Sent : 12-Mar-2002
Rec'd : 12-Mar-2002
Reply : 26-Mar-2002
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White's Time: 0/1 (Dave Taylor)
Black's Time: 14/310 (TCCMB Team)
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From TCCMB Team: (26-Mar-2002) Black
Resigns
The team has voted 10 - 0 to resign.
You played an excellent game and we congratulate you on a well deserved
victory. We all enjoyed playing against you.
Franklin, thank you for hosting the game at your website. You did a fine job
and were an excellent host.
Steve, thank you for serving as tournament director. You did well under
sometimes difficult conditions.
All the best,
Grayling Hill
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From Dave Taylor: (12-Mar-2002) 58.Qa3
52.Kf5 Bd4 53.Ke6 Kxb3 54.a5 Kxc4 55.a6 Kd3 56.a7 c4 57.a8=Q c3 58.Qa3
“We have no simple problems or easy decisions after
Kindergarten.” - John Turk
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From TCCMB Team: (12-Mar-2002) 50.... Kxa5
51. Kxf4 Kb4
The team plays 50.... Kxa5 51.Kxf4 Kb4
and offer the following long conditional
52.Kf5 Bd4 53.Ke6 Kxb3 54.a5 Kxc4 55.a6 Kd3 56.a7 c4 57.a8(Q) c3.
The votes are 8 in favour of 51...Kb4 and in favour of offering the conditional
(100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten Fyhn
Your move received: 5/3
The team replied: 12/3 (7 days used)
"And I looked, and behold, a pale horse: and his name that
sat on him was Death." - Bible, Revelation 6:8
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From Dave Taylor: (5-Mar-2002) 50.Nxa5
if Kxa5 then 51.Kxf4
Your moves received March 5th my reply March 5th
48. Nb7 Kb4 49. Ke4 Bg7 50. Nxa5 if Kxa5 then 51. Kxf4
“When I am working on a problem, I never think about
beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished,
if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.” -- Buckminster
Fuller [1895-1983]
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From TCCMB Team: (5-Mar-2002) 48. ... Kb4
49.Ke4 Bg7
The team plays 48.Nb7 Kb4 49.Ke4 Bg7
The votes are 7 in favour of 49...Bg7 (88% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 26/2
The team replied: 5/3 (7 days used)
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to
add, but when there is nothing left to take away." - Antoine de Saint
Exupery
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From Dave Taylor: (26-Feb-2002) 48.Nb7
if Kb4 then 49.Ke4
Your moves received Feb 26 my reply Feb 26
45.g5 Bc7 46.g6 Be5 47.Nd6 Kc3 48.Nb7 if Kb4 then 49.Ke4
“The best way to escape from a problem is to solve
it.” -- Alan Saporta
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From TCCMB Team: (26-Feb-2002) 45. ... Bc7
46.g6 Be5 47.Nd6 Kc3
The team plays 45.g5 Bc7 46.g6 Be5 47.Nd6 Kc3
The votes are 6 in favour of 47...Kc3 (86% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 18/2
The team replied: 26/2 (8 days used)
"I don’t' think necessity is the mother of invention
-- invention, in my opinion, arise directly from idleness, possibly also from
laziness. To save oneself trouble." - Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976)
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From Dave Taylor: (18-Feb-2002) 45.g5
if Bc7 then 46.g6 and if Be5 then 47.Nd6
your move received Feb 18 my reply Feb 18
44.b3 Be5 45.g5 if Bc7 then 46.g6 and if Be5 then 47.Nd6
“For every complex problem, there is a solution that is
simple, neat, and wrong.” -- H. L. Mencken 1880-1956
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From TCCMB Team: (18-Feb-2002) 44. ... Be5
The team plays 44. b3 Be5
The votes are 8 in favour of 44...Be5 (100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 11/2
The team replied: 18/2 (7 days used)
"The female of the species is more deadly than the
male." - Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
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From Dave Taylor: (11-Feb-2002) 44.b3
Your move received Feb 11th. My reply Feb 11th.
