tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post4220883918432911958..comments2024-02-22T13:53:00.516-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Spiegel's blog: Performance AnxietyElizabeth Vicaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-56109637317613943022010-04-13T07:55:18.663-04:002010-04-13T07:55:18.663-04:00"Back to Black", "You Know I'm ..."Back to Black", "You Know I'm No Good" and "Love Is A Losing Game" got a whole lot of play when I first was turned on to Amy's album... probably because it was a very turbulent time in my personal life.<br /><br />Cats... have four. Well three actually, as ones on loan.Check2Checkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09309134742480541873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-59404574057109013112008-07-18T10:43:00.000-04:002008-07-18T10:43:00.000-04:00I've decided not to buy a kitty playground for my ...<A HREF="http://raychess.blogspot.com/2008/07/your-moment-of-zen-xi.html" REL="nofollow">I've decided</A> not to buy a kitty playground for my cats.Tom Panelashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16043077227993571019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-78823266403841343792008-02-29T18:07:00.000-05:002008-02-29T18:07:00.000-05:00If I get an opportunity to publish another article...If I get an opportunity to publish another article (looking doubtful now that Chess Life is cutting pages to save $), I plan on crediting one or another move in analysis to "a suggestion of GM Richards." Especially if it's a bad move. <BR/><BR/>This construction would have worked beautifully for annotating a famous game (re-)published a year ago. In that instance, I pointed out that the original annotator - an IM who I won't name here - missed a lot of stuff. (Did he ever! Even though said IM was the chief judge that awarded it a "Best Played Game" prize, the notes he published were so rife with mistakes that the game-winner gave up on the USCF for years thereafter ... concluding that not only the writer but the USCF itself was out to embarrass him by publishing his masterpiece with bogus notes!) <BR/><BR/>If I'd heard the "GM Richards" reference at that time, I would have credited the original annotator's worst analysis not to him, but to "GM Richards." <BR/><BR/>Kind of like back in high school, I had a chemistry teacher who claimed that alongside Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin, there was a fourth temperature scale, the Witt scale. "It was invented by two brothers, the Witt boys," he would deadpan. "Nit and Dim." Then whenever a kid in his class gave a wrong answer to a problem involving temperature-scale conversion, the teacher would say, "Oh, he must have done the conversion in degrees Witt."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-79479174333961565452008-02-29T10:19:00.000-05:002008-02-29T10:19:00.000-05:00Hmmm...yes. The brunette look is a step up from p...Hmmm...yes. The brunette look is a step up from platinum blonde.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-45583421558116133112008-02-28T16:12:00.000-05:002008-02-28T16:12:00.000-05:00Oh, he suggested the poll question.Oh, he suggested the poll question.Elizabeth Vicaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-70696989091285443082008-02-28T15:47:00.000-05:002008-02-28T15:47:00.000-05:00Ms. Vicary, thank you for sharing those games. I f...Ms. Vicary, thank you for sharing those games. I found them to be very interesting. It's easy to see how dedicated your students must be and how lucky they are to have such a great coach. I wish my kids had the same dedication about studying chess. <BR/>Also, I wanted to participate in your polls, but I think the last one about your blog is unfair. It would depend on how long you and Shabalov have been together and how serious the relationship is. It's too subjective to be poll material, in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-30701994310269852242008-02-27T11:25:00.000-05:002008-02-27T11:25:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-15041851153765912942008-02-27T09:56:00.000-05:002008-02-27T09:56:00.000-05:00In the flesh ;)In the flesh ;)Elizabeth Vicaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-28727287477747633042008-02-27T09:12:00.000-05:002008-02-27T09:12:00.000-05:00"Focused" is correct. Brava!"Focused" is correct. Brava!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-1791464451863225592008-02-27T09:05:00.000-05:002008-02-27T09:05:00.000-05:00Is that GM Richards with you?Is that GM Richards with you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-23197118066895138262008-02-27T00:54:00.000-05:002008-02-27T00:54:00.000-05:00Thanks for sharing the games on your blog. I enj...Thanks for sharing the games on your blog.<BR/> I enjoyed the 'mini' quizzes.chessdiva.showhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14921094428107561732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-70230759988619585822008-02-26T20:53:00.000-05:002008-02-26T20:53:00.000-05:00I don't think ur students should be allowed on sam...I don't think ur students should be allowed on same team at nationals, clear violation of the spirit of the rule that only top 4 scores count. U can bring 30 kids and then get 4/30 while other schools only have 6 kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-58095155886236285732008-02-26T18:18:00.000-05:002008-02-26T18:18:00.000-05:00Nice smothered mate by your student but with all d...Nice smothered mate by your student but with all due respect to his opponent, I don't think he should play another tourney till he's had two years of study with Roman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com