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playground player
Member since Oct-01-06 · Last seen Apr-26-25
NJ--no rating. Favorites, Morphy, Marshall, Anderssen. Played a lot as a teen, then let it go for 40 years. Trying to reconstitute myself as a chess player.

Meanwhile, let this forum serve as a refuge from wild-eyed loony leftism. Here there will be no admiration for Hugo Chavez, Castro, or any of the other tin-pot dictators admired by chess players from the safety of freedom-loving Western democracies. Here will be found a premise that most of the nations of the world today are governed by Godless fools. Ours, too, unfortunately.

I was also going to say some uncomplimentary things about Queen Pawn games, the Sicilian and the French Defenses, Semi-Slav games, and a few other chess matters. But as those are purely questions of personal taste, I have chosen to leave them alone.

Since setting up this forum, I have also had several novels published: "Bell Mountain," "The Cellar Beneath the Cellar," and "The Thunder King." For more information about them (and me), visit my website, http://leeduigon.com/

Update, much delayed: my fourth book, "The Last Banquet," came out last year, and my fifth, "The Fugitive Prince," I expect to be published sometime this Spring. For book covers and free sample chapters, visit my blog.

Update again: "The Fugitive Prince" is out now and the next project is "The Palace." Editing is well advanced, but we're still waiting for a cover.

Update: "The Palace" is in print now along with No. 7, "The Glass Bridge," with No. 8, "The Temple," waiting in the wings. The first seven are all available via amazon.com.

Update: No. 8, "The Temple," and No.9, "The Throne," are now in print, with No. 10, "The Silver Trumpet,"due for release any day now.

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   playground player has kibitzed 7335 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Apr-26-25 playground player chessforum
 
playground player: <OCF> The only remedy is to pull the kids out of those schools.
 
   Sep-06-24 K Supatashvili vs E Matsuura, 1995 (replies)
 
playground player: (If only I had something wise to say!)
 
   Aug-30-24 Aronian vs Carlsen, 2019 (replies)
 
playground player: White can't do anything. I hate it when that happens.
 
   Aug-01-24 Schlechter vs P Meitner, 1899
 
playground player: Holy moly!
 
   Jun-13-24 Kramnik vs Sadvakasov, 2001
 
playground player: That pin of the rook was deadly.
 
   May-10-24 M Sinner vs N Miezis, 1997 (replies)
 
playground player: And I thought I had a problematic surname!
 
   Apr-25-24 P Delekta vs Geller, 1992 (replies)
 
playground player: Great pun!
 
   Apr-19-24 J Taylor vs NN, 1862 (replies)
 
playground player: How come NN never wins? Maybe he should switch of Chutes & Ladders.
 
   Apr-19-24 J Tarjan vs D J Strauss, 1978 (replies)
 
playground player: I can't believe no one offered the pun, "Me Tarjan..."
 
   Apr-05-24 Tal vs NN, 1963
 
playground player: Amazing! Tal's games are always a treat.
 
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Dec-30-18  cormier: Gospel
The parents of Jesus found him in the midst of the teachers

Alleluia
Open our hearts, O Lord, to listen to the words of your Son

http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Dec-31-18  cormier: Gospel
The Word became flesh

Alleluia
The Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us. To those who accepted him he gave power to become the children of God.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Jan-01-19  cormier: Gospel
They found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger. When eight days were completed for his circumcision, he was named Jesus

Alleluia
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets; in these last days, he has spoken to us through the Son

http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Jan-01-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  playground player: What was the leading cause of death, world-wide, in 2018? Was it cancer? AIDS? Heart disease?

None of them,by a long shot. It was abortion--over 40 million of them last year alone.

https://leeduigon.com/2019/01/01/ch...

It remains to be seen whether the human race can survive humanism.

Jan-02-19  diceman: <playground player:

What was the leading cause of death, world-wide, in 2018?>

Liberalism.

Jan-02-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  playground player: And here we have a man in Perth, Australia, overreacting big-time to a spider in his house.

https://leeduigon.com/2019/01/02/al...

True, there are some bodacious spiders in Australia, but it does sound like this guy went off the deep end.

<Optimal Play> Maybe you know more about this than I've been able to find out so far--like maybe what kind of spider it was. Maybe extreme fear was justified?

Jan-02-19  cormier: Gospel
He's the one who is coming after me

Alleluia
In times, past, God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets: in these last days, he has spoken to us through his Son

http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Jan-03-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  playground player: So... We've either gotta remove all the carbon dioxide from the air (which might make it hard for life on earth to continue) or else stop all emissions by 2050--one or the other, or we're doomed in 12 years.

https://leeduigon.com/2019/01/03/un...

Doomed, I tell you--doomed!

How do you spell the sound a raspberry makes?

Jan-03-19  diceman: <UN: 12 Years Left–then Doomsday!>

Even if true, the equation doesn't work.

Keep things as they are:

<12 Years Left–then Doomsday!>

Give your money, rights, liberties, to government:

1 Year <Left–then Doomsday!>

Jan-03-19  diceman: <playground player: And here we have a man in Perth, Australia, overreacting big-time to a spider in his house.>

I understand "PETA"
(People for the Ethical Treatment of Arachnids)
have filed a $500 million dollar civil suit against him.

PETA spokesman:
"We need to stamp out eight legged hate in our lifetime."

Jan-03-19  cormier: Gospel
Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world

Alleluia
The Word of God became flesh and dwelt among us. To those who accepted him he gave power to become the children of God

http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Jan-04-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  playground player: http://leeduigon.com/2019/01/04/as-...

Wait'll the next time my alma mater calls, asking for money.

Jan-04-19  cormier: Gospel
We have found the Messiah

Alleluia
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets: in these last days, he has spoken to us through the Son

http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Jan-05-19  cormier: Gospel
You are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel!