43. Ne4 Kd4 44. b3
“Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more
difficult problem.” -- Henry Kissinger
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From TCCMB Team: (11-Feb-2002) 43. ... Kd4
The Team plays 43.Ne4 Kd4
The votes are 8 in favour of 43...Kd4 (100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 4/2
The team replied: 11/2 (7 days used)
"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the
sand. I beat people up." - Muhammad Ali
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From Dave Taylor: (4-Feb-2002) 43.Ne4
your move received Feb 4th my reply Feb 4th
42. Kf3 Ke5 43. Ne4
“The Passed Pawn is a criminal, who should be kept under
lock and key. Mild measures, such as police surveillance, are not
sufficient.” -- Nimzovich
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From TCCMB Team: (4-Feb-2002) 42. ... Ke5
The Team plays 42.Kf3 Ke5
The votes are 9 in favour of 42...Ke5 (100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 29/1
The team replied: 4/2 (6 days used)
"Teachers open the door, but you must enter by
yourself." - Chinese Proverb
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From Dave Taylor: (28-Jan-2002) 42.Kf3
your moves received Jan 28th my reply Jan 28th
40.a4 c6 41.Nd2 Bc7 42.Kf3
“Going the speed of light is bad for your age.”
“If you're driving at the speed of light and you turn on
your headlights, what happens?” -- [not sure of authors]
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From TCCMB Team: (28-Jan-2002) 40... c6
41.Nd2 Bc7
The Team plays 40.a4 c6 41.Nd2 Bc7
The votes are 6 in favour of 41...Bc7 (100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 22/1
The team replied: 28/1 (6 days used)
"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our
thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world." - Buddha (c. - 483 BC)
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From Dave Taylor: (21-Jan-2002) 40.a4
if 40. ... c6 then 41.Nd2
Your move received Jan 21 My reply Jan 21
38.Nf3+ Kf6 39.Ke4 a5 40.a4 if 40. ... c6 then 41.Nd2
“One thing they never tell you about child raising is that
for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your
child's name and how old he or she is.” -- Erma Bombeck
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From TCCMB Team: (21-Jan-2002) 38... Kf6
39.Ke4 a5
The Team plays 38.Nf3+ Kf6 39.Ke4 a5
The votes are 9 in favour of 39...a5 (100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 18/12
The team replied: 21/1 (20 days used (vacation 20/12 - 2/1))
"Ah! The clock is always slow; it is later than you
think." - Robert W. Service
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From TCCMB Team: (19-Dec-2001)
Due to the coming holidays, the team is taking leave from 20.
December to 2. January.
With best regards for the season and the New Year in 2002. -- Karsten Fyhn
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From Dave Taylor: (18-Dec-2001)
38.Nf3ch if any then 39.Ke4
Your move received Decmember 18th My reply December 18th.
37.Nd2 Bd6 38.Nf3ch if any then 39.Ke4
“What has 12 legs, six eyes, three tails and can't see?
... Three blind mice.” -- Taylor
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From TCCMB Team: (18-Dec-2001) 37... Bd6
The Team plays 37.Nd2 Bd6
The votes are 10 in favour of 37...Bd6 (100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 4/12
The team replied: 18/12 (14 days used)
"It's the early bird that gets the worm, but it's the 2ND
MOUSE that gets the cheese! " - Proverb
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From Dave Taylor: (4-Dec-2001) 37.Nd2
if f3 then 38.Nxf3+
Your move received December 4th my reply December 4th
36.Kd3 Ke5 37.Nd2 if f3 then 38. Nxf3+
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
- Alan Kay
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From TCCMB Team: (4-Dec-2001) 36... Ke5
The Team plays 36.Kd3 Ke5
The votes are 9 in favour of 36...Ke5 (100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 29/11
The team replied: 4/12 (5 days used)
"Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both
feet." - African Proverb
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From Dave Taylor: (29-Nov-2001) 36.Kd3
Your move received Nov 29th My reply Nov 29th
“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” - Sun Tzu
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From TCCMB Team: (29-Nov-2001) 34... exf4
35.Kxd4 c5+
The Team plays 34. f4 exf4 35. Kxd4 c5+
The votes are 8 in favour of 35...c5+ (100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 4/11
The team replied: 28/11 (24 days used)
"With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk
gown." - Chinese Proverb
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From Dave Taylor: (4-Nov-2001) 34. f4
… if exf4 then 35.Kxd4
Your move received November 4th my reply November 4th
