The Duke's new year address

The Duke's new year address

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Four score and seven years ago (give or take) our fathers brought forth on this internet, a new chess site, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men and women are created equal on the chessboard.

Now we are engaged in a great chess war, testing whether that player, or any player so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that chessboard. We have come to dedicate a portion of that board, as a final resting place for those who here gave their queens that their kings might live.

I wish you all a healthy and happy new year (without exception) and as I venture out into the world (to a slightly intimidating pub on the corner, opposite a kebab shop) I reflect on all we have achieved and the nonsense we have collectively posted.

Live long and prosper. Use the force Luke.

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Hoot mahn, nastrovia!

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
Four score and seven years ago (give or take) our fathers brought forth on this internet, a new chess site, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men and women are created equal on the chessboard.

Now we are engaged in a great chess war, testing whether that player, or any player so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met o ...[text shortened]... chieved and the nonsense we have collectively posted.

Live long and prosper. Use the force Luke.
Long live the Pub opposite the Kebab shop and the Kebab shop opposite the Pub.

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@david-burton said
Long live the Pub opposite the Kebab shop and the Kebab shop opposite the Pub.
I have almost no memory of creating this thread.

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
I have almost no memory of creating this thread.
I wish I could say the same.cheers Duke.

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
I have almost no memory of creating this thread.
4 sheets to the wind as we say? πŸ™‚

I liked it personally.

-VR

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@very-rusty said
4 sheets to the wind as we say? πŸ™‚

I liked it personally.

-VR
We are now having a dry January.

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
We are now having a dry January.
I've had a very dry 30 years going on 31!!!~ πŸ™‚

-VR

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@very-rusty said
I've had a very dry 30 years going on 31!!!~ πŸ™‚

-VR
I like a glass of wine with a meal (over a weekend) but never more than that. (Excluding Christmas).

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
We are now having a dry January.
Hope the weather holds.

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@ghost-of-a-duke said
I like a glass of wine with a meal (over a weekend) but never more than that. (Excluding Christmas).
I’ve enjoyed having just the one glass with our festive dinners. It’s great to wake up without a headache which I can get with two.

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@drewnogal said
I’ve enjoyed having just the one glass with our festive dinners. It’s great to wake up without a headache which I can get with two.
Red I hope?

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@very-rusty said
I've had a very dry 30 years going on 31!!!~ πŸ™‚

-VR
Congrats, Rusty. TU from me.

Another game in Feb.? I'm right in the middle of moving house right now, but come Feb. I'll have some time again to think about chess.

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TU from me, GoaD.


EDIT: only one, Dive please note.

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@drewnogal said
I’ve enjoyed having just the one glass with our festive dinners. It’s great to wake up without a headache which I can get with two.
Two bottles of wine get most people feeling squiffy.

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