The 2,000,000th post game

Huh.

Riv's given the makings of a PROPER tutorial on the previous page ...

If I illustrate what he's set forth ...

Well, that'll have to wait for a little bit.
I'm not in proper "teaching" mode yet, just stream-of-consciousness.

Probably not too long a wait, though -- even in my current "blah" state I can recognize that's good stuff, with some terminology I've never encountered before despite having a reasonable history with chess material.

But until I've shifted to a more serious mode; it's not gonna come, so I'm not gonna force it.

In the meantime, the log of a recent game against a higher ranked ...
He had a clock that surprised me by adding time to his side, though not mine.

But until I noticed that, I relaxed a bit and let him come back, almost costing me the game. The last 20 or so moves are crap from me as a result; I've got to learn to be a LITTLE more disciplined when playing these guys, I see.
Can't rely on the rules being fair and consistent in regards to the clock on such websites.

[WhiteElo "1879"]
[BlackElo "1955"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 2. e5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 4. Qe2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 7. b4 {[%emt 0:0:14]} cxb4 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 8. axb4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 9. Rb1 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:0:40]} 10. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:0:20]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 11. Ne4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 12. c3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 13. h4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:0:38]} 14. Nfg5 {[%emt 0:0:15]} f6 {[%emt 0:0:43]} 15. Qh5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} h6 {[%emt 0:0:48]} 16. f4 {[%emt 0:0:47]} fxg5 {[%emt 0:0:55]} 17. hxg5 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:0:32]} 18. gxh6 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Rxe4+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} 19. Be2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:0:25]} 20. Kd1 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Nf2+ {[%emt 0:0:19]} 21. Kc2 {[%emt 0:0:22]} Nxh1 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 22. h7+ {[%emt 0:0:25]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 23. Bd3 {[%emt 0:0:35]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:1:19]} 24. Qxh1 {[%emt 0:0:16]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 25. g3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 26. Qxa8 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 27. Qg2 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 28. Qh3 {[%emt 0:0:20]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 29. Kd1 {[%emt 0:0:32]} Qa4+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} 30. Ke2 {[%emt 0:0:20]} Qc2 {[%emt 0:0:19]} 31. Bxc2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 32. d3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bf3+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} 33. Ke1 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 34. d4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Rf3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 35. Bd2 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 36. Qh4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bxg3+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} 37. Qxg3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 38. Kf2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:0:1]} 39. Ke1 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:0:2]} 40. Ke2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:0:1]} 41. Ke1 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Rg1+ {[%emt 0:0:1]} 42. Ke2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:0:1]} 43. Ke3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:0:1]} 44. Kf2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Rf3+ {[%emt 0:0:1]} 45. Ke2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rh3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 46. Kd1 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 47. Kc1 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:0:1]} 48. Bd1 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 49. Bc2 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:0:1]} 50. Kb2 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:0:0]'} 51. Be1 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Re2 {[%emt 0:0:1]'} 52. Bh4 {[%emt 0:0:6]'} Rh2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 53. Bg3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 1-0

Game against a lower ranked opponent. Pretty sure he either ran out of time, made a careless mistake, or got impatient/frustrated.

The trade offs here HAVE to have been confusing for a novice to play against.
I don't think there's a general rule I DIDN'T break in this one ...

[WhiteElo "1684"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} a4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} c6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 4. Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:12]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 5. c3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} h5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 6. Bf4 {[%emt 0:0:9]} h4 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 7. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:0:19]} h3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 8. gxh3 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 9. Qe2 {[%emt 0:0:19]} a3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 10. bxa3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 11. Rb1 {[%emt 0:0:27]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:0:20]} 12. Rb3 {[%emt 0:0:25]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 13. Nb1 {[%emt 0:0:12]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 14. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 15. Nxa3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 16. Qb2 {[%emt 0:0:51]} Rxf3 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 17. Qxa3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Rxf4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 18. Rg1 {[%emt 0:0:19]} Rxe4+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} 19. Kd2 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:0:33]} 20. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 21. Rg2 {[%emt 0:0:27]} Na6 {[%emt 0:0:33]} 22. Qa4 {[%emt 0:0:32]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 23. Qa5 {[%emt 0:0:39]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:0:38]} 24. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:0:33]} Nxg8 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 25. Qc7 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Nxc7 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 0-1

I wonder who will win??

Donald Trump, if he's not indicted.

I'm calling it now.

Say, but I've been getting into Prohibition territory, haven't I?

Need a lot more production out of here today ...

All these Ware Defense games should be instructive, or anti-instructive, which might be even more interesting, if I exert some discipline on myself today ...

