LIFE Master AJ Member since Aug-21-03 · Last seen Dec-31-08 My name is A J Goldsby; and I am a (U.S.C.F.) Original LIFE-Master from Pensacola, FL. (USA) [I.e., in order to to gain the LM title, this means that I played over 300 rated games while maintaining a master's rating. (2200+)] Be sure to visit my main chess website at http://www.geocities.com/lifemaster.... (Or http://www.lifemasteraj.com.) My e-mail (address) is "LifeMasterAJyahoo.com."

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Dec-31-08 Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1898   LIFE Master AJ: It is instructive to see how Pillsbury fixes the Black Q-side and then systematically attacks it.      Dec-31-08 A J Goldsby   LIFE Master AJ: <ketchuplover> I only have a handful of games here, and many of my losses are not posted. (So my percentage is not really anywhere this good.) Bobby Fischer was a true genius of chess ... if only he had not gone nuts, and left the game ... like so many other great ...      Dec-26-08 LIFE Master AJ chessforum   LIFE Master AJ: <playground player> Thanks ... so very much!!! This has been a tough Christmas, the first one ever for the girls without their mother. I have also had a cold, so the last few days have been tough.      Dec-17-08 P Charbonneau vs H A Hussein, 2008    LIFE Master AJ: The Steinitz formula is that no sack is correct unless your opponent has done something wrong ... basically violated the "rules" of chess.      Dec-04-08 Topalov vs Kamsky, 2006   LIFE Master AJ: The above link is this game annotated, as many of you said that you could not locate it.      Dec-04-08 Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907    LIFE Master AJ: For those of you who have not seen it, my annotations can be found at the following website, http://www.geocities.com/lifemaster... .      Dec-02-08 Rybka (Computer)    LIFE Master AJ: I guess someone needs to update the bio here. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail...      Dec-02-08 Kramnik vs Anand, 2008   LIFE Master AJ: One die-hard Rybka fan wrote me to tell me that ...a5 had to be a mistake, as it changed the computer's eval's of the position (for the worse) by about half a pawn. Most Rybka fan's are cool, but some are not always reasonable ... and they have become less so now that Rybka ...      Nov-23-08 D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956    LIFE Master AJ: I could not find it! So ... http://www.geocities.com/lifemaster...      Nov-23-08 Anand-Kramnik World Championship Match (2008)    LIFE Master AJ: http://www.geocities.com/lifemaster... This is my analysis of game one of this match, it now (0109 hrs) has the diagrams as well.