33.Kd3 Ke6 34.f4 if exf4 then 35.Kxd4
You play 33. ...Ke6!?--That is very unfair!--after I spent a long time looking
at 33. ...c5 :( :(
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be
known.” - Carl Sagan
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From TCCMB Team: (4-Nov-2001) 33...Ke6
The Team plays 33.Kd3 Ke6
The votes are 6 in favour of 33...Ke6. (100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 26/10
The team replied: 4/11 (9 days used)
"Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I
can move the world." - Archimedes (287 BC - 212 BC)
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From Dave Taylor: (26-Oct-2001) 33.Kd3
…
your move received 10-26 my reply 10-26
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.” -
Albert Einstein
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From TCCMB Team: (26-Oct-2001) 32...Kf7
The Team plays 32.Ke2 Kf7
The votes are 6 in favour of 32...Kf7. (100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 19/10
The team replied: 26/10 (7 days used)
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in
moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge
and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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From Dave Taylor: (19-Oct-2001) 32.Ke2
…
Your moves received October 19th my reply October 19th
“Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is
a guy like Norman Einstein.” - Joe Theismann
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From TCCMB Team: (19-Oct-2001) 30...Kf7
31.Kf2 Ke6
The Team plays 30...Kf7 31.Kf2 Ke6
The votes are 8 in favour of 31...Ke6. (100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 2/10
The team replied: 19/10 (17 days used)
"I don't believe in astrology. But then I'm an Aquarius,
and Aquarians don't believe in astrology." - James Quirk
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From Dave Taylor: (2-Oct-2001) 30.g4
…
if any move by your King then 31.Kf2
“The only good is knowledge and the only evil,
ignorance.” - Socrates
“I drank what?” - Socrates
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From TCCMB Team: (2-Oct-2001) 29…
Ke6
The Team plays 29... Ke6
The votes are 8 in favour of 29...Ke6. (100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 26/9
The team replied: 2/10 (6 days used)
"The distance doesn't matter; it is only the first step
that is difficult." - Marquise du Deffand (1697-1780)
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From Dave Taylor: (26-Sept-2001) 29.Kg2
…
“Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant
may bathe.” - Indian proverb
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From TCCMB Team: (26-Sept-2001) 27…
Rxh1 28.Kxh1 Kd7
The Team plays 27...Rxh1 28.Kxh1 Kd7
The votes are 9 in favour of 28...Kd7. (100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
Your move received: 31/8
The team replied: 26/9 (19 days used (26 - 7 days mourning period))
"It is a miserable state of mind to have few things to
desire and many things to fear; and yet that commonly is the case of
kings." - Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
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From Dave Taylor: (31-Aug-2001) 27.Rh1
… if 27... Rxh1 then 28. Kxh1
“Best to play an "if move" only when you are 100%
sure of your follow up. 99.5% sure won't cut it.” - Dave Taylor
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From TCCMB Team: (31-Aug-2001) 26…
Rxh8
What, no "if" move? :-)
The Team moves 26.Rxh8 Rxh8. The vote was 8 votes for Rxh8 (100%). -- Grayling
V. Hill
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From Dave Taylor: (30-Aug-2001) 26.Rxh8
…
“They asked me what year it was, what month it was, etc. I
easily answered these stupid questions.” - Bobby Fischer 'I was Tortured
in the Pasadena Jailhouse!' 1982
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From TCCMB Team: (30-Aug-2001) 25…
Be7
The Team plays 24.exf3 Be7
The votes are 7 in favour of 25...Be7. (100% of the the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
“It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in
a stained-glass window.” - Raymond Chandler
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From Dave Taylor: (23-Aug-2001) 25.exf3
…
“Chess is mental torture.” - Kasparov
“Chess is as much a mystery as women.” - Purdy
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From TCCMB Team: (23-Aug-2001) 24…
gxf3
The Team plays 24.Rh1 gxf3
The votes are 10 in favour of 24...gxf3. (100% of the the votes cast). --
Karsten Fyhn
“Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there
is time enough.” - George Bernard Shaw
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From TCCMB Team: (1-Aug-2001)
The team has taken vacation from August 2nd to August 15th. -- Karsten Fyhn
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From Dave Taylor: (19-July-2001) 24.Rh1
