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Gary

Social climber
Where in the hell is Major Kong?
Jul 25, 2016 - 06:46am PT
My stepdad played Bobby Fischer to a draw once.


Hey, that puts him better than Bent Larsen or Mark Taimanov!

I once had my ass handed to me by David Bronstein. What an honor that was.
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Jul 25, 2016 - 07:17am PT
I was a denizen of The Last Exit On Brooklyn coffee house in the U District of Seattle where
a young skateboarder named Yasser Seirawan* honed his killer instincts starting at about 11
IIRC. He never deigned to play me but we would often be at adjoining tables so I can claim
to have had a brush with chess fame, however vicariously. It was the first and last great
coffee house in Seattle - you could nurse a cup or a 25 cent PB&J samich for all evening
with nary a worry of getting the bum's rush.

* (for the Illiterati - he would go on to multiple US Champion titles
and a world Top Ten ranking)
Gary

Social climber
Where in the hell is Major Kong?
Jul 25, 2016 - 07:53am PT
I always thought he'd be World Champion. He had the skills. When they discover girls it's usually over.
Ksolem

Trad climber
Monrovia, California
Jul 25, 2016 - 12:06pm PT

Hey, that puts him better than Bent Larsen or Mark Taimanov!

He maintains to this day that it was dumb luck. Any of the other 100 people who Fischer was playing at the same time could have done it. Then I remind him that they didn't, and he sits up a little taller.

My tendency toward hyperactivity interferes with any chance of playing chess even remotely well. An old friend of mine who fancied himself to be quite the player used to sit down with my stepdad once in a while, until he grew tired of losing. There was a small group of faculty at the State U of New York at Buffalo. I remember them playing at our house, it was very serious stuff, one of the few times when he didn't mind if I stayed out too late...
clode

Trad climber
portland, or
Jul 25, 2016 - 12:58pm PT
Hey, zBrown, that's a screenshot from "Court Martial". Spock just won his 5th game, after having programmed the computer some months ago, with a knowledge equal to his own. Theoretically, he should have been able to do no better than stalemate after stalemate. "Well, Spock, what are you waiting for?" says Bones. They beam down just moments too late, after the court closes the case against Kirk. But then Cogley speaks up and convinces the court to put the computer on the stand. Finally, after turning off everyone's heartbeat on the ship, Kirk finds Ben Finney on the lower decks, near Engineering, and saves the Enterprise and everyone aboard, including Finney's daughter, from burning up in a decaying orbit. The prosecuting attorney, a Kirk heartthrob, says she did pretty well this time, she lost. Hey, isn't that a case of conflicting interest?
Clint Cummins

Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
Jul 25, 2016 - 04:47pm PT
This is called a "stalemate".
Black has no "legal" moves. I.e. moving king into check is not legal.
This word may help you remember it.
When you are way ahead, try not to let this happen!

P.S. Reilly, my friend and best chess player in my high school has known Yasser Seirawan since junior high school.
I enjoyed watching some of his chess videos on youtube a few months ago.
zBrown

Ice climber
Jul 25, 2016 - 07:19pm PT
Stale, mate?

Open up the window, let some air into this room
I think I'm almost chokin' from the smell of stale perfume
And that cigarette you're smokin' 'bout scare me half to death
Open up the window, sucker, let me catch my breath




Sharp eye clode. I'm more of a Wild Wild West or Blade Runner kinda guy.




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