chess variant gif

[Roger Patterson]

I had been unaware that Peter had passed away. He was my very first CFC rated game at some Swiss in Calgary. Typical Sicilian with knights on d4,...

[Roger Patterson]

hmmmm. yes, clicking on the link does not work. but copying and pasting seems to work. So, some funny business with the ChessTalk editor.......

[Roger Patterson]

I was actually looking for an example of this chessboard illusion (also pretty cool if you have never seen it).

https://www.youtube.com/...

[Roger Patterson]

I ran across this gif while surfing. Not interested in the variant per se but I thought the gizmo was cool.....

https://img.17qq.com/ima...

[Roger Patterson]

People lining up to be called my client! gotta love it.

But did we play that many tournament games? I remember the two Canadian Closed games...

[Roger Patterson]

the games were not particularly remarkable. Mostly when I look at these games, I'm reminded of how much weaker I am now compared to then.

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[Roger Patterson]

Sounds about right. (+5, =1, -1)

But my 'best' client was probably Raja Panjwani (+5, =1, -0). One of those games was when he was high...

[Roger Patterson]

well, it's been a long time since I heard his name.

But didn't he also use to be a Bridge guy? Might still be playing bridge and maybe you...