tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post7717737747313374418..comments2024-02-22T13:53:00.516-05:00Comments on Elizabeth Spiegel's blog: Vicary - Zheng: memory laneElizabeth Vicaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-80907223281454923162009-07-23T16:55:29.425-04:002009-07-23T16:55:29.425-04:00And the Executive Board votes are in!
http://main....And the Executive Board votes are in!<br />http://main.uschess.org/content/view/9564/141<br /><br />My analysis:<br /><br />The breakdown of votes by region is interesting. What constituencies does the "Other" category comprise? I'm particularly curious, because that was the area where Atkins, Goichberg, Berry and Mottershead performed worst, while Hecht, Lugo, Korenman, Lafferty and Sloan performed best in that same category!<br /><br />Nietman backers must be a powerful force in the upper Great Plains: Goichberg, Sloan and Haring all tanked in region IV relative to their performance elsewhere. Goichberg got his revenge in the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions I and III, where he and his slate stomped the Polgarites.<br /><br />Atkins and Berry did best in their own regions, suggesting a dedication to retail politics, while none of the Polgarites did nearly as well in his home region as he did in "Other." Sloan also did better in "Other" than in his home region, albeit by a slimmer margin. Sloan also did anomalously well in region IX (CO, UT, KS, WY). Perhaps he swept the Mormon vote.<br /><br />"Other" does not like Mottershead. At all. As for the regions where he performed more strongly -- the Midwest, Highland South, Mountain West and Pacific Northwest -- I surmise that these were the places where people were least inclined to vote straight tickets.<br /><br />Lafferty cratered in the Northeast compared with his showing elsewhere. My wild stereotypical speculation: Northeastern voters are the best-connected and thus were most likely to know he'd dropped out of the race. Why did Korenman outperform the rest of the Polgar slate? Probably all the GM endorsements he was sporting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-63023606025156017132009-07-23T09:29:23.333-04:002009-07-23T09:29:23.333-04:00I guess it's actually 11. f4 Ned7 12 dc bc. Bu...I guess it's actually 11. f4 Ned7 12 dc bc. But you're so quick to thank that I can't change histoty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-17913840233051857202009-07-23T08:31:06.619-04:002009-07-23T08:31:06.619-04:00thanks everyone, esp the old hobbiest club slacker...thanks everyone, esp the old hobbiest club slacker!Elizabeth Vicaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880561980096775673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-68572665789062031422009-07-23T07:00:48.002-04:002009-07-23T07:00:48.002-04:00You omitted a move pair in your note to 7...Nbd7 (...You omitted a move pair in your note to 7...Nbd7 (namely, 12. f4 Ned7).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-79646468866289558562009-07-23T05:00:37.060-04:002009-07-23T05:00:37.060-04:00Great story, Mr. Massimo!Great story, Mr. Massimo!Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042717033720504837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-55033675685568461052009-07-23T00:22:30.909-04:002009-07-23T00:22:30.909-04:00"Queens Travel Agents"
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"Mo..."Queens Travel Agents"<br /><br />become<br /><br />"Moon Over Manhattan"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-86892751460825025032009-07-22T23:06:02.720-04:002009-07-22T23:06:02.720-04:00It's funny that you mention this, because I...It's funny that you mention this, because I'm forming a chess club, and one of the guys in it plays a fianchetto English (1.c5, 2.g3, 3.Bg2) <i>every single time</i> he has white. I'm trying my darnedest to figure out how to blunt it. I was on the right track the other night, but I stupidly hung my queen and threw away the game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-82402976248303518052009-07-22T21:57:53.587-04:002009-07-22T21:57:53.587-04:00"Rybka suggests 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf..."Rybka suggests 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 and to just be like 'what? I have 2 bishops'"<br /><br />Awesome.<br /><br /><br />As for the narrow-broad opening repertoire, I used to think the way Grivas does, and if I were advising a strong young player I might say the same, but at my (high) age and (low) rating this game will never be anything but a fun pastime for me. And I think it's fun to play different openings.<br /><br /><br />What's more, I KNOW there's nothing worse than to sit down to a game and go "I REALLY don't feel like playing this opening again, but it's all I know." One day I sat down to play a 2100 player (I was 1600 at the time), and I felt that way, and almost before I realized it I had reached out and played 1.e4 for the first time in 25 years.<br /><br />I still lost, but it was a long, interesting game, and I was fine out of the opening, in part because I was thinking rather than remembering.<br /><br /><br />Rick MassimoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-81636310533007374002009-07-22T17:14:46.407-04:002009-07-22T17:14:46.407-04:00Elizabeth, I appreciate your writing very much. Yo...Elizabeth, I appreciate your writing very much. Your pictures are lovely. Your comments are honest. Every day I run through a list of chess blogs. I have yours at the top of the list.<br /><br />I appreciate how you have been explaining your inner thoughts and emotions during a chess game. It is entertaining. I can relate.<br /><br />"One question often posed by my students is whether we must simultaniously prepare two or more different systems against an opening. My personal opinion is that only professional grandmasters can afford this luxury. All other chess players should focus on one specific system every time, so as to specialize in it and reap maximum benefit." -Efstratios Grivas from the introduction of Beating the Fianchetto Defenses.<br /><br />Sooner or later the preparation runs out. I read that most class level games deviate before the tenth move. <br /><br />Unless one is bungled, the real chess happens in a middlegame that begins moderately level.<br /><br />Peace, -Some old club hobbyist slacker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-3727992121735002392009-07-21T21:49:15.610-04:002009-07-21T21:49:15.610-04:00Where in Manhattan will the former Queens Pioneers...Where in Manhattan will the former Queens Pioneers being playing? Marauders sounds more dangerous then Pioneers.Pollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747958243702670987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8556305125957341024.post-5858661676988959942009-07-21T17:07:51.518-04:002009-07-21T17:07:51.518-04:00"I'm afraid this blog will mean I'm t...<i>"I'm afraid this blog will mean I'm the easiest person to prepare for, ever."</i><br /><br />This is why I believe in not having an opening repetoire. Impossible to prepare against.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com