…
“A clever man commits no minor blunders.” - Goethe
[1749-1832]
“A witty saying proves nothing.” - Voltaire
[1694-1778]
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From TCCMB Team: (18-July-2001) 23…
Bg5
The Team plays 23.Kg2 Bg5
The votes are 7 in favor of 23. ... Bg5. (100% of the votes cast). -- Grayling
Hill
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From Dave Taylor: (10-July-2001) 23.Kg2
… if 23… gxf3ch then 24.exf3 …
“Half this game is ninety percent mental.” - Yogi
Berra
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From TCCMB Team: (10-July-2001) 22…
Rdg8
The Team plays 22.f3 Rdg8
The votes are 8 in favour of 22. ... Rdg8. (100% of the votes cast). --
Grayling Hill
“Ring them bells for all of us who are left,
Ring them bells for the chosen few
Who will judge the many when the game is through” - (Bob Dylan, 'Ring Them
Bells', 1989)
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From Dave Taylor: (28-June-2001) 22.f3
…
“If a man does his best, what else is there?” -
General George S. Patton [1885-1945]
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From TCCMB Team: (28-June-2001) 21…
hxg4
The Team plays 21.hxg4 hxg4
The votes are 8 in favour of 21...hxg4. (100% of the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
“There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of
standing still.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
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From Dave Taylor: (27-June-2001) 21. hxg4
…
“Anyone who isn't confused, really doesn't understand the
situation.” - Edward R. Murrow
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From TCCMB Team: (27-June-2001) 20…
g4
The Team plays 20.h3 g4
The votes are 10 in favour of 20...g4. (100% of the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be
lived forwards.” - Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
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From Dave Taylor: (15-June-2001) 20. h3
…
“Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last
mistake.” - Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956)
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From TCCMB Team: (15-June-2001) 19…
g5
The Team plays 19.Ne4 g5
The votes are 10 in favour of 19...g5. (100% of the votes cast).
One member, John Knudsen, has left the team due to personal reasons, so the
team is now reduced to 11 members. -- Karsten Fyhn
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From Dave Taylor: (9-June-2001) 19. Ne4
…
“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can
fake that, you've got it made.” - Groucho Marx
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From TCCMB Team: (9-June-2001) 18…
Be7
The Team plays 18.Nd2 Be7
The votes are 8 in favour of 18...Be7. (100% of the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
“For when the One Great Scorer comes
to write against your name,
He marks--not that you won or lost--
but how you played the game. ”
- Grantland Rice, "Alumnus Football"
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From Dave Taylor: (6-June-2001) 17.Qxc6
bxc6 18.Nd2 …
Accepted your conditional move--thanks.
“For every problem there is a simple solution, and it's
always wrong.” - unknown author of quote
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From TCCMB Team: (6-June-2001) 16…
Qxc6
The Team plays 16.Bxc6 Qxc6 and offer the conditional if 17.Qxc6 then
17...bxc6
The votes are 11 in favour of 16...Qxc6. (100% of the votes cast). -- Karsten
Fyhn
“Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in
the same box.” - Italian Proverb
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From Dave Taylor: (5-June-2001) 16. Bxc6
…
“Discretion, the best part of valor.” - Beaumon and
Fletcher
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From TCCMB Team: (5-June-2001) 15…
h5
The Team plays 15... h5
The votes are 8 in favour of 15...h5. (89% of the cast votes). -- Karsten Fyhn
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From Dave Taylor: (23-May-2001) 15. Rfd1
…
“Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can
do.” - John Wooden
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From TCCMB Team: (23-May-2001) 14…
fxe5
The Team plays 14. ... fxe5
The vote was 10 in favour of 14. ... fxe5. (100% of the votes cast). --
Grayling Hill
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From Dave Taylor: (18-May-2001) 14.Bxe5
…
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be
criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do and damned if you don't.” -
Eleanor Roosevelt
“If you can't convince them, confuse them.” - Harry S
Truman
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From TCCMB Team: (18-May-2001) 13…
f6
The Team plays 13.Bf4 f6
The votes are 11 in favour of 13...f6. (100% of the cast votes).
One teammember abstained from voting.
