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''Other accounts on the internet which are me''
After a lot of edits using the IP-address ] I have finally decided to create an account.
*"sjakkalle" on Yahoo! Games
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==My First Article and the VFD on it==
The first article I created was ], the main carrier in Wing Commander III, Heart of the Tiger.
After exactly 44 minutes it was tagged "This article has been listed for deletion". Oh bother... That debate is at ].


Hi, I am Sjakkalle, see the section at the bottom of this page for the explanation of the username. I am from ] but I have lived in ] since 2011. I am 40. My educational background is as an applied mathematician. In August 2010. I earned a PhD for my work with the ] (LBM) applied to problems concerning ] and ]. Although LBM is my "real life" area of expertise, I have only made a few edits on that topic, and I have focussed my article writing on other topics I am interested in. I did initiate the ] article, which was the predecessor to LBM. An additional course taken 2015-16 has qualified me to become a certified teacher.
But the article ''did'' survive. True, a majority did vote to delete, but among all those votes saying that the article was "fancruft" (learned a new word there!) were some merge votes. About a week later, the ugly vfd notice was replaced with a far less distressing merge notice. And that notice disappeared too when it turned out that the category "Wing Commander spacecraft" had far too many articles to try and merge together. HA!


I worked as a scientist until 2016, after that I have been a high school math teacher.
Since then none of my articles have been listed for deletion. I thought some delete-happy person would respond when I created an article on ]. I thought the title, as well as being created by an anonymous user, would be a red flag... but my attempt at making a somewhat serious article on that subject seems to have satisfied the deletionists as well.


In June 2005 I was ], but I resigned them in November 2006 due to lack of time. I had admin access restored in April 2008, but I don't intend to be all that active with them. But if you need help with something which needs the admin tools, feel free to ask!
==Inclusionism?==
Since then I have made some votes on the vfd page. In general I am fairly liberal with a keep vote, and I am especially liberal towards articles which are argued to be ''fancruft''. I have some better reasons for favoring inclusion of such articles. "Fancruft" usually revolves around some sort of fictional universe, and there are usually thousands, sometimes millions, of fans, fans who are interested in reading all sort of topics about their subject. That means there will be thousands of people who will be interested in reading an article on the subject, and who are we to say that they should not be allowed to?


On deletion issues and policy, I consider myself a moderate, and a member of "]". I favor having guidelines on what kind of topics should be included, but oppose applying those guidelines inflexibly. I am a firm believer that the decisions should be made by the community, and view the role of the closing administrator as a steward more than as a judge. It ''happens'' that a local consensus (aka "vote count") is at direct odds with policy, and those AFDs must be closed accordingly, I feel those situations are rarer than what one may think. When it ''does'' happen the close needs to be explained ''very'' carefully.
That is why I vote ''keep'' on fictional characters and often ''delete'' on real people where the argument used is vanity. Less than ten people will usually be reading a run-of-the mill vanity article and that is not enough to include them. I set a low bar of notability however, and vote keep if there are good reasons to.


==Other accounts on related projects==
Some lists of trivia are also interesting. Apart from Iasson's weirdo vote which I will disregard, I cast the sole dissenting vote
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==Editing my contributions==
As a rule, I stay out of debates about high schools. I think that ''some'' high schools are inherently notable, for instance the one I went to ] (Bergen Cathedral School) was founded in the middle ages and certainly notable if an article came up about it. Whether or not a generic high school should make it through I have no opinion of. The one time I engaged myself in a school deletion debate was when I brought the deleted ] to Votes for ''Un''deletion.
Actually, I love it when someone starts editing articles that I have created. It is enjoyable to see that someone is so interested in what I write that they want to make contributions to it. Go ahead, edit away! (But ''do not'' vandalize.)


==Interests==
Nonetheless, I ''have'' voted delete sometimes, there ''do'' come articles which are not worthy of inclusion. In fact I believe that my delete votes outnumber the keep votes. I have even appended "delete" tags on some articles.
*] I have a fair amount of books on the subject. I find the theory of the game fascinating, and practical play exciting.
Does voting delete on some articles make me ''not'' an inclusionist? I hope not... "inclusionist" sounds a lot nicer and more tolerant than "deletionist".
*] My main focus here is on rail and air transport. I am not so much into cars and roads.
*] I have made sporadic improvements to the coverage of politics in Norway. I have no political affiliation, but I have voted in all elections in which I was eligible (2001 to present (2011)). I am generally centrist on most issues, and in all but one election I have supported the ] (V), except in 2009 when I voted for ] (KrF), that year I had become unhappy with the Liberal Party's incessant pledges on who they didn't want to work with.


