Lol, you know you have to share that game from the simul! Share it!!
GM Larry Evans' method of static analysis
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Feb 1, 2017
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#43
I don't have the score-sheet here in New Brunswick. If it's not packed in my sister's stuff a thousand km away, then it's been lost over the years. I've moved half a dozen times since playing that game...
... which would be tragic, but that's how it goes. Life sucks, and then you die.
Not so much, you played it and that can't be changed.
Feb 1, 2017
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#45
Blueemu, I told you, you should have had that Tal game framed and put up on display.
I don't suppose you got him to AUTOGRAPH THE SCORESHEET?
You could have asked him and I'm sure he would have obliged.
Tal was a nice guy.
I don't suppose you got him to AUTOGRAPH THE SCORESHEET?
You could have asked him and I'm sure he would have obliged.
Tal was a nice guy.
Feb 1, 2017
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#46
blueemu escribió:
I don't have the score-sheet here in New Brunswick. If it's not packed in my sister's stuff a thousand km away, then it's been lost over the years. I've moved half a dozen times since playing that game...
... which would be tragic, but that's how it goes. Life sucks, and then you die.
Does that mean the game was not a pretty girl?
Feb 1, 2017
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#47
urk wrote:
Blueemu, I told you, you should have had that Tal game framed and put up on display.
I don't suppose you got him to AUTOGRAPH THE SCORESHEET?
You could have asked him and I'm sure he would have obliged.
Tal was a nice guy.
I don't suppose you got him to AUTOGRAPH THE SCORESHEET?
You could have asked him and I'm sure he would have obliged.
Tal was a nice guy.
I had him autograph the board. It was a simul, so we were using cheap paper boards. It's packed away somewhere, too.
BUT...!!!
I BOUGHT the cheap plastic chess set that we played on, from the organizers, and I've still got it! It's the only set I use!
this is my favorite thread
Fascinating
Thanks for posting this
Fascinating
Thanks for posting this
Feb 1, 2017
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#49
kramopolis escribió:
this is my favorite thread
Fascinating
Thanks for posting this
Fascinating
Thanks for posting this
Blueemu is the man.
Feb 1, 2017
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#50
kramopolis wrote:
this is my favorite thread
Fascinating
Thanks for posting this
Fascinating
Thanks for posting this
Thanks for the kind remarks. Evans' book is a bit out of fashion, so I thought people might benefit from a Space/Time/Force lesson.
Is the entire book like that or is this concept covered only briefly?
Feb 1, 2017
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#52
*Canadian Nice*
Geez, turns down Larsen's offer to go out drinking and too shy to ask Tal to sign the scoresheet.
I would have exploded somewhere in that sequence of events.
I do have a scoresheet signed by a Russian grandmaster....somewhere...
Geez, turns down Larsen's offer to go out drinking and too shy to ask Tal to sign the scoresheet.
I would have exploded somewhere in that sequence of events.
I do have a scoresheet signed by a Russian grandmaster....somewhere...
Feb 1, 2017
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#54
kramopolis wrote:
Is the entire book like that or is this concept covered only briefly?
To be honest, it's been 30 years since I read it so I can't recall very much except the STF stuff. I'm under the impression that he covered several topics, though.
STF was my take-home lesson from it.
Adding that to my reading list thank you
Feb 1, 2017
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#56
kramopolis wrote:
Adding that to my reading list thank you
If you are compiling a reading list, I will offer you the same advice that I give every player from 1400 to 2400 rating:
My System by Nimzovich and Pawn Power in Chess by Kmoch. The only two chess books you'll ever need.
Feb 1, 2017
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#58
urk wrote:
I find that hard to believe, but ok.
Who am I to argue?
Who am I to argue?
Well... it might be just me. I'm not big on memorizing opening lines, so books that focus on that are pretty much useless to me. I believe in learning how the basic principles of the game interact with each other. You can get a tremendous amount of mileage out of very simple stuff like "Pawns don't move backwards".
Feb 1, 2017
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#59
BREAKING NEWS, SOON I WILL ANALYZE BLUEEMU'S MAROCZY MASTERPIECE WITH LARRY EVAN'S METHOD.
But first, Ill have to sleep, so you will have to wait 8hrs.
https://www.chess.com/daily/game/94476818?username=blueemu
A shame you lost on time, we will say White resigned 
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Feb 1, 2017
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#60
That one wasn't exactly lost on time... well, technically it was... but Fall of 2014 was when I got hired as a Mentor at the Canadian Army's Tactics School (that's combined-arms military tactics, not chess tactics) and I had to drop everything and move to a new city.
So I forfeited all my ongoing games. You'll find a bunch of them all lost "on time" at about that point. Cost me a crap-load of rating points... but it was worth it.
Got a picture of me with a late-model Leopard II here, somewhere. I'll see if I can dig it up.
Here's a game that I did manage to complete before leaving for the Tactics School.
https://www.chess.com/daily/game/90890754
I also remember that game too!!! Geez, I need to play some games like those before I die.
Yeah, it's fun playing a game like that in a rated OTB tournament.
As you may have noticed, my play is not what you would call consistent or sound... I often make blunders and miscalculations, like any other Patzer. But I keep cool under fire (after blundering and overlooking Nxg5, my very next move was the strong reply Nd4) and I've got guts... playing the Sicilian Najdorf against Mikhail Tal? That takes GUTS!