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Bobby Fischer's Last Loss

This is my analysis of Game 11 - Spassky/Fischer match 1972. It was the only game in which Spassky out played Fischer. Spassky's first win was a Fischer blunder in Game 1, a dead even end game. With this win, Spassky was within 2 games of Fischer, but that included a forfeit in Game 2. The analysis includes Rybka 3 scoring system (1.0 = pawn up for white) and the ranking of each move (1 = best move). The minutes per move are also shown (a - indicates less than a minute).

SpasskyFischer
movetimescoreranktimescorerank
1e4-.141c51.245Sicilian Defense
2Nf31.233d61.344
3d4-.245cxd4-.241
4Nxd4-.241Nf6-.181Najdorf Variation
5Nc3-.181a6-.46
6Bg5-.0912e61.213
7f41016+Qb6201
8Qd21-.317Qxb2--.281Poisoned Pawn Line B97
9Nb3--.532Qa3--.671
10Bxf6--.74Qxb2--.71MCO opening
11Be2--.662Qa312-.611ply = 14
120-01-.61gxf61-.276Spassky probably still in a prepared line
13Kh14-116+h53-.562Rybka shows h4 as better
14Nb130-.561Nc614-.463
15Qe32-.31d56.044Ne7 or Qa4 better
16exd53.041Ne7-.041
17c45-.11Nf59-.032White has compensation for the pawn
18Qd31-.031h427.334exd5 better
19Bg45.331Nd671.0612maybe the losing move, 0-0-0 better chance
20N1d291.061f5-1.282Rybka opening, Rg8 slightly better chance
21a351.281Qb611.682Qa4 better chance
22c531.891Qb5-2.913Qd8 best chance
23Qc3112.911fxg414.145Rg8 best chance
24a414.141h366.3211Qe2 in desperation
25axb536.641hxg2+-1Fischer should have resigned by now
26Kg2-1Rh3-1
27Qf673Nf534Qe5 slightly more aggressive but Spassky is easily won
28c641Bc8-2
29dxe621fxe6382
30Rfe129+1Be73103
31Rxe6110+1resigns112.97resigns

Spassky matched Rybka's analysis 17 of 18 times from move 14 to the end, or maybe it should be stated that Rybka matched Spassky's analysis!


Dow history repeating itself?

The six data points on the left of the graph above, is the stock market crash of 1929 - 1932. The value of each data point is shown in an equal ratio to modern times. You can see the market tried to make a comeback for three years before losing 90% of its value. The market did not recover until the mid 1950s. Likewise, the current market is trying to make a comeback after a one year "crash." The data below is Oct 08 - Mar 09.


Me VS Armasan

Yahoo Rated Game, February 21, 2009
1. e4 - b6
2. d4 - Bb7
3. Nc3 - e6
4. Bd3 - c5
5. Nf3 - Nc6 (d5 for white is good)
6. Be3 - Nb4
7. Bb5 - cxd4 (dxc5 for white is good)
8. Bxd4 - Nf6 (better to take with Knight)
9. a3 - Nc6 (early castle for white is good)
10. Be3 - Bc5
11. Bxc5 - bxc5
12. e5 - Ng4
13. Qe2 - 0-0 (Qd6 good for white)
14. h3 - Nh6 (Bxc6 good for white)
15. 0-0 - f6
16. Ne4 - Nxe5
17. Nxe5 - fxe5
18. Nd6 - Bc6 (Nxc5 good for white)
19. Bc4 - Qg5 (Bxc6 good for white)
20. f3 - Nf5
21. Qxe5 - Qd2
22. Bxe6 - dxe6 (Knight is hanging but so is White's Bishop)
23. Qxe6 - Kh8
24. Nxf7 - Kg8 ???
25. Nh6 - Kh8
26. Qg8 - Rxg8
27. Nf7 (smothered mate with lone knight)


