Ass whoopin'
So I inadvertantly got into a chess game with a master-level player today at school. I was already in a game with someone else, and this old guy walks up to the table and asks to get in next game.
I beat the first guy (he was bad), and this old fellow sits down. I ask him if he plays chess, and he says in a thick, Eastern European accent, "Ya, I play chess."
At this point I knew I was fucked. All old guys from Europe are good at chess. The game started out with me on white; he played the Sicilian, which I'm not comfortable with as white. I played the opening OK, but as soon as we hit the middlegame it got ugly. Sometimes he would talk to me; I could hardly understand what he was saying becuase his accent was so thick, but it didn't matter. I understood I was getting my ass beat.
I didn't take it hard, seeing as how he was so much stronger than me. In fact, it was pretty exciting. I've never played a master before. He said he was going to try and start up a chess club at the college, which would be pretty sweet. I think he said he was Bosnia or something.
I beat the first guy (he was bad), and this old fellow sits down. I ask him if he plays chess, and he says in a thick, Eastern European accent, "Ya, I play chess."
At this point I knew I was fucked. All old guys from Europe are good at chess. The game started out with me on white; he played the Sicilian, which I'm not comfortable with as white. I played the opening OK, but as soon as we hit the middlegame it got ugly. Sometimes he would talk to me; I could hardly understand what he was saying becuase his accent was so thick, but it didn't matter. I understood I was getting my ass beat.
I didn't take it hard, seeing as how he was so much stronger than me. In fact, it was pretty exciting. I've never played a master before. He said he was going to try and start up a chess club at the college, which would be pretty sweet. I think he said he was Bosnia or something.