World Chess Championship -shortest decisive game in history(King's Indian Defense)

[Mott the Hoople]

amazing.what you do.....I'm in florida, and there is a cyclyist(sp?) that does "the loop" where my house is on, off a feeder rd from Sea World.

It's a little over a mile - perfectly flat circular track( Florida) for him to use it that way.I've seen hime come around every minute or 1:30 for his times, consistently.

Are you sure about that distance or time? That's a 45 mph clip! The top time trialers in the TdF only average about 30 mph on a flat road. Olympic track racers do the Kilo at about 40 mph but those guys are specialized sprinters.

The fastest I ever road was when myself and four other cat 3/4 road 100 miles on a perfectly flat road on the delta region of eastern Arkansas. We went 100 miles from Blytheville to Jonesboro and back in a little over 4 hours in a rotating pace line. Avg speed of 24 mph. We were toast when we finished. On the way back we had a slight tail wind and were hitting speeds of 27 mph.

[Mott the Hoople]

I played on the chess club at my elementary school. The sad thing is that I'm basically as good at chess as I'll ever be, because my poor logical-mathematical skills won't really allow me to progress.

It's surprising that Boris made such big mistakes there, though...

Actually it's not logical or mathematical skills that make you good at chess. It's visualization and spatial skills combined with analytical thinking and psychology. Much of what your opponent will attempt is anything but logical. If you play chess using just logic and math skills, you'll lose a lot. Knowing your oponent and being able to anticipate their moves (psychology) is very helpful but being able to visualize existing and potential patterns of moves and their outcomes is what makes you a killer chess player.

[Mott the Hoople]

I can't ride DERP DERP's bike. I CAN, but my cardio is limited, i need water aerobics, not pure cardio.
Everyone has talents, maybe artistic, maybe verbal, maybe intuitive -if not step by step logic. It's just a matter of time to find out what one is good at.

3D is very talented at looking at womens hooters and butchering history!

[annata]

Actually it's not logical or mathematical skills that make you good at chess. It's visualization and spatial skills combined with analytical thinking and psychology. Much of what your opponent will attempt is anything but logical. If you play chess using just logic and math skills, you'll lose a lot. Knowing your oponent and being able to anticipate their moves (psychology) is very helpful but being able to visualize existing and potential patterns of moves and their outcomes is what makes you a killer chess player.

it is visualization and spatial to "see" the board, but you never (good players) try to use "psychology".
In other words -ply the board(position), not your opponent. The best move in a difficult situation, is simply that. Play the board, not the man.