WHEW! Ok now that all of that’s over….
I know you folks have no idea what I’m referring to, but suffice to say there has been much afoot in the wang household lately. Nothing of too much importance, just work and whatnot, but I am back and ready to become an active member of the blogosphere once again. I know that there are literally 2 or 3 of you that are actually happy about this 
Well first let’s address the blogroll…
I’ve noticed over the past few weeks that some nice bloggers have added me to their blogroll. I however being the big suck that I am have not responded in kind. This is adressed now.
First we have Polly who has such a cool name for a blog that it makes mine seem terribly feeble in comparison. Castling Queenside is her internets home and she does a great job of describing tounaments and very eloquently details her experiences and it always reminds me of why I play chess…the adventure.
Next up is http://lousyatchess.blogspot.com/. I don’t know why but I can’t link the title, it keeps coming up as the whole url, so there it is. This is a harsh assesment of his chess skills but once again I must admit it makes my blog title seem well… a little less clever than I thought it was when I opened up shop. He is of course a kindred spirit as he is an adult player trying hard to improve like most of us. His rating is still higher than mine, so I guess if I went that route I would have to go with ReallyLousy@Chess, and it just doesn’t have the same ring to it.
Then there is Drunknknite, who is following the unwritten rule (who knows it may be written at this point) at the Reno Chess club, that if you’re going to play there, well you need to start a blog as well, otherwise they kick you out. Seriously I don’t know what Warheit is doing to those guys but it seems like there is a new Reno Chess Club blogger every week.
On a sad note, samuraipawn had to leave the world of chess blogging and stepped down as the secretary for the Knights. He has also deleted the blog which really sucks, so unfortunately I am removing him. But if he should resurface, he will go back up in a minute. I didn’t get a chance to know him that well, but he was kind, a good blogger and wanted to be a member of the Patzer Boyz so that makes him cool.
Which reminds me…The Patzer Boyz Live! I was able to get some guys to join the team from ICC at the last minute and we have a 5 man team going in T37. We are an U1600 team, a weak one at that. We are the only one’s in the division without one 1700+ player on our team. We have drawn one match and lost three, but everyone is having fun and overall we’ve played some good chess, despite our lower ratings. I have to play the last game of this round tomorrow night. If I win we will draw this round as well. We are almost certainly eliminated from the playoffs, but who cares! We’ve had fun and are already looking forward to T38, where we will unleash a bloody and terribly violent revenge on those who have mocked us. Ok so nobody has mocked us, in fact everyone in the league seems to be very nice and sportmanlike, but I’m using it as inspiration to get the troops riled up!
Liquid Egg Product has a tournament going with some other bloggers, I would have like to have joined but I was in limbo for the last month, so I wasn’t able to. If they do the tournament of LEPer’s again I’d be happy to join.
Now I know what all both of you are thinking…
What happened to the epic 8 part post?
Where is all of this mad chess knowledge that wang said he was going to bestow upon us?
Well kids its coming. I will post part 1 Chpater 3 later in the week. It is titled “Rage against the Machine.” The final chapter of Part 1 will likely coincide with my one year anniversary in serious tournament chess. It will be titled…well I’m not quite sure yet but it will be a summary of my first year in competetive chess. I have learned alot this last year, about chess, myself and the way I think, adult chessplayers and other stuff. I just hope I can distill it into something coherent and understandable. Let’s just say that I think alot of what we’ve been told is not quite right or accurate for adult players.
I have made significant gains this year, although I believe them to be largely despite myself and my efforts and not because of them, but more on that later. I have to go read and respond to other people’s blogs, study a little bit and cook dinner.
Later folks.
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