For your own good, for the sake of your loved ones, take e few minutes to determine if you are a chess-o-holic.
Answer yes or no to the following questions:
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As soon as you are out of bed, you log onto Chessclub.com "just for a quickie".
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The bottom four links of the intellectual food-chain are fish, potzers, weakies, and "jerks who can’t even play".
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When with your "most significant other" at that "most significant moment" you yell "Mate! Mate!"
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In the absence of a most significant other, you fondle your Staunton pieces.
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Kramnik excites you.
Choose the response which fits you best: -
Gentlemen, you find yourself seated on a bus next to this woman. Do you:
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Whip out your best come-on line;
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Whip out your little black book and ask the lady why her name’s not in it;
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Whip out your pocket-sized Russian dictionary;
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Whip out your pocket-sized chess set, push e-4, and growl, "Yer move, grandmaster!"
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Ladies, you find yourself seated on a bus next to this man. Do you:
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Whip out your best "come-on-big-boy" look
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Whip out your patented pervert-repellent pepper spray;
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Whip out your Nikes and run for your life
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See above
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The threat of global annihilation via nuclear holocaust:
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Is a result of the man above.
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Is the result of articles like this.
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Is evidence that we are in "End-Times"
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What the hell does that have to do with chess?
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Vladimir Nabokov was:
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A Russian James Joyce with a dash of Poe in his veins.
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A fellow with a taste for unripe fruit.
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A butterfly chaser.
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Some guy who wrote a book about a nutty chess player.
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Chess is:
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A metaphor for truth and beauty.
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A mystery all insoluble.
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Better than "doing the wild thing."
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________________________(Fill in the blank)
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Scoring:
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The mere fact that you took this test counts against you: negative 10 points.
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For every "yes" answer you gave, that’s negative another 10, pal.
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For every answer "d" you gave, you know what to do. (By the way, if you answered both questions 6 and 7, you have problems well beyond the scope of this article.)
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If you choose "d" for number 10 and said "Life", please close this web-page and go get one.
Rating:
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-30 to –50: Incipient Chess Addict. Seek professional help now! It’s not too late for you to get into a more healthy, fulfilling lifestyle, such as bungee-cord jumping, crocodile wrestling, or monster-truck fairs!
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-60 to –80: Confirmed Chess Abuser. Buddy, you’re a mess. With bloodshot eyes, you stagger from game to game, loose pawns in your raggedy pockets. You have so many old game-scores lying around your house that you use them for toilet-paper (which you forgot to buy). Do you think your mama had you so you could hit the board like Alekhine hit the bottle? Think it over.
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-90 an up. Ugante: You despise me, don’t you? Rick: If I gave you any thought, I probably would.
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