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experimentator 10/20/2004 08:06:24 [ report this post ]	Subject: ▄▀▄▀ 64Squares ▀▄▀▄ [04] Message: You can find old posts here: gameknot.com/fmsg/chess5/1764.shtml Lets try to use our forum more... Best wishes, experimentator (with permission of kai_sim )
sualksnh 10/22/2004 02:34:59 [ report this post ]	timeouts Message: Hello Team - In my opinion we should think about changing our policy regarding timeouts. In our team's profily Kai writes: "We all don't like when there are time-outs, it's just frustrating for every one else on the team, so you better will have a goooooood reason for that and let everyone else know about it..." Obviously this did not work good enough. For the future I suggest to expel timeouters from our team as a rule. Exceptions should still be possible, of course. I propose following procedure: If a member of this team (i.e. our Captain) gets notice of a timeout this should be made public in this forum. If the timeouter provides no reason at all he/she/it should be expelled within a week. If he gives a reason we should vote via messages to our captain within a week. A relative majority should be sufficient to expel the sinner. Best regards, Klaus
kraveirus 10/28/2004 05:17:55 [ report this post ]	My sites Message: I would like to show for the team my fotolog: www.fotolog.net/professor and my blog: umprofessordehistoria.blogspot.com/ (yes, im a professor of History) Thanks, kraveirus
kraveirus 11/02/2004 08:18:56 [ report this post ]	At last Message: My first victory for the team: board #2300298 (Wing Gambit) Best regards, kraveirus
kraveirus 11/04/2004 13:46:26 [ report this post ]	One more Message: board #2330255 (Owen Defence) Best regards, kraveirus
kraveirus 11/05/2004 16:35:30 [ report this post ]	One more Message: board #2300299 (Sicilian-Najdorf) Best regards, kraveirus
kraveirus 11/08/2004 14:09:50 [ report this post ]	One more Message: board #2330256 (Grob Opening) Best regards, kraveirus
bucklehead 11/08/2004 16:56:40 [ report this post ]	Just wanted to say... Message: ...that I'm glad to be aboard, and hope I can be an asset to the team! So, kai_sim , where are my games? I'm eager to get to work!
kraveirus 11/11/2004 14:10:05 [ report this post ]	One more Message: board #2296664 (Sicilian-Najdorf) Best regards, kraveirus
kraveirus 11/12/2004 02:32:13 [ report this post ]	Two more Message: board #2321979 (Wing Gambit) - Timeout board #2321980 (Sicilian-Najdorf) - Timeout Best regards, kraveirus
kraveirus 11/12/2004 09:48:18 [ report this post ]	One more Message: board #2296665 (Ruy Lopez) Best regards, kraveirus
kraveirus 11/12/2004 18:15:44 [ report this post ]	One more Message: board #2304922 (Sicilian-Najdorf) Best regards, kraveirus
64squares 11/21/2004 11:19:51 [ report this post ]	Hello Message: Hello to all members of 64Squares. My name is Ron and I'm happy to be part of the team and hopefully to be able to contribute.
lionwizard 11/21/2004 16:16:11 [ report this post ]	timeouts Message: In a message Sualknsh wrote , dated 10/22/04, If the timeouter provides no reason at all he/she/it should be expelled within a week. Though im not on the team any longer , perhaps you should add a stipulation to this rule ... For instance and exactly what im referring to ... I was hospitalized for one week ... That was my reason for timing out .. Perhaps the captain Kai_sim and inuk shouldnt chastise the player that timed out if they give such a legitamate reason as being in the hospital, a funeral or a family matter .. This practice might avoid future altercations... Like if there was an earthquake .. i wouldnt be surprised if the player on your team wasnt asked while you were stuck underneath the ruble and debry .. why couldnt you locate a laptop??? ... food for thought ...... Take care and happy gaming to all
sualksnh 11/22/2004 03:42:38 [ report this post ]	Dear Lionwizard Message: My proposal for a new rule has not even been discussed. It's probabaly deemed to be bad and nobody wanted to point that out, lest to hurt my feelings. Well, I'm grateful for that. To my understanding the old rule is still in effect. We shall not timeout and our captain will decide on the consequences of any violation of that rule. Take it easy and don't waste too much time thinking about your former team. Best wishes, Klaus
bucklehead 11/22/2004 14:30:39 [ report this post ]	I for one... Message: ...am satisfied with the captain making these decisions on a case-by-case basis. I would favor some public announcement of timeouts, along with any excuses that get tendered to kai_sim ; but in my (limited) experience on the team, this has already been done without instituting a written policy on the matter. I'll trust kai's judgment; and of course if there's a point where a team member thinks he's made the wrong call, well, we can make a stink about it here in our forum and encourage him to change his mind.
