i used to be pretty good.
the person that taught me only beat
me once.
never has beaten me in the 40+
years since.

i think chess is good as a means of
seeing "the whole picture".

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Many many years ago, my room mate and I would play. The standing bet for each game was the same...
I win, I got to listen to my Alice Cooper records (Glen hated Alice)
I lose, I had to clean the toilet.

The end result was a lot of Alice Cooper was listened to while a kelp bed happily grew in the toilet.
Ahhhh, the single life.

It may not sound as good now as it seemed back then.

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I do not fight fascists because I think I can win.
I fight them because they are fascists.
Chris Hedges

A riot is the language of the unheard. -Martin Luther King, Jr.