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[quote name='Winchester' post='1717721' date='Dec 3 2008, 06:27 PM']I once beat Bobby Fischer.[/quote]

What did you use? A baseball bat or boxing gloves?

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[quote name='LouisvilleFan' post='1717556' date='Dec 3 2008, 03:23 PM']Yeah, I agree that chess doesn't leave any room for chance (besides player error) where that element is more influential in poker, although for good players it's somewhat minimized and remains primarily a game of skill. Otherwise, you wouldn't see career poker players or the same guys regularly winning tournaments. I think poker players do analyze how they played a tournament, where they made good or bad decisions with various hands, and they could analyze particular hands too. If there are chess players who can recall entire games from memory, I'm sure some poker players can recall entire tournaments.

Also, most poker players take one of two approaches: the analytical and mathematical side that calculates odds and decides how to bet or bluff accordingly versus the psychological side that focuses more on perceiving (mostly by non-verbal cues) whether their opponent is bluffing, confident, etc. When you're good enough to lay low while the pot accumulates and then convince everybody else in the pot that your hand will beat theirs, it doesn't matter what cards you actually have. I'm definitely in this camp.[/quote]

I can remember my tournament chess games from memory for a few days after I play them :cyborg:

[quote name='Didacus' post='1717583' date='Dec 3 2008, 03:40 PM']The only person I could not beat at chess was a man named Joseph who at the time was ranked 60th in Canada.

Game on!!![/quote]

You might be a challenge. My yahoo id is eagle_eye222001 and I sometimes play on classical yahoo chess. Just pm some time when you want to play. I also play on ICC (Internet Chess Club). My name there is eagleeye222001. Note the lack of an underscore.

[quote name='Norseman82' post='1717669' date='Dec 3 2008, 04:50 PM']This is probably more of a European thing, but has anyone else heard of "chess boxing"?

[url="http://site.wcbo.org/content/index_en.html"]http://site.wcbo.org/content/index_en.html[/url]

[url="http://www.chessboxing.com/"]http://www.chessboxing.com/[/url]

[url="http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1821639,00.html"]http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1821639,00.html[/url]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Wcbd0dJpQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Wcbd0dJpQ[/url][/quote]

Interesting. Did not know this existed.

[quote name='Christie_M' post='1718407' date='Dec 3 2008, 11:30 PM']I will win one of these days :evil:[/quote]

I will need to give you lessons first. ;)

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I'll try and catch you on a weekend sometime in the new year. How's that?

I'll send you a PM and hope to have 'didacus' as my screen name.

To give you a chance I'll paly with a hand tied behind my back.

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[quote name='Didacus' post='1718665' date='Dec 4 2008, 10:34 AM']I'll try and catch you on a weekend sometime in the new year. How's that?

I'll send you a PM and hope to have 'didacus' as my screen name.

To give you a chance I'll paly with a hand tied behind my back.[/quote]

Oh boy. A handicap :mellow: I feel so privileged.

:starwars:

Alright, I'll plan on beating you in the New Year. :P

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[quote name='goldbug16' post='1719170' date='Dec 4 2008, 08:05 PM']I can play, but am horrible at it. I'm not good at tactical warfare. :P[/quote]

Are you good at positional warfare? Both occur in chess.

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[quote name='goldbug16' post='1719170' date='Dec 4 2008, 09:05 PM']I can play, but am horrible at it. I'm not good at tactical warfare. :P[/quote]


[quote name='eagle_eye222001' post='1719678' date='Dec 5 2008, 02:04 AM']Are you good at positional warfare? Both occur in chess.[/quote]

I'm good at both. I play hockey too!





And for the last time, basketball is NOT a sport.

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[quote name='Didacus' post='1719855' date='Dec 5 2008, 06:37 AM']I'm good at both. I play hockey too![/quote]

Maybe we should make this an official match. Best of 7 or something. Generally GM matches are like 12 or 24 games long but we can shorten it a bit. What time control you play? I'll play most time controls.

We could possibly really make this match official and give it a name.......Phatmass Chess Championship :lol_roll: We could set up the match times on the phorum and then right before the match, let people know what board number so they could follow along. :rolleyes: At this point I'm starting to ramble so I better end it before I get sponsors to spot a large prize fund.




[quote]And for the last time, basketball is NOT a sport.[/quote]

Yeah I don't care for basketball either.

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Right now I am in the middle of a move. Once things settle down, I would be available on a given weekend.

Say the 27-28th December?
Best out of seven sounds good. Phatmass championship sounds good too, but we would need to have moderator supprot, maybe even support from duSt the Son-of-a-Great in order to officialize the title.

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[quote name='Didacus' post='1719883' date='Dec 5 2008, 08:58 AM']Right now I am in the middle of a move. Once things settle down, I would be available on a given weekend.

Say the 27-28th December?
Best out of seven sounds good. Phatmass championship sounds good too, but we would need to have moderator supprot, maybe even support from duSt the Son-of-a-Great in order to officialize the title.[/quote]

Game on. :duel: :starwars: :matrix:

I should be fairly available then. We can discuss it when it gets closer. :mellow:



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