Comments on: Ilya Krasik talks to Marc Esserman http://boston-blitz.com/2008/09/ilya-krasik-talks-to-marc-esserman/ Boston Blitz - New England's National Chess Team Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:07:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Luke Rickford http://boston-blitz.com/2008/09/ilya-krasik-talks-to-marc-esserman/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 Luke Rickford Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:10:12 +0000 http://boston-blitz.com/?p=464#comment-1025 Marc Essserman is a cheater—he plays to win. This odious practice of actually trying to create with the pieces, rather than stirring a pot of safe lines until a soft, warm draw bubbles up, is clearly stressful to opponents and a disgrace to the modern chess Spirit. Though I am not a member of the USCL, I would highly encourage its administrators to look seriously into this matter. If more players like Esserman are allowed to torment innocent victims (often aging, or young and unsuspecting) with abusive tactics like 1. e4 c5 2. d4, we will be headed down a slippery slope to a world where fewer than 1/2 of all chess matches end in a draw. Think of the children... Marc Essserman is a cheater—he plays to win. This odious practice of actually trying to create with the pieces, rather than stirring a pot of safe lines until a soft, warm draw bubbles up, is clearly stressful to opponents and a disgrace to the modern chess Spirit. Though I am not a member of the USCL, I would highly encourage its administrators to look seriously into this matter. If more players like Esserman are allowed to torment innocent victims (often aging, or young and unsuspecting) with abusive tactics like 1. e4 c5 2. d4, we will be headed down a slippery slope to a world where fewer than 1/2 of all chess matches end in a draw.

Think of the children…

]]> By: Ramon Cue http://boston-blitz.com/2008/09/ilya-krasik-talks-to-marc-esserman/comment-page-1/#comment-740 Ramon Cue Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:07:53 +0000 http://boston-blitz.com/?p=464#comment-740 My name is Ramon Cue and I am a great fan of chess in Spain, surfing the Internet, by chance in this site and in amazement I saw that there was an interview with Marc Esserman. More than ten years ago knew that Marc was going on some days in our city (Santander, Spain). We invite you to our club, the Real Club Racing de Santander. Where and when members of our club, we did a good friendship with Marc and caused us to all of us an excellent impression as a person and since that time we have no news of Marc since then. Please if possible relocate to Marc my most cordial greetings and whether it is possible to make available my mail. Thanks and cordial greetings. http://www.fotolog.com/ramoncue My name is Ramon Cue and I am a great fan of chess in Spain, surfing the Internet, by chance in this site and in amazement I saw that there was an interview with Marc Esserman. More than ten years ago knew that Marc was going on some days in our city (Santander, Spain). We invite you to our club, the Real Club Racing de Santander. Where and when members of our club, we did a good friendship with Marc and caused us to all of us an excellent impression as a person and since that time we have no news of Marc since then. Please if possible relocate to Marc my most cordial greetings and whether it is possible to make available my mail. Thanks and cordial greetings.
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]]> By: Ilya Krasik http://boston-blitz.com/2008/09/ilya-krasik-talks-to-marc-esserman/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Ilya Krasik Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:31:48 +0000 http://boston-blitz.com/?p=464#comment-302 You should have mentioned that your friend was drunk when u dragged him to the movie theatre to watch Batman for the 8-9th time. You should have mentioned that your friend was drunk when u dragged him to the movie theatre to watch Batman for the 8-9th time.

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