Klay Thompson is so obsessed with chess...

[fourthirty]

The Golden State Warriors, from my hometown of Oakland CA, play Game 1 of the NBA basketball finals this evening against Cleveland Cavaliers.

There was a Wall Street Journal article yesterday which highlighted the fact that Klay Thompson, a Guard on the Warriors team, is a chess fanatic. I did not know that!
https://www.wsj.com/articles/klay-thomp ... ding_now_4

If you don't have WSJ access, there is a follow-up article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article ... 954492.php

From the WSJ article:
Thompson plays chess as often as he plays basketball: almost every day. “It’s a great game,” he said. He owns multiple chess boards at home. He carries a magnetic chess set on road trips. And he juggles several chess games on his phone, which is a problem for Thompson: He’s not good at chess on his phone.

“In person, I’m real nice,” he said. “On the phone, I’ll make a couple moves, put my phone down for a couple of days, forget my strategy and think: Why the hell did I do that?”

His childhood friend Seth Tarver, who now works for Thompson’s foundation, knows his chess habits better than anyone and offered this scouting report about Thompson’s game: “One thing about Klay is that he’s at his best when you back him into a corner. He’ll be playing loose, but once I show I’m a threat, he can really lock in.”

Except if they’re playing on their phones. They’re evenly matched in person, when Thompson can devote his full attention to a physical chessboard even as his English bulldog, Rocco, attempts to play with him. But he gets so distracted online that Tarver has to nudge Thompson in person to make a move with his phone.

Perhaps we need to introduce Klay to this forum so he can take some dedicated machines on the road with him???

Greg

[Fernando]

The Golden State Warriors, from my hometown of Oakland CA, play Game 1 of the NBA basketball finals this evening against Cleveland Cavaliers.

There was a Wall Street Journal article yesterday which highlighted the fact that Klay Thompson, a Guard on the Warriors team, is a chess fanatic. I did not know that!
https://www.wsj.com/articles/klay-thomp ... ding_now_4

If you don't have WSJ access, there is a follow-up article in the San Francisco Chronicle:
https://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article ... 954492.php



From the WSJ article:
Thompson plays chess as often as he plays basketball: almost every day. “It’s a great game,” he said. He owns multiple chess boards at home. He carries a magnetic chess set on road trips. And he juggles several chess games on his phone, which is a problem for Thompson: He’s not good at chess on his phone.

“In person, I’m real nice,” he said. “On the phone, I’ll make a couple moves, put my phone down for a couple of days, forget my strategy and think: Why the hell did I do that?”

His childhood friend Seth Tarver, who now works for Thompson’s foundation, knows his chess habits better than anyone and offered this scouting report about Thompson’s game: “One thing about Klay is that he’s at his best when you back him into a corner. He’ll be playing loose, but once I show I’m a threat, he can really lock in.”

Except if they’re playing on their phones. They’re evenly matched in person, when Thompson can devote his full attention to a physical chessboard even as his English bulldog, Rocco, attempts to play with him. But he gets so distracted online that Tarver has to nudge Thompson in person to make a move with his phone.

Perhaps we need to introduce Klay to this forum so he can take some dedicated machines on the road with him???



Of course. Anyone, famous or not, is welcome here, The Old Dotards Home.

Senescent regards
F


Greg

[fourthirty]

Well Fernando - if this is a home for Dotards, then perhaps the US President Donald Trump will join the forum also:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/worl ... otard.html

Ha!

Rusty regards,
Greg