Yawn: An honest opinion openly expressed.

Call me a chauvinistic owl but I admit that I hate to lose to someone with the xx chromosome. I remember this one incident , the year being 2003, when I was sort of…sigh* ok ok I was beaten in a game of chess by a lil girl named Anna. There ..sigh* now I feel better. ;) It was one of those boring days, when (ping) I get a “challenge” message from a lil 17 year old girl. I smile, this is going to be like eating roasted peanuts.yummy. 31 moves and 3 minutes later, Checkmate, game over.Anna sends a smile. I was too stunned to react. That lil girl beat me !! I gather my wits and challenge her, I pray that she will accept it. She does. The second game is attention-grabbing and we play it safe. The game is interrupted by a colleague wondering if I was interested in a cup coffee.I glare at him, he backs off.I lose a rook. I swear aloud and startle my manager. I win that game. I chat with Anna, she’s a Russian and her grandfather was a former Grand Master. Score 1-1. I challenge her to a last game, the decider. She agrees. That last game was the best game I ever played. When I uttered the magic words Checkmate, the board was empty but for her king and a rook, my King, a strategically placed soldier and a very tired looking knight. I was elated .She smiled and vanished from my screen, never to be seen again.*sigh +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++