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Talk:Greco Defence

message: The article tends to have a tone mocking the opening.  Sure, premature development of the Q is contrary to opening principles, but that alone is insufficient to throw eggs at the opening and ridicule it.  (For example, the Parham Attack, 2. Qh5, has been used by GM Hikaru Nakamura in high-level tournaments.)
I have a lot of respect for this opening, and let me tell you why: I played a postal game in the 80s against a Master from Chicago who used it against me, he was admittedly experimenting, and later explained his idea was strongpoint maintenance of e5.  (In almost—maybe every—e4/e5 opening, White pretty much can force the liquidation of Black's e5-pawn by  d2–d4 at some point.  If Black doesn't exchange, there are always typical drawbacks waiting for him.  The point of this Master's experiment was strongpoint maintenance without the typical drawbacks.  It was a deep, inventive & pragmatic strategy akin to French Defense, where Black retains his centeral-pawn representation.)
So it doesn't deserve dismissal through a mocking tone (a bias which exists still, even after my recent edits). I think the problem is same as for Parham and other similar openings – too early dismissal based on old, restrictive thinking.  WP shouldn't encourage this kind of conventional thinking, even if it exists in reliable sources, but should maintain NPOV always.  Ok, Ihardlythinkso (talk) 16:19, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, in no way is the Kolty game a fair reflection of the opening. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 17:35, 1 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Done. Thx for your feedback. Ihardlythinkso (talk) 08:50, 2 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV
Talk:Reginald Robinson

message: There's a new article in yesterday's Chicago Tribune on Robinson that could be the source for most of the material in this article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ae-0124-robinson-20100122,0,7137744,print.column mennonot (talk)
:I've added the article as a reference, thanks. — Mudwater (Talk) 02:15, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Chicago Tribune article on Reginald Robinson 

message: This article was seriously lacking in sources and read like an autobiography. I have removed non-notable and unsourced content; and added external links for future reference. Although sparse now, the article has potential to be more given the sources and links for any editor to add notable content; without making it sound like a resume. Thanks. Maineartists (talk) 22:23, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Major overhaul
Talk:Garzon (suffragan)

message: need to be corrected. they appear as symbols FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 02:30, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Simpler to just delete them. It's doubtful how much of this article is accurate, based as it is on a 1907 encyclopaedia. Emeraude (talk) 10:37, 22 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  lats and longs
Talk:Resource Management Act 1991

message: Resource Management act is a used to combat firms who use resouces illlegitly.(shiv)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.153.119.46 (talk) 05:54, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Ruy Lopez, Noah's Ark Trap

message: It might be because the Ark was crowded, as is the bishop.
It's called Noah's Ark because the Black pawns on a6, b5, c5 and d6 look like a boat. It's a trap because White has to be careful of: X. ... c4 Morten Isaksen (talk) 08:38, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of name
Talk:Légal Trap

message: #I'm wondering if it is really correct to say the unpinning of the N and offer of Q is really not a necessary part.  (I think it is, else "Trap" lacks meaning.)
#Also, the text about falling for the Trap being the realm of beginners could hardly be right, if (acc. The Oxford Companion) Capablanca, Chigorin, and Kupreichik have all fallen for it! Ihardlythinkso (talk) 06:33, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Two pts. 

message: #The graphic under "Other Variations" regarding the old Petrov defense represents White as having 3 bishops. Obviously, the one on C-1 should be deleted. MooseFeathers (talk) 09:01, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ihardlythinkso (talk) 06:04, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error in graphic 

message: #Page is called Légal's mate, but it is named after Légall (double-l).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.188.253.98 (talk) 02:08, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Need correct spelling in title
Talk:Frank Marshall (chess player)

message: *A nice anecdote about FJM's marriage at The Chess World in the Year 1905, by Tim Harding. --Philcha (talk) 12:01, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

message: It does. --173.76.60.227 (talk) 15:10, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs a diagram at the 23...Qg3 end position 

message: It's amazing that this article on Frank Marshall doesn't contain a single mention of his greatest triumph, his victory at Cambridge Springs in 1904 (undefeated 13/15 ahead of Lasker, Janowski, etc).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by DrZukhar (talk • contribs) 07:40, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: WP:BB. Toccata quarta (talk) 08:25, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cambridge Springs 
Talk:List of FIFA World Cup hat-tricks/Archive 1

message: Any way of making the numbers automatic so they don't all have to be changed...? --ChaChaFut 04:45, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nope, unfortunately... Daniel.Bryant 07:17, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Table missing Leônidas and Wilimowski 