Alleluia
A holy day has dawned upon us. Come, you nations, and adore the Lord. Today a great light has come upon the earth

http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Jan-05-19  thegoodanarchist: < Count Wedgemore: <diceman: <and gay> ...back when it meant happy. :)>

I remember seeing the poster for an old Hollywood movie, 'Our Gay Wedding' I think it was called. And I said to myself: "hmm..that was awfully progressive for a 1930s movie..!!". I guess I got it all wrong!>

As recently as "The Flintstones", "gay" has NOT been... well... gay.

They said they'd have "a gay old time" but it was two married couples... with children even! That was in the 1960s, I think.

Jan-05-19  thegoodanarchist: < playground player: It annoys me to have to defend songs I don't like, just because SJW idiots are trying to ban them. Here's William Shatner slamming Canadian Broadcasting for banning "Baby, It's Cold Outside":

https://leeduigon.com/2018/12/19/ca...

Again we have the "pro-choice" crowd taking away other people's choices.

Why do we tolerate this?>

I would counter that we apparently did NOT tolerate this.

Trump won. It wasn't ONLY about immigration, methinks...

Jan-05-19  thegoodanarchist: FYI, it is the 12th day of Christmas!

So Merry Christmas everyone! Last time, until next December.

Jan-06-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  playground player: <thegoodanarchist> Thank you, and the same to you.

You make a very good point: it *wasn't* only about immigration, as major an issue as that is. There's a lot we've gotten sick and tired of.

Jan-06-19  cormier: Gospel
We came from the East to worship the king

Alleluia
We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage

http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Jan-07-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  playground player: <Esteemed Colleagues> I'm getting awful tired of the nooze. So here's a laugh instead.

https://leeduigon.com/2015/08/29/co...

"Hello, Mudda, Hello, Fadda, here I am at Camp Grenada..." --Allen Sherman

Jan-07-19  cormier: Gospel
The Kingdom of heaven is at hand

Alleluia
Jesus proclaimed the Gospel of the Kingdom and cured every disease among the people

http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Jan-08-19  thegoodanarchist: < playground player: <Esteemed Colleagues> I'm getting awful tired of the nooze.>

I started watching the news before I started elementary school. This is no exaggeration.

When my Dad got home from work he would turn on CBS Evening News, sit in his recliner, and watch. Sometimes he would snack on an apple or sip a Bud while doing so.

I would sit on the floor to the right of the recliner and watch along with Dad.

Mom used to subscribe to multiple news magazines. We had Time and Newsweek delivered to the house, plus a daily paper. I would skim these periodicals and read whatever looked interesting.

I used to pride myself on being better informed, more up on the news, than anyone else I knew (except for some of the people in my family. Both sides of my family are loaded with intellectuals, brilliant folks).

I started picking up on left-wing bias in the media in the late 1980s. It was probably present before then, but that's when I started to notice it.

But still I persevered in my effort to stay informed and up-to-date. Rarely consciously thinking of it as a civic duty, more along the lines as another proof of my intellectual superiority over the average man (or woman).

This continued for decades. Then Trump won. And the media (mainstream) stopped all pretense of remaining "objective" and went to war against our own president!

I don't think it an exaggeration to say that they've been waging a soft coup against Trump since the 2016 election result was known. The MSM's only claims to objectivity are their own lies. <Mr. President, Will you stop calling us the enemy of the people?> (I hope not, because it's true!)

Personally, I think America as "land of the free" is doomed. But Trump has at least postponed it 4 years, maybe 8.

Since the soft coup attempt became clear and undeniable in 2017, I have removed MSM almost completely from my life. Maybe 5 minutes a day, but many days not at all. And just to get the big picture.

I don't believe anyone can watch only MSM and be objectively informed. It has become active brainwashing. If this life were forever it would be depressing, but we are mortal. So all I feel is sadness for future generations, who will live as slaves because left-wing idiots such as the ones on Rogoff are selling their birthright.

And they aren't even receiving porridge for it. They are selling it in exchange for lies.

Jan-08-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen:

<CBC reinstates Baby, It's Cold Outside amid audience reaction>

Also some reinstatements in the States

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainme...

Hats off to Bill Shatner and those like him to not only push back against censorship, but to actually win a few.

Jan-08-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen:

Sobering, however, is the refusal of any main stream media (translation progressive Stalinist media) to even acknowledge the Bill Shatner protest in the first place.

If you google <William Shatner slamming Canadian Broadcasting for banning "Baby, It's Cold Outside> The first half dozen links are from "conservative news sources"- Breitbart, Washington Times, Daily Wire and such.

No hits on mainstream (cough Stalinist cough) media groups though.

The problem here is that if the Stalinists succeed in getting more conservative news organizations banned, then 1984 has indeed arrived. Then a story like Bill Shatner's protest simply wouldn't be covered- by anyone.

Next step- Get you fired for it Oh wait that's already here.

Next step- Gulag.

Do you think this is a joke? It isn't.

Jan-08-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen:

<Lee> lol "Marxist Literary Theory" I studied that in university, it's been part of the curriculum for ages.

Contribution of Marxist Literary Theory to actual literature = -500

Liberal democracies don't ban Marxist literature <Marx, Engels, Mao, Lenin, Franz Fanon or anyone else>

Marxist states ban bourgeois literature <Solzenitsin, Chekov, Dosotoyevsky, Tolstoy, and other hacks>

In liberal democracies you use free speech to argue against what you don't like.

In Marxist states you just ban, fire, or kill the people who say things you don't like.

When liberal democracies give up free speech they become indistinguishable from Marxist states. Which is what happens when the pigs become men and the men become pigs at the end of "Animal Farm."

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