I would like to reiterate to Mr Chapman and all that I still play on the correspondence site www.gameknot.com and my username is 'avecya'. Three days per move is your time limit so plenty of time to take the position to pieces and work out the very best move possible before I destroy you.

Today I played a Grandmaster. http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x290/John_CIV/HeeleyvsJones.jpg GM Gawain Jones, ranked eighth in Britain. Whupped my ass. what is the "no of moves" equivalent of a chess whupp ass? I have played chess a few times, like a decade ago & the only moves I ...

Today I played a Grandmaster.



GM Gawain Jones, ranked eighth in Britain. Whupped my ass.

A year dry been have I
I miss yous
but not the booze

Dylan wrote:No real chess player would resort to a lame move like the en passant.

This is a silly thing to say, Dylan. If it's the best move in the circumstances, it's the best move. If it's a lame move in the circumstances, it's a lame move.

How to win at chess very quickly: piss your opponent off so much before the game that he refuses to shake your hand. Nigel Short won this one on Sunday due to Ivan Cheparinov having no manners. FIDE rules forbid 'anti-social behaviour'.

Quitting drinking is good. It is not always easy not to drink but it is very rewarding. I've been dry since the start of last June. Don't expect to not change as a person though. Some stuff will fall away, as will some people, and some stuff may become important that you never expected. Some stuff w...

Bizarre. Yesterday I borrowed Volume 4 of Kasparov's My Great Predecessors from the library and spent a good few hours last night reading about Fischer's youth. At around midnight I played through the game that rock1rock2 posted above. Bobby was really young when he played that game - about fourteen...

Just want to send every single one of you motherfuckers a massive merry christmas. See you in the new year.

Peace and goodwill and that.

Love
John xx

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