message: First of all, the list on Page 2 misses the hat-trick by Josef Hügi in 1954.
Secondly about the "debut hat-trick" of Harry Andersson or Gustav Wetterström. That was definitely not the debut by Gustav Wetterström, as he played during qualifying . As for Harry Andersson, from the official FIFA records he scored only one goal; however, RSSSF listed him as scoring three, taking two goals away from Tore Keller . Chanheigeorge 01:11, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I haven't seen the Hugi hat-trick cited anywhere - can you please provide some evidence that FIFA, not anyone else, credit him with three goals during the match - as the lead states, As FIFA is the governing body of football (soccer), official hat-tricks are only noted when FIFA recognises that at least three goals were scored by one player in the one match. This same applies with Harry Andersson - FIFA don't recognise him, therefore he isn't included. However, I agree with you on the Wetterström point - that was an oversight. Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 05:23, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The official FIFA match report  said Hugi scored three, not to mention Page 1 of the FIFA release, under the section "Hat trick for losing side". Chanheigeorge 07:32, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, I didn't see him in that section. Makes you wonder how accurate the list on page 2 is... Thanks for that. Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 08:02, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  On the FIFA release 

message: See here . Chanheigeorge 22:22, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow. I'll add them to the table, in about 12 hours - unless you want to do it :). Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 22:39, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

text: Ah, yes. Good point, again :) Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 22:37, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  FIFA confirms two more hat-tricks
Talk:Clark High School (Plano, Texas)

message: See here. I've heard that the current school principal Stephanie Schmoker, is about to retire. 24.27.105.96 (talk) 23:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  New principal at Clark High School??? 
Talk:Henrys Fork (Snake River tributary)

message: Of the many names given for this river by the USGS [ GNIS entry], none are "Henrys Fork River". The official name is simply "Henrys Fork". Variant names include Henrys Fork of the Snake River, North Fork Snake River, and things like that. All the maps I've just checked also confirm its name as "Henrys Fork", not "Henrys Fork River". Is this article misnamed? Pfly 06:58, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I meant to reply to this earlier and forgot; I'm in agreement with your move of the page to "Henrys Fork." --Thanks, Malepheasant 00:06, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Name
Talk:Robert Jacks

message: I invite the use of quotes and references in context.  The quotes section had no context in its original form.  It was simply a list of quotes, like one would expect to promote a movie or a book.  If there can be context for the quotes, then some/most of them may be appropriate. Fcsuper 06:56, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Quotes
Talk:Future War

message: I was just wondering if it was appropriate to have the following appear on this page:
"As a side not the actual "tracker" feet and mechanical tracker from "Future War" were taken (stolen) by Dublin for use in "Carnosaur 3"."
The particular quibble is with the use/addition of '(stolen)'. Is this allegation proven? I did not note a citation providing any details. 12.10.217.50 (talk) 21:55, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Wondering
Talk:Richard Rawdon Stawell

message: The source is public domain, and it is not copyvio to take the material for an article. it is poor editing practice to be sure, but that is not a reason for speedy. I tagged appropriately and notified the editor. DGG 07:18, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I see  it's been upgraded, and I did a little more. I added the names of the London hospitals, as they are of great prestige, as is Tubingen. I added the quote from Burnet, who is the one person a non-Australian is likely to recognize. And I added the refs from the sources, saying i took them from the sources--because I have not actually seen or used them directly. DGG 16:03, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:King's Pawn Game

message: Although Bill Wall's old pages provide great resources, I don't think that a geocities web page is a reliable source.  (In particular, it's self-published and there is no editorial review.)  In any case, it's completely inadequate if it's the only source, which it appears to be as used in this article.  Any chess opening name found only a single geocities web page (and other sources copied from it) fails verifiability and notability.  I think better sources must be found or the claims should be removed.  Sadly, other cites will copy wikipedia's lead and consider this information reliable just because it is published here.  It's far too late for us to nip this in the bud, but it should still be nipped, even if belatedly.  Quale (talk) 06:25, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It bothers me as well. One issue is the presence of a few dozen redirects pointing right at this article, and if those titles are not in some way shown in this article, those using those redirects might get very confused. My effort to remove coverage of 1.e4 h5 entirely (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pickering Defense) didn't work, even though all the opinions from the Chess WikiProject favored deletion. Hence, to remove the article, there had to be something to merge, but if we look at the last pre-redirect version here, what is there to merge? The variation given "Picklepuss" is not covered in the source cited in the footnote (I'm at a loss as to why that source was added), so I was reduced to merging in the name where the source at least matched what the article said. At least Bill Wall has published some chess books, and that lends some credibility to his self-published works, even though I will tend to agree with your assessment regarding the reliability. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:44, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reliable sources
Talk:2007 Malian presidential election

