"They do not want you free, and they will not make you strong, but only drag you down in the hole they're coming from..." - Janis Ian

Fischer's demise has been the source of lot of reflection on my point. Not that I'm an overly angst laden type of motherfucker or anything! A lot of memories ( most of them rather hazy at this point, actually) as to where I was and doing what back in '73. Another century, another planet! Bobby was the geek's geek, the misfit's misfit. He gave hope to those of us "lacking in the social skills" to use Janis Ian's phrase. The non jock's revenge. The weirdo's weirdo. over the year's I've accumulataed a number of books on Fischer. There's Fischer vs. Spassky The Chess Match Of The Century by Svetozar Gligoric a yellow crumbling paperback that I've had forever. Reshevesky's more sober and restrained The Fischer Spassky Games. likewise yellowing and falling apart. There's Pandolfini's Bobby Fischer's Outrageous Chess Moves. Bobby was nothing if not outrageous; a term that could be applied to his whole life. Robert E. Burger wrote a book called The Chess Of Bobby Fischer.
There were more; I don't know where the've gone. I can't acount for where so many years have gone. Fischer's death has left me in a strange mood. Whatever one thinks of his non chess life I still worship his games. An Icon, a part of my era has passed. The Twilight seems closer. We all lose our game with Death, but at least we can stomp on the board a while...
"One less variation to be played..." -Chess
I plan to spend most of the rest of this year reading and re-reading these and others that I'm sure are out there.
No doubt more ink will be spilled taking both Fischer and his games apart. I have about as much buisness analysing chess games as Ed Wood did making movies so I will desist in adding more.
Instead I turn to the truly ridiculus and post a few more comedies of error.

[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8859375"]
[Date "2008.02.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "jake234"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1102"]
[BlackElo "1125"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 Bf5 3. Qf3 e6 4. Qb3 b6 5. Nf3 c5
6. Bb5+ Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 Nh6 9. g3 Ng4 10. Re1 O-O
11. Bf4 a6 12. Bc6 Rc8 13. Bb7 Rc7 14. Bxa6 c4 15. dxc4 Nc5
16. Qb5 Nxa6 17. Qxa6 dxc4 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Qxb6 Bc5 20. Qa5 Ra7
21. Qe1 Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Bxc2 24. Rd2 Qc5+ 25. Nd4 Bg6
26. Nc3 Rd8 27. Ke1 Rxd4 28. Rad1 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Qg1+ 30. Ke2 Bh5+
31. g4 Bxg4# 0-1
[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8765962"]
[Date "2008.02.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "michellaffa"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1147"]
[BlackElo "1165"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7
6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Ng5 d6 9. Bd5 Bd7 10. d3 Rc8
11. b3 Nd4 12. h3 Nxd5 13. Qh5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Nf6 15. Rae1 Nxc2
16. Rec1 Nd4 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qh4 Rfe8
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. f4 Ne2+ 23. Kh2 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Be6 25. f5 Bxb3
26. axb3 Qe7 27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. h4 Reg8 29. Qh5 Rg7 30. Qh6 Rcg8
31. Rg1 c5 32. Ra1 Rg7xg2+ 33. Kh3 Rg8g3# 0-1

[Event "Gorilla Suit Day"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8912581"]
[Date "2008.02.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "elliethemutt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1224"]
[BlackElo "1297"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e6 5. e4 h6
6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. Qh5 O-O
11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Qe2 Qd5 13. h4 Qxa2 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Qe3 Bh6
16. Rxh6 Nh7 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Rg6+ Kh8 19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Qe5+ Nf6
21. Rxf6 Rxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Bd3 e5 24. Rh1 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qxh1
26. Bxe5 Qh7 27. Bc4+ 1-0

Fischer's dead. He was a curmudgeon's curmudgeon. The ulitimate crazed otaku. The ultimate stero type of just how strange chess players can get. loner, weirdo, recluse, obsessed with strange theories, given to bizarre rants and anti-social behavior, he was like looking into a mirror. He was probably the poster boy for Aspergers snyndrome. What ever one makes of his sad behavior the geneius of his games continue to inspire.

Went down to J&B's the other night. Just to get out of the house. Remarkedly deserted. Typical of this one horse berg; they roll the streets up! Did find a few chess players. All way out of my league. Got involved in a bit of Bug House and lost my ass. No suprise there. The ring rust was formidable. been away too long. I should give up the game. yeah, like that's going to happen...


