Go 'ThebigKat'! 2491, 9 points to go for 2500!

Originally posted by Paul Leggett
I think someone else was, too, but I can't remember who it was.

Chess is funny in that not everything works for everyone, as we all have different strengths and weaknesses.

If Skeeter did have a Post It Note, it probably read "Jesus Wept"! 😉

what is true though is if you follow a few simple rules a la what gp34 espouses is that it will eliminate a lot of losses from your game. I'm a different type of player from gp34 but I do try to stick to the simple rules he mentions on here...

Originally posted by RJHinds
He was actually winning until he made that queen blunder. If he had moved the queen one spot over instead, he would have been fine. Who knows what he was thinking at the time. I don't think he was a master, however, he beat me and I once beat a USCF candidate master in an unrated game at the service club on Fort Gordon when I was still in the US Army. Of course, the candidate master beat me about 10 times before that.

The Instructor

You were in the US a Army?

I seem to recall saying something about a post it note just as something
to look at before you clicked the dreaded 'send move' button.

I should have "Practice What You Preach" stapled to my monitor.
I've made all the mistakes I warn people about.
I now realise it's only natural and human.
I've often made moves still thinking about a previous game, watching
football on the telly or simply not paying attention and in a lot of cases
have been lucky that my opponents have been doing the same.

Maybe I should have on my profile:
"Do as I say, don't do as I do."