Favourite moments at the MCC! - OzChess

**Pablito15** · 12-08-2011, 08:43 AM

#1. Inaugural Blitz Marathon, round 5ish, game 3, Cavezza-Lekkas
Cavezza figures he has a decent chance against Lekkas provided they play an untheoretical position, he meets the Dragon with an unorthodox Maroczy Bind, slapping his pieces on random squares: Nd2! Be2! f3. After around 8 seconds play white finds himself in virtual Zugswang and with no obvious moves.. looks at the board confusedly.. both players burst into simultaneous laughter.

2. One fine Tuesday afternoon going through a Fischer-Spassky game with Elie & Greg, a strange fellow walks into the club. After correcting Greg's reading of the game and trying to take the book from him he finally says he remembers Greg but hasn't been to the club for a couple of years as he's been writing his novel. "Oh yeah.. what's it about?" asks Gatto, "It's kind of like Harry Potter, meets Charles Dickens.. with Hobbits" "oh right..." says Greg, "and how's it going?" "Good.. it's been published", and Greg, chuckling, "oh right- what's it called?" .... "ummmm it doesn't have a name yet..." Rapturous laughter followed for weeks.

**Firegoat7** · 12-08-2011, 05:39 PM

1.Watching 88 year old Kon Raipalis jumping up and down on a Chris Depasquale framed photo, saying "He a very bad man" Everyone is just watching this old guy go to town on the photo. Classic

2.Having Paul Dozsa visit the club in a taxi and marvel at his ability to create chaos from thin air. The poor cab driver left with a pair of old shoes for all his trouble. I think Paul Dozsa faked 2 or 3 heart attacks that night.

3. Playing blitz with Matt Williams for a whole winter from 4am-6am every morning. Never learnt so much theory on the Ruy Lopez in my life.

**Pablito15** · 12-08-2011, 06:01 PM

Oh, and I have to add a third:

3- my very first game against Nick Ivanov. I didn't understand how the clock worked- sacking my Queen 'in time trouble' with 75 minutes left on the clock. Much to the bemusement of Nick!

**antichrist** · 12-08-2011, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by Firegoat7

1.Watching 88 year old Kon Raipalis jumping up and down on a Chris Depasquale framed photo, saying "He a very bad man" Everyone is just watching this old guy go to town on the photo. Classic

2.Having Paul Dozsa visit the club in a taxi and marvel at his ability to create chaos from thin air. The poor cab driver left with a pair of old shoes for all his trouble. I think Paul Dozsa faked 2 or 3 heart attacks that night.

3. Playing blitz with Matt Williams for a whole winter from 4am-6am every morning. Never learnt so much theory on the Ruy Lopez in my life.

I heard that Paul in Melbourne may have got free accommodation at her majesties prison as well

**Lekko** · 12-08-2011, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by Pablito15

#1. Inaugural Blitz Marathon, round 5ish, game 3, Cavezza-Lekkas
Cavezza figures he has a decent chance against Lekkas provided they play an untheoretical position, he meets the Dragon with an unorthodox Maroczy Bind, slapping his pieces on random squares: Nd2! Be2! f3. After around 8 seconds play white finds himself in virtual Zugswang and with no obvious moves.. looks at the board confusedly.. both players burst into simultaneous laughter.

Probably my favourite ... although a top contender is:

My brothers playing elie. Elie goes for one of his blitz one liners:

Open the file, ya file

My brother retorts with his very first one liner ever...

ya, open the file ya pedofile

Entire club bursts into laughter.

**Pablito15** · 12-08-2011, 06:09 PM

ha ha ha good one mini lekkas

**the morris man** · 12-08-2011, 09:33 PM

I enjoyed the game Lekkas-Baron in an Allegro one fine Saturday. Baron sits down at the board after just drawing with me, and says 'The real test is over, with a bit of luck I should get =1st'. HBK then says 'Hey, I'm not that bad' and the Baron replies 'Yes but I should definately beat you'.

The two players blitz out 10 or so moves, then Frank sacrifices a knight, which Baron immediately jumps out of his chair after seeing it. Then, after he realises that there are slight complications that he has to work out, exclaims 'Shit! I'm lost!' and declines the sacrifice, electing to go into a lost ending instead, 2 pawns down

**Lekko** · 12-08-2011, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by the morris man

I enjoyed the game Lekkas-Baron in an Allegro one fine Saturday. Baron sits down at the board after just drawing with me, and says 'The real test is over, with a bit of luck I should get =1st'. HBK then says 'Hey, I'm not that bad' and the Baron replies 'Yes but I should definately beat you'.

