An Englishman Member since May-31-04 · Last seen Dec-05-22 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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Dec-05-22 J Hall vs A Collinson, 1992   An Englishman: Good Evening: If sound, White's sacrifice of an entire Rook with 14.Bg5 would mark the launch one of the most spectacular King hunts of the modern era, looking almost like a 19th Century game. Of course 23.Bc1X is unstoppable, but might Black have survived with 21...Ka5; ...      Dec-05-22 J Szekely vs Breyer, 1913   An Englishman: Good Evening: Curious tournament for Breyer--visit the tourney's webpage and you'll that he won and lost a lot of brilliancies. Here he comes out on the winning side, sacrificing his Queen for a Knight. Wonder if he originally intended 19...Rag8 and 20...Rh5X, only to see that      Dec-04-22 P Ravn vs Petrosian, 1958    An Englishman: Good Evening: <beatgiant>, sounds reasonable to me, too.      Dec-04-22 J P Wallace vs A Kveinys, 1996    An Englishman: Good Evening: Solved Monday and Tuesday. Flubbed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Solved Saturday and Sunday. Stuck in a bit of rut.      Dec-03-22 Y C Vincent vs V Lapin, 1962   An Englishman: Good Evening: How often does ...0-0 prove decisive in an attack on a White King on a1? Apparently the threat of 26...Be6 was too much, unless Black had something even better.      Dec-03-22 Jobava vs M Gagunashvili, 2012    An Englishman: Good Evening: 55...Kg8 would have appealed to me because of the trap 56.Kf5,Kf7 seizing the opposition, but 56.f5,Kf7; 57.Kd5 transposes into the game.      Dec-03-22 P Ravn vs Portisch, 1957    An Englishman: Good Evening: Saw the main line until move 39 and then varied with 39.Qb8+,Ke7; 40.d6+,Kd7; 41.Qc7+,Ke8; 42.Qe7X. Of course 39...Kd7 improves, but 39.Qb8+,Kd7; 40.Qb7+,Ke8(Kd8!?); 41.Qc8+,Ke7; 42.d6+,Kxd6; 43.Rd1+ looks lethal. But Stockfish's line is better than that.      Dec-02-22 Gurgenidze vs R Bellin, 1977    An Englishman: Good Evening: Amusing but true--after 6...Kxf7; 7.Qh5+, all 18 games in the database end in draws.      Dec-02-22 D Dvirnyy vs R Akesson, 2014    An Englishman: Good Evening: 28.Nfd4 proved a clever shot--hadn't noticed that both of Black's Bishops had zero defenders.      Nov-30-22 S P Sethuraman vs P Maghsoodloo, 2022   An Englishman: Good Evening: Quirky game. White's Knight sits on e6 for a few move, and Black's Qd8 can't bother to move itself out of range. On move 45, Black's pinned Knight dances out of trouble to create a rare triple fork.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing> 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. Sep-03-21    0ZeR0: Greetings, <An Englishman>. After reading your bio I was curious to learn more about your opening repertoire. Which variations of the English would you often play? I'm asking because I also play the English, albeit not at the master level as you have (obviously). Sep-03-21    An Englishman: Good Evening: <0Zer0>, used the Botvinnik formation more often than other variations. The Botvinnik has one peculiar feature in that it works as both a White opening or a Black defense. 1.c4, 2.Nc3, 3.g3, 4.Bg2, 5.e5 represents a typical move order. White will follow with Nge2 and d2-d3, avoiding d2-d4, and eventually h3, Be3 and Qd2, after which one may attack on the Queen side, center or King side. Often transposed into either the Catalan or the Neo-Catalan if in the mood to do so. Sometimes transposed into a Reti, and in one successful game played 1.c4,c6; 2.e4 and transposed into playing the Panov-Botvinnik Variation v. the Caro-Kann; ironically, my favorite defense to 1.e4. Sep-03-21    0ZeR0: <An Englishman> The Botvinnik system is an important part of my own repertoire as well. I like it because it's relatively easy to learn and play, is solid, and can be a good foundation for attacking possibilities as you mentioned. I've learned a lot from GM Simon Williams, a great practitioner of this opening, both through his Chessable course and his book titled "The Iron English." Williams has stated that the Botvinnik English almost single-handedly carried him to his first master title. <Sometimes transposed into a Reti, and in one successful game played 1.c4,c6; 2.e4 and transposed into playing the Panov-Botvinnik Variation v. the Caro-Kann; ironically, my favorite defense to 1.e4.> That's interesting. Against 1.e4, I like to employ the Scandinavian. It's been described as somewhat dubious, but at my level it often works well for me. Sep-04-21    An Englishman: Good Evening: <0Zer0>, better a "somewhat dubious" opening that works than a sound opening that doesn't. Besides, the Scandinavian has a much better reputation than back in my time, when Bobby Fischer (v. Addison) allegedly laughed when his opponent played 1...d5. Today, the database has 14 Scandinavians played by Carlsen himself. Sep-04-21    0ZeR0: <An Englishman> Right you are! I think ultimately as a chess player you’ve got to play your openings. The openings that you know and which match your personality and style. I believe Carlsen himself has described the Scandinavian as dubious, but obviously that hasn’t stopped him from playing it and beating the likes of Anand, Caruana, and Nepo. Jan-28-22    Dionysius1: Good evening! I see your favourite games amount to 10 wins by black plus 1 draw. You counter-puncher you! Oct-06-22    MissScarlett: I like the Yasser pun, but why did you use <Wonn> instead of <Won>? Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 6) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 6 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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