chess swag

jbaca

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18 Sep 10

paulbuchmanfromfics

Joined: 24 Aug 07
Moves: 48477

20 Sep 10

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Paul do not follow California guys who cannot be bothered to get GM norms.

Follow Russian GM's who have been bothered to get their GM norms.

Stick that book on ebay and use the money to send the 13 cats to
that guy in California.

I haven't had the London book very long, and I have already shelved it. I should have read the introduction better before buying it (aimed at players 1400-2000).

When I put it on the shelf, I grabbed a few of my Blackmar-Diemer Gambit books. It's time to get back to some hardcore aggression. 🙂

My stack went from Catalan, London, and English Opening to Blackmar-Diemer, Englund, Traxler/Wilkes-Barre, Evans Gambit, Latvian, and Smith-Morra.
I even got out all the old issues of Blackmar-Diemer World and played through them.

It's a shame there's not a magazine like that now. The magazine's readers sent in Blackmar-Diemers, Elephants,Latvians,Traxlers,g4 Dutchs, and every other gambit to be published.

greenpawn34

Joined: 06 May 08
Moves: 43363

20 Sep 10

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The mags were good.

Even the Latvian Gambit had it's own magazine.

Expect there are 100 of websites dedicated to theses openings now.
(never really looked).

Name your 13 cats, I bet one is called Alekhine.

Edit 1 - it's nearly 5am. I work soon, better go to bed.

Shallow Blue

Joined: 18 Jan 07
Moves: 12477

20 Sep 10

Originally posted by jbaca
What chess swag do you have? Back in 04 During the Leko/Kramnik Match held in Switzerland
They offered the online audience paticipation in a chess trivia game and I won a signed chess board/set smaller set but made of wood nice. there were some nicer prizes as well, but thought at the time that it was fun to join in and of course winning something was cool

I have no real swag, but I have one rather poignant book. It's not the content, and it's not where I got it, it's when. It's Max Euwe's book on the 1948 World Championship tournament. I bought it on the flee market which is held in my home town every year, on Liberation Day, which in our country is May 5th. The year was 1995... imagine my astonishment when I watched the news that evening.

Richard

erikido

Joined: 09 Dec 05
Moves: 955

21 Sep 10

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I am not sure I know what swag is. But, I think having some analysis of a gambit I "created" (see accidentally hung a pawn and found it quite interesting) on chesspublishing.com in the caro kann.

http://www.chesspublishing.com/content/6/dec08.htm

I think you have to be a member to actually see the analysis. But, that gives you my idea-