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Diocletian
Member since Mar-07-07


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   Diocletian has kibitzed 265 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Sep-13-23 Robert James Fischer (replies)
 
Diocletian: <Caissanist> thank you for the link, unknown to me before. A lengthy and sad account of Fischer's death. Gardar Sverrison was Bobby's bodyguard in 1972.
 
   Aug-03-23 C Hartlaub vs Wielandt, 1920 (replies)
 
Diocletian: 14. Qd5, my first and final conclusion. Almost elegant.
 
   Jun-14-23 G Abrahams vs W Winter, 1929
 
Diocletian: Nice to see a daily puzzle with William Winter, author of my first and favorite chess book, Kings of Chess. Best wishes to William Winter.
 
   Apr-05-23 B Verlinsky vs V Kirillov, 1933 (replies)
 
Diocletian: easy. I have not erred in a daily puzzle ever.
 
   Mar-09-23 Natalija Pogonina (replies)
 
Diocletian: Remarkable this is Fischer's birthday too.
 
   Jan-30-23 Diocletian chessforum
 
Diocletian: thank you, YoungEd
 
   Jan-30-23 D Prelevic vs P Orlov, 2001
 
Diocletian: see a check, check it out.
 
   Jan-06-23 R Antonio vs R Phillips, 2006 (replies)
 
Diocletian: The mind's eye got me to 40.Qxe7+, and that was enough for me to begin the sequence in tournament game. Black pieces cornered, and White's bishops to be quickly activated.
 
   Oct-09-22 Siegbert Tarrasch
 
Diocletian: "Chess, like money, like opiates, has the power to make you happy."
 
   Sep-29-22 Karoly Sterk (replies)
 
Diocletian: Happy Birthday, KAROLY STERK. I have searched unsuccesfully for your picture. Anybody who can outsmart Frank Marshall deserves a picture. Agreed, Chessgames? This is my birthday too. What's really strange is that I recently lied about my birthday, claiming it was the 19th.
 
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Apr-04-17
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  ketchuplover: First!
Apr-05-17
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  diceman: Second!
Apr-05-17  technical win: 3-tiered cake!
Feb-08-18
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  Diocletian: It is nice to have witty, mysterious cronies here. Thank you for your friendly greetings.You are welcome to look at the collections of my favorite and most hated games.
Feb-08-18  JimNorCal: Not everyone has a collection of most "hated" games!
Feb-08-18  Travis Bickle: Is that you Bobby?
Mar-01-18
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  Diocletian: <Travis Bickle: Is that you Bobby?> Well, we have a lot in common.
Mar-10-21
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  ketchuplover: This is the ghost of chessgames' past
May-09-22  Dionysius1: Hi <Diocletian>. What are the rules violations you refer to in S P Tanin vs G Sanakoev, 1960

I thought when I saw it in your most hated, that it must have broken games rules, like castling across check. So I rushed to play it through.

Then I slapped my head. Of course if it breaks that kind of rule the score can't be included here, can it?

May-12-22
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  Diocletian: <Dionysius1>Well, this unattractive game begins with one of my favorite openings for either side, the Winawer French, but it soon degenerates into an adolescent display by each player fighting on opposite sides of the board rather than a head-on clash between honorable men. It reminds me of thoughtless, idle games I played against myself as a boy without real opponents. Certainly there is something wrong here, but I find the trouble hard to pinpoint - even after a thorough review of the official rules of chess.

I too am older - I am from the exciting Fischer era - and I mostly only play computers now.

Thank you for your interest.

May-12-22  Dionysius1: Thanks. Some games just annoy me - though mostly when I think the players aren't trying. I wasted too many of my school opportunities playing silly opening traps - I felt the only way to play good chess was to dominate from the start.

Playing in the Irish Schoolboys championships mostly cured me - they were too good for that. (0,0,0,1,1,1,1). But between rounds someone showed me the Q and N smothered mate, and I was made up.

Thanks for getting back to me.

Sep-29-22  YoungEd: Happy birthday!
Jan-30-23
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  Diocletian: Chess, like money, like opium, has the power to make you happy.
Jan-30-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  Diocletian: thank you, YoungEd

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