Blunderov
Archon
Gender: 
Posts: 3160
Reputation: 8.91
Rate Blunderov
"We think in generalities, we live in details"
  
|
 |
RE: virus: Chessplayers "are a health hazard".
« on: 2005-10-05 04:16:07 » |
 |
[Blunderov] "Come and see the violence inherent in the system".
(f/w)
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-10-03-n77.html
"This has been all over German TV news this weekend; the first European
Chess Boxing Championship took place on October 1st (see German
Chessgate for a picture of "Schachboxen"). Chess boxing is just what
it sounds like. Two people get together in a ring, play some chess
(two minutes), put on their boxing gloves (one minute), then punch
each other in the face (two minutes), then play some more chess... and
so on, for eleven rounds.
Iepe Rubingh (age 31) is inventor of this sport and current world
champion. According to the German Die Zeit, he's interested in the
symbiosis of brain & muscle, body & soul, sport & arts."
[Bl.] Brian Wall is redoubtable player and one of the favorite
correspondents of a chess list to which I subscribe. Here, for those who
have a moment to spare, is an interesting window on a rather different
world; one that not even I suspected.
(f/w)
"Mall Life. Sometimes I try to relive my Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass.
Days where I played Chess and Backgammon all day and hung out with my pretty
young girlfriend Joan Marie Clifford about 12 years ago.
I go to the downtown Denver mall, a pitiful substitute for Washington Square
Park in NY (which I tried for 2 months to be near my brother Fred) or
Harvard Square in Boston.
The weather is turning cold now which curtails any activity. Chris Peterson
is a regular by day, Dave Wallace is a regular by night, Robert Ramirez
shows up when he is not working at Walgreens near my Alma Mater North High.
The Ponomarevs show up sometimes to give lessons to Ian McLellan around 2
P.M. They meet at nearby Starbucks. I was parking nearby and these laughing
teenagers cut me off from backing into a parking spot. I had visions of
smashing their windshield with a baseball bat or dragging them out of their
jeep and beating them senseless. I felt my Irish temper racing out of
control and I decided I was just too upset to deal with it and drove off
before I killed somebody.
Shortly thereafter I heard that these motorcycle cops had once again kicked
the Chessplayers out of Starbucks. All hyped up by the jeep teens, I stormed
into Starbucks and confronted 6 motorcycle cops with all the Chessplayers
behind me screaming, "No, Brian, No, you'll just make it worse."
I explained that I was a paying customer and that the Starbucks employess
never kicked us out so why should they? It helps sometimes to be older than
everyone in the city.
One cop treated me with respect and explained that some of the Chessplayers
never takes baths, they are a health hazard, a Starbucks is not really a
Chess Club and some never buy anything so they are not really customers and
that Starbucks employees ask the cops to evict the Chessplayers because they
are afraid of the street people. It was a good exchange.
Now Big Fat Gary (about 300 pounds) is one tough old bird, having survived
Vietnam, two ex-wives plus a train wreck. On the way back from a
Vegas gambling trip, a train sliced his car in half, killing the two up
front and tossing the rear end of the train hundreds of feet. Somehow he
lived. He also told me he won the lottery. Like Eugene Salome 30 years ago,
he likes to tell tall tales. Like the Idiot in Dostoevsky's The Idiot, I
always pretend to believe people and see how far their tales will go.
One thing for sure is that Gary hates to lose. Philipp Ponomarev (2300) was
giving all comers 5 minutes to 15 seconds odds and didn't lose a game. Sore
sports usually can't vent their anger on the Chessmasters beating them
because the Master is doing them a favor even sitting across the board.
However, they can redirect their wrath on innocent bystanders. In this case,
Gary turned on Freddy Badger, the ebony version of Dorian Gray, whom I have
known for 35 years now and hasn't aged a day. Philipp left the fracas
"before the cops came ".
One time Gary attacked mall rats, young homeless alkie druggie teens
who fought back. The next day Gary's doctor asked him where he got the
bruise on his stomach - "Oh, that's a footprint, Doc."
One time Gary went up against the enforcer, Pete Weisner. Pete does not
start any trouble but he has a zero tolerance policy for those who start
with him. Pete has had serious Martial Arts training. Pete has been in about
20 mall fights. The last one I know of 4 teenagers threw something at him,
he sent his chess opponent to get the cops and engaged the teens in fighting
until the cops could arrest them.
One time Big Fat Gary suckerpunched the Enforcer, Pate Weisner. Pete was on
roller blades, he managed to turn them sideways and get enough traction to
deliver a haymaker. That ended the fight.
Yesterday was a nice day weatherwise. A.C. is an elegant black man with a
gift of gab who dresses very sharply with a Leon Redbone hat on his head. He
told Stephan, who favors monologues as a form of speech that "God gave you
two ears and one mouth, why don't you listen for a change?" A.C. loves the
Bird's opening and was very excited when I told him I had won with it 5
times in rated play the last year. I beat Josh Bloomer for the Colorado
Springs Chess Club Championshi with it a year ago. The new Colorado Chess
Club Championship tournament starts tonight. It is a free entry for me but I
cannot play in it. So hail to the new Champion, whoever that turns out to
be. I will soon lose my double status as Colorado Springs and Denver Chess
Club Champion. I also beat Colorado Springs Chess Club chessplayers Buck
Buchanan, Larry Wutt and Tony Telinbaccho with Keith Hayward's favorite 1
f4. I believe I am 5-0 with it.
Gary was beating up the mouthpiece A.C. pretty good but A.C. suckerpunched
Gary with his favorite Bird's Opening and demolished him with a Fishing Pole
type attack capped off with a stunning Queen sacrifice, all in only 11
moves. The plan of Qe1-h4 is standard in the Bird's Opening, the Dutch
Opening and the Grand Prix Attack. I used this plan to beat Tony Telinbaccho
in my 2005 Rocky Mountain Expert/Master tournament. I think most of my
Bird's openings are emails somewhere.
After Gary lost this humiliating game, he yelled and cursed a lot and
screamed at everyone how much better than A.C, he was, etc., etc. Now let us
examine the game that brought Gary into such a lather. My favorite
Chessplayers are poor sports because they are always good for free
entertainment when they lose.
<snip>"
---
To unsubscribe from the Virus list go to <http://www.lucifer.com/cgi-bin/virus-l>
|
Author
Logged
