Monday, July 25, 2011

Chess960: "Square one"

I don't think anyone is reading this blog now, except for some spambots, which find and read this blog with a lot of interest including the notorious "toothwhitener" spam-bot. Whatever and whoever reads this blog in the future, thank you and sincerely best wishes to you. All the work to help educate on Chess960 was not wasted even if just one person reads this blog and get's something from it. Here is a little "anthem" for Chess960 by Coldplay. It is off their second album "X&Y" and the track is called "Square One". It's is a great contemplation of what Chess960 is.

"Square One" by Coldplay (courtesy of Lyricsfreaks.com):
You're in control, is there anywhere you wanna go? 
You're in control, is there anything you wanna know? 
The future's for discovering 
The space in which we're traveling 

From the top of the first page 
To the end of the last day 
From the start in your own way 
You just want somebody listening to what you say 
It doesn't matter who you are 

Under the surface trying to break through 
Deciphering the codes in you 
I need a compass, draw me a map 
I'm on the top, I can't get back 

The first line on the first page
 
To the end of the last page
From the start in your own way 
You just want somebody listening to what you say 
It doesn't matter who you are 
It doesn't matter who you are 

Is there anybody out there who is lost and hurt and lonely too 
Are they bleeding all your colors into one? 
And if you come undone as if you've been run through 
Some catapult, it fired you, you wonder if your chance will ever come 
Or if you're stuck in square one



4 comments:

  1. Ok then Biff, that is good enough to keep the blog going. I am now blogging over at E-Chess960.com as well and if I see you over there I'd be happy to play an unrated game of Chess960 just for the hell of it. I'll keep my eye open for a Biffmeatstick! Doesn't matter how good or bad you are, the site is about friendly/club 960 games. I'm also working on a Chess960 freeware training application and I'll contact you when it's finished so that you can test it. It will include a Chess960 engine but focuses on Chess960 opening training.
    Cheers buddy

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  2. OK man, I signed up at E-Chess960.

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  3. Ok Biff, I'll invite you to an unrated informal Chess960 game at 15 days per move just for the heck of it, thanks for that. I'm glider1001 over there. See ya there.

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