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| Posted by irish-pete ability-tw.com 1/02/2004 18:05:07 Play online chess |  Subject: Vlad's Impalers -- Part 6Message: There was a flurry of messages recently on Part 5 -- so make sure you have read everything at gameknot.com/fmsg/chess5/1462.shtml. More good stuff to report tomorrow. The Killer Bee Irish-Pete | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by terryaki ability-tw.com 1/03/2004 20:17:51 Play online chess | team motto! Message: What type of team motto do you want? A light one like: Life is a game, we just do it better! Heavy ones like: Vlad's Impalers - beyond nature and belief! Vlad's Impalers - it's a life, not a choice! Some borrowed from the Air Force Squadron: Vlad's Impalers - fast and furious! (vampire F52, 1956) Vlad's Impalers - fearless forever (vampire N54, 1957) ------------------------------- Anyone have any ideas about what they want for a team motto? John | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by lexherman ability-tw.com 1/03/2004 22:23:10 Play online chess | Congratulations! Message: Zormaster plays (4!) games in a row with my team mate Duffy (elo 1200) of Phoenix rising. A newly started team. I like to congratulate her and the team on probably 4 glorious victories! I especially enjoyed the bragging about it on your thread. ——— Chess notes — In a review of Diego Rasskin-Gutman’s book “Chess Metaphors’’ (MIT Press), which deserves special attention by chess lovers, former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has published in The New York Review of Books a retrospective look at the development of chess machines. He also expresses a hope for the future. It is strange to this column that Kasparov ever thought that he would be a worthy opponent of chess computers. The computers have so many advantages over human beings in playing chess that it is hardly a fair fight. The chess computer memory is simply a copying device, the machine can look at any number of books on chess openings, and ... Posted by zormaster | ability-tw.com 1/04/2004 00:31:09 Play online chess Congratulations!Message: We are so pleased with your Congratulations. ——— The f-pawn, part 3: a blunt but effective attack? — Punting the f-pawn down the chess board may be desperate but it sometimes gets results. The Grand Prix Attack. White has just offered the f-pawn. How should Black reply? RB We've been using the metaphor of route-one football in our survey of the f-pawn advance, and while we all know from experience that the long, hopeful punt down the park can produce the occasional goal, this looks to me just a little too early and a little too crude. The team is barely on the pitch and the ball has already been booted up the other end. On principle alone it seems wrong. I can't decide whether Black's best response is 1…exf5 or simply to continue with ... Posted by lexherman | ability-tw.com 1/04/2004 00:49:16 Play online chess wonderMessage: how many teammates of the once so proud Vlad's are as pleased with my congratulations. ——— Vietnamese surprise in Moscow — The Aeroflot Open, arguably the strongest open chess tournament ever, ended Feb. 19 in Moscow. The field of 80 included 75 chess grandmasters. The surprising winner of 21,000 Euros (about $28,000) for first place was 18-year-old Le Quang Liem of Vietnam, who scored an undefeated 7-2. His success followed his tie for first place in the Moscow Open, another GM-heavy chess tournament, a day before the start of the Aeroflot Open. Entering the last round of the Aeroflot Open, Le shared the lead with his countryman Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, 19. Le defeated 2009 winner Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia), while Nguyen lost to GM Anton Korobov (Ukraine), who took ... Posted by drdesoto | ability-tw.com 1/04/2004 07:45:33 Play online chess These Team-Matches ...Message: are getting much to serious for my taste. 1. Quote from lexherman "Five things about chess: 1)...oh yes... it is only a game." 2. Rating is rating, obtained through timeouts or by "real" losses. We have had billions of threads on this topic. GK rules are clear to lose 100+ matches in a row by timeout brings your rating down, worst case a 1000 points (e.g. brunetti). I personally think this is stupid but the vast majority of GK players I have discussed this issue in the forums think it´s just fair and that a timeout loss has to be counted just as a loss by play. So it´s also just fair to gain points against 1200 ELO players being a 1200 ELO player "by timeout". 