Beginners Ranks

[monk222]

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This is the third time that Duke has kept me from advancing, and he is the first of whom I consider to be the intermediate players. Now Monk has to go back down three players into the Beginners ranks and give Sonja another quick fucking over.

Monk is still overlooking the most obvious pitfalls, leaving big pieces exposed and missing the childishly obvious attacks. Like being a little brain dead. But it still feels good the way Monk gets absorbed in these games, and before he knows it, it is thirty moves later and it is a mystery what happened to the time, as Monk falls back in his chair groaning, with his Queen being taken off the board by a fast-charging Knight that seemed to come out of nowhere. Very neat to get lost in another imaginary realm like that.

xXx

Comments

[being-elodie.livejournal.com]

I didn't understand what you were talking about until I noticed the tag on the post. What's even more sad is that I really enjoy playing chess.

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

LOL That can happen with me. I tend to treat this thing like a diary that just happens to be online, figuring that no one is paying much attention anyway, heh.

The Bobby Fischer icon should help in the future, too.

You continue to impress - playing chess! I suck at it. I just need something puzzle-ish to do sometimes, especially at night when my brains are fried but I cannot sleep yet.

[being-elodie.livejournal.com]

I always enjoy clearing the brain by reading some before I go to sleep. I'm not very good at chess either although I tend to usually win when I play it with T. (Grin)
To be fair though, I have played it since I was a child and he learned it from me so I had more practice. ;)