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| Posted by astinkyfart sitecolony.com 5/28/2004 13:16:51 Play online chess |  Subject: GLOBAL BOUNTY HUNTERS #40Message: HELLO TEAM. IT HAS OCCURED TO ME THAT OUR TIMEOUTS HAVE INCREASED IN NUMBER AS OF LATE. IM NOT POINTING TO ANYONE IN PARTICULAR BUT TO ALL OF US AS A TEAM. I KNOW TIMEOUTS WILL SOMETIMES HAPPEN BUT IN RECENT MATCHES WE HAVE HAD MANY TIMEOUTS BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT TEAM MEMBERS. I KNOW IM NOT A PERFECT CAPTAIN BUT I FEEL I HAVE GONE THE EXTRA MILE FOR THIS TEAM. MY DEDICATION TO THE BOUNTY HUNTERS IS SECOND TO NONE! I PLAN TO BE ON THIS TEAM FOR A LONG TIME TO COME AND UNLESS YOU GUYS SAY OTHERWISE I HOPE TO BE CAPTAIN FOR SOME TIME TO COME. I HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO BE UPBEAT AND POSITIVE WITH THIS TEAM AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. BUT... I MUST ASK THAT EACH ONE OF US PLEASE REDEDICATE YOURSELF TO THIS TEAM. WE HAVE ALL BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO REACH A POSITIVE SCORE HERE AND ITS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THIS IF WE KEEP SHOOTING OURSELF IN THE FOOT. THIS IS NOT AN ATTACK ON ANYONE. WE ARE A TEAM AND I INCLUDE MYSELF IN THIS CRITSIZIM. I WILL ASK THAT IF ANYONE IS TIRED OF PLAYING HERE OR JUST BORED WITH THE TEAM CONCEPT THAT YOU HAVE THE CHOICE TO LEAVE ANYTIME. I HAVE BEEN PLAYING WITH SOME OF YOU FOR OVER TWO YEARS ON THIS TEAM AND I DONT WANT THE FIRST PERSON TO LEAVE. ALL IM ASKING IS FOR US TO REDEDICATE TO THE TEAM. WE CANT WIN EVERY GAME AND I HAVE NEVER EVER CARED ABOUT LOSSES BUT TIMEOUTS MUST STOP. IM NOT TRYING TO BE A TYRANT HERE BUT THERE ARE SOME HERE WHO NEVER OR RARELY TIMEOUT AND I HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO THEIR FEELINGS. MOST OF YOU OR PROBABLY ALL OF YOU GIVE 100 PERCENT ANYWAY. LETS GET SERIOUS ABOUT OUR GOALS AND MOVE FORWARD. I HOPE NO ONE IS OFFENDED BY THIS MESSAGE BUT I FEEL A SENSE OF LOW MORAL ON THE TEAM AND WANTED TO SAY HOW I FELT. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by richardwyles sitecolony.com 5/28/2004 14:20:04 Play online chess | absolutely Message: I for one am heartedly sick of it - timeouts have damaged this team way too much. Let's try harder on this - Go GBH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by astinkyfart sitecolony.com 5/28/2004 17:54:01 Play online chess | CONGRATULATIONS Message: linizar has won his first game as a bounty hunter. way to go. hope its your first of many :) ——— When Chess Grandmasters Fail to Live Up to the Title — There are drawn games among top chess players that are even more exciting than decisive victories, especially when they are riddled with errors and attacks. Two such games occurred in the semifinals of the World Chess Championship Candidates Matches in Kazan, Russia — one a face-off between Gata Kamsky and Boris Gelfand, and the other pitting Vladimir Kramnik against Alexander Grischuk. In the diagram below from Game 3 of the Kamsky-Gelfand match, Gelfand had just made a mistake with 28 ... Qh5 instead of 28 ... Qd7. Kamsky then should have moved 29 Bc4, which would have given Black two bad options. If Gelfand played 29 ... Rc4, then after 30 Qb6 Qf5 ... Posted by breakerofwind | sitecolony.com 5/28/2004 20:15:27 Play online chess Since summer isMessage: almost here, maybe the timeouts are occurring because of vacations or whatnot. Stinky, how about increasing the number of days per move? That might help. I don't know what the rules say about it, if there are any. Just a thought. ——— How to Cook in Chess — Actually, "to cook" in chess has nothing to do with culinary pleasures. It is a dreaded word chess composers don't want to hear. A chess composition is cooked when there is a different solution unintended by the composer -- a dual solution. But a composition can be also cooked when someone creates a sound problem or study from an unsound work and eliminates the dual solution. You can also have it both ways as our story shows. Last year we published a chess study composed by Ladislav Prokes and Oldrich Duras, but as pointed out by Prof. Noam Elkies, the study was "cooked." Recently, we