[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8703768"]
[Date "2008.01.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "raven_king"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1186"]
[BlackElo "1239"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. h3 d5 3. d4 e6 4. a3 c6 5. e3 Nd7
6. g4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. Ng5 Nb6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. gxf5 exf5
11. e4 fxe4 12. O-O Qc7 13. f4 c5 14. f5 Bxf5 15. b4 Nc4
16. dxc5 Bh2+ 17. Kf2 Qg3+ 18. Ke2 Qxc3 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Qe3+
21. Kf1 Nd2+ 22. Qxd2 Qxd2 23. Rxf5 e3 24. Ne6 e2+ 25. Kg1 e1=Q+
26. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 27. Kh2 Qxe6 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Nxd5 30. c4 Nc3
31. Kg3 Rae8 32. h4 Re4 33. b5 Rd8 34. c6 Rd3+ 35. Kf2 Re2+
36. Kf1 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "Challenge from brownrecluse"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8704086"]
[Date "2008.01.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "colins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1199"]
[BlackElo "1216"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. Nc3 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Qf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 Qe6
6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 dxe4
11. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8749250"]
[Date "2007.12.31"]
[Round "-"]
[White "generalvgordon"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
[BlackElo "1171"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. exf5 Nxe5 5. g3 Nf6
6. d4 Nc6 7. g4 d5 8. g5 Ne4 9. Rg1 Bxf5 10. g6 Bxg6
11. f3 Qh4+ 12. Ke2 Qf2+ 13. Kd3 Nb4# 0-1


chess is a cruel mistress!

Current Location: Fortress Of Solitude
Current Mood: crushed
Current Music: The Met

Reports of my demise are greatly exagerated as they say. health factors and personal matters have kept me away but I'M BACK!! now where did I leave that bleeping axe...
The year is ending and it will soon be 2008. I hadn't got used to 2000 yet...

A few stray games for the end of the year:

[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8502083"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "rafiek_san"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
[BlackElo "1429"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 O-O
6. O-O d6 7. h3 Nd4 8. Nbd2 Be6 9. Bb3 Bxb3 10. axb3 Re8
11. Nc4 b5 12. Ne3 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Qe7 15. c3 Nxf3+
16. Qxf3 Kh7 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. Nxh6 Qe6 19. Qf5+ Qxf5 20. Nxf5 d5
21. Ra6 Kg6 22. Kh1 dxe4 23. dxe4 Re6 24. Rfa1 Nxe4 25. f3 Nxg3+
26. Nxg3 Rae8 27. c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 Bf2 29. Ne4 Bd4 30. b4 Bxa1
31. Rxa1 Ra8 32. Kg1 f5 33. Nc5 Rd6 34. Re1 Re8 35. Ra1 Red8
36. Rxa7 Rd6d1+ 37. Kf2 Rc1 38. Ne6 Rd2+ 39. Ke3 Rxg2 40. Rxc7 Rc3#
0-1

[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8597027"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "rustybonnie"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1289"]
[BlackElo "1434"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d3 Nf6 4. h3 e5 5. Nc3 Qd6
6. a3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qf3 O-O 9. g4 Nd4 10. Qd1 Qc6
11. f3 Bxg4 12. hxg4 Nxg4 13. Rh3 Nxe3 14. Qb1 Ndxc2+ 15. Kd2 Nxa1
16. Kxe3 Bc5+ 17. Kd2 Nb3+ 18. Ke1 Bxg1 19. d4 Qg6 20. Bd3 e4
21. fxe4 Qg2 22. Ne2 Qxh3 23. Nxg1 Qg3+ 24. Ke2 Nxd4+ 25. Kd2 Qf2+
26. Kc3 Rad8 27. e5 Rfe8 28. Nh3 Qg3 29. Qh1 Nb5+ 30. Kc4 Qxd3+
31. Kb4 Rd4+ 32. Kc5 Qc4# 0-1


[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8601473"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "dihydrocodeine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1402"]
[BlackElo "1388"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 d5 4. Nc3 h6 5. Qh5+ Kd7
1-0


[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8538307"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "twhalloran"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1439"]
[BlackElo "1423"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Be7
6. Nc3 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O b5 9. Bb3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6
11. Re1 Nd4 12. Ne2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Bg5
16. h4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Qf6 18. Rf1 Rad8 19. Qe2 d5 20. Kg2 d4
21. c3 c5 22. b3 g5 23. Rfh1 gxh4 24. Rxh4 Kh8 25. c4 Rfg8
26. cxb5 Qxh4 27. g4 axb5 28. Rxc5 Rg6 29. Rc1 Rh6 30. Rh1 Qxh1+
0-1

[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8530156"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "wren347"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1436"]
[BlackElo "1149"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4
6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qxd4 8. Qxb7 Qe5+ 9. Be2 Qg3+ 10. Kf1 Na6
11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. Qxa8+ Nab8 13. Qxb8# 1-0

[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8579736"]
[Date "2007.12.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "icheavy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1439"]
[BlackElo "1200"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Qh5+ Kd7
6. d5 Nf6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Qxf5+ Ke8 9. Qg6+ Ke7 10. Bc4 c6
11. O-O-O Qa5 12. d6+ Kd8 13. Qf7 Nd7 14. Nxe4 Qa4 15. Nf3 b5
16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Qc7+ 1-0

Somebody named Lacrimosa has started a rag called The BDG Zealot. looks good, let's hope it can dance. It can be found over at chessville.com first issue is interesting. Now if somebody would only start something similar for the Orangutan!

I find myself playing less and less over the board. Am turning more and more into a recluse.

