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GM Hikaru Nakamura, what a nice person.

Post author:Mark
Post published:April 14, 2022
Post category:Opinion

Hikaru's chess prowess is only eclipsed by his even temperament and his humility. My first interaction with Hikaru was to admit how wrong I had been about my own chess-playing skills. Hikaru was playing without his queen by sacking his queen for a lowly pawn against low-rated players at first and then for a minor piece against high-rated players. I had wrongly thought I could be Magnus Carlsen without his queen.In the chat stream, I wrote how mistaken I was to Hikaru after seeing him vanquish player after player that was as much as 600 or more…

Mark’s march toward a rating of 2000 in chess.

Post author:Mark
Post published:March 25, 2022
Post category:Adventure

My intent in creating this article is to make me accountable for progress toward the rating of 2000 on Lichess.com. My username is Pullen1961. I can be messaged on Lichess or at MarkPullen@DCDocumentReports.com. My goal is to enter one or more videos of my chess play into this article daily. I have been using my ALS as an excuse to not work daily toward this rating.My peak rating was at 1570, however, for some period of time, I was feeling lightheaded and dizzy. My rating dropped a hundred points. I will give a brief description of each…

The game of chess is the embodiment of systemic racism.

Post author:Mark
Post published:July 29, 2021
Post category:Opinion

First of all, I have to thank Joe Biden for leading me from the fog bank that systemic racism shrouds most citizens of this nation in ignorance. On or about ‎June ‎10, ‎2020, Biden was asked if there is systemic racism in law enforcement. Biden replied; "Absolutely, but it's not just in law enforcement, it's across the board, it's in housing, it's in education, it's in everything we do." It took months for Biden to wake me from my systemic racism-induced slumber to become the full WOKE warrior I am today. Biden fully embraces Critical Race Theory…