"Get me out of here. Please get me out of here."
-- Eddy Curry, player for the Isiah-coached Knicks

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh, baby!

Tonight is a night to remember. I drew a Grandmaster in a game of chess.

OK, so it wasn’t under tournament conditions. In fact, it was a simul with about 20 games. Even so, the mere concept of drawing someone rated 1000 900 points higher is staggering, and I will be on Cloud 9 for a little while.

Game post tomorrow (probably).

[EDIT: Will provide more info and respond to comments when posting the game tonight]

October 16th, 2007 10 comments
Posted by Donnie Filed under Chess

  1. ookwelbekendalsemc posted the following on 17 October 2007 at 2:39 am.

    Wow! For real? That’s some accomplishment. Hope to see the game. Congrats man! So, you’re FIDE rated? Who was the grandmaster?

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  2. Shazgood posted the following on 17 October 2007 at 5:34 am.

    I’m well impressed!

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  3. Derek Slater posted the following on 17 October 2007 at 9:11 am.

    Gadzooks! Well done.

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  4. chessloser posted the following on 17 October 2007 at 9:56 am.

    AWESOME! congrats…that means you are pretty much a grandmaster yourself there, buddy…

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  5. annie posted the following on 17 October 2007 at 10:53 am.

    Grandmaster… that’s like the highest of the chess people right? sort of like besting tiger woods in golf? or, not really besting since you drew but tying? If there is a tie in golf. Which I don’t think there is.

    I recall talking to you last night. I do not recall what about.

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  6. Blue Devil Knight posted the following on 17 October 2007 at 12:56 pm.

    Awesome!

    How old did the GM’s teeth look? If he or she was British, probably 150.

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  7. Blunderprone posted the following on 17 October 2007 at 8:32 pm.

    For Shizzle? Good God Y’all!

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  8. Donnie posted the following on 17 October 2007 at 9:09 pm.

    @ookwelbekendalsemc: No FIDE rating, just USCF, weighing in at a hefty 1551.

    @chessloser: Pretty much…a GM with 95% reduced thinking time.

    @annie: Yes, GM is the highest title. Not that I’m into golf, but to complete the analogy, my feat was sorta like tying Tiger Woods if he were only allowed to use his putter.

    @BDK: His teeth were better than mine, and he’s 53 or so.

    @Others: Thanks.

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  9. l3rucewayne posted the following on 18 October 2007 at 2:23 am.

    I might need to prepare more than i thought, er, i mean congradulations im thrilled.(really that is very cool:-).)

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  10. Donnie posted the following on 18 October 2007 at 11:53 am.

    Don’t be afraid. *laughs maniacally*

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