tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post4811285536747201045..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Miracle MongersTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-48941088340511212602007-07-11T11:00:00.000+01:002007-07-11T11:00:00.000+01:00Possibly although it is quite possible to come up ...Possibly although it is quite possible to come up against Cherniaev , Hebden or others in weekend tourneys. Isle of Man is stuffed full of GMs so you would have a good chance of playing one there.<BR/>AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-54718238190038622562007-07-11T00:58:00.000+01:002007-07-11T00:58:00.000+01:00And on the continent too I suspect...And on the continent too I suspect...Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-85477581712445795682007-07-11T00:34:00.000+01:002007-07-11T00:34:00.000+01:00You need to play more tournaments then Tom. You ar...You need to play more tournaments then Tom. You are not going to play many if you just play league chess.<BR/>AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-41525439044995220142007-07-10T18:21:00.000+01:002007-07-10T18:21:00.000+01:00oops: double post. sorry.btw:Big Brother contesta...oops: double post. sorry.<BR/><BR/>btw:<BR/><BR/>Big Brother contestants setting themselves on fire... now that I would pay to see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-65862398607970288162007-07-10T13:37:00.001+01:002007-07-10T13:37:00.001+01:00I once played IM Colin Crouch in a 10-minute tourn...I once played IM Colin Crouch in a 10-minute tournament at Golders Green. That's the only time I've ever played a titled player 1 on 1. I've played a few in simuls but that hardly counts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-36831638420544632632007-07-10T13:37:00.000+01:002007-07-10T13:37:00.000+01:00I once played IM Colin Crouch in a 10-minute tourn...I once played IM Colin Crouch in a 10-minute tournament at Golders Green. That's the only time I've ever played a titled player 1 on 1. I've played a few in simuls but that hardly counts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-28476580486550553132007-07-10T12:19:00.000+01:002007-07-10T12:19:00.000+01:00I've never gotten to play a GM in a serious game. ...I've never gotten to play a GM in a serious game. I'd love to though.Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-34655752710737646222007-07-10T11:51:00.000+01:002007-07-10T11:51:00.000+01:00Wow more than 15 minutes on those standard non-com...Wow more than 15 minutes on those standard non-complicated first 5 moves. Now that's what I call respect from your GM opponent (unless he was 20 minutes late!). Usually when I play a GM my first aim is not to lose with him using up a ridiculously small amount of time and 2. not to lose in say under 18 moves or so. I am not sure that this is a good attitude to have as it can result in you playing too passively and losing a "respectable" game in 50 moves after 4 hours play BUT you never had a sniff of a chance and were always going to lose.<BR/>It is also quite an egocentric attitude to have as are people really that bothered about your game? There are loads of quick wins (time and moves) by GMs over weaker opponents.<BR/>I do think however the tactic of playing very quickly against a lower rated opponent can be very intimidating. I played someone about 150 FIDE points lower than me once and blitzed out the theory moves resulting in having spent under a minute to his hour plus after about 12 moves or so. Aside from the time benefit, it intimidated him to going into a simplified but inferior line. Victory followed.<BR/>AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-10211873840100126782007-07-10T11:10:00.000+01:002007-07-10T11:10:00.000+01:00According to wikipedia, Ulf Andersson has been pla...According to wikipedia, Ulf Andersson has been playing correspondence games in a highly tactical way. I wonder if this has shifted his OTB style? 6...d5 - ?Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-70133994302578207832007-07-10T10:45:00.000+01:002007-07-10T10:45:00.000+01:00The Andersson game began as follows:1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 ...The Andersson game began as follows:<BR/><BR/>1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O<BR/><BR/>By this stage both players had used more than fifteen minutes, yet nobody has threatened anything, no check has been made or has been possible and no capture has been made or (with one brief and unlikely excpetion) even threatened.<BR/><BR/>Marvellous stuff.*<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/> (* = until I got checkmated 21 moves later).ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-73376455781045870052007-07-10T10:17:00.000+01:002007-07-10T10:17:00.000+01:00Big Brother is the weird without the wonderful. Th...Big Brother is the weird without the wonderful. The current season seems to be bombing, though.Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-17907883920868811872007-07-09T18:56:00.000+01:002007-07-09T18:56:00.000+01:00How was your game against Ulf Andersson ejh? I saw...How was your game against Ulf Andersson ejh? I saw that u lost unfortunately<BR/>AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-37439998617281942112007-07-09T18:10:00.000+01:002007-07-09T18:10:00.000+01:00That's before people had Big Brother of course.That's before people had <I>Big Brother</I> of course.ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-90350146594476677332007-07-09T15:00:00.000+01:002007-07-09T15:00:00.000+01:00God knows.All sorts of weird and wonderful things ...God knows.<BR/><BR/>All sorts of weird and wonderful things went on in those days in the name of entertainment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-72465187066385092762007-07-09T11:24:00.000+01:002007-07-09T11:24:00.000+01:00I did read somewhere of a July 4th chess set, wher...I did read somewhere of a July 4th chess set, where each time you captured a piece, you lit it and it zoomed off into the sky. Risky, but not in the same league as these guys.<BR/><BR/>I wonder what that fellows reference to chess even meant to imply?Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.com