Current Location: The Rectory
Current Mood: cranky
Current Music: Goldberg variations

"An honest whore is less of an insult to humanity than a sanctimonious prig who ignores the truth and fosters error and illusion." - HP Lovecraft, letter to Maurice Moe 1/4/30

" There is a class of men- shadowy, unhappy, unreal-looking men who gather in coffee houses, and play with a desire that dieth not, and a fire that is not quenched. These gather in clubs and play tournaments...but there are others who have the vice who live in country places, in remote situations-curates, schoolmasters, tax collectors-who must nees find some artificial bent for their mental energy."- H.G. Wells, Concerning Chess

A Desire That Dieth Not. wasn't that the title of a rather bad vampire flick on the Bitch Channel?
As far as arificial bent dig this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/15/human_robot_jigjig_n_marriage_2050_sez_egghead/

A real hoot.
Also :

Rise of the f*cking machines: Arse Elektronika bumps uglies with Web 2.0 (9 October 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/09/arse_elektronika/
US gov in Bill Gates inspired robot probe (22 June 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/22/us_gov_robo_probo_bono/
Robo-rights speculation rubbished by researchers (25 April 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/25/robo_rights_scorn_dustup/
Call goes out for open source teledildonics work (12 March 2007)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/12/sxsw_teledildonics/
Internet embraces teledildonics (18 April 2006)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/18/online_conference/

The dog days of summer have finally turned tits up and died. Good! I can use a break from the hot weather. I am more of a fall person. Time to enjoy the last of the year and slip into my Winter Persona. Time to reread Lovecraft. and anticipate Monster Fest.
A few stray games:

yet another Litvinenko variation:

[Event "Challenge from brownrecluse"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8228637"]
[Date "2007.10.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "desnatas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1286"]
[BlackElo "1326"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Qh5+ Kd7
6. d5 Qe8 7. Bb5+ c6 8. dxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O-O+ Kc7 10. Qxe8 hxg5
11. Qd8+ Kb7 12. Bc4 Nf6 13. Na4 Nbd7 14. Qa5 a6 15. Nc5+ Nxc5
16. Qxc5 e6 17. Qa5 c5 18. f3 g4 19. Ne2 gxf3 20. Nf4 e5
21. Ne6 fxg2 22. Qc7# 1-0


[Event "Challenge from brownrecluse"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8257660"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "jack96"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1298"]
[BlackElo "1410"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 f6 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qe6+ 5. Be2 Qc6
6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Nxc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. a3 Na6
11. O-O O-O-O 12. Bf4 e6 13. Qd4 Bc5 14. Qc4 e5 15. Be3 Bxf3
16. gxf3 Bd6 17. Bxa7 Ne7 18. Nb5 c6 19. Nxd6+ Kd7 20. Nf7
1-0

http://www.virtuallybaroque.com/trak2282.htm

Dig The Unholy Three Pawn structure about move 12...
[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8256924"]
[Date "2007.10.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "scottvan"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1323"]
[BlackElo "1298"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Nf6
6. e5 Qe7 7. d4 Nd5 8. Bd2 Be6 9. Bd3 O-O-O 10. O-O Kb8
11. Qe2 h5 12. Bc4 g5 13. Rad1 h4 14. a3 h3 15. Qf3 hxg2
16. Qxg2 f4 17. Qf3 g4 18. Qe4 Qh4 19. Bxd5 Qxh2# 0-1

Still yet another Litvinenko:

[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8214925"]
[Date "2007.10.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "nibs48"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1310"]
[BlackElo "1340"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Qh5+ Kd7
6. d5 Nf6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qxf5+ Ke8 9. Qg6+ Kd7 10. Bb5+ c6
11. dxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O-O+ Kc7 13. Rxd8 Kxd8 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Nxe4 Nd7
16. Nf3 Kc7 17. Rd1 Ne5 18. Qf5 Nxc4 19. Qd7+ Kb6 20. Qd4+ Kb5
21. Nc3+ Kb4 22. a3+ 1-0

http://www.virtuallybaroque.com/trak2231.htm

``Sport is a strange animal sometimes,'' England captain Phil Vickery told reporters. ``Today was one of those special days when the underdog rises. That South Africa game was a bitter pill to swallow. We had to bounce back.'' Replace "Sport" with Chess and you have the truest statement ever made. Me I've been sinking for years...
[Event "The blue oyster"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8263830"]
[Date "2007.10.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "chava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1296"]
[BlackElo "1197"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Nc6 4. c3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nge7
6. e5 Nf5 7. exd6 Nxd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Bxh7+ Kxh7 10. Ng5+ Kg6
11. Qg4 Qe7 12. Nxe6+ Kf6 13. Bg5+ Kg6 14. Bxe7+ Kh6 15. Qxg7+ Kh5
16. g4# 1-0

[Event "Let's play"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8114513"]
[Date "2007.10.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "violet78"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1231"]
[BlackElo "1308"]
[TimeControl "1/604800"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Qe7
6. c3 Nxe5 7. O-O d5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Be2 Qd6 10. Re1 Be7
11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. cxd4 Qd6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Bf3 Bf5 15. Qe2 Rae8
16. Na4 Bd8 17. Qd1 Ne4 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Re6 20. Bf4 Qe7
21. Rac1 Qf6 22. Nc5 Re7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Be5 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Nf6
26. Qc8 Rxb2 27. Bg3 Qxg2# 0-1

one of my better games if I do say so myself:

