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chess4him 02-Dec-13, 11:09	The Elite Chess Club has closed....abruptly and the founder, tactical_abyss has resigned his current games (although one of them he was in a losing position anyway). Hmmm.... what a complete surprise. I feel like I have mud on my face after joining and participating. I am wondering why? What did I not see? Could the founder have been cheating? Surely not, supposedly a member of the elite and well-known Manhattan Chess? Could I have been fooled? I hear you, I am gullible~ More if I found out...
small_potato 02-Dec-13, 13:35	Its certainly very odd, my immediate thought was that he may have been banned due to his altercations with some of the expelled members of the club, he seemed quite riled up by them. Maybe words were said in PMs... I'd like to think he wasn't cheating, he was eccentric enough and seemed to talk enough chess talk to be plausible as a 2500+...
shamash 02-Dec-13, 23:23	a good man Joe has been superb in using statistics and psychology to establish a game-winning edge even before his game with a correspondence opponent begins. Chess is a social game, yes. And it is a competitive sport where you don't get a higher rating for getting along. There are times I have seen people here fail to show the respect he deserved -- not just as a top-notch player, but simply as a fellow human being. I have seen him show tremendous restraint and patience when being attacked simply for reaching out and giving useful practical advice to people here still learning the game. Not many 2400-level players make the time to reach out and help 1400-level players. He has, for years. Enough with the character assassination. You may not like his personality, but don't smear his good character.
chess4him 03-Dec-13, 07:25	Hardly. "Despite the ugliness of his decline, Fischer deserves to be remembered for his chess and for what he did for chess. A generation of American players learned the game thanks to Fischer and he should continue to inspire future generations as a model of excellence, dedication, and achievement. There is no moral at the end of the tragic fable, nothing contagious in need of quarantine. Bobby Fischer was one of a kind, his failings as banal as his chess was brilliant." -Garry Kasparov, 'The Bobby Fischer Defense', 2011. I will miss the "reaching out" of TA. He was more than willing to invest time and energy to help others "see" the game of chess, especially from his perspective while at the same time challenging others to express their opinions of chess practices for discussion. I wish TA would have sought those of us who would help remove those demons that damaged his desire to continue. A character assassination? Hardly. The character was superb. Yet, I am still baffled.
redfoxrising 04-Dec-13, 17:49	Deleted by redfoxrising on 15-Jul-14, 16:46.

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