Chess Limericks

John McKenna · Post by **John McKenna** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:15 pm

Good to see the return of Francis and his chess rhymes.

John McKenna · Post by **John McKenna** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:18 pm

My favourite one of his (there have been some very good ones by others, too) -

Francis Fields wrote:I played chess on a gorgeous summers day
The board was placed upon a bale of hay
The sun was shining
It was more like dining
And a fox trotted along the way.

David Robertson · Post by **David Robertson** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:50 pm

Francis Fields tries his best to write verse
Though reviews are invariably terse.
He might cause less distress
If he stuck to his chess
Though it's hard to know which might be worse

John McKenna · Post by **John McKenna** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:07 pm

Well, David, I'd say his chess is, arguably, better - I'll never forget when he defeated Marcus Osborne in a N & Ps endgame.

Also, his game at the London Classic where, I believe, he had a winning position against FM Robert Eames, but only drew.

He's also beaten RdC at the Classic.

Admitted the limericks do not stand up so well to the scrutiny of the literati, but they provide some light relief in this cultural desert.

David Robertson · Post by **David Robertson** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:17 pm

A man shall be judged by his verse
All else is distraction, or worse
Mitigatory pleas
Bring a man to his knees
No judgement thereafter perverse

John McKenna · Post by **John McKenna** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 10:30 pm

Touché! Neither I nor Francis, I suspect, can bandy ballads with a master wordsmith like you.

Tim Harding · Post by **Tim Harding** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:50 pm

A young GM named Wei Yi
Attacked with great brilliancy
His rook sac on f7
Was just pure heaven
And he mated Black on h3

John McKenna · Post by **John McKenna** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:02 am

Wei Yi can also recite poetry -

http://en.chessbase.com/post/chinese-poetry-in-danzhou

Brian Towers · Post by **Brian Towers** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 10:19 am

David Robertson wrote:A man must be judged by his verse
All else is distraction, or worse
Mitigatory pleas
Brings that man to his knees
No judgement thereafter perverse

Surely "Brings" should be "Bring"?
Normally I hesitate to play the grammaticaster but I'm assured that you are a master wordsmith

David Robertson · Post by **David Robertson** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:15 am

Greg Breed · Post by **Greg Breed** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:45 pm

There was a chess forum online
Whose members thought they were divine
How wrong could they be
When all came to see
Their clocks had all run out of time

Simon Brown · Post by **Simon Brown** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 4:39 pm

For Carl

There is an alternative forum
Supposedly showing decorum
When questions are set
With statements they're met
and hence there is rarely a quorum

Keep up the good work!

Andy Stoker · Post by **Andy Stoker** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:00 pm

When a K&P endgame looked dead
I decided to take it to bed
My girl wasn't willing
But I still wanted thrilling
So I triangulated wildly instead

NickFaulks · Post by **NickFaulks** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:45 pm

Andy Stoker wrote:When a K&P endgame looked dead
I decided to take it to bed
My girl wasn't willing
But I still wanted thrilling
So I triangulated wildly instead

hmm

Andy Stoker · Post by **Andy Stoker** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:15 pm

What?!

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