Evel Knievel is dead
really, he was 69.
in honor of him, as an homage, my d7 pawn will attempt to jump over the d 6,5,4,3 and 2 squares, which will be on fire, land on the d1 square, become queen, and mate the king. all blindfolded.
i have a great new chess training idea!
i don’t know about most people, but going back and forth between reading the moves in a book and making them on a board is a hassle. i always lose my place during long lines, i make the wrong move, i end up paying more attention to reading the move than making it and seeing what the position is.
so here is my idea: i get a chick with a phone-sex quality voice to record the moves on cd/tape/8track/mp3, whatever. then, you can listen to the moves and concentrate on the board as you make them. you could also listen to the moves as you fall asleep, to get them ingrained into your brain, listen to them driving, whatever. and since the chick has the sexy voice, you will want to listen to them all the time, and you will get better even if you don’t want to.
and it’s great for the kids! you won’t have to force them to study their chess, they will study all the time.
and that’s my cool idea. for now, i just have my wife read me the moves out of the book, which she patiently does.
