Re: Chess Players, Gamers, Poker Players Thread
Posted: 09 Jul 2009 19:10
That's a great feeling isn't it? 
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Re: Chess Players, Gamers, Poker Players Thread
Posted: 09 Jul 2009 19:27
GREAT is your gongfu.
Re: Chess Players, Gamers, Poker Players Thread
Posted: 10 Jul 2009 07:06
(Gongfu = skill ?)
Re: Chess Players, Gamers, Poker Players Thread
Posted: 10 Jul 2009 08:27
Yep. Skill, art, mastery. It's the real word that "kung fu" is based on.SadisticCynic wrote:(Gongfu = skill ?)
(In fact, "kung fu" should actually be pronounced "gong fu", it's just that most people don't know the rules of the Wade-Giles romanization.
Aiya! )Re: Chess Players, Gamers, Poker Players Thread
Posted: 10 Jul 2009 08:37
If you don't know the four move checkmate, you don't deserve to own a chess board!Freakzilla wrote:I noticed one of the CAD people at work had a new, glass chess set on his desk and he asked if I'd like to play a game at lunch. As the morning went on he started talking shit...
Lunch came around and I checkmated him in four moves:
http://www.101chesstips.com/four-move-checkmate.jsp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
That was the highlight of my day so far...
Re: Chess Players, Gamers, Poker Players Thread
Posted: 11 Jul 2009 13:22
...and you especially shouldn't talk shit.Schu wrote:If you don't know the four move checkmate, you don't deserve to own a chess board!Freakzilla wrote:I noticed one of the CAD people at work had a new, glass chess set on his desk and he asked if I'd like to play a game at lunch. As the morning went on he started talking shit...
Lunch came around and I checkmated him in four moves:
http://www.101chesstips.com/four-move-checkmate.jsp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
That was the highlight of my day so far...
Good thing is, now he knows and I'm sure it will never happen again.