message: :Many red-links
:Chance for expansion awaits
:Will anyone take it?--T. Anthony 07:26, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Sir Balan

message: "Balin drew a magical sword from the damsel's gilt"
I don't know what a "gilt" is but this looks like an error. It seems a noun is missing. - Guest 209.162.56.40 23:05, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: In the article the spelling 'Balyn' is used twice. Is there any reason to use that spelling? If not it should be changed to 'Balin'. Tweisbach (talk) 01:53, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling: Balyn
Talk:Sir Balin

message: This article is confusing and has a lot of grammatical and typographical problems. It needs proofreading. - Guest 209.162.56.40 23:10, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Richard asr (talk) 21:55, 23 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyedited
Talk:Black Knight (Arthurian legend)

message: The Black Knight( based on arthurian legend) was also king pellinore who Arthur brawled along side with Merlin in the forest after a knight hit the shields of other Knights King Pellinore killed coming back to Arthur wounded looking for help. Arthur and Merlin found the black knight and they began to duel. After the two of their weapons broke and they were terribly wounded they went to revive their health and Arthur beat him with excalibur took his land and they became bests of friends after doing so.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.234.88.214 (talk) 23:59, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, but that's not particularly helpful since you haven't said what works it's from. I'm guessing you're not going to come back after 9 years to check for replies, either. Renard Migrant (talk) 14:30, 10 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: What is a black knight in Arthurian legend? We don't say, we just say that they exist. And if they're not anything in particular (apart from a knight who wears black) then why do we have an article on it in the first place? Renard Migrant (talk) 16:09, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can we have a definition?
Talk:Argosarchus

message: This article has been revised as part of the large-scale clean-up project of a massive copyright infringement on Wikipedia. Earlier text must not be restored, unless it can be verified to be free of infringement. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions must be deleted. Contributors may use sources as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously.
For more information on this situation, which involved a single contributor liberally copying material from print and internet sources into several thousand articles, please see the two administrators' noticeboard discussions of the matter,  here and here, as well as the the cleanup task force subpage. Thank you.  --Geronimo20 (talk) 07:53, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem
Talk:Phasmatidae

message: Why is the authority listed as ? The authority is either  or . I'm not sure which sources should be deferred to. Phasmida Species File writes  however it seems plenty of sources list Gray, 1835 as the family authority, e.g., Hennemann & Conle, 2008  Umimmak (talk) 08:19, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Authority?
Talk:Shirow Miwa

message: Uh... Miwa is a woman's name? And Miwa Shirow is a woman, isn't she?  Why does this page refer to (her?) as male?
99.142.85.168 (talk) 17:09, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Even if Miwa is a female name, it doesn't justify the inference Miwa is female. That would constitute removal due to original research He is usually used when the gender is unknown. If you have legit proof that Miwa is female from a reliable source, then feel free to change it and cite your source. Until then, I'll go change the pronouns to Shirow instead. ~Itzjustdrama C ? 23:58, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Gender
Talk:Royal High School (California)

message: Is it me, or does this article lack an NPOV?
Rebuttal 00:32, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: NPOV

message: Classed as low importance as we need referenced claims to fame ... article needs expansion. Says "Alumni" and then no one listed. I see you are adding very recent news, but you need more weight to the article.  Welcome Victuallers 07:46, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Assess for Schools

message: The RHS page needs more depth, particularly to highlight the various community service organizations on campus and the hard work these students put in to make the Simi Valley community a better place to live.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.181.174.83 (talk) 20:30, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: To the extent you can show substantial coverage in independent reliable sources, yes more depth would be welcome. Without such coverage, though, we might as well be discussing the color of the walls in the gym or other trivia. - SummerPhD (talk) 00:00, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clubs Missing
Talk:Greek National Road 2

message: As far as I understand it, the road is called both Egnatia Odos and Greek National Road 2. However, I suggest that - to preserve consistency with the rest of the Greek National Road articles and to avoid confusion with the ancient Via Egnatia - we keep the article here at Greek National Road 2. Egnatia Odos needs to be a disambig so that we can point both to this article and to Via Egnatia. -- ChrisO 07:51, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I requested move here: Talk:Egnatia Odos (modern road)#Requested move.  Andreas  (T) 14:21, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Naming
Talk:Combination (chess)

message: In the beginning of the article it states: "Combinations, in contrast to the norm, are sufficiently forcing that one can calculate exactly how advantage will be achieved against any defense." Shouldn't there be a "much" before "advantage"? I believe the original writer meant to state they can calculate the quantity of advantage that will be gained, and not the manner in which it will be gained. They might not have noticed the omission of the word. Ericobnn (talk) 00:20, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition of a word? 

