Chess Anyone?

I am a horrible chess player, though I like the game.  If you want to win I'm a safe bet. 

Lately I've been doing Uno and Backgammon on the microsoft site.  I am on there as Krakhowowa something.


Edited by Slartibartfast - February 29 2012 at 15:30

I haven't played chess in years, so I'm now awful at it.

I'm on FICS, if anyone wants to play, let me know.

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But generally give me a message before anything, I'm not usually sitting with the board open. 

I used to play. When I was in high school, I worked and went to school in Center City where there's also an active population of people sitting at parks with chess boards waiting to play strangers.

I switched to playing poker instead. Actually, since then I've switched to reading and writing about the theory of poker rather than actually playing it.

This checkmate, dating back in 2009, is still one of my best that I remember. Or at least the one I'm proudest of. This was played in a train, even.



Of course there was little logic and concentration from my opponent as to get in such a mess. But this friend I beat then improved at the game annoyingly fast. Our earliest games, though, were in form of an after school challenge and I remembered everybody in class cheering for him. I sent him back to them with a five- or six-game whitewash.

I play chess well, and then I drink.

Ricochet wrote: This checkmate, dating back in 2009, is still one of my best that I remember. Or at least the one I'm proudest of. This was played in a train, even. Of course there was little logic and concentration from my opponent as to get in such a mess. But this friend I beat then improved at the game annoyingly fast. Our earliest games, though, were in form of an after school challenge and I remembered everybody in class cheering for him. I sent him back to them with a five- or six-game whitewash.

I used to be a pretty good chess player; my highest ELO rating was 2050, and at one point in my life I thought about becoming a professional, and I think had I concentrated on nothing but chess I could have made it. But I had too many other interests, and after I met Jean I switched to bridge (she taught the game to me).

I have not played chess for about 17 years or so. I hardly remember any openings anymore (I used to know the theory of my favourite openings, like for example Marshall gambit (a gambit you play with the black pieces in the Spanish opening) up to the 25th or even more moves. If you think "that's impossible": It is not; any world class player has to know the theory for ALL openings, not just his favourites.


Edited by BaldFriede - February 29 2012 at 22:57

I used to be pretty good at chess and am willing to play online.

I like playing but hardly ever do, (though for a week a friend and I attempted to make a habit of it) so I'm no good at all.
I know how to play but just kind of go after it...no idea about about strategies, set ups and plans, just wing it.
Naturally I always lose, and if against someone good pretty badly

The worst being against a computer, not sure what I did to trigger this (or one ballsy computer) but it attacked with the queen early, like 3 moves in. Shocked and unprepared...well I desperately ran around and got crushed in miserable fashion.

I'm always up for a game though!
Sounds like some of you are on Chess.com and FICS? I'll make a profile



Edited by JJLehto - March 01 2012 at 05:08