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by herlocksholmes
Thu Dec 28, 2006 4:51 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Update on Jeff Jones
Replies: 28
Views: 53997

It is the "can" in cancer that is important. Because cancer CAN be beaten.

I wish you all the best in your darkest hour.

Best regards
Herlocksholmes [/b]
by herlocksholmes
Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:03 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Unified World Chess Champion
Replies: 4
Views: 11500

Dear cornstalk, Topalov is a great player. His conduct away from the board and maybe the advice he chose to follow concerning his conduct away from the board was regretfull. It seems that the controversy is raging on, if the latest press release by Carsten Hensel (dd 28/10/06) is anything to go by. ...
by herlocksholmes
Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:50 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Centaur status or not?
Replies: 13
Views: 25308

Centaur status or not?

Dear chessfriends, As you all know I am quite vocal about the fact that the use of chess engines in correspondence chess is not illegal and that players who choose to use them should not be labelled as cheaters etc. I understand and respect the view of those that say that engines should not be allow...
by herlocksholmes
Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:14 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Use of engines in matchs
Replies: 10
Views: 18732

Dear lousy, You are obviously correct in your view that the engine should not be allowed to play the game on behalf of the human. That is not what i suggest. My views on the topic is a matter of public record. The human element is the most important of all. I use my engine as an analysis tool and I ...
by herlocksholmes
Tue Oct 24, 2006 12:42 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Use of engines in matchs
Replies: 10
Views: 18732

Hello pete and lousy,

Common chessengines are , Fritz, Shredder, Junior etc. You can purchase same at chessbase.com.

Lousy, you are wrong, I mean exactly what i said.... :D

Best regards,
Herlocksholmes
by herlocksholmes
Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:09 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Use of engines in matchs
Replies: 10
Views: 18732

Dear maxsource, You unfortunately placed your head into a hornets nest! There are 2 main followings as far as i could ascertain. The first are those people who wish not to play over the board classic chess, but prefer to play correspondence chess with otb rules (that would NOT include the use of che...
by herlocksholmes
Sun Oct 15, 2006 8:28 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: naked chess???
Replies: 1
Views: 6341

Aaaah, dear uncle Mic, How nice to hear from you again. To answer your question about the state of my attire when I play chess.....No I am not "nached" at the board so please don't get more freaked out than you already are. I was just wondering why one would have such thoughts, though ?? Wierd ?!! B...
by herlocksholmes
Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:58 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Unified World Chess Champion
Replies: 4
Views: 11500

Unified World Chess Champion

Congratulations to Vladimir Kramnik on becoming the Unified World Chess Champion. It is just a pitty that the Topalov team had falsely accused Kramnik of cheating. In the light of this I unfortunately think Topalov will best be remembered as the player "that went down the toilet" Best regards Herloc...
by herlocksholmes
Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:09 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: New Correspondence Chess World Champion
Replies: 6
Views: 14184

Dear Neric & Hybrid (and John - if he is reading), Thank you for your comments. Good O'll Mic and i have a bit of a history as far as the "chessbase" debate is concerned. In this regard see our various posts in the past. - In defence of those players who don't fake it - Best regards Herlocksholmes
by herlocksholmes
Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:42 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Declining Challenges
Replies: 3
Views: 8746

Yes.....tippex it out on your monitor. Works every time :)
by herlocksholmes
Wed Sep 20, 2006 3:10 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: My highest rating ever
Replies: 26
Views: 42416

From your last reply i gather that you fall in the 70% group and that you are over 50 :)
by herlocksholmes
Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:11 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: My highest rating ever
Replies: 26
Views: 42416

On this "high" note i think i should pass a C sample.....
by herlocksholmes
Fri Sep 15, 2006 1:42 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: New Correspondence Chess World Champion
Replies: 6
Views: 14184

Mic, What do you mean "to hell with the human brain", to manage and play 150 games at once (as you profess to do, without assistance) you certainly do not use a "chessbase" program do you? In order to play 150 games at once i accept that you set up the board for every position ( as i would accept a ...
by herlocksholmes
Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:11 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: New Correspondence Chess World Champion
Replies: 6
Views: 14184

New Correspondence Chess World Champion

Congratulations to Ivar Bern from Norway on becoming the new Correspondence Chess World Champion.

Read about his great achievement at:

http://amici.iccf.com/issues/issue_08/i ... art_2.html

Best regards,

Herlocksholmes
by herlocksholmes
Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:19 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Chines chess
Replies: 9
Views: 17011

Did you use a search "engine" to google, or just your brain?

