- Joined
- 04 Jan 02
- Moves
- 11961
This site has such a "community" feel to it, it always disappoints me
when I click on a player's name and don't get to find out anything
about him/her. (And yes, the fact that I'm posting this is an indicator
that today is my day off, and I have way too much time on my
hands...😉 It's a zillion degrees and humid outside, but I may have to
head out to Harvard Square in Cambridge and see how I fare in some
speed chess against the truly eccentric folks that hang out there.
There's one guy that charges two bucks to play against him, $18
bucks an hour for a lesson, and he smokes cigars the whole time.
That may be part of why he never loses-- his opponents are too busy
choking and wiping the tears from their eyes. Actually, I saw him lose
once, to a guy that didn't speak a word of English. He tried to
converse in his own language (Eastern European, that's all I know),
with no success, so he sat down, paid his two bucks, kicked the guy's
ass with the black pieces (!), and walked off, all in total silence. It
was a moment, I tell ya. (My ex-girlfriend used to go CRAZY when we
would go to Harvard Square, because she wanted to shop and walk
and people-watch and do all those things that people do in Harvard
Square, and I would stand and watch the chess-players until she
literally dragged me away.
Hmm... looking at this post, I'm thinking it's time to switch to decaf...
Tim
The Dark Squire