Gregory's Chess Study Plan

I am a murderer

2006-10-01T16:51:00.000-07:00

I am now a vegetarian. Anyone who eats meat is a murderer. The conditions in modern slaughterhouses are abhorrent. To support such cruelty is unconscionable.

On other fronts:

My religion has unfortunately gained no converts. I must therefore conclude mankind is doomed to wile away in ignorance til they blow eachother up in defense of their made up gods.

My new development to help bridge the gap between cultures has been what I call the "21st century language initiative". I propose that all countries of the world must learn to speak English. Imagine a world where everyone actually understands each other! I cannot grasp why people would feel that the benifits of learning a common language would be exceeded by the costs (I guess some people believe language has some shit to do with culture and all that nonsense)

It is funny how when I express my views I am instantly written off as an idiot prattling idealistic cliches that simply have no bearing on reality. My enemies are fools. Everything I propose is completely within our reach. None of my initiatives goes beyond the resources available. Lets review:

1. Adopt a universal religion with a absolute truths. Basically we all become deists and do not let allow a silly belief in some man upstairs to continue to blind us to reality.

2. Accept me your leader. While I may or may not be you superior since I am the one leading the revolution of thought so I naturally deserve some reward. All I ask is for power.

3. Adopt one language, which conveniently for me will be English. I chose english simply because it is very easy to learn and most smart people already speak it.

4. Stop the slaughter of animals

5. Stop having babies. While I have not yet deemed forced castration necessary in time this may be our only option. Avoid making me hurt you by simply not having kids.

6. Isolate those with communicable disease. I do not want to catch your shit and noone else does. Your lucky we dont kill you germ bag. I cant believe our current government actually spends millions of dollars giving money to fight AIDS. Were going to round all you up and send you to Alaska to go die.

Chess is unimportant in the game of life

2006-09-17T00:29:00.000-07:00

I've recently had a great awakening and see the world in totally different eyes than when I began this blog. No longer does chess interest me. I have discovered that I have a much greater purpose in this world than to be a chess master. I was put here to overthrow the corrupt exploitation oligarchy that currently runs the United States of America. One of my side missions is also to preach to people a new superior religion. First let me explain my new religion as I believe it will be a huge success and will win over many converts in the coming years.

My new religion strips away all of the meaningless rituals and outdated dogma that has plagued mankind for thousands of years. It's simplicity and ambiguity will allow everyone in the world to embrace it. It is my belief that religion is primarily a negative creation. It mostly promotes ignorance and intolerance. But it does have some benefits. It provides comfort and security and also helps establish a sense of community and belonging.
The basic tenets are this:
Their is one all powerful perfect God (I chose monotheism because its currently much more popular and thus will be an easier transition for all the worlds Muslims and Christians). I do not go into unnecessary details about God or confuse you with things like prophets or Holy Spirits working through the Son of man who dies for you yada yada yada....

Another thing is that their is a heaven and a hell. I felt this was a necessary inclusion because when confronted with death people are naturally going to look for answers and this was the most innocuous one I could come up with. I don't go into specifics and promise 72 virgins or anything like that. I just say that one place is good and the other place is bad. You get to the good one by following the golden rule (Which means no rich people will get into heaven).
People are naturally going to want proof (not realizing that they were probably born into the religion they currently ascribe to and never wanted proof before).

God works through nature and their are also lots of other seemingly supernatural things which I will give you permission to ascribe to God until science comes along with a better answer.

that's it! Simple isn't it. No more meaningless wars or debates. The issue has been settled.

Personally I am an atheist, but I recognize that others are not comfortable living a life without the answers to the questions religion so neatly and comfortably provides. Im fairly certain that even cave men had some crude belief in high powers, so I realistically cannot expect mankind to thrust of the shackles of religion just yet. I view Gregorianism (which is tentatively its name) as a stepping stone that will prepare future generations to release us from this burden.

As for overthrowing the government, well I cant really write anything much about that as we live in a repressive police state where everything is monitored. If I were to express my true opinions I'm sure I would be reported as "missing" in a couple weeks or be kidnapped and make the news as getting in a tragic drowning or hiking accident. As it is I have probably already said to much. My plan though is simple. Foster and build anti elite sentiment til it blossoms into what appears to be full fledged anarchy where the rich of this nation are mercilessly slaughtered by the people upon who's backs they made their profits. Out of this chaos I will emerge as leader due to my charismatic and ruthless nature. I will then proceed to set up a state where everyone is equal. In order to avoid an overpopulation problem I will castrate the vast majority of men. This will undoubtedly create labor shortage problems, but perhaps with our substantially reduced population their will be enough natural resources to allow us to return to a hunter and gatherer lifestyle. which psychologists regard as far better for the psche anyway. Vanuatu is ranked as the happiest place to live I hear.

The democrats and republicans are always saying its time for a change, but they dont really mean it. Its all for show. Both parties serve the interest of the top 5% of this country and regard the rest as scum. Its time for real change and Im the man to provide it.

Ratings is going up

2006-07-10T01:41:00.000-07:00

Im now 2088 blitz on playchess.com server (username Gregsw). Hopefully with my studies I will be master strength (2300-2400) in about a year or so. I havent studied very much but I was just fired from my job so now Im going to have tons of time to study so I should improve even quicker now. Peace.

Still working on it

2006-06-09T10:44:00.000-07:00

Working on my fourth/1st cycle depending on how you look at it. I took about a six month break between my third and fourth and I really wasnt that commited when I did the first three so Im not exactly a perfect student of the De La Maza method. By the way am i the only one who constantly gets this fairly easy 40 level white to move problem wrong every damn time. Not sure why but I always get tricked up.

My Study Plan

2006-06-02T13:58:00.000-07:00

Ok so I came up with a study plan of the first twenty five things I want to study. I use software more than books but one day that may change. I have already gone through CT ART 3 times in the past and I am presently working on the fourth. I am not strictly sticking to the De La Maza plan although I will in fact complete seven cycles of CT Art when all is said and done (I just wont be doing them consecutively). I started playing chess two years ago. I am 19. I am currently rated around 1840 blitz on the Playchess.com server (my username is Gregsw if you want to play) if that is a indicator of strength. My goal is to be 2300 in less than two years.

1. CT ARt
2. 1000x Checkmate and Check and mate together
3. Intensive Course Tactics II
4. Basic Principles of Chess Strategy Software I-III
5. CT ART
6. Killer Moves
7. Squares Strategy I
8. Tactics for Advanced Students
9. ABC of chess openings, middlegames, and endgames (this one is probably going to be to easy)
10. Deadly threats

I have 15 more set aside but this is the first ten.

EDIT: Im going to put my starting rating at 1750 blitz. In truth I am over 1800 but this is mainly due to my skill with the clock and I feel like my actual strength would probably be around here. So my starting point is officially 1750.