Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 21:22:35 08/18/00
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On August 18, 2000 at 19:35:57, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On August 18, 2000 at 19:01:22, Dan Andersson wrote: > >at least when you lose a game because of bad bishops you know you >lost it because of that and vice versa. But most important >you'll have the experience. > >And sure i wish i would have a lot of points more nowadays, >as my openings suck too much to make a good book for DIEP! > >>Your elo is 2254, and , dare I say it I have one more ELO point. Hmm, does that >>mean that I'm superior or what? Somehow I dont think you would agree to that. >>You are probably more active than me, I only play the bare minimum of required >>games in Sweden. Are there some open tournaments in the Netherlands, is there a >>website for them. It would be nice to meet you OTB sometime. Hmm, there is a >>nice weekend tournament here in Umeå 4-5 of November? > >I plan to join Groningen, the most nothern part of netherlands, and >i want to get an IM norm there or the next tournament in januari. >that's end of this year /start of next year. This is the most closest >as you can get to Sweden in Netherlands. They speak a different kind >of dutch there actually. It's 200 KM north from here, i live in the >centre of netherlands. I have problems understanding people that speak >slang dutch there, i have way less problems with 40 KM to the east, >that's the german border. German is easier as that :) > >Americans won't be able to imagine that i bet. North America is a much bigger place than the Netherlands. Any regional shift in language (including pronounciation) is likely to be even more marked over here than where you live. Dave
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