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Date: 12 Dec 2008 08:08:45
From: Offramp
Subject: Chess anecdote
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From Better Chess by William Hartston (London, 1997 and 2003):
=91One of the best excuses I ever heard was from a man who had just lost
to a female opponent. =93She completely disrupted my thought processes=94,
he complained. =93Every time I tried to calculate something, I=92d begin:
=91I go here, he goes there=92, and then I=92d have to correct myself: =91N=
o,
it=92s I go here, she goes there=92.=94=92 (Page 52)
Good one! Bill used to set puzzles in the Independent; I wonder if he
still does? I suppose I'll never know.
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Date: 17 Dec 2008 13:30:10
From: chessparrot
Subject: Re: Chess anecdote
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On Dec 12, 4:08=A0pm, Offramp <[email protected] > wrote:
> From Better Chess by William Hartston (London, 1997 and 2003):
>
> =91One of the best excuses I ever heard was from a man who had just lost
> to a female opponent. =93She completely disrupted my thought processes=94=
,
> he complained. =93Every time I tried to calculate something, I=92d begin:
> =91I go here, he goes there=92, and then I=92d have to correct myself: =
=91No,
> it=92s I go here, she goes there=92.=94=92 (Page 52)
>
> Good one! Bill used to set puzzles in the Independent; I wonder if he
> still does? I suppose I'll never know.
No, Hartston retired from chess journalism sometime ago.
James Pratt (Basingstoke!)
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Date: 15 Dec 2008 11:16:45
From: None
Subject: Re: Chess anecdote
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On Dec 12, 7:11=A0pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected] > wrote:
> THIS CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS by GM Larry Evans (page 269)
>
> "If I lost 25 pounds I think I could beat anybody in the world." --
> Abe Turner interviewed by Johnny Carson (1962)
>
> =A0CARSON: Can you make good money playing chess?
>
> TURNER: Not too much. Not in this country.
>
> The audience cracked up when Abe explained why he didn=92t like to play
> a certain lady ."She=92s young and beautiful. She has an enormous chest
> and knocked over a piece every time she bent to make a move. Between a
> low-cut dress and exotic perfume, how can you concentrate on a game of
> chess? I=92m only human. Sometimes I didn=92t notice when she knocked off
> one of my pieces with her whatchamacallit."
>
> "I know what to call it," quipped Johnny. "So I can=92t understand why
> chess isn=92t more popular."
>
> In 1962 a co-worker at Chess Review stabbed Abe in the back nine times
> and stuffed his body in a safe. Abe died at age 38.
>
>
>
> Offramp wrote:
> > From Better Chess by William Hartston (London, 1997 and 2003):
>
> > ?One of the best excuses I ever heard was from a man who had just lost
> > to a female opponent. ?She completely disrupted my thought processes?,
> > he complained. ?Every time I tried to calculate something, I?d begin:
> > ?I go here, he goes there?, and then I?d have to correct myself: ?No,
> > it?s I go here, she goes there?.?? (Page 52)
>
> > Good one! Bill used to set puzzles in the Independent; I wonder if he
> > still does? I suppose I'll never know.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Was Don Schultz acquitted or did he do time?
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THIS CRAZY WORLD OF CHESS by GM Larry Evans (page 269)
"If I lost 25 pounds I think I could beat anybody in the world." --
Abe Turner interviewed by Johnny Carson (1962)
CARSON: Can you make good money playing chess?
TURNER: Not too much. Not in this country.
The audience cracked up when Abe explained why he didn=92t like to play
a certain lady ."She=92s young and beautiful. She has an enormous chest
and knocked over a piece every time she bent to make a move. Between a
low-cut dress and exotic perfume, how can you concentrate on a game of
chess? I=92m only human. Sometimes I didn=92t notice when she knocked off
one of my pieces with her whatchamacallit."
"I know what to call it," quipped Johnny. "So I can=92t understand why
chess isn=92t more popular."
In 1962 a co-worker at Chess Review stabbed Abe in the back nine times
and stuffed his body in a safe. Abe died at age 38.
Offramp wrote:
> From Better Chess by William Hartston (London, 1997 and 2003):
>
> ?One of the best excuses I ever heard was from a man who had just lost
> to a female opponent. ?She completely disrupted my thought processes?,
> he complained. ?Every time I tried to calculate something, I?d begin:
> ?I go here, he goes there?, and then I?d have to correct myself: ?No,
> it?s I go here, she goes there?.?? (Page 52)
>
> Good one! Bill used to set puzzles in the Independent; I wonder if he
> still does? I suppose I'll never know.
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