A Time For Chess

Not everyone can remain up beat all the time.  What I am saying is  this blog has been at question because it  doesn't appear to be going anywhere.  Lord knows that I should try to try to advertise.  I tried that and look at where....I even must try hard in this blog not let my readers down no matter what.  No one loves a loser and of course that is not my intent.   After all the great champion himself gave me  pointers and he let me inside his mind to further my inspiration   on winning and my disdain for losing.  By the way his name is Joe Montana yes I am horrible I'm a name dropper.  The truth of the matter is that I don't know if there are any readers reading this blog.  I really have few clues as to what is going on.  All I know is that I'm good at keeping journals.  Is there anybody out there in readership land that reads this thing?  I don't see any comments maybe I'm better off this way as I hear these comments on blogs can get pretty nasty and I don't need that.  but I threaten to chuck this blog and just take up another hobby these chess slumps make me feel so god awful.  Besides I don't know anyone who has played as many chess games as myself with an exception of a few.   You would think that I could teach a few good players something about chess in this blog but no I'm not getting the feedback.  Is there anyone out there?  Hello?  Doesn't anyone know what time it is doesn't anyone  care?                                                                                                                                      

Real Drama In A Silly Game Of Chess?

My nerves are shot.  I'm so nervous if I had a milk or a glass of milk in my hand  it would be a milk shake.  And it isn't from Parkinson's either.  It is from what else?  Please the name of this blog is all about what? All together now....chess.  It is an insignificant game nobody cares about it than I but the feeling made my nerves go through the roof.  My opponent struck me through the throat with his sword withdrew his long bladed dagger dripping with blood my blood assassinated my queen I had blundered left it within range of opposition knight to hook my king and queen and I was done.  My  only hope was time as his time was run down to almost nothing;  he had only three moves to go for checkmate.  Seconds were left I moved had all the time in the world to make a move better for me to have him on the ropes and reverse the timing make him wait for  him this time to move in a rush which wasn't his type of game.  This player was even slower than I.  Now who in the dickens cares to know about a silly game of chess?   I do.  This is what counts.

Making A Comeback?

I  belonged on a reclining lounge rather than in front of a computer screen playing chess.  Being made to feel humble by playing chess...well yes it does get down and dirty just downright depressing when my   performance isn't there.  Barry Zito I can  relate with.  I am looking forward to that reclining lawn chair more than I am to a losing streak of chess games but I know by not  playing the games at all I would not raise up my ratings but of course.   It is to be expected that my performance in chess must be met with practice after all the number one player Magnus Carlsen...well never you mind.  My prediction? It can't makes bigger.  

Trash Talking Opponents

And I thought this blog on chess would be abandoned.  I really did.  I did abandon it mostly to spend more time on my other blog It Never Takes A Genius but can we read the writing on the walls?  Yes the focus is on this blog and  I'm committed to it be it for better or worst in sickness and in health...well you get the picture.

I did cover trash talking chess opponents in chess before they come  from every crack in the crevices you can imagine in the more popular sport of tennis it didn't exist for me as it does in this game of chess.  But as proud as I can be I took my opponent I felt and pulled him through the ringer until he had no life not even his breathe yes he was handily beating me in the game of chess being a higher rated player of 1224 but I was ready willing and seemingly able to play this better rated player but I chose to play a him different game which would probably not yield me  better results.  In the beginning it was indeed different more novel a different approach.  But as it normally turns out the end result of the game didn't pan out.  It was a push over for this trash talking opponent but this time I figured even though the game was lost I could take him on in a debate and a debate it was he lost  in that on all counts his trash talking didn't hold water.  If anyone can  hold their own  and debate or respond with a better answer at the end of a game then that game which is like the end of time then I say he is acquiring a spot in time

Play For Fun

Preparing to play another game but first the need to ingest a pill of caffeine or two.  Can't I lose gracefully and not take this game of chess so seriously?  Chess is a game of skill to me at the present I see the game of like a test of intelligence.  I understand that I'm losing dopamine as I get older the mental functioning deteriorates thus the ratings fall in tennis the embarrassment of defeat becomes more apparent.  The older players playing the younger in tournaments have the greater disadvantage.  This we all know.  I'll play chess when I want to where I....okay you get the point.

Do Chess Playing Computers Think?

I don't play those anymore but when I did I was compelled. And what did the practice all add up to? Not much. I get more pleasure cutting the grass which is where I'm going to soon before the sun goes down. I think these chess playing machine are harder now and a poor human doesn't have a chance against the faster brute strength of a chess playing computer. It's been well established some people will tell you different but to put it bluntly they don't know a hole driven in the ground for well water from a black hole in the universe. I just don't find chess fascinating anymore like I use to playing an inordinate of endless games. It's time to pick up the pieces and move on to other pursuits. I will return I did play two games just today. I'm not dead.

The Games We Play

John McEnroe the legendary tennis player once said if the game isn't fun for you don't play it. Tennis for the most part is a bigger game than chess by far and I know tennis better than chess. Chess for me became more interesting than tennis however and I began to play it. The first chess computer I owned kept me in training enough to where I could beat most recreational players. I think I would be a better teacher of chess and tennis than a player of pick up games. Concentration matters and mornings don't produce good results ordinarily. I'm just waiting for the desire to play these games to come around.

My Mistakes Are My Ways To Learn

Yes I am always learning. You can clearly see my mistakes of recent days. But like General MacArthur when there was a great lost of American lives and he knew it all to well he voiced the command "We shall return". Sounds a little like afterwards when an actor in a movie said I'll be back. It isn't all win win win every time. In the moment of weakness we must pause and regroup and take on the issues. There is a great deal of things for me to learn and with all the zest and power I can muster I will find the way through you.