Ignorance...
When did ignorance become a virtue? I've always tried to live according to the motto 'Tis better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.' (variously attributed to Abraham Lincoln, Silvan Engel and ...
Children go home...
seriously, if you aren't player enough to accept a rematch, regardless of the outcome, don't even bother pretending you're a chess player. Go play checkers or video games or something other than a game for adults because you'...
Open Letter of Disgust to Morgan Adelaide
I almost beat you in the only game we've played... I've beat people that have beaten you... it took you 64 moves to mate me and that is nowhere near a shut out... so what are you afraid of? Losing? Dropping ...
Waves of Understanding
Everything in life centers around waves; Light waves, Sound waves, Microwaves (hey, a guy's gotta eat) But recently the most prominent waves have been the emotional waves... my concentration has been off... not only here but lsewhere as ...
Oversights and Missed Moves
I have come to the conclusion that I would not win any games if it were not for my opponents not overlooking the next obvious move... Of course I wouldn't lose any if it were not for my own tendency to overlook my opponents next obvious move.....
Endgames and other evils
Well, I think I've started to figure this game out a bit. When I was a kid playing with my dad I learned the moves... not all the moves, mind you, but enough to play with my dad. Something I've just recently learned prop...
Game, set and match...
Well, today i recieved (from WholesaleChess) my board, set, bag and book for keeping notes on my games... All in all I'm quite happy with the set. The pieces are quite heavy which is very pleasing. You set a piece down and, with th...
Apparently... part deux
Now that I've figured out how to make these neat little boards I thought I'd show everybody my complete botch job on this game that I mentioned in my post titled "Apparently..." enjoy... (and feel fre to comment!) &...
The Point of Points...
Apparently every time I write a blog I get points... and if enough people read the blog I get more points... So my question is this: What are the points used for? Obviously my chess rating wont improve. And I have yet to se...
French Queens Silician Gambit for Black
or something like that... which is not so much a theory as a question. Someone had posted a blog entitled "Opening Frustrations" and Fischer (who is either the legendary Robert "Bobby" Fischer himself or a clever im...
Apparently...
People don't play chess on Sundays. Or so it would seem from the lack of activity on all the games I'm currently in the midst of not playing because no one else is online. On the up side I think I'm getting to be a bit (st...
What's the deal...
with impatience? I've been in game after game and been close to killing my oponenet and then make some bone head move and blow the whole game... its like my brain gets ahead of itself and blows off a perfectly sound move that will ...
Timing Is Everything
My biggest problem I find is time... there is far too much of it. Give me a nice quick five minute game any day of the week. Anything beyond that and my attention wanders. I had kinda hoped that I'd actually be able to ...
Why I'm here...
I've been playing Chess since I was a kid. My first memories of the game consist of playing with my dad on the weekends that he would pick me up from my mom's house. That went on for several years until i neat him a couple of t...
