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Jason McBride's avatar

My favorite parlor game is to guess the art from the title of your beat and the thumbnail in your Bandcamp release notice prior to the release of your newsletter. I always get it wrong--except today! I love this and now I wonder what makes something a worthwhile pursuit. How much does our skill at something matter in proportion to the amount of time we chose to devote to it.

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Peter Blasevick's avatar

That’s a great question. I think it’s rare that people have a strong desire to do something but have no talent at it... I mean, something has to draw you in right? I think chess and I are the exception!!!

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Malcolm J McKinney's avatar

I would like you to add a rap of the last moves of a famous match.

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Peter Blasevick's avatar

The only thing I might be worse at than playing chess is rapping.

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Malcolm J McKinney's avatar

Send me a text of the last 10 moves of Fisher Spassky and I will write one.

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Jonathan Potter's avatar

All is forgiven, indeed.

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Kate Whelan's avatar

Go to Lucerne. Like other cities, it has giant chessboards and pieces near the bridge where people enter into a game. (Or it did, 20 years ago!)

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Peter Blasevick's avatar

Sounds great!!!!

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Minor Fossil's avatar

I too love chess. Haven’t played in forever though. But loved the beat and reading about your history with chess.

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Peter Blasevick's avatar

Thanx!!! A sad history it has been ;)

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

I learned that I stink at chess when my (then) 10 year old started destroying me in matches. Still love playing though.

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Peter Blasevick's avatar

Never beat my father. Makes me love it more.

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Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

I stink at chess, do appreciate it, though. Loved Queen's Gambit, albeit not a real chess player.

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Peter Blasevick's avatar

The show was ver fun. They had two great consultants so they got most of the little details pretty right!

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Alexander Ipfelkofer's avatar

Yeah, so right that quite a few believed it to be a true story! 😅

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