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| Posted by demuziekdoos nsa-hitachi.com 2/10/2004 14:26:35 play online chess |  Subject: The Cynical Cynics 2004/2Message: Here it is (it took me about a minute) |
| Posted by halfpast_yellow nsa-hitachi.com 2/10/2004 20:49:26 play online chess | Tournament. Message: Good to be in this tournament :) Enjoying my teamgames at the moment as well. Interesting statistic though, out of my 20 completed games for the Cynics, with 11 wins, 6 of those wins have been due to 3 opponents timing out in both games! On my recollection all three opponents were pretty tough too with highish ratings and not many losses. A win is a win for the team though! |
| Posted by halfpast_yellow nsa-hitachi.com 2/10/2004 20:52:04 play online chess | Timeouts Message: Those timeouts also happened to net me a bonus 50 rating points so that's why I'm looking in a bit of good form, heh. |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 2/11/2004 03:48:06 play online chess | timeouts... Message: I've only had two in team games and they've just occurred thereby giving the team 2 points. |
| Posted by demuziekdoos nsa-hitachi.com 2/12/2004 13:06:49 play online chess | new match Message: Hello team, A small team match started a few minutes ago: we play a match with WildFlowers board #1515105 and board #1515106 _ omus (1582) lievenkeersmaekers (1553) board #1515107 and board #1515108 _ snakeking (1489) ritter_kobbe (1506) board #1515109 and board #1515110 _ trailblazer (1480) o-o-o (1484) Enjoy your games! At this moment this are the matches I can still keep track of: 2004-I-24 ..vs.. Finland - Suomi ( 1,5 _ 0,5 ) 12 games to go 2004-I-25 ..vs.. THE Red, White and Blue Chess Team ( 0 _ 2 ) 6 games to go 2004-I-27 ..vs.. Alekhine ( 0 _ 4 ) 2 games to go 2004-I-27 ..vs.. Chuck's Knights ( 1 _ 1 ) 2 games to go 2004-I-31 ..vs.. The Sneaky Knight Connection ( 2 _ 4 ) 4 games to go 2004-II-04 ..vs.. Russian Time ( 0 _ 0 ) 12 games to go 2004-II-05 ..vs.. Team Avalanche ( 2 _ 0 ) 4 games to go 2004-II-09 ..vs.. WE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR ROCK 'N' ROLL ( 0 _ 0 ) 4 games to go 2004-II-12 ..vs.. WildFlowers ( 0 _ 0 ) 6 games to go I will try to find some other matches. I started a thread about the scoring system for teams, if you are intrested you can find them here: The first thread: gameknot.com/fmsg/chess3/2486.shtml The second thread: gameknot.com/fmsg/chess3/2497.shtml If you do have an opinion please let me know, perhaps we can change something. Enjoy all your games Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| Posted by demuziekdoos nsa-hitachi.com 2/12/2004 13:59:28 play online chess | and another match Message: Hello team, And another match just started: we play a match with THE ROOKETTES board #1515327 and board #1515328 _ docd (1548) mercedes (1506) board #1515329 and board #1515330 _ snakeking (1489) darlingdaisy (1501) board #1515331 and board #1515332 _ boscoe (1365) casperove2 (1326) Enjoy the games! Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 2/12/2004 15:05:49 play online chess | good work Message: Captain, and I can also report another win.....yes, you've guessed it...by timeout..making it three on the bounce......it wont last. |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 2/13/2004 03:59:08 play online chess | top 50 team!!!!!! Message: We creep in at position 50 |
| Posted by raylopez nsa-hitachi.com 2/13/2004 11:43:14 play online chess | mini-tournament Message: I finally accepted the invitation -- was asleep at the wheel -- but now I'm embarrassed to say I don't know what the next step is. Do my games start automatically, or do I need to initiate them in some way (like a normal challenge)? If they start automatically, I'm concerned because I accepted the invite two days ago. Bob |
| Posted by raylopez nsa-hitachi.com 2/13/2004 12:33:32 play online chess | mini-tournament Message: Please ignore previous post - Paul answered my question by private message. |
| Posted by demuziekdoos nsa-hitachi.com 2/15/2004 08:14:12 play online chess | a new match Message: Hello team, Today this next match started: we play NEMESIS board #1522657 and board #1522658 _ boscoe (1365) jwilb844 (1340) board #1522659 and board #1522660 _ cm2003 (1284) davefish (1266) board #1522661 and board #1522662 _ diogenes (1255) _ hurrikanejae (1245) Enjoy your games! Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| Posted by diogenes nsa-hitachi.com 2/16/2004 08:00:00 play online chess | team game results Message: 1-1 against pfhpfhpfh of Clockwork! should have been 2-0 to me if I had stayed awake ;-) |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 2/21/2004 02:22:00 play online chess | keeping us on the front page Message: I've been on a good run lately (mostly pure luck) but I will resign one today. Should win more than I lose of my current games. Could do with some more team games. Thanks. |
