tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.comments2024-01-17T08:51:58.152+13:00Boris ChesskyNigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-6469139200986178432024-01-17T08:51:58.152+13:002024-01-17T08:51:58.152+13:00I know mate. Just added a couple of diagrams for p...I know mate. Just added a couple of diagrams for potential continuations from around move 10 if I'd taken the e pawn with my knight. Was kinda my last chance before the slide downhill...Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-61900434265960071702024-01-16T00:45:11.290+13:002024-01-16T00:45:11.290+13:00Brutal!Brutal!Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-68090244897434603812023-07-04T18:47:25.008+12:002023-07-04T18:47:25.008+12:00I loved Black’s move 37. Very assertive. I loved Black’s move 37. Very assertive. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-79845829793835594142023-02-28T01:04:23.885+13:002023-02-28T01:04:23.885+13:00Brutal!Brutal!Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-89191597802983957332022-10-07T11:27:36.894+13:002022-10-07T11:27:36.894+13:00Pretty impressive, huh. I used to play the King...Pretty impressive, huh. I used to play the King's Indian due to the solid defense for the King to castle behind, but am only just getting back into it now as a reply to d4 instead of meeting it with d5 and consistently getting myself into trouble :'-DNigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-39125544642531357642022-10-07T01:17:03.125+13:002022-10-07T01:17:03.125+13:00Not a bad player, Fischer! Cheers for posting.Not a bad player, Fischer! Cheers for posting.Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-45486701964741255772022-08-12T05:54:38.780+12:002022-08-12T05:54:38.780+12:00Sorry - only just saw this comment, mate. Yeah, pi...Sorry - only just saw this comment, mate. Yeah, pity I didn't pick up on his blunder on move 20...Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-66404409777861864932022-07-24T02:20:40.965+12:002022-07-24T02:20:40.965+12:00Interesting game!Interesting game!Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-5624603308920633442021-08-09T20:05:45.287+12:002021-08-09T20:05:45.287+12:00Brutal, mate...Brutal, mate...Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-89455533760251005932021-08-08T23:52:17.381+12:002021-08-08T23:52:17.381+12:00Pretty forceful play by white!Pretty forceful play by white!Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-977919704339496292019-07-16T10:55:38.912+12:002019-07-16T10:55:38.912+12:00Cheers! Lucky Dane's only real faux pas was ex...Cheers! Lucky Dane's only real faux pas was exactly when I needed it :-) He won the next game the weekend after... still need to upload that one.Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-80485681033201766362019-07-07T17:46:18.756+12:002019-07-07T17:46:18.756+12:00Nice win under pressure!Nice win under pressure!Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-20506191997421596542017-10-30T02:08:43.234+13:002017-10-30T02:08:43.234+13:00No mercy!No mercy!Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-12741091719679999282017-08-14T22:17:32.449+12:002017-08-14T22:17:32.449+12:00! :D! :DNigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-59858303993146036252017-08-14T03:28:47.019+12:002017-08-14T03:28:47.019+12:00Hip hip hooray!Hip hip hooray!Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-13191577128712722192017-05-18T17:04:04.554+12:002017-05-18T17:04:04.554+12:00Relentless! :D Thanks for the well-wishes... This ...Relentless! :D Thanks for the well-wishes... This last game I felt more 'prepared' than any of the previous 4, but alas... All it takes is for those one or two bad moves for it all to fall apart. (I saw that 23rd move was bad as soon as I took my hand off, too... doh)Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-42359518023124342432017-05-18T16:50:40.451+12:002017-05-18T16:50:40.451+12:00The man is a tireless machine! Good luck for the n...The man is a tireless machine! Good luck for the next series.Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-31710325436954547792017-03-03T07:22:26.865+13:002017-03-03T07:22:26.865+13:00Not one of my better games...Not one of my better games...Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-90243821024160810262017-03-03T02:14:14.914+13:002017-03-03T02:14:14.914+13:00Ouch!Ouch!Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-6754984924861577662016-12-22T20:02:16.192+13:002016-12-22T20:02:16.192+13:00Another very perceptive comment, Rich!
Speaking ...Another very perceptive comment, Rich! <br /><br />Speaking of the first game of chess - I picked up a copy of the 900 page A History Of Chess by H. J. R. Murray a while ago ... haven't quite got around to delving into it. Might leave it for a particularly bleak winter when I have a whole lotta time to kill...Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-90342491720079477762016-12-22T17:51:53.672+13:002016-12-22T17:51:53.672+13:00So much has changed since he first game of chess 1...So much has changed since he first game of chess 1500 years ago - and most of the changes have happened durng he lifetime of those chess pieces. Richard Stutelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08050757572913609370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-23979616280392437262016-12-22T16:37:03.556+13:002016-12-22T16:37:03.556+13:00Interesting points, for sure. A lot has changed in...Interesting points, for sure. A lot has changed in the world in the 50/60 years since they must've been made!Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-59156593966139654472016-12-22T09:08:07.450+13:002016-12-22T09:08:07.450+13:00It's interesting to speculate about the factor...It's interesting to speculate about the factory where they were produced. They were made of wood to a consistent, high standard. This was industrial revolution 2 - automated electro-mechanical mass production. IR3 gave us digital chess. We are on the verge of IR4 ... I guess this means humanoid opponents like the bot in Star Wars - I think he was called C3PO<br />Richard Stutelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08050757572913609370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-50925577282119968692016-12-22T08:41:16.599+13:002016-12-22T08:41:16.599+13:00Nice one, Rich - one of my local chess adversaries...Nice one, Rich - one of my local chess adversaries has the same style etc but slightly larger. They must have been everywhere back in the day :DNigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16538384545674231187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3825039940637432031.post-78069126421055214442016-12-22T08:35:20.079+13:002016-12-22T08:35:20.079+13:00I don't want to give away my age, but about fi...I don't want to give away my age, but about fifty years ago I had a set of chess pieces that looked exactly like these, in a wooden box with a sliding lid and mortices edges ... Richard Stutelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08050757572913609370noreply@blogger.com