Greg Reese Sr. VS Me

Waukesha Chess Club, January 21, 2009
1. e4 - Nf6
2. Nc3 - d5
3. d3 - e5 (somewhat aggressive, as a higher rated player)
4. Bg5 - Bb4
5. a3 - Bxc3 (causing a weak pawn structure for white)
6. bxc - Qd6
7. Bxf6 - gxf
8. Nf3 - dxe
9. dxe - Bg4
10. h3 - Bh5
11. Qxd6 - cxd6
12. Nh4 - Bg6
13. Bb5 - Ke7
14. Nxg6 - fxg6
15. Rb1 - Rc8
16. Rb3 - Rc7 (white's rook is too defensively placed)
17. 0-0 - Nd7
18. Bxd7 - Kxd7
19. f4 - Ke6
20. f5 - gxf
21. exf - Ke7
22. Rf3 - Rg8
23. Kf2 - b6
24. Rg3 - Rxg3 (attrition is helping black)
25. Kxg3 - Rc4
26. Kh2 - h5 (giving black's rook too much play in the center)
27. g3 - Re4
28. Kg1 - Re2!
29. Rb2 - Re3!!
30. Kf2 - Rxc3
31. Ra2 - h4 (white graciously resigned)


President-Elect Promise

From barackobama.com, "Barack Obama will make health insurance affordable and accessible to all." My health care cost $20,389.20 per year, over 40% of my pension. Although this won't put me officially at the poverty rate, our income will be the lowest of all siblings in both our families (10). In my opinion, the only thing that can be done to make our health care affordable would be to decrease our benefits. So I suppose Obama will keep his promise by providing a limited benefit package accessible to all at an affordable price. The other option is to come out of retirement and work for my health insurance.


Obama and Roberts Bungle Oath

Obama came in early before Roberts said "do solemnly swear." Then Roberts incorrectly put the word "faithfully" at the end of the phrase as well as using the preposition "to" instead of "of." You'd think two Harvard lawyers could recite 42 words correctly, but, I woulda been nervous too...

Roberts: I Barack Hussein Obama...
Obama: I Barack...
Roberts: do solemnly swear,
Obama: I Barack Hussein Obama do solemnly swear,
Roberts: that I will execute the office of President to the United States faithfully,
Obama: that I will execute (pauses, seems to know Roberts goof)
Roberts: (probably shaken knowing his own goof) the off- faithfully the pres- the office of president of the United States...
Obama: the office of President of the United States faithfully,
(they get the rest of it OK, and they redid the whole thing correctly on Wednesday)


A Tale of Two Taxpayers

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Custom Guitar Tab
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
24 Measure Solo

) = previous note bended to this pitch
- = slide to note


Percent of World Religions

  1. Muslims - 20
  2. Roman Catholics - 16
  3. Hindus - 13
  4. none - 11
  5. independent Christian - 6
  6. Chinese traditional - 6
  7. Buddhist - 6
  8. Protestants - 6
  9. ethnic - 4
  10. Orthodox - 3
  11. Atheists - 2
  12. unaffiliated - 2
  13. neo-religion - 2
  14. Anglicans - 1
  15. marginal Christian - 1
  16. other - 1
    (total Christians = 35)
Here are the possibilities of the after-life depending on who's right:
  1. Muslims - 80 will burn.
  2. Roman Catholics - 16 won't burn, God will judge the rest.
  3. Hindus - 13 have a good chance of taking good Karma into the next world.
  4. none - Some become dust, some don't know.
  5. independent Christian - At least 6 won't burn, more if their beliefs are close enough to a specific church.
  6. Chinese traditional - belief in the after-life varies
  7. Buddhist - 6 have a good chance of achieving Nirvana.
  8. Protestants - many not as rigid as the independents
  9. ethnic - belief in the after-life varies
  10. Orthodox - close to Roman, just consider themselves Orthodox Catholic
  11. Atheists - 100 become dust.
  12. unaffiliated - same as independent, often refer to themselves as non-denominational
  13. neo-religion - belief in the after-life varies
  14. Anglicans - similar to Orthodox, some call themselves English Catholics
  15. marginal Christian - belief in the after-life varies
  16. other - belief in the after-life varies
Percent Religion USA:
  1. no affiliation - 45
  2. Roman Catholic - 22
  3. Baptist - 5
  4. Pentecostal - 5
  5. Jew - 3
  6. Methodist - 3
  7. Lutheran - 3
  8. various - 3
  9. Episcopal - 2
  10. Mormon - 2
  11. Calvinist - 2
  12. Orthodox - 2
  13. Muslims - 2
  14. Buddhist - 1


Barrel of Oil
1/25 (historic ratio)
Price in 53186
$36
$1.44
(blue line)
$1.79

Recent Trend (since 7/3/8)

Is the World at "peak oil?"


