nobodyreally wrote:
Harvey_Wallbanger wrote:
Nobody really sucks at chess.
Excuse me?
lol. Nice to see you back old chap. :)
Can intelligent person suck at chess, forever?
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Sep 15, 2015
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#423
kayak21 wrote:
nobodyreally wrote:
Harvey_Wallbanger wrote:
Nobody really sucks at chess.
Excuse me?
lol. Nice to see you back old chap. :)
Thank you, same here.
Sep 15, 2015
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#424
nobodyreally wrote:
Harvey_Wallbanger wrote:
Nobody really sucks at chess.
Excuse me?
It was a facetious comment. You are excused. 
ok, here is the confusing question... at what rating, supposedly, do you "suck" at chess? and what time control are we talking about??
anyways, I don't know if the OP still looks at his 3 year old post- but he's still stuck in the zone (1000-1200) with thousands and thousands of games of blitz. perhaps he doesn't feel like he did three years ago...
perhaps he just likes a good game of blitz- with no aspirations to get particularly higher?
but if , 50+hours of week of study (for three Years!) can't get you out of the median of chess.com blitz- YIKES!
to OP- do you want to update us? we still have your post, apparently, on our mind...
Sep 15, 2015
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#426
starrynight14 escribió:
Yereslov wrote:
Intelligence has nothing to do with chess.
Yes. But you get hundreds of these, 'will chess make me intelligent', 'am I intelligent', 'am I a genius at chess yet' threads. People wanting chess to bolster their ego on their intelligence rather than just taking it as a game which has a very specific and limited skill. It's a bit tiresome reading all those threads.
@satanichess...
yeah I know. still. people feel stupid when they lose in chess. that simply a fact. I don't think its tiresome to read-- I think its a warning Not to underestimate chess... its a HUGE challenge and nothing to take lightly.
I suck but chess is challenging and I enjoy it this way.
Sep 16, 2015
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#429
The point that many of those who really suck at chess don't understand is that:
a. Some who suck will eventually improve (hint: study and hard work).
b. Some who suck will never improve very much (hint: study and hard work can't cure "hopeless").
Oh, sure, there are "dime a dozen" coaches who you can pay. But be careful...if you are in category b, you are wasting your money.
Good luck!
Sep 16, 2015
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#430
This whole post reminds me of a fire put out, so they thought, and then the cool ambers rejuvenated started smoking, then burst into flame, yaaaa we're back yaaaaaa
OK class for our next lesson, should elephants be killed for their ivory just to make elegant chess pieces? I wonder if piano keys were ever made from ivory?
he cannot suck forever....
Sep 16, 2015
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#433
Piano keys most certainly used to be made of ivory. Consider the slang phrase "tinkling on the ivories", and even Stevie Wonder's song "ebony and ivory" (although that is metaphorical as well as having a literal meaning). Ebony is actually still used.
And there are chess sets made of ivory today. Maybe the certified ones are obtained from elephants dead by natural causes, I don't know.
No, I think I'm wrong. I should be reminding something like this: http://www.houseofstaunton.com/the-mammoth-ivory-and-genuine-ebony-collector-series-luxury-chess-set-4-4-king.html
Sep 16, 2015
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#436
In many (most?) countries, ivory is illegal except in certified antiques. And penalties for trading modern ivory products can be large, as it drives the poaching of endangered species.
I read that ivory stopped being used in piano keys in the 20s.
Yep, I bet elephant ivory would cost even more!
Sep 16, 2015
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#439
Security at the Natural History Museum:
"Look out, we've got another chess player lurking around the mammoth skeleton again."
Nobody really sucks at chess.
Excuse me?