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No. 6: L.S.U.
By Paul Myerberg // Aug 29, 2011
Second verse, same as the first. The third verse, and the fourth, and the fifth, are the same as the first. Where have you gone, L.S.U. quarterbacks of old? Les Miles would give his hat for a Matt Flynn, a careful, methodical caretaker whose steady hand would be welcomed with open arms in Baton Rouge. Where is Matt Mauck? Heck, where is Josh Booty, Marcus Randall or Rohan Davey – where is Jamarcus Russell, as L.S.U. might be the only team in the country who'd tender him an opportunity to earn the starting nod. See, the Tigers have Zach Mettenberg, a former Georgia Bulldog and JUCO star; the Tigers have Jarrett Lee, who has become defined by his penchant for turnovers; the Tigers even have a pair of incoming freshmen. What the Tigers don't have, for now and perhaps forever, is returning starter Jordan Jefferson. Or the projected offensive coordinator. So it's the same old, same old story.
SEC, West
Baton Rouge, La.
Returning starters
14 (7 offense, 7 defense)
Last year's ranking
No. 16
2010 record
(11-2, 6-2)
Last year's
No. 7
2011 schedule
- Sept. 3
Oregon (in Arlington, Tex.)
- Sept. 10
Northwestern St.
- Sept. 15
at Mississippi St.
- Sept. 24
at West Virginia
- Oct. 1
- Oct. 8
- Oct. 15
at Tennessee
- Oct. 22
- Nov. 5
at Alabama
- Nov. 12
- Nov. 19
at Mississippi
- Nov. 25
Last year's prediction
Most importantly, however, is whether L.S.U.'s talent and speed on offense can overcome Gary Crowton's underwhelming play-calling and game-planning — though I like the three new additions to the offensive coaching staff. The offense is a serious question mark, a liability that prevents L.S.U. from being considered a realistic candidate to unseat Alabama from atop the division. There's no reason to worry about the defense, not with its talent and John Chavis running the show. In a perfect world, Crowton would not have returned in 2010; I actually wonder why he did, especially with Billy Gonzalez on the staff, ready to take over. Until L.S.U. overhauls this side of the ball, it will be good, but not a title contender. Nine wins is good, fine, perfectly acceptable. L.S.U. shouldn't settle, however.
2010 recap
In a nutshell The defense is like U.S. mail: whether it's September, October, November or later, it always delivers. The offense, on the other hand, is like a faulty Internet connection, one that fades in and out of effectiveness at a whim — always leaving L.S.U. frustrated and the rest of the SEC within striking distance of an upset. Finally, Les Miles felt the need to address the coaching on that side of the ball, firing Gary Crowton and replacing him with Steve Kragthorpe, though the latter will handle only the quarterbacks after a very unfortunate health diagnosis. Last fall, the offense finished 86th nationally in total offense, 107th in passing and tied for 45th in scoring. In an optimistic vein, L.S.U. won 11 games despite the efforts of a pedestrian offense — this stills counts for something. If the offense had been competent, however, it's not a stretch to say that L.S.U. would have won the national title.
High point A 24-21 home win over Alabama on the first Saturday of November. Beyond allowing L.S.U. to rebound from its first loss of the season, a victory over the defending champs pushed L.S.U. firmly back into the B.C.S. mix.
Low point Only two losses, each to an eventual participant in a B.C.S. bowl. The latter, a 31-23 decision to Arkansas to end the regular season, might hurt worse than the October loss to Auburn: the winner of the finale between the Tigers and Razorbacks was going to land a Sugar Bowl berth. Instead, the Tigers went to the Cotton Bowl.
Tidbit L.S.U. has been nationally ranked in 93 of the 97 weeks of the Les Miles era, which began in 2005. In addition, 69 of those weeks have found the Tigers ranked in the top 10. In all, L.S.U. has played 79 games under Miles; 77 of those games have featured the Tigers in The A.P. Top 25.
Tidbit (comeback edition) L.S.U. has won 17 games under Miles when trailing in the fourth quarter. That's more than a quarter of his 62 victories in Baton Rouge, which is an absolutely amazing fact — and a telling one, as those familiar with the program's ability to pull wins out of its hat, or Hat, can attest. Four such wins came in 2010, all in conference play: Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida.
Former players in the N.F.L.
53 RB Joseph Addai (Indianapolis), OT Joe Barksdale (Oakland), WR Dwayne Bowe (Kansas City), S Ryan Clark (Pittsburgh), WR Michael Clayton (New York Giants), LB Jacob Cutrera (Jacksonville), CB Travis Daniels (Kansas City), WR Craig Davis (Buffalo), TE Richard Dickson (Detroit), DE Glenn Dorsey (Kansas City), WR Early Doucet (Arizona), RB Kevin Faulk (New England), DT Marlon Favorite (Philadelphia), QB Matt Flynn (Green Bay), NT Howard Green (Green Bay), CB Chris Hawkins (Tennessee), WR Devery Henderson (New Orleans), FB Jacob Hester (San Diego), WR Trindon Holliday (Houston), DE Tyson Jackson (Kansas City), CB Chevis Jackson (Carolina), LB Bradie James (Dallas), DT Ricky Jean-Francois (San Francisco), FB Quinn Johnson (Green Bay0, DT Tremaine Johnson (Minnesota), P Donnie Jones (St. Louis), S Chad Jones (New York Giants), WR Brandon LaFell (Carolina), S Laron Landry (Washington), DE Lazarious Levingston (Seattle), OG Nate Livings (Cincinnati), C Todd McClure (Atlanta), C Danny McCray (Dallas), RB Richard Murphy (Jacksonville), DT Drake Nevis (Indianapolis), C Rudy Niswanger (Detroit), OG Stephen Peterman (Detroit), CB Patrick Peterson (Arizona), RB Stevan Ridley (New England), LB Perry Riley (Washington), TE Robert Royal (Cleveland), RB Charles Scott (New York Giants), LB Kelvin Sheppard (Buffalo), DE Marcus Spears (Dallas), S Craig Steltz (Chicago), S Curtis Taylor (San Francisco), WR Terrence Toliver (Houston), CB Corey Webster (New York Giants), OT Andrew Whitworth (Cincinnati), DT Kyle Williams (Buffalo), RB Keiland Williams (Washington), DT Al Woods (Tampa Bay), TE Keith Zinger (New York Jets).
