The Musil Nemesis
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on Mon, 06/15/2009 at 3:00pm.
I have now played six games versus einstein69101 during the last two years. I have decided that this good friend who lives only 60 miles from my house is my personal nemesis: a formidable and usually victorius rival or opponent.
Nemesis (in Greek, Νέμεσις), also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia ("the goddess of Rhamnous"), located at her sanctuary at Rhamnous, north of Marathon, in Greek mythology was the spirit of divine punishment against those who succumb to hubris, vengeful fate personified as a remorseless goddess. The name Nemesis is related to the Greek word νείμειν, meaning "to give what is due".
Nemesis is now often used as a term to describe one's worst enemy, normally someone or something that is the exact opposite of oneself but is also somehow similar. For example, Professor Moriarty is frequently described as the nemesis of Sherlock Holmes.
In chess, nemesis is used to describe an opponent like Spassky versus Fischer before their world championship match: Spassky had never lost even one game to Fischer! Spassky was Fischer's nemesis!
Now let me summarize my record against einstein, who has always been ranked at least 200 points lower than me
, but has established an amazing record:
1 win, 4 draws, and only one loss! Here is my latest debacle in which the Chess.com computer said I played an almost perfect game for 77 moves with
no mistakes, no blunders, and only 3 inaccuracies! This high level of play would defeat most 2200 players, but not my good friend. He is my
nemesis!
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