| Posted by raylopez nsa-hitachi.com 2/21/2004 11:58:04 play online chess | Umpito's silence Message: Hi team, My son Dan, known as "Umpito," has lost his posting and messaging privileges for some unknown reason. It may be because he's not a paid member and is sharing computers (but not e-mail addresses) with me and my other son (Pumperstein), who are paid members. This seems unfair, and I'm going to message the site authorities about it. In the mean time, if you're not hearing from him, it's not because he doesn't like you! Bob |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 2/21/2004 16:22:36 play online chess | ray Message: he wan't informed why?? |
| Posted by sdr46 nsa-hitachi.com 2/21/2004 19:10:11 play online chess | Postponing games Message: I'm going on a vacation this coming Wednesday for a week. I'm not sure if I'll have access to a computer during that time. I plan on postponing my games for the week. My question is - if I am able to get some time on a computer during the week, can I make some moves in some games? Will that affect my postponent in other games, and once I make a move does it cancel my postponent? Sdr46 |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 2/22/2004 01:29:45 play online chess | your answer Message: in order to prevent any abuse of this feature, your opponents will be given an option to cancel the postponement for each game and restore the original time controls in case if you continue to make your moves in any of your games during the postponement period. |
| Posted by bigmick nsa-hitachi.com 2/22/2004 06:29:23 play online chess | Hi all Message: Just read the post by raylopez about umpito's silence. I may be able to help in some small way. I registered the domain cynicalcynics.co.uk, but I haven't had the time yet to set up the website. I could set up a forum for the team on this domain, then everyone will be able to post. Also volunteers for the post of webmaster for the team, please feel free to PM me (or simply post here). -- BigMick |
| Posted by demuziekdoos nsa-hitachi.com 2/23/2004 12:54:24 play online chess | new match Message: Hello team, The next match just started, we play a match with Chucks Knights: board #1547664 and board #1547665 _ boki (1870) kumli (1864) board #1547666 and board #1547667 _ sdr46 (1659) vandy (1687) board #1547668 and board #1547669 _ thewizardofchess (1648) amicus (1641) board #1547670 and board #1547671 _ cm2003 (1289) danh (1258) Enjoy these games! Btw: one of the matches I kept track of was lost in a terrible way, we lost from team Alekhine with ½ - 5 ½ Lets try to win some of the others. Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 2/24/2004 04:17:14 play online chess | alekhine Message: wimpyc (white) destroyed me, and I let the other game slip when i had a slight upper hand and then he should have easily won but i salvaged a draw by checking him perpetually/three fold rep. Tough games. How about a rematch??Is it worth the risk?? |
| Posted by demuziekdoos nsa-hitachi.com 2/25/2004 11:46:24 play online chess | new match Message: Hello team, A new team match just started, we play a match with Cymru Crusaders board #1554065 and board #1554066 _ boki (1861) redsharks (1791) board #1554067 and board #1554068 _ kinghenry (1736) drowzee1872 (1725) board #1554069 and board #1554070 _ thewizardofchess (1628) andrewm (1518) board #1554071 and board #1554072 _ diogenes (1246) jevan101 (946) Enjoy your games, We also have to congratulate omus. He finished 100 teamgames! Lets hope he will play many more. I will try to find us some more matches. Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 2/26/2004 09:20:13 play online chess | just had Message: a couple of good wins today, got a couple of other games going where i'll be lucky to get draws. Need a few more games.... |
| Posted by demuziekdoos nsa-hitachi.com 2/26/2004 12:55:34 play online chess | new match Message: Hello team, A new match started today: our opponents are Russian Time board #1557392 and board #1557393 _ pigonthe7th (1933) mlka (1837) board #1557394 and board #1557395 _ boki (1861) svetlana (1831) board #1557396 and board #1557397 _ thewizardofchess (1628) fvv34 (1653) board #1557398 and board #1557399 _ raylopez (1621) ivkk (1612) board #1557400 and board #1557401 _ omus (1622) lyakin (1596) board #1557402 and board #1557403 _ docd (1534) kbg0 (1567) board #1557404 and board #1557405 _ trailblazer (1520) lfursin (1509) Enjoy your games, I will try to find us some more matches The next matches I keep track of: 2004-I-24 ..vs.. Finland - Suomi ( 4,5 _ 0,5 ) 9 games to go 2004-I-25 ..vs.. THE Red, White and Blue Chess Team ( 0 _ 2 ) 6 games to go 2004-I-27 ..vs.. Chuck's Knights ( 1 _ 1 ) 2 games to go 2004-I-31 ..vs.. The Sneaky Knight Connection ( 3 _ 4 ) 3 games to go 2004-II-04 ..vs.. Russian Time ( 1 _ 0 ) 11 games to go 2004-II-05 ..vs.. Team Avalanche ( 2 _ 0 ) 4 games to go 2004-II-09 ..vs.. WE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR ROCK 'N' ROLL ( 0 _ 1 ) 3 games to go 2004-II-12 ..vs.. WildFlowers ( 0 _ 0 ) 6 games to go 2004-II-12 ..vs.. THE ROOKETTES ( 0 _ 0 ) 6 games to go 2004-II-15 ..vs.. NEMESIS ( 1 _ 2 ) 3 games to go 2004-II-23 ..vs.. Chuck's Knights ( 0 _ 0 ) 8 games to go 2004-II-25 ..vs.. Cymru Crusaders ( 0 _ 0 ) 8 games to go 2004-II-26 ..vs.. Russian Time ( 0 _ 0 ) 14 games to go Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| Posted by bigmick nsa-hitachi.com 2/26/2004 15:23:07 play online chess | demuziekdoos Message: Hi Paul I've resigned from the league so I can concentrate on team games from now on. As a result I've upped my max games to 12, so feel free to lay some on me :). -- BigMick |
| Posted by pigonthe7th nsa-hitachi.com 2/26/2004 19:54:29 play online chess | It seems strange to me Message: Today I received notification of a new team match. I am playing mlka of the Russian Time team. I am sorry to complain but this seems silly to me as I am already playing this player in another match against the same team. |
| Posted by demuziekdoos nsa-hitachi.com 2/27/2004 00:37:56 play online chess | .... Message: I will try to find you some new matches bigmick. And pigonthe7th, it's strange indeed and not intentionally. I forgot that we already are playing that team so I didn't check for the possible combinations of players, now we have two big matches with the Russian Time. I'll try to look first in the future. Paul |
| Posted by diogenes nsa-hitachi.com 2/27/2004 14:04:28 play online chess | match result... Message: 1-1 against hurrikanejae of nemesis....although I cannot see why he resigned in our second game...... board #1522662 |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 2/27/2004 14:41:13 play online chess | diogenes, well....... Message: you have six pawns and your opponent has only 3 (all isolated). No point carrying on as easy win for you. |
| Posted by pigonthe7th nsa-hitachi.com 2/27/2004 16:45:24 play online chess | Draw Message: I have just drawn against sanya33 in our match against against Burninators. |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 2/28/2004 01:03:06 play online chess | position 40 Message: on the team table...up ten places in less than 1 month |
| Posted by bigmick nsa-hitachi.com 2/28/2004 12:18:11 play online chess | Wow Message: Just a few weeks back we were in the negative numbers. Hell yeah! -- BigMick |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 2/28/2004 13:55:42 play online chess | a response!!!!! Message: Well I'll be blowed (old English expression) someone has actually responded to a post!! Well done BigMick!! I need more games......I'm going to lose 3 of my current games and I need to catch Dem and Doc on our own team table...lets have a dozen or so!! I now find the ordinary games a little lacking (except those against my old adversaries). Team games have more of a buzz about them. |
| Posted by demuziekdoos nsa-hitachi.com 2/28/2004 14:19:50 play online chess | another response Message: Hello team, I am looking for matches all the time, this month we started 9 new teammatches so I'm able to get us an average of 1 match every 3 days. You guys play so fast that you finish the matches faster than I can start new ones. I hope to get some responses for new matches in the next couple of days. The problem is that I'm only allowed to send 3 challenges at a time. And indeed, we once had a score of -15 (and we were on place 150 or so) and now we have a score of +57 and we are on place 40! We are doing a great job as a team at this moment indeed. It would be nice if more people would post in our forum. I hope that raylopez is able to explain to the webmaster about the status of umpito. I'm not able to use him anymore for teamgames at all. I hope more teammembers will post here. Paul |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 2/28/2004 16:58:54 play online chess | Paul Message: I didn't realise you could only send three challenges at a time. seems daft to me..although i can understand the ruling for new teams, but for those with a good pedigree like ours it should be as many as we want. |
| Posted by diogenes nsa-hitachi.com 3/01/2004 09:05:20 play online chess | Hi Team.... Message: 1-0 so far against jevan101 of Cymru Crusaders....9 moves :) |