Arbitrary top five list
Athletes born in Baton Rouge, La.
1. Jim Taylor.
2. Bob Pettit.
3. Warrick Dunn.
4. Andy Pettitte.
5. Jonathan Papelbon.
Les Miles (Michigan '76), 62-17 after six seasons at L.S.U. Miles led the Tigers to the national championship in 2007 despite a myriad of potentially season-wrecking distractions: expectations, for starters, but also the specter of Nick Saban at Alabama, Miles's own dalliances with Michigan and two regular-season losses. His 34-6 record over his first three seasons stands as the finest three-year stretch in L.S.U. history, and the team's three consecutive top five finishes also marked a program first. The Tigers took a step back over the ensuing two seasons, though it is always difficult for any team to maintain an extended high period of success when playing in the SEC. But the Tigers bounced back last fall, which was great for Miles and the program. The negatives: Miles has never been a strong game manager, and his missteps were magnified over L.S.U.'s slight decline from 2008-9. He has maintained recruiting at a high pitch, though L.S.U.'s inability to develop offensive skill players has been confounding. And where has the offense gone? Prior to coming to Baton Rouge, Miles spent four seasons as the coach at Oklahoma State (2001-4), where he led the Cowboys from a 4-7 mark in his debut season to three straight bowl appearances. The Cowboys beat rival Oklahoma twice over that span, the only team in the nation to do so. As an N.F.L. assistant, Miles served a three-year stint (1998-2000) as the tight ends coach with the Dallas Cowboys. On the college ranks, Miles spent five years at Colorado (1982-86) and 10 years at Michigan (1980-81, 1987-94); it was his time as a Michigan player and assistant that led to the rampant speculation that he was the favorite to take over for Lloyd Carr in Ann Arbor.
Players to watch
So L.S.U. planned on turning play-calling and game-planning duties over to former Tulsa and Louisville coach Steve Kragthorpe, who stood as a marked improvement at coordinator when held against his predecessor, Gary Crowton. These plans were put on the back burner when Kragthorpe received a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, leading him to cede his coordinator duties to offensive line coach Greg Studwara in favor of just handling the L.S.U. quarterbacks. Kragthorpe's news is saddening on multiple levels, obviously. Best of luck to the entire Kragthorpe family, who have had a very difficult 16-24 months. In Studwara, the Tigers get a coach who clearly understands the importance of running the football. And he'll be able to rely on Kragthorpe along the way, which will help.
There are three players for two spots, but that's never a bad thing. And it's certainly not a bad thing when each of those three players is a fifth-year senior: L.S.U. has three such linemen competing for the two guard spots, with the likely odd man out, T-Bob Hebert, the swing man between both left and right guard and center. It's his flexibility that makes Hebert so valuable, though it's also his ability to move between multiple positions that makes him more valuable as a reserve than a starter. As of today, it seems like seniors Josh Dworaczyk and Will Blackwell will flank potential all-American center R.J. Lonergan at left and right guard, respectively. Hebert will back up at all three spots, stepping in for either Dworaczyk or Blackwell should either go down to injury — and based off recent history, both are bound to miss a game or two along the way.
Four linemen with past starting experience; five if we count returning right tackle Alex Hurst, a junior; six if we count sophomore Chris Faulk, who will replace Joe Barksdale at left tackle; six if you count senior Greg Shaw, a backup tackle; and seven if you count sophomore right guard Josh Williford. Despite losing a two-year starter in Barksdale — and the Tigers are high on Faulk, a two-game starter in 2010 — L.S.U.'s line should be very strong this fall, especially in the ground game.
But the Tigers do need to find their next 1,000-yard back with the departure of Stevan Ridley, who opted to forego his final season of eligibility. The competition in the backfield is an open one, with as many as four — maybe more — potential entrants, but in my opinion, L.S.U. should open the year with the back who ended 2010 on the highest note: as Ridley's reserve, sophomore Spencer Ware rushed for 102 yards on 10 carries in L.S.U.'s bowl win over Texas A&M. While there is little separation on the depth chart — OR, OR and OR — you have to think Ware will get first crack at leading this offense. If he falters, or when he needs a breather, L.S.U. can turn to another pair of sophomores, Michael Ford (269 yards, 3 scores) and Alfred Blue (101 yards), or freshmen Jakhari Gore, Terrence Magee and Kenny Hilliard. It's a young group, but there's promise. Someone will step up.
The receiver corps will not have junior Russell Shepard for the foreseeable future, thanks to the N.C.A.A.'s rising interest in his eligibility, which takes a bit of luster of what the Tigers have at the position. Shepard was due to breakout in a big way, but those hopes are put to the wayside while the Tigers attempt to sort out his future with the program. This development will increase junior Rueben Randle's importance to the passing game; he had a nice sophomore campaign, pulling down 33 balls for 544 yards, but Randle will need to do more in 2011.
The Tigers were also hoping for a healthy Chris Tolliver, who has battled concussions in the past, but those concussion-related issues ended his career in June. As a whole, the story at receiver — especially without Shepard — is the number of sophomores, a group paced by Kadron Boone and James Wright. Both will play huge roles; Boone may start, in fact, seeing that he was behind Shepard on the depth chart heading into mid-August. L.S.U. has a nice tight end in senior Deangelo Peterson (16 catches for 198 yards), which helps.
We're on a run of vintage defenses: Virginia Tech, Nebraska and L.S.U., each of which puts together top-notch units without fail, come rain or shine. The Tigers need to be included in the same category as the former pair, especially given the impact former Tennessee coordinator John Chavis has had on this group since arriving three years ago. The slight post-Bo Pelini slide has been reversed, returning L.S.U. to the nation's elite defensively — and, at the same time, returning L.S.U. into the elite tier of the country.
