Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 10:41:30 12/24/98
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Dear Fernando: Let see, I'm blown away, no I mean I see lots of movies. I do exagerate a lot to try to color the story, but everything is true?! Well that's my story & I'm sticking too it! Anyway, I do have writing aspirations, but I often feel inadaquet, and feel a lack of energy to do the research to complete a 'serious' writing project all the way through. I suppose that's why I feel so comfortable posting here. It was in High School where they did the totally auful thing, telling me my I.Q. score, but mentioning that I had good visualation skills. I went to a special school (you know the one's where they take you in the little yellow busses), but in my opinion they should revamp the education system here in America completely. That is if it is still like it was in the '60's and early '70's. Now we get to the parts we probably shouldn't talk about here in CCC!? Like many 'chess geeks' I did not think about women very much. But when I met Holly in NYC, I was completely taken by her charm. My chess playing was already in the 'dumper bin' at the time, so our romance was very sweet. When she told me she was moving back to Washington (where she lived before), I figured I was completely sick of losing to these loser's here in NY anyway, (To the politically correct among us, I don't really think of us as loser's in reality, its just an expression in fun, OK?), so I figured it would be interesting to try living in another state. Besides, I knew Yasser Seirawan was here, so I had some hope for a chess life here too. Anyway, I figured it would be a good life experience, and it has been in many ways. So many things have changed for me (except for income level), in the past (almost 4 years here) years here, that I think (and some of my friend tell me its at least partly true, and that's why I believe that people really can change, even after youth), my return to NY will prove to be one of the most chess fullfulling experiences for me possible. I am now on a kind of mission, 1st to get back my master rating agian, but just as importantly, to enjoy this wonderful game/art/science/sport like I never did in the past. My ability to concentrate (on any one thing), for extensive periods of time (and that's why I like 3 minute chess on the ICC, and 30 minute sudden death rated play so much), has always been poor, and that's something I have accepted in myself, and can live with. Fernando, I'm surprised you can be motovated against these programs; As good as they are, they are machines; they can't care about winning or losing, and so I always feel 'flat' when I try to play against them. I use them only for analysis & looking at games. I can only be motovated by other humans trying to 'kick my butt', and feeling the hand-shaking fury of losing, or slap happy joy of the victory! The ICC is also good for 'sore-loser's' like myself, because no one (except poor Holly of course), has too see you acting like a child, and screaming obscenitys into the air! And that why for actual chess play, I find the ICC one of the greatest places for chess player's. Anyway, thanks for your endorsement. Like I've told other's who are voting, only choose me, if you want someone who is perhaps too honest in his opinion, tries at all times to see the light sided end of things, and is sympathic to the most pathetic of cases. I used to care wheather I would be elected to this or that position in a chess club, but now I realize after all these years, that life is indeed too short too get (Too) caught up in all this %@%#@$# stuff! Hopefully in my next life I will make enough money, and stop buying so many chess programs. If I can do that, and control this addiction, Holly and I can reunite in a year or two. Happy Holiday's too you also mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! On December 24, 1998 at 09:18:49, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Hi Larry: >Surely you exagerate. It seems you haven some gifts and inclinations to write. A >writer is a man that exagerates all the time to make his point. Probably what >happens to you -and me- is some lose of your old power of concentration due to >our age. I understand you are above 40 years old, I am 49. I remember when I >reached the 40 years threshold I clearly felt the lose of some degree of >strenght for everything, including sex of course, that's the worst part of the >history. Now I can concentrate very well in a game 2 to 3 hours in a row, but >then my strengh vanishes and that's the moment the bloody bastard program I am >playing on take his chances... >By the way, I voted for you, You was my first choicem then david Gomboc, then a >third guy and that's was all. >What about Holly? She will live you? >Merry Cht. >Fernando
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