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One thing I fail to comprehend is the eagerness to list ''duplicates'' on the vfd page. Come on... REDIRECT is a lot better for duplicates. From the ] page: "Redirects are fun, cheap and ''easier'' the Votes for Deletion".
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I am a bit guilty of aiding to delete things, and since getting a username, I have nominated several articles for deletion. I keep a list of these at ]. Initially, I had a fairly high "success" rate, I put quotes around "success" because having an article kept is not a "failure" on the part of the nominator, especially, if there has been a rewrite. Recently, a few of my nominations have been kept, in part because of rewrites, and in part because I've been a little hasty.


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Well I am not a deletionist, but probably I do not fit the bill for inclusionist either. A moderate with inclusionist tendencies maybe.
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==Redirection==
I have a certain obsession with creating redirects.
#When I create an article I often attach ten or more redirects to it. Look at all my beautiful redirects to ] !
#When I search for an article and fail to find it using the first search word attempted? Redirect the first search word!
#A duplicate article listed on VfD with a semi-sensible title? Don't '''delete''' it, '''redirect''' it!
I feel that many of the problems related to duplicate articles would have been prevented with more redirects to articles. As a rough estimate, I would say that redirects should outnumber articles at least three to one, and perhaps even more.


==Editing my contributions==
Actually, I love it when someone starts editing articles that I have created. It is enjoyable to see that someone is so interested in what I write that they want to make contributions to it. Go ahead, edit away! (But ''do not'' vandalize.)


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==Chess== ==Chess==
I am a somewhat active chess player with a Norwegian ] (unofficially) at 1680, middle-of-the-range for tournament players. My FIDE rating is 1876. I have stopped counting the losses against titled players since it is getting depressingly high. I have scored one draw against an FM, and one win against a WFM.
I am a somewhat active chess player, given here in ] is the favorite game I have played; I am playing Black.


In the summer of 2012, I thought I was a strong player and had the audacity to enter an international tournament in ]. My international career started like this:
'''1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4'''


'''White''': IM Boris Maryasin
This is the ].


'''4.Bg5''' '''Black''': ''Sjakkalle''


'''Event''': Riga TU Open 2012
This is the Leningrad variation, White's move ]s the knight.


'''Opening''': ]
'''4....h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 Bxc3+'''


'''1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.d4 c5 9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0 b6?? 11.Be4, Black resigns'''
By capturing here I surrender the Bishop pair in a closed position to inflict ].


Back in 2010, I made about how faulty thought processes lead to blunders, so I really ought to know better. Apparently I didn't.
'''7.bxc3 e5!? 8.d6!?'''


===A chain to defeat Magnus Carlsen===
Allowing White to play his pawn into d6 is a sharp idea. The d6 pawn cleaves the Black position into two sides, with only the d8 square allowing Black communication between them. On the other hand that d6 pawn can prove to be a weak, and Black will aim to win it. Also, Black's knight now can be developed to the good c6 square.
Although I am an amateur player, I have the vanity to prove that there exists a chain of games in which I have defeated the World Champion ].
====Step 1====
All games are given in ] and are viewable online database (the last link, Carlsen-Anand is ). It starts back in 2003 when I met a promising player by the name of Øyvind Riisem in the Bergen Summer Grand Prix.


'''White''': ''Sjakkalle''
'''8...Nc6 9.e3 b6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4?'''


'''Black''': Øyvind Riisem
White should aim for an attack on Black's king's side, and blocking the bishop is not an aid to that.


'''Event''': Round 4 of the Bergen Summer Grand Prix, group B
'''11...0-0 12.Ne2 Qb8?'''


'''Opening''': ]
But here I make a dreadful move which almost costs me the game. The idea is to put pressure on the d6 pawn, but I completely underestimated the weakness the following exchange would make on my king's side. Black should play 12...g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 and follow through with ...Qf6. Black has then weakened his king's position but the Queen is available to defend it.


'''1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Nge2 Na6 7.Be3 c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5 '''
'''13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Ng3!'''
'''9.Nd4 Bd7 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Be2 Rc8 12.g4 Bc6 13.g5 Nfd7 14.b4 Ne6 15.b5 Bxb5 16.Ndxb5 Qa5 '''
'''17.Rc1 Ne5 18.Nd5 Qa6 19.0-0 b6 20.f4 Nd7 21.f5 Nec5 22.Nbc7 Black resigns'''


====Step 2====
Now I saw that 14...Qxd6?? loses to 15.Qg4+ and 16.Nf5. The threat of Nf5 and Qg4+ is vicious, and Black must evacuate the King to bring the rooks into the defense.
Move ahead four years, and Riisem has grown stronger, defeating the strong master player Lars Breivik.


