Print Story I played chess terribly last night.
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By gzt (Tue Sep 27, 2011 at 01:46:39 PM EST) gzt, tardis, mexican food, clouds, machine learning, programming, baroque cycle, chess, bums, commuting (all tags)
I gave my opponent a gift. I had a winning position (Rybka confirms), but it was a little technical. Then, instead of playing a winning move, I played a losing move that I had seen, on the previous move, as immediately losing. I immediately lost.

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Print Story Narrowly averting death
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By zarathus (Wed Jun 28, 2006 at 06:27:01 AM EST) death, driving, commuting, car accident (all tags)
I almost was in a massive auto accident this morning on the way to work.

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