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Subject: The Art of Being Chess-Happy

Author: Fernando Villegas

Date: 18:39:55 11/01/05


Everyone of us is a loser. I mean, we lose almost every game we play against
programs, exception made of some draws here and there, perhaps even a win from
time to time. But in average we are losers.
Or we elude that sad destiny just looking games played between programs. We
fancy with the idea we are going to learn something. That we will polish our
game.
Bullshit.
And besides, for what?
We can be real players instead of voyeurs AND winners and what's more, to stay
happy.
I do not imagine a runner competing with a motorcar. He competes againts flesh
and only certain kind of flesh. He does not run to win a leopard.
Today I played old good Champion Chess Challenger. According the add, it is a
1771 machine, USCF Elo. According to sites specialized in old machines, it is a
1550 or so Elo machine.
Then it is a winable machine, but not so weak a machine for just a non-pro
player like me. It can win me if I lose concentration, if I miss tactics, if I
commit mistakes. I can win it if I keep my mind on target, if I keep myself as a
chess player must be all the time, submerged in his game.
Isn't that the reason of having a hobby? To get centered in something you can
perform well and satisfactorily?
If I was a pro I would play every game againts Fruits 2.2 trying to learn
something, but I am not.  My profession is writting. There I perform at my best
and seriously all the time. There I compete or try to compete with the best.
I am sure 99% of you are, also, pros in anything but chess.
My advice: get a good old machine not so strong but no so weak and recover the
charm and happiness of old days.
Tonight I will sleep well because I won Champion with a delicious positional
game, playing blacks with the Indian defense. If I had played any program I
would be going to bed feeling like an idiot.
Just sleepy thoughts with lot of wine in my system and going to bed.
good night
Fernando



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