You are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on a pirate ship and you are to be punished for beating Capt. Blackbeard in chess. His gentleman qualities dictate that he not cut your throat but to drop you on an uninhabited island. He gives you a choice of guards. One is 400 rating above you and is rude and will not teach at all. The other is 400 rating below you and is friendly but mildly retarded (he won't learn what you teach him). Who do you choose?
Originally posted by cheshirecatstevensThe less intelligent one. He will be a less effective guard.
You are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on a pirate ship and you are to be punished for beating Capt. Blackbeard in chess. His gentleman qualities dictate that he not cut your throat but to drop you on an uninhabited island. He gives you a choice of guards. One is 400 rating above you and is rude and will not teach at all. The other is 400 rati ...[text shortened]... you and is friendly but mildly retarded (he won't learn what you teach him). Who do you choose?
Originally posted by cheshirecatstevensI thought the chess analogy was supposed to imply that one wouldn't be escaping? In which case, i'll have the blonde who thinks that a bishop is a bodily organ.
OK forget the scenario about escaping. A more pointed question is would you rather play someone 400 below that can't learn or someone 400 above that wont teach?
It has to be the rude one.
He is 400 points above you.
You have beaten Blackbeard, so you can safely guess that Mr Rude
has also beaten Blackbeard sometime in the past.
Infact Blackbeard's ship 'Queen Anne's Revenge' ran an annual chess tournament.
So there is an excellent chance sometime in his past Mr Rude will also
have been marooned by Cap'n Blackbeard. So this lad will have some
experience on how to survive on a remote island.....and escaped!
I notice that The Cheshire Cat claims the object is not to escape
but I've read Robinson Crusoe and he puts increasing his
chess strength as a very low priority when marroned on a desert island.
I would pick the guy who is 400 points higher than me, by playing him I would get better and he wouldn't improve that much.
Eventually I would be as strong as him and more than likely we would become friends and laugh about how pirates hide their gayness by sailing around doing nothing to contribute to society. I hate gay pirates. I hate straight ones too. Girl Pirates are ok I guess, as long as they keep clean and stuff.
Originally posted by cheshirecatstevensIf I wished to improve, I'd take Mr. Rude. I could copy the games and anaylize later. In time I'd be 400 points higher than Mr. Rude. (Of course HE might cut my throat!)😀
You are in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on a pirate ship and you are to be punished for beating Capt. Blackbeard in chess. His gentleman qualities dictate that he not cut your throat but to drop you on an uninhabited island. He gives you a choice of guards. One is 400 rating above you and is rude and will not teach at all. The other is 400 rati ...[text shortened]... you and is friendly but mildly retarded (he won't learn what you teach him). Who do you choose?