EvC Chess Tournament

Thanks for the Ole Smoky shine link--I'l check some out.Southern Comfort, yeah, definitely cough syrup there. I have had a dry bourbon that I really liked, but I forget the brand.Use to like blended whiskey, but even the Seagram's line--Seven, VO, Crown Royal--taste too sweet to me now.Seems like the older I get, the less I like sweet and the more I like sour and dry. I think I need to dig out that old water-cooled condensing column that's out in the garage...

My favorite affordable single malt used to be 12 y.o. Balvenie Doublewood--it's aged six years in the traditional oak and then six years in Spanish sherry casks. It used to be less well known and affordable at ~$30 but the price has about doubled now.One former employer (an MD, in fact) gave me a bottle of single barrel/single malt that retails for about $250 as a tip after I networked his house.You should have seen the look of horror on his face when I reported that I drank it in an afternoon while painting my apartment. It was delicious. The paint job was perfect.

Chess is complex.

Hey dogma--I'm Omnivorous at chess.com. Send a challenge at any tiime.That goes for other players in this thread as well. I need more games, and I'd rather play EvCers than strangers.

I'm apologizing in advance for slow moves for the coming week or so.I'm on opiate pain meds and steroids again; I'm aggressively stupid.Needless to say, I'll also avoid further posting this week

I'm in, Phat.I've been doing AARP crossword puzzles, so I'm ready.

I'm confused.I thought my round with caffeine finished at Omni 1.5 Caffeine 0.5 games.Caffeine launched the first game, and I responded with an opposite color challenge. I won the first, and played for a draw in the second, sine that was all I needed to win the match-up.We played a third game which I thought was casual, and I played it that way. Lost, too So is it that I didn't start the second game correctly through the tournament structure? If so, okay, my bad. I wish I'd known before we started the third, however.Is this to be another 2-game round? I have a challenge from caffeine playing white. Should I send a challenge now with me playing white?How do I do that officially, so it counts?

Thanks, Jon.