- I am addicted to the Chess Tactics Server. Specifically, I'm trying to climb as I prepare to make my glorious comeback in the world of chess. Right now I'm at 1445 and in the top 50% and my end goal is to scrape my way over the big hump at 1500. I started rather low and had to fight my way up 10 points at a time. It's hard to climb over 1300 if you start down there with a low RD because they give you lots of easy problems to solve quickly and very few of a rating level that makes real gains possible, so you have to fight for every .05 points or whatever, solving a dozen easy problems flawlessly in no time and then nailing the one reasonable problem you do get.
- I encourage everybody in the HP area to make it to Wings Night at The Pub tomorrow, even if you are vegetarian or a teetotaler, even temporarily. When else would I see you? ANSWER: never.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
two things: chess and wings night.
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Soon after mentioning it, I fell into a rather abysmal streak. Playing while trying to ward off insomnia is a horrible idea, playing the day after insomnia is probably equally disastrous: no ability to calculate.
Wings night, on the other hand, was a success! Vegetarian food and non-alcoholic beverages abounded, and as an added bonus, there was at least one injury. Well, a few unmentioned criteria were not met (how does Ottowa lose to Anaheim at hockey?), but all and all, a worthwhile experience.
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