1. e4
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    09 Jan '11 19:32
    Originally posted by wormwood
    try it. maybe that'll clear it up for you.
    (don't. you'll obviously get banned.)
    I'll try it. A few weeks ban will give me a rest.

    No games on the moment though am swithering wether
    or not to enter the Championship.

    greenpawn34 is:

    http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2461560

    🙂

    I've no idea, nor care how accurate it is.
    (About 20 other FIDE rated games I've played are missing.)

    I know on the 2.5 milllion DB that chessbase are selling my games
    are under the name of Guy Willis Chandler who was born in 1889,
    he fought in WWI and was editor of the British Chess Problem Society.
    He passed away before these games were played.

    I don't mind but do feel it's a bit of a shame his name should
    be tarnished with some of the awful stuff I've produced.
    He gets a couple of good wins as well though.
  2. THORNINYOURSIDE
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    09 Jan '11 20:59
    Originally posted by greenpawn34
    greenpawn34 is:

    http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2461560

    🙂

    my games are under the name of Guy Willis Chandler who was born in 1889,
    he fought in WWI and was editor of the British Chess Problem Society..
    Bluddy hell you are 121 years old 😛
  3. Subscribersonhouse
    Fast and Curious
    slatington, pa, usa
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    09 Jan '11 21:33
    Originally posted by adramforall
    Bluddy hell you are 121 years old 😛
    And dam strong for being that old. I guess it is because he has a vast personal base of chess games built up after all the time.
  4. e4
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    09 Jan '11 21:46
    Originally posted by adramforall
    Bluddy hell you are 121 years old 😛
    Don't tell Russ he will be wanting 100 years in back subs.

    (This is why I tell I tell you so often not to ignore the games of the
    old masters. I saw most of them getting played!).
  5. Standard membernimzo5
    Ronin
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    10 Jan '11 12:28
    Originally posted by greenpawn34
    Don't tell Russ he will be wanting 100 years in back subs.

    (This is why I tell I tell you so often not to ignore the games of the
    old masters. I saw most of them getting played!).
    This explains why GP loves gambits, they were viable when he a spry young player.
  6. e4
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    10 Jan '11 14:04
    Correct.
    Infact I was cub reporter for the Bognor Evening Echo and was
    sent to cover the chess tournament at St.Petersburgh in 1914.

    I met Lasker on his way to play Capablanca.

    He looked worried.

    "Don't worry," I said, "play the Exchange Lopez, Capa won't be expecting that."

    He did and the rest is history.
  7. Standard membernimzo5
    Ronin
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    10 Jan '11 15:35
    Speaking of Lasker stories-

    On a transatlantic voyage, an ambitious chess player cornered some men playing cards in the dining room. Eager to get a chess game going he asked one of the men to play. The card player, after some hesitation obliged.

    So they sat down to play. In the first game, the ambitious player won after very little struggle.
    "You see my friend, it is very important to use your Queen." he explained to the card player.
    "I am not so sure, but let's try again," the card player responded.

    So they played a second game and again the ambitious chess player won. This time however, the card player exclaimed "I see now, the Queen just gets in the way!" And so the card player insisted on playing again, but this time he would play without his queen.
    The ambitous chess player protested, but after much insistance, acquiesced and they played a third game. This time however, the card player made short work of the ambitious chess player.
    Utterly confused, the chess player insisted on more games, but with each game the card player won handily.
    Finally shaking his head the chess player got up and said goodnight.
    The card player returned to his friends announcing, "See the Queen is clearly a handicap to play with."

    The next day, the chess player happened upon the list of passengers. To his amazement he discovered that on board the ship was the World Champion Emmanuel Lasker...
  8. SubscriberPaul Leggett
    Chess Librarian
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    12 Jan '11 00:48
    Originally posted by nimzo5
    Speaking of Lasker stories-

    On a transatlantic voyage, an ambitious chess player cornered some men playing cards in the dining room. Eager to get a chess game going he asked one of the men to play. The card player, after some hesitation obliged.

    So they sat down to play. In the first game, the ambitious player won after very little struggle.
    "You see ...[text shortened]... mazement he discovered that on board the ship was the World Champion Emmanuel Lasker...
    Rec'd, as I think many of us older chess players have been on both sides of that story!
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