Two things:

1) This has been thrown out there before, but your freedom of speech claim is of little use here. Since Tony provides a service, and people pay to show up to this site and enjoy the content, anything that Tony deems bad for business is likely to get the axe. Yes, this forum is free, but the vast majority of people on here are also subscribers to the site, and it's likely that most people are referred to this forum from said site. This forum is more like a really friendly, loose, and lazily governed dictatorship. 

2) Your opinion is not the law. With regards specifically to your challenges on the ICC, what makes you think that this format holds any superiority over a correspondence challenge? Your opinion is that an OTB match is the only way to go, but how can you criticize others for preferring a CC game? Your opinion is not the law Lev. Why not play me in a correspondence game? Is your cowardice to my challenge any better than others declining to waste their time with you on the ICC? I dare to say no! 

I feel like the thing that bothers people the most about you is that you continue to disregard anyone's points, analysis, etc...about anything you post, and instead ad nauseum post the same annoying crap over and over again. We know you think OTB is the only way to play, we know you hate computers, we know you invented two gambits and named them after yourself. We know this. That's all fine, but when you continue to ram these opinions and such down people's throats, it's rude, mostly off topic, annoying. And it's only getting worse!

This is a forum where freedom of speech is encouraged, on a variety of different subjects.  Mr. Ayton, you have not posted here as much as I or other people. You need to learn to be tolerant of what other posters post here. As we say here in the United States, I disagree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it.

First Amendment!

My mother has nothing to do with this, OK? Since I am 42, I am an adult and can be responsible for myself. Or should I ask you if your mother knows what you post? No, because  that is neither here nor there. Our mothers do not come into this discussion.

I do not get kicks out of being rude. That is a false assumption that is being made by an ignorant person. Rather, I say what I think. I am pretty much a straightshooter, and my tone reflects that. For example, the term "computer-lover" describes someone who depends on a computer to do all the chess analyses for him or her.

Yes, the moderator does a good job here. Kudos to him.

Now, are my critics willing to accept the offer of playing a Game/60 on the Internet Chess Club against me without a chess engine helping them?

I too think Markovich is doing a good and conscientious moderating job (and I think Smyslov_Fan is too), but if, as seems, you think my twenty-odd lines on the subject of Lev constitutes posting at length, Markovich, I can but politely disagree! I'm also not sure on what basis you're meaning to distinguish between the "General Chess" section and the others in terms of conduct norms. "General" surely implies a subject indication, nothing more or less, but essentially it's manner, not matter, over which there's an issue as regards toleration.

Decided previously not to post on this thread (the reptile part of my bain makes it difficult not to pip (almost as pornography)).  
After reading Markovich latest reply I just would like to say that I fully support that approach.  
Also would like to add that from my point of view Markovich is doing a great job as moderator.
Hope you will keep up the good work and that you will be an example for other moderators to follow.

Well exactly, DD-OK. But the problem is, a large number of people apparently find it impossible to ignore him, and so on he comes, laughing all the way to the cavern (or wherever trolls live). Sorry to sound so 'severe', but in what way is this wearisomely aggressive, provocative and mind-crushingly repetitious geezer, who for his own reasons seemingly can't do more on here than tediously beat his chest, effectively better than a troll? Heaven knows he's been given opportunities enough to change, and he's scorned them all. The fact is, he never will change unless he's forced to. If that [i]doesn't[/i] happen, why keep on piously wishing for a change that there's not the slightest reason to believe could ever come?

TN wrote on 07/15/09 at 02:31:21:


For White! Eight games, seven wins, one loss = 88%. Still I am too cowardice to try it. The main line goes Qh4+ 4.g3 fxg3+ 5.Kg2 gxh2 6.Rxh2 Qxe4+ 7.Nf3. The game White lost went 4.Kf3 Qh5+ 5.g4 fxg3+, so maybe its fair to give it 100%.

Gambit wrote on 07/14/09 at 19:34:57:


QED. LDZ does not know better than repeating his cliche's over and over again, even though we have read them a thousand times. Must be the result of playing the stereotypal BDG too long.

SWJediknight wrote on 07/14/09 at 21:13:46:


One of the openings that scores best in my database is the Drunken King's Gambit - 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Kf2.