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jotheblackqueen 10-May-18, 14:39	IT SEEMS AS THOUGH FREDDY (EASY 19) HAS LEFT GAMEKNOT Hi everyone! Much to my chagrin I found out that Freddy has closed his gameknot account at his request. Just look at his profile page. gameknot.com He will be much missed. Kind regards, Joanne
baddeeds 10-May-18, 15:58	I am sad about this to. easy19 was the founder of the original Walking the Walk. I remember the WTW mentoring games we played against each other. In fact, although I found that a team is not closing down, afterall, once I saw that Fred left Immortal Kings, I invited him to join my team. But, he did not respond to my message, so I knew that it wasn't going to happen. That's not surprising, but it's surprising to see him close his account. I hope that it wasn't because of my invite, but rather, his busy attempt to thruhike the Pacific Trail, as I read. As it's also time consuming. And, if that's so, it would not be so surprising because it can take a long time to do that. But, I agree with Joann, and I'm really going to miss Fred.
redfoxrising 10-May-18, 16:18	WOW! Yes he will sure be missed!
baddeeds 10-May-18, 16:24	In fact This thread is now in the Chess Problems Lovers club. As I have copied and pasted it because I find this to be sad.
redfoxrising 10-May-18, 16:27	It was his decision RIP EASY19 No one fault He closed his account...
redfoxrising 10-May-18, 16:29	easy19: The stuff is so good here on GameKnot that i am afraid that if i stay too long my teeth fall out my hair falls out and i need a tripod to walk. within the next ...
jotheblackqueen 10-May-18, 23:49	Here is the reason ..... Hi everyone! Freddy sent me the following message on FB. 'Heej Joanne. In Scotland at the moment and yes for gk I will be way to bizzy to play a good game. And I can not focus on games 6 months walking adventure coming up." Kind regards, Joanne
baddeeds 11-May-18, 06:58	That makes sense. It's actually why I thought he left which the thru hike on the Pacific Trail. Thru hiking on a big trail keeps one very busy for months.
baddeeds 11-May-18, 07:25	I wish Fred the best of luck on that trail.
baddeeds 10-Apr-20, 13:36	Been over a year. So, out of interest, I wonder how Fred is doing, these days.
redfoxrising 10-Apr-20, 17:35	Easy is of course is welcome here always... Yes Joe it has been a while...
vocihc 10-Apr-20, 19:23	He's been posting his hiking videos on youtube for the last 5-6 years... Hasn't posted anyting since he completed the Pacific Crest Trail in USA on 09.23.2019 ... m.youtube.com
baddeeds 19-Apr-20, 08:47	It's good that he posted it then. But, being that he hasn't come back on, I think I know the real reason that the Master Mater left which he wouldn't say to avoid making anyone upset. It is consistent with someone leaving and trying to thruhike because I read that in a book called, "Awol on the Applachain Trail" The author of that book said that there are many reasons that people will thruhike on a long trail. One of the reasons would be getting sick of someone or a company. I, now feel guilty about this. He got sick of me posting about what I learned in chess. I remember because before the original WTW club, I was posting things about various chess openings and things like that in the KOH club. Fred became so upset about this that he said that I needed training and practice which I got a little bit of but not enough. But, then I kept posting and even started to kibitz about what I know in chess, etc, when, in reality, I knew less then what I thought or how I was going make it sound. He wanted me to stop talking about this, or as we say, talking the talk. So, he challenged me to some WTW games. Now, I got lucky in the first game with a draw by rep. Then, I won the second game, on time. But, with me continuing to kibitz, he challenged me and won in what Joann later annotated. That annotation was called, "Back with a Vengeance" which gave me ideas for other annotations. However, instead of quieting down, we reached the phase where it was only getting worse, due to crankiness from lack of sleep. It's also because I was being oppositional of the Master Mater since his teaching style is different then how I learn. That's when he asked me a question with the answer being progress. But, he told me not to say anything until I reached a certain ELO rating, which I can't completely go by for progress due to time management. I don't think he would've said that, if I didn't show off. However, I did not listen because, even though, I didn't say anything in this club, I posted plenty in other clubs which I'm sure made him more frustrated. When I finally reached that rating, we played another WTW game. I think the point is that he was still telling me that I'm not that good at the game, and he was right. That happened before I posted about how I taught people chess, and Fred said something about it which Dave later concurred. And, vocihc also did, but I still didn't stop. That's why the master mater made plans to go on that trail since I mentioned that I didn't take him seriously elsewhere which I'm sure he also read. So, he was going to stop teaching chess because he got sick of me posting but not really getting to the next level. My thinking was that Fred was just telling me that I'm just bad and that I had no hope for getting better, but that was not the case. Instead, I misunderstood from being cranky. And, my goal was completely different from becoming a runner which was acheived of pointing out how chess will help in life, truth be told. The thing that stopped me from posting how good I am at the game was first taking a course from GM Susan Polgar. That was, combined with problems that I'd cause outside of chess from lack of sleep. So, my only accomplishment that I got from chess was keeping my job. The thing with accomplishment is that one of the Polgar Sisters mentioned that chess will help in life. And, after I posted about sleep deprivation, I learned that and IM got a successful job from chess and opened a club. But, it's a completely different story with me because of what I did which I'm sure is even GM Susan unhappy. And, all of that kibitzing and not listening to Fred, finally, caught up with me, as well. As I got into a lot of trouble with my own contiouns last night in my sleep, and it was for the kibitzing that Fred spoke to me about. The reason I write this is jotting things down since it helps me sleep better at night. And, I believe that Fred is reading this somewhere in cyberspace. So, the truth is that he was correct, all this time. With that being said, I hope that this causes him to come back on this site. But, if it doesn't, I hope that he goes back to teaching chess, again, since I feel upset with what I have done.
vocihc 19-Apr-20, 09:17	Solipsistically said...
redfoxrising 19-Apr-20, 17:01	thanks for sharing good postings ...

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