message: 2.Ke4 puts the white king on a square protected by the black knight, making it an illegal move!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.149.184.22 (talk) 00:22, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The knight protects d4 and e5. The white king goes to e4 (two squares away from the knight diagonally), which is a square the knight does not protect. Krakatoa (talk) 14:08, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

text: Looks like you are right.  I added the pawn (but it makes no difference in the rest). Bubba73 (talk), 06:06, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  The position still does not look right to me: according to other sources (see the game at chessgames.com) the white king is on d3 ("unfortunately", as e3 - as shown in the diagram - would have allowed a capture of the black rook on f3, which is impossible - at least as early as move "2" - in the real position). 88.238.97.14 (talk) 07:53, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  That is right.  The position is also missing the black queen on h6 that forced the white king from e3 to d3.  So there are major problems with this, which need to be fixed.  I don't know if they can be fixed with this example.  I'd like for more people to weigh in.  Bubba73 (Who's attacking me now?), 18:03, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think I've fixed them. See what you think. However, the claim in the article that a combination must be at least three moves long is unsupported, and seems wrong. For instance, after 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3, I would say that the fork trick 3...Nxe4 4.Nxe4 d5 is a combination, but it's only three half-moves long. Maybe the writer meant three half-moves rather than three moves? Krakatoa (talk) 18:50, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  I checked some sources and they just say "sequence".  I would take that to mean at least two moves by the first player, so at least three half-moves.  Golombek's encyclopedia gives several definitions by different players.  Bubba73 (Who's attacking me now?), 19:36, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

text: Not according to this: glossary of chess#Royal fork.  Bubba73 (talk), 01:02, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stepanov-Romanovskij, Leningrad 1926 

message: Stated after 2... d5+! 96.233.203.241 (talk) 19:04, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Are you entirely sure that Black resigned?
Talk:Ghost train (ride)

message: (funrides and actors on trains doesn't seem to belong on the same page) 85.227.226.168 08:03, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. I'd recommend putting Ghost train (spiritual entity) in Ghost train mainspace, and creating pages Ghost train (ride) and Ghost train (tourism).--ZayZayEM 02:40, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Done.  See Ghost train (ride) and Ghost train (theatre).  I also redirected this page and removed this section entirely: "A ghost train is the muni that rides through the chinatown section of San Francisco. It has been spotted most recently near Bejing blvd and Judah Streets. Some say that the passengers riding the ghost train are not ghosts, but actually passengers. This is not true. The ghosts riding these trains are former hippies and freaks that fell victim to the "hourglass" economy so commonly found in this city."  ~EnviroboyTalkContribs - 02:42, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Split?
Talk:Best of the Super Juniors

message: is there a reason his name is continuously misspelled as "Jyushin" in this article? 2601:483:80:5FAC:B859:432B:3B70:382F (talk) 18:27, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jushin Liger
Talk:Isolated pawn

message: In Chessmaster, Josh Waitzkin talks about this in the Academy, and he states (at least in the "Pawn Structure" lesson) that isolated pawns are pawns with no adjacent pawns and that are on open files. Evidently, this was the first time I heard of this (the whole open file part), but I wondered if anyone else had heard of this before.
The lesson is directed mostly to beginners, with explanations of doubled pawns and whatnots; it follows his "opening principles" lesson, just to give you an idea.
Any comments? Any other sources use that open file definition?
Seigneur101 (talk) 19:49, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Without checking references, I don't think it has to be on a semi-open file to be isolated.  Of course it is weaker on a semi-open file.  Bubba73 (talk), 20:00, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  On an open file? 

message: The comment "With four minor pieces each, an IQP is an advantage; with three minor pieces each, it is about even; and with two or fewer minor pieces each, it is a disadvantage" is much too arbitrary. It depends upon the position. This is just a rule of thumb Gallagher gives to lower-rateds.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chessmasterguy (talk • contribs) 10:54, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Gallagher is suitably referenced, rather than it being put as a statement of fact. I understand your point, noted in the tags at the top of the article re Expert, more viewpoints. Jkmaskell (talk) 12:33, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Delete this sentence? 

message: Also, it should be mentioned somewhere that the break d4-d5 can often be achieved advantageously, either to liquidate the weak pawn and end up with more active pieces with no compensatory weaknesses or to initiate a beneficial tactical sequence by disharmonizing the black pieces and opening the a2-g8 diagonal for the light-squared bishop (and likewise for Black, with the ...d4 break opening the a7-g1 diagonal for the dark-squared bishop). Example : http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067631Chessmasterguy (talk) 11:27, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I'm sure you'll understand, it's not just a matter of saying it. This article in particular needs specific illustrative positions. Jkmaskell (talk) 12:33, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  d4-d5 break