learned that a Slovakian player, Ivan Novak, discovered the same dual solution already in ... Posted by astinkyfart | sitecolony.com 5/28/2004 21:38:25 Play online chess larryMessage: i would like to do that but its out of my hands. the number of days per move is automated by gameknot. i would like to see one extra day added. it would make a world of difference i think. this might be something to suggest in gk forum. ——— Boris Gelfand and Alex Grischuk step up battle to face Vishy Anand — The favourites were eliminated, so two outsiders are competing Saturday in the candidates final to decide who meets India's Vishy Anand, the holder, in the 2012 world chess championship match. Israel's Boris Gelfand and Russia's Alex Grischuk play game three of their six-game series in Kazan. Gelfand, ranked world No16, is a 42-year-old veteran who has a career record of doing well in major chess events without winning. Grischuk, 27, world No12, divides his time between chess and poker and was only included among the eight candidates as a late substitute. But the Muscovite has knocked out Levon Aronian and Vlad Kramnik, the two prime favourites, while Gelfand eliminated the US chess champion Gata Kamsky ... Posted by trond | sitecolony.com 5/28/2004 22:59:07 Play online chess WOW!!Message: Look at a_professional_idiot's new profile pic! (only on stinky's page so far) This keeps getting better and better. I've been told I'm next (tomorrow stinky?). I can't wait to see mine! ——— Gelfand to Play Grischuk in Candidates’ Finals — The final two players in the World Candidates Matches in Kazan, Russia, were anything but expected when the chess event began. Alexander Grischuk of Russia and Boris Gelfand of Israel won playoffs on Monday to advance to the final, which begins on Thursday. Grischuk beat Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, a former world chess champion, and Gelfand defeated Gata Kamsky of the United States. Kramnik was one of the favorites before the candidates matches began, but he could not beat Grischuk in the regulation part of their match. He came close in the fourth and last game, until an oversight by Kramnik allowed Grischuk to escape from a losing position. From the beginning, Grischuk’s strategy seemed ... Posted by clark | sitecolony.com 5/30/2004 08:02:28 Play online chess TimeoutsMessage: Thanks for bringing up this issue, captain. It has been discouraging to see so many team matches lost due to timeouts. ——— Chess: When going gung-ho doesn't work — Subtlety is often the key to unlocking pawn endgames. We continue our theme of pawn endgames. White may be a pawn up, but care is required to force a win. RB: It's tempting simply to go 1 Kb4, gobble up Black's queenside pawns and hurl the a- and b-pawns down the chess board to promote. But that would mean allowing Black to capture the two e-pawns and queen on f1. White would still have an extra pawn, but in a queen endgame it would take more technical skill than I possess to be confident of victory. So instead I'm looking at 1 Kd3 and 1 e4. I think both work, but I'm going to go for the immediate pawn advance because it has the added advantage of ... Posted by flyerguy1012 | sitecolony.com 5/30/2004 18:22:16 Play online chess We shouldMessage: gring it up in GK forum.......4 days would be most helpful, recently I've been having to go to the library to make moves and the other day 3 people were ahead of me and despite waiting for nearly 2 hours to get on a computer, by the time I got on.....it was too late hence my 2 recent timeouts..........I have never timed out on the team before and I truly did my best to make my moves on time as I always do, it just happened that this time I was minutes too late........still I apologize to all of my fellow teammates and will strive to make sure that this never happens again.........GO GBH !!! Posted by ctrl-reset | sitecolony.com 5/30/2004 20:20:09 Play online chess Time Outs...Message: This team has been hit by time-out's many times, and I, myself, have been guily for a large percentage of it. I have made it up, to some extent, by taking on more team games (since my rating dropped drastically) and winning them. I havent made up the lost