Hello friends,
sorry to bother you. But if you are playing correspondence chess
games, then please contact your opponents on their personal e-mail ids
to send your moves.
On 3/9/21, Jorge Paez <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don’t know what your level of vision is, but if you use the accessible
mode on Lichess to enter moves algebraically that’s how you note things.
As follows:
1. D4, D5
2. C4, dxc4
That’s the Queen’s Gambot accepted opening notated but yeah basically it
works like that.
Jorge
On Mar 9, 2021, at 1:38 AM, blindadrenaline@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Well, I'll be more than happy to post an annotation of a game I lost here.
I ain't proud, I know I suck, ahehehe.
But I've never done annotation before.
I'll do one from liChess next time I play a human on there, is it fairly
self explanatory how to copy the moves from there? Never looked at doing
it.
Also, any guides out there for best practices when annotating a game?
Thanks for any advice,
Che
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From: usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Behalf Of David Rosenkoetter
Sent: Monday, March 8, 2021 11:45 PM
To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: For Tyson, was: Re: New member looking for info
and games
Hi, Chris.
Yes, please, send a game or two per week. The more of your and Tyson's
analysis on games, the better my studies are. As for your being cocky in
early games, that's no big deal to me. I like reading analysis with
personality interjected.
Note to those who wonder as to posting losses: Most analysis I've seen
online or in various publications is done by the winner or a third party.
David
On 3/8/21, Jim Homme <jhomme1028@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Chris,
Are any of the games you’ve analyzed ones in which you have lost? I’ve
never seen a game analyzed by you in which you have lost.
Jim H
On Mar 8, 2021, at 5:10 PM, Chris Ross <c.ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Tyson et al,
A few observations.
I've now tidied up all of my 120+ annotated games. I have actually
sent a message to Everyman last December, asking if they are
interested, but no response to date. Might chase again soon, but they
have no phone numbers and only email addresses.
Does the list have any interest in potentially me posting an annotated
game once a week or so? That would then last for the next 120 weeks!
Games go back all the way to 2004. As stated, I've tidied things up,
so I don't sound as young and as cocky as when I first penned them!
Also, Tyson, sitting in your own half of the board, can, sometimes, be
helpful. I've played many a hedgehog setup and my opponent has
overstretched and I've snatched material and won. But in general terms
though, yes, I agree, you need to play across the board, including
into your opponent's half.
And the final point. I am now actually playing a few games on LiChess
and will play my first online league game this Thursday. Played my
first "Individuals tournament" game last week and that was actually
very interesting. Potentially worth for write up.
So, yes, folks, go to
www.lichess.org
and it is indeed accessible, if you click the "enable blind mode"
right at the top of the screen. The UK is using this for all of its
online tournaments currently. If you wish to issue me a challenge on
there, my handle is cnross.
Cheers,
Chris
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From: usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of mordue andrew
(Redacted sender "tyson.mordue" for DMARC)
Sent: 08 March 2021 20:37
To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: For Tyson, was: Re: New member looking for
info and games
Hello Che,
Thanks for this. Welcome to the group. Interesting user name!
Both Chris Ross and I occasionally contribute whole annotated games to
this group. They are usually contemporary but as neither of us play
games via the internet, preferring actual over the board (OTB), then
in the absence of OTB games we haven't put up much material recently.
Right now I'm working on a story (have been for many years but finally
knuckled down and produced over
500 pages since the autumn) while Chris is hard pressed with remote
working.
So fresh material from either of us is unlikely to happen in the near
future, but if the right thread comes along then there could be a lot
of material already written and/or observations from both of us. So
watch this space.
I try to be objective about other peoples games and I do annotate
privately.
For any member of the USBCA I would probably not charge a fee but I do
heartily encourage members to attempt to annotate their own games first.
That gives an idea of how they are thinking.
I note that you said you played the Ruy Lopez aka The Spanish Opening.
I recommend this to anyone but specifically I commend the Exchange
Variation after 3...a7-a6 4 Bb5xc6. This avoids a number of other
lines by Black and has a clear strategical goal - play d2-d4 to secure
a viable 4-3 Pawn majority on the Kingside then swap off all the
pieces to go into a won King and Pawn ending.
Just one other general piece of advice to all players. If your game
strategy is to curl up in a ball in your half of the board and not
advance into the other half then you're not going to win any games. At
some point in a game you'll need to play in the other half of the
board. The reason I say this is because I have had many players over
the years - no names, no pack drill and I don't limit this remark to
just VH players - show me games where they have shown no ambition at all
and then wondered why they lost!
Anyway, enjoy your time with the association and play as many humans
as you can. Computers and engines are okay up to a point but remember:
if you're consistently beating the engine then stop. You can't be doing
it any good!
Regards,
Tyson
On 08 March 2021 at 19:49 blindadrenaline@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Oh, so sorry, Tyson, memory failed me on that one.
By the way Tyson, brilliant job with that particular game that
Michael sent me by the way that you did.
If there are others out there that you have available, I'd be happy
to donate via pay pal or whatever to have access, I found that
analysis you wrote extremely helpful.
As to the chess castle, I know Jim isn't doing discussion in there on
Thursdays anymore, but I thought maybe folks were still meeting in
there to play games? I assume that isn't the case.
Thanks much,
Che
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From: usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<usbca_chess-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Behalf Of Michael Rodgerson
Sent: Monday, March 8, 2021 1:02 PM
To: usbca_chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [usbca_chess] Re: New member looking for info and games
Che, just a correction, it was Tyson who annotated that game. I
think the doors have been closed on the chess castle for about a year.
