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| Oct-13-11 | | Shams: <By definition, if you earn the rating, you're in the club.> That's what this country's all about, baby! |
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| Oct-13-11 | | folchal: Everett--Please--what do you mean by "the modern move order"? I'm a learner and have found a lot of sense in the recommendations of Seirawan's Winning Chess Openings. Like you say--it is at least a place to start. |
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| Oct-13-11 | | Everett: <folchal> The Modern Defense often starts with ..g6, ..Bg7, ... d6, with a delayed Nf6 (if at all). It can lead to similar or different play to the KID/Pirc systems that always has a knight on f6 within the first two moves. All I can add is that it gets complex after that, which is why so many suggest the very straightforward "king's house" of Nf6, g6, Bg7 and 0-0 (castling short). |
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| Oct-13-11 | | folchal: Thanks Everett. I have found the simple approach good for letting me get to playing strategy and tactics sooner. I understand that I should move into other openings as I develop, but, as Seirawan says, this is a safe place to start. |
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| Oct-13-11 | | folchal: BTW--How does one initiate a topic in kibitzing? I can't figure out how to do it. I can see the person with the "scream face" avatar saying, "Noooooooooo--not more threads!!!!!!" |
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| Oct-14-11 | | folchal: Seirawan just got a win in Barcelona |
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| Oct-15-11 | | bubuli55: Yasser Seirawan. I remember 2007 playing a lot of games in yahoochess. This guy was talking to somebody about his travels to several countries. Challenged him to a 5 min game. No contest. I got burned. His handle was Seirawan. Thanks for the game. |
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| Oct-16-11 | | folchal: bubuli55--good one--a learning experience! |
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| Oct-16-11 | | bubuli55: Yes. A good learning experience :) |
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| Oct-16-11 | | bubuli55: I just got his book. Winning Chess Openings. I'm sure it's a good one :) |
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| Oct-18-11 | | Korifej: I played twice with Yasser on play chess.Great guy. |
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| Oct-21-11 | | Everett: Well, his latest tournament has this at the end of his bio: <Plans to continue playing competitive chess his goal is to get his rating above the 2700 hurdle...> I imagine he has a rough plan on how to do this. I wish him the best. |
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| Oct-21-11 | | I play the Fred: <Everett>: Cool to read that. He's bound to have made a pretty big move toward 2700 after his recent results, no? |
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| Oct-25-11 | | Korifej: Oh, i forgot to mention that i was 1700 rated on that time,Yasser was over 3000 |
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| Oct-25-11 | | Rook e2: Hm, Still close to his maximum rating. Quite nice for his age! |
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| Oct-29-11 | | laskersteinitz: "Bruce and I commissioned the making of kits for the new game and away we went. Today, we have been a bit blocked as we need to make the new game available for play on the Internet. Once we manage that I’m confident <the game will explode in popularity>." (The new game called Seirawan chess) Yes, of course. Just in time for when pigs learn how to fly. |
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| Jan-14-12 | | 5hrsolver: 
click for larger view
How is this for some excitement. They recently played a tournament in Spain where the opponents played two simultaneous games as black and white. They say this was an idea of the late David Bronstein. I propose the same type play but with the preset of the final position in this game here between Tal and kasparov(Tal vs Kasparov, 1992). Each player will have the chance to attack and defend the same position. It is this kind of positional imbalance that makes chess exciting and with the new system I think it becomes even more exciting. What do you guys think? We could use other preset positions too. The players will not know the preset position in advance so there is no chance for preparation. |
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Jan-14-12
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Your idea is interesting.
But I would prefer the version with computerized openings- something I would like to arrange if I had money enough :). |
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Feb-14-12
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< "I only see things quickly if I have seen the position before. I can combine similar ideas from past experiences and relate to the present situation." > --- Seirawan |
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| Mar-03-12 | | wordfunph: from Summerscale's book Interview with a Grandmaster.. <In 1983, Yasser brought previously unknown glamour to the chess world when he appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine as their September Bachelor of the Month. This publicity led to him receiving literally hundreds of letters from smitten women - including Miss Hawaii - all of which he ignored. (I wouldn't say 'ignored' - many sent photos...Yasser Seirawan)> :-) |
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| Mar-15-12 | | Nova: On Saturday Yasser will be hosting a simul in which I will happily get to participate in. Any advice or what opening to play (or to avoid)? I expect to get crushed since I am only 1900 USCF, but what do you all think? |
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| Mar-16-12 | | Shams: <Nova> Whatever gets you into a complicated middlegame you are still comfortable with should be your best chance. Outplaying a GM in the middlegame is supposed to be the best chance of winning in a simul. Play to win, and good luck. P.S. Of course, now that you have mentioned the upcoming game, you are honor-bound to post the score here afterwards. :) |
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| Mar-16-12 | | spawn2: <Nova>
I expect GM Yasser to serve from the left side (d4). Are you playing for a win or are you happy to draw the game? If your objective is the former, try to complicate the position (how many participants will there be?) hopefully, GM Yasser will not have the time to really assess the position and will make "standard" moves. If you are happy drawing the game..keep it simple and exchange as many pieces as possible while retaining a solid pawn structure. If on move 40 position is still equal, you may want to offer a draw (not sure though if this is an accepted practice in the U.S. for simul exhibition).Good luck! |
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| Mar-16-12 | | Shams: <spawn2> I don't think players should ever offer the GM a draw in a simul, but Yasser is such a mensch that it would barely register. Or he could be like Garry, and call the guy out to hundreds of people afterwards. "Never offer draw to world champion! I was going to offer a draw, but because he offered the draw, I had to play for the win." |
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| Mar-16-12 | | Shams: Link for the Garry simul story (conveniently timestamped by me):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsG7...
Garry also says, "If I made somebody upset, I apologize" which isn't something you hear every day from him. |
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