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I played many training games with Paul,while exploring the italian gambit.From our talks,I came to understand he got frutrated with chess.It wasn't one single game that drove him off,that last game was just the drop too many,pushing him over the edge.
Or maybe there was a totally different reason,I don't really know.
He sure was great fun to have around.I miss his posts 😞
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This is the last post I got from Paultopia before he started suiciding in all his games against me...
I really do think I want to quit this game. It's brought me nothing but grief. It consumes way too many hours of my life, has led to fights with [butt]holes (never join the kingstowne, alexandria, va chess club), has brought me in contact with millions of obnoxious people (not you. but it amazes me how many obnoxious twits play chess), costs money, I'm not improving at all, it's probably impaired my productivity at work... I mean it, I think I'm going to quit chess.
I miss him. He is a great guy, a fun player, and he has a lot of chess insight. I wish he'd come back.
Originally posted by AThousandYoungA man's got to know his limitations.
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This is the last post I got from Paultopia before he started suiciding in all his games against me...
[i]I really do think I want to quit this game. It's brought me nothing but grief. It consumes way too many hours of my life, has led to fights with [butt]holes (never join the kingstowne, alexandria, va chess club), ha ...[text shortened]... m. He is a great guy, a fun player, and he has a lot of chess insight. I wish he'd come back.
- Clint Eastwood
Originally posted by AThousandYoungI understand his frustrations, beleive me, I do, but what I told Paul before he left, was he was probably way more intelligent then me and at that time I was 250 pts rating higher then him, so I don't see how he couldn't reach my rating easily and even pull ahead. The dude is a lawyer, something I could NEVER become. If he can become a lawyer, then obviously he can become a decent chess player easily enough, he's just never really had anyone to teach him some of the more subtle pts of the game. And wasn't he just starting chess in his mid 40's? That age group is very hard to start/teach chess, especially when they are successful in life, because they are very set in their ways and used to their ways working, but in chess it is simply different, you need to stay young and oblivious at heart to learn, the less programmed, the better.
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This is the last post I got from Paultopia before he started suiciding in all his games against me...
[i]I really do think I want to quit this game. It's brought me nothing but grief. It consumes way too many hours of my life, has led to fights with [butt]holes (never join the kingstowne, alexandria, va chess club), ha ...[text shortened]... m. He is a great guy, a fun player, and he has a lot of chess insight. I wish he'd come back.
Shame he left, but I may well do the same off mutual frustration, if I continue to stay stuck from 1550-1650 rated.
Originally posted by lloydkI've only really been an active player on this site (didn't play here often when first introduced to it) for about 9 months so I probably missed this player but I do recognize similiar feelings in myself that he expressed in his post. I would not say it wasn't anything to do with limitations, it is to with getting your balance of life right. For example I know that I am spending too much time playing chess at the moment and I should be spending more time with my girlfriend, friends and family, as well as doing my bloody tax returns for which I am being fined (twice personal and a limited company). However I know (at least I do know that I have this) I have a bit of a compulsive nature and it takes over now and again but will end in a correction. I suggest maybe he went through this and will possibly return when he gets his balance right.
A man's got to know his limitations.
- Clint Eastwood
Originally posted by stevetoddThe guy is a friggin lawyer, I doubt chess is a huge limitation to him, or at least it shouldn't be if he was taught right, his biggest enemy was probably time more then anything. Anyways, at least you are rewarded for the amount of time you put into chess, look at me, I put a lot of time into it and lose to casual players who don't treat the game seriously at all...
I've only really been an active player on this site (didn't play here often when first introduced to it) for about 9 months so I probably missed this player but I do recognize similiar feelings in myself that he expressed in his post. I would not say it wasn't anything to do with limitations, it is to with getting your balance of life right. For example ...[text shortened]... n. I suggest maybe he went through this and will possibly return when he gets his balance right.
Originally posted by mateuloseNot sure what point you are making in answering to me as I'm saying more or less the same thing as you are
The guy is a friggin lawyer, I doubt chess is a huge limitation to him, or at least it shouldn't be if he was taught right, his biggest enemy was probably time more then anything. Anyways, at least you are rewarded for the amount of time you put into chess, look at me, I put a lot of time into it and lose to casual players who don't treat the game seriously at all...