Like Pelini's and Nebraska, L.S.U. is defined by what it does on the defensive side of the ball. Yeah, all people talk about is the offense, but good defenses are like solid umpires: you take them for granted, knowing there's no real reason for concern. And that sentiment doesn't change in 2011 despite the loss of three terrific talents: cornerback Patrick Peterson, most notably, but also linebacker Kelvin Sheppard and tackle Drake Nevis. I have no worries. All is well, nothing to see here, move along.
The Tigers return both starting ends in senior Kendrick Adams (27 tackles, 1.5 sacks) and sophomore Sam Montgomery (18 tackles), with the latter hoping to remain healthy after a promising debut campaign was cut short due to injury in the win against Tennessee. Both were newcomers, in fact, with Adams coming off the JUCO ranks, so it stands to reason that both will be improved in 2011. There's more than adequate depth at end: sophomore Barkevious Mingo (35 tackles, 5.5 for loss) will soon be known less for his name, more his game, and juniors Chancey Aghayere and Lavar Edwards bring starting experience into 2011. The ends will be a handful for all comers.
A rebuilding project, one highlighted by extremely talented, largely unproven talent, is underway in the middle of the line. The biggest story has been true freshman Anthony Johnson, who's in line to start the season opener. All those expectations surrounding his arrival? As of now — and we haven't seen him in action — Johnson has lived up to each and every one. Sophomore Michael Brockers joins him in the starting lineup, but as at end, look for a tremendous amount of rotation. Again, it's all unproven: junior Josh Downs has played a bit, making him the elder statesman of the group, but the youngsters come fast and furious. Redshirt freshman Ego Ferguson is one; sophomore Bennie Logan is another. Youth can be a good thing, as each of these interior linemen are hungry to make an impact.
As along the line, L.S.U. returns starters on the outside at linebacker but has a hole in the middle. It's in the heart of the linebacker corps that the Tigers must replace Sheppard, last year's leading tackler and an all-SEC pick. Senior Karnell Hatcher (64 tackles) will get first crack at the position after moving down from safety, but sophomore Kevin Minter, one of last year's reserves, is also in the mix. Minter seems more physically suited for the position, so that's something to watch. No issues at all on the outside, as noted. Senior Ryan Baker (87 tackles, 11 for loss, 7 sacks) was terrific on the weak side last fall, and takes over Sheppard's role as the team's most productive defender. He's joined on the strong side by senior Stefoin Francois (37 tackles), though sophomore Tahi Jones is an option in reserve.
Who's the next stopper at cornerback? Consider Peterson a microcosm for the L.S.U. defense as a whole: wind him up, let him go to work and marvel at the results. He leaves a big hole on the outside, one that L.S.U. hopes it can fill with junior Morris Claiborne (37 tackles, 5 interceptions) and sophomore Tyrann Mathieu (57 tackles, 4 picks); the latter moves into the starting lineup after filling the team's nickel back role wonderfully in 2010. Both have all-SEC talent, but neither is quite on Peterson's level — though no one is, to be honest.
Any team in the country would love to have one of L.S.U.'s top three safeties, let alone all three. L.S.U. can go with either senior Brandon Taylor (44 tackles) or sophomore Eric Reid (32 tackles, 2 interceptions) at strong safety. This is nothing new: the pair split time last fall, with Reid replacing Taylor — and playing well — when the latter suffered a season-ending injury against Alabama. Sophomore Craig Loston is one of the team's most pleasing stories of the early fall. A five-star recruit coming out of high school, Loston got his feet wet last fall, making 22 tackles and an interception, and has grabbed a stranglehold on free safety thanks to his effort during the spring, summer and early fall. Here's guessing he lives up to his billing as a full-time starter.
The special teams are a bit of a concern. Such is life when you have one player handle both punting and kicking duties, as L.S.U. had with Josh Jasper in 2010; once he departs, you're again starting from square one. Perhaps given how well Jasper fared doing double-duties, it's no surprise that L.S.U. may do the same in 2011 with junior Drew Alleman, who has handled kickoffs in the past. Alleman may not punt, as L.S.U. has other options in Brad Wing and D.J. Howard, but all signs towards him doing the kicking. The Tigers also must replace Peterson on special teams: it'll still be cornerbacks doing return work, but it'll be Mathieu on punts, Claiborne on kickoffs.
Position battle(s) to watch
Quarterback By all accounts, Jordan Jefferson had taken a step forward. So much for that. Whether Jefferson plays another down for L.S.U. is very much up in the air; whether he escapes his alleged assault with seeing the inside of a jail cell is also up in the air. L.S.U. moves on, secure in the knowledge that it won 11 games last year with absolutely average quarterback play. Basically, think the Tigers, all we need is a slight improvement under center to take home the SEC West. Maybe that'll come with senior Jarrett Lee, who has started 12 games in the past. Lee hasn't impressed, however, though he did lead L.S.U. to a road win over Florida last fall. For Lee, of course, the big thing is limiting turnovers: he's battled a constant fight with interceptions, to put it mildly. Miles has already named Lee the starter for the season opener against Oregon, but the real question is whether Lee holds onto the starting nod or eventually cedes the job to JUCO transfer Zach Mettenberg, whose career began at Georgia. It was believed that Mettenberg, who has three years of eligibility remaining, would make a run for the starting job during the spring. But Jefferson's improved play pushed Mettenberg in the background, though he's back on center stage heading into September. Could one of two true freshmen, Jerrard Randall and Stephen Rivers, crack into the mix? If a rookie was ever going to do so, this is the year. But for all intents and purposes, this is between Lee and Mettenberg, and the latter needs to prove himself before taking over. If Jefferson does return, he'll probably retake the starting job.
