[Everyone is playing chess] "Is this chess club?"
Stuff Non-Chess Players Say
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Feb 16, 2017
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#5823
Errr... Harry Potter spell? Another language? I've run out of guesses.
Feb 16, 2017
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#5826
I noticed at the club I used to go to for 10 years, that the non-player always had a mysterious friend who was a doctor, lawyer, engineer or scientist that could beat you easy, but never showed up.
Feb 16, 2017
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#5827
universityofpawns wrote:
I noticed at the club I used to go to for 10 years, that the non-player always had a mysterious friend who was a doctor, lawyer, engineer or scientist that could beat you easy, but never showed up.
lol, haha, yep I know exactly what you're talking about. (Also I like how you used "the non-player" as a variable in that sentence.)
Feb 16, 2017
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#5828
Newba wrote:
Well, thanks.
(But who was "you"? Cause I have no idea...)
Feb 20, 2017
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#5831
Keep posting. We need to make this the longest thread ever.
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/longest-thread-ever
Feb 20, 2017
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#5832
Thanks for sharing the link. I left a lengthy post over there. But since there are threads with thousands and thousands of comments, I don't think this is the type of thread for that. It's more about the quality of stories and thoughts that people share. Not "3 word stories" and the like. However, I am keeping an eye on the view count here. I think that's been pretty successful.
Feb 20, 2017
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#5833
Also.... is your username some form of "chess player" spelled out? 
Feb 20, 2017
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#5835
I don't know what they say, but you can see what non-chess playing directors tell them to do. On the orig. Saved By The Bell, Screech played for the city high school chess championship, with both players moving the pieces with one hand and hitting the clock with the other!
And there have been a few times I've seen the board set up wrong on TB shows without "white on the right."
I linked it!
dragonair234 wrote:
Yep. Chess in popular culture can be a bit disappointing.
Most of the time, that is true. However, I must point out that in the old James Bond movie "From Russia With Love," they got it right.
True story. I was explaining to a non-chess playing friend of mine how some super players can play blindfolded games. His response was a classic of the oh, so stupid variety. Utterly amazed that anyone could play blindfolded, he asked, "Really? And are their hands tied behind their backs, too?" He was dead serious. I could only shake my head and mutter, "Only the ones who were about to be executed."
I lol-ed xD