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playground player
Member since Oct-01-06 · Last seen Apr-26-25

NJ--no rating. Favorites, Morphy, Marshall, Anderssen. Played a lot as a teen, then let it go for 40 years. Trying to reconstitute myself as a chess player.
Meanwhile, let this forum serve as a refuge from wild-eyed loony leftism. Here there will be no admiration for Hugo Chavez, Castro, or any of the other tin-pot dictators admired by chess players from the safety of freedom-loving Western democracies. Here will be found a premise that most of the nations of the world today are governed by Godless fools. Ours, too, unfortunately.
I was also going to say some uncomplimentary things about Queen Pawn games, the Sicilian and the French Defenses, Semi-Slav games, and a few other chess matters. But as those are purely questions of personal taste, I have chosen to leave them alone.
Since setting up this forum, I have also had several novels published: "Bell Mountain," "The Cellar Beneath the Cellar," and "The Thunder King." For more information about them (and me), visit my website, http://leeduigon.com/
Update, much delayed: my fourth book, "The Last Banquet," came out last year, and my fifth, "The Fugitive Prince," I expect to be published sometime this Spring. For book covers and free sample chapters, visit my blog.
Update again: "The Fugitive Prince" is out now and the next project is "The Palace." Editing is well advanced, but we're still waiting for a cover.
Update: "The Palace" is in print now along with No. 7, "The Glass Bridge," with No. 8, "The Temple," waiting in the wings. The first seven are all available via amazon.com.

Update: No. 8, "The Temple," and No.9, "The Throne," are now in print, with No. 10, "The Silver Trumpet,"due for release any day now.

   playground player has kibitzed 7335 times to chessgames [more...]

   Apr-26-25 playground player chessforum

playground player: <OCF> The only remedy is to pull the kids out of those schools.

   Sep-06-24 K Supatashvili vs E Matsuura, 1995

playground player: (If only I had something wise to say!)

   Aug-30-24 Aronian vs Carlsen, 2019

playground player: White can't do anything. I hate it when that happens.

   Aug-01-24 Schlechter vs P Meitner, 1899

playground player: Holy moly!

   Jun-13-24 Kramnik vs Sadvakasov, 2001

playground player: That pin of the rook was deadly.

   May-10-24 M Sinner vs N Miezis, 1997

playground player: And I thought I had a problematic surname!

   Apr-25-24 P Delekta vs Geller, 1992

playground player: Great pun!

   Apr-19-24 J Taylor vs NN, 1862

playground player: How come NN never wins? Maybe he should switch of Chutes & Ladders.

   Apr-19-24 J Tarjan vs D J Strauss, 1978

playground player: I can't believe no one offered the pun, "Me Tarjan..."

   Apr-05-24 Tal vs NN, 1963

playground player: Amazing! Tal's games are always a treat.

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Dec-07-18		playground player: "Protected category." That implies there are people who are not protected. Why not? What is it about them that disqualifies them for (ahem) "protection"? And who appointed Twitter anyone's protectors? Bruce Jenner is a man. There is no such person as "Caitlyn Jenner." And furthermore, liberalism must be utterly destroyed.

Dec-07-18		diceman: <Count Wedgemore: Seems like biological realities are now strictly verboten on Twitter..> Does that apply to religion? Can a hymn, identify as a her?

Dec-08-18		cormier: Gospel Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you Alleluia Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Dec-08-18		playground player: <Esteemed Colleagues> I've come to believe "transgender" is the Left's own version of shari'a. https://leeduigon.com/2018/12/08/is... A Virginia high school fires a teacher for not using "the preferred pronoun" to address a girl who insists she's now a boy. Truth lies a-bleeding.

Dec-08-18		diceman: <playground player: A Virginia high school fires a teacher for not using "the preferred pronoun" to address a girl who insists she's now a boy.> I don't understand? (In the upside down fruit cake of liberalism) Can't I "insist" I'm a transemployee, and identify as employed? If the transphobic school refused to go along with it, Id sue the school system for transbias, misterminating, and deadW2ing! The cisemployed would also need to pay for all employment reassignment/conformation paperwork, and employment reassignment/conformation counseling.