vandy 11/22/2004 22:14:14 [ report this post ]	Personally... Message: I think leaving it all up to kai_sim is fine, but I also think it places a lot of needless pressure on him. A hard and fast rule is easily understood and easily enforced without the possibility of someone thinking kai was somehow playing favorites. Many teams state that NO timeouts are allowed (and I would lean this way). Another way could be to allow only 1, 2, or 3 timeouts before being removed from the team. There are, indeed, valid reasons for a timeout but they are few and far between.
remmelijn 11/24/2004 07:14:27 [ report this post ]	time out Message: When you play a lot off games and somehow you where to late to move it is very likely that you loose more then one game. I appreciated the opportunity to hear about someones reasons and having some basic democracy in the team. As I wrote before in november time outs where not a big problem. No specific rules are requered and I would like to think that I am in a team where people take their own responsebility.
koogas 11/26/2004 10:01:48 [ report this post ]	Introducing myself Message: Hello team, due to a car accident I had last weekend I was not able to find time saying 'hi' to my team. I am a german boy, 18 years old and working as soldier in the german army. That's why I had to leave my old team and stop playing team matches. I am happy that kai asked me to rejoin the team to play 7-day-games. I am pretty sure to have a nice time here and hope that I won't loose to many games :/ Greetings, thomas
kai_sim 12/17/2004 20:27:15 [ report this post ]	hi Message: everyone!!!! i'm back in the forums!!!!!!! the ban is finaly over and i'm able to post again!!!!!!!!!! except the few timeouts we have had in the past days, i think the team is doing GREAT! however, it's the attendence that pulls us down right now. as i've said before, the team now is on 'vacation' for one month and middle or end of january i'll start setting up team matches again. in the meanwhile you all should try to do the best possible out of your remaining team matches. after that we will be back in full strenght and kick some serious butt again. i'm talking with two other players i would like to have on the team. one is an old lady from germany who beat me once or twice in blitz otb and the other is a friend from montreal. both would be available for team games only. i will see what i can do... i would like to take the time to thank kraveirus for linking his past team games and being ready to discuss them with the rest of the team. also, if anyone get's banned from GK or from the forums i would like to know! in a case like that please send me an email to: simski@sympatico.ca so i'll be able to address it to mike and find out whats going on and what we can/could do about it. sarah and the baby are doing fine and we are expecting the baby any day now! (will be some great chess player with both parents as active players!!!) i'll let you go for now, thank you for your time and good luck with your games! best regards kai
chees 12/18/2004 02:24:59 [ report this post ]	Hi Kai:-). Message: Welcome back. It´s a great pleasure that you are now able to post here again. Hopefully it will last this time. I would like to take this opportunity to say Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to everybody at the team:-). With the hope that the new year will bring a lot of good chess to you all, and that we will avoid timeouts on the team in the time to come. Have a nice holiday everybody:-). With many Christmas greetings from Chees
kai_sim 12/18/2004 16:33:17 [ report this post ]	thx Message: and i wish you all the same: merry christmas and a happy new year to the entire team!
lordoftherings 12/18/2004 19:09:29 [ report this post ]	The Lords (reconstruction) Message: Our team is reconstructing. In this process we'll consider the applications from players who are reliable and serious about TEAMWORK. Our team's maximum capacity is 15 people. Our team has 2 rules; 1) Time out percentage MUST not exceed 5% for the new applicants. For the members, team game timeout percentage MUST be below 5%. The team members who pass that limit (in their team games) will automatically be removed from the team. 2) You need to keep in touch with our future captain tolgas or our future manager lordoftherings and with the other member if possible as we believe communication is a key point while trying to reach our goals. If you're thinking that you fit our expectations, you're welcome to apply The Lords Management
kai_sim 12/19/2004 23:04:27 [ report this post ]	wow Message: thats cheap! or is it a teamcaptain who can't find his own forum anymore! or just a captain who abandoned his team after failing to renew his membership and insisted on letting the team go into inactive status. or a captain with two id's and can't get membership for the other id because it would be same credit card? or just a coinsidence that team captain and manager have the same name? ... or am i cheap because i actualy answer to this? or does tolga/tolgas/tolgay actualy think he had success by trying to devide the team? i just don't know how i could be so blind in the past! it's sad, i feel like a schoolkid now and understand my lesson! thx kai p.s.: go find your own team! p.p.s: there was a reason why we left you and why i have been asked to start my own team! or did you forgot about that already?
