____ Hey lichessers -- let's celebrate decency and class for a change! There are good people out there!!
_____ MY STORY: I've been playing blitz for @ an hour. I'm so out of sorts that I have my filter set for 900-1350 (I like to think I'm stronger but I've gone down 150 points in the last 10 days). I have bounced from 1320-1280 & back up...
_______Along comes a filter game with ALEDROJAN (959 -- just a # that means nothing about a person's QUALITY). I have a clear advantage and give him an extra minute because he is down to @ :30 while I am still @ 2:30. He turns the tables and outplays me! (no huge blunders from me.. he outplayed me). We reach the endgame: he has 3 advanced pawns and all i have is a rook -- it is a certainty that the rook will be gone and he will gain a queen! HE OFFERS ME A DRAW. There are people on this site with REAL INTEGRITY and a sense of sportsmanship/ fair play!!! We have a good community.
___ SIDE NOTE: I am from the USA (to say you are an American is an often overlooked insult to our neighbors in North/ South America). It would be nice if more of my countrymen would learn
some basic niceties in another language.
_____Because of my tortured Spanish, I was able to show my recognition and respect for ALEDROJAN's quality -- I feel like I now have a Columbian friend. You don't have to be fluent -- "Hello" and "Thank You" go a loooong way. Regardless of one's feelings concerning my government's migration/ immigration policy, in the one-on-one HUMAN arena courtesy/ friendliness counts (I happen to be libertarian/ conservative).
____ I should add that I probably alienated someone earlier in the day with a joke in English... I discovered he was a Spanish speaker. After a brief exchange, we went from potential mutual irritation to following each other.... Effort counts
_____ MY STORY: I've been playing blitz for @ an hour. I'm so out of sorts that I have my filter set for 900-1350 (I like to think I'm stronger but I've gone down 150 points in the last 10 days). I have bounced from 1320-1280 & back up...
_______Along comes a filter game with ALEDROJAN (959 -- just a # that means nothing about a person's QUALITY). I have a clear advantage and give him an extra minute because he is down to @ :30 while I am still @ 2:30. He turns the tables and outplays me! (no huge blunders from me.. he outplayed me). We reach the endgame: he has 3 advanced pawns and all i have is a rook -- it is a certainty that the rook will be gone and he will gain a queen! HE OFFERS ME A DRAW. There are people on this site with REAL INTEGRITY and a sense of sportsmanship/ fair play!!! We have a good community.
___ SIDE NOTE: I am from the USA (to say you are an American is an often overlooked insult to our neighbors in North/ South America). It would be nice if more of my countrymen would learn
some basic niceties in another language.
_____Because of my tortured Spanish, I was able to show my recognition and respect for ALEDROJAN's quality -- I feel like I now have a Columbian friend. You don't have to be fluent -- "Hello" and "Thank You" go a loooong way. Regardless of one's feelings concerning my government's migration/ immigration policy, in the one-on-one HUMAN arena courtesy/ friendliness counts (I happen to be libertarian/ conservative).
____ I should add that I probably alienated someone earlier in the day with a joke in English... I discovered he was a Spanish speaker. After a brief exchange, we went from potential mutual irritation to following each other.... Effort counts