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Unrelated question: Do you see any similarities between prison life and corp/work environments? Did you get mistreated by any of the prison employees?
by da02 9y ago
Unrelated question: Do you see any similarities between prison life and corp/work environments?
Did you get mistreated by any of the prison employees?
- tudorconstantin 9y agoI haven't been to prison, but I've worked in corporations. Let me tell you my closely related story: My very first job as a programmer was at a company which just started an internal chess championship. I entered the competition mainly to get to know the colleagues and have some fun, expecting them to be very strong players. At the beginning of every match I asked them the question "IIRC the knight moves in an L shape, right?". That question was enough to make my opponents brutally underestimate my game. By the time they realised the error they made, they were in deep trouble: 5-6 pawns down, very difficult to come back. I've got my first 3 or 4 games easily won this way and the next player said something like "haha, yeah, cut the bullshit". I won that game too, but much harder. That first easy victories made win the championship in the end and got me the reputation of a smart guy. As a junior software developer (among 12 other juniors who joined the company the same day as me), it was a nice way to make myself noticed.
- SimbaOnSteroids 9y agoMaybe unrelated how does one go about learning chess passed "the knight moves in an L-shape"
- Nition 9y agoLearn the moves for the other pieces. :P
- tudorconstantin 9y agoI was acting like I was one who knew the rules but was "just making sure I remember them correctly"
- lmm 9y agoMainly practice. Once you've got a sense of your play style you can find openings that fit it and study the books on them, and you should do the endgame drills at some point (at least you should know how to win vs a lone king with a king and rook (easy), king and two bishops (tricky), king and pawn (position-dependent, not always possible) - I've literally never needed to do king, bishop and knight). But the main thing is to just play a lot of games.
- mhb 9y agoThis was here a little while ago and it is great: http://www.chesstactics.org http://www.chesstactics.org
- cglouch 9y agoThere's some great chess people on youtube - I'm a fan of John Bartholomew. He has playlists called "Chess Fundamentals" and "Climbing the Rating Ladder" that are geared towards beginners who know the basics but want to start improving their play. Practicing "tactics" on sites like chess.com, lichess, or chesstempo is another good way to improve.
- noir_lord 9y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=049NnoR1LGE&list=PLVWaFpMwtaGiBxi79IUqnqn67WF5g5PR4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=049NnoR1LGE&list=PLVWaFpMwta... GM Ben Finegold at the "Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis" he's always entertaining and his videos are packed full of content that would appeal to an average player.
- throwaway5752 9y ago"Do you see any similarities between prison life and corp/work environments" I haven't been to prison but I get paid for my corporate job, I get to go home, and I can quit.