a somewhat anxious individual
The ALS center sent a letter to my local doctors summarizing their recent evaluation of me in the workshop. The letter is useful because they reveal what their expected forced vital capacity is for me: 5.25 liters. That's a tall order, as the chart that comes with the volumetric thingy I have says that somewhere between 2.9 and 3.1 would be expected. But that is when breathing normally instead of trying to max out, since the instructions that come with the thingy say to exhale "normally." The respiratory therapist told me in an email that when practicing I should try to max out (by exhaling as much as possible beforehand). Based on this, she said I should be able to get to 4000 mL (4.0 liters -- bless the metric system!) with ease. But I have gotten it past 5000 mL. However, since the thing physically will not go any further than about 5.2 (I can tell, by turning it upside down), I have no way of scoring myself at or around 5.2. Or exceeding that.
On to the fun part. The letter also says of me that "[He] is a somewhat anxious individual but he appears to be in reasonable control of his emotions." They have a confusing system for scoring my muscle strength, reflexivity, and general messed-up-ness. They rate me at 42 out of 48. I gather than 48 would be a normal person.
I can also win as white:
This guy was a named user ("Gengis") with rating of 1400. In real USCF terms that would be like 700.
The ALS center sent a letter to my local doctors summarizing their recent evaluation of me in the workshop. The letter is useful because they reveal what their expected forced vital capacity is for me: 5.25 liters. That's a tall order, as the chart that comes with the volumetric thingy I have says that somewhere between 2.9 and 3.1 would be expected. But that is when breathing normally instead of trying to max out, since the instructions that come with the thingy say to exhale "normally." The respiratory therapist told me in an email that when practicing I should try to max out (by exhaling as much as possible beforehand). Based on this, she said I should be able to get to 4000 mL (4.0 liters -- bless the metric system!) with ease. But I have gotten it past 5000 mL. However, since the thing physically will not go any further than about 5.2 (I can tell, by turning it upside down), I have no way of scoring myself at or around 5.2. Or exceeding that.
On to the fun part. The letter also says of me that "[He] is a somewhat anxious individual but he appears to be in reasonable control of his emotions." They have a confusing system for scoring my muscle strength, reflexivity, and general messed-up-ness. They rate me at 42 out of 48. I gather than 48 would be a normal person.
I can also win as white:
guest2365 vs. Gengis (1400) --- 2004.04.26 17:33:59
Unrated Blitz match, initial time: 2 minutes, increment: 12 seconds
Move guest2365 Gengis
---- ---------------- ----------------
1. e4 (0:02) e5 (0:02)
2. Nf3 (0:03) Nc6 (0:06)
3. Bb5 (0:01) a6 (0:02)
4. Ba4 (0:02) Nf6 (0:04)
5. Bxc6 (0:05) dxc6 (0:05)
6. O-O (0:03) Nxe4 (0:04)
7. Re1 (0:03) Qd5 (0:14)
8. d3 (0:03) Nf6 (0:08)
9. Rxe5+ (0:02) Qxe5 (0:09)
10. Nxe5 (0:03) Bc5 (0:08)
11. Be3 (0:10) Bxe3 (0:07)
12. fxe3 (0:02) O-O (0:01)
13. Nc3 (0:07) Re8 (0:02)
14. e4 (0:05) Rxe5 (0:07)
15. Qd2 (0:42) h6 (0:11)
16. Qf4 (0:02) Rg5 (0:28)
17. g3 (0:33) Nh5 (0:14)
18. Qxc7 (0:07) Nf6 (0:48)
19. Rf1 (0:07) Nd7 (0:12)
20. Qd8+ (0:52) Kh7 (0:08)
21. Rxf7 (0:05) Ne5 (0:22)
22. Rf8 (0:55) Ng6 (0:44)
23. Rf1 (0:51) b5 (0:42)
24. Qc7 (0:17) Rc5 (0:24)
25. Rf7 (0:10) Bd7 (0:45)
26. Rxg7+ (0:46) Kxg7 (0:05)
27. Qxd7+ (0:01) Kg8 (0:04)
28. Qe6+ (0:14) Kh7 (0:07)
29. Qf7+ (0:13) Kh8 (0:15)
30. Qxg6 (0:01) Rg8 (0:06)
31. Qxh6# (0:04)
{Black checkmated} 1-0
This guy was a named user ("Gengis") with rating of 1400. In real USCF terms that would be like 700.
posted by brainhell at 4:45 PM
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