I kicked the Professor's ass...!

[SofaGeorge]

Um... okay... maybe this doesn't quite belong on the training board... but I sort of believe that body-mind-and-spirit are all things we develop... and the training board is about developing... getting better... and this in a way is a PR...

I just stomped the Professor into the ground... three times in a row...

























...at chess.


The Professor is sort of a legend at the chess park. He is the strongest player at the park... very hard to beat and he is a brilliant brilliant man. He speaks half a dozen languages... is widely published... and used to teach philosophy at Brown University.

He opened with the Grob. The sun was beating down. The bikini girls on roller blades were whizzing by. (The chess park is on the beach.) I was not distracted. I crushed him in 22 moves.

Being kind... after his defeat... I let him play white again. He opened with King's Gambit. I accepted. He resigned after 32 moves.

Then... it was my turn to open. I played King's Indian. He died in agony.

The thing that made this the very best was my girlfriend, daughter, and her friend all had come for a day at the beach. They were all there when the Professor was checkmated on the last game.





I dance the dance of victory.

 

[Zander1983]

Masterful. Won't let me give you karma, so I'll dance too.



I admit I know nothing about chess, but this sounds pretty cool?

 

[revexrevex]

bro let me get this straight.

He opened with king gambit and lost? That shit will crush any inexperienced opponent, and in hands of a proffesional player its unstoppable, you can sacrifice 4 pieces and still hav ea position advantage.

Then you open with king indian which is a basically stable position thats has very minor advantages on both sides, and you still win?

He must have been really drunk.

 

[slobberknocker]

LET ALL BASK IN THE GLOW OF YOUR GLORIOUS TRIUMPH



HAIL! HAIL! HAIL!

 

[revexrevex]

slobber, go back to your food!

 

[slobberknocker]

slobber, go back to your food!

*Lowers head, puts tail between legs, and shuffles back to the kitchen.*

 

[sk*]

I'd play you online sofa. I used to know pretty much every opening and variation from the top of my head ...

I have no life.

-sk

 

[TheProject]

bro let me get this straight.

He opened with king gambit and lost? That shit will crush any inexperienced opponent, and in hands of a proffesional player its unstoppable, you can sacrifice 4 pieces and still hav ea position advantage.

Then you open with king indian which is a basically stable position thats has very minor advantages on both sides, and you still win?

He must have been really drunk.

Is this your polite way of calling BS?

 

[sk*]

bro let me get this straight.

He opened with king gambit and lost? That shit will crush any inexperienced opponent, and in hands of a proffesional player its unstoppable, you can sacrifice 4 pieces and still hav ea position advantage.

Then you open with king indian which is a basically stable position thats has very minor advantages on both sides, and you still win?

He must have been really drunk.

There is no opening that is unstoppable ...

-sk

 

[revexrevex]

king gambit is incredibly unstable, in the hands of a creative player its an ultimate weapon.

 

[SofaGeorge]

king gambit is incredibly unstable, in the hands of a creative player its an ultimate weapon.

Right on. King's Gambit is called "The Master's Opening" because only masters should play it. It is an incredibly volatile opening that leads to an onslaught attack.

Whole tournaments used to be played KG because it led to such interesting games... but it is not remotely unbeatable.

The Professor is a master of KGA... and beating him at KGA is in Chess circles something akin to whooping B-Fold's ass at the Strong Man.

I play KGA Bishop Variation as my response. It is a deadly response for black and I have beaten a couple masters with it.

You've got my handle at the Chess site. Hook up and I can show you his play and my response.

 

[WarriorPL]

Want to prove yourself to me in some Yahoo chess?

 

[revexrevex]

bro we'll play tomorrow

 

[SofaGeorge]

Want to prove yourself to me in some Yahoo chess?

Um... bro... Yahoo is the cesspool of Chess. ICC and FICS are the main sites.

Inviting somebody to Yahoo is like saying that the powerlifitng competiton is going to be held at Bally's or 24 Hour Fitness.

 

[WarriorPL]

Hey i'm no pro, i'm just a kid.

 

[SofaGeorge]

Hey i'm no pro, i'm just a kid.

go to www.freechess.org it's sort of like deadlifiting with the big boys

 

[WarriorPL]

i'm scared.

 

[collegiateLifter]

alright i'll bite. Have you got any tips for improving one's chess game? I'm probably a lower level intermediate, sometimes i can see everything developing and other times I'm blind.

 

[SofaGeorge]

alright i'll bite. Have you got any tips for improving one's chess game? I'm probably a lower level intermediate, sometimes i can see everything developing and other times I'm blind.

Play, play, and more play. Nothing that you study is applicable if you don't play and use it.

I've played more than 10,000 blitz games on FICS.

Play gives you pattern recognition.

Other than that, learn an opening for White... and learn King's pawn and Queen's pawn response for black. Openings are critical.

 

[tuc biscuit]

That free site is great. Thanks.