You aren't a real chessplayer unless....
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urk
Dec 21, 2016
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#1
.... you have a real, solid wooden set upon which you play over great old pre-1920 classic games while smoking a cigar.
Im a pretender then....
In that case I rather be a fake chessplayer
urk wrote:
Diakonia, step up your game.
You only live once...
You only live once...
While i can admire, and appreciate the beauty, and craftmanship of wooden sets. I cant justify spending what they want for a really nice set. I do have a folding wooden set. But besides all that, i dont do chess books. Im a lazy studier...I study online.
I have an ivory set my pop brought back from Vietnam
Dec 21, 2016
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#10
Cigar? Classics from 1920?
Before Lasker everyone was a freaking patzer, they are not worth it.
Dec 21, 2016
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#12
BP, you're forgetting the fact that Paul Morphy would beat everyone until Alekhine without even trying hard.
With Alekhine he would have to angry.
With Alekhine he would have to angry.
Dec 21, 2016
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#13
I have seen Morphy games first handed and he was the biggest patzer I have seen in my life. Everyone could combine as well as Morphy, it was just that he developed his pieces and so he got to combine more often.
But his positional chess, mine is bad, his is a BLOODY joke!
Fixing_A_Hole wrote:
bongloads are far superior
I'd rather smoke a joint than a cigar.
You got a quadruple lead weighted Indian Boxwood and Ebony set of pieces and board made by Jaques of France.
Dec 21, 2016
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#17
Paraphrasing BP, "everyone could combine as well as Morphy," (except somehow they didn't actually and allowed Morphy to have his way with their kings.)
Meanwhile, Morphy's king was always perfectly safe and laughing in the background.
Meanwhile, Morphy's king was always perfectly safe and laughing in the background.
urk wrote:
.... you have a real, solid wooden set upon which you play over great old pre-1920 classic games while smoking a cigar.
while drinking a decent single malt. ( oh pre-1930 to include the Cuban, Capablanca ).