Okay, here is Jim's 17th move in our ongoing Blogger's Chess Match: Knight to d4.
So, he seeks to attack my Knight at c6 or even more sinister, my unprotected pawn at b5! No, I can not allow this grievious insult to be left unanswered. But for the moment I must, for off to work goes I.
In the last two days I've started playing blitz chess on GameKnot. Do you ever play that? I used to be able to see moves pretty fast, but now my increasing slowness is showing. The 10 minutes they allow you don't seem to last as long as even five minutes did in former days.
Naw, I stay away from the fast games. It kicks my butt. On FICS (Free Internet Chess Server) I have a 1400+ rating for standard and 1040 rating for blitz. We aren't even going to talk about bullet.