I'll be the first to confess. I enter hardcore grand tournaments just to make a lot of moves. These turn my games into total useless random messes. I can't help myself. I don't have the character it takes to strive for excellent chess or use engines to get better results. I just settle for quantity over the esteem of a marginally higher rating.
I feel much better now. My spirit is cleansed.
Originally posted by coquette"The unexamined life is not worth living." ~Socrates He certainly doesn't mince words, does he. You're in good company, @coquette. "Joined RHP July 4, 2006 [nine years ago]. Highest rating Past 5 Years:1580; 1 Year: 1,528; 90 days: 1,461." Not too shabby as they say. "Total Games: 20,093." Wow! "Total Moves: 691,493." Double Wow! Only a few more to reach your personal goal of 1,000,000 +1. You have nothing to "confess" to anyone.
I'll be the first to confess. I enter hardcore grand tournaments just to make a lot of moves. These turn my games into total useless random messes. I can't help myself. I don't have the character it takes to strive for excellent chess or use engines to get better results. I just settle for quantity over the esteem of a marginally higher rating.
I feel much better now. My spirit is cleansed.
I don't have anything to confess in particular, but my conscience bothers me all the time. "Shouldn't you be doing more/caring more/working harder/standing up for some political doctrine or belief/being more chivalrous/being kinder?" it seems to say.
I wish I could send my conscience on a long, expenses-paid one-way trip to bother the really bad people instead of me. It just doesn't posess quite the good manners, education, and ability to deal in facts needed to engage me in productive dialogue.
Originally posted by coquetteConfession is only the first step.
I'll be the first to confess. I enter hardcore grand tournaments just to make a lot of moves. These turn my games into total useless random messes. I can't help myself. I don't have the character it takes to strive for excellent chess or use engines to get better results. I just settle for quantity over the esteem of a marginally higher rating.
I feel much better now. My spirit is cleansed.
repentence would be the second.
So do you cease to register for those tourneys?
Confessional
Recently I dreamed of serendipitously meeting another Red Hot Pawn Member in the lobby of a hotel a thousand miles away from my home. We somehow recognized each other immediately and then our relaxed conversation began. Ten minutes later we agreed to meet in the lobby at 7:00pm for dinner at a nearby restaurant. During an excellent dinner we discussed world events, professional sports, literature, chess, these public forums and earlier times here until closing time when we exchanged home phone numbers before saying our good byes.
This dream is as vivid now as when I awakened that memorable morning a few days ago....
Originally posted by coquetteFun experiment: try only moving your pieces to the left (unless illegal) and see if your rating goes down any.
I'll be the first to confess. I enter hardcore grand tournaments just to make a lot of moves. These turn my games into total useless random messes. I can't help myself. I don't have the character it takes to strive for excellent chess or use engines to get better results. I just settle for quantity over the esteem of a marginally higher rating.
I feel much better now. My spirit is cleansed.