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Archive for December 29th, 2020

Tell me why I don’t like endgames

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When general principles are refuted by the counter-intuitive, it becomes tough to remain precise.

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T’was first seen in the twilight of a dark winter in time yonder

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The window shopper I once was went and bought the below a mere thirty two years ago

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Some sentiment be…

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Sometimes I play chess without the right thinking cap on.

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• …on what this site has become…

  …here, the chess-related musings of an adrift academic are bound playfully and electronically, in this online journal of sorts. It has grown and grown in the decade I have kept it going and above all you must understand I write through a love of writing AND NOT to be read. Content is often personal and that alone should tell you I am writing for myself. Most importantly of all, I am proud of my own originality (as you won’t find content like this anywhere else) and believe in what I do, and that is of much greater value than the acceptance that most would find some of what I have to say very distasteful indeed, and some would find it disgusting, but since everything is open to interpretation, that’s something you have to come to terms with yourself. I have changed what I strive towards, and for the right reasons. They are self-centred yes but rightly so. Take from it whatever you will, frankly, I couldn’t care less what anyone thinks, although admittedly, if someone comments to say they also found it amusing, then I would be quite happy.

  …for navigation, the categories and/or search bar should suffice…

  …questions I shall do my utmost to answer promptly, particularly if they pertain to that past & present in my home town or county, those being Luton & Bedfordshire… .

  An website defining update 

  In recent months I have written content which I find tremendously entertaining. Originality is the overriding factor, with humour tied to it, and content that is often highly inappropriate for a chess website. I have undergone something of a revolution and redefined what this site is. This site is entitled McCreadyandChess. It’s not just chess -it’s me too. And in terms of originality, however unreadable it may be, posts have gone through the roof, with much content I personally find hilarious. I accept most won’t but once again, I write for myself and not to be read by others. This shift in emphasis I think is truly fantastic, so there’s more of me coming and less chess on this site entitled mccreadyandchess -a greater sense of balance has been struck.

  1.48pm November 14th, 2022, Chachoengsao

  Mark. J. McCready

   

• Where I can be found elsewhere

  Were it the case that you fancied a game online, you can find me at following two:

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  /https://mccreadyandchess.org/2015/06/05/bedfordshire-chess-in-the-70s-its-past-and-its-future/

  https://mccreadyandchess.org/2018/02/08/emancipation-without-freedom-freedom-without-the-elucidation-that-beauty-is-indeed-such-a-terrible-thing-lovin-you-is-like-lovin-the-dead/

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