[Event "Challenge from brownrecluse"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8219699"]
[Date "2007.10.14"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "adun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1299"]
[BlackElo "1362"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. d5 Nb4 5. a3 Na6
6. b4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bf5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. f3 e3 10. Bd3 Bg6
11. Qe2 Bh6 12. Nh3 Qd6 13. O-O Nb8 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Ne4 Qxd5
16. Bc4 Qf5 17. Bd3 Qe6 18. c4 O-O-O 19. f4 f5 20. Nc5 Nxc5
21. bxc5 Bg7 22. Ng5 Qf6 23. Qxe3 Bh6 24. c6 Bxg5 25. Qxa7 bxc6
26. Bxf5+ 1-0

http://www.virtuallybaroque.com/trak2274.htm


Usualy I've been showing something else.
[Event "Showing Face"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8256996"]
[Date "2007.10.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "ahaa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1298"]
[BlackElo "1481"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3
6. Bxf3 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O exf4 9. Bxf4 Nbd7 10. Qd2 c6
11. Rae1 Ne5 12. d4 Nc4 13. Qe2 b5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5
16. Bxd5 Rc8 17. Be4 d5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rf3 Rc6
21. Rh3 f6 22. e6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 Nd6 24. Bh6 Rf7 25. Bxg7 Rxg7
26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qxd8 Bxd8 28. Rxd6 Bb6 29. Rd7+ Kf8 30. Rh8+ Rg8
31. Rxg8+ Kxg8 32. Rxd5 b4 33. c3 bxc3 34. bxc3 Kf7 35. c4 Ke6
36. h4 1-0

[Event "Plan 9 From Outer Space"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8037783"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "tailzoom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1275"]
[BlackElo "1346"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. Nc3 e5 2. e4 b6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 Bb7 5. Bc4 h6
6. O-O Nf6 7. dxe5 Ng4 8. Bf4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ngxe5
11. Bb5 Ne7 12. Nxe5 c6 13. Bc4 h5 14. Nxf7 Qc8 15. Nd6+ Kd8
16. Nxc8 Kxc8 17. Qf3 h4 18. Qf7 Bf8 19. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "Challenge from brownrecluse"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8256709"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "jensku"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1298"]
[BlackElo "1358"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bf5
6. Bc4 Be4 7. O-O c6 8. Re1 Bd5 9. Bg5 Bxc4 10. Bxf6 gxf6
11. Ne4 Rg8 12. Nxf6# 1-0

http://www.virtuallybaroque.com/trak2084.htm
[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8284992"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "trpimir"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1241"]
[BlackElo "1296"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5
6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Ba4 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bb7
11. b4 Bd6 12. bxa5 Bxe5 13. c3 O-O 14. Ba3 Re8 15. O-O Rc8
16. Re1 Ng4 17. Rxe4 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Nxf2+ 19. Kxh2 Nxd1 20. Bxd1 Rxe4
21. d3 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Re1# 0-1

And interesting knight Dance:
[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8284835"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "richardfallows"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1296"]
[BlackElo "1201"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 Nf6 3. d5 Ne5 4. Nxe5 Ng4 5. Nxg4 d6
6. Ne3 h5 7. Nc3 e5 8. Nc4 b5 9. Nd2 b4 10. Nce4 f5
11. e3 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. Bb5+ Kf7 14. Qf3 g6 15. Bd2 Kg8
16. Bxb4 a6 17. Bd3 Bg4 18. Qf6 Qxf6 19. Nxf6+ Kf7 20. Nxg4 hxg4
21. O-O-O a5 22. Bd2 a4 23. e4 a3 24. b3 Bh6 25. Bxh6 Rxh6
26. h3 c5 27. dxc6 Rc8 28. Bb5 d5 29. exd5 e4 30. hxg4 Rxh1
31. Rxh1 Rd8 32. Rh7+ Kf6 33. c4 g5 34. c7 Rg8 35. Ba6
1-0

[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8245677"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "web1"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1170"]
[BlackElo "1318"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Bb5 Nxd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5
6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nd5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qh5 Nxc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1
11. Nf3 d6 12. Kd2 c6 13. Nc3 b5 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Rxa1 d5
16. h4 dxe4 17. Ng5 Bxg5+ 18. f4 Qxd3+ 19. Ke1 Bxf4 20. Rd1 Bg3#
0-1
Nimzo's Bitch might turn into my favorite opening!

Another Bogart gambit

[Event "Challenge from marick22"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8195852"]
[Date "2007.10.17"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "marick22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1332"]
[BlackElo "1186"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4 3. f3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 c6
6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 d5 8. e5 Nh5 9. Bd3 e6 10. O-O-O Be7
11. Nh3 f6 12. f4 Nf8 13. Be2 g6 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. Qe2 h4
16. Qh5+ Ng6 17. Rhg1 Kd7 18. Na4 Qe8 19. Nc5+ Bxc5 20. dxc5 f5
21. Ng5 Nxf4 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bxf4 Rh8 24. Nf7 Rf8 25. Nd6 Kc7
26. Rg7+ Bd7 27. Rxh7 Rfg8 28. Rxh4 b6 29. Bd2 a5 30. Rh3 b5
31. Rg3 Rgh8 32. Rg2 b4 33. Rdg1 Bc8 34. Rg2g7+ Kd8 35. Bg5#
1-0

My opponet comes down with a bad case of Dionaeehera!
I told him not to drink the water...

