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Question: Is the World Financial Crisis affecting your chess?


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I am buying less chess books 9 (23.1%) I am cutting my chesss subcriptions 5 (12.8%) I am travelling less to play chess 6 (15.4%) I got laid off, so I am turning pro 1 (2.6%) No effect 15 (38.5%) Duh...what is the financial crisis? 3 (7.7%) Total votes: 39 « Created by: Antillian on: 03/26/09 at 15:55:06 »

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Gambit God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 1397 Location: Newark Joined: 07/26/05 Gender:	Re: How is the global recession affecting your chess? Reply #9 - 03/28/09 at 07:12:25	Post Tools	Print Post
	I play chess all the same. The Great Depression of 1929 did not stop chess tournaments from being held in USA, nor did WW2.


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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: How is the global recession affecting your chess? Reply #8 - 03/27/09 at 21:04:40	Post Tools	Print Post
	I'm having myself declared a US bank so I will be just fine, thank you.


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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: How is the global recession affecting your chess? Reply #7 - 03/27/09 at 19:32:55	Post Tools	Print Post
	Dink Heckler wrote on 03/27/09 at 12:56:49: You have to have taken unneccesary superficial risks to be eligible.; BDG players will have their ratings made whole, leading to inflation in the rating system while leaving cautious Caro-Kanners relatively worse off. Those God members deemed too big for their boots to fail will have their own dedicated program overseen by the Fid(e), the Tarnished Openings Relief Program. What next? Soon, we are going to be talking about Zombie players! Hmm...actually, I think I know a few.

	"Breakthrough results come about by a series of good decisions, diligently executed and accumulated one on top of another." Jim Collins --- Good to Great
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Dink Heckler God Member Offline Love-Forty Posts: 900 Joined: 02/01/07 Gender:	Re: How is the global recession affecting your chess? Reply #6 - 03/27/09 at 12:56:49	Post Tools	Print Post
	You have to have taken unneccesary superficial risks to be eligible.; BDG players will have their ratings made whole, leading to inflation in the rating system while leaving cautious Caro-Kanners relatively worse off. Those God members deemed too big for their boots to fail will have their own dedicated program overseen by the Fid(e), the Tarnished Openings Relief Program.

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Willempie God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 4312 Location: Holland Joined: 01/07/05	Re: How is the global recession affecting your chess? Reply #5 - 03/27/09 at 11:00:50	Post Tools	Print Post
	Antillian wrote on 03/27/09 at 10:57:47: Willempie wrote on 03/27/09 at 09:58:19: The government is reimbursing the rating points I lost, due to the crisis. A ratings points bailout? Hmm....i wonder if i qualify. Do you get bonuses? Did you completely screw up your chess? If yes probably...

	If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: How is the global recession affecting your chess? Reply #4 - 03/27/09 at 10:57:47	Post Tools	Print Post
	Willempie wrote on 03/27/09 at 09:58:19: The government is reimbursing the rating points I lost, due to the crisis. A ratings points bailout? Hmm....i wonder if i qualify.

	"Breakthrough results come about by a series of good decisions, diligently executed and accumulated one on top of another." Jim Collins --- Good to Great
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Willempie God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 4312 Location: Holland Joined: 01/07/05	Re: How is the global recession affecting your chess? Reply #3 - 03/27/09 at 09:58:19	Post Tools	Print Post
	The government is reimbursing the rating points I lost, due to the crisis.

	If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
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Matemax God Member Offline Chesspub gives you strength! Posts: 1302 Joined: 11/04/07	Re: How is the global recession affecting your chess? Reply #2 - 03/26/09 at 16:02:43	Post Tools	Print Post
	Antillian wrote on 03/26/09 at 15:55:06: You can select more than option I sell myself painted black and white as a mobile chess board.


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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	Re: How is the global recession affecting your chess? Reply #1 - 03/26/09 at 15:55:06	Post Tools	Print Post
	You can select more than option

	"Breakthrough results come about by a series of good decisions, diligently executed and accumulated one on top of another." Jim Collins --- Good to Great
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Antillian God Member Offline Brilliance without dazzle! Posts: 1757 Joined: 01/05/03 Gender:	How is the global recession affecting your chess? 03/26/09 at 15:51:46	Post Tools	Print Post
	I have to travel to compete in tournaments. Having not played OTB chess for sometime, I was hoping to travel to two tournaments this year. However, I am thinking I had better pay down some debt instead. Is the global financial crisis affecting your chess? Like are you buying less chess books? Traveling less to tournaments? Cutting your subscriptions? Or being more frugal with your pawns, sacrificing less

	"Breakthrough results come about by a series of good decisions, diligently executed and accumulated one on top of another." Jim Collins --- Good to Great
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