I once played  this OTB game and the guy beats me …actually I lose because I blundered but anyway after the game I congratulate him but mention that I blundered and even point out the move. Well he sort of sneers at me and then makes out as if he won because of his superior chess playing skills. I hate that! But  the dude is about 30 years older than me …what can you do?

Well I jabbed with the left  and then threw a double right hook combo which clearly caught him off guard because he fails to protect himself and takes both hooks on the button. He stumbles back and falls over another player’s table. So it’s looking good for me because my Jiu Jiutsu is better than my boxing. Needless to say I tried to takes his back to choke him out but as I go for it an official steps in and puts me off balance giving my opponent time to recover.

Various people are screaming and shouting incoherently at this stage , I taste blood in my mouth for some reason and somewhere in the distance I hear the crowing of a cock. I notice all this in a split second before this guy , who turns out to be ex-army hits me in the nuts!!! I mean like really hard, like he knows what he’s doing….I could not be blamed for doubling over and I almost passed out but from previous experience I knew this would be a mistake. I am not called ‘snakesbelly’ for nothing because you can hardly stoop lower. So I feign passing out and as the guy comes in to finish me off I find a loose king and hit him in the eye with the little crown side first.

I don’t have to tell you the damage a king can make.

Anyway by now more officials arrive and break us apart.  

There is a lot of bleeding and stuff but I really have to give it to this guy he actually apologized and admitted that I was right.

So he lost the eye and all but we still keep in contact to this day.

Just shows you how chess really builds bridges between people.

What would you say is your rating difference with and without?