I once beat a World Champion Grand Master at chess
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...although he wasn't one at the time (around 1976, I think). I was in the chess club at school in Lancashire when his chess club paid us a visit. He was about six years younger than me at the time. I was playing him and made a random move (I wasn't very good at chess at the time and haven't got much better since), he immediately said, "I see what you are doing there, well done!", and resigned the game. :omg: Please note, he was playing 7 other people at the same time ...and beat them all, except me. :wtf: I have spent much time since then trying to work out what I was "doing there" and never have managed to work it out. :doh: He went on to become a Grand Master and World Champion, etc. :cool: My best was an international tournament in Cannes where I managed, out of 6 games, to win almost, but not quite, 1 of them. I gave up chess altogether after that. :sigh:
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Hopefully it doesn't castle you any bad dreams and keep up at knight.
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Hopefully it doesn't castle you any bad dreams and keep up at knight.
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"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
... as the actress said to the Bishop.
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...although he wasn't one at the time (around 1976, I think). I was in the chess club at school in Lancashire when his chess club paid us a visit. He was about six years younger than me at the time. I was playing him and made a random move (I wasn't very good at chess at the time and haven't got much better since), he immediately said, "I see what you are doing there, well done!", and resigned the game. :omg: Please note, he was playing 7 other people at the same time ...and beat them all, except me. :wtf: I have spent much time since then trying to work out what I was "doing there" and never have managed to work it out. :doh: He went on to become a Grand Master and World Champion, etc. :cool: My best was an international tournament in Cannes where I managed, out of 6 games, to win almost, but not quite, 1 of them. I gave up chess altogether after that. :sigh:
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
I bought a chess game not long ago but I think I got rooked?
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well done! when I was about 6 or 7, I taught my grandfather to play chess (luckily he had a set) - he was a quick learner as he started beating me very quickly! wait a minute ...
My grandfather beat me at Stratego, but he was cheating! :-\
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I bought a chess game not long ago but I think I got rooked?
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...although he wasn't one at the time (around 1976, I think). I was in the chess club at school in Lancashire when his chess club paid us a visit. He was about six years younger than me at the time. I was playing him and made a random move (I wasn't very good at chess at the time and haven't got much better since), he immediately said, "I see what you are doing there, well done!", and resigned the game. :omg: Please note, he was playing 7 other people at the same time ...and beat them all, except me. :wtf: I have spent much time since then trying to work out what I was "doing there" and never have managed to work it out. :doh: He went on to become a Grand Master and World Champion, etc. :cool: My best was an international tournament in Cannes where I managed, out of 6 games, to win almost, but not quite, 1 of them. I gave up chess altogether after that. :sigh:
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
That's a really great story. Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy stories like that.
Forogar wrote:
he immediately said, "I see what you are doing there, well done!", and resigned the game. :OMG:
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Forogar wrote:
I have spent much time since then trying to work out what I was "doing there" and never have managed to work it out.
:thumbsup:
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I'll take it back to-Knight
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...although he wasn't one at the time (around 1976, I think). I was in the chess club at school in Lancashire when his chess club paid us a visit. He was about six years younger than me at the time. I was playing him and made a random move (I wasn't very good at chess at the time and haven't got much better since), he immediately said, "I see what you are doing there, well done!", and resigned the game. :omg: Please note, he was playing 7 other people at the same time ...and beat them all, except me. :wtf: I have spent much time since then trying to work out what I was "doing there" and never have managed to work it out. :doh: He went on to become a Grand Master and World Champion, etc. :cool: My best was an international tournament in Cannes where I managed, out of 6 games, to win almost, but not quite, 1 of them. I gave up chess altogether after that. :sigh:
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
A long time ago when I was still young (like 15 years ago) I had a girlfriend who played chess. I've never even once been able to beat her at chess. Her brother played chess too, at a pretty high level, higher than his sister (my girlfriend). I think he was one of the Dutch youth champions, I know his girlfriend was for sure. Anyway, I played against him once and I think he underestimated me so hard that I actually won :laugh: He really hated that he lost to me, an absolute beginner :laugh: When I was a kid (maybe like 10 years old) I learned my grandma how to play chess. I told her the rules and we played a small game. So after that I said, let's play for real now. There was no way in hell my grandma could beat me so I already looked forward to winning :D Except my grandpa came in and helped my grandma on a move before going on with his day "you should move this there". And then an uncle came in and did the same "that goes there". And unfortunately for me I have a big family, so the second uncle really ruined it for me and I lost to my grandma who I'd just explained the rules :laugh:
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...although he wasn't one at the time (around 1976, I think). I was in the chess club at school in Lancashire when his chess club paid us a visit. He was about six years younger than me at the time. I was playing him and made a random move (I wasn't very good at chess at the time and haven't got much better since), he immediately said, "I see what you are doing there, well done!", and resigned the game. :omg: Please note, he was playing 7 other people at the same time ...and beat them all, except me. :wtf: I have spent much time since then trying to work out what I was "doing there" and never have managed to work it out. :doh: He went on to become a Grand Master and World Champion, etc. :cool: My best was an international tournament in Cannes where I managed, out of 6 games, to win almost, but not quite, 1 of them. I gave up chess altogether after that. :sigh:
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
Wow, such a nice move of you, very smart! :O ;P BTW, little known fact, this grand master guy might still be 6 years younger than you, even now! :O
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...although he wasn't one at the time (around 1976, I think). I was in the chess club at school in Lancashire when his chess club paid us a visit. He was about six years younger than me at the time. I was playing him and made a random move (I wasn't very good at chess at the time and haven't got much better since), he immediately said, "I see what you are doing there, well done!", and resigned the game. :omg: Please note, he was playing 7 other people at the same time ...and beat them all, except me. :wtf: I have spent much time since then trying to work out what I was "doing there" and never have managed to work it out. :doh: He went on to become a Grand Master and World Champion, etc. :cool: My best was an international tournament in Cannes where I managed, out of 6 games, to win almost, but not quite, 1 of them. I gave up chess altogether after that. :sigh:
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
Forogar wrote:
He was about six years younger than me at the time.
