01 Aug 08
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Originally posted by XXXchessguyXXXFirstly you are a non subscriber anyway so why does it matter so much you have to tell us all?
I have decided to give up playing chess, I'm not very good at it. I'm cancelling my membership.
Secondly you have only played 114 moves and only played and lost 4 games. This is too early to determine if you are good or bad. You need to stick with it, practice and you will improve.
By the way, why is your IQ relevant? Mine is way above yours but I don't shout about it!
01 Aug 08
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Originally posted by XXXchessguyXXXYou are turning your back on a beautiful game.
I have decided to give up playing chess, I'm not very good at it. I'm cancelling my membership.
Of course you are not very good at it - your IQ is too high.
One last try to get you to stay. Play over the following game.
If you do not marvel at it's beauty and it does not fill you with pleasure.
If you not get a desire to be able to create something
as magnificent as this - then farewell friend.
Aitkins - Jacobs, London 1915.
I've just played over this game again at work using the Fat Lady Winboard.
(thanks again you Tubby Tart)
It still gives me pleasure - and it's Friday.....yippee
01 Aug 08
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Originally posted by XXXchessguyXXXChess is not an easy game and it takes years to become good. You have barely given it a shot. Have you even played real chess OTB yet? Moreover, chess is a wonderful and enjoyable game as well as a useful tool even if one isn't necessarily good at it. Anyway, I enjoy tennis but do not consider myself good. However, one thing is for sure, giving up will never lead to improvements.
I have decided to give up playing chess, I'm not very good at it. I'm cancelling my membership.
BTW: Is the melodrama necessary? Leaving or staying is your personal decision and there is no need for a post on the forum as if you're the center of the universe.
01 Aug 08
Originally posted by greenpawn34That game is brilliant. Watching it is like gazing at the stars for me. Beyond my comprehension!
You are turning your back on a beautiful game.
Of course you are not very good at it - your IQ is too high.
One last try to get you to stay. Play over the following game.
If you do not marvel at it's beauty and it does not fill you with pleasure.
If you not get a desire to be able to create something
as magnificent as this - then farewell fr ...[text shortened]... oard.
(thanks again you Tubby Tart)
It still gives me pleasure - and it's Friday.....yippee
01 Aug 08
Originally posted by XXXchessguyXXXThat's unfortunate. You're gaining a lot of free time, but you're losing what could be a big and wonderful part of your life.
I have decided to give up playing chess, I'm not very good at it. I'm cancelling my membership.
I've looked over your games. It's not that you're "not very good at it." It's that you've never learned basic strategy. You play opening moves like b3 and d3 and you move minor pieces twice for no reason before you've finished developing.
My advice: Read a few free online beginner resources and some basic strategy and tactics. I would even recommend shelling out a few bucks and buying Chessmaster - GM edition and spending a few hours watching their "academy" resources,especially Josh Waitzkin's lessons.
After all of that, you'll be able to determine whether you're good at the game and whether you like it.
01 Aug 08
Originally posted by Dragon FireGiven the choice of gazing at the stars from my wife's parent's farm in southern brazil and watching that game...or sex or watching that game, I would never see that game again. I agree.
Its not quite that good, and sex is better but not much else!
That game is still dazzling beyond my comprehension though.
Oh, given the choice between a tasty ale and watching that game, again, the game would collect dust. You missed one DF. Sex, stars & a good drink.
01 Aug 08
Originally posted by greenpawn34Very pretty smothered mate.
You are turning your back on a beautiful game.
Of course you are not very good at it - your IQ is too high.
One last try to get you to stay. Play over the following game.
If you do not marvel at it's beauty and it does not fill you with pleasure.
If you not get a desire to be able to create something
as magnificent as this - then farewell fr ...[text shortened]... oard.
(thanks again you Tubby Tart)
It still gives me pleasure - and it's Friday.....yippee
01 Aug 08
Originally posted by XXXchessguyXXXfibber...
I have decided to give up playing chess, I'm not very good at it. I'm cancelling my membership.
yer a whole lot like me...
you desire tha attention far too much to walk away...
famous last words of a redneck...
"hey!!! hold my beer an watch this!!!"
rookie