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 9 OF 9 ·  Later Kibitzing > Aug-08-08    LIFE Master AJ: <emayev> Thanks for your thoughts, and I am glad that you enjoy my work. (Have you ever visited one of my web sites?) I wish you all the best in your pursuit of the master title. I am sure if that is what you really want - and you are willing to work hard and make the sacrifices necessary - you will make it. As a fellow Christian, DO keep me in your prayers and say a prayer for my children as well. Aug-08-08    LIFE Master AJ: <playground player> "If you think it'll help, feel free to tell your daughter that there are people praying for her every day--people whom she doesn't even know, who are asking God to heal her broken heart." It helps me ... in a huge way! (And I am sure she also will eventually come around.) BTW, I have already told her many of the thoughts you stated, but I think she just needs more time. Aug-08-08    LIFE Master AJ: <positionalgenius> Thanks. Aug-08-08    playground player: <LIFE Master AJ> I'd appreciate it if you'd post the addresses of all your websites. I don't think I've visited them all, but I've very much enjoyed the ones I've seen. Hang tough, and trust in God. Sep-02-08    twinlark: <LMAJ> Message for you at Reti vs Alekhine, 1925 (second part of the message). Sep-09-08    LIFE Master AJ: <playground player> The following page, (http://www.lifemasteraj.com/my-site...); is a short list of a few of my better websites, most of the pages that I bother to update are there. Sep-10-08    dwavechess: I enjoy a lot your chess sites, and I am sorry to hear your loss Sep-11-08    playground player: Thanks, AJ--I'll enjoy those many sites at my leisure. BTW, if you're in a mood to talk chess, what do you think of the Polish Opening, 1.b4? I was using it and getting wins over many players with higher ratings than my own--although it didn't seem to faze low-rated players one bit!--until I bought a book about the opening. So far I've learned just enough to throw me into a slump, thus proving that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Results should improve as I acquire more knowledge. As a chess historian, can you tell me when this opening made its debut, and how it came to be called the Polish? (Yes, I know the story about the orang-utang.) Who, if anyone, was using it in the middle of the 19th century? I hope you and your children are doing better. Remember, people you don't even know are praying for you. Surely God will hear those prayers. Sep-17-08    LIFE Master AJ: I am not sure, but maybe this link will help. (http://www.chess.com/forum/view/che...) Sep-18-08    playground player: <LifeMasterAJ> Thanks. This is the first time I've actually tried to learn an opening, and an opening system. Oh, I've picked up a few tricks here at CG.com, like the Wing Gambit... but I can't say I have a deep understanding of any of them. Mostly I get by on tactics of the moment: a timely knight fork covereth a multitude of sins. But I deemed it time to try to climb to a higher level. I'm 59 now, but better late than never. And Solon said the way to stay young was to keep learning new things. Sep-18-08    zoren: Hi AJ, I read a lot of your book reviews. I enjoyed them and made several purchases because of them. However I have a question - how is it someone has such knowledge of chess but hit a slump (I notice you are trying to become titled in FIDE)? I'm curious, as this assessment applies to a lot of players who hit a plateau. (note I'm not trying to be condescending but I'm trying to figure out the reason why someone plateau's in performance, and for this reason I stopped my book buying frenzy.) Sep-25-08    LIFE Master AJ: <Zoren> This may not be the answer that you want to hear. I know a lot about plateau's, I hit many of them. Buying books - or even studying - is not the answer. The simple truth is that it may just take time and patience to get past that plateau. Sep-25-08    zoren: Hi AJ, thanks for the answer. I actually would have appreciated any answer to be honest, as I am pretty open to ideas right now. Personally I haven't hit a plateau, my rating goes up every tournament, it's just I am curious based on the mental attitude that I observe in some players. My hypothesis from my observations is that it's part psychological, and part technical. Oct-22-08    dwavechess: Hi Aj! I would like to know what do you think of the games in my collection here: "games rybka likes". Oct-22-08    dwavechess: I also would like to know what do you think of the different methods to guess who was greatest ever, like Elo, Sonas chessmetrics, Edo historical ratings, Bratko & Guid, Truechess.com , members.aon.at/sfischl/stat.html, and other computational approachs like nimh, mine and others you can find on the net Oct-25-08    LIFE Master AJ: <<dwavechess>> Not to be mean, but the games that ANY machine likes does not really concern (or interest) me. [Maybe one day a machine will render an interesting painting, but it should be worthless to any human, a program lacks a soul.] Onto your other topic, I think that Paul Morphy was probably the best ever, he was light years ahead of most of the players of his generation. After Morphy, Bobby Fischer was over 150 full points ahead of all the best players of his time. Of modern players, Kasparov was easily in a league of his own, he held the #1 position in the rating lists for over twenty years. I will go so far to say that if chess is played for another 1000 years - in its current form - NO ONE will ever repeat Garry Kasparov's achievement of being Number ONE ... for such a long period of time!!!!! Oct-27-08    dwavechess: Thanks AJ! Nov-14-08    TheSlid: Hi, there, AJ, I have not been around this site or even showing much interest in the great game for quite some time now. Good to see that you are feeling a little better now and holding your end up, so to speak. For the first time in ages I am looking at a chess book today (I have flu) - "Revolution in the 70's". I must have had this book for over a year now and scarcely opened it. Am finding it very entertaining, but I understand rather less than I should like. Where have I been? Swimming. Why? Because I find I still can! Well, after a fashion. Nov-17-08    LIFE Master AJ: <TheSlid> Nice to see you are still on the planet! Have you had a look at any of the Anand-Kramnik games? Dec-04-08    zoren: Hi AJ, have you ever heard of a player named Mark Buckley? He is a senior master but is sort of an obscure player, but also wrote a book on calculation. He lived in Florida. I wonder if you have heard of him or the book. Dec-07-08    LIFE Master AJ: <Zoren> Sorry, I think I have heard the name before. However, I am pretty sure that I don't know him. He may live (lived) in South FL, whereas I live in the virtual "boondocks" of this state. (The NW region, also referred to as the panhandle of FL.) Dec-21-08    ForeverYoung: I ran across your website the other night and ran across your outstanding analysis of Fischer-Geller, Skopje 1967. Great work!!! Dec-22-08    playground player: Merry Christmas, AJ--you and your daughters are still in my prayers. Dec-26-08    LIFE Master AJ: <ForeverYoung> Thanks! Dec-26-08    LIFE Master AJ: <playground player> Thanks ... so very much!!! This has been a tough Christmas, the first one ever for the girls without their mother. I have also had a cold, so the last few days have been tough. Jump directly to page #    (enter number from 1 to 9) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 9 OF 9 ·  Later Kibitzing >		Advertise on Chessgames.com

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