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Gratuity for the Greeters

Gratuity for the Greeters

run_along_now_honey
| Mar 31, 2009
| 1,466
| 16

Just a thought on the 'volunteer' Greeter situation. It's been my experience that you have to wade through a lot of games which are <3 moves and abandoned before you actually find a 'player'. Kind of takes the fun out of it. How about some kind...

Checks by pieces pinned to their King

Checks by pieces pinned to their King

run_along_now_honey
| Feb 11, 2009
| 14,355
| 22

First, some background and definition. When we refer to ‘Check’, what we are really saying is that a piece is lined up on his opponents King creating the potential on the next move to capture the King. The piece is said to be ‘attacking’ the Kin...

Silent but deadly

Silent but deadly

run_along_now_honey
| Dec 19, 2008
| 1,743
| 5

Silence is Golden, but what is the rational for the countless Live Chess players who log on for a game, and never issue one syllable during the entire match? No greeting, no sign-off, no tag-line, nothing. As for myself, I feel compelled to give a...

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