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OK, so this is either good for laugh or severe criticism.
a diary, of sorts:
1. d4 -- "could be worse...maybe 1. h4 or something."
4. Bb5 -- "novices? this looks pretty standard to me. i wish i played like this when i first started"
8. f4 -- "dang, man. i still do play like this"
9. dxc5 -- "yep. i probably would have done that."
14. Rb1 -- "oh, yeah. that too. wow i suck."
17. Ra2 -- "finally, a move so dumb that even i might not have made it."
35. c4 -- "good grief, why hasn't white resigned yet?"
35...Rxc4 -- "oh yeah, white must be a stubborn sonofabitch like me."
Vtan, when you said that this is "good for laugh," did you mean a bitter, spiteful, vitriolic, oh-the-irony-of-a-life-of-failures kind of laugh? because that's what i got.
and thank you for that. it's been a while.
justice_avocado wrote:
Vtan, when you said that this is "good for laugh," did you mean a bitter, spiteful, vitriolic, oh-the-irony-of-a-life-of-failures kind of laugh? because that's what i got.
In one of Bruce Pandolfini's Q&A columns, I believe he was criticised about the realism of the games that he scripted for Searching for Bobby Fischer. His response was "Have you ever seen the games 3rd graders play in tournaments?" I now know what he means.
The funny thing is, I probably still play like that sometimes and yes, feel free to laugh at me when I do.
Wow, what a massacre. Truth is, though, anyone can play with their eyes half-shut. Sigh.
Even I don't beat up on children for their poor chess play... come on you bullies.
I've watched many, many games between beginner 8 year olds and you just have to keep your mouth shut.
Aug 11, 2007
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#7
I played the computer on chesspark.com the other day and it too had a massive clearence sale with its pieces. It was supposed to be rated 1450 as well. More like 14.50!
This is from the only thread in the scholastic chess forum. If you're interested in the topic of children and chess...
"I taught scholastic chess for about 2 years. Class size was usually between 8-20 students, ages 5-11. It can serve as a good introduction to the game, but the mediocre students, i.e. the ones who don't want to be there, really bring it down for everyone else.
A lot of the time I ended up teaching basic reasoning skills (rather than chess specifically), as a lot of students seem to have zero exposure to topics like logic and critical thinking. I mean REALLY basic stuff, like "it is bad to lose material, therefore I must not let my opponent have a free pawn."
It was a fun experience, but I far prefere a learning environment where all of the students want to be there."
Aug 11, 2007
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#9
Well how it worked at my elementary school is that we had lessons for those who wanted during lunch time. Actually most people did want to be there and enjoyed it, it was nice time.
