I played my first game of chess recently. We’re having a chess tournament at work and, as luck would have it, I happened to get paired up with the other intern. She plays chess. She’s good at chess. I’m doomed. How is it that by drawing numbers I end up playing the other intern? I demand a recount.
The first thing I did was research basic strategy. Take control of the middle of the board early on. Protect the king. Don’t be afraid to use the Queen. I held my own for a couple of hours and even took more of her pieces than she got from me. But in the end, I made a huge blunder and left my King wide open. Stuck in a corner behind a couple pawns, a rook swooped in and locked me down. Bye bye particleking. My dreams of being a world-class mainframe-computer-beating chess champion are dashed. Bollocks.
In other news, I’m learning more about software licensing than you could possibly imagine. In fact, you probably don’t want to imagine it. Just be sure that whatever company or business you work for has legit copies of software installed on its computers. Or else… the boogey man will come running after your CEO.
Comments (4)
i stink at strategy games.
Posted by heatherfeather | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16
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ric, you don't play chess. you just pretend. steve, i'll gladly take some lessons.
Posted by particleman | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16
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If you are in the lookout for lessons, I can get you up to a class C/Class B rating in a couple months. Or I can put on my particleman costume and play in your place. You'd win.
Posted by Steve | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16
I would have cleaned up at that tournament. You should have taken lessons from me when you had then chance. Now look at you. Loser.
Posted by Ric | February 10, 2007 8:16 PM
Posted on February 10, 2007 20:16