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Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ
Chess players don't deserve their reputation as sickly nerds. When a 250 lb. muslce-bound dude comes looking for you after a game, or you see someone so ticked about losing that he swings the coffee pot, you'll see them in a different light.
The gamesmanship can be entertaining, though. There's nothing like somebody wearing stripes with plaid and mismatched socks as a distraction. And then there is the female chess vamp who trots out a little faux seduction.
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If people think that all chess players are nerds, they should go to Washington Square park in NYC in the summer (right by NYU).....and sit down for a game.....there are hustlers, gamblers, kids, homeless people, businessmen, college students.....all kinds of folks playing speed, tournament, you name it. I was destroyed in a match of speed chess, but I wanted to give it a whirl just to say I played in Washington Square park.
Lots of fun.