Let's aim for 3 points on Saturday @KevinNagleMLS hopefully the ownership of the stadium will be a good deal for both town fans and taxpayers :) !
Thursday 17 October 2024
GM Keith Arkell
I honestly do spend too much time on chess yet feel moved to write this...
Based on seeing Keith Arkell in person briefly when I was 15 and following his results I do believe he should be included in the England over 50s team.
Sadly it often seems that OTB team selection, at many levels, does not come down to player strength but whether some selectors LIKE the player.....
Even when I was 15 I asked an older player in person why Keith Arkell wasn't in the main England team "HIs face doesn't fit" was the answer.......
Overall seems to me that Keith Arkell is a good team player as well as producing very good senior results. I will actually make this a public post on my blog https://markhowitt.blogspot.com/ as well.
Wednesday 16 October 2024
Got my physical @sainsburys Nectar card fairly recently....... the @Morrisons one came quicker though!
Got my physical @sainsburys Nectar card fairly recently....... the @Morrisons one came quicker though!
Taxpayer Grant/Rebate
This is slightly breaking my rule of no chess posts today- yet interesting to see the government/taxpayer rebate has been given to a number of places fairly near to me. As I reported earlier I haven't recieved any of this yet however for a small amount of this I can contibute more publicity and play more chess myself!
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Why is The Beginner Market for Chess Huge?
This for sure is going to be only chess post on here today....... but it's worth it
Why is The Beginner Market for Chess Huge?
There are over 7 billion people in the world. New people are born everyday. New people could want to learn chess every day.
So when you've got a LOT of experience teaching chess you can teach those with not much experience. And for sure as an INVESTMENT of time and the learning experience for them it's worth it- smart people get this.
Personally I wouldn't even have to improve as a chessplayer just to teach beginners. And that's understandable because say someone books an hour of coaching with me....
For all beginner players I can teach concepts that took me MANY HOURS to learn. And it can take quite a bit of practice to learn them- I know this from the experience of teaching beginners.
Ideally my goals with chess are much more than that- and of course I have done much more. Like write a worldwide selling novel which isn't JUST about chess... it uses chess as a metaphor for inward and outward struggle......
And I've been to many interesting places to play chess....... second most popular sport in world remember.......
Book me while I'm available.......
Call that last one a THANKS for over 280,000 views on this site worldwide....... But new goal is less/no chess writing for about a week...... and more walks :)
Call that last one a THANKS for over 280,000 views on this site worldwide.......
But new goal is less/no chess writing for about a week...... and more walks :)
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