Sylvano
Sylvano
Australia 
Member Since: Jan 12, 2008
Last Login: Jul 6, 2008
Profile Views: 275
Points: 18
Homepage: www.gnomon.com.au/
Birthday: Jan 1, 1960
Occupation: I'm not a doctor or a lawyer.
My Chess Style / Favorite Openings:
Chess had the same presence in my youth as playing the guitar: playing the same 4 chords over and over.
I joined chess.com to keep in touch with a friend and now I am making new friends, learning why I lose and discovering that chess is a game that really does exercise a particular part of the brain that other activities don't really touch.
Ihave a strong preference for an early queen exchange to create space on the board and to encourage a more strategic interaction.
Submitted by
Sylvano on Feb 18, 2008 3:16am.
Someone on Chess.com will have a greater knowledge than me on this issue. I figure that I am not the first in the history of the game to wonder if this is some kind of bug in the rules and seek reference to historical arguments on this kind of ...Read more »