MAP war...

...less than 600 in it. getting close.


DAvid

I see I will not sleep tonight...............
John
King of MAP
PS........again

John...with all of these tourney games going I will be over 10,000
moves in no time...and you will be closing in 100,000 pretty soon too!!

Dave

Dave,
I sure will. I may have joined 5 tournament too many with my
90+ active games I had going. Clock are buzzing and spinning am
making me dizzy. Hate to see what I will do when one flashes red.....
Hope I'm not epileptic as was demonstrated in Armegon Strain (Did I
get the name right......It is an old movie.)
John
King of MAP

Andromeda Strain? Michael Crichton? Just a guess - I don't recall the
scene.
-ww-

Scientist missed where the strain did not survive because of flashing
red light causing a petit mal epileptic seizure and inability to
remember the event.
John

I think WW is right...I must admit not my favorite Crichton book...I
like "Eaters of the Dead" the best.

Man I have 28 games going...and still another tourney yet to start...I
might have to pull out of that one....way too much chess at one time
for me!!

Dave

I had right at 30 going a few months ago and I just could not keep
up. I have to admit a huge admiration for the MAP guys - no way
could I keep up that pace! Not sanely, anyway! 🙂
-ww-

I swear when I get more than say 12 going I am just begging for
losses and draws.

I pulled out of the 14 day one..although I guess I should have stayed
in it so that maybe I could at least have a shot to put one scar in that
nonexistant loss column of yours WW..hehehe

Either that or you add another to mine! 😀

Dave

Sorry to see that, Dave. But, of course there is still your namesake
tourny where it could still happen and, as agreed before, if not there
we will have our own little private swing. 🙂
The loss column is just a matter of time for me but that doesn't mean
I will go lightly! Gotta tell you though, I nearly dropped one to
FightingBlueHen - had me dead by all rights and misplayed the
endgame. Went back to check the record and several of the top
players have dropped one to this mysterious 1500+ person. Hard
competitor! We'll just have to see what happens in the return match...
-ww-

He is tough!! He beat my ass...I totally underestimated him.

But we will play sooner or later that is for sure!!

Dave

Us MAP people must have a screw loose somewhere. I'm finding it
virtually impossible to play tidy chess with all these games underway.
I'd love to see more MAPsters up around 1600 (looooots of respect for
dcpk) but around 30 seconds thought per move makes it very hard
indeed.

I wonder sometimes how high the MAP people could reach if they took
more time and care, especially Andrew and John.

But that's not the point to being on the MAP ladder. Given the choice,
make lots of moves against lots of different people and enjoy it in
this manner, or alternatively try one's utmost to win and and work
through variations etc and enjoy it in that way, well, the former will be
preferred every time by MAP bods.

Final point...Fernando sac'd a knight midway through my most recent
game with him (I thought I had a solid French defense thing going
on...yeah right!) and it just ripped my position to shreds. Wouldn't
have spotted it in a million years. Made me realise why I love chess.
So, wW, I can assure you that any admiration you may have for the
MAP people is more than matched by the admiration (amazement?!)
of some of the moves and combinations you lot on the other ladder
pull off.

Mark
Proud Member of MAP

I have always been impressed by the MAP guys and have said so
many a time...as for fernando pulling off a knight sac..you should see
what he is doing to me in our game!! He is one of the toughest on
here.

I pull the occasional brillancy here and there...but the games of
preciseness that I work a singular pawn or theoretical advantage to a
winning position are the ones I am most proud of.

Dave

I can't speak for Andrew. But I for one try to win my games. I will not
lose any sleep over one even though I say I have. Ok! Ok! I did
dream of beating T-1000 once. For now I will let the Chessmasters
rule the Rating Table. I found my niche.
John
King of MAP
Unemployed Assistant Td at the end of the Baker Invitational. :-(

Unemployed?? John you and I will do a new tourney after this
one...Loser chess!! First one to lose all of their pieces wins! They do it
on ICC and it actually will teach you alot.

We will talk about it later!!

Dave