You're a bit like the noted superhero <MannBee> now.

No telling where or when you will pop up to "save the day."

Good work, can't be bad. Holiday photos. Bathing suits.

I scored in the <0> percentile on the <Wexler Test>.

The psychologist assured my parents that this result was quote "impossible" and told them I might be a "very special child."

You know, like <Stephen King's Carrie>.

Anybody up to be my <Prom Date>?

I will begin screenng resumes as they come in.

I promise a <fiery date> at the least.

When I make my first move in a game, my adrenaline is through the roof.

I love winning, hate losing.

I'm also unhinged.

Are these helpful qualities to a chessplayer?

Post a big honking long answer <Bill> if you have time/inclination, or as short as you like.

It's Saturday here!

I will learn <time management> when I join the club. The hard way.

I'm really looking forward to it.

I believe I will join <Monday Night> after my contract is handeded in.

OK if you want the <heebie jeebies> and 5000 nightmares, watch ten horror movies in ten nights.

then just sit back and relax

BRRRRRRRRRR

Remember, applicants are restricted to those who have either read <Carrie> or seen the movie.

Don't want anyone to get a nasty surprise.

Hi <Niels>! There's a post for you here I guess on the other page now.

Hey Jess, please attach the Billfable if you would, would ya?

Judit Polgar vs Bareev, 2007 (title at the top)

<When you absolutely don't know what to do anymore, it is time to panic!!>

Very educational.

June 2, 2007 <Canadian Fun Fact>

Canada is home to the mighty <Negev Desert>, where <Lawrence of Arabia> vanquished <the Hun> in 9 B.C.>

My name rhymes with "chess."

Get it? HAHAHAHAHA

ok here it is.

<Adolf Andersen> 1851:

"The English player... sits straight as a poker on his chair, keeps his thumbs in his waistcoat pockets, and does not move until he for an hour has surveyed the chessboard.

His opponent has sighed hundreds of times when the Englishman eventually moves his piece."

It's taking a lotta time and I gots to do it.

SCORE!!!

LOL!! I called him that too a while back and the funny thing is that he hasn't been reponding since then..

He's obviously really going at it lately..

(remember, I now believe there is only one time zone-- mine).

Is "belief" a condition or a choice?

I'm learning from <Pascal's Pet Badger>, thanks to you!

Anyhoo, I got to sleep cuz I bin working instead of skylarking and watching horror etc.

Although I did post for a bit and play one game of chess on the net today.

Hope all your classes are going great, and I'm guessing you are VERY EXCITED about the ARMAGEDDON chess game six starting in one hour <JST>.

Oh and I also watched all the interview video with <Kramnik> on chessbase.

He comes across as very logical, honest, and level headed.

Even though technically he contradicted himself.

I like our World Champion.

He's cool.

I'm hating this. I'm getting rejected by all girls that I like, and you guys seem to be having fun.

sigh

It's okay. I'll get over it.

Besides, if I never get married, it'll be my mom who'll be unfortunate. :P

Part One:

First of all, although I am pretty much indifferent to losing, I, too, am a basket case when I begin a game (and continue being so during the game as well). I've often found this quite detrimental to my play, particularly late in the game, and I wish I could control it more. I was playing a very complicated 10-minute game the other day, and I found that I literally couldn't see the pieces on the board, so nervous was I. I think it's great that you get so psyched up (and hate losing), but consider: adrenaline and thinking don't really go together, the former having evolved for a purpose pretty much antithetical to passive thought. (Ah, a duality: will vs. thought/ intellect; and a Schopenhauerian one at that! But never mind.)

I'm sure that nerves and adrenaline are a huge part of every player's chesslife (I remember reading of Spassky chain-smoking before his epic battle with Fischer at Siegen in 1970--and of course he won that game), but some manage it better than others. I'm willing to bet that Botvinnik, who strikes me as one who had his nerves pretty much under control, made fewer overall blunders in his careeer than most other great players.

I don't know if these rude comments to you by other players are a result of the combative aspect of chess, or are due to the newfound levels of incivility and hostility (one hears so much about) that seem to have sprung up on chat rooms throughout the Internet, or some combination of both. (Good example: remember that guy--the self-proclaimed US Junior Champion of 196-whatever--who kept intruding when the crew was playing the computer on Yahoo several Saturdays ago? Despite several appeals to him to hold his tongue, he couldn't resist. Gas him!) I love your way of dealing with it--scrolling the page in such a fashion as to make the remarks box not visible. Because you're right: these things do distract.

But live chess has always had its trash talk as well. I recall how tense chess tournaments were (when I played in them) right before the first round--everyone sizing one another up, playing blitz while nervously maintaining a bellicose chatter. Curiously, by the time the last round arrived--when things should have been the most tense (prizes and places to be determined), things seemed calmest.

Anyway, odd thoughts from a fuzzy thinker.

Chess and Psychology: remember Fischer's line to the effect that his favorite moment in a game is when he sees the other player's ego crushed.

Is your school finished? You still super busy?