Balance of Power

Party control of Governors, Senators, House of Representatives, and State Legislatures


Presidential Election Results

The (shrinking) Republican States of America


History PCT Democrat Control


History Party Control


Sprint Instinct Phone
(PAM) Phone as Modem

After being told by a Sprint tech support person that the Instinct does not have the PAM feature, I did a little forum surfing and got it working. My connect rates are as follows:

Here is everything I did, as far as I remember, and I'm not sure if some of these steps are unnecessary:

  • select Bluetooth option on
  • driver installation: here's the addy for the an updated driver;
    http://www4.sprint.com/pcsbusiness/downloads/SPMM-DL-Instinct-Bld82-001.exe
  • I also installed 2 drivers on the CD:
    CD\install\Phone_1\Driver\setup (and)
    CD\install\Phone_1\Driver\drivers\Setup
  • make sure you know the charges related to your data plan
  • get your MSL code from Sprint
  • make this call on the Instinct: ##332846368#
  • enter MSL code
  • touch "Toggle NAI" select "off" option
  • remove SD micro card (some have tried ##USB# to achieve this)
  • create a new dialup connection using #777 as the number, no ID, no password. Check if the Samsung Mobile Modem and drivers are present (when you plug the phone into the computer it may find it automatically)
  • Run Sprint media manager
  • look for the prompt to connect

Advice for Creating a Web Page

  • Domain name: Consider reserving a unique name at a cost of a few dollars per month. Short names with a dot com extension are preferred. Netsol.com is a good starting place to compare with other company deals.
  • Space: You can put a Web page up for free on some sites but with restrictions and often annoying advertisements. Some companies (like us @ russ.org) may charge just a few dollars a month to host your page (Web forwarding option). You can get your own space for $10-20 per month with quite a bit of independence. Spend some more and you can get a site with commerce options.
  • Design: You'll get what you pay for when hiring a Web designer. Some good ones will ask for several thousand dollars down just to start. You can always try the do-it-yourself method, getting help on the Web. We include many helpful pages throughout our domain.

White Sands National Mom-ument)

Unobvious Questions:
  1. How many teams are there in the "Big Ten?"
  2. Where is London Bridge?
  3. Who's buried in Grant's Tomb?
  4. What was Harry Truman’s middle name?
  5. What did they call the war before WWII?
  6. What year was Jesus born?
  7. Who became Vice President when Johnson took over for Kennedy (63-64)?
  8. In December, if someone stated, “I know who’ll win the Super Bowl this year, what kind of odds would you give?
  9. What kind of cheese is in “head cheese?”
  10. How long did the "Hundred Years' War" last?
  11. Is the glass half full or half empty?

List – Animals – Eaten: cow, pig, chicken, turkey, sheep, goat, deer, buffalo, emu, duck, goose, pheasant, blackbird, rabbit, squirrel, frog, fish, (sardines, anchovy, herring, smelt, salmon, tuna, etc), shrimp, crab, lobster, oyster, clam, muscle, scallop, snail, crayfish, squid, octopus, alligator, snake, woodchuck …

Wanna get your hands on some money? Here's what $200,000 would look like in stacks of hundred dollar bills, next to my thumb.

$200,000


Thanks to James051 of Network Solutions for helping me merge all my accounts into one...

Check before you authorize a credit card charge!!!

I needed to replace the cover to a GM keyless entry unit. My guess was that the cover would be about as much as buying a new unit, about $30. Without checking the cost, I authorized payment on a credit card at Russ Darrow Cadillac of Waukesha, Wisconsin. When I got home and checked the bill, it was over $150. It turns out you can get them on the Web, with programming instructions, for about $35. A costly lesson for a small item...


RUSSUDOKU


A-Rod's Pace

YearHome RunsSeason AveCareer Pace
19963636756
19972330620
19984234707
19994236751
20004137773
20015239826
20025742879
20034743893
20043642877
20054842890
20063542876
20075443898
20083539827
2009???


Have you kissed a giraffe today?


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