[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "1849"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} a4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 3. a3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} c6 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 5. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} h5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 6. Ne2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} h4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:0:21]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:25]} 9. 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Na6 {[%emt 0:0:19]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:0:6]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 11. b4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} axb3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 12. Nxb3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Qa4 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 13. dxc5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} b4 {[%emt 0:0:39]} 14. axb4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 15. Ned4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 16. b5 {[%emt 0:0:38]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 17. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 18. Qxa1 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 19. Rc1 {[%emt 0:0:24]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 20. c4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bb8 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 21. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:22]} f6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 22. c5 {[%emt 0:0:8]} g5 {[%emt 0:0:17]} 23. c6 {[%emt 0:0:13]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 24. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:32]} 25. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:19]} Qg7 {[%emt 0:0:56]} 26. exd5 {[%emt 0:0:22]} exd5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 27. Kh1 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 28. Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:40]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:0:17]} 29. Nf5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Qh2# {[%emt 0:0:6]Mate} 0-1

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/12/how-hollywood-invented-ben-shapiro

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0BSQl7aLsCI

What happened to the news.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M4m_BwYeIRo

Out of context. How to make bad history worse, WWII.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RyPxnlCBzbk

Oskar Schindler. 7/7th sec of doc.

Do you think onions are perfect because it's the only thing on earth that makes people cry?

Trump wins and I will accept ALL bets!

President Trump can invest in education by teaching english in mexico.

Originally posted by Wonder Man
Do you think onions are perfect because it's the only thing on earth that makes people cry?

Tear gas does a pretty good job of that, too.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V5tM2PYxJiM

Erasure of the past versus Donal Trump, the 11/12/2019 Andrew Klavan show.

Played this one even more randomly than my Ware defense games of the past few days. Game log:

[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1881"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} g5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 4. Bd2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} h5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 5. e5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} f5 {[%emt 0:0:20]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} f4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 8. Ne4 {[%emt 0:0:19]} Bxd2+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} 9. Qxd2 {[%emt 0:0:4]} g4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 10. Nfg5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 11. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 12. 0-0 {[%emt 0:1:2]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 13. c3 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 14. b4 {[%emt 0:0:51]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 15. Qd2 {[%emt 0:0:53]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 16. Bc2 {[%emt 0:0:32]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:15]Guest5418521 reconnected.} 17. Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 18. f4 {[%emt 0:0:53]} gxf3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 19. Rxf3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Nh4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 20. Rg3 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 21. hxg3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 22. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:0:23]} exf5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 23. Rf1 {[%emt 0:0:2]} c6 {[%emt 0:0:19]} 24. Qe1 {[%emt 0:0:24]} b6 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 25. Nd3 {[%emt 0:0:8]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:25]} 26. Nf4 {[%emt 0:0:9]} axb4 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 27. cxb4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 28. e6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 29. Qe5 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:0:51]} 30. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:0:38]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:0:56]} 31. Ng6 {[%emt 0:0:24]} Qxe6 {[%emt 0:0:42]} 32. Qxf6+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 33. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:0:8]} 34. Kh2 {[%emt 0:0:24]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 35. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:0:12]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 36. Ne5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 37. Rh7 {[%emt 0:0:5]} d4 {[%emt 0:0:8].} 38. Rxh5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 39. Rh8 {[%emt 0:0:1]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:0:9]. TimeW} 0-1

The following position makes me interested in exploring this opening.

And maybe a few others.

It's probably crap as far as openings for Black go, but I've enjoyed probably my greatest successes against the highest rated players using the Ware Defense (WD), which I don't even know, which I still don't know beyond assuming making black move his Queen's Rook pawn up 2 spaces counts as it ...

That wasn't, and still isn't, me consciously employing a named opening I actually know something about. Ware Defense, WD, is instead me literally doing the direct opposite of every general opening guideline I can think of, but using the sheer novelty of that and my rudimentary knowledge of tactics to unbalance opposition.

*Ahk*

In my previous post just above, I should have written:

"The PRECEDING position ..." , etc, etc.

This was too experimental to break down the way I will my Ware Defense games in a bit.

Beyond, of course, explaining that the objectives were

to make my opponent feel under siege, at the beginning, from all those pawns advancing on him,

eliminate his bishops,

use his own central pawn to block his progress
after he had escaped my pins,

avoid his dangerous mid and end game mating traps, my rook thwarting the last and deadliest, which would have been an Arabian Mate,

and graduate a pawn or two to close the game out.

As it is, I succeeded in all but the last; the game finished via timeout in my favor.

Randomness, among other things because I discovered a good channel, by a poster whose handle is "Knowing Better" ...

The following was from some video discussing whether judo and/or jujitsu could actually be useful, especially if it could help women fend off a larger, stronger attacker, who, hopefully, was not himself a professional fighter. The conclusion was "yes" -- at least in an on-the-mats gym session or generic "grass" encounter:

Same presentation gave a surprisingly good breakdown of why some judo submission and choke holds are so effective.

Having endured a friend demonstrating some of this stuff on me, I can attest a lot of it really DOES work. Sure made a believer out of me ...