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| Posted by ccmcacollister www6conf.org 7/08/2008 14:43:15 play online chess |  Subject: Blitz:a poor gambit & misc other commentsMessage: of comment on it. Post other blitz thoughts, games, ettiquette, good, bad, amusing, or a Maytag washing machine ... all these things can come from a blitz game. Or wait, was that from a Black Hole? Well close enough, we'll lump it in. Here's my peeve for the day .... * * * You are playing along, after mutual Hello's were exchanged at the onset or there abouts. Find yourself in a winning position coming out of the opening, but already a minute and half down on time ... suddenly your opponent decides it would be nice to know where you are from, the annual rainfall there, and name of your firstborn. So okay, am I just getting grumpy? Maybe its just a matter of they figure "the games about over" lets talk now. I can understand that. But it makes me wonder . . . especially if I have two minutes left and it gets chatty. Should I have a Notepad or perhaps Paste set up beforehand to send in this situation? Should it say, "Hey I love to chat, let's do some PM's after this game, or just stay on and chat here! Right now, I got to play." or would I be better with: "Ja, Hi Hi. Hello hey. How today are you? " "Do speaks you some eastern Irutuskan?" "Goodf good? Ja or no? No more Englis I have" "Potensky andrejez undta das hasta faux tempus gleeban ola' schach de monkay?" . Or option #3 ... Oh I love to chat! I am from America, Iowa, 4th hill north of Berry Creek! Where you from? How far is that from you? I have played 20 years, when did you start? Did your Mom teach you? What do you do? Do you like this opening? What's it called? What time is it at your house? Why do you like Chess? What other games have you played? Where else do you play? What are your ratings there? Who do you know there? If I visit you do they Pepsi there? Who are your top ten chess players of alltime? Why do you think so? You are good, I bet you playt tournaments! What happened at your last tournament? Do you know how that 3 times draw works? I don't get it ... can you explain? Briefs or boxers? Taco's or Pizza? Britney or Kristina? Miller's or Bud? BTW Are you are Girl? How old are you, 21? Can you prove that? Or did you mean "12" like Ten plus Two, LOL ...haha * * * * * * * * * You DID ... um lol !? ********** GAME ABANDONED, YOU HAVE WON |
| Posted by tag1153 www6conf.org 7/08/2008 15:26:55 play online chess | craig Message: |
| Posted by ionadowman www6conf.org 7/09/2008 05:06:39 play online chess | Taco or pizza Message: Cheers Ion |
| Posted by chessnovice www6conf.org 7/09/2008 12:47:37 play online chess | ... Message: USA. Not far. Not long ago. No. Student. Yes. Dunno. Noon. It's fun. All sorts. Nowhere. Non-applicable. Non-applicable. Yes. Fischer^10. He rocks. Sometimes. I lost. Yup. Can't. Boxers, pizza, Cristina, neither, no, old, can't, didn't. People get fed up talking with me pretty quickly. :p |
| Posted by ionadowman www6conf.org 7/09/2008 15:34:24 play online chess | Chatty blitz players... Message: Cheers, Ion |
Chess news: Can Kramnik find a bold move? -- The former world chess champion Vladimir Kramnik had a superb year. But how did he turn this game to his advantage? Kramnik-Kosteniuk, World Chess Cup Blitz Moscow 2009. White to play. Apart from Magnus Carlsen's breakthrough, the major story of 2009 was Vladimir Kramnik's comeback. Since he lost the world title he looks more relaxed, his opening preparation is more thorough, and his play is sharper. This game is a good illustration of Kramnik's chess style. RB This looks to me like a pretty evenly balanced middlegame, and I can find nothing – nothing – at all for White. I can't see any tactical strikes. 1 Nxf7, 1 Ng6, 1 Rxc7 and 1 Bxd5 are all ... The game enjoys a calmer decade -- After the turbulent 1990s, the world of chess needed a calmer period. Here are my reflections on the past decade and a few guesses about the future: Bobby Fischer, probably the most famous chess player ever, died in 2008. Fischer had not played publicly since 1992, but he grabbed attention with vile anti-American statements and a long battle to avoid extradition from Japan. He eventually won the battle, sparing chess fans and the U.S. government more embarrassment, and spent his final years in exile in Iceland. His "improved" version of the game, Fischer random chess, has attracted few adherents. Garry Kasparov, another colossal chess figure, retired in 2005. He quickly ... Chess: The worst of all your possible moves -- Oscar Wilde quipped that when a pessimist is given a choice between two evils, the pessimist chooses both. In this week’s chess position black’s king is in check and must move. The king has only one bad choice. All other choices lead toward a draw. Please play the chess pessimist and try to find black’s worst move. White has a small space advantage. This should not be enough to win, however. With the rooks on the board and an equal number of pawns the game should be drawn. If black king retreats to b7 or d7, black maintains the balance. The one choice that loses is moving the king to d5. This allows the white rook to slide over to d3, checking black. After ... | |