27 Dec 04
Originally posted by skeeter
Close, but no cigar. It's a little more subtle than that. In fact I suspect the interpretation is way beyond the comprehension of anyone on this site.
Arrogance? - perhaps - but I will stand to be corrected. In fact I lay the challenge to all ensitu to solve the self proclaimed title " Iron for the Spanish" and the first correct entry posted in this fo ...[text shortened]... d even Feivel are welcome to participate. So, go for it. First up - best dressed!
skeeter q
"the interpretation is way beyond the comprehension of anyone on this site." !!!!!!!!!
are you saying we won't understnd it even once you tell us wht yourr interprettion is?
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i chllenge you to interpret mine correctly ;-)
27 Dec 04
Originally posted by flexmoreAh Flex, your brain is about as quick as that flag on your duck. So to your question - the answer to the cryptic will be so obvious, even to an lobotomised lobster that you will ashamed at even asking for this clarification. Best you register for the "treatment" now to avoid the inevitable rush later. (wink wink)
"the interpretation is way beyond the comprehension of anyone on this site." !!!!!!!!!
are you saying we won't understnd it even once you tell us wht yourr interprettion is?
q
i chllenge you to interpret mine correctly ;-)
skeeter
27 Dec 04
Originally posted by skeeterMy brain hurts after working on this.
Close, but no cigar. It's a little more subtle than that. In fact I suspect the interpretation is way beyond the comprehension of anyone on this site.
Arrogance? - perhaps - but I will stand to be corrected. In fact I lay the challenge to all ensitu to solve the self proclaimed title " Iron for the Spanish" and the first correct entry posted in this fo ...[text shortened]... nd even Feivel are welcome to participate. So, go for it. First up - best dressed!
skeeter
Botvinnik was known as Iron Mike. There's a place called Iron in MN. Apparently they need a Spanish teacher. The Iron Column was a anachist militia in Spain around 1936. In a game between Anand and Polgar he had an "Iron King". But that game was a Sicilian so that's out.
I'm confused and no closer than when I started.
27 Dec 04
Originally posted by XanthosNZIt's no small secret that I am a Botvinnik disciple and that I enjoy more than a nodding acquaintance with Judith so you are getting warm. Remember to me from the Bard: "......and the Sicilian's came down like a wolf on the fold..."
My brain hurts after working on this.
Botvinnik was known as Iron Mike. There's a place called Iron in MN. Apparently they need a Spanish teacher. The Iron Column was a anachist militia in Spain around 1936. In a game between Anand and Polgar he had an "Iron King". But that game was a Sicilian so that's out.
I'm confused and no closer than when I started.
No more hints.
skeeter
27 Dec 04
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According to chessgames.com, "Mikhail Botvinnik beat Vasily Smyslov 28 to 22, with 53 draws." The record may not be complete, chessgames says.
They played 8 Lopez openings with Botvinnik's score +1,-3,=4.
Botvinnik's lone win came in 1941.
Again according to chessgames.com against all players Botvinnik had a +21,-7,=22 score playing the Lopez (I ignored sims)
Botvinnik's record overall is +563,-133,=426
So, especially if you were Smyslov, you could do worse than the Lopez against Botvinnik.
27 Dec 04
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Originally posted by skeeterUONGIW, they were Assyrians coming down like a wolf on the fold, and it was Byron, not Shakespeare:
It's no small secret that I am a Botvinnik disciple and that I enjoy more than a nodding acquaintance with Judith so you are getting warm. Remember to me from the Bard: "......and the Sicilian's came down like a wolf on the fold..."
No more hints.
skeeter
''What does it mean when we are told
That that Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold?
In the first place, George Gordon Byron had enough experience
To know that it probably wasn't just one Assyrian, it was a lot of
Assyrians.
However, as too many arguments are apt to induce apoplexy and
thus hinder longevity.
We'll let it pass as one Assyrian for the sake of brevity.
Now then, this particular Assyrian, the one whose cohorts were
gleaming in purple and gold,
Just what does the poet mean when he says he came down like a
wold on the fold?
In heaven and earth more than is dreamed of in our philosophy
there are great many things.
But I don't imagine that among them there is a wolf with purple
and gold cohorts or purple and gold anythings.
No, no, Lord Byron, before I'll believe that this Assyrian was
actually like a wolf I must have some kind of proof;
Did he run on all fours and did he have a hairy tail and a big red
mouth and big white teeth and did he say Woof Woof?
Frankly I think it is very unlikely, and all you were entitled to say,
at the very most,
Was that the Assyrian cohorts came down like a lot of Assyrian
cohorts about to destroy the Hebrew host.
But that wasn't fancy enough for Lord Byron, oh dear me no, he
had to invent a lot of figures of speech and then interpolate them,
With the result that whenever you mention Old Testament soldiers
to people they say Oh yes, they're the ones that a lot of
wolves dressed up in gold and purple ate them.''
27 Dec 04
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Yes, I knew that RC, but it fidden dit in with the puzzle so I used a little poetic license. Didn't think anyone would notice or mind. Very perceptive.
And literally translated it likens an attack by the Assyrians on their hosts to one of a wolf on a flock of sheep (fold) ie; with stealth.
That passage by Byron is often used as an excellent example of the differance between a simile and a metaphor.
skeeter
28 Dec 04
Originally posted by Brother EdwinSweet Jesus, Bennett! Can you decifer that one?
You are saying you are holy but so is god but you are not therefore he is not therefore he dosent exist since he xisasts as much as you are holy hence you are not holy which means he does not exist.
Am I correct?
28 Dec 04
Originally posted by UncleAdamAs far as I am aware Uncle A no one has solved it to date. If you have the solution then PM it to me. Discretion is imperative, I think you will agree? N'est-ce pas?
LOL I never even noticed it before i saw this thread
Edit I cant belive it took so long to the others to figure it out i noticed as soon as i read your post
skeeter