[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8265478"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dioneehera"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1250"]
[BlackElo "1309"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5
6. Be3 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. exd5 Ne5 9. b3 Nxc4 10. bxc4 Bd7
11. Qd3 Re8 12. Ncb5 a6 13. Nf5 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Ne4 15. d6 Bxf5
16. Nxc7 Qh4+ 17. Kd1 Nf2+ 18. Kd2 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qf2+ 20. Kc3 Qxe3
21. Nxa8 Qxd3+ 22. Kb4 Qxd6+ 23. c5 Qd4+ 24. Kb3 Re3# 0-1


[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8204187"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "distridream1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1334"]
[BlackElo "1100"]
[TimeControl "1/1209600"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. fxe4 Qh4+
6. g3 Qg4 7. Be2 Qg6 8. exf5 Qxf5 9. Bf3 Bb4 10. Bxb7 Bxc3+
11. bxc3 c6 12. Bxa8 Qe4+ 13. Qe2 Qxh1 14. Qf3 Qxg1+ 15. Qf1 Qxh2
16. Bf4 Nd7 17. O-O-O h6 18. Bxc6 Ne7 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Qb5+ Nc6
21. Qb7+ Ke8 22. Qxc6+ Ke7 23. Qd6+ Kf6 24. Qe5+ Kg6 25. Qe4+ f5
26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Qxf5+ g6 28. Qf7# 1-0

Right slugfest this:
[Event "Challenge from fortune42"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8277418"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "fortune42"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1327"]
[BlackElo "1056"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 e6 3. e5 a6 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bd3 c6
6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 Bb6 10. O-O Ne7
11. Re1 g5 12. Rc1 f5 13. Ne2 f4 14. c4 Ba7 15. cxd5 exd5
16. e6 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bxe6 18. Qc2 O-O 19. Ng6 Nxg6 20. Bxg6 Kg7
21. g3 f3 22. Nc3 Qd6 23. Be3 b5 24. Bf4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Qxf4
26. Kh1 Bxd4 27. Reg1 Ng4 28. Rxg4 Qxg4 29. Rg1 Qxg1+ 30. Kxg1 Rf4
31. Kf1 Bh3+ 32. Ke1 Re8+ 33. Bxe8 Re4+ 34. Nxe4 Bf5 35. Qxc6 Bxe4
36. Qd7+ Kf6 37. Qf7+ Kg5 38. Qe6 Bc3+ 39. Kd1 Kh4 40. Qxh6+ Kg4
41. Bd7+ Bf5 42. h3# 1-0

Current Location: The Rectory
Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Handel's Giulio Cesare

Not a lot of time off these days. But I will endevor to keep my hand in. Somebody on the UCO news group was talking about some book coming out something about Animal Chess. I commented that people have accused me of playing like an animal for years. Most of my girlfriends have told me I belong in a zoo...

One guy over at Gameknot started out with a Bird's and then tried to switch to an Orangutan:

[Event "chat&play"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8127570"]
[Date "2007.09.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "ptpalmer"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "974"]
[BlackElo "1309"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. f4 e5 2. b4 Bxb4 3. c3 Be7 4. g3 exf4 5. gxf4 Bh4#
0-1
one of the shortest and funniest games I've ever played. Clyde Nakamura has a collection somewhere of the shortest howlers of all time. Let me see if I can dig down a few levels of the accumulated detritus on my desk and see If I can find it. When I get forked over that bad I usually go hide under a rock somewhere and vow never to play again. Doesn't work. Sooner or later I come out for more punishment. Nobody gives up chess; the pieces will call your name. Chess is a harsh mistress...

Further adventures with a Reverse Two Knight's Tango, Cleopatra's Cat's Boogie, whatever the Fork you want to call it:

[Event "Challenge from brownrecluse"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8132410"]
[Date "2007.09.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "samdz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1313"]
[BlackElo "1328"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. Nf3 d4 3. Ne4 f5 4. Ng3 e5 5. Nxe5 Qe7
6. f4 Na6 7. e3 dxe3 8. dxe3 Nc5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Nxg6 hxg6
11. Qxh8 Nf6 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. O-O Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4
16. b3 O-O-O 17. Qb2 Nd2 18. Bxd2 Be7 19. Rad1 Qe4 20. Qe5 Qxe5
21. fxe5 Re8 22. Bc3 Bg5 23. Rfe1 f4 24. exf4 Bxf4 25. Rd3 Bh6
26. e6 Bg5 27. Rd5 Be7 28. Rd7 Bd6 29. Rg7 Bc5+ 30. Kh1 Be7
31. Rxg6 b6 32. Bf6 Bb4 33. Re2 c6 34. Bg5 a5 35. e7 Kd7
36. Rg7 b5 37. Rf7 Bd6 38. h4 c5 39. h5 c4 40. h6 cxb3
41. axb3 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Bf6 a3 44. h7 a2 45. h8=Q a1=Q+
46. Bxa1 Be5 47. Qxe5 Rh8+ 48. Qxh8 Kd6 49. e8=Q Kd5 50. Rd7+ Kc4
51. Qc3+ Kb5 52. Rb7+ Ka6 53. Qb5# 1-0

I play 1...Nc6 too. The late great Tony Miles was a big user of this. There's a new book out on 1...Nc6 combining Nimzo's Bitch with the Chigorin. Another grimoire for my wish list.