kai_sim 12/28/2004 13:16:14 [ report this post ]	hi guys Message: slowly we are working back us back up. any winning chain of more than 8 victories without a loss could bring us back into the top 10. that is how close the teams are together right now. congrats for tom to finish his first team game - unfortunately a loss, but i'm sure it was just a patzer and is winning in the others. if anyone is desperate for team matches, forget about it! i have decided the team will be on vacation until beginning of january and will not change that, sorry. best regards kai
kai_sim 12/30/2004 14:07:54 [ report this post ]	ITS A GIRL!!!! Message: lol, yep you read it right! it's a girl! first before the baby i would like to show you something: " 30-Dec-04, 11:52 Private message from tertsius: Hello, kai_sim! Hello Dad, I am sure you are celebrating a beautiful and bouncing baby by now. CONGRATULATIONS, woo hoo!!! Way to go MOM, oh and Dad your two minutes are well appreciated also, haha!! " please you all have a look at the timestamp: 11:52, dec 30th. YOU ARE CLOSE MY FRIEND! BUT CLOSE AND NO CIGGAR!!! at 11:59, dec 30th 2004 we have had a baby girl looking for the first time into the same light. her name is natasha mina simanowski, she is 9 pounds, 4 oz (!!!!) . she is as pretty as she is big, and her smile will let you melt away! (pics will follow soon, couldn't think about getting camera into hospital before, sorry). you all take care, God bless you all! best regards from sarah, kai and natasha
iamlordvoldemort 12/30/2004 22:23:17 [ report this post ]	Congratulations! Message: Congratulations for Sarah and Kai for having the young princess, and congratulations for Natasha for having wonderful parents.
chees 12/30/2004 23:12:08 [ report this post ]	Congratulations! Message: That´s wonderfull. Big congratulations to all three of you. Having a baby is almost the most wonderfull thing you can imagine. My thoughts now go back to when my own daughter was born 21 years ago. I wish all the best in future for your new family. With many congratulations wishes from chees
bucklehead 12/31/2004 10:32:00 [ report this post ]	Almost the most wonderful, chees? Message: For me, the arrival of my two kids has brought more joy than I ever thought it was possible for one person to have, and it warms my heart that you and your family, kai, will share in the wonder. Keep her warm, get sleep when you can, and have faith that the tar-black and sticky green poops you are dealing with now will change over soon enough. Did I mention anything about getting sleep? Congratulations, and welcome Natasha!
erazmus 12/31/2004 16:43:44 [ report this post ]	Congratulations Message: Congratulations Kai and Sarah, and welcome Natasha! I am very happy for this wonderful event for you and for the joy of us all to hear more and more of in our futures. Best wishes and warm regards from erazmus
chees 1/01/2005 00:22:02 [ report this post ]	bucklehead Message: I can second that. The word "almost" was unfortunate. And while I am here: Happy New year to all at the team:-).
spider441 1/03/2005 12:45:16 [ report this post ]	Message: Kai, That's awesome news.. Congratulations to you and Sarah. I am sure you will find lots and lots of joy with Natasha.. Take care and a happy new year to everyone in the team, - Spider
chees 1/17/2005 07:02:47 [ report this post ]	Have a look at Message: gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=2395783&r=378 I just love queensacrifices :-).
chees 1/17/2005 07:05:06 [ report this post ]	Oh, I forgot Message: Please no comment to the game, as it is still in progress.
chees 1/17/2005 07:05:07 [ report this post ]	Oh, I forgot Message: Please no comment to the game, as it is still in progress.
chees 1/17/2005 07:05:10 [ report this post ]	Oh, I forgot Message: Please no comment to the game, as it is still in progress.
chees 1/17/2005 07:06:26 [ report this post ]	.. Message: Did´nt mean to post 3 times. Don´t know what happen.
remmelijn 1/29/2005 07:55:45 [ report this post ]	queensac Message: Message: Nice winning sac chees, did you prepare it before or after 36. Ne3? Two moves in particular are a bit mysterious to me. Why did you play 17. Qg4 and 27. Rf2? Thx for showing your game I would like to see more interesting material here...
