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| Posted by kansaspatzer goclub.org 4/04/2008 23:27:21 Play online chess |  Subject: Chess tattoosMessage: I was wondering if anybody else had any or knew anybody who has any. I haven't come across anyone else but surely I'm not the only one. I know somebody who got a certain poker hand (Jack-Ten) tattooed on his arm. I feel that mine is less "tacky", although people approach mine with mixed results. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by ccmcacollister goclub.org 4/05/2008 22:10:44 Play online chess | NO ... Message: *** Seems like an interesting idea & your Knight looks good ... maybe more players will go in for it if they see yours. Doesn't seem tacky at all to me. Personally, I see it as expressive Art, like the game itself. Are you thinking of adding to the "set" ? }8-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by ionadowman goclub.org 4/06/2008 13:22:24 Play online chess | Let's see... Message: I hope i haven't sarted anything... ;-) Ion ——— Chess-mad Armenia's heroes return in triumph — Armenia's top chess players, lauded as heroes after winning the 2011 World Team Chess Championship this week, vowed on Friday to boost the small chess-mad country's status in the game even further. The team's head coach said that future successes will be secured through official support and an unusual new scheme to promote the game among schoolchildren initiated by Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian, a keen chess player who also heads the country's Chess Federation. "Because of this attention and care, we can improve our game," coach Arshak Petrosian told a press conference, two days after returning from the chess tournament in China to a rapturous welcome from fans and ... Posted by kansaspatzer | goclub.org 4/10/2008 22:35:38 Play online chess Message: I do think that more players should get a chess tattoo. At the very least, it makes for an interesting conversation piece ——— U.S. doesn't medal in China — During a long and grueling chess tournament here in Ningbo, China, the U.S. team had real chances to capture a medal at the World Team Championship. But the competition proved too fierce, and we had to settle for tie for fourth place with 10 total points. However, after the complex tiebreak system, the U.S. ended up in sixth place, which is slightly better than our original seventh-place seeding. Still, it was a bit disappointing, as we squandered some golden opportunities. In a normal chess tournament, an individual receives one point for a win and a half point for a draw. The same was true for this event, but individual results were tallied up after each round and then teams were awarded points based ... Posted by tag1153 | goclub.org 4/11/2008 00:52:00 Play online chess Guilty........Message:  gameknot.com ——— Long Live the Chess King — Chess sometimes becomes a beautiful game even in the eyes of those who don't play it. Find a charming town, bring back its glorious past, turn people into chess pieces, invite kids and a jester and you can evoke magical moments. Every year since 2005, the picturesque Slovak town of Banska Stiavnica stages a game of living chess. It is a powerful, almost mystical, spectacle with human chess pieces dressed into medieval costumes and armed with spears and swords. They are moving on a big chessboard to the sound of drums and trumpets. On Saturday, July 16, they were recreating a live blindfold game I was playing against the legendary Hungarian grandmaster Lajos Portisch. The top-rated ... Posted by wschmidt | goclub.org 4/11/2008 12:26:08 Play online chess how about...Message: ——— Chess: Advance of the rook — We continue our examination of chess games by the master of positional play Ulf Andersson. Here he has built up a dominating position, principally by controlling the only open file. But a breakthrough is still needed: over to Ronan. RB: Everything points to an immediate 1 Rd6 – White's doubled rooks on the d-file, the pawn on e5 and the difficult position of the black knight on c6. But it does involve an exchange sacrifice and I have what must qualify as a near-phobia about giving up rooks for minor pieces. Still, if ever there was a time to get over my fears this surely has to be it. After 1…Bxd6 White could recapture with the rook, 2 Rxd6 but this doesn't seem to ... Posted by eqj2 | goclub.org 4/11/2008 14:03:03 Play online chess ????????Message: ——— Chess notes — A couple of weeks ago we wrote about anthropologist Robert Desjarlais’s musings in his work “Counterplay - An Anthropologist at the Chess Board’’ in respect to the mystical motives to play chess, an area of activity in great part outside of economic incentives. A recently developing illustration of playing for the love of the game is the monthly Grand Prix tournaments at the Boylston Club. There have been seven so far, and they offer only small prizes for those who have earned the most points at the end of the year. The entry fee is a mere $7 for club members and $10 for nonmembers. They have been immensely popular. Although these chess tournaments are not a draw for players dependent on chess for ... Posted by ionadowman | goclub.org 4/11/2008 14:20:18 Play online chess Wha' hoppen??Message: Curious... Posted by tag1153 | goclub.org 4/11/2008 19:17:38 Play online chess eh?Message: ion - ???? huh?????? The knight tat is about 3 years old....i got it after my first 4/4 performance OTB.....I have a few others as well, but surely will be banned for posting them:) Posted by chessnovice | goclub.org 4/11/2008 19:21:53 Play online chess ...Message: I'm sure he meant to link to his own profile: gameknot.com Posted by eqj2 | goclub.org 4/11/2008 22:55:04 Play online chess YepMessage: Posted by heinzkat | goclub.org 4/12/2008 03:24:13 Play online chess Does anyone else have a...Message: Posted by ogedei | goclub.org 4/12/2008 11:46:01 Play online chess Message: Posted by chessnovice | goclub.org 4/12/2008 13:07:02 Play online chess ...Message: The only kind of tattoo I've considered getting is something along the lines that Tyler Florence (from Food Network) got. He says his favorite is this tattooed script that he got from a Buddhist monk. It sounds cool. But then I figured that the ink probably has some kind of metal in it. If I ever have to undergo an MRI, I'd rather it be as painless as possible. Posted by kansaspatzer | goclub.org 4/12/2008 15:26:54 Play online chess Message: j/k. I like Gameknot, but not THAT much. Posted by wschmidt | goclub.org 4/13/2008 16:42:17 Play online chess My stepson is a tattoo artist Message: * That was a few days ago. He came home from work yesterday and said someone had come in and asked for a large pawn on his back. Interesting timing and interesting choice of images. * And actually, this thread has got me thinking..... |