OT: Reminder - tomorrow (12/26) FUN day with trampolines and me Vincent Smith

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Hello Mgoblog,

Merry Christmas an I wanted to say I appeciate everyone and this board for brining me so many laughs all year.  Enjoy the great times with your family and if you have time come to SKYzone in Canton at 11am for fun.  Im still crossing my fingers for Harbaugh.  

 

And if anyone wants to play my in chess I got the favorite Christmas present a CHESS BOARD!!!!   and I am ready to learn and play.  Shout out to Andrew who got me started.  

mgokev

December 25th, 2014 at 2:40 PM ^

Man, I love chess. And I'm from Jacksonville, too, so I appreciate the Jags love because there are, like, 57 total fans. I do have one question for you, though: if it can't be Harbaugh, as an athlete, for whom would you want to play if you were a current recruit?




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ghostofhoke

December 25th, 2014 at 3:20 PM ^

I think Les Miles would make it a very fun program to be a part of and really entertaining for fans to follow. Harbaugh will obviously be huge but I don't think people have as much fun playing for him as they do Miles and I don't think the pressers will be quite as much fun. It's just a matter of styles and nobody can argue with the results of either but yeah I still want Harbaugh




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sheepman

December 25th, 2014 at 2:43 PM ^

Wich I could be there with my kids to meet you, Vincent. Taking my kids out of town to see the grandmas. Hope it works out in the future to do something like this again. 

Have a great time tomorrow, and Merry Christmas! 

LurkingLikeLar…

December 25th, 2014 at 6:33 PM ^

Merry Christmas MgoFam and Vincent. For anybody interested, HBO will be running a digitally remastered marathon of The Wire starting tomorrow at 12 pm eastern on HBO Signature. Random comment for my first post I know but shiiiiiiiit. I've seen too many Wire references here to not share this info. Happy Harbaugh Days! 

Frito Bandito

December 25th, 2014 at 2:51 PM ^

Merry Christmas, Vince! Congrats on the new hobby. I went to chess club every friday for 5 years. It will change your life. It's also great to play with family during the holidays.

tolmichfan

December 25th, 2014 at 3:09 PM ^

First strategy in chess is to think about two to three moves ahead of your current move. I always like clearing the board of pieces and protecting my queens. I will trade back row pieces as long as after the exchange of pieces I'll come out with the last piece after the exchange. I hope that makes sense.

tolmichfan

December 25th, 2014 at 8:27 PM ^

No problem, way back in high school I used to play against a guy who basically made a fort with his pawns. He would start off by mo ring the two pawns in front of the king and queen out 2 spots then the pawns next to them out 1 spot. And he would then use the horses to help protect the front row pawns.
He was a bastard to play against. You had to be real aggressive to start and mess up his fort before he built it.

trustBlue

December 25th, 2014 at 5:47 PM ^

Learning some basic opening strategy will help your play immensely and help you feel less like a scrub. :)  Basically in the early moves try to (1) establish your pieces in the center of the board (2) move your kingside knight and bishop off of the back row to prepare to castle, and (3) try to castle within the first 10-15 moves.  If you can do that, you should be set up to compete reasonably well in the mid game.  

chango

December 25th, 2014 at 3:19 PM ^

If you ever make it up to CFL I'm game and would love to help or contribute. Fo Sho.

Thank you for all your contributions and ass kicking for M Football.

Payce

CoverZero

December 25th, 2014 at 3:19 PM ^

Merry Christmas Vincent.  Those throwback screens to you were my favorite play of the Hoke era.  They always got big yards.

LSAClassOf2000

December 25th, 2014 at 4:11 PM ^

Hopefully you're having an excellent Christmas as well. 

I wish I could go to SkyZone tomorrow, especially as I am about 15 minutes from there, but previously laid out plans made it difficult. The kids would have a blast though (especially my son, who seems to be able to spend hours on trampolines), so if there's anything like this in the future, let us know!

Louie C

December 25th, 2014 at 4:17 PM ^

Enjoy the chessboard. Trust me, once you get acclimated to the game, you will be hooked for life. It's also great game to pass on to your children.