Al Lawrence just kicked my ### in five-minute.
I can top that! I haven’t won a single tournament game in my last nine tries! (I was paired down only once.)
All the best, Joe Lux
I win this thread. (It’s the only thing I win.)
“Al Lawrence” (I don’t know who he is) might be put off by your characterization of the level of skill needed to beat him… or maybe instead, to lose to him.
As other threads in this forum have intimated - your actions might not only spring from incompetence, but also from a bias. Bias against making good moves? I frequently am guilty of the same bias in my own play.
But never against Al.
Wouldn’t this thread be better in All Things Chess?
Aw, shucks!
Joe
I agree its funny, Bill. OTOH, I also know that you desire sunshine. Is it really a good idea to potentially undermine efforts to create that sunshine?
I bet I can catch you. :mrgreen:
Al Lawrence was USCF ED or Assist ED for well over ten years. Under his leadership USCF made quite a bit of money selling books and equipment. Al really knew his stuff! The only setback was that morale in the office could have low ebbs: Al was a hard taskmaster, and got every drop of work out of the employees. USCF prospered in those days, even if membership slipped occassionally.
All the best, Joe Lux
And when forum members call each other’s ethics, sanity etc. into question, it somehow rises to the level of a “USCF Issue”?
It might mean they have run out of stuff to say on the topic.
Much of the time, it is the topic.
So why is this thread in “All Things Chess”?
I broke my streak of nine winless games last night. I won the NY Experts at the Marshall, 3 1/2-1/2.
It was the draw against a lower rated player in the second round that was inspired: My opponent had FIVE connected passed pawns and a rook! I had only a rook with my king. GM Yudasin even congratulated me! The last two opponents didn’t have a chance.
Some days are just better than others.
All the best, Joe Lux
It’s hard enough to draw R vs. 5 connected pawns, and you were down a R to boot. Stalemate, I assume?
You are not going to stop all those pawns from queening. Well, R+K are mating material. His rook was on a passive square. I marched my K towards his. He was marching pawns. I got him in a mating net. If he queened, he would have been mated. So, repetition of position. I had 25 seconds left at the end of the game.
All the best, Joe Lux