spirituality in chess
23 Jan '10 03:26I always saw a spiritual connection to the game. In The Golden Dawn by Regardie, One of the last chapters is Enochian Chess. 🙂
23 Jan '10 04:58Originally posted by robbie carrobieYes, one book I read said he was a chess player, but I've never seen any of his games. I'd rather suspect he was a patzer like the rest of us. But I do think he was a pretty sharp guy, for a junkie. 😕
Crowley, whose books i read prior to adopting the Christ as an exemplar was also a member and a self acclaimed chess champion.
23 Jan '10 05:111 editOriginally posted by Ice Coldthere are some extant games with his own notations, i was reading them prior to posting, but i have flu and my head is sore so i have no will to concentrate. He was fortunate that his parents left him wads of dough so he could pursue his eccentricities, i myself find the English public schoolboy stuff quite distasteful, being a kind of socialist in temperament. Yes Heinzkat needs to be taken to the blitz room and given a good thrashing! 🙂
Yes, one book I read said he was a chess player, but I've never seen any of his games. I'd rather suspect he was a patzer like the rest of us. But I do think he was a pretty sharp guy, for a junkie. 😕
I'd like to see one of his games, I'd suspect he was pretty bad, like heinzkat. 😀
23 Jan '10 07:034 editsOriginally posted by robbie carrobiehttp://www.chessville.com/misc/History/PastPawns/AleisterCrowleyChessMaster.htm
there are some extant games with his own notations, i was reading them prior to posting, but i have flu and my head is sore so i have no will to concentrate. He was fortunate that his parents left him wads of dough so he could pursue his eccentricities, i myself find the English public schoolboy stuff quite distasteful, being a kind of socialist in temperament. Yes Heinzkat needs to be taken to the blitz room and given a good thrashing! 🙂
Notes From Aleister Crowley's Chess Set
Notes for beginners in chess:
Knight at R4 is often a strong defensive position.
Knight at R5 is often a strong aggressive position.
But don’t let them be blocked out of the game, or remain idle after the first emergency is past.
Bishops supporting advanced pawns good, but avoid their being blocked by them.
Don’t disperse your forces, or allow your foe to do so.
Every piece should be employed for attack and defense simultaneously, at least when an attack is well started. To use a piece for one purpose only is to halve its value.
Keep at least one smaller piece, besides the rook and the unbroken pawns, to guard the king when the main conflict is elsewhere. (This, of course, early in the game.)
Be always watchful for sacrificial BxP or BxP check, especially if there is a file open for your knight.
Rooks are like heavy artillery; most powerful at long range. They are easily shut out, or boxed up. They are at the mercy of attacking minor pieces and pawns; their only resource is to move out of danger, and they are clumsy to handle. “Give them air!”
23 Jan '10 08:46Originally posted by robbie carrobieFine, I understand ye beleive these small but lasting advantages of the White I mentioned can hardly turned into a positional advantage crucial enough to win the game; then whenever we will have the pleasure to play against each other, ye lang leggedy beastie rabbie play after my one dot d four wi the Black it Budapesto, and soon some pesto I will taste along wi them tasty haggis of yers😵
it has i think been proven in praxis that the white cannot successfully ignore the gambit. moves like 3.d5 (provides an out post on c5 for blacks kings bishop), 3.e3 (black shall simply remove the d pawn and his position is sound, exd4 is harmless and Qxd4 is bad) and even after the acceptance of the gambit with ...Ng4 what is white to do? he has t ...[text shortened]... ice at the prospect, and the black he is grinning gleefully like Tal, making mischief with 2.e5!
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