Ouch moment of the year. Another quicky with the BDG It's Kryptomite!

[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=8180184"]
[Date "2007.09.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "gkgaines"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1361"]
[BlackElo "1310"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4
6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Be4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qf3 Qd5
11. Bc4 Ng5 1-0

Does the Colle qualify as an animal name? I've been called a rather indelicate feline term for using it lately. I digress at this point and do my lecture on Greek and Latin Blue language but that, Kitties is another story...

The Canadians play something they call the Rat. I've been called that more than just a few times by various members of the Female persuasion as well as the Porcine reference. There is a hedgehog opening or variation, tabia? The Dunst opening is also known as The Wild Bull. The Dragon Sicilian is of course too obvious to mention...

Low ranking chess players are known as Fish in the states and Rabbits in the UK. Has anybody come up with an opening that could be called say, a Debauched Rabbit, Lepus Cariosus or something similar. For Wild Hares only... or maybe Knight Of The Lepus?

Gotta to go. The cats say it's feeding time...

Current Location: Fortress Of Solitude
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Sound Track of Carnival Of Souls

"The days had gone by just as days go by..." - Hermann Hesse Steppenwolf.

The heat drags on. One advantage to working at night is I can usually avoid the worse of it, and the floors are cool.

I've been told by reputable sources that they've managed to "Solve" checkers. The venerable old man's game is a theoretical draw. Much discussion over at Chess Ninja as to what the future of Chess is. One of the lead Scientist said that Soving chess wasn't likely anytime in the near future without a major breakthrough. Yeah, right! That's what they said when 2001: A Space Odyssey came out back in 1968. First they said that computers would never play chess...then they said they would never beat humans...then they said they would never beat Kasparov! I am going out on a limb and going to predict that chess will be busted by the late 2020's.

On the other hand I don't think any of the crowd at the Doughnut Hole are going to give up the game anytime soon. I mean So Fucking what; we already know the Neitkuturny silicon beasts can outplay us. I learned the hard way that I can get blown off the board by the cheapest of El Cheapo Radio Shack monstrosities with disgusting regularity. As long as I can be reasonably sure that the bugger across the board isn't plugged into something I don't give the proverbial Rat's Ass! Maybe they'll start a full body strip and cavity search before the local weekend tornado tournament but I doubt it. And I'll give up my expresso and double chocolate biscotti when they pry them from my cold dead hand. MOLON LABE, Baby and all that jazz!

Woody Allen used to have this schtick about his war with technology. Every piece of new tech was supposed to be out to get him. I've had days like that. If I bought a Realdoll she'd probably leave me for the toaster. Run off with the coffee maker and I'd have to send her batteries for alimony. I still have a mountain of vinyl records; then they went to casset tapes and I bought a lot of those. I am just now getting into CD's. Next they'll probablly change to little ball bearings or something, just to bug me. It's all a conspiracy, Natasha, a deception within a deception cooked up by no good Moose and Squirrel!

The days go by... tomorrow or the next day I'll sign up for a weekend Swiss and find myself paired against an Android. I guess I won't mind provided it's female. As the philosopher Bugs Bunny said somewhere, "OK, so it's mechanical".

Current Location: Fortress Of Solitude
Current Mood: bitchy
Current Music: Tosca

Chess is a Bitch and she's back in heat!

Xena to Conan:
"Conan, why are you eating with your hands?"
"I just didn't feel like forking with it!"
The thought has occured to me that I could go back and start playing the forking Williams or Wild Turkey gambit again. Just for the halibut!
1. f4, e5 2.e4 and the from turns into a king's gambit.
2. f4, d5 2. e4 shock, gasp, horror, the Wild Turkey! Dead Birds Fly Again...[You crazy bastard ,Williams, I read your book!]
1...c4 2. e4 is Nietkulturny f4 Sicilian.
[Or maybe I should say "Bustard" considering it's a Birds! Nunc circumsiliens, modo huc, modo illuc....]

Further laughs with 1...Nc6 Turns into a Nimzo's Bitch (Nimzovitch... Nimzo's Bitch?, you get it don't you?) It's been going to the dogs ever since...
[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=7673310"]
[Date "2007.07.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "marcfalbo"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1200"]
[BlackElo "1297"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6
6. Nc3 Ng6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. b3 Re8
11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Re1 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bxa6 Ra8
16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bg5 Nh5 19. g3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5
21. h4 Nxh4 22. Kh2 Nxg3 23. fxg3 Ng6 24. Qxd6 Ref8 25. Qxe6+ Kh8
26. Ref1 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 Rae8 28. Qxc6 Qg4 29. a5 Nh4+ 30. Kh2 Nf3+
31. Rxf3 Qxf3 32. Nd1 Qe2+ 33. Kh3 Qf1+ 34. Kh4 Qh1+ 35. Kg4 h5+
36. Kg5 Qe1 37. Qh6+ gxh6+ 38. Kxh5 Rf1 39. Kxh6 Qxg3 0-1 Some bugger has a new book out on 1...Nc6 I'll have to get it for the Halibut!

