Due to the Chess Pirate's mysterious subtropical travels, Salem CHESS CLUB had no Friday meeting this week. By default, then, the Gabridoodle keeps The Shiny for another week !
On Monday the 18th, the Gabridoodle is hoping to have a game with a prospective member (we may have to unilaterally declare him a "member emeritus") at the Salem Boardgames Meetup event at Gulu Gulu. If the game happens, it will not, I repeat not, be an exhibition game.
The Gabridoodle has just signed up with the Free Internet Chess Server (an on-line chess venue) as user gabridoodle. BabasChess is a good, free, graphical interface for use at FICS, incidentally. He's hoping to get the Chess Doctor, among others, interested in playing games on-line, so stay tuned !
At our next meeting, we'll be using the Gabridoodle's new chess kit. It features nice weighted plastic pieces, a proper chess clock, and a roll-up vinyl board. The board is being subjected to a systematic program of off-gassing, so it will hopefully not be too smelly when it's put to use.
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