Festival+Competiton + Typical RHP Game

by greenpawn34 View Profile on Aug 20 2010 21:46 | 8122 views | 2 edits | Last edit on Aug 20 2010 21:50

The Edinburgh Festival is on at the moment.

A whole Capital City just goes daft for 3 weeks, it’s amazing.

Any comedian who wants to make a name for himself heads
for the Festival and this has been the launching pad of 100’s
of well known faces. ...

Chess for Fun and The Beano

by greenpawn34 View Profile on Aug 13 2010 15:20 | 11131 views | 5 edits | Last edit on May 25 2016 23:32

Hi

A while back the Scottish artist Mary Trodden took my picture
whilst I browsed in her 2nd hand book shop.

Not an uncommon experience, women are always asking t...

Morphy v 2300 + STG + RHP Games

by greenpawn34 View Profile on Aug 06 2010 10:01 | 8757 views | 1 edit | Last edit on Aug 13 2010 14:56

Hi

Last week I mentioned a recurring thread. The Top 10 Chess Players.
this was closely followed by The Morphy question.

Some lad asked if Morphy was placed in a time machine and brought
forward to today could he hold his own v 2300 players? ...

Mating Patterns - Studying Tactics

by greenpawn34 View Profile on Jul 31 2010 00:22 | 8839 views | 3 edits | Last edit on Aug 05 2010 06:24

Hi

Rather long blog this one so one quick gag and let's get going.
RHP news

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to Castle or not to Castle?

by greenpawn34 View Profile on Jul 23 2010 22:07 | 9183 views | 5 edits | Last edit on Jul 23 2010 22:24

Hi.

This week I'll give some stats on castling.
This is the thread that started it off.

best post of the week ...

To Resign or Not to Resign

by greenpawn34 View Profile on Jul 19 2010 21:16 | 5752 views | 6 edits | Last edit on Aug 06 2010 14:32

To resign or not to resign, that is the question.

A regular post this one with some player complaining a player
will not resign in a lost position

Again the camps are split in a healthy 50/50.
The main argument for not resigning is you never win by resigning.
The main argument for is that is bad manners, an insult...

The Eternal Dilemma

by greenpawn34 View Profile on Jul 13 2010 12:58 | 12977 views | 4 edits | Last edit on Feb 04 2016 01:09

You wake up, you toss the mail in the garbage,
feed the cats, wash, have a cup of coffee, turn on the radio,
hear some bright cheerful giffnit blabbering away, turn off the radio
and log onto to RHP for the fix.

So far the day has been good. Then you see the Skull.

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Neil1812 - incredibles1971

by greenpawn34 View Profile on Jul 07 2010 05:27 | 14603 views | 3 edits | Last edit on Dec 27 2010 00:32

Originally posted by Marinkatomb in the Chess Forum.

131935

IM Van Oosterman vs GM Mathew Sadler

1. e4 a6 2. d4 h6 3. Bd3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. b4 Nc6 7. c3 d6 8. cxd6 Bxd6 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. h3 g5 11. a3 g4 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Be2 Nxe4 14. hxg4 Bd7 15. g5 O-O-O 16. gxh6 Bc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qb3 Bc7 19. a4 Ng3 20. fxg3 Qxg2 21. Rf1 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 0-1 ...

Welcome To My World

by greenpawn34 View Profile on Jul 07 2010 03:08 | 13051 views | 166 edits | Last edit on Mar 21 2024 19:25

Hi Guys.

Once a week I will lift a game from the RHP files and do my thing.

If you have played an interesting game then send it to me.

And I mean interesting. ...

The Planet Greenpawn

Chess Blog