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After his revelation: "“I don’t know if people know this but I am pretty good at chess,” “I was always on the chess team at school when I was younger. I’m not into speedy chess. I need to think. I can go slow.”
A typical classical player. What else can you ask for a chess promotion?
after His Revelation: "“i Don’t Know If People Know This But I Am Pretty Good At Chess,” “i Was Always On The Chess Team At School When I Was Younger. I’m Not Into Speedy Chess. I Need To Think. I Can Go Slow.”
A Typical Classical Player. What Else Can You Ask For A Chess Promotion?
After his revelation: "“I don’t know if people know this but I am pretty good at chess,” “I was always on the chess team at school when I was younger. I’m not into speedy chess. I need to think. I can go slow.”
A typical classical player. What else can you ask for a chess promotion?
I think he's a super star in training. Building a fan base that won't go away. Maybe speed chess should be renamed to speedy chess if that will move the product.
I've seen Kenny Rogers in Oshawa a number of time over the years but not recently. Mostly it's an older crowd and he filled the arena. He did a great job of playing to the ladies and always tells the same jokes. My wife likes his show but he doesn't seem to appear in Oshawa these days.
Recently, or it seems recent, I asked a friend who had seen him in Vegas if he still tells the same jokes. Seems he does. Over all these decades he's managed to keep his old fan base. I still remember when he performed with the First Edition. That was around 1969 or 70. I like the part where he plays to the ladies telling them they brought their bored looking spouses, or however he puts it.
If J.B. had said "speed chess" instead of "speedy chess", the general public might well have had less of an idea what he meant. It would have sounded a bit uncool too, perhaps as a result. Hence J.B. may have deliberately dumbed things down by using "speedy".
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer
We discover he is a good chess player and he also receive a invitation to the training camp of a East Coast League hockey team (!) because he was good during a practice with some of the Toronto Maple Leafs players last winter.
The Bakersfield Condors believe Justin Bieber is more than a sweet voice with slick dance moves.
The ECHL team has offered the Canadian pop phenom an amateur tryout contract for the upcoming hockey season.
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