So I reckon one of you two aged more rapidly/slower than the other. High velocity space travel much?
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...although he wasn't one at the time (around 1976, I think). I was in the chess club at school in Lancashire when his chess club paid us a visit. He was about six years younger than me at the time. I was playing him and made a random move (I wasn't very good at chess at the time and haven't got much better since), he immediately said, "I see what you are doing there, well done!", and resigned the game. :omg: Please note, he was playing 7 other people at the same time ...and beat them all, except me. :wtf: I have spent much time since then trying to work out what I was "doing there" and never have managed to work it out. :doh: He went on to become a Grand Master and World Champion, etc. :cool: My best was an international tournament in Cannes where I managed, out of 6 games, to win almost, but not quite, 1 of them. I gave up chess altogether after that. :sigh:
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
I gave up on chess for the most part when I was 14. I realized that I would have to start studying for the game play if I wanted to be better. This immediately killed the fun for me. At that level, once you proved to someone that the rule "en passant" actually was a real rule (could be spelled wrong), you had carte blanche to invent new rules. Our favorite was "Skylark" which allowed a rook to move like a bishop once per game.
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...although he wasn't one at the time (around 1976, I think). I was in the chess club at school in Lancashire when his chess club paid us a visit. He was about six years younger than me at the time. I was playing him and made a random move (I wasn't very good at chess at the time and haven't got much better since), he immediately said, "I see what you are doing there, well done!", and resigned the game. :omg: Please note, he was playing 7 other people at the same time ...and beat them all, except me. :wtf: I have spent much time since then trying to work out what I was "doing there" and never have managed to work it out. :doh: He went on to become a Grand Master and World Champion, etc. :cool: My best was an international tournament in Cannes where I managed, out of 6 games, to win almost, but not quite, 1 of them. I gave up chess altogether after that. :sigh:
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
Forogar wrote:
was playing him and made a random move (I wasn't very good at chess at the time and haven't got much better since), he immediately said, "I see what you are doing there, well done!", and resigned the game. :OMG:
He lost to himself. :laugh: I started chess when I was in college, and usually lost pretty hilariously, blundering every other move. :laugh: There was this guy who made fun of it so much that I spend the next few weeks studying the game. A month later I beat him, and we became best of pals. :-D It's a shame chess does not get enough exposure these days, especially to kids.
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Forogar wrote:
was playing him and made a random move (I wasn't very good at chess at the time and haven't got much better since), he immediately said, "I see what you are doing there, well done!", and resigned the game. :OMG:
He lost to himself. :laugh: I started chess when I was in college, and usually lost pretty hilariously, blundering every other move. :laugh: There was this guy who made fun of it so much that I spend the next few weeks studying the game. A month later I beat him, and we became best of pals. :-D It's a shame chess does not get enough exposure these days, especially to kids.
How can chess complete with Doom, etc? I did get an Elo rating of about 1820 which just squeezed me into the "Class A" category - I think that's why I lost all my games in that last tournament, although I did beat a couple of my opponents in casual games between scheduled ones. Anyway, I lost heart at that point and never played again. :( I did offer to teach my son but he preferred "Dark Age of Camelot" at which he became the equivalent of a Grand Master - so there's that. :sigh:
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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...although he wasn't one at the time (around 1976, I think). I was in the chess club at school in Lancashire when his chess club paid us a visit. He was about six years younger than me at the time. I was playing him and made a random move (I wasn't very good at chess at the time and haven't got much better since), he immediately said, "I see what you are doing there, well done!", and resigned the game. :omg: Please note, he was playing 7 other people at the same time ...and beat them all, except me. :wtf: I have spent much time since then trying to work out what I was "doing there" and never have managed to work it out. :doh: He went on to become a Grand Master and World Champion, etc. :cool: My best was an international tournament in Cannes where I managed, out of 6 games, to win almost, but not quite, 1 of them. I gave up chess altogether after that. :sigh:
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
