Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]oh sorry, i give credit to a wrong person. no hard feeling please :) Olivier REI, nice nice nice pictures - -----Original Message----- From: SonC (Sonny Carter) [mailto:sonc@sonc.com] Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 12:10 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] noctilux chess photos Oliver, those were Rei's great pics - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nguyen, Olivier T [AMSTA-AR-CCF]" <onguyen@pica.army.mil> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 10:36 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] noctilux chess photos > Sonny, > cool that you are playing chess with the best player. > > I love those pictures. it is very sharp. I wish i have noctilux for indoor > handheld no flash needed photograph. > > Olivier > > -----Original Message----- > From: SonC (Sonny Carter) [mailto:sonc@sonc.com] > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 10:35 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] noctilux chess photos > > > Rei posted these great images: > > > > http://www.shinozuka-family.com/chess > > > if nothing else, the expression of the spectators is fairly amusing. > > i enjoyed the fact that no one seemed to notice me or the camera. > > Terriffic series, Rei. I really like it that you post picture > stories, with reaction shots, instead of just isolated examples. > > The crowd surrounding the players remind me of my vacation in England > in 1972. My wife and I, in our twenties, stopped for the night at a > pretty hotel on the Southcoast for the night. > > At dinner, it became evident that the next youngest couple in the > hotel were celebrating their 50th anniversary, and we struck up a chat > with them. This was about two weeks after the American Bobby Fischer > beat the Russian for the World Championship, so naturally the > conversation turned to chess. > > Well, the short of the story is the guy challenged me to a game of > chess after dinner, and I accepted, even though I'm a player of only > moderate skill. We set up the board, and suddenly were surrounded by > dozens of denizens of this retirement retreat. > > I was in a position of upholding Bobby Fischer's reputation, and it > seemed most of the population of England over 90 years of age was > looking on. This did not make my mediocre chessmanship sharper. > Alas, after the fourth move on my part, the crowd found me out, and > drifted away. > > After only about ten moves, he won, and we retreated to a pub in the > nearby town (where we should have gone in the first place!) > > Maybe that shame is why Bobby Fischer was seldom heard from again! > > Regards, > > SonC > http;//www.SonC.com >