tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post648738679256157383..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: The Rules of ChessRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-58775638755170049222008-08-15T14:34:00.000-04:002008-08-15T14:34:00.000-04:00In my long-ago chess-playing days, I managed a 1 w...In my long-ago chess-playing days, I managed a 1 win, 1 loss, and 1 draw against ranked experts in tournament play when I was a "B" player.<BR/><BR/>I bought books, but didn't study. I just liked to play, especially speed chess.<BR/><BR/>But with regards to you being a triablogue defender of historic biblical Protestantism, I think you're clearly a master. Maybe even international master ranking. Steve is a Grandmaster. I'm a lowly patzer compared to you guys.Truth Unites... and Divideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891402278361538353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-31806535243797388162008-08-15T14:11:00.000-04:002008-08-15T14:11:00.000-04:00TUAD,Actually I don't get to play chess that much....TUAD,<BR/><BR/>Actually I don't get to play chess that much. Never played a tournament at all, but I do have Chessmaster X!<BR/><BR/>Of course my computer trounces me all the time.<BR/><BR/>Oh well.<BR/><BR/>When I play chess I'm mostly a positional player. I can usually get control of the center of the board early on, but transitioning to the mid game my opponent will almost always gain the upper hand, and in the end game I am horrible. (Hey, I know my limitations!)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the ranking Chessmaster X gives me hovers right around the 1000 mark. So I'm basically average when it comes to chess. I could study more openings, etc. but because I don't do the deep calculations required in the end game I'll never be a master. That's why I write about it instead :-)<BR/><BR/>Which reminds me. Someone once said a critic is someone who knows the way but can't drive the car to get there. When it comes to chess, I'm a critic :-DPeter Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792036365040378473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-62632571082775766042008-08-15T13:40:00.000-04:002008-08-15T13:40:00.000-04:00Great satire Peter! What's sad is that it's all t...Great satire Peter! <BR/><BR/>What's sad is that it's all too real!<BR/><BR/>I had the singular misfortune of reading Loftus's posts against Paul Manata before they were deleted in a prior thread, and your wife-beating reference in this parody reminded me of that.<BR/><BR/>BTW, do you play tournament chess Peter? If so, what's your highest rating?Truth Unites... and Divideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891402278361538353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-48378929542208304242008-08-14T23:58:00.000-04:002008-08-14T23:58:00.000-04:00Nihilist,:::YAWN!!!:::SNIZZAnd all that other stuf...Nihilist,<BR/><BR/>:::YAWN!!!:::<BR/><BR/>SNIZZ<BR/><BR/>And all that other stuff.Peter Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792036365040378473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-11957645523642519792008-08-14T23:24:00.000-04:002008-08-14T23:24:00.000-04:00Hey, at least Mike didn't post a screed displaying...Hey, at least Mike didn't post a screed displaying his ignorance of a branch of human scholarship for the internet to see, claiming to find fault with well-accepted facts of the theory, and then run away and write a lame piece of fiction dramatizing his internet escapades.charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16311936381016892945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-56377897440246910522008-08-14T23:11:00.000-04:002008-08-14T23:11:00.000-04:00reminds me of a debate a college classmate used to...reminds me of a debate a college classmate used to have disproving Italy. "I've never seen it, how do I know it exists? I can't take <I>your</I> word for it"archshrkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05692804883679708643noreply@blogger.com