Would be delighted! I've been so impressed with what Tim is
achieving at the moment. It's fair to say that he, and watching games
involving you, Paul, Gil, wwarrior etc, have inspired me to really try and
knuckle down and improve my chess (after 800 or so games it's about
time!).
Hopefully by the end of the year there will be some improvement.
Just as an aside, it's really good to see that so many of the top 20
are willing to take the time to point out better moves etc and will offer
some kind of post game analysis. Maybe I'm wrong but the top 20
seem a lot more "accessible" and willing to play anyone than, say, the
top 20 this time last year. More of the top 20 are stars now, more
have profiles. Fernando (an all round hero!) helped me with software
to view pgn games, where to find the pgn games etc etc
There's no real point, guess I just wanted to say that it's good that
there isn't any kind of "elitist" attitude.
Mark
The Squirrel Lover
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I just had to add that Mark has already made some great
improvements in his game since the first time we played, as well. My
improvement isn't so much from studying the game of chess as from
studying the way I play chess, if that makes any sense-- I am aware
of what were my weaknesses, and I try to stay away from them. I
have certainly been doing plenty of "book learnin'" (mostly Silman
and Nimzo's My System), but I think most of my real learning is
taking place on the board-- I have been playing some truly high-
caliber opponents lately. But Mark and I are about to have a serious
duel (not to mention the game we already had going before we got
paired in the tourney)-- this will be fun.
Tim
The Dark Squire