Game(s) to watch
How about the games that don't stand out? Northwestern State. Western Kentucky. Maybe Kentucky, and maybe Mississippi. The rest are marquee all the way: it starts with Oregon, one of the biggest games of the 2011 season, and includes Mississippi State, West Virginia, Florida, Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama and Arkansas. It's an incredible schedule. Par for the course in the SEC West.
Season breakdown & prediction
In a nutshell For much of the winter, spring and summer, I was poised to place L.S.U. atop this list. Why? Because I loved the addition of Kragthorpe, thought Jefferson would turn a corner as a senior and, as always, had the utmost faith that this defense would deliver. I still think the defense is as good as it comes, and that's why I still believe L.S.U. can make a run towards a national title. But today, about a month after Kragthorpe's health issues caused him to relinquish his coordinator duties, after Jefferson made such a foolish error as to put his entire college career in doubt, the same old questions about the L.S.U. offense arise once again. It's such a shame. The defense is national title-worthy: deep and talented up front, strong in the middle and among the best in the country in the secondary, the Tigers can stop any team in the country. But this offense… Alright, so maybe the simple change at coordinator, even if it's to Studwara, will be enough to right the ship on that side of the ball. The Tigers can't be much worse, to be honest, and should be at least a touch better thanks to a deep offensive line and some young, unproven talent in the backfield and at receiver. In addition, I think we'll see an improved Lee at quarterback; experience trumps all, and Lee has taken a ton of key snaps for this offense. I still think, from top to bottom, that the Tigers can win the national title. But Alabama seems far more complete on both sides of the ball — not to mention Stanford, Florida State, Boise State and Oklahoma. I still think L.S.U. can take home the SEC and play for a title; I just think it's a little less likely based on the developments over the last 30 days.
Dream season The offense is far improved over 2010, and when taken in conjunction with this defense makes L.S.U. the class of the SEC. Unlike the last two times, the Tigers take home the national title without a single blemish.
Nightmare season Try as it might, the defense can't do more than just lead the Tigers to 9-3. Still good, but a bit of a disappointment.
In case you were wondering
Where do L.S.U. fans congregate? Begin your search at Tiger Droppings, and then move onto Tiger Roar, Tiger Bait and Tiger Sports Digest. For a blog's take, check out And The Valley Shook and Bayou Bengals Blog. As always, if you feel there's a site not mentioned that warrants inclusion, list it below. A reader did: take a trip to Bayou Bengals Insider, if you would.
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Concussions actually end Chris Tolliver's career
Paul: Thank you. Made slight change from this:
The Tigers are also hoping for a healthy Chris Tolliver, who has battled concussions in the past.
To this:
The Tigers were also hoping for a healthy Chris Tolliver, who has battled concussions in the past, but those concussion-related issues ended his career in June.
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Man, I have to admit, that is the best preseason write up I've seen on the Tigers this year. KUDOS!
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Bethel Park Council members are considering a $26 million bond issue to finance upgrades to the sewage treatment plant it shares with South Park Township.
Funds from the bond would be used to complete a list of projects recommended in a review done by Chester Engineers and will be part of a five-year plan, explained Jim Boyle, chairman of the municipal authority.
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Firefighters would like to tell the residents about the fire company and the services it provides in advance of a voter referendum on a dedicated fire tax.
The proposed referendum, which will appear on May primary ballot, will allow a change to the home rule charter to establish a .34 mill dedicated tax for the fire service.
The all-volunteer company, which for 86 years has subsisted solely on fundraising and grants, has reached a point were it can no long exist without a dedicated funding source, members said.
The proposed tax would be used to fund a new $8.2 million fire station the company is proposing to build to replace the aging main station, and to provide operating funds for the company.
Firefighters said the building, which was built in 1954 when the company responded to only 96 calls a year, is in bad shape and inadequate for a company that responded to nearly 400 calls last year. Construction on the new station is expected to begin next year.
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from Darren Dreger and Bob McKenzie at TSN,
It looks like "Iron Mike" could be back in business behind the bench of an NHL team.
Sources tell TSN that Mike Keenan is on the verge of becoming the new head coach of the Calgary Flames.
While the Flames declined to comment when contacted by TSN today, sources confirm Keenan is currently in Calgary and if all goes as expected, the well-traveled NHL executive and coach could be announced as the head coach of the Flames as early as Thursday.
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Watching the 7th game of the Kasparov-Short blitz match last week made me realize once again how radical Fischer's proposal to shuffle all the pieces on the first rank was and still is. If you want to avoid boring theoretical chess duels, all you have to do is force the players to play an unexplored variation or opening – problem solved.
The 2009 poster of the Mainz Chess Classic, which doesn't exist anymore. There Chess960/Fischer Random was played every year.
In that blitz game, Nigel Short played the St. George Defense (which usually arises after 1.e4 a6 but now appeared on the board after 1.Nf3 b5 2.e4 a6) and even managed to beat the 13th World Champion (who, admittedly, blundered an exchange in the middle game). He thus created an appropriate echo of another St. George game, in which another British Grandmaster, Tony Miles, managed to beat former World Champion, Anatoly Karpov (at the Skara European Team Championships in 1980).
In fact, Short also beat Kasparov with the now-rare King's Gambit – and with a rare line within the King's Gambit at that - providing another argument for those people (and I think I consider myself to be among them) who claim that all it takes to solve boring computer preparation is some creativity in the opening. Is that too much to ask of professional chess players?
Of course, some will say that it's easy to experiment in blitz, but that one can't expect the chess elite to actually start studying the King's Gambit for important tournament games. Playing this dubious gambit in serious competition will cost them serious money! I only partly agree with this argument, because there's no reason why playing blitz should, in principle, not be as profitable as playing classical chess. (It seems that even Kirsan Ilyumzhinov agrees with me on this point!)
