random monday morning links and such
this post will mirror my life: random, no central theme, no real point or focus…
first off, in the email i got a cool link from Dave – legos and chess, two of my favorite things, combine them together and get THIS
i also got an email from a friend, and while he might not have meant for me to share it, tough, it’s chess related art (words and pictures) and dammit, people need to see it. there is a story that goes along with the picture, it’s in the comments, you gotta read down a bit, it can be found HERE
i’ve been trying to spend more time on tactics, at the chess tactics server, i’m at a success rate of 72.8, with a rating of 1363. i really need to pay more attention to tactics, i saw in my last two games great tactics that i missed because i didn’t take the few extra seconds to look.
speaking of tactics, i was seriously thinking of “doing the circles” informally, not as a knight errant but as a guy who just goes through them. don’t know if i will actually break down and buy ct-art or the other one, but i’m seriously considering it.
i made some kick ass beer battered fried catfish this weekend, it came out awesome.
i’ve been kicking some ass with the gruenfeld. with that and the benko/benoni, i shall not ever fear 1.d4, and i know a bit better how to play 1.d4 against them.
TAKCHESS is awesome. but everyone already knows that.
crap, i gotta get to work. i wish i had more time to read other blogs and comment and write better blog posts. i miss being able to blog at work.
more to say, no time to say it. i will continue to spew tomorrow.
Pawn Shaman said,
January 28, 2008 at 10:51 am
awesome link to the Lego pieces. Brings me back. We used to play chess with the lego dudes that looked like militia men. Not that we understood the rules and the whole game would always collapse into some imaginary world. Kinda like now…
roachz said,
January 29, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Kick ass beer battered fried catfish? Can I come over for dinner?
Takchess said,
January 29, 2008 at 6:49 pm
You know it’s rare when Genius is recognized in one’s own lifetime.
Glad you enjoyed it. This art of attack is deep stuff which I am finding interesting but alot of work to understand it.
I am reading a little ahead on Focal points which attacks on a specific square. I am studying games and have no idea why certain moves were made. Miles to go…….
chessloser said,
January 30, 2008 at 9:10 am
pawn shaman – i like my imaginary world, i fit in so nicely there….
roachz – you certainly can, and i hope you stay for desert (, if you know what i mean, heh, heh, heh)
takchess – good luck man, that is awesome…
Dave said,
February 4, 2008 at 10:14 pm
I’ve been at it again… more LEGO chess pieces – but a full set of smaller ones this time…
http://brickplayer.com/blog/2008/01/31/small-lego-chess-set/