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Excellently done, Josh! And the boards that Greg added were a great touch, so thanks to Greg also! I'm looking forward to seeing more, and have perhaps a game of two I've seen you might be interested in dissecting. Maybe, sometime you could make the games illustrative of certain openings, or variati...

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THE REAL REASON CANADA DOESN'T HAVE MORE TEAMS IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO!

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Well, all I can say is would someone, somewhere please take the Leafs????

Considering I'm stuck with them, all I can say, Brian, is....

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Um...'Weather Tax?"

Aren't things bad enough without giving the governments any more ideas, Eugene?

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2012 Zapper Special Awards! Dateline: Wednesday, October 17, 2012. (Grunky Park, Greenland) It is a great pleasure as 'Tournament Dictator' (my new title!), to proffer the following special 2012 Zapper honours: To Pwillows (Pete) and Tmitchell (Mitch), I present the 2012 “Fogerty Fegan ” award; for...

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Brian has hired a free-lance agent of George's security staff, and asked him to take a look at Keep 'Em Checkmated's woes, and come up with a solution...

I don't think he's gonna stick with the job, somehow!

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ZAPPER 2012 Scoreboard – Round Two Scores. (Tuesday, October 24, 2012 - 27 Games Played.) http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff517/lynxsoft/Zapper/64-Tyr.png Team Tyr – 11 (11 Games) http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff517/lynxsoft/Zapper/64-Caissa.png Caissa's Chosen – 9 (15 Games) http://i1239...

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Actually, Eugene, Keep 'Em Checkmated has done pretty well the last week or so! They haven't lost a game!

(...of course they haven't won or drew any either, but why dwell on the negative, eh?)

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Wait until you see the latest scores!

Gets even worse!

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ZAPPER 2012 Scoreboard – Round Two Scores. (Friday , October 12, 2012.) http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff517/lynxsoft/Zapper/64-Tyr.png Team Tyr – 7 (7 Games) http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff517/lynxsoft/Zapper/Sportsmanship64.gif What's Sportsmanship – 5 ½ (6 Games) http://i1239.photobu...

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Final Team Lineups as of Friday, October 12. http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/ff517/lynxsoft/Zapper/64-Caissa.png Cassia’s Chosen - 2515 Iamachessstudent (2772)* Gkthomas (2954) – Cassia’s Chosen / The Beerdrinkers Johnrbrown (2543) Redketchuplover (2286) Sour (1995) http://i1239.photobucket.com...

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ecperreault wrote:I hear he has $150 Canadian and is trying to get the State of new York to back him for the rest.

The rest???

What 'rest"?

This is the Islanders we're talking about here, remember?

I'd think he should get some change back!!!

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You hit the nail on the head there, Eugene! :lol: :lol: :lol: It's funny how, suddenly this morning, after looking at my " To Do " List, the whole weekend was eaten up! heck, she may need to stay away for another week if she expects all this done!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: Hmmm....Does this mean I ...

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Ah, but you've never seen me golf, Brian!

As a rule, it takes me that two years to hit the ball off the tee!

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First, to Brian: Okay. How about until October 1? Methinks that's Monday. If they haven't joined by then, gotta dump them, okay? :| Hey, Cliff! That long 2-Volume email was yesterday's news. I replied with a 3-Volume Leather Binder Set - YESTERDAY! Secondly, to Eugene; You're right! We don't exchang...

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Er....forgive me if this is a dumb question, but....

Whart is the Ryder Cup???

Seems to me, I've heard of it, but for the life of me, i can't remember what sport at the moment!?!

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Well, the 26th is here, and so far only Asoka has joined Josh on Board one. That means Pete and Tom will be replacing them tommorrow, barring a miracle. I'm sending Josh an email to repost the board, and I'll do the calculations tonight to see who replaces whom. I'll post that tomorrow! Hopefully, w...

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I just sent you a email, Eugene...well, maybe it's more like a novel, really!

It contains some of the data about next years Zapper - more will follow soon.

- Cliff

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ZAPPER 2012 Scoreboard – Round Two Scores. (Sunday, September 23, 2012.) Team Tyr – 4 (4 Games) What's Sportsmanship – 3 (3 Games) Caissa's Chosen – 1 (2 Games) Keep 'Em Checkmated – 0 (7 Games) Board One Results - Posted and waiting to start. - (Asoka, Iamachessstudent, Katagamsky, Pcmvr) - No Gam...