But let's for a moment assume that it's impossible to force the King's Gambit (or the St. George, or any other opening that's not considered to be 'main stream') down professional players' throat: what if we simply adjusted the starting position a little to help the pros make up their minds? Suppose from now on everybody would needs to start their game with the following position:
So much for all Najdorf and Ruy Lopez theory! And that's just the beginning, of course. All openings would have to be studied anew, because the slight modification will create all sorts of subtle and not so subtle differences. The game would still resemble chess sufficiently not to lose the interest of the general public, but the nuances would be different enough for the insiders to immediately appreciate the complete make-over of "boring" chess opening theory.
Perhaps some will argue that this new beginning position is actually to Black's advantage, even though it's still White to move. Well, that might turn out to be true, but how 'fair' is the current starting position? Isn't that considered to be better for White? Even so, to make it a bit fairer maybe we shouldn't put a black pawn on a6 (which might also makes queenside castling slightly less attractive), but a black knight?
Heck, we could even have this position and let White choose whether he wants to play with White or Black. It still would be a much more modest change and thus be much more likely to be accepted by both professionals and laymen. Doesn't this modest change of the initial position makes the 'real' Fischer Random chess look absurdly radical?
We can get rid of all the special regulations of Fischer Random chess, or Chess960 as it seems to be called these days: no more need to create the various starting positions with a special computerized algorithm; no more need for confusing different castling rules. We can simply play the above position for the next, say, 600 years - until theory has evolved so much again that we're ready for the next step – put a white knight on h3 as well. (And in the mean time, we can enjoy the evolution of completely new chess openings as more and more games are coming in.)
Perhaps even more importantly, the quality of the games will be much higher than those played under the current Fischer Random rules. Why? Simply because Fischer Random opening positions are too unfamiliar and weird even to super-GMs, causing them to blunder in a much higher percentage of the games than in regular chess. Normal pattern recognition is mostly useless in Fischer Random. As Tim Krabbé once said, "Fischer Random puts us back 200 years."
I suspect Krabbé was even being polite in his estimation. Maybe it puts us back not 200 but 400 years. Remember those games from the 17th century in which even the strongest players in the world used to fall for what we now think of as 'cheap opening traps'? Well, I recently went to watch the Dutch Fischer Random Championship in my hometown, Amsterdam. I was just in time to witness what everybody felt was the 'dream final' - the decisive game between Dutch GM Dennis de Vreugt and Yasser Seirawan, who in regular chess beat many a World Champion in his best days, including Karpov and Kasparov.
I was in for a disappointment: Seirawan blundered a full piece as early as move eight, thus robbing the audience of a thrilling finale (and handing De Vreugt his well-deserved title on a silver platter). I felt bad, not only for Yasser but also for the tournament organizers. Honestly, I think no audience in the world likes to see such 'drama'.
And that's hardly the only example from GM-practice in Fischer Random chess. I remember Gata Kamsky blundering on move six a few years ago. I think it was against Aronian – I'd love to show you the game, but unfortunately, because to my knowledge there isn't any good commercial database storing Fischer Random games, let alone allowing for any kind of simple search functionality (no handy ECO opening codes, sorry!), I can't. Whereas some people are still debating Lasker-Lasker, New York 1924, any game of Fischer Random or Chess960 seems utterly forgettable.
Why not get rid of this artificial stuff and just move a pawn or piece to a6 in the starting position instead? Even if you think I sound like a Luddite, it's hard to deny that it's a lot easier for all.
2 years 6 months ago
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I don't think this will solve anything at all, a pawn at a6. Randomness should be a factor, maybe something like let the tournament software randomly choose beteen the a2-h2 or a7-h7 pawns before each game?
Also i don't see why chess960 is so bad? It's just not very common yet
2 years 6 months ago
Nyah. Chess 960 is much more interesting to watch than just putting a pawn on a6. In St. Louis last month they didn't even use a computer to select the starting position. It's not hard to follow the rules for setting up a position. Also, doesn't DGT make a clock that will give you the position a the touch of a button then times the game?
Sorry, but boring proposals. Capablanca, Fischer and everyone advocating randomness of sorts is trying to kill classical chess. Possibilities are endless in chess - no need for any adjustments to the starting position. Why not leave this old and still vibrant game alone.
Moving a black pawn one or two square from it's starting square (at random or not) doesn't give rise to a new kind of chess. E.g., the starting position with a black pawn on a6 is the same position with colours reversed after 1.a3 in a normal game of chess. So, this instead limits one's options. A similar argument holds if black places his knight on a6.
Thus this doesn't look like the way forward for our game of chess.
2 years 6 months ago
I would have been the first to mention this if the comments were not switched off :)
The suggestion of putting a black pawn on a6 limits the number of reachable positions compared to the normal configuration of pieces. Thus, in a sense, the complexity of the game decreases and there is less room for creativity.
But this problably isn't the reason why you suggested the starting position should be adjusted. As I understand it, there are two reasons. In the first place, it renders established opening theory useless (well, not totally, since there still are ways to transpose to known theory). Second, it enhances our understanding of the game. It would be beneficial to know exactly how a different starting position influences winning chances (or drawing chances for some of you out there!) and then use this knowledge in a normal game. Come to think of it, would Adorjan still say that black is OK if the pawn is on a6? In a way, black has lost some of his reactive possibilities. I'm guessing that a hedgehog with a tempo up for black is disastrous, since he can't put the tempo to use (and this may hold for other sicilians as well).
But certainly, i can't disagree it isn't exciting, but it does look a bit artificial.
As for chess960, should we not play chess960, because a GM blundered a piece in the first couple of moves?
interesting proposal; however, imho chess960 is a more promising alternative, it would just need _much_ more support from players, sponsors as well as fans... for instance, although world champions have been crowned multiple times by now, having no database in an age with live rating sites updated several times a day clearly describes the situation
i want to ask something that may be trivial: what is lasker-lasker (1924)?
2 years 6 months ago
Kenneth W. Regan
2 years 6 months ago
At Hans Bodlaender's ChessVariants.com, I'm on record as favoring this form of "Fischer Non-random": http://www.chessvariants.com/diffsetup.dir/baselinef.html
With 960-squared possibilities, probably a few thousand really meaningful ones, it would really set back "theory" 200 years!
