I received your reply and i think you got a kick out of mine? Returning to chess now.....

@ D! What the heck is a bushbox?

You were playing that chess simul thingy, so I couldn't just walk up and say hello. I'm too shy! ROFL!! I was there for maybe an hour. It was such a nice day I just wanted to get back outside and enjoy it. I'll come to the next event if you'll let me know when the next one is, or will you advertise it on the radio again?

Last weekend there was a Gothic Chess tournament at the University of Tennessee. I had heard about it on the radio and in the paper and it's only 40 minutes from my house, so I drove by to have a look. Nicely organized event with lots of friendly people playing Gothic Chess (i'd say 100 or more). I did catch a glimpse of Ed Trice walking around playing what people were telling me was a "simul". There were 12 people playing Gothic Chess against him at the same time and he won all of the games. Quite a cutie too if I must say so!! I am not the biggest chess fan, but I think you all have some strange sort of jealous thing going on. Lighten up!