Personal Notes

Hi from Tennessee

Time is one more piece. The player who blunders his time deserves to lose even if he has a winning position. Conversely, the player who risks blundering by playing faster than his opponent and succeeds (at playing faster without being mated) deserves to cash in the reward from running that

What I am saying in note 2 is similar to someone who goes to the gym daily and people tell her/him "you are lucky to be slender!" It's not luck, it's hard work. The person with more time on the clock is not "lucky" to have more time.

If you are on my noplay list, it generally is because your lag is unbearable or because you do things like disconnecting when you are losing. If you insult me (so many idiots on ICC) I will just censor you.

Some refuse to play with provisionally-ranked players. However, when they joined ICC, someone had the courtesy of playing with them. What's up with that!

Mouse slips are not innocent accidents. They happen when you play too fast trying to gain a time advantage over your opponent. So, do like me: accept the risks and if your mouse (entirely under YOUR control) screws up, don't whine and take responsibility.

I don't give or ask for takebacks. I believe in taking responsibility (see note 6). Please don't add time to my clock. (See note 2).

I am (relatively speaking) so much worse at 3-min than at 5-min. Those 2 minutes make a huge difference!

I generally don't give rematches for a variety of reasons: I was taking a work break, I gotta go, the phone rang, etc. And I just like a variety of opponents, not many games with the same one. I don't believe there is a right to a rematch and I never ask for one.

I believe most players on ICC are nice folks, but I am so tired of the minority of imbeciles that I gave up on talking and socializing on ICC. So, thanks for playing with me, but don't be offended if I stay silent.

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