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Congrats on becoming TOPTOTurkey, Bindi. Strong tourney victories evoke all lot of emotions apparently.That you would similarly complain about pairings AFTER THE FACT when presented w/ the honour of playing a top Indian GM and putting in a real good battle but getting ground down w an iso pawn eventually ( as he has done against many stronger players than you) shows only your will to win. With no regard to the consequences. Vlad has called YOU out now. Gumflapper.
i think that says more about your stupidity than anything else. if you find this thread shameful, why do you keep viewing it?
the fact that i don't think the thread should be deleted has nothing to do with its content
He didn't say the thread was shameful, he said "shame" presumably over how Walter Dobrich was treated in the original post of the thread. John Coleman is anything but stupid aside from spending an inordinate amount of time offering children and adults the chance to play chess in the excellent events which he organizes. Show some respect to the people who make sacrifices of time and often money so that we can play this game that we love to play. Take a chill pill.
I have fond memories of Walter's simultaneous exhibitions at Windsor's Devonshire mall in the 1970s.
He didn't say the thread was shameful, he said "shame" presumably over how Walter Dobrich was treated in the original post of the thread. John Coleman is anything but stupid aside from spending an inordinate amount of time offering children and adults the chance to play chess in the excellent events which he organizes. Show some respect to the people who make sacrifices of time and often money so that we can play this game that we love to play. Take a chill pill.
I have fond memories of Walter's simultaneous exhibitions at Windsor's Devonshire mall in the 1970s.
he's made no sacrifices for me and i don't care if he does or doesn't, so that argument HOLDS NO WEIGHT
if dobrich was treated shamefully, that would make the comments shameful, correct? quit getting caught up in semantics
everytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)
It's because there is something not rational in your perception of reality.
Not necessarily here. Often two persons who know each other, meeting in a crowd, and exchanging glances coincidently, can think the other is staring at them.
One reason is the misbelief we all have that we can tell someone is watching us when we're not looking.
That could also be why the "evil eye" myth cuts across so many cultures.
Congrats on becoming TOPTOTurkey, Bindi. Strong tourney victories evoke all lot of emotions apparently.That you would similarly complain about pairings AFTER THE FACT when presented w/ the honour of playing a top Indian GM and putting in a real good battle but getting ground down w an iso pawn eventually ( as he has done against many stronger players than you) shows only your will to win. With no regard to the consequences. Vlad has called YOU out now. Gumflapper.
Last Can Op, when you know the one section pairing rules, you complain when paired down to FIDE unr.Then when paired w/ Harikrishna, you play, and then only after whine like a baby after losing. At that same events' speed tourney, you reach a dead drawn pos. Vlad rules draw. You are wrong.
You accuse others, using slanderous language (pedoph, a###ole) and yet are still permitted to post.And at your intellectual height, a fine champion and representative of Toronto.
Apologize to Vlad.Watch the parking lots.It's a mean city.
Last Can Op, when you know the one section pairing rules, you complain when paired down to FIDE unr.Then when paired w/ Harikrishna, you play, and then only after whine like a baby after losing. At that same events' speed tourney, you reach a dead drawn pos. Vlad rules draw. You are wrong.
You accuse others, using slanderous language (pedoph, a###ole) and yet are still permitted to post.And at your intellectual height, a fine champion and representative of Toronto.
Apologize to Vlad.Watch the parking lots.It's a mean city.
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