'''White''': Lars Breivik
'''14...Kh7 15.Qh5'''


'''Black''': Øyvind Riisem
Threatening 16.Nf5 with imminent checkmate on h6. I am forced to give up two pawns to bring the rook to the defense. About to lose material and with White's queen ravaging my castle, I was on the verge of resigning here.


'''Event''': Norwegian Open Championship, 2005
'''15...Rg8 16.Qxf7+ Rg7 17.Qxf6 Qg8 18.Nf5 Rg6 19.Qh4 Rf8'''


'''Opening''': ]
I was feeling slightly better now. Imminent checkmates are staved off, and besides, my rooks are fairly active. Still two pawns down is an uphill struggle.


'''1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.c4 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Qc7 8.Nc3 e6 '''
'''20.0-0-0 Qe6 21.g3 Ba6'''
'''9.Bd2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.Be2 Rd8 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.fxe4 Bd6 16.h4 Rd7 '''
'''17.h5 h6 18.a3 0-0 19.Bg4 Rfd8 20.Bc3 Be5 21.f4 Na5 22.Qa4 Bxc3+ 23.Rxc3 Qb6 24.Rh2 Kh7 '''
'''25.Qc2 Nc4 26.e5+ Kh8 27.Rxc4 Qxe3+ 28.Kf1 Rd4 29.Rf2 Qg3 30.Qc3 Rd3 31.Rc8 Qxg4 32.Qxd3 Rxc8 '''
'''33.Qf3 Rc1+ 34.Ke2 Qg1 35.Qd3 Qe1+ 36.Kf3 Qh1+ 37.Ke3 Re1+ 38.Kd4 Qd5+ 39.Kc3 Qc5+ 40.Kb3 Re3 '''
'''White resigns'''


====Step 3====
OK, I am about to win one pawn back. White tries to defend some of his weaknesses around his king.
A handfull of Norwegian players can boast about defeating the World Champion ] in his early days, and Breivik is among them. (Carlsen was not a GM when this was played, but it is the top class of the ]).


'''White''': Magnus Carlsen
'''22.Kb2 Bxc4 23.Bxc4 Qxc4'''


'''Black''': Lars Breivik
Black has won back a pawn and is now threatening ...Qe2+ and Qxf2. However, White is still a pawn up and should still win, but his next move is a mistake, letting Black's queen into his position. The best way to defend against the threats is 24.Rd2.


'''Event''': Norwegian Chess Championship, 2001
'''24.Rhf1? Qe2+ 25.Ka1 Rff6 26.Rde1 Qd3 27.Kb2?'''


'''Opening''': ], Steinitz Variation
White's last chance of winning was 27.Rc1. In fact I have the advantage now and after


'''1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.d4 c5 5.f4 cxd4 6.Nb5 Nc6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Nbxd4 Be7 '''
'''27...Qd2+ 28.Kb1'''
'''9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Nc5 11.Be3 Bd7 12.c3 a5 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 a4 15.a3 Na5 16.Be2 Nab3 '''
'''17.Rb1 Qc7 18.Nxb3 Nxb3 19.Bd3 Rfd8 20.Qe2 Bc6 21.Rbd1 Rd7 22.Qf2 Rad8 23.Bb6 Qxb6 24.Qxb6 Bc5+ '''
'''25.Qxc5 Nxc5 26.Be2 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Nd3 29.b3 axb3 30.Bxb3 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Nxf4 32.Bc4 Ng6 '''
'''33.Kf2 Nxe5 34.Bb5 Kf8 35.a4 b6 36.Ke3 Ke7 37.Ke4 Kd6 38.f4 f5+ White resigns'''


And so, Carlsen is defeated.
I should have taken back the pawn with 28...Qxc3 and my ] and strong knight is an advantage. 29.Ne7?? loses to 29...Rxf2! However, having escaped from a lost position I was happy to take a draw by ].


Going with rated games, this is the shortest path I have to Carlsen that I'm aware of (I have defeated a Carlsen-slayer if we can count rapid games), and I fully realize that beating Carlsen is a next-to-impossible impossible task for a player of my "strength". When I did meet Carlsen in a simultaneous exhibition in 2004, I held on for 38 moves before succumbing. Yet knowing that players sometimes pull off upsets is a heartening thing to know when you sit down against someone a few rungs above you.
'''28...Qd3+ draw agreed'''


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None of the articles I have created on the English version have been featured, but I did create a "good" article on the Norwegian version, ]. That was really an abbreviated version of the English ] article, and there were a number of other users who put in considerable effort in proofreading.