points yet, but I am getting there. So, for those of you who have dropped some games, maybe you can take on more games (since your rating is lower now, maybe your chances of getting back those lost points should be slightly easier). Just a suggestion since it worked for me. And when you do take on more games, try not to time them out too :) unless of course like fly's case when you're queued for a long time for a PC. Sometimes it's difficult for me too when I am on-site doing a training course for 5 days and the customer wont let me plug my notebook into their network for fear that I might steal their data, so I dont have access to the Internet until late night back in my hotel room. Good night -Ctrl. Posted by sonofcaissa | sitecolony.com 5/31/2004 00:27:18 Play online chess TimeoutsMessage: Behind you all the way captain. Except where unavoidable (sudden illness, power outages, system crashes, etc.) I will not time out in any of my team games. sonofcaissa Posted by astinkyfart | sitecolony.com 6/03/2004 12:44:38 Play online chess good team day so farMessage: we still have a few hours before the totals are added up but so far today we are plus 6 which is great for a one day total. several victories by different members. keep up the good work. go bounty hunters!!!!!!!! Posted by richardwyles | sitecolony.com 6/04/2004 03:20:16 Play online chess well done markallenMessage: I know, I've been there. Can't help but notice markallen has fought back from -35 to -21. Great work. Go GBH Posted by markallen | sitecolony.com 6/04/2004 18:16:48 Play online chess thanks for the support Richard, Stinky and all...Message: many of my woes were due to a heap of timeouts whilst away on a long trip. Go GBH's Posted by astinkyfart | sitecolony.com 6/05/2004 13:21:45 Play online chess i think it was his profile picMessage: that inspired him ;) nice rat in the photo mark :) Posted by trond | sitecolony.com 6/06/2004 11:30:43 Play online chess Well done MarkMessage: Keep up the good work :) Trond Posted by flyerguy1012 | sitecolony.com 6/07/2004 07:33:19 Play online chess Excellent MarkMessage: keep em coming....GO GBH !!!! Posted by flyerguy1012 | sitecolony.com 6/07/2004 07:36:39 Play online chess I also thinkMessage: that our captain deserves some praise as well....... as he has strung some serious wins lately and is now in the running with terrabull and daddyslittlegirl.......way to go captain !!!! Posted by flyerguy1012 | sitecolony.com 6/07/2004 07:38:08 Play online chess oopsMessage: sorry.......daddysgirl, that is.............. GO GBH!!!! Posted by trond | sitecolony.com 6/09/2004 07:01:33 Play online chess Time to wake the sleeping monsterMessage: The GBH team thread I mean. Seems like yesterday was a good day for us. We are -23 as of writing this. Two nice wins for me today, e.g., two more team points in the right direction. Both games were ended with decisive tactical blows. If any of you are considering getting an endgame book, I can recommend "Just the facts!" by Alburt & Krogius. I was recommended this book by baseline, after asking for recommendations in a thread in the chess forum (the forums are not dead!!). It will not teach you the very basics like mating with K+Q vs K, K+R vs K, and so on. You can find these at: www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/index.html under Class D - Endgames - Essential checkmates (are you listening Richard? You asked about K+R vs K a while back). But once you know these basic mates, this is a really nice endgame book. Trond, the chess geek :) Posted by flyerguy1012 | sitecolony.com 6/12/2004 07:42:01 Play online chess -18Message: We're getting there.........I can smell 0 again..... Let's Go GBH !!!!!!! Posted by richardwyles | sitecolony.com 6/13/2004 22:46:55 Play online chess I'm hearing you TrondMessage: BTW - The All Blacks beat England 36-3 in the weekend. I know rugby is off topic but hey, pretty good win. Had me drinking whisky! Go GBH and go All Blacks Posted by ctrl-reset | sitecolony.com 6/18/2004 05:38:09 Play online chess Sorry team...Message: I sincerely apologize for timing out some team games during the weekend. I didnt have time to log on and was hoping the weekend additional