Scott Tortorice
Senior Member
This is a very funny story:
Janaka
"Chess doesn't drive people mad, it keeps mad people sane." - Former British champion Bill Hartston
Janaka
We chess players are a neurotic lot.When was the last time you saw any of the top 100 players playing (unpaid) in a mid-week league match in some school gymnasium against a 1400 player?
Of course the real hero of league chess is the league team captain.
I was captain of Edinburgh 4 for two seasons and the act of getting 5 other players to the same venue at the same time would try the patience of a saint.
I bought a van, fitted it with chairs and this took us all over the country. It’s important to have a form of transport for league chess. Often guys are picked not on their playing ability but because they owned a car....
"Chess doesn't drive people mad, it keeps mad people sane." - Former British champion Bill Hartston