Originally posted by wormwoodI'll try it. A few weeks ban will give me a rest.
try it. maybe that'll clear it up for you.
(don't. you'll obviously get banned.)
No games on the moment though am swithering wether
or not to enter the Championship.
greenpawn34 is:
http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2461560
🙂
I've no idea, nor care how accurate it is.
(About 20 other FIDE rated games I've played are missing.)
I know on the 2.5 milllion DB that chessbase are selling my games
are under the name of Guy Willis Chandler who was born in 1889,
he fought in WWI and was editor of the British Chess Problem Society.
He passed away before these games were played.
I don't mind but do feel it's a bit of a shame his name should
be tarnished with some of the awful stuff I've produced.
He gets a couple of good wins as well though.
Originally posted by greenpawn34This explains why GP loves gambits, they were viable when he a spry young player.
Don't tell Russ he will be wanting 100 years in back subs.
(This is why I tell I tell you so often not to ignore the games of the
old masters. I saw most of them getting played!).
Correct.
Infact I was cub reporter for the Bognor Evening Echo and was
sent to cover the chess tournament at St.Petersburgh in 1914.
I met Lasker on his way to play Capablanca.
He looked worried.
"Don't worry," I said, "play the Exchange Lopez, Capa won't be expecting that."
He did and the rest is history.
Speaking of Lasker stories-
On a transatlantic voyage, an ambitious chess player cornered some men playing cards in the dining room. Eager to get a chess game going he asked one of the men to play. The card player, after some hesitation obliged.
So they sat down to play. In the first game, the ambitious player won after very little struggle.
"You see my friend, it is very important to use your Queen." he explained to the card player.
"I am not so sure, but let's try again," the card player responded.
So they played a second game and again the ambitious chess player won. This time however, the card player exclaimed "I see now, the Queen just gets in the way!" And so the card player insisted on playing again, but this time he would play without his queen.
The ambitous chess player protested, but after much insistance, acquiesced and they played a third game. This time however, the card player made short work of the ambitious chess player.
Utterly confused, the chess player insisted on more games, but with each game the card player won handily.
Finally shaking his head the chess player got up and said goodnight.
The card player returned to his friends announcing, "See the Queen is clearly a handicap to play with."
The next day, the chess player happened upon the list of passengers. To his amazement he discovered that on board the ship was the World Champion Emmanuel Lasker...
Originally posted by nimzo5Rec'd, as I think many of us older chess players have been on both sides of that story!
Speaking of Lasker stories-
On a transatlantic voyage, an ambitious chess player cornered some men playing cards in the dining room. Eager to get a chess game going he asked one of the men to play. The card player, after some hesitation obliged.
So they sat down to play. In the first game, the ambitious player won after very little struggle.
"You see ...[text shortened]... mazement he discovered that on board the ship was the World Champion Emmanuel Lasker...