Mark Howitt's Blog: June 2023

Friday 30 June 2023

Just beaten a 2291 with black online... I'm coming back :)

Interesting Financial Coaching Session in Lancashire with Auntie Kathy and Graham yday!

Interview

Matt Mackenzie » Thu Jun 29, 2023 2:18 pm Its always good when somebody returns to competitive chess after a while out :) Mark Howitt » Thu Jun 29, 2023 8:34 pm Thanks... have to say Steve Westmoreland is doing v good job at being a 'chess manager' if that's not too posh a phrase for it... I think ECF should def try and encourge players to come back as we lose a lot of players... I have been playing a bit online and following the news... Plenty more work to do though!

Thursday 29 June 2023

Views

Have to say views on my website looking good atm... and meeting some interesting people...

Wednesday 28 June 2023

Happy with 2/2 in my matches tonight although plenty of room for improvement, especially in the first game. Getting back in the groove...

One nice chess game done today, walk done, ringing up jobs and chessclub tonight!

Tuesday 27 June 2023

Chess and financial coaching done for @DeanStaveley today

"With just one nest A bird can call the world its home Life is your career."

Monday 26 June 2023

Quick Interview With Kevin Winter about my upcoming Chess...

Kevin Winter Mark Howitt keep collecting those trophies 😀 ReplyShare3 h Mark Howitt Author Dude I'm a writer/investor/financial coach but I will try my best to be a better chessplayer at least for a while... u know it's hard when a min job pays more in a way lols... feel free to let me know about jobs... But since I have been playing chess since 4 and have been too cautious and not reached my potential in some ways I believe I should play some more chess...

Sunday 25 June 2023

My Return to Chess

I'm coming back to chess.

Saturday 24 June 2023

Out in Hudds Tonight!

Global Reach 30 Days

Singapore 6.39K United Kingdom 695 United States 612 Germany 88 Ireland 38 Israel 38 France 29 Canada 25 Türkiye 4 Other 48

Friday 23 June 2023

Castle

After My Death I May Allow All My Content To Be Free... yet please buy while I'm Alive :)

Goal Review

A goal review will be written at end of 2023. Same goals as before yet getting better at chess is now one too.

Another Old Chess Article Featuring Me

Over here in Britain there is a rather peculiar chap by the name of Derren Brown, who is part of a new wave of entertainers which has suddenly made magic cool again. Earlier this year Brown caused controversy after playing 'Russian Roulette' live on Channel 4, using his powers of suggestion and ability to read a person's behaviour to correctly predict which of six chambers a bullet was loaded in. This ultimately turned out to be rather farcical and it was imperative that, with his new series, 'Trick of the Mind', Brown regained the trust of a public who had grown rather tired of his antics. It would be fair to say that, with the first episode, the illusionist did more the enough to prove his worth. Among other things, he forced a London cabbie to forget where the London Eye was and astounded TV comedian Stephen Fry (himself a big chess fan) with a card trick. But the centrepiece was a simultaneous display with nine British chess experts – including four Grandmasters – in which Brown set out to achieve a positive score. Derren Brown described his own chess abilities as "shit" prior to the stunt, yet achieved a score of +4 -3 =2, with wins against two Grandmasters. It was not the case, of course, that Brown is some hitherto undiscovered chess genius; in fact, he did not even use his psychological skills. He merely made use of a reasonable memory; by mentally pairing the players, he was able to mirror their moves and played them against each other. The ninth player, with the rather vague title of 'president of King's College chess club', was supposedly playing a normal game against Brown throughout, which the illusionist won; there are some question marks over this victory however, given that Brown was by his own admission not very good at chess... This is not, of course, a new trick. Alekhine and his twice world championship challenger Bogoljubov were once challenged separately by a relative patzer to games of correspondence chess at money odds. In effect, of course, the anonymous opportunist was playing in neither game. The story goes that the two players, who were friends away from the board, met up one day and latched on to what was happening! Similarly, in 1972, the magician Romark challenged Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky to a simul (which was declined); it can be seen that certainly, whilst it is not a unique trick, it is the first time the 'mirroring' technique has worked on such a large scale, against such consistently high-quality opposition as IM Paul Littlewood. A final curiosity from the Brown simul is that before the games, he had handed an envelope to one of his competitors. After his performance, Brown scrawled a longish number on a whiteboard, and then asked the player to open the envelope; it turned out that, with the exception of the first digit, this number was made up from the number of pieces each of the masters had remaining at the end of each respective game. Quite how this was pulled off is unclear. But either way, it's the first time we've had chess of any sort on TV for a long long time... Morgan Daniels Addendum Mark Howitt of Huddersfield, UK, writes: "After talking with Jon Levitt on the playchess.com server I have a few things to add to your news item. Jon was quite convinced the whole thing was a hoax; he believed that someone was even telling Derren the moves in the ninth game. Just to clarify the status of the ninth board, he's a player of 2200 strength. The title 'President of King's College Chess Club' refers to him being the figurehead of a University in London, which is one of the strongest in Britain. There's also a reason, perhaps, for Mr Brown being able to predict the number of pieces remaining on the board at the end of the game. Apparently during a retake, there as a shout and a noise and the players view of Graham Lee, the holder of the envelope was blocked. There could have been a switch made at this time. However, there still remains the puzzle that Mr Lee was convinced that the envelope had remained in his pocket the whole time, and he is regarded as an honest man in England. Any further research you could do on this article would be appreciated. Chess and psychology are two subjects that interestingly intertwine."

