On Feb 17, 6:05 am, Offramp wrote:

Peter Szekely springs to mind. This descendent of Dracula could have
been a great GM (according to Judit Polgar), but he settled for
maintaining his rating by very short draws, which thus ensured that he
got invitations to further tournaments. A few weeks all-expenses-paid
holiday in Havana for playing 150 moves? Who wouldn't say yes to that?

I have noticed that there are plenty of so-called
seminars which take place in exotic locales, or
even on luxury cruise ships. Some folks, having
once tasted the sweet smell of success, return
again and again; there is even one of these
advertised in Chess Lies magazine.

I am tired of hunting grizzlies and sharks with
a crossbow and no back-up to save me if things
go wrong (boring!); what do you know about these
descendants of Dracula? Are they legal game?
Is it possible to hunt them with guns (loaded with
silver bullets, of course), or should one use a
wooden stake? Are there many of them (very
challenging), or only a few (boring)? It goes
without saying that I would not hunt out their
caskets by day, like a coward; no, I want to
see the reds of their eyes (yes, reds) before I
strike!

You may have heard that the Wolf-man is no
longer a problem; yup, that was me. And the
Frankenstein monster, too.


-- Sammy Terry