time would save me, but it didnt. I am sorry. Also, Mike sent me a message saying that my account may be terminated because I have too many time-out's and he thinks I am doing it on purpose to lower my ratings. So stinky, if you see me gone all of a sudden, you know why.... I promise to do well. Time will tell. Take care team. Love, Ctrl. Posted by astinkyfart | sitecolony.com 6/18/2004 12:49:07 Play online chess all you can do is start now andMessage: improve on this. just a suggestion but... you should lower your total number of games on gk. i think it would be much easier for you if you did this. Posted by ctrl-reset | sitecolony.com 6/18/2004 20:46:06 Play online chess ok, will do...Message: i'll lower the amount of mini-tourney's that i play..... Posted by astinkyfart | sitecolony.com 6/20/2004 14:29:41 Play online chess HAPPY FATHERS DAYMessage: TO ALL THE GLOBAL BOUNTY HUNTER DADS Posted by astinkyfart | sitecolony.com 6/20/2004 21:51:29 Play online chess zero is in sight!Message: at the time of this message we are at -17. zero is actually in site for the bounty hunters. this team is too good not to have a positive score. lets keep up the good work, stay away from timeouts, and i will try to get us good matches. lets go bounty hunters!! Posted by terrabull | sitecolony.com 6/21/2004 12:41:00 Play online chess hey hey!Message: -17!! The best I've seen so far, way to go GBH! I havent had a timeout for almost a month now, im forcing my work aside so i can have time for chess again, baby steps, baby steps..... sounds like i need a support group... :) Posted by deadofknight | sitecolony.com 6/21/2004 19:04:07 Play online chess Amazing to be so close...Message: It seems like yesterday when zero seemed like a dream...and now it is within reach...lets push through. Posted by daddysgirl | sitecolony.com 6/22/2004 03:08:33 Play online chess I think a lotMessage: has to do with stinkys great play at the mo..keep hunting Capt..:) Go GBH Posted by sxyvoice | sitecolony.com 6/22/2004 04:03:19 Play online chess Congratulations to our Captain~! Keith~!Message: Congratulations to our Captain on reaching 300 games with the Bounty Hunters~! GR8~! Keith~! Go~! ♡GBH♡~! Posted by trond | sitecolony.com 6/22/2004 04:10:07 Play online chess 300 games Stinky!Message: Well done! Only sxyvoice is ahead of you there. Nice progress for you lately, both rating-wise and team-points-wise. We are -16 today! We will get to 0 eventually. In the mean time, have fun with some good games of chess :-) Posted by flyerguy1012 | sitecolony.com 6/22/2004 06:24:37 Play online chess Congrats CaptainMessage: on reaching the 300 game plateau......I am looking forward to playingthe next 300 with you GO GBH !!! Posted by astinkyfart | sitecolony.com 6/22/2004 13:01:09 Play online chess THANKS!!Message: I APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS SAID. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN WITH THE TEAM FOR SOMETIME YOU CAN REALLY APPRECIATE CLOSING IN ON ZERO! NOT FAR TO GO. I KNOW WE WILL REACH IT SOON. ALSO I HOPE 300 GAMES IS ONLY THE BEGINING FOR ME WITH THIS TEAM :) Posted by breakerofwind | sitecolony.com 6/22/2004 19:44:32 Play online chess Nice going, StinkyMessage: and to the rest of the team. I have 2 timeout wins but that was offset by 1 loss. Another win coming up, though. Let's get to 10 this week! Posted by astinkyfart | sitecolony.com 6/22/2004 21:40:43 Play online chess WOW!Message: WE STAND AT -9 AS OF TONIGHT!! WE HAD SIX VICTORIES TODAY BY TIMEOUT, THE MOST IVE SEEN SINCE IVE BEEN CAPTAIN. THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT IF YOU SIMPLY LOGG ON AND MAKE MOVES SOMETIMES THE LUCK SWINGS YOUR WAY. :) KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GUYS. I THINK 0 IS VERY CLOSE NOW GO BOUNTY HUNTERS!!!!!!!!!! Posted by ctrl-reset | sitecolony.com 6/23/2004 01:38:54 Play online chess StatsMessage: Wow, we're -9 today. According to the team table, we're ranked 134 going by team score of -9. And if ranked by rating, we're ranked 12!! Yes, numero twelve. Wow. Way to go! So by actually aiming to get a team score of zero, we're actually unconsciously driving the team up the team rating table. Way to go. Well done team. And for the members who upped their games when some of us timed-out, thank you very much. We wont do it again but we appreciate all the help. Ctrl awayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Posted by richardwyles | sitecolony.com 6/23/2004 02:41:43 Play online chess I think ratingMessage: is the most accurate ;-) that is -12 is better than 134th Posted by trond | sitecolony.com 6/24/2004 00:13:11 Play online chess -7!Message: I can smell 0 points .... :-) Posted by deadofknight | sitecolony.com 6/24/2004 22:14:53 Play online chess -4Message: soooooooooooooooooooo close!