What do you do when waiting for your turn?
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Jun 29, 2008
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zachariah_carlson wrote: Nothing wrong with multi-tasking. :)
Now my wife tells me that multi tasking is something that only ladies can do!
Besides hitting the page refresh obsessively, I scan the forums, swap to my company's intranet site whenever anyone with a tie walks by, and do the occasional bit of work that falls my way.
I've actually gotten big on reading people's blogs. Unfortunately I would say it's about 1 in 10 that seem worth reading, but the occasional treasure is worth the hunt.
scan the forums especially the open discussion one
I surf the web for whatever
sometimes I watch a show then check back
sometimes I'll send messages to the person I am playing
think about how I could be doing useful things like the yardwork or cleaning up the house instead of playing chess
etc...
sometimes I'll come back and post more mindless postings to occupy my time too...like now!!!
or make something to eat
or drink
Lots of things. You can blog, place a forum or article u can play live chess if u wanted too. You can read a chess book hahaha whatever ur mind can think off...
I also like to check the unanswered posts and answer them
and go back through older threads I have posted in and maybe revive them like now
study other play and see how they move sometime they alway move the same
Sep 14, 2008
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if i'm in the mood to play chess, i will look through my current games and work out possible strategies and different possible moves (i actually enjoy analyzing different variations and the like while i am trying to find the best possible combinations and so on).
i'll also sometimes play some live chess as well (although i tend to not do to well in the blitz games at the moment).
i am always looking through the forums/articles/blogs. i still have a lot to learn.
Sep 14, 2008
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I just sit around and play with myself...
You know chess against myself... My minds in the gutter today!
Sep 14, 2008
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Cloyescapade wrote:
I just sit around and play with myself... You know chess against myself... My minds in the gutter today!
Cloyescapade, how sad that my posting has been here since June and during May you have managed to find the gutter!..Well as long as you enjoy yourself!
Sep 14, 2008
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Taxi wrote:
Cloyescapade wrote:
I just sit around and play with myself... You know chess against myself... My minds in the gutter today! Cloyescapade, how sad that my posting has been here since June and during May you have managed to find the gutter!..Well as long as you enjoy yourself!
Where am I? I mean September!!!!!
live chess is faster based....you can set the time limit for like 5 minutes to make your moves
some call it blitz chess i believe as well
I tried it a few times and did not care for it
It's called live chess because you have to stay online to play until the game is over or you will time out
write poems, change diapers, eat, sleep, drink, have sex, go to work, read, wrestle with the obsession that haunts my mind due to the horror of my latest blunder...
You're on the mark...Play live chess or open another browser and do what you did before you were engrossed in this stuff. You can't lose your grip on the rest of the world playing chess nonstop, so why not. Watch movies or listening to music on the media player is a good sidekick. I have a mame system that plays old coin-op arcades with perfect emulation. Chess here, Pac-Man there ...can't get bored. There's plenty of other chatrooms to talk about other things besides the queen's gambit too.
Hi everyone, I was just wondering what it is that people do whilst they are waiting for it to become their move.
Although I like the forums, I scan those quickly and then move on. I am not keen enough to study the game, so don't do that. Sadly I end up opening another window on my lap top and working whilst I wait for a move......That can't be right...any useful tips?