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| May-25-04 | | EXIDE: White's king is hemmed in by his own pieces. The threat of black N to g4 causes the weak move 14 Ne5. Good attack by black. |
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| May-25-04 | | Calculoso: I hope that my quick pattern recognition will start to manifest itself in my games. I'm sure I've had at least one sort of rook sacrifice or something similar to this that I have missed in match play, hopefully the repetition will help. |
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| May-25-04 | | apple head: The puzzles getting easier, or maybe im getting better which one? |
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May-25-04
 | | Benzol: Anyone know if the players are John Collins and Elliot Hearst? |
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| May-25-04 | | weary willy: <Benzol: Anyone know if the players are John Collins and Elliot Hearst?> No - it's Patrick Collins the Irish revolutionary and William Randolph Hearst. They played this game as a symbolic battle between reolutionary nationalism and international capitalism. Hearst won because he paid a snivelling turncoat to sabotage Collins' kingside |
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May-25-04
| | Benzol: <weary willy> Thanks mate. I'm just off to have a look at Citizen Kane and Michael Collins to refresh my memory. |
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| May-25-04 | | blak519: apple head, the puzzles are easy on monday, hardest on sunday. |
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| May-25-04 | | Jstone: So there s a puzzle every day eh?
i diednt get this one either. I only looked at it for 30sec then went to the game and played it bby accident.
anotheer suicide piece gaines mate. |
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| May-25-04 | | Geronimo: <Calculoso> As you keep doing puzzles your ability to do puzzles improves. Some books on tactics have puzzles organised by type, i.e. a whole chapter on pins, on knight forks, on queen sacs, etc., so it doesn't necessarily help you to find them in match play. Generally speaking though you should start seeing similarities in your real games. To me the point is to practice tactics, but also to practice recognising situations when a particular tactic matters. In this way almost every game can present material for study. <Weary Willy> You've confused this game with another. This one was fought between JACKIE Collins and PATRICIA Hearst in 1974. The game you're thinking of ended in a stale stale stalemate! |
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| May-25-04 | | Papa Zhuravlik: Actually this game was between WILLIAM COLLINS, the Engish painter, and George Hearst, the 'Mining Magnate of America'; the match was to determine who could lose in twenty moves or less; the winner to be proclaimed the Anglo-American Chess Dufiss Champion. |
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| May-25-04 | | gilbertv: This must be the easiest one ever. I actually got the whole thing. |
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| May-25-04 | | Jatayu: no, no...this one was between Barnabas Collins (anyone remember 'Dark Shadows') and Patti Hearst. |
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| May-25-04 | | panigma: Tom Collins:
Combine in Collins glass 3/4 full of cracked ice:
2 oz London dry gin
1 teaspoon bar sugar
juice of 1/2 lemon
Stir briefly, top with club soda or seltzer, garnish with lemon circle and serve with stirring rod. Hearst:
2 oz London dry gin (or Plymouth gin, if you can find it)
1 oz Italian (sweet) vermouth
One dash orange bitters
One dash Angostura bitters |
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| May-25-04 | | Geronimo: Patricia hearst = Patty hearst btw. |
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| May-25-04 | | pawn2king4: <I hope that my quick pattern recognition will start to manifest itself in my games. I'm sure I've had at least one sort of rook sacrifice or something similar to this that I have missed in match play, hopefully the repetition will help.> I had a tournament game in which I pondered a Rook sac for about 20 minutes before doing it. The mate was not quick like this. However, I had so many active pieces attacking versus his tied up pieces, that I had the clear advantage even after the loss of material. |
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| May-25-04 | | Whitehat1963: One of the few times I can say that I saw it instantly and all the way through! |
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| May-25-04 | | kevin86: I saw this one-simpler than I first thought. Good mating sacrifices spice up the day. |
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| May-25-04 | | Hinchliffe: < applehead> I know what you mean. I'm hoping it is that we are getting better and therefore the puzzles seem easier. |
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| May-25-04 | | alphee: As some said earlier puzzles are easier at the begining of the week: either it's true or I improve |
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| May-25-04 | | ezumpf: Actually, this game was between Joan Collins and a hearst. Good play for a funeral car. |
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| May-25-04 | | beenthere240: Speaking of pattern recognition, white's 14th move, Ne5, removing protection of the h pawn, strikes me as a good pattern to avoid! ;-) |
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| May-25-04 | | iron maiden: Is there a name for this particular mating pattern? It's a little like a swallows'-tail. |
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| May-25-04 | | notyetagm: You're not getting better, this problem was way too easy. I solved it in like 2 seconds. Killer pawns rule. |
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| May-25-04 | | MoonlitKnight: Is it just me, or are nearly everyobdy here just trying to tell the world how brilliant they are and how big their **** is?! |
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| May-25-04 | | Jstone: I remember barnabas collins. my mom would get p,d if I was watchin it when she came home.I can see that.If Barnabas and Patty ever found themselves in the same room, looking around , they probly would have agreed on playin a game of chess.But documented of course. |
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