Writing a Chess Column...HELP!!!

Originally posted by Seitse
Wait, he will post again adding that also a public relations expert
shall be needed, as well as a professional hairdresser to make that
head shine.

But that's only the 1st stage, because later on morris will need a
'crew'. preferably 3 or 4 dancer/rappers that will always walk behind
him in public (a 'must' when doing the red carpet), celebrating
everything he says, yelling to the cameras "he's da man, dawg".

Don't forget the upskirt, no-panties paparazzi pics. Instant stardom.

Originally posted by rbmorris
Ok, so I’ve been asked to write a chess column for my local paper. A friend of mine is one of the editors, and thinks it would be a great addition. I explained that I’m not a writer or even a highly-ranked player, and suggested that he might want to find someone with a little more credibility. My friend said that wasn’t important. As long as I used publishe ...[text shortened]... let me know how you'd approach this difficult topic. I’d appreciate all the feedback I can get.

How'd you make out?

Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
How'd you make out?

Hand, have I ever told you how sexy I think you are?

Originally posted by rbmorris
Ok, so I’ve been asked to write a chess column for my local paper. A friend of mine is one of the editors, and thinks it would be a great addition. I explained that I’m not a writer or even a highly-ranked player, and suggested that he might want to find someone with a little more credibility. My friend said that wasn’t important. As long as I used publishe ...[text shortened]... let me know how you'd approach this difficult topic. I’d appreciate all the feedback I can get.

targeting handicapped people as a special group in the manner the editor suggested, well that sounds like a horrible idea. demeaning, condescending, prejudiced. it's like writing: "oh, isn't it nice that those black kids managed not to become drug dealers? you know, despite the fact that they're, well, black."

if you have to do it, write about them as regular people, not as handicapped people.

but otherwise, you can just 'blog' your way through it. if you can't write a master level theoretical piece, write about personal things from the perspective of your level. your average reader will be a casual player anyway, so I doubt the theoretical level will even matter. there's loads of 1200's and even lower blogging about chess, and many of them manage to be perfectly entertaining, despite their lack of chess knowledge.

here's a great tournament report, which shows how interestingly you can write, basically ignoring the whole chess part of it all.


Harald Borchgrevink at Blackpool 2007
http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk/games/borchgrevink_2007_games.htm

Originally posted by rbmorris
Ok, so I’ve been asked to write a chess column for my local paper. A friend of mine is one of the editors, and thinks it would be a great addition. I explained that I’m not a writer or even a highly-ranked player, and suggested that he might want to find someone with a little more credibility. My friend said that wasn’t important. As long as I used publishe ...[text shortened]... let me know how you'd approach this difficult topic. I’d appreciate all the feedback I can get.

Mikhail Tal had a deformed hand.


In terms of handi-capped players one that stands out in my mind was Ray Charles.

Here is a link to a brief discussion of the special equipment Ray used and it includes a link to a game versus Larry Evans.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=81063

It's a short game, why don't you ask David if he would make a couple of notes for you to use?

Originally posted by Seitse
Hand, have I ever told you how sexy I think you are?

Have I told you what a humorless git I think you are?

Edit: By the way, please try to come up with some new material other than the gay sex innuendo. This is getting old/tedious/predictable, I simply don't care and surely you have something else to hit me with. Month after month of the same material is uber lame.

Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
Have I told you what a humorless git I think you are?

Yes.

So, Mr. Humor, tell me if I have told you how sexy you are 😉

Edit. Hit you with?!?! Dude, if I was trying to hit you I would
aim to low, vulgar, offensive, agressive stuff, NOT for a laugh at
the gay thing.

You have no humor... now that amuses ME... and I will keep
doing it because you have no sense of humor, dude, and react so
bad.

Originally posted by Seitse
Yes.

So, [b]Mr. Humor, tell me if I have told you how sexy you are 😉

Edit. Hit you with?!?! Dude, if I was trying to hit you I would
aim to low, vulgar, offensive, agressive stuff, NOT for a laugh at
the gay thing.

