30 seconds for each move starting from move 1. If you notice before tomorrow morning there is a bit of an edit      Jun-17-13 waustad chessforum   waustad: Here is the time control for the women's GPs, assuming they are all the same: TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)      Jun-17-13 Eva Moser   waustad: Here is an interesting article about the recent tournament in Wien with quite a bit of history about women in Austrian chess: http://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachric...      Jun-17-13 H Pfleger vs Z Domnitz, 1964    waustad: I took the same route as <stormbringer>. If this is an indication of how the week will go it could be interesting.      Jun-17-13 Peter Svidler    waustad: All the best for your 37th! You are back in the prime of life!      Jun-16-13 Cez Trophy Navara-Hou Match (2013)    waustad: <nok>By the way, thanks for the lesson about the names. So it's like Konerusdottir or Koneruian ... The problem is that non-Indians don't say which name goes first consistently so even somebody well meaning with that information will often mess it up.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-14-13    waustad: Here's a link to the Norway Chess site too. http://norwaychess.com/en/ Mar-16-13    waustad: Deutsche Bundesliga: http://bundesliga.liveschach.net/ Mar-23-13    jessicafischerqueen: My dear <waustad> it's always a pleasure to read your posts. It's a good idea to put important chess links in your forum profile as you suggest, but by all means also please post them in my forum as well any time you like. I have no idea how many people read posts in my forum or why, but you are most welcome to any "audience" that might lurk there. You have carte blanche to post any and all material you'd like to in my forum. Mar-23-13    jessicafischerqueen: Aha I have read your post more carefully now. Just my opinion- but if I were you I would do both- organize your important links in your profile like <lamont>, but also post them in your forum. Then you have the links archived, and when you post them in your forum they also show up on the "chessforum activity" page, alerting others to come here. Then they may also go through the whole archive in your profile. Mar-23-13    jessicafischerqueen: *like <Malthrope> I meant, not <lamont>. Good grief. It's a catastrophic loss to our website that Mal is no longer hanging out here. Catastrophic. Mar-26-13    waustad: I've always liked Sándor Kónya as Lohengrin, but here is quite another side of his work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh_3... Apr-05-13    Octavia: Hi William, I just noticed that you celebrate <solstice> I'd love to take part in summer celebrations, but I don't know any1 who likes solstice in Scotland. Apr-09-13    chancho: <waustad> "Es una jodienda" is like saying that you find something to be a real pain in the ass. In other words: annoying. Apr-10-13    technical draw: <waustad> May I add that it's a strong curse word not to be used in friendly environment? A milder form is "chavienda". Apr-10-13    hms123: <TD> Tsk...tsk. Anand vs Svidler, 2007 Apr-10-13    technical draw: <hms123> Ouch! But I NEVER use it spoken. Apr-11-13    waustad: I'd started doing a M60MG collection, but I found one that was already completed. I knew it had to be there, but didn't run accross it until about game 7. Apr-12-13    waustad: Anna Moffo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuC2... Apr-21-13    waustad: Alekhine Memorial: TC:100:50:15+30spm(1)) Apr-21-13    OhioChessFan: User: Blue User: Link User: Haiku User: ana User: log User: TIMER User: WannaBe User: oprah User: singer User: Buck User: Eye User: Resident Apr-24-13    jessicafischerqueen: Thank you for the two most recent news updates on my forum! I appreciate your heads up very much. -JFQ May-15-13    waustad: There are times in a morning while nursing a hangover when one ponders that age old question, "Did I really do that?" I try to restrain myself, but at times fail, which is one reason I try to avoid the Rogoff page. May-17-13    waustad: http://live.chess.at/chessladies/ Vienna Chess Ladies live site. May-20-13    waustad: The Sigeman tournament starts May 22 in Malmö. May-21-13    waustad: Sigeman TC:100:50:15+30spm(1) May-23-13    waustad: Uh oh. I was just reading a Shoe comic and they were talking about a 45th HS reunion. If I had one it would be in a week or two. Jun-04-13    waustad: Tal Memorial info from chessbase: http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId... So far the official site is only of use to Russian Speakers. Jun-04-13    waustad: BTW, Koja coefficient is more often spelled "Koya" in English. Here is an explanation: http://senseis.xmp.net/?KoyaSystem Jun-11-13    waustad: 8th Tal Mem (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 100:50:15+30spm(1)) Jun-17-13    waustad: Here is the time control for the women's GPs, assuming they are all the same: TC:90m:30m+30spm(1) Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 4) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing>		Bobby Fischer Tribute Shirt

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