3. I do like the GK systems how to match players for team matches and I do see its advantages (because I like to play against players of my strength/rating) but is a system like this common in CC? It´s definitely not in OTB as we all know, and nobody is complaining! You just present your team may it be 500 Elo points stronger than any other team and than you play. A friend of mine is playing at the moment in Germanys first chess-league on a lower board between 6 and 8. He faced 2 GMs and 2 IMs so far with e.g. GM Gurevich (2644) with around 400 ELO points more than he got. Don´t ask him about his score, but that´s real teamchess-life. If we will come to a team-league once (which I would appreciate very much) we would have to change our team-system anyway (as we have also done for the GK Olympics). In my view the current system is no real team competition, "discussions" like the above do prove this. Match settings, player line-ups and strategical team discussions (e.g should board 4 take the draw or play on) considerd as unfair and tricky at GK, are for my taste an essential parts of team match fun. Best, drdesoto ——— A Chess Player’s Attacks Pay Off, Even When They Shouldn’t — Computer chess programs are so popular, and so good, that almost anybody can use one to figure out where a chess player went wrong — when the game is over. But at the chess board, competitors can rely only on their brains and wits (unless they are cheating) and are bound to make mistakes, especially when they are under pressure. One reason why Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria is so good is that he forces opponents to make mistakes. Ranked No. 2 in the world, he is an aggressive chess player who is always trying to attack. There are problems with this approach, when being aggressive is not justified. But the constant pressure that he places on his opponents often ... Posted by cairo | ability-tw.com 1/04/2004 10:30:01 Play online chess WellMessage: spoken Christian! I knew these people from southern Germany is made of this "special" stuff :-)) Best wishes Cairo ——— Vishy Anand saves his strength before world match with Veselin Topalov — Vishy Anand, who defends his world title against Veselin Topalov at Sofia in April, kept his powder dry in his warm-up chess event at Corus Wijk where the Indian, 40, played at full force in only a few games. In contrast Topalov, 34, has played hard in almost every game this week at the Linares elite chess tournament in Andalusia, where he won first prize with 6.5/10, half a point ahead of Russia's Alex Grischuk. The Bulgarian squeezed points from tiny advantages and by round six had regained the world No1 spot on the live chess ratings from Magnus Carlsen. These daily updated rankings have a huge following and their prestige is now not far short of ... Posted by zormaster | ability-tw.com 1/04/2004 11:30:51 Play online chess leaveMessage: Shall i leave the team to bring the storm down which goes up by my team pressence? If so i will Posted by drdesoto | ability-tw.com 1/04/2004 12:32:38 Play online chess No way ...Message: Natacha-Michelle!!! Nothing N O T H I N G wrong or unfair has been done. This is just a storm in the water-glass, nothing else! Hehehe Soeren: As you know we Bavarians do sleep on the floor (of course outside the house), eat raw meet, and drink at least 20 pints of beer a day - my friend has made 1/2 out of I think 7 so far. He is not longer allowed to sleep outside the house on the floor. He has to sleep naked on a frozen lake (please don´t ask him about his score - he is crushing skulls!) Best, drdesoto Posted by zormaster | ability-tw.com 1/04/2004 15:00:35 Play online chess satisfiedMessage: I am satisfied, back to almost 1500 rating and 9 games started with players rated between 1800 and 2170. Team games are still rolling on- 5 finished and 3 to go. ............................................... Vlad's Impalers for now and ever! Posted by irish-pete | ability-tw.com 1/04/2004 16:31:39 Play online chess Hold the FortMessage: I am a little busy now but please everyone wait til you hear from me. You will be hearing shortly. Let us avoid public discussion for now. Zor, I have discussed the issues with you. We need not air the tempest in a teapot openly. Pete Posted by zormaster | ability-tw.com 1/05/2004 00:24:31 Play online chess Hold the FortMessage: Okay Boss Posted by terryaki | ability-tw.com 1/06/2004 05:40:56 Play online chess Congratulations!Message: Congratulations to my teammates, Don and Natacha, for their recent wins! Sincerely, John Posted by drdesoto | ability-tw.com 1/13/2004 11:13:00 Play online chess Holde the FortMessage: In silence? Nothing new, no poems? Best, drdesoto Posted by zormaster | ability-tw.com 1/14/2004 13:47:20 Play online chess No poemsMessage: I love poems :>) Posted by irish-pete | ability-tw.com 1/18/2004 09:01:43 Play online chess Sorry guys and galMessage: but i have been down for the count recently. Barely able to keep my games moving. Hopefully, I should be on the mend soon. Pete Posted by cairo | ability-tw.com 1/18/2004 09:26:26 Play online chess I Message: have to apologise to my Team-mates, I have lost 3 Team-games allready here in the new year, very bad :-(( Whole last year I only lost one! Well the competion is getting harder and I promise to sharpen up my form to come back again. In the mean time, I think my Captain, should put me on lower boards, it is painful with all this beating! We shall return :-)) Best wishes Cairo Posted by zormaster | ability-tw.com 1/18/2004 09:52:05 Play online chess I Message: No worries cairo. Be happy you can lose because you are after all human and not a machine who doesn't care a loss. Still going strong, after all you are one of the top players in our team and at GameKnot! Come on buddy! Head high! ;>)) Yours, The Mighty Zor Posted by cairo | ability-tw.com 1/18/2004 10:49:37 Play online chess Thanks Message: Mighty Zor, I allready feel better :-)) This is all what a great Team like The Impalers are all about! Best