“A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.” -
English Proverb
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From Dave Taylor: (8-May-2001) 13. Bf4
…
“As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.” -
Socrates
“The doctors X-rayed my head and found nothing.” -
Dizzy Dean, after being hit on the head by a ball in the 1934 World Series
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From TCCMB Team: (8-May-2001) 10…
Qxe6 11.Nd2 Nxe5 12.Nb3 N7c6
The Team accepts the conditional 10.Nxe6 Qxe6 11.Nd2 Nxe5 12.Nb3 and plays 12.
... N7c6.
The votes are 11 in favour of 12. ... N7c6. (100% of the cast votes). --
Karsten Fyhn
“In ceremonies of the horsemen,
Even the pawn must hold a grudge.” - Bob Dylan
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From the Tournament Director Steve Ryan: (4
May-2001)
"Dave Taylor has reached the 10th move time control with a total RT
of 1 day. Based on the 10/70 rate of play, he has a carryover of 69 days plus
another allotment of 70 days for moves 11-20."
[Note: Team member Grayling Hill adds: "The 6 day time limit per
move is a self-imposed limit that the team chose and which the team may rescind
at any time."]
[Webmaster's Note: Grayling Hill also provided this information:
Warner Bruce Kover has a rating of 2283 not 2232. Also, Harold
Bearce and Gianni Mastrojeni have withdrawn from the team due to
time constraints. These changes have been made to the team lineup and the
average and median team ratings have been recalculated. -- JFC]
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From Dave Taylor: (24-Apr-2001) 10. Nxe6
…
if 10… Qxe6 then 11. Nd2 and if Nxe5 then 12. Nb3
“a horse! a horse! My kingdom for a horse! ” - William
Shakespeare [Richard III]
“Confusion now hath made his masterpiece!” - William
Shakespeare [Macbeth]
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From TCCMB Team: (27-Apr-2001) 8. …
Nge7 9. O-O a6
The team is accepting the conditional and plays 8. Ng5 Nge7 9. O-O a6.
The votes are 8 in favour of 9...a6. (100% of the cast votes). 5 members have
not voted.
One member, Gianni Mastrojeni, has left the team due to lack of time, so the
team is now reduced to 13 members. -- Karsten Fyhn
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From Dave Taylor: (24-Apr-2001) 8.Ng5
…
if 8. ... Nge7 then 9.0-0
“We will boldly go where no man has gone before...” -
Star Trek
“a horse is a horse, of course, of course” - Mr. Ed
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From TCCMB Team: (24-Apr-2001) 6. …
Qd7 7.Bg2 0-0-0
The Team accepts your "If" move. The vote was 8 votes for 7. ...
0-0-0, 1 abstention (insufficient time to analyze), and 5 not voting. --
Grayling Hill
“Now, let's go on to Chicago and win there...” -
Robert F. Kennedy, 1968
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From Dave Taylor: (13-Apr-2001) 6. Qa4
…
if 6. …Qd7 then 7. Bg2
“Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when
your position falls, your ego goes with it.” - Colin Powell
“In life as in chess forethought wins.” - Charles
Baxton
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From TCCMB Team: (13-Apr-2001) 5. …
Be6
The Team has made their 5th move. -- Grayling Hill, Temporary
"Vote Counter"
Thanks to all for filling in for me while I am attending to some
family business. I'm keeping an eye on all of you. TCCMB must now respond to
5.g3. Please remember to use manna@iaw.on.ca as my e-mail address until further
notice. Keep going lads. -- Steve Ryan
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From Dave Taylor: (9-Apr-2001) 5. g3
…
“Everything should be as simple as possible--but not
simpler.” - Albert Einstein
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From TCCMB Team: (9-Apr-2001) 1… d5
2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6
The team have chosen me to be the vote counter and to forward our moves. In
expectation of a very interesting game, I now have the privilege to send our
first move.
The team have decided to accept the conditional 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.
Nf3 and to play 4…Nc6
The votes was 13 votes for 4…Nc6 (100 % of the cast votes). One team
member has not voted.
-- Karsten Fyhn
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From Dave Taylor: (4-Apr-2001) 1. d4
…
if 1. …d5 then 2. c4 and if e5 then 3.dxe5 and if d4 then 4. Nf3
“The mistakes are all waiting to be made.” - Savielly
Grigorievitch Tartakover [1887-1956 Chessmaster, on the games opening
position.]
“Don't be cruel.” - Elvis
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