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Hello,

My name is Eric Hamby and reside in Greenville SC, USA. I love to talk and play chess and life's lessons learned by chess. I believe that chess principles and consequences are analogous with life in general and can teach us many things if we want to look.

Similar to controlling our own center in life it is equally important to control the center of the battlefield (chessboard). It is also one of the hardest things for me to keep in mind as I make my moves.

I am not alone in this thought. An interesting coincidence happened to me on this subject. The first paper I wrote for college was a paper on life's lessons that chess provides and for a graduation present a friend of mine gave me (unaware of my paper but had probably heard me rant on the subject) a  book by Gary Kasparov, How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves from the Board to the Boardroom.

I welcome and encourage anyone with like thoughts to join and participate with our group. Who knows...you may learn more than just strategies for the board!!!

Hi.

I'm new to this group, so I thought I'd introduce myself. I am not the greatest chess player in the world, but I try and LOVE to control the center. I am hoping this group will help me learn how to get the center more often then I do.

With all the new members to our team I thought I would bring this forum topic to the forefront. You can view my introduction from Nov, 21008 here as well.

  Generally I try to go to every member's profile upon joining and learn what I can from it. However, it would be helpful for everybody if we could talk about ourselves from the perspective of a Central Command team member and what you would like to contribute, learn, or do here.

The theme for Central Command is controlling the center, but there are many roads to that end. What are your thoughts on it.

I would also like to encourage all members to challenge each other sometimes, so that we can learn more about each other. I also strongly encourage everyone to share and discuss some of their favorite games with us; I know I would be very interested in viewing and commenting on your great games .

Thanks for your support,

Glad to be invited to join. I teach my young students how important it is to be "centered" and to "think before you act" so that "good decisions make good outcomes." Chess teaches these lessons in a visceral way to young minds (and to those of us who are a bit more "seasoned"). I enjoy chess, especially the tournaments but not the Vote Chess - don't find many places where that latter option is really a team effort.

HI Naedling, Great analogies on life and chess! I too have grown to think in those lines.

I believe that your comment on vote chess is accurate as well if played in a laisa faire manner. It could even lead to a certain level of animosity amongst team members. Here at Central Command I want to encourage our team members to use the vote chess as a collaborative tool where we can explain why we make the moves we are submitting. This way we can get insight into our fellow player's reasoning's and add to their (my) analysis of the position where needed and learn from it. Otherwise it is just another game won, lost or drawn.

Thanks again for your comment and its great to have you with us!