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“(14) (b) Board(s)† not posted within three weeks after the start of the final round will be dropped, and only those boards played shall be counted towards team scores. (c) Players not joining a posted Board challenge within ten days shall be considered to have withdrawn from the tournament, and re...

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Team Lineups as of Saturday, September 22. (We seem to have had a few changes in the various team rosters, so maybe we should update that also!) Team Tyr - 2623 Katagamsky (2920) Jpost (2813) Cliff (2681)* Roadrunner (2404) Hgrayson (2297) What's Sportsmanship - 2441 Asoka (2893) Jvanmechelen (2366...

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Board Two in in play, and that only leaves Board One. Since it's been nearly a week since Josh posted Board One, and still no of the other participants have joined, it's about time to look at the fail safes, in case the Board remains unstarted by the 26th of this month. I don't think an entirely new...

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2012 Zapper Round Two Scores Friday, September 21, 2012 Team Tyr – 4 (4 Games) What's Sportsmanship – 3 (3 Games) Caissa's Chosen – 0 (1 Game) Keep 'Em Checkmated – 0 (6 Games) Board One Results - Posted and waiting to start. – (Asoka, Iamachessstudent, Katagamsky, Pcmvr) - No Games Finished (Tyr –...

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You'll note below that Board Two is already in the process of being reposted with Jvanmechelen and Gkthomas replacing Dmitryogoblin and Krambambuli. Simple reason for my jumping the gun by a day: I have a medical appointment tomorrow and may not remember to do it then! Hmmmm.... Interesting thing ab...

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Well, I just "spoke" to Jan and will send a PM to Gkthomas tommorrow about rejoining the Zapper for Board 2, Round 2. Jan is in, so is Pete (if needed), and if Gk is ready, we can get Board 2 going. Just hope the same luck holds for Board 1, now that Josh has it up, and we'll be fully functional! "W...

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Fantastic! I figured you were busy, Josh! Nice to have you back, chum! And I'm looking forward to the skits and new characters, Eugene! They were what I couldn't bring to it, even if I had been online and healthy all year! And, Brian, what's this I hear about you and your pal Gary Bettman messing up...

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Saturday, September 15, 2012. “... (15) The rules may be changed to help the tournament proceed more smoothly.” Such a nice rule, isn't it? And that's going to be the rule that saves this year's Zapper Memorial Tournament! And, despite server issues, computer viruses, my vision problems, Brian's ow...

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ZAPPER 2012 Scoreboard – Round Two Scores . (Saturday, September 8, 2012.) What's Sportsmanship – 1 (1 Game) Team Tyr – 0 (0 Games) Caissa's Chosen – 0 (24 Games) Keep 'Em Checkmated – 0 (1 Game) Board One Results - - No Games Finished (Tyr – 0, Sports – 0, Chosen – 0 , Keep -0) Board Two Results -...

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Zapper 2012 Second Round Board Updates (Well, this is what I was trying to post last time, when I was overcome by a sudden burst of ...er... I think “stupidity,” is the best word.) Just an update on how the Boards are doing in Round Two of this year's Zapper. So far, we have two Boards in play (Thr...

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Just typed a very long reply with the good news that two boards are running, and one is posted, and the new line-up for Board Four, and forot to hit submit. I'll do it again tomorrow Library time is almost up, but to Brian: johnb is the replacement for cmulligan, okay? post when you can! Thx m- Cliff

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Comments on the Poll up to Tuesday. August 27. (5 Days ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once again, these are the choices, I'll try to post an update every five or six days, as to what the numbers seem to ind...

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Err....

Oddly enough, despite everything, Board Three of the second Round of the Zapper 2012 is the only one up and running at this point!

Now that I'm back, where the heck did all the rest go to????

I see that Chris is taking a hiatus, so now what the heck do we do, guys???

HELP!!!

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You'll be missed, Chris. Now I have to find a replacement for you in Round Two! :( But, the Zapper always seems to have someone having problems, or taking a hiatus, so you're far from alone in that regard, buddy! :? At any rate, take care, chum, and we all hope to see you back soon! - Cliff.