Best regards,

Herlocksholmes
by herlocksholmes
Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:47 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: My highest rating ever
Replies: 26
Views: 42416

Come on mic, dont be so modest. You dont have difficulty playing chess engines (players with ratings over 2500). You are a chess monster, we all know that ! You are able to play roughly 150 games at one given moment with an rating in excess of 2200 remember ! You are clearly a grand master and any c...
by herlocksholmes
Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:47 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Chines chess
Replies: 9
Views: 17011

Should have been: www.learnhowtospell.com, maybe it can help "slowly" If you caught the punn, you can keep it!
by herlocksholmes
Sun Aug 20, 2006 11:07 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Chines chess
Replies: 9
Views: 17011

learnhowtospell.com
by herlocksholmes
Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:17 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: My highest rating ever
Replies: 26
Views: 42416

I bow my head to you oh great poet........sorry i have to pass my "B" sample....be right back....
by herlocksholmes
Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:13 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: My highest rating ever
Replies: 26
Views: 42416

I herewith tender a urine sample, from the first taste it seems to be ok. I however wish to state in advance that i have naturally high testosterone levels.Come to think about it, i should enter the Tour de France!
by herlocksholmes
Sun Aug 13, 2006 12:57 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: My highest rating ever
Replies: 26
Views: 42416

What....!!!!..is there more than one Euro?? I thought there was only one !!
by herlocksholmes
Sun Aug 13, 2006 6:41 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: My highest rating ever
Replies: 26
Views: 42416

Why is it that every time i blink.......i can't see anything ???.....wait, there it happened again !!!
by herlocksholmes
Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:31 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Avast, ye lubbers!
Replies: 5
Views: 11994

Take 2 asprin and see me in the morning
by herlocksholmes
Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:42 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: chessbase advantages??!!!
Replies: 27
Views: 46928

........yawn..........zzzzzzzzzzz
by herlocksholmes
Tue May 16, 2006 12:47 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: chessbase advantages??!!!
Replies: 27
Views: 46928

Dear bshardein, Please don't loose any sleep about it. Obviously you are correct in your view. There is nothing wrong or illegal in using a database of games in correspondence chess, and that goes for any stage of the game !! You are however totally silly if you were to use OTB rules in corresponden...
by herlocksholmes
Mon May 15, 2006 3:53 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: chessbase advantages??!!!
Replies: 27
Views: 46928

Dear mic, It is clear where you stand on the issue. I however feel that praise should be given where it is due and in your case you should be complimented for being able to currently play 114 (if i counted correctly) games at the same time on this site allone. With my puny little brain I would never...
by herlocksholmes
Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:03 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: chessbase advantages??!!!
Replies: 27
Views: 46928

Dear cornstalk, Thank you very much for making the point. You are perfectly correct when you say that it is not illegal to make use of a chess engine in correspondence play. In fact it is common practice and common knowledge amongst the international correspondence chess fraternity. Correspondence c...
by herlocksholmes
Sun Apr 09, 2006 1:30 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Rating question
Replies: 2
Views: 7812

Rating Question

Virus,

If you were rather to call the hypothetical players C & D, i might have the answer for you. But as we are talking about A & B, i dont have a clue !


Your friend in need.

Herlock
by herlocksholmes
Sat Oct 09, 2004 3:18 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Idea for a tourney
Replies: 44
Views: 78531

Count me in please.

Regards from Bondstreet,

Herlock Sholmes
by herlocksholmes
Thu Sep 30, 2004 8:22 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: RE:Using Chess Engines
Replies: 2
Views: 8778

RE:Using Chess Engines

We are dealing with correspondence chess, right ?? If so, what is the difference between correspondence chess and so called "over the board games"?? In a otb game, would a player be allowed to consult any form of assistance ? - No. In correspondence chess, would a player be allowed to consult Nunn's...
by herlocksholmes
Sun Sep 26, 2004 8:41 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Are you ready for some chess?
Replies: 52
Views: 118330

Thank you for your e-mail Bret.

Ok i'll take part in your tourney. I however suggest that you start a bit later than 01/01/05 as the world might still be celabrating then !!

Regards from Bondstreet

Herlock Sholmes
by herlocksholmes
Mon Sep 20, 2004 12:48 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Congrats to sumdeus!!
Replies: 16
Views: 28882

Well played sumdeus, and all my co-players in the 2003 final group !!

I'm looking forward to playing all of you again.............SOON !!

Regards from Bondstreet

Herlock Sholmes