Chess is WAR!!!
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The post about replacing war with chess was just intended to be a whimsical, StacyBearden-esque list starter for fun (imagine that, on a thread started by none other than...)!
Haha I know! Kill it with humor, right? Diffuses him...
No chess for oil?
Chess isnt like war. There isnt set even # on each side, both sides arent equally equipped, there typically no boundaries or reinforcements in war. No terrain issues etc. The rules of war were already broken in WWI. German U-boats attacked the innocent/passenger ships,and didn't give a warning.
It's all hypothetical anyways. I'm not saying that replacing wars with chess would ever happen. It's just interesting to think about.
@Am3692 - Thanks for pointing out the obvious and irrelevant.
cheater_1 wrote:
Chess is WAR!!! True, there are rules to be followed in war, but I like to refer to them as guidelines. I hate politics, but look at all the rules the Bush REGIME has broken (can anyone say waterboarding?) The ultimate goal is to win, just as Piers Morgan pummeled that redneck Trace Adkins in the Celebrity Apprentice (can anyone say nice guys finish last), chess is about winning--it's not a popularity contest. I like to see that little black mark in the win column. I don't care how it got there, I want it there. And you, dear opponent, are nothing more than an obstacle trying to prevent me from putting that litle black mark there. I wont allow it. It goes against everything that I am about. I view myself as a chess warlord.
Just as poker players wear sunglasses to hide their true thoughts as well as intimidate their opponents, I plaster a smug smirk on my face when I play OTB and smile all the while as I decimate your forces. I have beaten a few players who hold ratings higher than I have with this slimy tactic. Some have confessed later that they wanted nothing more than to jump over the table and bash my face in. OTB players, use whatever you have in your arsenal to win, whether it be a smirk, a snicker after a move, or a snide comment as you got your opponent on the ropes. Psychological warfare. I may not be the most likeable chess player, but I am the Piers Morgan of the chess world. I deliver.
You don't beat higher rated players. You cheat to beat higher rated players.
There is smack talk in any competitive game, so i am all for it
Chess, god help me, I love it.
@Rael: 1. Nukes# made me spit 7up on my Macbook! I am still laughing.
Chess is mental combat.
PhilipN wrote:
--William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), U.S. general. From a [modified
] speech, Columbus, Ohio, August 11, 1880.
Someone made a comment about President Bush not having an exit strategy...when I play chess I do not promise at the beginning of the game to resign if I don't win in a certain number of moves.
Zing! 
How about this:
"There is many a boy here today who looks on chess as all glory, but boys, it is all hell. You can bear this warning voice to generations yet to come. I look upon chess with horror.
--William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891), U.S. general. From a [modified
] speech, Columbus, Ohio, August 11, 1880.
Mar 30, 2008
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#32
FOR ONCE, I am reading some decent posts. Thank you. I have renewed faith. I was expecting to see the same old bashing, negative posts, but was pleasantly surprised.
" Never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.'' --Winston Churchill
Mar 30, 2008
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#33
Taking the side topic seriously for a moment, the irony is that chess not war would only work if it could be backed by physical enforcement of the outcome. Physical is always the bottom line.
On the OT, I would be respectful and gracious in any game I played. I think building up my fellow man, and my own self esteem, are most important. At the same time, if my opponent wants to try to intimidate me, that's fine. I'll put my efforts toward knowledge, skill, and concentration. (Trash talking for humor among friends is a different matter.)
All's fair in love and chess...
/groan
Rael wrote:
This just in... George Bush plays chess with no (exit) strategy.
if it's no exit strategy, then how is Clinton gonna get outta this one when she wins
Haha you know what's funny, Clinton refusing to withdraw from the race really reflects a lot of player's views here on resigning.
Hear that, all of you "never-resigners"? You're just like Hillary Clinton, holding out in a lost race.
/oh God, I bet this comment is considered political. Banned, I shall be.
...Rael, then shouldn't you just delete the post?
1-0, common sense.
As for 1. Nukes, it can be countered easily. Listen to this:
1. MAD, Nukes 2. Nukes
And it's a tie!
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And the end of the world!
Apr 9, 2008
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#38
Please END this thread! I hate reliving the past. Unless there are some 80's HAIR METAL bands in it.
ill take one of those
This guy thinks so.