Dec-09-18		cormier: Gospel All flesh shall see the salvation of God Alleluia Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths: all flesh shall see the salvation of God http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Dec-10-18		playground player: Oh, well, what does it matter? In just 12 years, we're all doomed anyway: Climbit Change, don'tcha know. Unless they can remove carbon dioxide from the air. Maybe they can stop us from exhaling. And no more CO2 might be kind of rough on the plants, but heck, we'll be sure to leave a bit of it in the air... https://leeduigon.com/2018/12/10/un... You'd think they'd be embarrassed by all their predictions not coming true; but it takes more than that to embarrass a globalist.

Dec-10-18		cormier: Gospel Today we have seen incredible things! Alleluia Behold the king will come, the Lord of the earth, and he himself will lift the yoke of our captivity http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Dec-11-18		cormier: Gospel It is not the will of God that one of these little ones be lost Alleluia The day of the Lord is near: Behold, he comes to save us http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Dec-11-18		playground player: Is it true Emmanuel Macron is going to host the Oscars?

Dec-11-18		diceman: <playground player: Is it true Emmanuel Macron is going to host the Oscars?> No, he's too conservative. He should have let Paris burn!

Dec-12-18		playground player: Did anybody notice CG's Quote of the Day is... Racist? [gasps of horror] Oh, never mind--everything is Racist.

Dec-12-18		cormier: Gospel How does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? Alleluia Blessed are you, holy Virgin Mary, deserving of all praise; from you rose the sun of justice, Christ our God http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Dec-13-18		cormier: Gospel Among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist Alleluia Let the clouds rain down the Just One, and the earth bring forth a Savior http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Dec-14-18		cormier: Gospel They do not listen to John nor the Son of Man Alleluia The Lord will come; go out to meet him! He is the prince of peace http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Dec-15-18		cormier: Gospel Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him Alleluia Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths: All flesh shall see the salvation of God http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Dec-16-18		cormier: Gospel What should we do? Alleluia The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Dec-16-18		playground player: I'm too tired, and it's too grey and rainy out, to do any politics today.

Dec-17-18		cormier: Gospel Jesus, son of David, son of Abraham Alleluia O Wisdom of our God Most High, guiding creation with power and love: come to teach us the path of knowledge! http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Dec-17-18		Robed.Bishop: <pp> Are you English? I have the impression that you not only live in the U.S., but that you were born and raised here. It's your spelling of "grey" that makes me ask. Idle curiosity...

Dec-17-18		playground player: <Robed.Bishop> New Jersey born and bred. As for "grey" instead of "gray," I don't know--that's just the way I learned it. It's a habit now.

Dec-18-18		cormier: Gospel Jesus, Begotten in Mary, wife of Joseph, son of David Alleluia O Leader of the House of Israel, giver of the Law to Moses on Sinai: come to rescue us with your mighty power! http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Dec-19-18		cormier: Gospel The angel Gabriel announces the birth of John the Baptist Alleluia O Root of Jesse's stem, sign of God's love for all his people: come to save us without delay! http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Dec-19-18		playground player: It annoys me to have to defend songs I don't like, just because SJW idiots are trying to ban them. Here's William Shatner slamming Canadian Broadcasting for banning "Baby, It's Cold Outside": https://leeduigon.com/2018/12/19/ca... Again we have the "pro-choice" crowd taking away other people's choices. Why do we tolerate this?

Dec-20-18		optimal play: Merry Christmas Lee to you and your family. And a merry Christmas to all those who contributed interesting and thoughtful posts on your forum throughout the year. <The Three Drovers - An Australian Christmas Carol> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wq... Across the plains one Christmas night Three drovers riding blithe and gay Looked up and saw a starry light More radiant than the Milky Way And on their hearts such wonder fell They sang with joy: "Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!" The air was dry with summer heat And smoke was on the yellow moon But from the heavens, faint and sweet Came floating down a wondrous tune And as they heard, they sang full well Those drovers three: "Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!" The black swans flew across the sky The wild dog called across the plain The starry lustre blazed on high Still echoed on the heavenly strain And still they sang, "Noel! Noel!" Those drovers three: "Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel! Noel!"

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