Tuesday, June 26, 2007

The purpose of opening theory


7 comments:

Tom Chivers said...

I played Peter Ackley at MIST tournament last week, or maybe the week before, in the room at the top of the Exmouth Arms in Starcross Street - Kings Head's old venue. There is a resident cat in the pub, who was sat on the window directly behind him, and would occassionally stretch a paw out. This rather disturbed Peter: but rather than move the cat we, naturally, moved our game. Oh for a camera.

ejh said...

I've met that cat: a black and white tom. A particular cat-lover who normally plays in that tournament is Feliks Kwiatkowski.

Anonymous said...

That cat is vicious.
Andrew

Anonymous said...

Just to clarify- I mean the one at the Exmouth Arms, not yours ejh (well at least I assume yours isn't)!
Andrew

Tom Chivers said...

He's not playing this year, though...

The cat seems incredibly placid Andrew. Even when it's walking, it looks asleep. More than anything else, to me it resembles a meandering cushion. What on earth did it do to you!?

ejh said...

well at least I assume yours isn't

You assume wrong: she bites and scratches. She also likes to chew books, taking as big a chunk as she can: she has put tooth-holes through the first two dozen pages of the Raetsky/Chetverik book referred to here.

Anonymous said...

Maybe there is a different cat now. In a Middlesex game about 5 years ago it came close to my board and I went to stroke it- it bit me!Having said that both my cats occasionally bite me whilst purring and generally being very friendly.
Andrew