===Username "Sjakkalle"=== ===Username "Sjakkalle"===
Chess is the inspiration to my username. Chess is the inspiration to my username.
One of the (bogus) priciples novice players in chess play by is ''"Always give a ] when you can, it may be ]. Anyway it is better to lose and have given a check than to never have checked at all."'' One of the (bogus) principles novice players in chess play by is ''"Always give a ] when you can, it may be ]. Anyway it is better to lose and have given a check than to never have checked at all."''


...So I made the username like this ...So I made the username like this
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Other accounts on the internet which are me

  • "sjakkalle" on Yahoo! Games
  • "Sjakkalle" on ICC


Hi, I am Sjakkalle, see the section at the bottom of this page for the explanation of the username. I am from Bergen but I have lived in Haugesund since 2011. I am 40. My educational background is as an applied mathematician. In August 2010. I earned a PhD for my work with the lattice Boltzmann methods (LBM) applied to problems concerning surface tension and wettability. Although LBM is my "real life" area of expertise, I have only made a few edits on that topic, and I have focussed my article writing on other topics I am interested in. I did initiate the Lattice gas automaton article, which was the predecessor to LBM. An additional course taken 2015-16 has qualified me to become a certified teacher.

I worked as a scientist until 2016, after that I have been a high school math teacher.

In June 2005 I was made an administrator, but I resigned them in November 2006 due to lack of time. I had admin access restored in April 2008, but I don't intend to be all that active with them. But if you need help with something which needs the admin tools, feel free to ask!

On deletion issues and policy, I consider myself a moderate, and a member of "AWWDMBJAWGCAWAIFDSPBATDMTD". I favor having guidelines on what kind of topics should be included, but oppose applying those guidelines inflexibly. I am a firm believer that the decisions should be made by the community, and view the role of the closing administrator as a steward more than as a judge. It happens that a local consensus (aka "vote count") is at direct odds with policy, and those AFDs must be closed accordingly, I feel those situations are rarer than what one may think. When it does happen the close needs to be explained very carefully.

Other accounts on related projects

Editing my contributions

Actually, I love it when someone starts editing articles that I have created. It is enjoyable to see that someone is so interested in what I write that they want to make contributions to it. Go ahead, edit away! (But do not vandalize.)

Interests

  • Chess I have a fair amount of books on the subject. I find the theory of the game fascinating, and practical play exciting.
  • Transportation My main focus here is on rail and air transport. I am not so much into cars and roads.
  • Politics I have made sporadic improvements to the coverage of politics in Norway. I have no political affiliation, but I have voted in all elections in which I was eligible (2001 to present (2011)). I am generally centrist on most issues, and in all but one election I have supported the Liberal Party (V), except in 2009 when I voted for Christian Democratic Party (KrF), that year I had become unhappy with the Liberal Party's incessant pledges on who they didn't want to work with.
The Chess Barnstar
I award you for massive contributions to chess related articles NovaSkola (talk) 01:07, 17 July 2011 (UTC)


The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For superb service above and beyond the call of duty, Sjakkalle deserves a million barnstars! He is a leading light of the community, unsurpassed in wisdom and judgment: He may just be Misplaced Pages's only indispensable man. Xoloz 21:11, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
With your fanstastic work of voting and closing AFDs, TFDs, the efficiency of fighting vandals and reverting pages within minutes, I award you the Working Man's Barnstar. --Terence Ong 13:17, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


The original barnstar, because sequels and spinoffs are usually terrible, goes to Sjakkale for always being friendly, and a pleasure to get along with. Redwolf24 (talk) 09:53, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
Awarded to Sjakkalle for combat in valor against Willy.
Finally, a punishment worthy of your sins! Revert this vandalism, close that AfD debate, revert that vandalism, close this AfD debate- sound familiar? For your grievous sins, especially in closing AfD debate after AfD debate, and reverting various vandals, I sentence you to bear a Working Man's Barnstar. Repent, ye sinner!--Scimitar 16:56, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
I award you this barnstar for your tireless work on vandalism. - iGod 14:41, 3 January 2006 (UTC)


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Chess

I am a somewhat active chess player with a Norwegian Elo rating (unofficially) at 1680, middle-of-the-range for tournament players. My FIDE rating is 1876. I have stopped counting the losses against titled players since it is getting depressingly high. I have scored one draw against an FM, and one win against a WFM.

