Overboard by Chip Dunham for May 24, 2022

Busyness isnot always the best business…

To paraphrase Star Wars, Let the sea monster win.

Up in arms

It’s easy to win half of those games.Just play each pair of your opponents against each other.

Good morning Crew!

I always thought it was cool that black has a quicker possible mate than white; 2 moves as opposed to 3… ☺

Where’s my Chief this morning? It is approaching noon here in my “neck” of the woods.

What DOES a sea monster’s a$$ look like, anyway!?

Know a woman in St. Louis who played a bunch of opponents at once. She won all but one match and forced the last one to a draw. Legit Grandmaster-level.

https://www.npr.org/2022/04/16/1093212516/a-chess-grandmaster-takes-on-30-opponents-in-a-simultaneous-exhibition

I hear when chess players play multiple games like that, they often copy moves made against them from the other boards on the one they are playing.

I’ve actually played two boards simultaneously on several occasions. IMO, it’s four times as hard to play two as it is to play one.

Look up the film, “My Octopus Teacher”.

An octopus has a "brain’ in each tentacle. It shouldn’t be losing ALL the games.

Eight chess games are too much multitasking.

Good evening, Crew!

Good evening Girlfriend! And goodnight.

Impressive multitasking by the octopus—I’ll give it that. As for playing multiple chess boards, I find playing one to be challenging enough. Of course, since I never play …

’Evening, Crew.