tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post7364678343707095797..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Checking OutTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-71706311042302761262007-04-20T14:10:00.000+01:002007-04-20T14:10:00.000+01:00Oh, I like Wahrheit's "Stop the clock!". It's funn...Oh, I like Wahrheit's "Stop the clock!". It's funny and has multiple meanings/interpretations.<BR/><BR/>Angus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-91494396286855038942007-04-20T07:24:00.000+01:002007-04-20T07:24:00.000+01:00You are right Tom. You were writing about chess bu...You are right Tom. You were writing about chess but the death theme was well and truly there!<BR/>It gave the subject matter a chance to change course though didn't it?<BR/>Anyway, I am inclined to agree with you...Nf3 could well be the move that most often gets played.<BR/>Next time I play that move I think I'll drop it the last inch on to the square.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-44668729236745971332007-04-20T00:03:00.000+01:002007-04-20T00:03:00.000+01:00jtf - not at all! I particularly appreciated the l...jtf - not at all! I particularly appreciated the laconic phrasing of Capablanca's passing in ejh's link; it seemed rather fitting.<BR/><BR/>And my thoughts about d4 v Nf3 were based on: which would be a better bet for a murder?Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-60964588480128854832007-04-19T23:35:00.000+01:002007-04-19T23:35:00.000+01:00Warheit:"He offers a draw", would be even betterWarheit:<BR/>"He offers a draw", would be even betterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-18695400250289904512007-04-19T23:11:00.000+01:002007-04-19T23:11:00.000+01:00Looks like several died "at a chess tournament" bu...Looks like several died "at a chess tournament" but whether at the board is unclear.<BR/><BR/>In his excellent book <I>Secrets of a Grandpatzer</I> Dr. Kenneth Colby relates that he was at a club during a tournament game and a player slumped to the floor, dead of a heart attack and someone ran up yelling, "Stop the clock, stop the clock!"<BR/><BR/>Seems strangely fitting and poetic, no?Robert Pearsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357942424904415208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-59796747073764903562007-04-19T22:37:00.000+01:002007-04-19T22:37:00.000+01:00It's very touching of Tom to try and get away from...It's very touching of Tom to try and get away from the morbid subject of the demise of chess players, whilst still keeping to the theme with oblique references to death. A true diplomat!<BR/>Anyway, who started the subject?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-85876915961129625312007-04-19T22:09:00.000+01:002007-04-19T22:09:00.000+01:00This got me thinking.What's the most played move b...This got me thinking.<BR/><BR/>What's the most played move by white? Ie, your best bet if you really wanted to kill someone this way, and had one move with which to do it, and *didn't* know what opening your opponent played?<BR/><BR/>I reckon it's either Nf3, or d4. <BR/><BR/>The argument for Nf3 is that after 1.e4, it invariably goes there; and against 1.d4 it often does, although you see f3 fairly often too. If you were a murderer, though, you could play the Tarrasch as black I think, which I believe more or less obliges Nf3. Against Nf3 are certain English systems - although, these delay d4 potentially indefinitely too.<BR/><BR/>The argument for d4 is white typically starts 1.d4 or 1.e4, but on top of that, 1.e4 openings typically allow a follow up of d2-d4 within the opening stage, due to the Qd1. But not always - Closed Sicilian, some anti-Marshalls, KIAs v the French, Caro, and so forth.<BR/><BR/>My hunch is Nf3 just edges it...Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-52907964005059220662007-04-19T20:07:00.000+01:002007-04-19T20:07:00.000+01:00Deaths of chessplayers. Is this list reliable?<A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/death.htm" REL="nofollow">Deaths of chessplayers</A>. Is this list reliable?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-22624109083397874582007-04-19T18:47:00.000+01:002007-04-19T18:47:00.000+01:00My biggest danger is if I were to replicate Tom's ...My biggest danger is if I were to replicate Tom's method of celebration after solving the previous puzzle. Jumping over my monitor in delight would shower me in glass followed by a long drop outside on to conrete.<BR/>Unlikely though, since I am not close to solving it...<BR/>Didn't GM Bagirov die at the board?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com