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Good at online chess and 'attractive' sit firmly in opposite camps, I think.
Interesting that rewired thanked your post. We now know that this mystery person is not only very bearish but also not a fan of online chess. If I was Cracker I'd probably have the mystery of who rewired is solved by now.
Anyway, my main point was to say that chess is a great game. And if there was ever something that was perfectly suited to the web, it's chess. One of the nice things about chess sites, I've found, is the overwhelming niceness of it all. I've played games that I've lost against better players who have spent time helping me on where I've gone wrong. I played in an random pairing online game and was paired with a guy in the first round who was an international master in Canada. I obviously got my *ss kicked, but we got in to conversation and he offered to annotate the whole game for me, showing me move by move what I did well and what I did badly. He also sent me over a book which descrbed the attacking methods he'd used. As I say, such a nice, friendly community. And you'll find that the really good players are very nice and patient with the not so good players.
You can probably tell I'm a fan, so I'll shut up now. And I know you're only joking deep down Carol, but I want to stick up for my geeky, lovely online chess friends.
Two great chess books, whether you're in to it or not: Kings Of New York and Bobby Fischer Goes To War
Oh, and I break your rule. I play online chess and I'm very sexy.0 -
Hmmm, maybe its just my personal preferencelostinrates wrote: »Really? never tried it, but I don't think I'd like it. ambivalent sex can be ok...
Ambivalent sex is [EMAIL="w@nk"]w@nk[/EMAIL] :cool: <d'ya like what I did there?! :rotfl:We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Carl Jung
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lostinrates wrote: »Not if other sex didn't fill the gap (no pun intended) I suppose.
wageslave, remind us how good it is to be single again....:)
It is great to be single. I could actually still be involved with the !!!!!!.Retail is the only therapy that works0 -
Oh, and I break your rule. I play online chess and I'm very sexy.
Rules are made to be broken, Cleaver. Happy to be proved wrong.
Fascinating post - never knew that online chess geeks (or whatever the correct group classification is) are such nice guys. Still not going to try it - chess bores me silly, though I do sometimes feel I ought to play it with the kids as an 'improving' activity - bit like wageslave, ~I suppose.
My guilty secret is I used to play in chess tournaments as a little kid - I was never particularly good and loathed it, but was made to play in the blooming things (presumably parents who thought it was 'improving' too...).
Still, nice to hear normal people do play and actually enjoy it.0 -
It is great to be single. I could actually still be involved with the !!!!!!.
No no no, not him versus single...single versus anyone. Or is it that there are aspects of being in a couple you miss?
There are really nice men out there, you know...ones that boost ego, not deflate it...how about trying one of them for a while?0 -
The thing is I have spent the last two years pining for him. I had forgotten how he always made me feel absolutely inadequate in every bliddy sphere of my life.
To me, it sounds like a circular trap. He makes you feel low, you require his approval.
My two cents worth; try to find yourself a good strong chap and allow yourself to be loved by him.
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Fascinating post - never knew that online chess geeks (or whatever the correct group classification is) are such nice guys.
That's been my experience anyway. All very nice.
A lot of the people I've played with also seem to do a lot of poker, gambling, match betting and other activities like that. I think it's the maths, strategy, probability and having to think ahead that attracts them to chess. Quite a few of the new breed of good chess players are poker players I believe. So it's maybe getting a bit 'cooler'.
Your forced chess playing as a kid is probably like me with the piano. Nothing puts you off something more than middle-class parents forcing kids in to something they clearly don't want to do for years on end, in my case because they never did it as a child and thought I should.0 -
lostinrates wrote: »No no no, not him versus single...single versus anyone. Or is it that there are aspects of being in a couple you miss?
There are really nice men out there, you know...ones that boost ego, not deflate it...how about trying one of them for a while?
I dont miss anything about being a couple. I know that is probably weirder than playing online chess but it is the truth.Retail is the only therapy that works0
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