Durrr in process of losing 60k+ in a chess bet.. good month for raptor

[Shadowlike]

That is clearly Joseph Gallagher, check his Wikipedia entry. I played him once with my chess team in Europe and lost. I also played with curtains a few times, but that was Kungfuchess and I didn't have much of a chance.

[mosta]

Cool, thanks a lot. Now that I can put it all together: his Kings Gambit book was my first single opening book, and I really got into it. (Note, I am not and never have been a very accomplished player.)

[brianmcnee]

This thread is so huge, maybe 2+2 should consider separate chess forum?

[TheWorstPlayer]

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This thread is so huge, maybe 2+2 should consider separate $50K+ prop betting forum?

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[microbet]

Raptor should post a summary of his recent prop bets and staking deals after one of his horses wins the ME.

[GtrHtr]

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Curtains, you know nothing about chess. I would crush you if we made this bet. I play in the park by my house all the time and basically never lose.


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Maybe so, but can you beat him at "Guitar Hero?"

Actual footage:

Curtains shredding a guitar while not playing chess

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holy [censored]

[phifediggy]

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I know him. I haven't played him but my sister beat him [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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holy crap. when i read this, i thought to myself, this has to be greg and jen shahade. but i've been out of chess for about 8 years so i wasn't sure. and then on one of the later pages i saw the link to the us chess league post on the pokerstars blog and it turns out my guess was right. wow, that is pretty cool stuff.

i remember briefly meeting your sister at some world open back in the day. i might've actually been higher-rated than her at the time, i was one of those child prodigies that got sick of chess. i played on a team with the nakamuras and sam benen at the amateur team east one year and we won something. that was probably the highlight of my chess career.

anyway congrats again curtains. besides you and lederer, i wonder if there are any other chess-poker crossovers that i don't know about.

[ifoughtpiranhas]

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I know him. I haven't played him but my sister beat him [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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holy crap. when i read this, i thought to myself, this has to be greg and jen shahade. but i've been out of chess for about 8 years so i wasn't sure. and then on one of the later pages i saw the link to the us chess league post on the pokerstars blog and it turns out my guess was right. wow, that is pretty cool stuff.

i remember briefly meeting your sister at some world open back in the day. i might've actually been higher-rated than her at the time, i was one of those child prodigies that got sick of chess. i played on a team with the nakamuras and sam benen at the amateur team east one year and we won something. that was probably the highlight of my chess career.

anyway congrats again curtains. besides you and lederer, i wonder if there are any other chess-poker crossovers that i don't know about.

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the big fat guy with the bowler hat that was at stuey ungars 2nd ME FT win. wasnt he a grand master or something?

[Army Eye]

Look what turned up on the USCF website..

http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/news_7_446.php

[citanul]

From the uschess link:

"It all started a few weeks ago, when a young professional poker playing friend of mine named Danny (The names in this article have been altered) asked me: “How would you do against a beginner at chess if you started without a rook”? I told him to define beginner, and he said that he meant someone that perhaps played a bit for fun, but had never really played seriously. I told him that I would win virtually 100% of the time."

You might want to add in the bolded word there, champ, to make your english make sense.