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Originally posted by clarencecuasay
Could be a young kid who signed up to play chess. I used to play like that in my first year of learning chess. "Move first, think later" was my opening theory then.
Could be, but I doubt it. Take a look at some of his games. Pieces repeatedly put en prise, pieces not retreated from being en prise, failure to capture pieces en prise. And in one case, a pawn has a choice to capture either another pawn or a knight, and guess which one is chosen. Yep, the pawn.

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Funny enough as I was looking up some of the games in Fritz, I turned up this game by Short last year.

[Event "Turin ol (Men) 37th"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Saud, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[WhiteTeam "ENG"]
[BlackTeam "UAE"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UAE"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Qf3 d4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 dxc3 6. exf6 exf6 7. dxc3 Nd7 8.
Bf4 Bc5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Qg3 Re8 11. Nf3 b5 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Bh6 g6 14. Rhe1
Rxe1 15. Rxe1 Bb7 16. Qf4 Qd8 17. Re2 Nf8 18. h4 Qd6 19. b4 Qxf4+ 20. Bxf4 Bb6
21. c4 Ne6 22. Bd6 a5 23. c5 Bd8 24. a3 axb4 25. axb4 Kg7 26. Kb2 h5 27. c3 Bc8
28. g3 Ra7 29. Bc2 Bc7 30. Rd2 Bd8 31. Bb3 Rb7 32. Nd4 Bd7 33. f4 f5 34. Be5+
Bf6 35. Nf3 Nf8 36. Rd6 Ne6 37. Bxf6+ Kxf6 38. Ne5 1-0

Is that what Short plays regularly? However he still won while other top GMs were reportedly having trouble beating amateurs in the Olympiad.

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Originally posted by Dragon Fire
Yeah!

Look at my 1st 2 moves in Game 3514797.

Don't worry about the rest and don't comment as still in progress although comments on my 1st 2 moves won't do any harm. [b]Good aren't they?
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It would be alot more impressive if black hadn't dropped those pawns...

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Originally posted by ChessJester
It would be alot more impressive if black hadn't dropped those pawns...
What about the Knight. Did he "drop" that too. Those were not dropped they were won with my brilliant Grob style attack.

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Originally posted by Dragon Fire
Yeah!

Look at my 1st 2 moves in Game 3514797.

Don't worry about the rest and don't comment as still in progress although comments on my 1st 2 moves won't do any harm. [b]Good aren't they?
[/b]
I will have to look at this more closely 🙂
Dare I ask (as still in progress) were you pissed at the time, trying something new or simply required self handicapping

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Originally posted by Dragon Fire
Yeah!

Look at my 1st 2 moves in Game 3514797.

Don't worry about the rest and don't comment as still in progress although comments on my 1st 2 moves won't do any harm. [b]Good aren't they?
[/b]
Ah the invisible Hammerschlag! I see you stepped up from your grob opening. Nice work.

One warning, Don't let the Hammerschlag down.

Although you are not from our chess club, we will humilate you if you lose using it! Don't think the several thousands km separating us protects you from the humilation. Because it doesn't and rememeber, this game is Public 🙂

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In the game i reference, I just had his Queen and Rook forked and he moved neither, he moved a pawn!!

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Originally posted by pawntorook4
In the game i reference, I just had his Queen and Rook forked and he moved neither, he moved a pawn!!
Is that a game in progress? Games in progress should not be discussed in the forum.

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Originally posted by z00t
Is that a game in progress? Games in progress should not be discussed in the forum.
its in progress and the person is not taking the game seriously.. that should preclude any rule against discussion.. no one is complaining about the rahim-cms discussion

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Originally posted by Dragon Fire
What about the Knight. Did he "drop" that too. Those were not dropped they were won with my brilliant Grob style attack.
well 4...c6 instead of 4...Bg4 might've changed the game quite a bit. And he dropped the knight with the move 13...Nxd5 where he should have played 13...Ne6. But your grob-style attack looks quite fun to say the least. 🙂

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Originally posted by Mctayto
I will have to look at this more closely 🙂
Dare I ask (as still in progress) were you pissed at the time, trying something new or simply required self handicapping
Some nameless idiot suggested in the forum that I try these 2 moves as they were better than the Grob so I took him at his word.

Although I did try a Grob hybrid!

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Originally posted by Dragon Fire
Some nameless idiot suggested in the forum that I try these 2 moves as they were better than the Grob so I took him at his word.

Although I did try a Grob hybrid!
Fair play for experimenting 🙂

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GMs hanging material?? How about Kramnik v Fritz, mate in 1 anyone?

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Originally posted by Dragon Fire
Some nameless idiot suggested in the forum that I try these 2 moves as they were better than the Grob so I took him at his word.

Although I did try a Grob hybrid!
You need skills to play such a superior opening.

Not everyone can pull it off you know.

Many have tried and failed. We still humilate them to this day.

Fair warning, lose with it and we will humilate you. Distance is not a factor.

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Originally posted by pawntorook4
its in progress and the person is not taking the game seriously.. that should preclude any rule against discussion.. no one is complaining about the rahim-cms discussion
Right now the discussion in one sided.

I have not posted in that thread since the game has began.

Brillant, I know.

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