| Posted by raylopez nsa-hitachi.com 3/01/2004 10:40:11 play online chess | Game reports Message: ... for February: As White, lost to Pavleto of "For USSR" in a 2c3 Sicilian. Fortunately we're well ahead of them in the match. I'm getting disillusioned with this 2 c3 opening, though. Then I swept my games in our matches with Finland and the Global Bounty Hunters. We've clinched a win against the Bounty Hunters, and we should win the Finland match too as we're four games up. I beat Jouni of Finland as Black in an odd closed Sicilian -- he was in trouble after recapturing on f6 with his g-pawn -- and as White in a Philidor. Why does anybody play that defense? I was up a pawn when he let my bishop skewer his queen and king. As Black, I beat Control-reset of the Bounty Hunters in a Scotch Game. I got a queenside passed pawn on the 15th move and that was it. As White, I beat her with a knight fork on a6. She wasn't paying attention . . . but by opening with Steinitz defense to Ruy Lopez (3..d6) she already gave me the advantage -- especially when she played 4..a6. I've seen this more than once: If you're going to play this move in conjunction with the Steinitz, it only makes sense to play it on the third move, and *then* 4. ...d6. White frequently exchanges his B anyway on the 5th move (a typical sequence is 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 d6 5 Bxc6 bxc6 6 d4 -- once Black plays d6, White decides to exchange the B in order to force ..exd4 -- otherwise Black is saddled with doubled isolated pawns after White exchanges pawns on e5), so playing ..a6 *after* ..d6 just lets White skip the move 4 Ba4 in the above sequence. Black wastes a whole move. Let's keep on kicking *ss! Bob |
| Posted by umpito nsa-hitachi.com 3/01/2004 18:05:29 play online chess | The Silence Is Lifted! Message: Today, I just subscribed to a premium membership, so will now hopefully be able to play team games, demuziekdoos. Apologies to all who messaged me but recieved no answer :) Dan |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 3/02/2004 01:45:55 play online chess | ump Message: Yes, u missed the last move on our consultational game. Out of interest..is it only me on this team who doesn't play/know they're playing these 'plays' Bob mentions.??? I just play what move looks right. Undoubtedly my game would improve if I learnt these 'plays'. I find it amazing that Bob knows this stuff...but I cannot sit down long enough to learn it. Anyway please reply to this post as i am interested who actually knows what a closed sicilian is? I suspect I may be the only one who doesn't. |
| Posted by diogenes nsa-hitachi.com 3/02/2004 05:23:29 play online chess | omus Message: If it makes you feel any better, I am also clueless about 'named' moves.....I think they're having us on ;) |
| Posted by raylopez nsa-hitachi.com 3/02/2004 08:26:58 play online chess | Openings jargon Message: Omus, I'm afraid I'm coming across as pompous. I'm just very interested in chess lore, including openings. Chess is such a silent, solitary activity that I feel anything that gives us something to talk about has to be a good thing! For the record: the Sicilian Defense is when Black replies to 1 e4 with 1 c5. Among chess masters it's the most popular opening for Black. About 75% of the time in the Sicilian there is an exchange of pawns on d4 after White plays d4. That's an "open" Sicilian. When White doesn't play d4 it's a "closed" Sicilian. As for the other "plays," the Ruy Lopez, also called the Spanish game, occurs after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 when White plays 3 Bb5. The Steinitz defense to the Ruy is when Black replies 3 ..d6. The Scotch Game is an alternative to the Ruy in which White plays 3 d4 instead of 3 Bb5. The Philidor Defense occurs after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 when Black replies 2...d6 instead of the usual 2...Nc6. I have a very high percentage of wins as White against the Philidor and against the Steinitz defense to the Ruy. In these defenses Black is almost always restricted to a passive "fortress" position and gets very little counterplay. That's why I can't understand why anybody plays these defenses. On the other hand (I shouldn't be saying this in public, I guess) I have a very poor record against the Petroff Defense, in which, after 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Black replies 2..Nf6. Bob |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 3/02/2004 10:01:38 play online chess | Bob Message: You certainly do not come across as pompous. I have nothing but admiration for your ability to learn all this stuff. Your visualisation of board positions is obviously far greater than mine. I cant read your stuff without looking at a board (and i aint got one, but i'll get one!!) I am merely trying to ascertain if I am in the minority in not knowing these 'plays'. i.e. If in casual conversation playerx talks about the closed sicilian would YOU know exactly what they were talking about?? Thanks UMP for your reply lets please hear some more!!!! Bob, out of interest, what am i playing against you?? No, don't answer that one...I think i know the answer......a load of rubbish!!! |