Andrew Hill is dead. My biggest influence beside Cecil Taylor. Listening to a webcast of his last concert. Music from beyond the grave. More of a seance than a concert. Musings from the back side of the moon; seen the Void...how did Chandler decribe his wife: "music heard at the edge of sound." Very polytonal. takes me back to the late sixties and my atonal free jazz period. Found the web site. http://www.andrewhilljazz.com/home.html

Mybe I should give the Bleeping Center Counter a second chance.
[Event "Hunting Wabbit!"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=7575783"]
[Date "2007.07.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "heather3"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1112"]
[BlackElo "1296"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e4 d5 2. Qf3 dxe4 3. Qxe4 Nf6 4. Qe5 Nc6 5. Qc3 e5
6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ng5 e4 9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. d4 Qe7
11. O-O Bf5 12. d5 Kh8 13. Nd2 Be5 14. Qb3 Nd4 15. Qxb7 Rff8
16. c3 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Ng4+ 18. Kg3 Qe5+ 19. Kh4 Qh2+ 20. Kg5 Qh6#
0-1
http://www.virtuallybaroque.com/trak2077.htm
[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=7715487"]
[Date "2007.07.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "porterhouse101"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1201"]
[BlackElo "1355"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e3 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d4 e4
6. Ne5 Bd6 7. cxd5 Ne7 8. Qc2 Bf5 9. f3 O-O 10. fxe4 Nxe4
11. Nxe4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Nxd6 Bxc2 14. Nxb7 Qf6 15. Nc5 Qf2#
0-1
[Event "Let's play chess"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=7764327"]
[Date "2007.07.19"]
[Round "-"]
[White "rustybonnie"]
[Black "brownrecluse"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1367"]
[BlackElo "1369"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d3 e5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. h3 Nf6
6. Be3 Nc6 7. a3 Be7 8. Nb5 Qd7 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O
11. O-O-O a6 12. Nc3 b5 13. b4 a5 14. bxa5 Bxa3+ 15. Kd2 Bb4
16. Bg5 Bxc3+ 17. Kxc3 e4 18. dxe4 b4+ 19. Kb2 Qe6 20. Qb5 Rxa5
21. Nd4 Qa2+ 22. Kc1 Rxb5 23. Nxb5 Nxe4 24. Nc3 bxc3 25. Rd3 Qa1#
0-1

Beautiful piece this:
J. S. Bach: Ach Gott und Herr, BWV 714 (B minor) "This version from the recently discovered Neumeister Chorales starts with a somber setting of the chorale and is then followed by the familiar but intriguing double canon at the octave, with that haunting simplicity Bach can impart to four related lines of music." Virtual performance created by James Pressler using samples from The 1748 Adam Ehrlich Organ in Bad Wimpfen recorded by Gernot Wurst - http://www.prospectum.com/ http://www.virtuallybaroque.com/trak2075.htm [2 minutes, 14 seconds] -- James Pressler "Subscribe to or unsubscribe from music lists" • http://www.virtuallybaroque.com/daily.htm Check out latest tracks • http://www.virtuallybaroque.com/updiary.htm
Notes by pressler. great site!
http://www.virtuallybaroque.com/trak2075.htm

"state of surrender to an ongoing harmony in the universe that exists with or without us"- Keith Jarett


My latest attempt at a Tennison Gambit.
[Event "Debacle in C minor"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=7735267"]
[Date "2007.07.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "daniel_ws"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1333"]
[BlackElo "1237"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Ng5 e6 4. Nxe4 e5 5. Nbc3 Bf5
6. Bc4 Bxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. d3 Qb6 9. O-O Nh6 10. Be3 Qg6
11. Bxh6 Qxh6 12. Qf3 f6 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Nf5 Qg6 15. Qxb7 Nb6
16. Bb5+ Kd8 17. Ne3 Rc8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5+ Bd6 20. c4 Ke7
21. c5 f5 22. cxd6+ cxd6 23. Qb7+ Kf6 24. f4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Rc2
26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 h5 28. Rf1 h4 29. h3 Qg3+ 30. Kg1 f4
31. Qe4 Kg5 32. Qd5+ Kh6 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. Rxf3 Kg5 35. Kf2 Rb8
36. a4 a5 37. d4 Rc8 38. Rc3 Rf8 39. Rf3 Re8 40. Bxe8 Kf5
41. Rd3 Ke4 42. Ke2 g5 43. Bg6+ Kd5 44. Kd2 g4 45. Ke2 g3
46. Kf3 Kc4 47. Kxf4 1-0

http://www.virtuallybaroque.com/trak1830.htm
[Event "Challenge from brownrecluse"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=7673281"]
[Date "2007.07.21"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "bagel1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1297"]
[BlackElo "1209"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 e6
6. Qxb7 Nd7 7. Nb5 Rb8 8. Nxc7+ Ke7 9. Qc6 Rb6 10. Bg5+ f6
11. Bxf6+ Ngxf6 12. Qc4 Rxb2 13. Nf3 Kf7 14. Ng5+ Kg6 15. h4 Rxc2
16. h5+ Kxg5 17. Qb3 Rxc7 18. Qg3+ Ng4 19. Qh4+ Kh6 20. Qxd8 Bb4+
0-1

