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| Posted by bucklehead mailcafe.net 9/14/2005 11:52:04 Play online chess |  Subject: Lopez, Damiano, Lucena, Polerio, Philidor...Message: Allow me to be the first to publicly congratulate our own ccmcacollister for having several of his old postal games added to the Chesslab database (go to -> www.chesslab.com and search for "Collister" in the pre-1991 section). You can see him in all sorts of action, ranging from Dutchin' it up with correspondence GM Ian Brooks to smacking a guy around with the white side of the Smith-Morra. Very entertaining. I'm sure, given the high caliber of competitors here at GK, that Craig's not the only one with such a claim to posterity. But nevertheless I think it's worth a hearty congratulations--think of it, a hundred years from now someone will be pushing wood, run some thoughts through his database, and see Craig's name come up alongside a crusher of a move. And he'll say, "I don't know who this Collister fellow was, but he played a mean game of chess." |
| Posted by tertsius mailcafe.net 9/14/2005 12:27:03 Play online chess | That would be Message: |
| Posted by tertsius mailcafe.net 9/14/2005 16:34:35 Play online chess | I would like to mention Message: |
| Posted by fmgaijin mailcafe.net 9/14/2005 18:11:25 Play online chess | Corrections Needed <blush>! Message: |
| Posted by ccmcacollister mailcafe.net 9/15/2005 15:26:53 Play online chess | Aw, shucks ... Message: Thanks Jeff, for the great thread. And to everyone here. And you Have got me very interested to find games from more GK'ers on this d-base and others. (I wish more people gave their name, but still bet there are quite a number to be found.) So I want to take a look at that. fmgaijin I understand! It appears my Cote loss is incomplete too. I definately remember sending him an IF move. A 3 or 4 move combination starting with a Rook sac and ending with I RESIGN! But that is all missing. Probably just as well, being well busted where it Does end. Just done writing to fmgaijin and looking up his games; I found not only can he be confused with one GM, but yet an earlier one has but one letter difference in his name plus the same initial. And another 2400+ player is now entering the scene to perhaps make for later confusion. On the otherhand, having ones play being easily confused with 2 GM's is not the worst thing one could suffer in Chess! :) tertsius That's Clai'amore ! You gots to have the accent on it! Thanks tho for pointing to the real power behind the board. Having a Mrs. who plays Chess is a special blessing !! Thanks everyone ... Regards, Craig AC }8-) |
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