The Secret of Chess

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2400s miss HALF of the available mates in 3 OTB.

Maybe because it is noisy, maybe because they are weak, but they do that.

I have my sure-proof stats on that.

I rarely do that.

Where has everyone gone?

Where is Chris, where is GWTR and where is FBloggs?

Is it true that Chess.com is a desert place in May?

I am here Lyudmil. I didn't get any response to this from anyone, not even you. 

I have noticed a decline in the level of activity, as the weather is much better here and probably across much of Europe also. 

I dunno about the last two, but I think a lot of people are just fed up with you. You haven't shown any proof, and instead lie blatantly about your abilities. I'm not surprised that a lot of people are leaving this matter alone.

What do you mean you are here?

The guy I know used to fly an eagle.

True, I did not watch the video, sorry, too busy.

But I am aware of the game Nakamura crushed Rybka.

Purely positionally.

Good play.

Of course, at that time Rybka used to be much weaker than current SF.

If someone posts the game, we can analyse it, of course.

There is also a second game Nakamura recently lost to SF, where he could have comfortably drawn, had he fully closed the king side.

So that is the reason no one buys on Amazon?

I have always thought the US has at least 10 time zones and couple of weather zones.

Do Alaskans and Floridians experience the same weather?

I'm sure more people are fed up by the constant UNWARRANTED attacks AGAINST me.

Florida is nice all but 2 months of the year. It can still stay 50-70 in mild winter, in south Florida and Keys. Alaska can experience 80's in the southern part, during it's brief summer. 

Yeah, just checked Nakamura-SF from 2014, the game that lasted 150+ moves in the KID.

Do you believe me, Nakamura(+ Rybka btw.) could have drawn the game with black in the course of 63(!!) moves, starting with move 41 by playing h5-h4, and g6-g5 after that.

No breaks possible.

On move 105, SF finally plays h3-h4, after which g2-g4 gains in force and is always a threat.

So, Nakamura misses the drawing h5-h4 for 63 moves, Rybka does so too, evidently, and SF misses on its part the possibly winning h3-h4 for the same 63 moves!

Chess is not easy, is it?

Btw., am I the first to notice that?

Could someone post the game, chessgames.com already seems to provide pgns only to members.

It is a joke, regarding my avatar. I told MGleason he wouldn't out do me, regarding his avatar. His is a rat, at the computer. Check your messages and you'll see better what I mean. 

I'm still around.  But focusing on preparing for the Southern Open tournament in July, studying TSOC, studying the Reti and Philidor Openings, and wrapping up the semester at college.  When I have something specific to contribute about the book, I plan to start posting again.  If not here, then in a TSOC study group ("club" in the new c.c parlance) that I plan to create.  This thread has become too bloated with repetitive acrimonious comments by people who never read any of the book.  I know not to expect much civility online, but maybe the conversation will stay more reasonable in a supervised forum.  Everyone will be welcome to join the club, and read the posts, but contributors will be expected to exhibit at least a cordial attitude, as if those participating in the conversation were speaking face-to-face.

I thought so.

One downside to having an avatar is you have to change it and that takes a lot of time.

I think you will make a good supervisor even here.

Good luck in July.

He's right. It's impossible to draw or beat someone who never plays.

I play it safe.

The things I saw 5 years ago I did not see 12 years back and the things I see now I did not suppose existed 5 years ago.

That makes for a lot of points.

Btw., I see h5-h4 draws in SF-Nakamura in under a second.

How much time for you?

People do buy on Amazon, it's quite popular.  From your book sales you may not notice though. If you are wondering why people still dont buy your book, carefully read what was said in post number 6025 (by you), 6027, and 6034. When you stop saying things that turn people away, your book sales will increase.