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Carlsen's new squeeze in the upcoming photoshoot, Lily Cole:
http://semplicementeio.org/3487/lily-cole-photogallery/
This one definitely gets my sex drive going. She has an unusual look to her.
I tire of the way these shoots are made though. Too tame. Let's see Carlsen and Lily in a Paris Niteclub dancing to Rave, or maybe walking in Berlin hand in hand making out. The clothes thing is too G-rated. Turn up the heat a bit. Put Lily in a pair of jeans where her jeans crotch area and her ass area are discolored to be suggestive.
Just because the model plays chess doesn't mean he doesn't have a sex drive. For the first time these guys have a guy that can play the part and they ruin it by not playing it for all its worth. Try to balance it out. The guy is just like you and me not some brain in a jar.
And Magnus, for crying out loud, look at her tits and ass and foam at the mouth like the rest of us.
http://semplicementeio.org/3487/lily-cole-photogallery/
This one definitely gets my sex drive going. She has an unusual look to her.
I tire of the way these shoots are made though. Too tame. Let's see Carlsen and Lily in a Paris Niteclub dancing to Rave, or maybe walking in Berlin hand in hand making out. The clothes thing is too G-rated. Turn up the heat a bit. Put Lily in a pair of jeans where her jeans crotch area and her ass area are discolored to be suggestive.
Just because the model plays chess doesn't mean he doesn't have a sex drive. For the first time these guys have a guy that can play the part and they ruin it by not playing it for all its worth. Try to balance it out. The guy is just like you and me not some brain in a jar.
And Magnus, for crying out loud, look at her tits and ass and foam at the mouth like the rest of us.
Kasparov visits a very young Magnus and they analyse together. There is no better way for a young player to improve than to get lost in a position (analysing) with a much stronger willing player.
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Octi is an interesting game:
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Arima is also an interesting game:
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Decent article in general on how to develop games that are hard for computers here:
http://en.chessbase.com/post/computer-resistant-chess-variants
Mastering your own psychology in chess is critical. There are opponents that are trying to manipulate it on purpose. Even extremely strong players fall prey to it:
Good article on the subject matter in general:
http://en.chessbase.com/post/psychological-warfare-and-einstellung-effect-1
http://en.chessbase.com/post/psychological-warfare-and-einstellung-effect-2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstellung_effect
Good article on the subject matter in general:
http://en.chessbase.com/post/psychological-warfare-and-einstellung-effect-1
http://en.chessbase.com/post/psychological-warfare-and-einstellung-effect-2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstellung_effect
I'm gearing up for another tournament soon. Still working to revamp my black repertoire versus 1 e4 from the French to the Sicilian and add the QGD versus 1 d4. I had prepared A40 versus 1 d4 for the last tournament and I won a nice game with it in the final round but I don't trust it 100%. I'm no longer an unknown at the club so I'm thinking the stronger players have scouted my repertoire. I will have a surprise for those guys with a different set of openings.
Regarding Lasker's advice to look for a better move after finding a strong one, I don't follow it. I follow the KISS principle over the board. Time controls are much faster than in Lasker's day and the goal is to beat the opponent, not to play the perfect game. If I see a line that leads to a clear advantage, I'll stop calculating and make the move. In my last game I had a strong attack going and Houdini showed that I missed mate in 8, but rather than racking my brain I just went for a cheap combo that won a piece and mopped up.
Regarding Lasker's advice to look for a better move after finding a strong one, I don't follow it. I follow the KISS principle over the board. Time controls are much faster than in Lasker's day and the goal is to beat the opponent, not to play the perfect game. If I see a line that leads to a clear advantage, I'll stop calculating and make the move. In my last game I had a strong attack going and Houdini showed that I missed mate in 8, but rather than racking my brain I just went for a cheap combo that won a piece and mopped up.