It's interesting that Arne Moll wants to "kill all excisting sicilian theory". The openings - their names and the long tradition of developed theory - is a living cultural treasure. Think again Arne!
2 years 6 months ago
Arne, I've read chess websites for a decade and never commented because I've never felt strongly enough. But this idea of yours is beautifully brilliant and I think it should be the next step in the evolution of chess. Like many such ideas, it seems destined for a long time to be misunderstood and unappreciated by many, possibly even the majority. Also like many profound ideas, it is deceptively simple, but this is a large part of its brilliance. As you rightly point out, the "minor" alteration becomes increasingly significant as one moves up the rating ladder - to GMs, it's a monumental difference. And yet, unlike F-Random, it preserves the essence of the game. Fischer Random's flaw is that it's too wildly different, as you point out. As its name and creator remind us, it's random (incoherent, meaningless), and therefore disrupts in too violent and shocking a way the inner coherence and logic of chess that is its essence. A game perhaps appropriate only for Bobby Fischer himself, or someone of his inner chaos and insanity. If only we could stop idolizing far-and-away the single most insane and dangerous of chess genius, we may be more receptive to good ideas.
Many amateurs won't appreciate the idea because they won't think it's a major difference. They like Fischer Random for that reason. But the truth is a pawn on a3 or a6 is a monumental difference. Some of those who bemoan the dying of chess by opening theory, in my view, are plain dishonest with themselves. They laud themselves as ultra-creative as a defense mechanism to defend bruised egos. Their problem isn't really with opening theory, it's that they lack comprehension, may be a bit lazy (or frustrated with past attempts) and, yes, may lack creativity compared to better players. Wanting to "invent" from move 1 is not a sign of brilliance or creativity, people! Like some spoiled child who slaps paint on paper and wants to be praised a brilliant artist, they want to be appreciated as creative geniuses without doing any work or respecting the history of the game. In what other field - math?, science? - do we praise people who want to invent everything anew, without absorbing the body of material collected by humanity first? Most theoretical chess opening lines leave us in early mid-game positions that are unclear, with many possibilities reflecting different styles and values. That's where the limitless creativity kicks in, and if you listen to any GM review his or her games you won't help but be filled with an appreciation for his/her creativity. Do some opening lines lead directly to equal endgames? Sure. The exception proves the rule.
I am co-owner and Director of the Chess Club of Fairfield County, www.fairfieldcountychess.com. With bias but also good reason, I believe we are the best chess club in the world. We are a 4,000 square foot building, newly renovated, dedicated 7 days/week to chess. We do not rely on philanthrophy - our funding is from the chess community. We'd be happy to have a "St. George's" tournament or other event with your idea as the centerpiece. Feel free to contact me at email@example.com anytime to discuss! Thanks again for the great idea, Arne. Don't be deterred!!
2 years 6 months ago
A "pedantic" note: Skara 1980 was not a chess Olympiad, was an European Team Championship. The 1980 Olympiad was at Malta.
2 years 6 months ago
Suppose that Fischer Random was originally invented first. How do you think people would react if someone suggested that 959 possible starting positions should be discarded and only one used from now. They correctly would pont out that whole games could be calculated by a computer than memorized by a player, and "played" it in a tournament. Fischer considered this cheating and he definitely had a point. Unfortunately people as we know like the status quo, and insist to play only that one old boring starting position.
By the way I prefer to call it Fischer Random, since I believe the inventor deserves that his name is attached to his invention. We don't call Rubik's Cube Cube54 or Cube4325200327448985600 either.
Arsen Babayan
2 years 6 months ago
"We can simply play the above position for the next, say, 600 years"...
And I think this is the error in author's theory which triggers it totally void. 600 years? Seriously? I agree that it took 600 years for the modern chess theory to emerge and get to where it is now. But do not forget, that all the strategic and tactical theory is still out there and even if we completely disregarded the role of computers in modern-day chess theory, it would take no more than 100 years for the opening theory for a new starting position to grow and overgrow. In this computerized era it would take 5-6 years, let it be 10, to get another starting position analyzed and published in all details, while you would never do that for 960 possible positions of Fischer's chess. Fischer's idea was "show me you can play CHESS". By switching between starting positions you do not fulfill Bobby's desire, and if a super-GM blunders a piece on 10th move playing Chess960, sorry, then there are only two explanations for that: either the guy is a theory-freak or that's just an accident, which happens sometimes and the author's suggestion doesn't solve any of those in any way.
Another major drawback for this is that it's very difficult to find another position in line with author's idea which would not be of big... if not decisive advantage to either side. Black pawn to a6 - and Black is much better, as the author correctly mentioned. But the alternative (knight to a6) is a disaster for black - not only they are deprived of very important defensive piece on c6 or d7, they basically will have to play a piece down most of the game, as 1.d4 will become an automatic first move for white taking c5 square from the knight, let alone all possible captures Bf1xa6 by destroying black's queenside pawn structure.
So briefly, I think this is just another "nice try". In my honest opinion nothing has yet been suggested to even compete with Fischer's idea of revolution.
2 years 6 months ago
The idea is not really new. I can't find the source right now, but Dvoretsky made a very similar suggestion years ago.
2 years 6 months ago
Yes, he made it in his chesscafe column a year or two ago; Arne maybe you should have a look at it. His motivation is also that positions should be understandable, but he explains it better and in more detail. And I think his suggestion is different... moving just a pawn or something like that. Please search for it and give a link :)
Dvoretsky discussed FRC-chess960, and his own alternative, on 2008/Jan, in "Polemic Thinking, Part Two", at...
Yes, we need to discard the 'Random' from Fischer Random Chess.
But No, not the way this ChessVibes column says to.
I believe that one of the 959 non-traditional setups should be annointed for the next couple decades, so that grandmasters and amateurs, both armed with Fritz and a creative spirit, could develop a whole broad & deep opening theory for the new setup, to rival the depth and breadth already achieved for the traditional chess1 setup.
