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I used to play a little chess with my cousin Richard, might have won
one game with his guidance - I think he let me win that one. I was 18 at the time, with so many other mistakes to make that I didn't play much after we lost touch. Did you see the episode of "Big Bang Theory" where Sheldon creates a 3-dimensional game of chess and add a couple extra pieces to the board? One was "snake." If you land on its square you're "bitten" and will die in 2 more moves unless you can get to the "old woman" who cures you, absorbs the snake venom which multiplies her powers above that of the queen.
posted by
Pat_B
on January 23, 2016 at 4:43 AM
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I admire people who can multi-task and do it right! I only ever played chess once in my life, but I used to be a whiz at checkers!
posted by
adnohr
on January 23, 2016 at 2:15 AM
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Nautikos
Thanks for your snow moving advice in my post pard.
posted by
WileyJohn
on January 22, 2016 at 3:10 PM
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Nautikos
This entry is just chock full of goodies to munch on! I think an interest in chess must go along with the science/physics thing....nada/nil/nope/none/zip/zilch/zero interest - now, crosswords, or any other word challenge I would spend hours on, and some card games....but never bridge. I simply never liked games with others that involved what I considered 'work' or 'effort' that wasn't interesting to me....words were, numbers weren't other than straightening, neatening them...so I enjoyed bookkeeping and basic math but not strategy. I could always talk and work a ten-key at the same time, inputting columns of numbers from balance sheets and carrying on a conversation with someone - it's a learned skill, like your friend said.....the brain adjusts. And that boat is long!! I wasn't picturing it so long from the other photos of the interiors; one always forgets how 'economical' everything has to be inside - and then I recall cruise showers
posted by
Krisles
on January 22, 2016 at 6:54 AM
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That is how I feel, too, with games that I am unfamiliar with and games that I am familiar with. I figure that I am going to win the unfamiliar one at least once but rarely do, and I do not expect to lose what is familiar to me.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on January 22, 2016 at 5:04 AM
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Nautikos
I admire your ability to play Spassky as you did that is quite an achievement, good on ya my friend.
posted by
WileyJohn
on January 21, 2016 at 2:41 PM
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I am not so good at doing two things at once unless I am in the kitchen where cooking is mindless for me. I did it all my life I guess. but tapping out Morse code and speaking to some one else well that is pretty good.
The ship is longer than I thought and yes those flood lights would have brought the squid to the desired depth to catch them.
posted by
Kabu
on January 21, 2016 at 1:34 PM
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Well, was it more fun on the chessboard or onboard the ship? As to having a conversation while inputting Morse code, is that like keyboarding (I must use the current word for typing) while talking on the phone? I think that's a skill set some of us may have developed, somewhat
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posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on January 21, 2016 at 12:22 PM
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