Another vindication of "why I am a bad chess player"...
"I just turned 40 (some say 50...60...whatever). I can't think as fast or as well as I did when I was younger."
Fischer does not merely outplay opponents; he leaves them bodily and mentally glutted. Fischer himself speaks of the exultant instant in which he feels the 'ego of the other player crumbling'." -- George Steiner
that reminded me of my old track coach
he had been coaching at the school for 40 years (off and on too) and had been a student there for 4.
but he used to ask " how do you eat an elephant"
the answer is " one spoonful at a Time"
That's the spirit!
You know, I think the real key to success at chess is: "Stop blundering!"
Oh...that's the toughest nut of all to crack. I do it less and less...but hardly anywhere as well as needed. I think I would have a bruised forehead if I were to smack it every time I came to realize the blunder that I had just made.
I played an older gentleman a few weeks ago; He plays poker like a Samurai warrior, but chess like a little girl...he had no confindence and full of excuses.
“I am the best player in the world and I am here to prove it.” by guess who?
And who said this?
"Is it against the law to kill a reporter?"
He was so politically incorrect and dead on!
Same guy who said this:
I object to being called a chess genius, because I consider myself to be an all around genius, who just happens to play chess, which is rather different. A piece of garbage like Kasparov might be called a chess genius, but he is like an idiot savant, outside of chess he knows nothing.
Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral, unethical, prearranged games. These guys are really the lowest dogs around.
In defense of Karpov, Kasparov, Korchnio, who I have met, I take great offense at the suggestion they are unethical. You, e4nf3, are not worthy of licking their shoe.
You need not get snarky with me, Denny. I only reported what Bobby had said.
Glad you got a laugh.
Looks like this thread has shot its wad...it has disentegrated (as so many do) into just another 'flame war.' I'm outta here...
Another lurker bites the dust. You'll be missed...cough...cough...
"wendel23 wrote: What a wuss!
That sounds a bit harsh. Well, he could've stayed to help make it a better world.
New cadre of bad chess players, incoming to fill the void:
Well I have returned after being away for a day or two and I see that the fun is continuing. By the way Mr.e4---, back a couple of pages ago you mentioned that some old coot has you blocked --- have you checked recently ? lol
Glad to see you back from your golf outing. Yes, I just looked...I guess one can teach an old dog new tricks (lol).
Doesn't it make you feel magnanimous...and more in tune with God (the forgiveness thing)? (lol)
Well you did take me off your list of blocked people a while back so I had to do the same thing sooner or later lol.
I spent a lot of years working on a major Railway up here and that photo of the overloaded train is very scary, unbelievable lack of safety.
You won't get an argument about that from me. I think a good example of that can be seen in playing bullet/blitz and never doing anything else.
As far as getting to grandmaster level...about this I know nothing. Nor does the average golfer have any idea about how to be the next Tiger Woods. Maybe a lot of praying would help (lol...for cabby's sake).
Here is something bizzare that I just came across:
Do you want to come with me to the boys' room, then we'll see who is Jewish?" -- Bobby Fischer (on being reminded by a reporter that he was half Jewish)