It's been a slice...

[Paul Beckwith]

Re: It's been a slice...

Yes Hugh, that is the game. Thank you for finding it so quickly. I find it hard to believe that it was played 17 years ago!

[Garvin Nunes]

Re: It's been a slice...

Gary, no need to throw in the towel, I am sure that you are still much better at chess than Vlad Drkulec will ever be; even with your occasional lapses.

We all go through slumps from time to time, just look at Paul Bonham's rating which has always exceeded his true abilities. Or consider Mr. Kitich's attempts to stay above 1600 (if he spent half the time that he does correcting posts on ChessTalk to actually study the game I am confident that he would reach 1650). Alternately, look at the yo-yo like oscillations of enormous magnitude exhibited in the rating of Bob Gillanders; his rating reflects his employment state. When his rating is above 1800 he is unemployed and when it is less then he is in a state of fulltime employment. When he reached 2000 you know that it was time for him to get full-time work. So what if you are not as good as you used to be; just play for the moment. Perhaps your are spending too much time in your study of climate change?? Of course you could always start up a non-profit chess teaching and supply business like Larry Bevand did when he realized that he would never reach 2000. Alternatively, consider Robert Hamilton as a source of inspiration. I remember when he lost in the Canadian Closed years ago in Hamilton (the city, not the player) in about 12 moves or so to Rob Gardner (I believe), Hamilton (the player, not the city) moved a knight and then got mated on d8 or d1 with the queen protected by the bishop that had been pinning the knight. Perhaps Hugh Brodie can track down the moves of the game and David Cohen can consider the game for the Hall of Shame. I remember that the game was over in about 15 minutes and the two players analyzed the dozen opening moves for about 2 hours. Perhaps Hamilton (the player, not the city) was hoping that the audience would think that they were still playing the tournament game? Or consider the actions of Kevin Spraggett when he realized that Canadians no longer liked him; he started a vindictive soft-porn blog under the guise of a chess blog with the main purpose of slagging the CFC; he thinks people read the blog for the chess analysis but it is just for the humor and the women.

In summary: Gary, how can you possibly abandon chess? It is such an important part of who you are; of your core being...

Paul are you playing any chess these days..

[Ben Daswani]

Re: It's been a slice...

Gary, no need to throw in the towel, I am sure that you are still much better at chess than Vlad Drkulec will ever be; even with your occasional lapses.

We all go through slumps from time to time, just look at Paul Bonham's rating which has always exceeded his true abilities. Or consider Mr. Kitich's attempts to stay above 1600 (if he spent half the time that he does correcting posts on ChessTalk to actually study the game I am confident that he would reach 1650). Alternately, look at the yo-yo like oscillations of enormous magnitude exhibited in the rating of Bob Gillanders; his rating reflects his employment state. When his rating is above 1800 he is unemployed and when it is less then he is in a state of fulltime employment. When he reached 2000 you know that it was time for him to get full-time work. So what if you are not as good as you used to be; just play for the moment. Perhaps your are spending too much time in your study of climate change?? Of course you could always start up a non-profit chess teaching and supply business like Larry Bevand did when he realized that he would never reach 2000. Alternatively, consider Robert Hamilton as a source of inspiration. I remember when he lost in the Canadian Closed years ago in Hamilton (the city, not the player) in about 12 moves or so to Rob Gardner (I believe), Hamilton (the player, not the city) moved a knight and then got mated on d8 or d1 with the queen protected by the bishop that had been pinning the knight. Perhaps Hugh Brodie can track down the moves of the game and David Cohen can consider the game for the Hall of Shame. I remember that the game was over in about 15 minutes and the two players analyzed the dozen opening moves for about 2 hours. Perhaps Hamilton (the player, not the city) was hoping that the audience would think that they were still playing the tournament game? Or consider the actions of Kevin Spraggett when he realized that Canadians no longer liked him; he started a vindictive soft-porn blog under the guise of a chess blog with the main purpose of slagging the CFC; he thinks people read the blog for the chess analysis but it is just for the humor and the women.

In summary: Gary, how can you possibly abandon chess? It is such an important part of who you are; of your core being...

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: It's been a slice...

Were you thinking of this game?

[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Hamilton CAN"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Baragar, Fletcher"]
[Black "Hamilton, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 dxc3 11. Qd8# 1-0

[Paul Beckwith]

Re: It's been a slice...

Gary, no need to throw in the towel, I am sure that you are still much better at chess than Vlad Drkulec will ever be; even with your occasional lapses.

We all go through slumps from time to time, just look at Paul Bonham's rating which has always exceeded his true abilities. Or consider Mr. Kitich's attempts to stay above 1600 (if he spent half the time that he does correcting posts on ChessTalk to actually study the game I am confident that he would reach 1650). Alternately, look at the yo-yo like oscillations of enormous magnitude exhibited in the rating of Bob Gillanders; his rating reflects his employment state. When his rating is above 1800 he is unemployed and when it is less then he is in a state of fulltime employment. When he reached 2000 you know that it was time for him to get full-time work. So what if you are not as good as you used to be; just play for the moment. Perhaps your are spending too much time in your study of climate change?? Of course you could always start up a non-profit chess teaching and supply business like Larry Bevand did when he realized that he would never reach 2000. Alternatively, consider Robert Hamilton as a source of inspiration. I remember when he lost in the Canadian Closed years ago in Hamilton (the city, not the player) in about 12 moves or so to Rob Gardner (I believe), Hamilton (the player, not the city) moved a knight and then got mated on d8 or d1 with the queen protected by the bishop that had been pinning the knight. Perhaps Hugh Brodie can track down the moves of the game and David Cohen can consider the game for the Hall of Shame. I remember that the game was over in about 15 minutes and the two players analyzed the dozen opening moves for about 2 hours. Perhaps Hamilton (the player, not the city) was hoping that the audience would think that they were still playing the tournament game? Or consider the actions of Kevin Spraggett when he realized that Canadians no longer liked him; he started a vindictive soft-porn blog under the guise of a chess blog with the main purpose of slagging the CFC; he thinks people read the blog for the chess analysis but it is just for the humor and the women.

In summary: Gary, how can you possibly abandon chess? It is such an important part of who you are; of your core being...

[Francis Rodriguez]

Re: It's been a slice...

Happy New Year, and would it be possible to get the
2012 Calendar for IGCF events? I have 2 teams from
2MCL (Martian Chess League) interested in competition.

BTW, what planetary currency 2012 IGCF membership?

FR

[Gary Ruben]

I've been turning down invitations to play in decent level correspondence events including the Pan Am Teams.

I haven't been real happy with my recent results. So, it's time to step aside before I embarrass myself with my deteriorating play.

Probably I'll get around to playing lower level fun events but no more high level international events.

I've played some really nice people over the decades and been on the winning or losing side of some very pretty games. What more can a player ask?