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Chess related: The Chess Potpourri of living a Chessplayer life ... et al & Etc.

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baronderkilt 09-Feb-12, 21:46	The Chess Potpourri of living a Chessplayer life ... et al & Etc. Updates about your Chess stuff. STUFF can be things, results, miscellanea, et al, and etc. That should cover it! In fact Ive got add that to the title ...
baronderkilt 09-Feb-12, 21:58	I got a Chess THING today ... Several in fact. They gave me FREE ("its FREE, it must be good!" , quoth the possibly deranged or at least naive, little old lady on TV) , yeah free overnight Fed Ex which came on the third day. But third day service was $4.95, so I saved anyway. USCF is having a free delivery promo, you see. So I got a new Blue roll-up board. Also ordered and got the $79 Rosewood Set I always wanted. With Ebony Black. But the set that came with the Set/board deal is COOL too. A very nice design and Triple Weighted. ! (yes yes i know, dangerous to ones head, but I got for blitzing not tournaments. I will use the Wood for woodpushing tournaments, if I ever find/get-to another one. And a Saitek Clock! Hey clock prices are way down from what they used to be. Those that used to be $100-ish are now mostly under 60, or lower. That "starter" set and board & pouch deal for $12.95 is FANTASTIC because it is triple weighted set that is as nice as their $30+ sets (such as the Ultimate I got for $32 years back. This set is as nice or better. ) IT IS a SUPERB DEAL for anyone who wants to stock up a club on sets and boards. IMO This is the deal you want! Real high quality. And heavy enough to knock me out, the next time someone does resign their King onto my Head . . . LOL
baronderkilt 09-Feb-12, 22:09	Oh yes ... Also did a 3 year renewal of my USCF. That should do me. So if anyone is running tournaments around Omaha, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, be sure to put me on your e-mail list aor mailing list. I may start playing again, if things continue in the recent vein. I'm a USCF old timer with a membership number reflecting it: 10306434 .... is your older? A smaller number? It would be 1972 or earlier that you joined. I run into a few locally that are. From guys I grew up playing tournaments with.
ketchuplover 13-Feb-12, 05:31	You go guy
baronderkilt 13-Feb-12, 06:03	I'm TRYING ~! All I need now is a Tournament ... So I'm working on a Time Machine, to escape the Monsterous Black Hole of Chess Activity, aka Omaha, by going back to 1972. I have great optimism in this. They never did find the microwave emitter in Bobby's chair; that showed up on x-ray but then just sort of dissappeared. heheh.
rockall 13-Feb-12, 07:46	@Craig -- Near by tournaments baronderkilt St. Louis claims to be a hot bed of chess activity these days. www.stltoday.com u/article_fd71f2dc-a284-547b-a95f-48f62996839e.html "Only" a 7 1/2 hour drive for you according to Google.
rockall 13-Feb-12, 07:49	better link GK broke the link. Here is a compressed version tinyurl.com
baronderkilt 14-Feb-12, 13:02	Sounds like the place to be rockall ! What a nice state championship: Nakamura, Brooks, Polgar and someone (but no, this is not the point where I think, Hey it could be me. lol. But it would be fun to see ) Thx for the info

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