Watching that new theory grow from nothing would be facinating. It would also be educational in ways we cannot foresee.
But what should the new setup be? I recommend the following, which after 1. e3 e6 in the traditional setup, can be reached in nine more legal move-pairs:
Importantly, S#549 has no corner bishops, and the two white knights start on the same shade of square. Positions which lack either of these two characteristics should not be considered at this time.
I was redirected here from...
http://chess960frc.blogspot.com/ , its entry dated 2011/Nov/05.
GeneM (2011/Nov/05)
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Fritz_13 has a new cloud-derived collaborative analysis feature named "Let's Check". This feature could have a tremendous effect on the rate of growth for opening "theory" for one new stable reused chess960 position such as S#549. The whole chess playing planet could contribute to a central repository of analyzed variations of all the not-yet-discovered opening systems for S#549.
Seems like the "Let's Check" feature is a significant new reason to consider adding reuse of S#549 to the long existing reuse of the traditional setup S#518.
2 years 5 months ago
I think that the 1.a3 idea is too limiting for the future of chess. What would be really wonderful is to change chess competition so that players play three types of games in equal proportion in the really big global tournaments:
1) A traditional chess portion of competition
2) A fixed inter-generational FIDE assigned Chess960 start position portion of competition
3) A genuinely randomized Chess960 portion of competition
If we give these names it would be:
1) "Classical" portion of competition
2) "Fixed-position" portion of competition
3) "Fischer-random" portion of competition
Each of these three divisions has the following academic advantages:
1) Classical-start -> test of memorization transitioning into the mid-game
2) Fixed-start -> test of good research techniques transitioning into the mid-game
3) Fischer-start -> test of creativity transitioning into the mid-game
The big tournaments of the world would feature the elite players facing up in all these three forms of chess competition. The chess rating system would legitimize and recognize these three forms of play by giving them each an official ratings system.
Then in other parts of the world specialist tournaments would start to show up focusing on one of these disciplines depending on what the regional interest is. For example there are regions of the world right now that are highly focused on traditional chess. There are regions of the world willing to try fixed-start positions and there are regions in the world such as Germany that already have an exciting Chess960 culture.
I appeal to the chess world. Can Chess players of the world finally accept that traditional Chess and Chess960 are not mutually exclusive, but actually complement each other? Please I ask that the chess world lessons it's black and white mentality just for a short time while we rethink the future of chess.
Thanks for listening
Yasser Sierawan's chess variant, where a hawk ( a piece combining the moves of bishop and a knight) and an elephant (a piece combining the powers of a rook and a knight) are introduced on a vacant square on the back rank, maintains the patterns of the classic game while cranking up the voltage. Yasser's game gets exceedingly complex once the new men are placed, but there is no reason why the players can't agree to use the same mechanism to introduce another bishop, say, or any other (or any number of other) pieces during a game. Using this technique preserves the contours of the traditional game and the reliance on opening theory, though valuable, is considerably less so. Try it. You'll like it.
Yasser Sierawan's chess variant, where a hawk ( a piece combining the moves of bishop and a knight) and an elephant (a piece combining the powers of a rook and a knight) are introduced on a vacant square on the back rank, maintains the patterns of the classic game while cranking up the voltage. Yasser's game gets exceedingly complex once the new men are placed, but there is no reason why the players can't agree to use the same mechanism to introduce another bishop, say, or any other (or any number of other) pieces during a game. Using this technique preserves the contours of the traditional game and the reliance on opening theory, though valuable, is considerably less so. Try it. You'll like it.
You should have a look at this, an alternative to Fischer Random where the pieces are manually (non-randomly) relocated:
2 years 3 months ago
By the way, I have already suggested a training variant, Chess256, close to Moll's suggestion:
2 years 2 months ago
From what I can tell watching the recent Tata Steel tournament wherein we saw the best players in the world square off, this talk of the death of chess is as premature now as it was in Capablanca's day. In many of the Tata games the top GMs got in trouble in the openings.
1 year 11 months ago
Pick 1 960 position and use that for the next 10 years, then pick another and so forth ;)
Honestly I think normal chess has a lot of life still though.
1 year 4 months ago
I've stumbled across this interesting discussion, and like to add something. First, I should say that I'm not much more than a casual player - I did play for the school team, and I played a bit of club chess later, but if I tell you that I own only two chess books - a 1974 "Ideas Behind the Openings", and Fischer's 60 Memorable Games - you'll know that I'm pretty much a tyro in these computer-driven times. But I do love the game, and I think I agree with those who bemoan the fact that there's so much theory now that you can't even say who just won a game - was it you, or the sound variant you managed to remember move by move from a book? But I also understand why there's such a resistance to Fischer Random and similar variants. It's not "real" chess - it's not "classic" and so on. So here's a suggestion - daft or not, only you really serious players can say. But this suggestion has certain advantages; it's real chess - its' classic, so the purists should be satisfied. But it pretty much wipes out most - not all, and that's important - opening theory. You'd have to start again, which gives you another fifty years to build up theoretical lines! And, finally, I promise two things should any of you try this- and you should try this by playing half-a-dozen games with someone whose game you know well: one, that you'd be as frustrated as hell for the first two or three games - but then, your opponent would be in the same boat. And, two,that it would really test your ability to create - and - as Fischer put it - just play chess. This suggestion isn't even new- in fact, it's several hundred years old!! Let's call it Indian Chess. (Which is where the King's Indian, and Nimzo-Indian get their names of course - which is why I said that not all opening theory gets jettisoned), So what you do is revert to chess - classic chess - as it was played in India. That is, reverse the rule that allows pawns to move two squares from their original position. It was done to "speed up" the game of course, but maybe it's time now to slow it down again! By doing this, nothing about the game as we know it now gets chucked out. But just try this, and think of how little use opening theory is - and yet you're playing real, classic chess. For instance, suppose I happen to hate facing the Ruy Lopez: well, when I see e3 played by white, I can avoid any possibility of that opening by playing a6 straight away. Then my opponent has to think again - and really think again. It would need a mathematician to calculate how many combinations are possible in Indian chess after each player has made, say, two moves each - but whether it's a smaller or larger number than at present hardly matters, because without the book or the computer to do it for you - over the board, that is - you'd have to fall back on your native ability to play the game.