OK I said I wouldn't buy anymore chess books, [ yeah, right!] but I decieded to order SOS #6 and test drive some of the lines. There's a section on the 3...Qd6 Skandi which I keep running into so I couldn't resist. I just might work my way through the whole SOS series just for the hell of it. [ Keep threating to write a chess book: Chess For The Hell Of It! or maybe Chess For The Halibut!]
http://www.virtuallybaroque.com/trak2079.htm

According to the brain wizard boys chess, music and math are all related skills. I Suck at all of them!

Back to my hole and collection of B Movies!

Current Location: Fortress Of Solitude
Current Mood: bitchy
Current Music: Bach

"Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency." -Raymond Chandler

Digging thru some old notebooks; desparate to try to find something to post. Back in '93 Tania the Brighton Beach Bombshell was in town and I played a lot of experimental games against her old and musty RadioShack computer;losing mostly. She insisted on holding the damn thing between her legs and I had to go down on her between moves...

Most of the time I play the Dutch defense with mixed results but I also played 1...d5 and often found myself playing against a veresov. since I play the veresov myself I keep trying to come up with junk to throw at it.

The notes are hard to read; in places the crayola has smeared. The Triage Nurse wouldn't give me anything sharp...

[Event "Edited game"]
[Site "Tania's loft"]
[Date "3Oct93"]
[Round "After Work"]
[White "BlackAdder"]
[Black "Flanagan"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nb5 c5 5. Nf3 Qa5+ 6. Bd2 Qxb5 7. Bc1 Bf5
8. a4 Qd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. c4 Nc6 11. Qb3 Nf6 12. O-O-O Ne4 13. Bh4 Bxh4 14.
Nxh4 Nxf2 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. Rg1 Nxd1 17. Kxd1 O-O 18. Qxb7 Nb4 19. g4 Qc2+
20. Ke1 d3 21. exd3 Nxd3+ 22. Bxd3 Qxd3 23. Qg2 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Kxe2
Rab8
0-1
Black gives up the ghost

This game shows how pathetic I am at tactics (or much else!) back in '93. I doubt that my game has inproved any since. The Silicon MaterFulqefer destroyed me. Notes indicate that. 10...Nxe5?? gasp, oh the horror, is the Goat$%^# of the century. I missed maybe 10...Bxf3 11.Qxf3, Ne5 forking up the Q et B. Earlier 5. e4 might be better as 5...dxe3 allows 6.QxQ! instead of the funky 4.Nb5? 4. Ne4, Bf5 5.Ng3, Bg6 6.Nf3 is a reversed Nimzovitch's other (Nimzo's Whore, Nimzo's Bitch) probably better for white. I don't see much of future for 2... e5 but will continue to play it just because it bugs veresov addicts.

Some interesting links:
http://exile.ru/149/149070800.html
http://chesswhore.blogspot.com/

The return of the Litvinenko variation:

[Event "Challenge from brownrecluse"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=7678439"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "brownrecluse"]
[Black "antigeorgebush"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1298"]
[BlackElo "1340"]
[TimeControl "1/259200"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Termination "normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Qh5+ Kd7
6. d5 Qe8 7. Bb5+ c6 8. dxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O-O+ Kc7 10. Qxe8 hxg5
11. Qd8+ Kb7 12. Qxf8 Be6 13. Qxg7 Rh6 14. Ba4 g4 15. f3 Nd7
16. fxe4 Nc5 17. exf5 Nxa4 18. Nxa4 Bxf5 19. Qc3 Nf6 20. Ne2 Nd5
21. Nc5+ Kc7 22. Qg3+ Kb6 23. Na4+ Kb7 24. Qb3+ Kc7 25. Rhe1 Rxh2
26. Nd4 Rb8 27. Qg3+ 1-0

Current Location: The Rectory
Current Mood: cold
Current Music: Bach: Cantata BWV 172

Been doing a lot of nightshifts which leave me too wiped out to do much with my off time.(not that I have any off time, mind you) Put will keep posting as much as possible.

Continuing list of B movies from the classic Up All Night days:
The Last Dinosaur (1977) Shirley Bassey sings the theme song. Always wanted to compose a Fantasy and Fugue based on it. Check out http://www.trebuchet.com/ they sell crossbows too!

Saw a dinosaur themed chess set somewhere. Expensive bugger.

Sites of interest:
http://www.barbariankeep.com/index.html
Tom Purser's site on the BDG
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/4902/
on the related Diemer-Duhm gambit
http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/doc/games/chess/ddg/
http://jimwestonchess.blogspot.com/ wrote a book on the infamous Philidor's gambit. Morphy played it; how bad can it be?
for Orangutan addicts:

http://www.algonet.se/~marek/

selected carnage:
[Event "Challenge from brownrecluse"]
[Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=7518669"]