馃懡 bavarianbarbarian

anyone of you into chess? last night i played with a bloody beginner and she has a lot of spirit.... too much rage, no control, but a good padawan... much fun for someone who is trained by a professional chess player for 35 years, felt like john wick xD but she is doing very well, learning by pain and experience by shock and awe...

10 months ago 路 馃憤 danrl, m0xee, johano

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馃懡 johano

@bavatianbarberian I agree 路 1 month ago

馃懡 bavarianbarbarian

@johano it is great because it about pure power of thinking. punching someone in the face is easy, playing a good match of chess is not... 路 1 month ago

馃懡 johano

I enjoy the game of kings and am a throughly average player 路 1 month ago

馃懡 bavarianbarbarian

@softwarepagan i have a strange behaviour, i can not play chess without a board. online/computerchess i loose like a newbie, dunno why, but i can't. i have a board what is my fathers masterpiece and hand crafted solid iron figures, kinda curse, no one has beaten me with that except my father who is my chess trainer for about 35 years now. he told me chess in the age of 7 and my ELO score is about 1700. as i wrote recently, to be honest, i kick ass the regular players. was a hard school and for the 35 years, i only won 2 games against my father. learning by doing, pain by experience... 路 9 months ago

馃懡 softwarepagan

I play chess. Do you play on lichess? 路 9 months ago

馃懡 bavarianbarbarian

@danrl that's one of the core piles to be a Bodhisattva, try to bring peace and enlightenment to every being, not just for yourself. share what you can, don't harm anyone unnecessary etc... jep, i'm a damn hippie with a shotgun &) 路 10 months ago

馃懡 danrl

not into chess. but a fan of shock and awe.

kudos for taking on a padawan. sharing is caring and mentoring is a virtue! 路 10 months ago