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Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:02 pm to Kafka
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Add Level 3 to Level 4 Voila! Level 7
Totally BOGUS, Paul!
You suck, dude. I'm glad that Brennan's kicked you out of your house and made it into a diner.
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:03 pm to Champagne
does something possess offense and defense but not physical activity? if so, game
does something possess offense, defense, and involve physical activity? sport
does something involve neither offense nor defense? competition
does something possess offense, defense, and involve physical activity? sport
does something involve neither offense nor defense? competition
This post was edited on 1/24/17 at 9:03 pm
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:03 pm to Champagne
I go to the chess subreddit for my chess fix. Tata Steel Chess Tournament is currently under way. Lots of exciting stuff happening in the chess world the last few months.
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:05 pm to Tiguar
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does something possess offense, defense, and involve physical activity? sport
why i always have argued (live) poker is a sport
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:08 pm to Kafka
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He was World Chess Champion at age 21
*Unofficial World Champion
Chess was a very different game back then. Not rules wise but competition wise. He is known as being the first modern player though. He was a great genius that played the game positionally in the way that modern gm's play. Truly before his time. It is interesting that when his games that we have the notation for are run through engines they are very precisely played. Just leaps above the competition at the time. But the competition was very weak relatively speaking.
This post was edited on 1/24/17 at 9:09 pm
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:12 pm to TexasTiger1185
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That simply isn't true. Hand eye coordination, sweat, muscles all get strained during NASCAR. I'm no fan of driving, but it's much more athletic than moving pieces on a board.
In classical games stamina becomes a very important factor. Players can sit at the table for 8 hours or more a game and 12 games in a match over a few weeks. I'm not saying that chess is a sport. I don't think it is. I just don't think that NASCAR is much of a sport either.
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:14 pm to Peazey
quote:He was as much World Champion as anybody until the torunaments started after WWII
*Unofficial World Champion
quote:His main competition, Anderssen, was a great player
But the competition was very weak relatively speaking
Morphy is actually significant in US History. He was the first American to take on Europe culturally and emerge victorious.
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:26 pm to Kafka
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Morphy is actually significant in US History. He was the first American to take on Europe culturally and emerge victorious.
Are all or most of Paul Morphy's games preserved in chess notation for review today?
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:28 pm to Kafka
He was the best player in the world, pretty much indisputably. Someone like Lasker, Capablance, or Alekhine were at least playing the strongest players of their day. Though there still was much lacking for the organization. There was just so little organization. He never played Staunton who was supposed to be the European Champion that he needed to beat. But he dominated all of the other great European players of the day. He was just on another level.
The game was just so undeveloped at the time. He was great for the context of the time. You could say that is kind of the nature of chess. It's something that is always building upward and understanding is growing with each generation, but people just didn't take it seriously at the time. People didn't study and train for it like they do today. It was just kind of a hobby that people did in their idle time.
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His main competition, Anderssen, was a great player
The game was just so undeveloped at the time. He was great for the context of the time. You could say that is kind of the nature of chess. It's something that is always building upward and understanding is growing with each generation, but people just didn't take it seriously at the time. People didn't study and train for it like they do today. It was just kind of a hobby that people did in their idle time.
This post was edited on 1/24/17 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:32 pm to Champagne
Chess is a competition, not a sport.
All sports are competitions, not all competitions are sports.
All sports are competitions, not all competitions are sports.
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:32 pm to Champagne
quote:Many of his games survive
Are all or most of Paul Morphy's games preserved in chess notation for review today?
Morphy versus the Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard
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The chess game played in 1858 at an opera house in Paris between the American chess master Paul Morphy and two strong amateurs, the German noble Karl II, Duke of Brunswick and the French aristocrat Comte Isouard de Vauvenargues, is among the most famous chess games. Duke Karl and Count Isouard consulted together, playing as partners against Morphy. The game is often used by chess instructors to teach the importance of rapid development of one's pieces, the value of sacrifices in mating combinations, and other chess concepts. The game is sometimes called "The Opera Game" or "A Night at the Opera" (French: Partie de l'opéra).
16. Qb8+! Nxb8 17. Rd8 mate
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:35 pm to Peazey
quote:Anderssen >>> Staunton
He never played Staunton who was supposed to be the European Champion that he needed to beat
Morphy beat everyone he had to
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:38 pm to Kafka
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Many of his games survive
Paul, you are a righteous dude and a great chessplayer. Lots of people refer to themselves in the third person, so that's cool that you do it -- it's your thing.
People diss you because you are from New Orleans and they are jealous and probably because you live in a diner, but, I say, let the Haters hate, man, you just keep on Truckin'.
This post was edited on 1/24/17 at 9:39 pm
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:40 pm to Champagne
quote:They need to build a statue of me and then tear it down
People diss you because you are from New Orleans and they are jealous and probably because you live in a diner, but, I say, let the Haters hate, man, you just keep on Truckin'.
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:41 pm to Champagne
Paul, I forgot to ask, do you know that dude in the French Quarter that will play you a game of chess for five bucks? He wears a cool hat.
You know that dude?
You know that dude?
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:43 pm to Champagne
quote:Are you talking about Jude Acers? I don't know if JA is still there (haven't been to the FQ in awhile)
Paul, I forgot to ask, do you know that dude in the French Quarter that will play you a game of chess for five bucks? He wears a cool hat.
You know that dude?
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:46 pm to Kafka
How and who he beat is convincing enough to know that he was easily the best, but it's like how the college championship used to be before they actually had a championship game. Can you really be a champion if there wasn't a championship game?
This post was edited on 1/24/17 at 9:48 pm
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:47 pm to Kafka
Pretty sure Jude is still there. Saw him playing at least this last summer.
Posted on 1/24/17 at 9:48 pm to Peazey
quote:He was the MWCC
How and who he beat is convincing enough to know that he was easily the best, but it's like how the college championship used to before they actually had a championship game. Can you really be a champion if there wasn't a championship game?
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