The two players blitz out 10 or so moves, then Frank sacrifices a knight, which Baron immediately jumps out of his chair after seeing it. Then, after he realises that there are slight complications that he has to work out, exclaims 'Shit! I'm lost!' and declines the sacrifice, electing to go into a lost ending instead, 2 pawns down

Nah I forced mate on h8, he resigned with mate in one, but he was 2 pawns down haha

While we're on the topic of baron:
We blitz out the first 11 moves of our game. Baron castles queenside, looks down at the board, and realises he's in a mainline yugoslav attack of the dragon, says "shit" and proceeds to try to defend while i open the b file, sac an exchange, a rook and a bishop and deliver the great checkmate of our time ;D

**mowcop** · 12-08-2011, 10:42 PM

A blisteringly hot Australia Day Weekender, mid 40's centigrade, and over 50C in the club, everyone is out on their feet on the Saturday and the flavid dude does the honourable thing bringing in an air con unit on the Sunday so that we might play in comfort

However....it was the type you stick in the wall, with cold coming out one end and heat the other. So, if you were stood directly in front....within about 2 feet of it....you felt some coolness. Anywhere else and things were getting gradually hotter

**antichrist** · 12-08-2011, 11:34 PM

1.Watching 88 year old Kon Raipalis jumping up and down on a Chris Depasquale framed photo, saying "He a very bad man" Everyone is just watching this old guy go to town on the photo. Classic

AC
what did he have against the guy?

**Grant Szuveges** · 12-09-2011, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Firegoat7

1.Watching 88 year old Kon Raipalis jumping up and down on a Chris Depasquale framed photo, saying "He a very bad man" Everyone is just watching this old guy go to town on the photo.

I have another funny moment which occured because of this incident:

I was in some sort of meeting - possibly an Australian Championship co-ordinators meeting or something - possibly attached to a regular committee meeting. (I cant remember as it was so long ago - at least 12 years ago). Anyway, during the meeting someone read out a letter by John Lavery about how disgusted he was with this incident and thus everyone in the meeting had it fresh in their minds...

Later in the meeting (possibly in General Business), Marcus Raine suggests that the club needs a first aid kit. Somebody asks "what do we need that for?" to which Robert Jamieson replies "In case Kon Raipalis sprains his ankle stamping on the picture of Chris Depasquale!"....

12-08-2011, 08:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
Pablito15 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 668	Favourite moments at the MCC! #1. Inaugural Blitz Marathon, round 5ish, game 3, Cavezza-Lekkas Cavezza figures he has a decent chance against Lekkas provided they play an untheoretical position, he meets the Dragon with an unorthodox Maroczy Bind, slapping his pieces on random squares: Nd2! Be2! f3. After around 8 seconds play white finds himself in virtual Zugswang and with no obvious moves.. looks at the board confusedly.. both players burst into simultaneous laughter. 2. One fine Tuesday afternoon going through a Fischer-Spassky game with Elie & Greg, a strange fellow walks into the club. After correcting Greg's reading of the game and trying to take the book from him he finally says he remembers Greg but hasn't been to the club for a couple of years as he's been writing his novel. "Oh yeah.. what's it about?" asks Gatto, "It's kind of like Harry Potter, meets Charles Dickens.. with Hobbits" "oh right..." says Greg, "and how's it going?" "Good.. it's been published", and Greg, chuckling, "oh right- what's it called?" .... "ummmm it doesn't have a name yet..." Rapturous laughter followed for weeks. __________________ My Blog!

12-08-2011, 05:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Firegoat7 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Getting owned by White in the Dragon and trying to recover lost positions from shock paralysis OTB Posts: 2,044 ICC Handle: guest	1.Watching 88 year old Kon Raipalis jumping up and down on a Chris Depasquale framed photo, saying "He a very bad man" Everyone is just watching this old guy go to town on the photo. Classic 2.Having Paul Dozsa visit the club in a taxi and marvel at his ability to create chaos from thin air. The poor cab driver left with a pair of old shoes for all his trouble. I think Paul Dozsa faked 2 or 3 heart attacks that night. 3. Playing blitz with Matt Williams for a whole winter from 4am-6am every morning. Never learnt so much theory on the Ruy Lopez in my life. __________________ "...What I meant? Dear Mr Ian Rout (ACF news publisher) could you please put Ozchessforum in the next news letter! There is no reason to hide this forum from the Australian chess public. What they meant? Sorry, No english!- Amir Karibasic

12-08-2011, 06:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
Pablito15 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 668	Oh, and I have to add a third: 3- my very first game against Nick Ivanov. I didn't understand how the clock worked- sacking my Queen 'in time trouble' with 75 minutes left on the clock. Much to the bemusement of Nick! __________________ My Blog!

