ghost of miles Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 As I sit here and type, I am waiting for the arrival of my chess student who comes down from Troy, Michigan every two weeks for chess lessons. If you wanna really help hone that kids tactical skills give him a quick pre-lesson tour of the political forum and we'll let Ghost, Chris & Groper shatter his rook, pulverize his knight & pilfer his bishop's pockets in no time flat....a helpful lesson he'll never forget. I believe you have me mistaken for another, sir. I spurn that forum--spurn it for the viper's nest that it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 As I sit here and type, I am waiting for the arrival of my chess student who comes down from Troy, Michigan every two weeks for chess lessons. If you wanna really help hone that kids tactical skills give him a quick pre-lesson tour of the political forum and we'll let Ghost, Chris & Groper shatter his rook, pulverize his knight & pilfer his bishop's pockets in no time flat....a helpful lesson he'll never forget. I believe you have me mistaken for another, sir. I spurn that forum--spurn it for the viper's nest that it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 some great chessbabes as well. Take note Bright Moments! Girls were a rarity when I played during junior-high... I remember a regional tournament where a team with a girl player showed up, and everybody was oooing and ahhing as if she were some sort of exotic specimen. I imagine that's changed by now, but in the late 1970s--in Indiana, anyway--it was an overwhelmingly male arena of competition. US Woman's Olympic team which took home a Silver medal. Top three boards were born abroad, but they're all Americans now. I know Anna Zatonskih of Bowling Green, Ohio personally. Even played chess with her in her apartment. Her husband's a great dude. Irina Krush has a boyfriend... http://www.chessbase.com/eventarticle.asp?newsid=1953 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 (edited) I'll take away her little fluffy stuffed puppy for the day....that'll teach her to get uppity w/me!!!! Better yet, if you're looking to scare up some extra bucks for that Farlow Mosaic or those Decca Jazz Studio CDs that Universal Japan is putting out in Dec., how about getting her out there on the chess-hustler circuit? It's time she started earning her keep... you gotta instill that work ethic early! Edited November 27, 2004 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 In the spirit of the serial-trombone-killer thread going on in the Musicians' Forum, I offer this shocking news report! Doctors are blaming a rare electrical imbalance in the brain for the bizarre death of a chess player whose head literally exploded in the middle of a championship game! No one else was hurt in the fatal explosion but four players and three officials at the Moscow Candidate Masters' Chess Championships were sprayed with blood and brain matter when Nikolai Titov's head suddenly blew apart. Experts say he suffered from a condition called Hyper-Cerebral Electrosis or HCE. "He was deep in concentration with his eyes focused on the board," says Titov's opponent, Vladimir Dobrynin. "All of a sudden his hands flew to his temples and he screamed in pain. Everyone looked up from their games, startled by the noise. Then, as if someone had put a bomb in his cranium, his head popped like a firecracker." Incredibly, Titiov's is not the first case in which a person's head has spontaneously exploded. Five people are known to have died of HCE in the last 25 years. The most recent death occurred just three years ago in 1991, when European psychic Barbara Nicole's skull burst. Miss Nicole's story was reported by newspapers worldwide, including WWN. "HCE is an extremely rare physical imbalance," said Dr. Anatoly Martinenko, famed neurologist and expert on the human brain who did the autopsy on the brilliant chess expert. "It is a condition in which the circuits of the brain become overloaded by the body's own electricity. The explosions happen during periods of intense mental activity when lots of current is surging through the brain. Victims are highly intelligent people with great powers of concentration. Both Miss Nicole and Mr. Titov were intense people who tended to keep those cerebral circuits overloaded. In a way it could be said they were literally too smart for their own good." Although Dr. Martinenko says there are probably many undiagnosed cases, he hastens to add that very few people will die from HCE. "Most people who have it will never know. At this point, medical science still doesn't know much about HCE. And since fatalities are so rare it will probably be years before research money becomes available." In the meantime, the doctor urges people to take it easy and not think too hard for long periods of time. "Take frequent relaxation breaks when you're doing things that take lots of mental focus," he recommends. I read it on the Internet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Then there's this poor sap... sounds as if he needed more mental activity! BOSSES of a publishing firm are trying to work out why no-one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting dead at his desk for FIVE DAYS before anyone asked if he was feeling okay. George Turklebaum, 51, who had been employed as a proof-reader at a New York firm for 30 years, had a heart attack in the open-plan office he shared with 23 other workers. He quietly passed away on Monday, but nobody noticed until Saturday morning when an office cleaner asked why he was still working during the weekend. His boss Elliot Wachiaski said: 'George was always the first guy in each morning and the last to leave at night - so no-one found it unusual that he was in the same position all that time and didn't say anything. 'He was always absorbed in his work and kept much to himself.' A post mortem examination revealed that he had been dead for five days after suffering a coronary. Ironically, George was proof-reading manuscripts of medical textbooks when he died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 Scary story about the guy who blew himself up. One would assume that there were warning signs, such as a severe headache or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted January 13, 2005 Report Share Posted January 13, 2005 Article in the NY Times this a.m. on the impact of electronic study aids: chess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 Vaselin Topalov of Bulgaria. New world chess champion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 (edited) Rustam Kasimdzhanov (25th highest rated player in the world from Uzbekistan) and his wife, Firuza. He recently tied for 6th/7th in the World championlships. Edited October 22, 2005 by connoisseur series500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 Wives of Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Vishvanathan Anand (3rd highest rated player in the world.) I should call this the "chess babes thread." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/28...eath/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sailor Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 (edited) J'adoube! Edited August 8, 2006 by sailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Vladimir Kramnik (full of surprises will be the champ) Remember Kramnik surprised Kasparov with C67, so what will there be surprises as black with Tapalov, of course. See these simultaneous games at ICC. (I think four (>) checkmates for Vladimir) http://www.chessclub.com/help/KramnikSimul and it would be cool if he picked Alexander Morozevich as a second. Tough match, but I'd rate Topalov a slight favorite based on rating and recent results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 A photo from a tournament a couple months back. I'm the dude on the left. Lost that game. My opponent is a chess master. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 I'm thinking of picking up chess again. What are some good websties for chess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Check out the links given on www.toledochess.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sailor Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 (edited) Hmm, it looks like you were anticipating a Sicilian but his B5 threw you off? No? What were your moves? Edited September 2, 2006 by sailor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie87 Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 A photo from a tournament a couple months back. I'm the dude on the left. Lost that game. My opponent is a chess master. It probably didn't help that you were sleeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 excellent point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 my favorite chess photo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Chess champ Bobby Fischer dead ASSOCIATED PRESS REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess master who became a Cold War icon when he dethroned the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky as world champion in 1972, has died. He was 64. Fischer died Thursday in a Reykjavik hospital, his spokesman Gardar Sverrisson said. There was no immediate word on the cause of death. Fischer, born in Chicago and raised in Brooklyn, was a fierce critic of the United States. He renounced his American citizenship and moved to Iceland in 2005. He was wanted in the United States for playing a 1992 rematch against Spassky in Yugoslavia in defiance of international sanctions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalupa Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Wiki.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 I remember the cold war chess matches with Fisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 bobby fischer just died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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