You know... I've seen solicitations for correspondece chess with prisoners. I've thought about it but there are, I think, legitimate concerns. Does anyone have any experience with this?
Prison Chess
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Feb 24, 2010
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not likely skipgugg, they are onto the "claude bloodgood method of becoming a GM"
you'd probly be walking differently, mate - just a thought 
i did 9 years in the pen.
I has never got caught - cos I is a chess-player an' I is used to thinkin' ahead 
Um... I changed my mind.
Hope this guy enjoys prison chess. Watch your backrank, mate.
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El_Gremio wrote:
i did 9 years in the pen.
Seriously? Question: Is it incredibly noisy + smelly all the time?
(I ask because I watched "The Shawshank Redemption" again the other night and at one point after lights out, the guards tell everyone to quiet down - and they did. I was thinking: yeah, right.)
Apr 5, 2010
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tomjoad wrote: (I ask because I watched "The Shawshank Redemption" again the other night and at one point after lights out, the guards tell everyone to quiet down - and they did. I was thinking: yeah, right.)
Of course, the Shawshank inmates had pretty good incentive to listen to their guards, since the guards could kill them without any repercussions . . . due process didn't seem to be a very high priority. 
Cystem_Phailure wrote:
Of course, the Shawshank inmates had pretty good incentive to listen to their guards, since the guards could kill them without any repercussions . . . due process didn't seem to be a very high priority.
Oh I know, (and it's only a movie), but it got me wondering just how noisy and chaotic an environment the average prision is.
Apr 5, 2010
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Sounds like a clever fellow. You'd expect he would have put a little more thought into his initial murder that got him into the pen!
If ever I am sentenced to a 10 year prison term (hopefully never),I am certain I could walk out as a GM after time served. Just a thought.