| Off-Topic Discussion - Bollywood sucks#52 This is by far the best piece of Bollywood ever made : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9JMo9xLfzM | ambrooks |
| Off-Topic Discussion - Why is chess better than sex?#50 Sex and chess are similar. If your partner is ugly, you can always play blindfold. OTOH, give me a chessboard on a deserted island with Anna Cramling and I am contented. | ambrooks |
| General Chess Discussion - Opinion: getting annoyed because your opponent refuses to resign is a sign of arrogance#22 @Hedgehog1963 Hey, Stockfish doesn't resign in lost positions, and I don't throw my computer out the window in outrage. | ambrooks |
| General Chess Discussion - Longest ever correspondence game?#4 @corvusmellori Thanks for clearing that up. OK, Chernev didn't get all of his facts right all of the time, but he is still my favorite chess writer by orders of magnitude. ( Magnustude?) | ambrooks |
| Lichess Feedback - Why does the engine only look for mistakes and not for good moves?#27 @mkubecek Damn, Kubecek - you make some extremely smart and informative comments. Bravo ! | ambrooks |
| Off-Topic Discussion - Who's the most famous person you've ever met?#42 @Dukedog I just saw Lee Marvin in the film noir "The Big Heat". What a mean nasty villain he played. Threw a cup of scalding coffee in the face of a beautiful girl, but he got his comeuppance at the e… | ambrooks |
| Off-Topic Discussion - Who's the most famous person you've ever met?#41 @MrPushwood Tall but not too tall. Perfectly proportioned. Calling a young Brooke Shields a ten out of ten would have been pointless. Eleven out of ten? Beauty is subjective, but she was sure to my ta… | ambrooks |
| General Chess Discussion - Longest ever correspondence game?#2 I reached for my ancient yellowed copy of Irving Chernev's FireSide Book of Chess ( first chess book I ever owned). W. Crane versus H. Charlick 1888 Australian Championship 219 moves. No idea whether … | ambrooks |
| Off-Topic Discussion - Who's the most famous person you've ever met?#36 I used to take a jazz dance class many years ago. It was (a younger) me and eight young women. One of them was the film actress Brooke Shields. Even better looking in person than on film. She was the … | ambrooks |
| Off-Topic Discussion - Who's the most famous person you've ever met?#29 @MrPushwood I have a distinct preference for Barbarella Jane over Hanoi Jane or any later iterations. I also met Jimmy Durante once. This was at the Del Mar race track near San Diego. He was signing P… | ambrooks |
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