chees 1/30/2005 05:03:40 [ report this post ]	RE:Queensac Message: I did had it in mind before 36.Ne3. But had to bloch the way for the black quuen, in order to free the rook at f2. During the game I remembered the game between Bent Larsen and Tigran Petrosian, from Santa Monica 1966. Althoug Larsen took a pawn at g6 when he sacrificed his queen. I played 17.Qg4 instead of 17.Qf3 (which I believe is what you find mysterious) because of 17.Qf3,f5. Which I think was better for black. I thought if I played 17.Qg4 at first I could make him move his knight. And he did. At the same time I prevented him from exchanging his knight at e5. About 27.Rf2, I played it whith the intention to double my rooks at the f-file. Perhaps I should have prepared it with 27.Kh1 to prevent the binding of my rook after Qd4. But to lure his queen to d4 also makes Ne7 unprotected. Anyway at that time of the game I had the clearly better position with several possibilities.
remmelijn 1/30/2005 16:22:04 [ report this post ]	queensacs on g6 Message: Funny how these things can inspire you. I didnt know the Larsen Petrosian game. Since the queen sac (actualy the whole attack) is such a beauty I will put the pgn up here. Thx for your explanation btw where do you think your opponent went wrong? greetings Remmelijn [Event "Havana ol (Men) fin-A"] [Site "Havana"] [Date "1966.10.25"] [Round "4"] [White "Larsen,Bent"] [Black "Petrosian,Tigran V"] [Result "0-1"] [Eco "C01"] 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5 exd5 5.d4 c6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Ne2 Re8 9.Ng3 Nbd7 10.Nf5 Nf8 11.Nxd6 Qxd6 12.Ne5 N6d7 13.Bd2 f6 14.Qh5 Rxe5 15.dxe5 fxe5 16.Rfe1 e4 17.Bf1 Nf6 18.Qh4 Bf5 19.Qg3 Qe7 20.c3 Ne6 21.Be3 Ng4 22.h3 Nxe3 23.Rxe3 Rf8 24.Qe5 Bg6 25.Rd1 Qf7 26.Rd2 Nf4 27.b4 h6 28.a4 Bh7 29.Qd4 b6 30.Re1 Qc7 31.Qe3 c5 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.g3 Nd3 34.Bxd3 exd3 35.Qe6+ Qf7 36.Qxf7+ Kxf7 37.Rb2 c4 38.f3 d4 39.Rc1 Ke6 40.Kf2 Be4 41.f4 Re8 42.g4 Bc6 43.Re1+ Kd5 44.Rxe8 Bxe8 45.cxd4 c3 46.Rb8 d2 47.Rd8+ Kc4 48.Rc8+ Kd3 0-1
chees 1/30/2005 21:00:03 [ report this post ]	Queensac on g6 Message: Actually it is not that game. Here is the game I was thinking about: 1.e4,c5 2.Nf3,Nc6 3.d4,cxd 4.Nxd4,g6 5.Be3,Bg7 6.c4,Nf6 7.Nc3,Ng4 8.Qxg4,Nxd4 9.Qd1,Ne6 10.Qd2,d6 11.Be2,Bd7 12.0-0,0-0 13.Rad1,Bc6 14.Nd5,Rfe8 15.f4,Nc7 16.f5,Na6 17.Bg4,Na6 18.fxg,hxg 19.Qf2,Ref8 20.e5,Bxe5 21.Qh4,Bxd5 22.Rxd5,Ne6 23.Rf3,Bf6 24.Qh6,Bg7 25.Qxg6 (the queensac), Nf4 26.Rxf4,fxg6 27.Be6+,Rf7 28.Rxf7,Kh8 29.Rg5,b5 30.Qg3, Resign
chees 1/30/2005 21:03:00 [ report this post ]	Sorry, forgot Message: In the game Larsen was white and Petrosian black, and the game is from Santa Monica 1966.
remmelijn 2/22/2005 06:02:17 [ report this post ]	funny Message: Both games against the same opponent end with mate on the 23th move gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=2391332&r=780 gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=2391333&r=888
kai_sim 2/25/2005 08:23:33 [ report this post ]	agree Message: funny and both delayed until dead by timeout good job!
remmelijn 3/03/2005 13:12:22 [ report this post ]	consultation game Message: I wrote you all a message concerning a game with chees. Once I have at least 5 ayes its a go. We will setup the match with one week time controles and the gloves can come off.
