Brilliant idea about the ignore list. Mine is huge, but its not all negative since there are practical reasons. For example, a well know poster has this odd habit of posting huge posts, I mean HUGE

Huge to point that he would create Part 1, Part 2, etc., sometimes all the way up to Part 14!! Too much

During team games, numerous members would gently remind him to post these monstrously long "novels" at the analysis forums, (not the general discussion forum since this would clutter the thread and make it hard to follow a normal conversation). After he repeatedly ignored these calm and sober suggestions, it was off to iggy land for him

She is great at recycling.

Huge to point that he would create Part 1, Part 2, etc., sometimes all the way up to Part 14!! Too much>

offramp chessforum (kibitz #1084)

offramp chessforum (kibitz #1085)

offramp chessforum (kibitz #1087)

offramp chessforum (kibitz #1088)

& this one (plus my previous one)!

A Poem by User: LIFE Master AJ

***** ***** ***** ***** *****

Fischer was a titan of the sixty-four squares;

He ruled his domain of pieces like a dark king;

Panther pacing his cell of life – the teeth, they are bared;

To him, normal life, nothing – the world’s cruel stings.

***

In nineteen-seventy-two, you were my hero;

Reigned supreme on top of the world one fateful day;

After nine-eleven you dropped down to zero;

Your rantings ... hammer blows, now my world was unmade.

***

Your chess, like a summer breeze, refreshes my soul;

Your talent was a deep well of genius that shined;

Your moves – spark admiration – the man, he was bold;

The final product on the board ... it’s so refined!

***

Wanderer now, cold halls of Valhalla to roam;

Your smile, your light, oh the things we shall now miss!

The masters of bygone days are calling you home;

No little boy or girl now ... no stone ever kissed.

Fischer was my chess hero, my chess inspiration, the man who inspired me to learn and to love the game.

I was a young child when he challenged Spassky for the title, and I was elated when he won it.

I missed him when he quit, and in my heart I welcomed him back in 1992.

His passing affected me deeply, and hurt for a long time.

When I reflect on the tragedy of his life, it saddens me to this day.

I cherish the videos of him, on popular TV as well as the news videos and actual game videos.

Back then I had my whole life a head of me, America was great and good, Summer vacations lasted forever and girls wore small bikinis.

The media were fair and balanced then...

Sigh, times change. Nothing is constant except for change.

A reply to you, in my forum.

I don't particularly like the etiquette where one person posts in the other person's forum, then that person replies in the first person's forum, etc.

But then, I worry that my interlocutor might be *expecting* that protocol, and he or she won't know that I replied in my forum, especially if a third party like <BP> comes along and starts talking politics right after you post.

This is where I have finally found a practical use for chess!

Here is a sample PW:
<Karpov's47Ng2!!>

It has everything these people want and it is very easily memorable.

You could use other famous moves:
<Fischer's17...Be6!!> springs to mind, or <Spassky's15.Nd6!!>
(without the chevrons).

The possibilities are endless!

Ain't that a good idea??>

By Jove, you are a real man of genius!

In just a few seconds I feel queasy. The nutcases and freaks are quickly recognisable with their manic <LOL!! LOL!! LOL!!>s.

To their credit, I think that one or two of them know how the pieces move, but they almost never comment on any games (except Fischer's games).

I am always baffled at why they stay here, talking @#$%e politics. Why do they not go to a politics forum, or a music forum?

Hope and belief (for example, that they be-gone) are primarily religious terms for the weak [which stem from a fear of the unknown or not being able to affect matters]

Have no fear for fear makes you weak

and thats my special forces lesson for today

In my mind his memory will live on.

He allowed me to post my dumb jokes and humor in the chessgames member support forum, without deleting them. Even though some were groan-worthy.

Super good guy, with a wonderful contribution to the chess world - this website!

Luckily my conscience is totally clear. I never emailed him. EVER.>

I think <MF1nan> was genuinely upset, and acted with solemnity. If <tbstar> really is a doctor then he may have a more jaundiced view of death than the rest of us. It was still the wrong moment to try to score some points in whatever game they are playing.

The Beautiful People, as I call them, remind me of the quasi-Zombies in the film <28 Days Later>. They have a virus called Rage which makes them fast, mindless, cannibalistic, vicious...(this is in the film).