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Wendy
SFN Regular
USA
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 Posted - 09/18/2006 : 07:33:28 [Permalink]
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I confess, I love soccer. My son has played since he was knee-high to a grasshopper. Now he's a sophomore in high school and starts varsity. We play at home using a goal we built in our backyard, but I truly do like to watch the sport.
My oldest daughter plays softball. I like to play, but I get bored to tears watching. It seems very monotonous to me. As does golf, and auto racing.
Soccer can be poetry in motion. I've seen players jump and bend and move in ways that astound me. I've seen them manuver the ball around an opponent to pick it up on the other side, make impossible passes with confidence and accuracy, and shoot headers that should be crippling but instead are beautiful.
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2006 : 07:55:18 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
I'm sure there's someone out there who just loves to watch chess matches.
I actually do. That coupled with my love of soccer might make me sound boring, but I also spent three hours last night (happily) watching the Cowboys beat the Redskins, so I like more "exciting" sports, too!  |
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 09/18/2006 : 10:00:39 [Permalink]
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Ive watched every chess match thats been on tv... All two of them.
Kasparov v Deep Jr.
10... B x h2! Greatest moment in chess, IMO, Kasparov looked like he got hit with a brick.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nge2 Re8 8.0-0 Bd6 9.a3 c6 10.Qc2? Bxh2+! 11.Kxh2 (The Hungarian grandmaster Joseph Horvath reached this position via a different move order in 1989 and thought that black can force a draw.) 11...Ng4+ 12.Kg3 Qg5 13.f4 Qh5 14.Bd2 (Suggested by Carsten Hansen in his 2002 Gambit Publications book "The Nimzo-Indian 4.e3," as an improvement to Horvath's 14.Ng1?! Qh2+ 15.Kf3 Qh5 18.Kg3 repeating the moves.) 14...Qh2+ 15.Kf3 Qh4 (Threatening 16...Nh2 mate. The game concluded with a repetition of moves: 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Ng3 Nh2+ 18.Kf2 Ng4+ 19.Kf3 Nh2+ draw.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 09/18/2006 : 10:35:51 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
I'm sure there's someone out there who just loves to watch chess matches.
At your service, ma'am.... 
I am a very poor player -- I hardly play at all any more -- but I greatly enjoy watching skilled players go at it. The fun is in figuring out the various stratedgies employed as the game goes along.
My brother is a fercious player.
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chaloobi
SFN Regular
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Posted - 09/18/2006 : 10:54:14 [Permalink]
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Soccer's always been boring to me, until very recently at least. My 6-yr old daughter is playing now and every game is fascinating.  |
-Chaloobi
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2006 : 10:55:35 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
Ive watched every chess match thats been on tv... All two of them.
Kasparov v Deep Jr.
10... B x h2! Greatest moment in chess, IMO, Kasparov looked like he got hit with a brick.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nge2 Re8 8.0-0 Bd6 9.a3 c6 10.Qc2? Bxh2+! 11.Kxh2 (The Hungarian grandmaster Joseph Horvath reached this position via a different move order in 1989 and thought that black can force a draw.) 11...Ng4+ 12.Kg3 Qg5 13.f4 Qh5 14.Bd2 (Suggested by Carsten Hansen in his 2002 Gambit Publications book "The Nimzo-Indian 4.e3," as an improvement to Horvath's 14.Ng1?! Qh2+ 15.Kf3 Qh5 18.Kg3 repeating the moves.) 14...Qh2+ 15.Kf3 Qh4 (Threatening 16...Nh2 mate. The game concluded with a repetition of moves: 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Ng3 Nh2+ 18.Kf2 Ng4+ 19.Kf3 Nh2+ draw.
Wasn't that great? (For the whole thing, see here...) |
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