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OldSavage out-savages the old savages!

Friday, Sept. 26 --  OldSavage has brought caveman chess to its highest level yet in taking first in our Seniors' Invitational (over-1400) event.  agosoxo put up a valiant battle against the winner, but didn't shed quite enough blood in finishing ...

Oldguy is best of the old guys!

Oldguy418 has emerged the winner of the Seniors' Under-1400 Invitational, edging out Kamaaina for the top spot.  JJMar took third.  Congratulations to our winner and to everyone who took part! 

Premature lock

somebody made an error in that lock and dr. darth has has written what seems to me to be a pretty good prescription that will likely sufficiently reduce the probability of such events in the future. let us give his medicine time to work before tak...

Team Matches

Dave, it won't help for this match, but in my other groups I have the admin put their initials at the end of the match title, that way I can keep track of who created the match and who is the admin to lock the match. It really helps as a lot of ti...

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Another Poem from Dave – with a chess theme

Flashback to My FatherSunday, on a winter's afternoon -- it's quiet but fora brush of rain across our peaked iron roof.We both hold pewter tankards of cold beer,bitter, brown, surmounted with a crown of froth,perfect with a cold beef sausageyieldi...

An Unimportant Stat

At present our group total is 131 members with an 1491 average team rating.  Which breaks down as: 1900+          8% 1800+          7% 1700+          9% 1600+         15% 1500+           8% 1400+          12% 1300+          16% 1200+      ...

A New Poem from Dave

I know this has nothing to do with chess, but I've just start writing again after three years and thought a few people might be interested in my first effort. It's a translation of Horace, Odes i. ix, and the big question is whether I've created s...

If you are ever in Bangkok ....

.... and you want to play a game of chess over the board like they used to play back in the times of BC (before computers) wth real pieces that yo pick up with your fingers and move then consider dropping in for a casual game at the bangkok chess ...

Caponata

There are two matches with the Kasparov Chess Group awaiting registration. Caponata Open is unrestricted. Caponata is restricted to ratings less than 1500. The Sicilian Opening is specified. Caponata (stir fried eggplant) is my favorite Sicilan di...

MATCH POINTS

Points about matches, that is; information about match play at Seniors Chess: 1. On the right side of our home page is a directory.  Click on "Matches."  The page you then see has three categories of info: a. Open Matches -- Matches with room fo...

Hare Krishna match pairings

i know mitch and oldguy can handle the higher ratings but i am worried about the 200 point gap being faced by bigbang, jjmar, jose, kk, and claymont. would you guys please take a look at the pairings? if you are comfortable with it i would like to...

Team Match Help Needed

Ok, we're here! we strike fear! most of all we like and drink beer!!!!! Dave and RockerBob have sent an appeal for those of us <1400 to come to the aid of their team.  Here is our chance to be involved in a couple of team matches where we are ...

A Challenge For All Players Rated 1400 Or Lower

I'd like to encourage ALL players rated 1400 or lower, especially those who haven't been much involved to date, to participate in upcoming matches. I've issued an open challenge for this purpose (that is, one that is open to any group to take up),...

New Vote Chess Admin

I am happy to announce that Mike aka MLDavis has agreed to replace Lauri as our vote chess admin. We look forward to your participation in future vc matches. You will find Mike to be very easy to get along with and also very competent.

Team match statistics

Lauri sent me this info about "points" --------------------------------------------------- Yes. A Team gets Leaderboard Points from each successful Match. http://www.chess.com/groups/team_match_leaderboard?page=11 http://www.chess.com/groups/t...

LearningCoach

Our newest member Learningcoach is a chess teacher. Here is a lecture in which he discusses his philosophy of teaching and his experiences in teaching chess to children. Please click on the link below to play this sound file online.  https://soun...

the bogo indian defense

it starts with 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ from there it proceeds with bishop exchange as follows (these moves are rote) 4. Bd2 Bxd2 5. Qxd2 black now plays b6 preparing for Bb7  4... Bb6 5. Nc3 Bb7 from there we find many alternate lines ...

New Matches

There are some new matches waiting for participants. Please join if you have time to play. To see all the new matches, go to the seniors chess home page by clicking on "Seniors Chess" in your home page, and click on "Matches". Looking forward to y...

Admin training???

Dear admins and super admins Here is a group that may be helpful in learning to use your admin powers. I am just going by the name of the group and its fairly large membership but it could be worth checking out. It is called "Admin Training Camp"...

The Pizza Opening

New match against the Chess Mistresses Please join http://www.chess.com/groups/team_match?id=258416

Help wanted: chess players

we are looking for a reasonably good chess player with good social skills. if his is you kindly apply by clicking on this link.  http://www.chess.com/groups/team_match?id=256112

Happy Songkran 2557

Happy Songkran everyone. It is a weeklong celebration of water powered by alcohol that usually kills off a few hundred of us in road accidents every year. Anyway, here is a match to celebrate Songkran and this match is in dire need of a few more s...