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Trials of a woodpusher: Adventures in chess, backyard gardening, and maybe whisker chopping

Yes indeed I really have enjoyed the Personna's I have tried in the AS-D2. Glad you are back to winning ways!
 
Random question. When you're starting a new game of chess, do even the first few moves take days or weeks, or since (I assume) there are basic opening strategies there could be a blazing 4-5 moves the first day?
 
NurseDave said:
Random question. When you're starting a new game of chess, do even the first few moves take days or weeks, or since (I assume) there are basic opening strategies there could be a blazing 4-5 moves the first day?
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When a new correspondence tournament starts, I can spend several days per opponent reviewing their previous games to see if there is a certain opening that they lose more often with. Once that's done, play up to move 15 or so can sometimes often take place in about a week. It depends on whether they follow along with what you expected. Openeing theory is VERY well developed.
 
Exciting day from start to finish lined up:

Already accomplished!
- Wake up! (always a good thing!)
- Take out garbage
- Make coffee
- Read news
- Wake Wifey
- Make stovetop moka pot coffee
- shave
- bring in empty garbage containers
- debone some chicken

On schedule:
- eat lunch
- work on chess
- get flu shot (appt at 5:20)
- eat supper
- watch BBC World News
- Watch PBS Newshour
- play time with fellow Cadre members on Zoom!
- shower
- sleep
 
Gotta be a rough day ahead when making coffee is listed twice!
 
woodpusher said:
Yeah, I know. :eek:

I watch the local morning news, PBS Newshour and the NFL. Wouldn't want too much tele-tubbies taking away from my TSC-time, would we?
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So coming back to television shows... I just saw that Netflix is releasing a new show about a chess in the Cold war. Hey, It's chess (hopefully, maybe... Probably done badly, lol).
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The chess is actually REALLY good in the show. The "big games" are actually taken from real life encounters and then at a certain point, the show deviates..... with an IMPROVEMENT over what a GrandMaster played. As I was watching, I was often calling out the move about to be played and my wife just looked at me funny. :sneaky:

It's a pretty good show, but as I mentioned to my wife (to get her to watch it) that it's more about a flawed person than chess. Chess is just the setting.
 
woodpusher said:
The chess is actually REALLY good in the show. The "big games" are actually taken from real life encounters and then at a certain point, the show deviates..... with an IMPROVEMENT over what a GrandMaster played.

It's a pretty good show, but as I mentioned to my wife (to get her to watch it) that it's more about a flawed person than chess. Chess is just the setting.
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Awesome. I should have known you would have seen it already, lol.

I need to check it out then. It has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes... That's impressive, imo.
 
Since it's just above freezing and the wife has been on my case about long flowing golden grey locks, I buzzed everything off with my Celebrity Clippers (courtesy of @BarberDave ), no guard and set as close as possible (but not 000-close).

Should be *ahem* comfortable for me when we go for a walk later. Brrrrr :eek:
 
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