LOL

And also "Are spelling and punctuation no longer taught up North?" 

Well, we sure showed him, TheGrobe. Teamwork never fails. 

thats what happens when you try and be a condescending arse

Is ham and eggs no longer eaten up north?

 That would be a cool name for a microbrew.

Perfect for the usually rainy Pacific NW.

 Nah... it's just not the same as

H O G W A S H

NM tonydal

God, that first position is horrendous. White has so many checks it takes forever for my computer to realize black's advantage. I mean, it instantly realizes he's at least 16 points ahead, but it's not sure how to proceed from there. Right now he's up 23 and climbing after 18 ply. Go analysis go!

The second one is meh. Simple mate in four, with lines like 1. Kxa7 Bc5 2. Kxb7 Qf3 3. Kxc7 Bd6 4. Kc8 Qa8#. I mean, it looks funny, but it's simple to analyze,  unlike the first one.

Not sure about the third one. I mean, white has the nice rook fork, and then black has to capture white's rook, or white can sac the black bishop instead to break out. After the smoke clears, Rybka says white has a decent, but not insuperable, advantage. That said, if black really wants to play the contain game, white might have to lose a decent amount actually getting out, so black has a great shot at a draw here. As a matter of fact, black can trap white's knight after the fork, and if white tries to get his rook out of danger on g5, black can still trap his rook on c4 in exchange for his bishop, which brings the material to equal. I have no idea who would win after that, but it definitely looks drawish.

But you're never going to beat Otto Blathy's famous:

So what is going to happen to Nytik and TheGrobe?

Nothing happens to them because they aren't trying, they just are?

Charming as always....

See!

The personal attack from out of left field, over your misinterpretation of a tongue in cheek exchange that didn't even concern you is telling with respect to your character Suggo.

I don't think I actually need to point it out for anyone else's benefit, I mean it's there for all of the world to see, but I suspect that it's escaped you so I thought I'd say something in the (likely futile) hope that some self reflection might do you some good.

Could it get any more condescending?

All I can really do is shake my head Suggo.  It's not condescension, it's resigned exasperation at your continued provocation.  I'm not going to play your game.

Look!  It can!  But surely this is the upper limit!? 

I really like the bolded bit, although coming from a sniper like you it is a bit rich!

SAGE!

 Wasn't that a song from the 70's?

"Shake shake shake, shake shake shake, shake your booty, shake your boooty"

I can't think of one incident where thegrobe has tried to provoke anyone on this site.

Nuclear, Grobe likes to come into a topic when he thinks he sees some sort of hypocrisy or other fault in someones argument and snipe away at them, discrediting what they have to say.  Of course, those with which he has some sort of allegiance with do not get the same treatment.  If not successful because the other party is able to explain his pov, Grobe does not acknowledge this he simply ceases posting waiting for another perceived opening.  All very subtle and extremely condescending when it happens, but that is how he works.  Over time this will become evident if you closely examine it.  If you become a target it will become even more evident.  Cheers.

An alternative explanation is that I enjoy debating -- not targeting or provoking -- but discussing and expressing my view and that I also have activities outside of Chess.com that also vie for my time and contribute to my down-time on any given topic of discussion.  We are both quite active on this site so it should come as no surprise that we occasionally post in the same threads, particularly those in which we both have strong opinions on the topic.

I'm sorry if our differing points of view on some of these topics have lead you to believe that you're being targeted in some way, but it seems that a common tactic of yours is to claim persecution so I have some difficulty believing that the statement is made in good faith.  Me targeting you is certainly not how it happened in this thread as should be clear to anyone reading it.

Beyond that, I don't know what to say to you Suggo -- you seem intent on getting a rise out of me today and this is really all I've got for you.  Sorry to disappoint.