I seen another Clan America lad too went to Africa.
Brown Bear:
"Sorry, took a long hiatus lost on the dark continent for many moons."
"...many moons?" That is Apache talk.
Some Clan this Clan of America. (!!!!!!!!!!) I love them.
An African Explorer, a Professor who speaks gobbledygook a red Indian,
a 78 year old champion chess player and Alice the girl next door.
🙂
This is clan baiting, I'm not in a clan. Am I allowed to do this?
This is much more fun than talking about the Colle.
06 Oct 11
Originally posted by DerJager
The idea that Lex Rex and Kings and Pawns being the same person seems phony to me. I know Lex Rex too well for that to be an option, and Kings and Pawns. Kings and Pawns and I have had wonderful discussions pertaining to religion, politics, chess (he is very helpful and I am currently reading two books he recommended to me). I just think we have some very e ...[text shortened]... ter what, and I know I am not the only one. He has multiple friends on here who know him well.
He has multiple friends on here who know him well.
Do you mean "friends" or "personalities"?
06 Oct 11
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Originally posted by greenpawn34We're good GP. I only commented about his age and ability to play. I've had the opportunity to see lots of older players (I live in Florida, the "old chess player capitol of the US" ) who were past their prime, but were still dangerous OTB.
Hi Paul (and Alice and clan America!!! )
Nobody has said anything about K & P using a computer. Nobody.
[b]Remember it was DerJager that started this thread.
Everybody (including me) agreed he was a good player.
Looking at his games I just see a good player who is taking his time.
The fun started when it was noticed that the picture pos asy would it be to use a box to get into the top ten and then start
charging for lessons.[/b]
I don't know who mentioned the computer part, but I'm not going to worry about that- it's part and parcel of almost any thread nowadays!
Mostly, I think age affects stamina rather than ability directly. I would imagine these guys would be even more deadly in CC format.
I only interpreted your comments as honest speculation about the ability of an older person to perform at a high level, and I just wanted to add my observation and experience to your thoughts. In the games I saw, K&P avoids high energy-sapping complications, and instead keeps things simple, which is consistent with the idea of an older player relying on his experience and good technique to win games.
06 Oct 11
Originally posted by Alice1Of course not.
a red Indian, not being a little racist, are we?
Have always added 'Red' when needed so it does not get confused with
a Lad who comes from India.
However I have just googled and it says:
Red Indian "....now considered offensive." Now is that is new to me.
I should have used the term 'Native American'. Appologies.
I won't edit it out. Others can learn.
06 Oct 11
Originally posted by Alice1Hi Alice1,
a red Indian, not being a little racist, are we?
I don't think GP meant any harm at all by this. UK culture and language is different than ours in ways that sometimes confuse all involved because we share the same language in theory but not always in context.
I'm pretty confident that he meant it in the same context an American might say "person of color" with honest intent. Making this an issue only detracts from the others in the thread, so I'd just let it go.
I'm just trying to help here, so I hope this will be interpreted in that context.
Paul