"She's Out of Your League"

You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.

Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.

She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.

Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.

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Bobby Fisher - OG

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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didnt he go crazy?What the hell:)!!
He did. A shame really, we might have seen a lot more great chess out of him otherwise. He was paranoid and anti-semitic.

I wonder what Fischer would consider a "terrible chess player"? Compared to him, a lot of people would fit that description, I'm sure. There are female grandmasters, but he's right in that the top players are all men. Not sure why? It may simply be a lack of interest from women, I'm sure there are more men than women interested in playing chess. Or it may have something to do with mathematical thinking, supposedly men's brains are wired better for logic problems and math. Although some say this is a myth - but I'm not sure if that's actually true of if it's some sort of political activism.

Fischer had a rematch with Spassky in 1992 (which he also won) in Yugoslavia. Unfortunately, Fischer broke US laws by participating, because Yugoslavia was under US sanctions. Fischer never returned to the US, and ended his life as an exile in Iceland. A sad end, since he had become such a patriotic hero in the '70s for beating the Russians.
 

"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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He did. A shame really, we might have seen a lot more great chess out of him otherwise. He was paranoid and anti-semitic.

I wonder what Fischer would consider a "terrible chess player"? Compared to him, a lot of people would fit that description, I'm sure. There are female grandmasters, but he's right in that the top players are all men. Not sure why? It may simply be a lack of interest from women, I'm sure there are more men than women interested in playing chess. Or it may have something to do with mathematical thinking, supposedly men's brains are wired better for logic problems and math. Although some say this is a myth - but I'm not sure if that's actually true of if it's some sort of political activism.

Fischer had a rematch with Spassky in 1992 (which he also won) in Yugoslavia. Unfortunately, Fischer broke US laws by participating, because Yugoslavia was under US sanctions. Fischer never returned to the US, and ended his life as an exile in Iceland. A sad end, since he had become such a patriotic hero in the '70s for beating the Russians.
thin line between genius and madness most of us on here know this!
 

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thin line between genius and madness most of us on here know this!
Here's one of my favourite chess games ever. Thsy say this was an old version of Fisher,but it's never confirmed by himself or others.Let's assume it's him...

He plays the bongcloud against a man named Nigel Short who was top 5 or 10 back then. The bongcloud is the equivalent of boxing with your hands down on your back. And he SLAUGHTERED the grandmaster.( old agadmator video, he is MUCH better at making videos now but okay)

 
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