You have no humor... now that amuses ME... and I will keep
doing it because you have no sense of humor, dude, and react so
bad.[/b]

Seriously, this is so lame it makes my eyes bleed to read your posts.

Originally posted by Seitse
Yes.

So, [b]Mr. Humor, tell me if I have told you how sexy you are 😉

Edit. Hit you with?!?! Dude, if I was trying to hit you I would
aim to low, vulgar, offensive, agressive stuff, NOT for a laugh at
the gay thing.

You have no humor... now that amuses ME... and I will keep
doing it because you have no sense of humor, dude, and react so
bad.[/b]

It seems like every post of mine you come across you bless it with some form of gay sex proposal. Thanks for that, but, it's just not funny after the 20th time or so. Do what you want, I just don't care.

Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
Do what you want, I just don't care.

Of course I will.

I ask no permission from anybody so far... so I won't start doing it
from some sad unknown perv-wannabe like you 😛

You amuse me, Charlie.

Originally posted by rbmorris
Ok, so I’ve been asked to write a chess column for my local paper. A friend of mine is one of the editors, and thinks it would be a great addition. I explained that I’m not a writer or even a highly-ranked player, and suggested that he might want to find someone with a little more credibility. My friend said that wasn’t important. As long as I used publishe ...[text shortened]... let me know how you'd approach this difficult topic. I’d appreciate all the feedback I can get.

much too complex a topic for a novice. topic is also too narrow to be of interest to general readership. you should suggest a new topic dealing with chess and impact on children instead. Or write about the local chess club/activities in your area. Lastly, asking a novice to annotate GM games is like asking a random person to write an article about physics for a scientific journal.

Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
How'd you make out?

Still working on it. I'm trying to find people with real-life experiences that relate to my topic...someone with credibility in the chess world, who's willing to give me an interview, or even a good quote. It's more difficult than you might think.

Originally posted by rbmorris
Still working on it. I'm trying to find people with real-life experiences that relate to my topic...someone with credibility in the chess world, who's willing to give me an interview, or even a good quote. It's more difficult than you might think.

Threaten him with public humiliation, see if that will work for you. Show him examples of your work. If that fails hire Jessica Alba to do the interview for you. Maybe you could also hire a professional writer to assist you. Afterwards maybe you could also get Spielberg to make a documentary about you for the fine work you are doing for the handicapped. If you are lucky you might get Arrakis's handicapped friend to do an interview on how he beat Arrakis. Just a thought.

Originally posted by rbmorris
Ok, so I’ve been asked to write a chess column for my local paper. A friend of mine is one of the editors, and thinks it would be a great addition. I explained that I’m not a writer or even a highly-ranked player, and suggested that he might want to find someone with a little more credibility. My friend said that wasn’t important. As long as I used publishe ...[text shortened]... let me know how you'd approach this difficult topic. I’d appreciate all the feedback I can get.

Hello rbmorris,

I'm glad that you can have the opportunity to write about this. As a disabled person myself I know what it is that chess can give.

I once stiffed a guy in a tournament with a perpetual check trap. It was very funny - I could tell striaght off that he'd "let" me trap him. I'd bet that it was because of my wheelchair that I got so far in that tournament. Phoney pity stories just annoy me. Truth was he was so fat and arrogant that I made maximum effort in showing him up. If he'd just beaten me and said 'bad luck, better luck next time' - I'd be fine with it, but no - he made a big show of being surprised (in oh such a fake way) - like he was doing me some kind of favor - I made sure that everyone saw his 'blunder'. I got it into the state papers at the time.

I'm looking forward to playing here - no one can see you so there can be none of the judgements around how I move (in a wheelchair) that OTB can give you.

Let me know if I can help you with your column.

Originally posted by orangutan


Let me know if I can help you with your column.

😀