Bryon Nickoloff Annotations

[Brad Thomson]

Yes, to come to understand herself, no matter how ugly the truth may be, no matter how many individuals will have to be sacrificed....

[Brad Thomson]

Instant Karma. This sort of miracle is surely needed, and not only with respect to the environment. We need a world wherein if we try to punch someone...

[Brad Thomson]

Thanks Pargat, this is interesting analysis. I worked at the CFC from 1992-1997, Nick and I became good friends. He is something of a legend, and one...

[Brad Thomson]

Will wonders never cease?

But the point is where to (democratically) draw the line. I am willing, even determined to impose my values upon...

[Brad Thomson]

Nick would have taken this as a sincere compliment, he was very fond of Capablanca and liked it when his games were said to resemble those of the great...

[Brad Thomson]

I remember being born, if we are a fetus until the umbilical cord is cut then I have living memories of being a fetus. Salvador Dali claimed to remember...

[Brad Thomson]

Women do not have an absolute right to an abortion, access is contingent upon them finding someone qualified and willing to perform it. We do not know...

[Brad Thomson]

Nickoloff, Bryon - Lesiege, Alexandre 1994 , CAN-ch , Hamilton CAN (chesstempo.com)

The game against Alex took place in the last round and...

[Brad Thomson]

Thanks Ian. Nick was very gracious with everyone, even with the 1400 players who were analyzing their own games. Bryon would pop his head in and explain...

[Brad Thomson]

Annotations to Nick's Annotations of game with Baragar

I shared a hotel room with Nick throughout the Closed of 1994. We had a number of...

[Brad Thomson]

Thanks to Grandmasterov for the following links. This is the article that I managed to squeeze out of Nick after the Canadian Closed of 1994. The first...

[Brad Thomson]

I completely disagree. This thread started with a hit piece that amounted to male bashing. (I will not dispute where it ended up.)...

[Brad Thomson]

Nick did not like to annotate his own games on paper, though he was quite prepared to discuss them over refreshments. No one had smart-phones with built-in...

[Brad Thomson]

Fantastic, thanks Neil. I have been going over the games from the actual magazines. I will look through other magazines for more Nick annotations. I know...

[Brad Thomson]

I myself do not deny the possibility....

[Brad Thomson]

Thanks Hans, I certainly do not mind doing a little typing to get the games and notes in. My hope would be that the thread focused on the chess games...

[Brad Thomson]

For those of us who still have En Passant 129 in our possession we have Nick himself fully annotating this game, and his games against Kevin, Lawrence...

[Brad Thomson]

This thread is interesting and quite philosophical, it relates to the age-old battle of the sexes. In the beginning men dominate because of physical strength....

[Brad Thomson]

What type of shorts are we talking about? I recall a female player wearing cut-off jeans that were skimpier than a pair of erotic panties (not to mention...

[Brad Thomson]

No, they are hose-bags....