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I think I'll cast the first vote here. Which is really the third vote, since Eugene and Josh responded in the forum...whatever? :? Anyway, Given a choice between them, I'd have to cast my votes for: F) the Elimination Match system. I think it's very doable, and could produce some fast results! E) th...

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) The “Classic” Format from the 2010 Zapper - ( Modeled after the Open, it consisted of four tournaments, with 21 players. The top two from each individual tournament advanced to the second round, consisting of two tournaments of four players. The two winners of those tournaments played off for the ...

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Thanks, guys! Duly noted and appreciated! :) I only thought about a Poll sometime last night, long after I posted this! But it does seem to be the fairest way of doing things. One question: If the 2011 Zapper Madness is the way we end up going, should we keep five teams or go back to four? And two R...

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Zapper 2013 Format Ideas? In response to Eugene and a few other players, it may be wise to look at the format for next year's Zapper now. This will give us plenty of time to finalize how we'll continue forth with this amazing annual tribute to Jeff. I, like many others, want the tournament to contin...

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Zapper 2012 Second Round (Medal Round) Board One Katagamsky (2920) – Team Tyr Asoka (2893) – What's Sportsmanship Pcmvr (2804) – Keep 'Em Checkmated Iamachessstudent (2816) – Cassia’s Chosen * Board Two Jpost (2793) – Team Tyr * Krambambuli (2752) – Cassia’s Chosen Sisterofmercy (2607) – Keep 'Em C...

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ZAPPER 2012 Scoreboard – End of Round One. Team Tyr – 16 (24 Games) What's Sportsmanship – 12 (24 Games) Caissa's Chosen – 9 ½ (24 Games) Keep 'Em Checkmated – 8 (24 Games) The Beerdrinkers – 4 ½ (24 Games) * ( * Eliminated) Board One Results - Katagamsky def. Iamachessstudent Katagamsky def. Pcmvr...

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Nice to see you back again, Abiodun! I still remember fondly our two draws in the first Zapper Memorial Tournament, in 2010!

Hope you're well, and all your worries have become a thing of the past, my friend!

- Cliff

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I'll take the blame, Eugene, but quite honestly, once it got started up, everything seemed smooth. The big problems occurred when my computer crashed. Pretty much needed that anti-malware site you had posted then! The next thing you know, my vision was worsening day by day. After a point, even the m...

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Most interesting....what this has to do with the Title of the thread is quite beyond ME, anyway!

But none-the-less, a fascinating debate!

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God, Eugene, I wish I had read that before my computer became on of the infected ones, buddy!

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By the way, I've taken a preliminary glance at the scores (Now that I have my vision mostly back! :D ) and I can give a summary tomorrow or Saturday. My computer is still down, but I can see to use the Library computers now, and I've no more time today. There are still five unfinished games left as ...

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Hmmmm.....Er....
How do you fire a dictator, Chris?

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Hey Guys! I'm back! Give me a day or two to get the standings together and I'll post them on the weekend, okay? Can't talk much now, but I'll post something then, with an update of the reasons for the delay, okay? :oops: Missed the whole gang, and glad to be back! - Cliff P.S. George says "MEOW!" :D

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Hi Guys! I'm still alive, beliweve it or not! :) Just looking at that fast game between Sour and Ural on Board Five. Tommy (Sour) has two points so far, with two interesting wins: I guess your hunch was right, Josh, when you made him a high draft pick1 ...very interesting..... Hopefully, I'll be bac...

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2012 Zapper Memorial Tournament Scoreboard. Yes folks, we do have some scores in from Round One, but between having to use library compuers and an occasional borrowed I-Pad, I;ve scarely had time to make moves, let alone post anything! And with Deb (my better half, for those of you who may not know...

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Well, after two weeks, the entire Zapper 2012 is in play! Board Five isnow underway, just before my announcement, luckily! ) The Board tournament numbers are as follows: Board One - m1334532415 Board Two - m1334597361 Board Three - m1334626831 Board Four - m1334336755 Board Five - m1335680299 Quick ...

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Very nice and simple. Explanation, Josh! That's one of your strengths when you annotate a game, I find; your smooth, layman's terms of explaining the position! ):

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