In the summer of 2012, I thought I was a strong player and had the audacity to enter an international tournament in Riga. My international career started like this:

White: IM Boris Maryasin

Black: Sjakkalle

Event: Riga TU Open 2012

Opening: Alekhine's Defense

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 e6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.d4 c5 9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0 b6?? 11.Be4, Black resigns

Back in 2010, I made this edit about how faulty thought processes lead to blunders, so I really ought to know better. Apparently I didn't.

A chain to defeat Magnus Carlsen

Although I am an amateur player, I have the vanity to prove that there exists a chain of games in which I have defeated the World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

Step 1

All games are given in algebraic notation and are viewable online Chessbase database (the last link, Carlsen-Anand is here). It starts back in 2003 when I met a promising player by the name of Øyvind Riisem in the Bergen Summer Grand Prix.

White: Sjakkalle

Black: Øyvind Riisem

Event: Round 4 of the Bergen Summer Grand Prix, group B

Opening: King's Indian Defense

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Nge2 Na6 7.Be3 c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Nd4 Bd7 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Be2 Rc8 12.g4 Bc6 13.g5 Nfd7 14.b4 Ne6 15.b5 Bxb5 16.Ndxb5 Qa5 17.Rc1 Ne5 18.Nd5 Qa6 19.0-0 b6 20.f4 Nd7 21.f5 Nec5 22.Nbc7 Black resigns

Step 2

Move ahead four years, and Riisem has grown stronger, defeating the strong master player Lars Breivik.

White: Lars Breivik

Black: Øyvind Riisem

Event: Norwegian Open Championship, 2005

Opening: Slav Defense

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.c4 a6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Qc7 8.Nc3 e6 9.Bd2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Rc1 Nc6 13.Be2 Rd8 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.fxe4 Bd6 16.h4 Rd7 17.h5 h6 18.a3 0-0 19.Bg4 Rfd8 20.Bc3 Be5 21.f4 Na5 22.Qa4 Bxc3+ 23.Rxc3 Qb6 24.Rh2 Kh7 25.Qc2 Nc4 26.e5+ Kh8 27.Rxc4 Qxe3+ 28.Kf1 Rd4 29.Rf2 Qg3 30.Qc3 Rd3 31.Rc8 Qxg4 32.Qxd3 Rxc8 33.Qf3 Rc1+ 34.Ke2 Qg1 35.Qd3 Qe1+ 36.Kf3 Qh1+ 37.Ke3 Re1+ 38.Kd4 Qd5+ 39.Kc3 Qc5+ 40.Kb3 Re3 White resigns

Step 3

A handfull of Norwegian players can boast about defeating the World Champion Magnus Carlsen in his early days, and Breivik is among them. (Carlsen was not a GM when this was played, but it is the top class of the Norwegian Chess Championship).

White: Magnus Carlsen

Black: Lars Breivik

Event: Norwegian Chess Championship, 2001

Opening: French Defense, Steinitz Variation

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.d4 c5 5.f4 cxd4 6.Nb5 Nc6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Nbxd4 Be7 9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Nc5 11.Be3 Bd7 12.c3 a5 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 a4 15.a3 Na5 16.Be2 Nab3 17.Rb1 Qc7 18.Nxb3 Nxb3 19.Bd3 Rfd8 20.Qe2 Bc6 21.Rbd1 Rd7 22.Qf2 Rad8 23.Bb6 Qxb6 24.Qxb6 Bc5+ 25.Qxc5 Nxc5 26.Be2 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Nd3 29.b3 axb3 30.Bxb3 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Nxf4 32.Bc4 Ng6 33.Kf2 Nxe5 34.Bb5 Kf8 35.a4 b6 36.Ke3 Ke7 37.Ke4 Kd6 38.f4 f5+ White resigns

And so, Carlsen is defeated.

Going with rated games, this is the shortest path I have to Carlsen that I'm aware of (I have defeated a Carlsen-slayer if we can count rapid games), and I fully realize that beating Carlsen is a next-to-impossible impossible task for a player of my "strength". When I did meet Carlsen in a simultaneous exhibition in 2004, I held on for 38 moves before succumbing. Yet knowing that players sometimes pull off upsets is a heartening thing to know when you sit down against someone a few rungs above you.

Articles Created

Among the articles I have created on this subject are

None of the articles I have created on the English version have been featured, but I did create a "good" article on the Norwegian version, no:Sjakkåpning. That was really an abbreviated version of the English chess openings article, and there were a number of other users who put in considerable effort in proofreading.

Username "Sjakkalle"

Chess is the inspiration to my username. One of the (bogus) principles novice players in chess play by is "Always give a check when you can, it may be mate. Anyway it is better to lose and have given a check than to never have checked at all."

...So I made the username like this

Check everyone

Sjakk alle (in Norwegian)

Sjakkalle

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