12-08-2011, 06:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
antichrist Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Byron Bay, NSW Posts: 2,821	Originally Posted by Firegoat7 1.Watching 88 year old Kon Raipalis jumping up and down on a Chris Depasquale framed photo, saying "He a very bad man" Everyone is just watching this old guy go to town on the photo. Classic 2.Having Paul Dozsa visit the club in a taxi and marvel at his ability to create chaos from thin air. The poor cab driver left with a pair of old shoes for all his trouble. I think Paul Dozsa faked 2 or 3 heart attacks that night. 3. Playing blitz with Matt Williams for a whole winter from 4am-6am every morning. Never learnt so much theory on the Ruy Lopez in my life. I heard that Paul in Melbourne may have got free accommodation at her majesties prison as well

12-08-2011, 06:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lekko HBK Join Date: May 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,359 ICC Handle: Heartbreak-Kid FICS Handle: HeartBreakingKid	Originally Posted by Pablito15 #1. Inaugural Blitz Marathon, round 5ish, game 3, Cavezza-Lekkas Cavezza figures he has a decent chance against Lekkas provided they play an untheoretical position, he meets the Dragon with an unorthodox Maroczy Bind, slapping his pieces on random squares: Nd2! Be2! f3. After around 8 seconds play white finds himself in virtual Zugswang and with no obvious moves.. looks at the board confusedly.. both players burst into simultaneous laughter. Probably my favourite ... although a top contender is: My brothers playing elie. Elie goes for one of his blitz one liners: Open the file, ya file My brother retorts with his very first one liner ever... ya, open the file ya pedofile Entire club bursts into laughter. __________________ Originally Posted by Iconoclast Girls attract boys. more girls playing chess = many more boys playing chess

12-08-2011, 06:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
Pablito15 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 668	ha ha ha good one mini lekkas __________________ My Blog!

12-08-2011, 09:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
the morris man mr. snrub Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: some place far away Posts: 101	I enjoyed the game Lekkas-Baron in an Allegro one fine Saturday. Baron sits down at the board after just drawing with me, and says 'The real test is over, with a bit of luck I should get =1st'. HBK then says 'Hey, I'm not that bad' and the Baron replies 'Yes but I should definately beat you'. The two players blitz out 10 or so moves, then Frank sacrifices a knight, which Baron immediately jumps out of his chair after seeing it. Then, after he realises that there are slight complications that he has to work out, exclaims 'Shit! I'm lost!' and declines the sacrifice, electing to go into a lost ending instead, 2 pawns down __________________ no longer in need of a nickname

12-08-2011, 09:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
Lekko HBK Join Date: May 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,359 ICC Handle: Heartbreak-Kid FICS Handle: HeartBreakingKid	Originally Posted by the morris man I enjoyed the game Lekkas-Baron in an Allegro one fine Saturday. Baron sits down at the board after just drawing with me, and says 'The real test is over, with a bit of luck I should get =1st'. HBK then says 'Hey, I'm not that bad' and the Baron replies 'Yes but I should definately beat you'. The two players blitz out 10 or so moves, then Frank sacrifices a knight, which Baron immediately jumps out of his chair after seeing it. Then, after he realises that there are slight complications that he has to work out, exclaims 'Shit! I'm lost!' and declines the sacrifice, electing to go into a lost ending instead, 2 pawns down Nah I forced mate on h8, he resigned with mate in one, but he was 2 pawns down haha While we're on the topic of baron: We blitz out the first 11 moves of our game. Baron castles queenside, looks down at the board, and realises he's in a mainline yugoslav attack of the dragon, says "shit" and proceeds to try to defend while i open the b file, sac an exchange, a rook and a bishop and deliver the great checkmate of our time ;D __________________ Originally Posted by Iconoclast Girls attract boys. more girls playing chess = many more boys playing chess

12-08-2011, 10:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
mowcop fireeater Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 825	A blisteringly hot Australia Day Weekender, mid 40's centigrade, and over 50C in the club, everyone is out on their feet on the Saturday and the flavid dude does the honourable thing bringing in an air con unit on the Sunday so that we might play in comfort However....it was the type you stick in the wall, with cold coming out one end and heat the other. So, if you were stood directly in front....within about 2 feet of it....you felt some coolness. Anywhere else and things were getting gradually hotter __________________ Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand I'm trying out a new blog site..... http://gorkachc.blogspot.com/

12-08-2011, 11:34 PM	#10 (permalink)
antichrist Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Byron Bay, NSW Posts: 2,821	1.Watching 88 year old Kon Raipalis jumping up and down on a Chris Depasquale framed photo, saying "He a very bad man" Everyone is just watching this old guy go to town on the photo. Classic AC what did he have against the guy?

12-09-2011, 10:10 AM	#11 (permalink)
Grant Szuveges Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,003	Originally Posted by Firegoat7 1.Watching 88 year old Kon Raipalis jumping up and down on a Chris Depasquale framed photo, saying "He a very bad man" Everyone is just watching this old guy go to town on the photo. I have another funny moment which occured because of this incident: I was in some sort of meeting - possibly an Australian Championship co-ordinators meeting or something - possibly attached to a regular committee meeting. (I cant remember as it was so long ago - at least 12 years ago). Anyway, during the meeting someone read out a letter by John Lavery about how disgusted he was with this incident and thus everyone in the meeting had it fresh in their minds... Later in the meeting (possibly in General Business), Marcus Raine suggests that the club needs a first aid kit. Somebody asks "what do we need that for?" to which Robert Jamieson replies "In case Kon Raipalis sprains his ankle stamping on the picture of Chris Depasquale!".... __________________ People who have nothing to hide post using their real names...

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