Submitted by
on Thu Jul 2, 2009 11:13pm.
If chess is life, like Bobby told us, than we can attempt to apply the facts of our lives to the chess board. Things that govern our daily lives will also appear in chess, and allow us to either greatly succeed, or dismally fail, depending on h... Read more »
Submitted by
on Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:04pm.
Nothing like a tornado to make your day (or ruin it!). I have been rather fascinated with weather my whole life, particularly tornados. I’ve had dreams about tornados on and off for years. I’ve been through some really rough weather; living in... Read more »
Submitted by
on Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:41pm.
Today, I took my younger sister out for a ride on the bicycle built for two. We rode, and rode, all over town. It was a lot of fun! But she's still a little to small to do her fair share of the peddling, so I got quite a work out! :)
We met some ... Read more »
Submitted by
on Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:05pm.
I love teaching kids how to play, love, and understand chess. As many of you know, I am a chess coach during the school year at the Marshfield Middle School Chess Club. I am also the founder of the Marshfield Area Chess Association, which meets at... Read more »
Submitted by
on Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:26pm.
It’s been said that there are child prodigies in only three categories: Music, Mathematics, and Chess. Some of the most well known prodigies in Music include: Yo-Yo Ma, Charlotte Church, and Wolfgang Mozart. The definition of “prodigy” is so... Read more »
Submitted by
on Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:10am.
The bloody battlefield, amid the smoking wreckage of landscape, gives way to awesome defeat after the final climax. All is lost… and yet… The king stands before what’s left of his once great army, now crippled and weak, and calls out in a... Read more »
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on Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:08pm.
I’d like to add something to my last post. It was REALLY hot! So hot, that things started going haywire all over the place. My dad’s car broke down several miles out of town, and I had to rush there and collect the melting ice cream from his c... Read more »
Submitted by
on Tue Jun 23, 2009 11:33am.
Chess may be more played in the winter months, but it can be just as enjoyable during the hot summer. Just imagine (maybe you don’t have to) the hot summer sun beating down, perspiration on your forehead, but you don’t notice it, because the g... Read more »
Submitted by
on Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:52am.
It's my sister Mariah's birthday today! She's turning fourteen. She does not appreciate chess in any way. No one in this family does, except for me. In my larger family, there are a few chess players. I am by far the most serious player in the fam... Read more »
Submitted by
on Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:02am.
Tell me, does anyone else do the Summer Solstice thing? We have a solstice celebration that lasts all night long. Since it is, of course, the shortest night of the year. We invite over all our friends and relatives, and stay up all night telling s... Read more »