kai_sim 3/04/2005 13:52:25 [ report this post ]	maybe Message: if you have 4 and can't find the 5th i'll agree. i do think that the players should be in the same rating range, otherwise the lower rated players might get bored or don't learn anything... i'll be sitting on the bench for now, am busy enough beating chees myself... about our vacation: pictures on paper only, i might scan some to post either team website or my online album, not sure yet... if anyone wants to know: we just came back from the cabingot only a handfull ptarmigans, not even a fish. the weather was bad yesterday and today, so we had to stay inside most of the time. we made about 200 miles with the ski-doo, and it was fun too. marks brother got one moose the day we arrived at the camp, and then bad weather only... :( ...will keep you up-to-date greetings natasha, sarah and kai
remmelijn 3/04/2005 17:56:28 [ report this post ]	(m)ay(be) Message: Thx kay for your support I will count that as one. If you want to be shy and stay on your bench that is fine by me :) Together with Ken and myselff makes already three interested. That is about 10% of the available brainpower of the 64 squares. The match is to be between chees and the whole 64squares team. Since there are no grandmasters around here I suppose every teammember can make a valuable contribution to the game. I don't share your worry that the game could become less appealing to lower rated teammembers. We all have been in boring games and If the team doesn't move in time then I will simply loose a few points. I only think that there should be a minimal amount of interest to start the game in the first place. After that I supose this still is an open forum. Free for teammembers to join as they please.
bucklehead 3/05/2005 05:12:39 [ report this post ]	Fantastic idea Message: I think the chees consultation game is a fantastic idea, one for which I'd like to show my support if not actually signing up to be one of his five victims (feeling very pressed for time lately). I might, however, like to be able to toss in my two cents occasionally, and I'd definitely like to follow the game, both in terms of moves and the ongoing analysis. And so I have some questions that I'm sure have already been well covered: *Who will be his primary victim? It seems there needs to be one "captain" who will be entrusted with interpreting the will of the team. I assume this will be our esteemed remmelijn ; but in this case I also assume it will be an unrated game. Might there be an alternative of getting Mike to create a "World" account with its own actual rating? I am doubtful about this, but it strikes me that this sort of game might catch on, and automating such a thing via GK polls could be a nice innovation. Whether Mike has any interest in adding this kind of feature is doubtful, I know, but just wondering if any feelers have been extended. *Will there be an open forum for ongoing analysis? I'm sure chees is enough of a gentleman to stay away from one (not that he would need to look in order to beat us, of course) and it might make for more dynamic dicussion/argument. The issue there is more one of public participation of non-team members. Will it be against the GK code for someone to comment on an ongoing game even if the purpose of a consultation game is to comment on an ongoing game? Pardon the sentences--it's early. Anyway, I think this is a terrific idea, and I would wish both chees and the nascent Consultation Team good luck and great chess!
chees 3/05/2005 05:47:38 [ report this post ]	Thanks all Message: for your interest in such a game. I look forward to the game and to play all of you. As I already told remmelijn I don´t care if it´s rated or unratet. I expect to win anyway, LOL - just kidding ;-). Should you be able to create an open forum to discuss the game and the moves, I will of course stay away of it. Don´t worry about that:-). So keep up the good work. I hope we will succeed in organizing the game.
spider441 3/05/2005 06:30:40 [ report this post ]	Excellent Idea Message: remmelijn, This consultation chess idea is a great one. This is a great idea to bring life back into the team as well as a good way for beginners like me to learn the game. It's very nice of you to take initiative on this. I would love to participate in this. Unfortunately, I dont have an idea of what it takes in terms of time commitments and I am already balancing my time between work/exams and team games (Kai doesn't give us a break on that, does he ? ;-), Just kidding) I may not be a part of the primary team, but I would love to follow it from sidelines and learn a lot from you guys (hopefully contribute a little bit). I would encourage you to start the game even if the number of primary players is less than 5. I am sure others would soon chip in (I would). Thanks, Spider441
spider441 3/05/2005 06:30:41 [ report this post ]	Excellent Idea Message: remmelijn, This consultation chess idea is a great one. This is a great idea to bring life back into the team as well as a good way for beginners like me to learn the game. It's very nice of you to take initiative on this. I would love to participate in this. Unfortunately, I dont have an idea of what it takes in terms of time commitments and I am already balancing my time between work/exams and team games (Kai doesn't give us a break on that, does he ? ;-), Just kidding) I may not be a part of the primary team, but I would love to follow it from sidelines and learn a lot from you guys (hopefully contribute a little bit). I would encourage you to start the game even if the number of primary players is less than 5. I am sure others would soon chip in (I would). Thanks, Spider441
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