wishes Cairo Posted by irish-pete | ability-tw.com 1/18/2004 10:51:19 Play online chess On the makeup for the boards . . .Message: Just thought it might be helpful to know how the boards are set. I choose the members of the challenge, but after that GK software selects who is on the boards -- highest rating has the highest board. That is why Zor managed to get the fourth board recently -- her rating was undeservedly low. (And no other active team member had a lower rating.) Pete A rhyme in time is not a crime even though a wall you will climb Posted by terryaki | ability-tw.com 1/20/2004 00:21:12 Play online chess Open reply from the lower boardsMessage: To players with high ratings, wanting to play, on the lower boards. Your confidence has been an inspiration to this team. You have helped create a group of players with not only excellence in skill and results, but also transcendence in character. You have helped create a team with players from different nations cooperating to complete against other groups. We have all lost at one time or another, but as one of the higher rated players on this team told me, playing against higher rated players will improve my game. You have earned your place on this team. Even if you do not win, make your opponent bring his/her best game to win. Make it take everthing they got to beat you. That is what we ask of you. We are proud of you and proud to be part of this team! So back to the upper boads, have fun, and remember fearless forever... John Posted by cairo | ability-tw.com 1/20/2004 01:21:35 Play online chess WellMessage: spoken terryaki, truly as a member of the greatest Team at GK, The Vlad's Impalers. You surely have a bright future in this game, with this attitude and your talent. Back to the "Scull Crushing" :-)) Best wishes Cairo Posted by carlosmart | ability-tw.com 1/21/2004 08:15:12 Play online chess I feel sorryMessage: to announce my first lost in a team match vs Papani playing black. I wanted to do a variation in the middle game but really it was a positional mistake. I hope the second will be later. Carlos Posted by cairo | ability-tw.com 1/22/2004 00:07:53 Play online chess With Message: all the points you have collected to the Team, there is absolutely no reason for being sorry Carlos. You doing great- keep it up!! Onwards you scullhunting warriors :-)) Best wishes Cairo Posted by irish-pete | ability-tw.com 1/23/2004 01:15:39 Play online chess LOOK . . . Message: at the team description --- and it isn't finished yet. If you have any additions, let me know. . . Everyone knows Zor is a master, and she wants to be a grandmaster. But to play Pete is to court disaster. Posted by zormaster | ability-tw.com 1/23/2004 05:40:19 Play online chess LOOK . .Message: What can i say versus so much wisdom of our senior captain ;>)) hihihhi. Posted by irish-pete | ability-tw.com 1/23/2004 07:42:21 Play online chess Friends, Romans, Dutchwomen . . .Message: I will finally be making the move into my new home. It is back to my boyhood hometown -- (and get this Zor, it it the Home of the Pennsylvania Dutch). It will be official on Feb. 1 (which for Americans is also Super Bowl Day). I will be moving into part of a former church -- about 1800 square feet -- that is 167 square meters for all you metric types. So you can call me Captain Pius Bee. "Honey is sweet but the bee has a sting" Posted by terryaki | ability-tw.com 1/25/2004 09:15:46 Play online chess New team description!Message: The new team description is dynamite Pete! Thank you for your work on it. Did you have any help with it? Best wishes for your move back to the Keystone State of Pennsylvania! John Posted by irish-pete | ability-tw.com 1/25/2004 12:09:02 Play online chess And the answer is . . . Message: that I have asked the team members of most nations to translate for me. I had a problem being able to insert cyrillic. All we need now is someone with the British version. :) If anyone has any other languages to add (hint: Portugese, Croatian, Czech or an anglicized Russian), let me know. "Honey is sweet but the (Killer) Bee has a sting" Oh, someone can add Texan, Wisconsinese, and Tennesseen. Posted by zormaster | ability-tw.com 1/25/2004 12:20:15 Play online chess And the answer is . . . Message: Not my faulth that Mikes bloody webside doesn't accept Russia language. i tryed in four or five different ways but nop, zero, nul, niks, niente capito, non, nein. NOTHING works! At other chess sites i communicate with Russians and not a single problem, only here and at Satnsco. That sites gives some translation but it is some old one. poor me. :(( Posted by irish-pete | ability-tw.com 1/25/2004 13:05:18 Play online chess Pat, pat, pat . . .Message: pitter pat on the head of Zor . . . Though I am not sure it is the site's fault. "Despite the documented evidence of chess historian H. J. R. Murray, I have always thought that the game of chess was invented by a goddess." George Koltanowski Posted by irish-pete | ability-tw.com 1/25/2004 13:06:45 Play online chess LOLMessage: Snicker. Posted by zormaster | ability-tw.com 1/25/2004 13:31:33 Play online chess You......!Message: Grrrrrr i am sure i dream this night about old chess captains, killer bees and other bad stuff! I hope you have a pleasant stay in your new home! Zorrie xx |