Classic Indian Chess: any takers?
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At Pineapple Pass rope up and ascend directly up the face to a broad ledge about 50' below the summit. From here, either ascend broken rock somewhat to the right of the center face, or climb directly to the notch below the summit by a thin left-facing flake, or go left on a narrow ledge (the Catwalk) and then scramble to the summit. If descending via the N ridge, take ice axes to the summit (snow on the N side), this is the recommended descent in view of the traffic volume on the mountain, even in midweek. If rappelling, be careful of ascending climbers.
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Bead Landing Found Objects Storybook Necklace
Found Objects™ is for the crafter who likes to work with mixed media. You will find a wide variety of items that resemble something you might find at places like antique stores or flea markets. Get inspired while designing this exceptional mixed media necklace.
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Material List
- Bead Landing™ Found Objects Dominoes
- Bead Landing™ Chain
- Bead Landing™ Specialty Findings Head Pins
- Bead Landing™ Found Objects™ Charms – Key Hole, Keys and Hinge
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NUMBER 134. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. FEBRUARY, 1903. Suggestions. It is important to teach a Negro to work, so that he may earn a living. It is more important to teach him to think, so that he may want to earn a living. A thoughtful mind with unskilled hands is no less likely to earn a living than skilled hands owned by a thoughtless mind. Earning a living for the body is easier when earning a living for something more than the body is aimed at. The Negro who craves books, magazines, and pictures for his home is much more likely to possess a tight roof, a full pantry, and comfortable clothes than one who does not. Some Negroes are better fitted to earn a living with the brain than with the hand. Is it not worth while to teach such to work with their brain? About 2500 Negroes in the United States have had brain enough to work through and graduate from a college course. Statistics show that the college-bred Negroes of this country own on the average $2400 worth of real estate, assessed valuation, and probably $5000 worth of property all told, on the average. It would appear from these statistics that college-bred Negroes, as a class, are not paupers or loafers. Teaching a Negro to earn a living for himself, either by hand or brain, is a good thing. Teaching him how to help others to earn a living is a better thing. Over eighty per cent of the college-bred Negroes of America have found permanent employment in teaching and the professions. A single college class of seven members, graduated from Atlanta University, were found soon after their graduation to be helping as many as 2000 children and adults on their way to a better self-support. A single graduate of Atlanta University has improved the condition of a group of 3000 Negro farmers so that they now own property to an aggregate amount of three quarters of a million dollars. With such results as these, is it not worth while to support the higher education of the Negro? For statement of the work of Atlanta University see last page. WHAT FORTY DOLLARS WILL DO. Forty dollars is the amount of a tuition scholarship in Atlanta University. Tuition is charged to all students and is paid by them whether a scholarship is assigned them or not. What then is the meaning of a tuition scholarship? Simply this: The rate of annual tuition charged to and paid by the students is merely nominal and covers only a small fraction of the actual cost. The tuition scholarship makes up, approximately, the difference between the nominal charge and the actual cost and thus enables the University to offer a rate of tuition which the average student is able to pay. There is nothing very peculiar in this arrangement. The situation is the same in all the large institutions of learning. No student of Harvard, Yale, Columbia, or Princeton pays the full cost of his tuition. He pays a fee, indeed, much larger than ours, but even that would have to be greatly increased were not his professors chiefly supported by the income from large endowment funds. As this income enables Yale or Harvard to charge its students a fee much less than the actual cost of their tuition, so the annual tuition scholarship enables Atlanta University to do the same thing. Of course it is understood that Atlanta University has no endowed chairs and only the most meagre beginning of a general endowment. When the adequate endowment comes, we can discontinue the tuition scholarships. General Armstrong once said to the writer with reference to raising money, "Divide and conquer." And so we divide by the number of our students the cost of our tuition that is not met by the students' fees and say that we need forty dollars for each student—not to release him from paying his moderate fee, which would not be good for him—but to make it possible for the University to charge him a fee that is within his means to pay. This process of division, too, yields a sum that is within the means of many donors to give; and when the gift of one donor can be made to minister, through the University, to the need of one student for one year, the personal relationship involved lends additional interest to the gift. Recognizing this personal element, each scholarship is assigned to a definite student who writes a letter of thanks and information to the donor. Friends, we have so far received only a small fraction of the number of forty-dollar scholarships needed for the current year. Can you not give one personally? Might not your Sunday-school class make up the amount for one—or the whole Sunday-school or church with which you are connected? Or the Endeavor Society or some other organization? Remember that in helping us to help these three hundred Negro boys and girls who are struggling to get their education you will be helping many thousands of still poorer and much more ignorant children and grown people whom these students will teach and help when they have been graduated. The veteran principal of one of the oldest and most important schools of the American Missionary Association, in a letter to a member of our Faculty, gives the following gratifying testimony regarding the worth of some of our graduates employed as industrial teachers in his school: "My dear Sir: I wish to express to you and through you to your associates at Atlanta University the satisfaction we have felt in having with us at LeMoyne during the past two years or more, two or three young men from your training. We gave Mr.-----up with great regret last month, but his work is taken up by Mr.-----without a jar or ruffle in the even surface of school affairs. These men, Messrs.-----and-----, and now Mr. -----, have proven good and loyal instructors and workers in the school and they have exhibited strength of character and an evenness of balance that has. given them a decided influence and standing in the school and community. I wish some other schools were half as fortunate in the type of men they send out." The Department of Economics, Atlanta University, has been authorized by William R. Merriam, the director of the 12th census, to prepare a special report of 50 pages on the Agricultural statistics relating to the Negro as returned by the census,
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