Lack of Good Manners on RHP

Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromfics
Yikes! I had the VHS tape and all the little metal action figures as a kid, and I still didn't remember that!

Originally posted by greenpawn34
I didn't know it either - I just googled it, cut and the pasted was there to here.

I watched it with the kids years ago but can't remember much about it.
Toad of Toad Hall is the hero. I can remember that.

Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromfics
I'm not sure if you're familiar with the (cheesy) Leprechaun horror films. Willow is the Leprechaun!

Originally posted by Paul Leggett
His name is Warwick Davis, and he has a huge and impressive list of Cast credits. Here's his Internet Movie Database link:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001116/

[b]I hereby declare that this thread has "jumped the shark".[/b]

It's bad manners to hijack threads but as the OP has not posted
anything for ages (propably off opening doors for people, giving
up his seat to old ladies on crowded buses or down at his local chess club
telling people when to resign.) we shall continue...

...was this actor chappie not also the guy who was inside the costume
of the monster in the film. The Creature That Ate Washington.

And more recently with Ricky Gervais/Stephen Merchant in Life's Too Short

Originally posted by Paul Leggett


I hereby declare that this thread has "jumped the shark".[/b]

Originally posted by greenpawn34
It's bad manners to hijack threads but as the OP has not posted
anything for ages (propably off opening doors for people, giving
up his seat to old ladies on crowded buses or down at his local chess club
telling people when to resign.) we shall continue...

...was this actor chappie not also the guy who was inside the costume
of the monster in the film. [b]The Creature That Ate Washington.[/b]

Hi Duchess.

I think we have flogged this dead horse.

It is up to the player winning to win the game, the losing player can resign when ever
they want but is under no obligation to do so. If they chooses to they can play
on till they are checkmated. Those are the cold hard facts.

But let us bring the discussion onto corres chess and the players on RHP.
(remember our OP blamed RHP for endorsing such behaviour.)

"RHP appears to approve and institutionalize these bad manners...."

On here if a player has been involved in a stalemate in the past then there
is a very good chance they will play on and on.
And why not? Hs opponent will most likely be playing at least 5 other games
as well - some play 100's at once.

There is a chance, a much better chance than in a one to one OTB game
that he will get a stalemate or even win on a timeout.

OTB a K & Q v a K will at the very least be a draw if the Queen player runs
out of time.
On RHP you can be 9 Queens up v a Lone King and yet if you lose on time you lose the game.
It's a different set of rules.

Yes it is bad form to play on knowing you are lost but what can you do?
I tell the guys to resign if all is lost. But it's always up to them.

I'm more concerned with the amount of 2.Qh5's I see after 1.e4 e5 yet these
guys keep winning with it....what can you do?

Players like Marko Krale have 27 stalemates notches carved into his bed post.
What can you do?

Nothing. Let it go.

BTW noticed at least three games in the current OTB Olympiad with players
playing on 2 Queens down.....all three were mated pretty quickly.
I suppose we could asked the United Nations to place an embargo on the
Nationalities concerned but a good lawyer will get them off.
And the irony is.......? 😉

Originally posted by Paul Leggett
His name is Warwick Davis, and he has a huge and impressive list of Cast credits. Here's his Internet Movie Database link:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001116/

[b]I hereby declare that this thread has "jumped the shark".[/b]

Hi Duchess.

It was a wee joke. I know a lot of the players are there just for thrill
of playing for their country. I think the Olympiad is the most important
chess event of all. It's a shame that some countries let their politics or
religion get in the way and refuse to play other countries.
(usually it's Israel that is defaulted against.)
I like to think the players have been told not to play them rather than
the players deciding not too.

Ref K + B + N v K. From the 2012 Olympiad one 2000+ player just
made it in time with 5 moves to spare before the 50 move rule kicked in.

T.Vahtra (2014) - M.Stojanovic (2097) 2012 Olympiad

On RHP you can be 9 Queens up v a Lone King and yet if you lose on time you lose the game.

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Hi Duchess.

I think we have flogged this dead horse.

It is up to the player winning to win the game, the losing player can resign when ever
they want but is under no obligation to do so. If they chooses to they can play
on till they are checkmated. Those are the cold hard facts.

But let us bring the discussion onto corres chess and the players Nationalities concerned but a good lawyer will get them off.
And the irony is.......? 😉