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| Posted by kansaspatzer austinfilmfestival.org 4/04/2008 23:27:21 Play online chess |  Subject: Chess tattoosMessage: I was wondering if anybody else had any or knew anybody who has any. I haven't come across anyone else but surely I'm not the only one. I know somebody who got a certain poker hand (Jack-Ten) tattooed on his arm. I feel that mine is less "tacky", although people approach mine with mixed results. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by ccmcacollister austinfilmfestival.org 4/05/2008 22:10:44 Play online chess | NO ... Message: *** Seems like an interesting idea & your Knight looks good ... maybe more players will go in for it if they see yours. Doesn't seem tacky at all to me. Personally, I see it as expressive Art, like the game itself. Are you thinking of adding to the "set" ? }8-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted by ionadowman austinfilmfestival.org 4/06/2008 13:22:24 Play online chess | Let's see... Message: I hope i haven't sarted anything... ;-) Ion ——— Bobby Fischer: from chess prodigy to pariah — He played some of the most sublime chess ever seen. Then, as a new book and film illustrate, he disappeared from view. What made such a brilliant mind go into freefall? In 1999, I spent three days sitting in a variety of thermal baths dotted around Budapest. As grand and attractive as the Hungarian capital's spas are, I wasn't stewing myself for therapeutic or leisure purposes. Instead, I was waiting for someone I'd been told frequented the baths, someone who was said to be a genius and a paranoid obsessive, the greatest chess player who ever lived and an obnoxious crackpot. I was looking for Bobby Fischer. For the last four decades of his life, that's what people ... Posted by kansaspatzer | austinfilmfestival.org 4/10/2008 22:35:38 Play online chess Message: I do think that more players should get a chess tattoo. At the very least, it makes for an interesting conversation piece ——— On Chess: Computers hardly a threat to game — Some chess grandmasters have lamented that computers take the creativity out of chess, but their concern for the future of the game of chess is off the mark. An excessive use of chess computers undeniably dulls a player's mind - especially if the reliance on computer analysis leaves no room for hardscrabble human inquiry. The games of top chess players such as Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura vividly demonstrate that free-flowing, swashbuckling creative chess might thrive even more in the age of computers. It is, however, no longer possible to hide behind time-tested lines of play based on years of personal exploration and expertise. Computer analysis usually can ... Posted by tag1153 | austinfilmfestival.org 4/11/2008 00:52:00 Play online chess Guilty........Message:  gameknot.com ——— Queen to Play (movie review) — In “Queen to Play,” a subtle, absorbing film that features Kevin Kline in his first French-speaking role, the only thing that happens, really, is that a hard-working, soft-spoken woman learns to play chess. Seriously. That’s it. Because this “Queen” arrives in Washington at the start of the summer movie season, nearly two years after its initial release in France, that narrative simplicity has a certain appeal. At a time when most pictures are all CGI’d up and Imaxed out, there’s something particularly enjoyable about settling into a film whose pleasures reside in quiet moments, understated performances and the reading of subtitles. “Queen to Play,” originally titled “Joueuse” in French, or “Player,” introduces us to ... Posted by wschmidt | austinfilmfestival.org 4/11/2008 12:26:08 Play online chess how about...Message: ——— Vishy Anand able to smile after world title candidates take shape — Vishy Anand can smile. The chess champion's hopes of retaining his crown in 2012 were already boosted when the world No2 Magnus Carlsen withdrew as a candidate. Now the world No3 and favourite Levon Aronian is also out after his tense and nervous play led to missed chances and a 3.5-4.5 loss to Russia's Alex Grischuk. Anand has good form against all four semi-finalists. Gata Kamsky (US), Boris Gelfand (Israel) and Vlad Kramnik (Russia) are from the Indian's 40ish generation, while Grischuk splits his time between chess and poker. Cautious waiting tactics ruled for most of Kramnik's match with the 23-year-old Azeri Teimour Radjabov, as they drew four classical chess games and four rapid. The ninth ... Posted by eqj2 | austinfilmfestival.org 4/11/2008 14:03:03 Play online chess ????????Message: ——— From the archive, 12 May 1997: Deep Blue win a giant step for computerkind — Originally published in the Guardian on 12 May 1997. When Gary Kasparov beat IBM's chess computer in 1989 he arrogantly told the programmers to "teach it to resign earlier". Yesterday, though, the world chess champion found himself humbled by a 1.4-ton heap of silicone in a victory for IBM's Deep Blue that marks a milestone in the progress of artificial intelligence. It is a depressing day for humankind in general. But why did the computer win? IBM's Deep Blue first caused a sensation in Philadelphia last year when it crushed the world chess champion in the first game of their match. "I was rightfully massacred," said Kasparov. Yet he won the series 4-2, striking a blow for the human race at the same time. Game by game, he learned more ... Posted by ionadowman | austinfilmfestival.org 4/11/2008 14:20:18 Play online chess Wha' hoppen??Message: Curious... Posted by tag1153 | austinfilmfestival.org 4/11/2008 19:17:38 Play online chess eh?Message: ion - ???? huh?????? The knight tat is about 3 years old....i got it after my first 4/4 performance OTB.....I have a few others as well, but surely will be banned for posting them:) Posted by chessnovice | austinfilmfestival.org 4/11/2008 19:21:53 Play online chess ...Message: I'm sure he meant to link to his own profile: gameknot.com Posted by eqj2 | austinfilmfestival.org 4/11/2008 22:55:04 Play online chess YepMessage: Posted by heinzkat | austinfilmfestival.org 4/12/2008 03:24:13 Play online chess Does anyone else have a...Message: Posted by ogedei | austinfilmfestival.org 4/12/2008 11:46:01 Play online chess Message: Posted by chessnovice | austinfilmfestival.org 4/12/2008 13:07:02 Play online chess ...Message: The only kind of tattoo I've considered getting is something along the lines that Tyler Florence (from Food Network) got. He says his favorite is this tattooed script that he got from a Buddhist monk. It sounds cool. But then I figured that the ink probably has some kind of metal in it. If I ever have to undergo an MRI, I'd rather it be as painless as possible. Posted by kansaspatzer | austinfilmfestival.org 4/12/2008 15:26:54 Play online chess Message: j/k. I like Gameknot, but not THAT much. Posted by wschmidt | austinfilmfestival.org 4/13/2008 16:42:17 Play online chess My stepson is a tattoo artist Message: * That was a few days ago. He came home from work yesterday and said someone had come in and asked for a large pawn on his back. Interesting timing and interesting choice of images. * And actually, this thread has got me thinking..... |