| Posted by docd nsa-hitachi.com 3/02/2004 10:40:04 play online chess | opening jargon Message: For what it's worth I have the same problem. I sometimes put the opening sequence in google and it usually comes up with some great links. |
| Posted by demuziekdoos nsa-hitachi.com 3/02/2004 12:46:15 play online chess | just a small message Message: Hello team, With a team score of 59 (at this moment) we are in place 39! With a teamrating of 1392 we are number 22! We are doing a great job! A new player applied for our team. His name is liebling and he is recomended to us by docd who played him in a game. Please let me know what you think of this person, ask him some questions etc. I will contact him tomorrow. I will also write something about openings if I can find the time to do this. At this moment Im very busy being 100% back at school and my composing. Enjoy chess, Ill write something tomorrow. Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| Posted by raylopez nsa-hitachi.com 3/02/2004 14:23:34 play online chess | liebling Message: I've played him twice and he beat me twice - I think I'd rather have him on our team! Bob |
| Posted by docd nsa-hitachi.com 3/02/2004 15:05:19 play online chess | liebling Message: I agree with raylopez. I'm 7-10-3 against liebling and consider myself lucky at that! He's always given me very strong games (of course, everyone is a strong player relative to me :-> ), as well as being friendly and curtious. |
| Posted by omus nsa-hitachi.com 3/02/2004 16:32:11 play online chess | liebling Message: I have played him 31 times and will probably play him many more times. He is about the same standard as myself although I have a slight edge at the moment 17-13-1. Reliable and has always been a joy to play. Lets get him on board and he will b an asset to the team. |
| Posted by pigonthe7th nsa-hitachi.com 3/02/2004 23:53:15 play online chess | liebling Message: Years ago I taught a girl student called Liebling. She was nice so this new candidate gets my vote! Now, how's that for an irrational reason???!!! |
| Posted by diogenes nsa-hitachi.com 3/03/2004 05:22:03 play online chess | liebling. Message: I vote to accept liebling. |
| Posted by demuziekdoos nsa-hitachi.com 3/03/2004 08:03:24 play online chess | new member Message: I just approved liebling to our team. Let's hope he enjoys playing all his team games. Let's hope he is NOT a liebling for his opponents and win some teammatches. For the players who do not talk over the border, liebling is a german word that means something like darling, sweetheart :-) We also have a problem. The other son of raylopez (umpito is his son and already playing for our team), pumperstein applied to join our team. For me I have no problem to approve him as a team member but some time ago I read somewhere (I can't find it anymore) that it's not allowed to have 3 or more players from the same computer in one team. All 3 (raylopez, umpito and pumperstein) are paying members so perhaps then it is allowed but I want to know this for sure before I will approve. I don't want to bring our team in big problems if we do something that is not allowed. Perhaps some of you can find this rule somewhere and help me out with this problem. Perhaps raylopez and pumperstein (both) can send a message to the webmaster to ask if it is allowed. I hope to hear from you all very soon about this problem. Until I know for sure if it is allowed I will wait with approving pumperstein to our team. Enjoy all your matches Paul (demuziekdoos) |
| Posted by raylopez nsa-hitachi.com 3/03/2004 09:29:16 play online chess | new member Message: Paul, Q16 on the FAQ is: "It doesn't let me start new games because I have too many accounts on my computer. What can I do?" The answer is: "Unfortunately, the only way to avoid this limitation is to become a paying subscriber. The reason for this is because multiple accounts can be created by the same person . . . Unfortunately the only reliable way to verify uniqueness of an account is the paid subscription. It greatly reduces the risk of someone creating several accounts for themselves." So I feel certain we're OK now that we've bought three subscriptions! Bob |
| Posted by demuziekdoos nsa-hitachi.com 3/03/2004 09:56:36 play online chess | end of this thread Message: Just ending this thread, starting a new one at once. That one will be: The Cynical Cynics 2004/3 |
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