Thursday 22 June 2023

Book

The way my mum says boooooook is so funny, so Lancashire. Boooooouuuuuuuuoooooooook.

Chess Tweets

curseofthetitanic @eternalhopeoaks · Jun 20 people say, i play too much blitz and it's ruined my classical chess. yet hikaru nakamura streams for 10+ hours a day and he does fine in otb tournaments. magnus plays a lot online. maybe, it's just an excuse? Mark Howitt @MarkHowitt · 31s Replying to @eternalhopeoaks I think playing blitz online is fine... otb is different but the same in a way. But if your conscious and subconscious mind can remember your online and you can handle the otb situation it is fine to play some blitz online. Mark Howitt @MarkHowitt · 1m @eternalhopeoaks are you famous now?

tweets

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Playing to Win Update

All new people who buy the book get a new intro.

Book Reading Update

My novel came out in 2005. My doctor sister hasn't read it all yet. Her goal is to do it this week.

I am Available For Chess Coaching

Wednesday 21 June 2023

My Writing Will Be Inspired By God From Now

I believe in God Now

I believe in God Now.

Monday 19 June 2023

Mark HowittMark Howitt • You• You Share Investor and Financial Coach. Digital Co-ordinator.Share Investor and Financial Coach. Digital Co-ordinator. now • now • Excellent session with Stephen Simpson just now. He is very generous with his time and is a great mind coach. Check him out for sure!

Mark HowittMark Howitt • You• You Share Investor and Financial Coach. Digital Co-ordinator.Share Investor and Financial Coach. Digital Co-ordinator. now • now • Excellent session with Stephen Simpson just now. He is very generous with his time and is a great mind coach. Check him out for sure!

@WestYorksPolice I've also reported Steven Pollard for hate crimes so it is important. I would like a response please.

Steven Pollard's Illegal Vehicle

Hi @WestYorksPolice this vehicle hasn't had an MOT for over 3 years and I've seen it on the road. I've included a picture and reported it to you. Please can you let me know when I'll get a response, thanks.

All my normal chess books are still for sale, feel free to contact me.

Tweets

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Sunday 18 June 2023

All Donations Welcome

Guys great we've passed over 180,000 views and DONATIONS ARE LOOKING STRONG :) £££ Please donate for more content I want to get some GREAT stuff out soon! Thanks for your support! https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ACCFNXX7JMR76

Life Is So Surreal As A Writer

Hi thereeee.... Nobody cared 10 years ago... But now they're starting to... It's great being a writer. The older you get... the more you can say, the more you understand ;) More to follow... Thank you all readers!

Is the Takeover on?

In other news multi millionaire prospective Huddersfield town owner has... LIKED MY TWEET Mark Howitt @MarkHowitt · 20h @KevinNagleMLS how's the takeover going kev?