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by flyerguy1012 | sitecolony.com 6/25/2004 15:52:15 Play online chess oooooooooohhhhhhhh(extreme elation)Message: man....I have goose bumps................COME ON TEAM>>>>>>>>>>>WE'RE THIS CLOSE.............Let's DO IT !!!!!!!GO GBHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by richardwyles | sitecolony.com 6/27/2004 01:15:57 Play online chess 2 timeout wins and 1 lossMessage: overall, a small step closer... Posted by flyerguy1012 | sitecolony.com 6/27/2004 19:42:02 Play online chess -3Message: (grinning)............wow...................3 more wins to 0....GO GBH !!! Posted by richardwyles | sitecolony.com 6/28/2004 00:46:01 Play online chess -2Message: hey, who's counting? Posted by deadofknight | sitecolony.com 6/28/2004 08:04:28 Play online chess Today could be the day!Message: One more baby step! Posted by valdevino | sitecolony.com 6/28/2004 12:16:08 Play online chess I'm proudMessage: I am proud and speachless. I've been waiting for this. I must remind that this "great run for the zero" starts on a big intervention of our CAPTAIN about time-outs. Oh mighty captain, such powerful words were the begining of our joy. That's the way! I hope, in the future those kind of speaches won't be needed. GO GBH Posted by ctrl-reset | sitecolony.com 6/28/2004 17:40:06 Play online chess Great speeches will always be needed...Message: Just look at all the big teams. They have big coaches who motivate their team to reach for the sky. Look at the LA Lakers, they have Phil Jackson, who brings out the best of them team. Look at the Global Bounty Hunters, we have astinkyfat who brings out the best from each player through his speeches, his constant motivation, some prodding and lots of understanding. A great team needs a great leader. And the only way a leader can motivate his troops is through great speeches. All the best GBH. We worked hard to be here. We deserve our ZERO! -Ctrl. Posted by astinkyfart | sitecolony.com 6/28/2004 21:57:12 Play online chess thanks for the complimentsMessage: but.. i wont take any credit. i have always felt this team is one of the most competative on gk. most of our timeout woes are from past members. some of us current members are guilty of this too but we all make mistakes. this team is full of some of the best players but more importantly i feel some of the best people. im glad to be a part of this team. i plan to be a part of this team unitl i can no longer play chess. go bounty hunters!!!!!!!!! :) Posted by flyerguy1012 | sitecolony.com 6/29/2004 09:27:31 Play online chess Well said KeithMessage: and may I say that it is a pleasure to play on a team with so many great people and such a dedicated captain..........GO GBH !!!! Posted by astinkyfart | sitecolony.com 6/29/2004 12:59:30 Play online chess CONGRATULATIONS TO NETBUSMessage: NETBUS HAS GOTTEN HIS FIRST TEAM VICTORY WITH THE BOUNTY HUNTERS. WAY TO GO NETBUS! :) Posted by valdevino | sitecolony.com 6/29/2004 13:31:10 Play online chess One monthMessage: I have one month left with GBH... one full month to see the number zero. May be I'll see much more than that... Looking for this team members, I trust I'll see a plus 10 before the end of July. Like the Blues Brother's song: "Rolling, rolling, rolling..." Go GLOBAL BOUNTY HUNTERS Posted by astinkyfart | sitecolony.com 6/29/2004 16:50:16 Play online chess valdevinoMessage: when you get more time , dont forget your team. i will hold a spot for you. you are welcome here anytime. :) you have been a good team member. | Maximum number of reply messages has been reached | |
