An Englishman Member since May-31-04 · Last seen Aug-02-21 I'm a long since retired former master (but never particularly good) whose opening repetoire consisted of the English, Nimzo-Indian and Caro-Kann. I now pursue a career in film, theater and television as an actor, playwright, screenwriter, director, producer and Web content creator.

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Aug-02-21 Robatsch vs A Kostjoerin, 1960    An Englishman: Good Evening: Best sort of Monday puzzle--everyone's correct no matter which solution they choose.      Aug-01-21 E Rompteau vs K E Engel, 1965    An Englishman: Good Evening: Mind-blowing sacrifice. If 25.Ke1,Qh1+; 26.Kd2,Bxf4+. Oh, well; after a game like this, don't mind finishing 4/6 with one known for the week. On to Monday!      Jul-31-21 M Marin vs R Mascarinas, 1990    An Englishman: Good Morning: Favorite move of the game--19.b4, using a pawn on the b-file to attack a King on g7. Given that, would 19...b6 to maintain control of d4 given Black any hope?      Jul-31-21 Keene vs Miles, 1976    An Englishman: Good Morning: Already knew this one, but still fun to study. Interesting, these IQP positions--Black can play solid, safe-looking, logical moves and yet the next thing you know, White has conjured an attack seemingly out of nowhere.      Jul-30-21 Harikrishna vs Svidler, 2008    An Englishman: Good Evening: Solved it, but the real surprise consists of how deep the theory runs--the players didn't deviate from known book until 16.Rc1.      Jul-30-21 D Howell vs Kramnik, 2009   An Englishman: Good Evening: Quite a struggle. Feeling curious about Black's Knight sacrifice. Did Kramnik see everything in advance? If yes, that means he set a subtle trap with 20...Nxf2, because the move 22.g3 looks so strong but actually loses. Since White did not fall into the trap, ...      Jul-29-21 Bacrot vs Carlsen, 2021    An Englishman: Good Morning: Fascinating--Carlsen sometimes seems unhappy unless and until he can sacrifice a pawn. Here Bacrot uses the Anti-Marshall Variation, only to see Black play a sort of delayed Marshall Gambit on move 14. Carlsen showed more courage than you might realize, because ...      Jul-29-21 H Rossetto vs Najdorf, 1955    An Englishman: Good Evening: Thought ...f4 would win, and it seems as if it does, but perhaps more slowly.      Jul-26-21 Britt Greenbaum    An Englishman: Good Evening: Murdered a few years ago. This article has the details. https://www.rollingstone.com/cultur...      Jul-25-21 Carlsen vs Wojtaszek, 2021    An Englishman: Good Evening: When I have a Bad Bishop, I have a *bad* Bishop. When Carlsen has a Bad Bishop, he has a *good* Bishop. Which somehow makes totally good sense.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing> Oct-15-09    An Englishman: Good Evening: <Deus Ex Alekhina>, I'm afraid you've caught me out--it's been so many years since I lived in England that I've forgotten the lyrics to "You'll Never Walk Alone." Not that I haven't thought about a return some day, but frankly, Brick Lane is probably more my sort of eating. Oct-16-09    LIFE Master AJ: You are welcome. (And my little comment here gets my own award for "Best use of CG color.") May-02-10    David2009: Good morning, a follow-up to your comment on Estrin vs J Boey, 1987 White to play 36?: click for larger view Against Crafty (see link below), both the game line 36 Ra1 and your line 36 Nd4 will win, but Crafty finds a crafty stalemate defence in the main 36 Ra1 line. So winning may be easier using your move 36 Rd4. Enjoy playing through the alternatives! http://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-t... Nov-26-10    David2009: <An Englishman:> (O Almeida vs P Zarnicki, 2002) [snip] <proving that one means of avoiding playing bad moves is not to see them.> I like it! Mar-23-11    YourNickname: <An Englishman> You are awesome! Jun-04-11    Mozart72: <An Englishman> You are welcomed to my chessforum. Jul-29-11    WannaBe: Good evening, If my memory serves, you are/were living in N. California, I will soon be relocating to San Mateo county area, and would not mind meeting some of the CG.com members. If, however, you have moved, and/or my faulty memory chip is wrong, kindly disregard this message in its entirety. Sincerely Oct-13-11    WannaBe: I replied on my forum, but unfortunately, forgotten to post it here, I'll be absolutely tickled pink and delighted to have a meeting/lunch/drink. Please e-mail me, kstc_jyu at yahoo.com, please, do mention cg.com in case your message ended in my spam box. p.s. I responded to your message weeks ago. =) Oct-13-11    WannaBe: p.s.s. I am free this weekend, nothing going on at work, unless all of our servers decide to suffer a major power failure and crap out on me. May-14-12    El Trueno: Hi! I would like to play chess against you 'cause I like your comments :) it would be helpful for me 'cause I'm studying english at school etc.. :) Sep-03-12    Tal7777777: Happy labor day! Sep-10-12    Abdel Irada: <An Englishman>: Are you by any chance in New York? ;-) Dec-05-12    ChessYouGood: It's ever oh so great to read your profile old chum. In particular, it's lovely to see I am not the only actor, playwright, screenwriter, director and producer around here. I am currently working on "Driving Miss Daisy II: Who's in the Boot?" at the moment. Perhaps we can collaborate! Jun-11-14    Ashperov1988: You must like stings song haha Dec-25-14    wordfunph: <An Englishman> Merry Christmas and Happy 2015! Jul-22-16    virginmind: this can't be real... Nov-15-16    ketchuplover: Get a haircut young man :) Nov-15-16    An Englishman: Good Morning: <ketchuplover>, seriously, I got one last week, the famous US Marines "Three Minute Special." Do I need a new one already? Nov-18-16    ketchuplover: Apparently my time machine malfunctioned :( Nov-19-16    jessicafischerqueen: Good afternoon: long time no see. Dec-13-16    ketchuplover: May you and your circle have a healthy holiday season Mar-10-18    ketchuplover: Go So & Caruana! Mar-11-18    An Englishman: <ketchuplover>, for some strange, can't post messages on your page. Anyway, quite a remarkable first round. Keeping my fingers crossed for an exciting tournament. May-11-19    Pyrandus: Good Morning, Englishman! - Your "sign" (Emoticon?) is a Fenix? Thx. Jun-28-19    An Englishman: Good Afternoon: <Pyrandus>, sorry for not noticing your message sooner. My avatar is The Roadrunner, a famous American cartoon character from the 50s and 60s. He co-starred in some famous silent cartoons with Wile E. Coyote. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 5) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing>		from the Chessgames Store

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