Chess Anyone?
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Topic: Chess Anyone?
Posted By: Negoba
Subject: Chess Anyone?
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 15:18
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I'm a pretty avid chess player, though not particularly good (more inconsistent and blunder prone than truly bad).
Always looking for friendly opponents.
I'm negoba on chess.com as well. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 15:23
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. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 15:27
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I haven't played chess in years and even back then I wasn't brilliant at it.
Chess has fun terminology though! ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 15:34
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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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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 15:56
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I used to do FICS but switched over about 2 years ago. I'll look for you. Are you Ricochet there too? ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 15:59
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viktorbach But generally give me a message before anything, I'm not usually sitting with the board open. -------------
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 16:10
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I like to play turn-based (computer correspondence) chess for that reason. Chess.com allows both, but there is also a FICGS server which operates exactly as FICS for correspondence. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 17:32
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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. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 18:16
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Loving the game, very much. Not very good at it, though. I played with a pro some years ago, the guy was attacking from 3 front (both sides & center). The game didn't last 5 minutes but it was quite impressive to see him play.
Still i'm satisfied with my uncertain single attack and questionable defense. ------------- |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 18:39
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. -------------
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Posted By: clarke2001
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 18:52
| I like chess, but I'm awful at it. Impatient, incoherent, unfocused. If I force myself to focus, I can play somewhat decently, but even if I'm winning my oponent, I can't check-mate to save my life. There's always an extra move or an extra piece missing. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 19:02
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I play chess well, and then I drink.
------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 19:10
Plus there are those who won't give in for anything. I played just once in my life with my father (back when I was 9 and a brilliant apprentice after playing with my grandpa all the time), I won after what must have been six or seven hours and I think the last two were just me chasing his king with a pony. -------------
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clarke2001 wrote:Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 21:01
I like that set with the accents on the kings. Very nice. Those smothered knight checkmates are awesome. And yes your opponent let himself go wide open. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 21:02
I got obsessed with poker for about 6 weeks. I read several books and played online. (I actually learned to like Omaha rather than Texas Hold 'em). I soon realized I didn't have the patience. You have to fold so much to win. Wierd that poker requires more patience than chess. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: February 29 2012 at 22:57
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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. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 02:21
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I love chess & used to play for my school, but bearing in mind that was 30+ years ago & my lack of any regular opponents since, I'd be easy meat these days.
Still play vs the computer occasionally to keep my eye in & I was given a superb set for my birthday a few years ago. I'ts like poker though - I much prefer playing a real opponent face to face, rather than via a screen. ------------- 
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 02:25
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I used to be pretty good at chess and am willing to play online. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 03:46
| I'm on FICS but I haven't been online lately. |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 05:04
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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 |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 06:02
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JJLehto on both, FICS confuses me though. Hit me up for a game. I can beat a computer on the easiest difficulty on my first try...so there's my skill level  |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 06:08
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 06:14
Allow me to do so then. Edit: Also I shoulda read up on this application, confusin as hell  Like I see a challenge from you to me but I'm lost |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 06:19
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 06:40
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 06:40
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Well done Vom. I thought it was going well for a bit but I see I fell into your trap. Once you start moving the king around all is lost  |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 06:53
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Not a problem - as long as you can think ahead 3 or 4 (preferably 5 or 6) moves, factoring in variable strategies, you'll be fine. -------------
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 07:00
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There is a free program called Babaschess that makes FICS much easier to navigate. It also has analysis tools, etc. I highly recommend it. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 07:01
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I can really whallop the hell out of these easy computers...this last was a beat down. Guess higher levels or humans are needed |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 07:03
JJ, I have avenged you (twice). But prepare yourself (soon).  I use BabaChess too. -------------
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 07:05
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Yes, I see my arrival has been "noted" by you. Whatever that means! I've heard of that program, might as well give it a try |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 07:06
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Eh? Well I put you in my notify/friends list, so I guess it tells me when you go online or off, at least.
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 07:09
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Can't find JJLehto on chess.com...maybe I'm doing something wrong. I'm negoba. I like the turn-based so I can play a few moves and come back. I'm negoba there. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 07:14
| I'm new to this myself, but I see your profile and can challenge. Also adding to my friend list |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 07:31
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Cant play for nuts ------------- 
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 07:49
Well there's also the added bonus that you can make money playing poker. That can help the patience. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 10:13
You can make money at chess too. I won $60 at all day tournament once.
 One of the more high profile women in chess (Jennifer Shahade) is also an avid poker player. Her stuff is pretty entertaining. She plays simultaneous exhibitions against naked men, etc. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 10:15
I'm at work now and my phone app won't let me do what I want. So I'll look for you again this evening. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 10:36
Pretty cool. What I meant to say is that you greatly increase your profit potential by playing poker rather than chess. Also, it allows you to ability to play with a group of your friends. I love both games though. I'm just more interested in things like knights tours and game theoretic modeling of betting patterns than actually playing either game anymore. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 10:58
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I have the chess.com facebook app which I am pretty sure interacts directly with chess.com ... feel free to challenge StephenGazzard. I'll probably be sending out a couple challenges soon, haven't played in almost a year. Never did get into all that opening move/theory stuff...I know it's what you need to do to win but the more you know, the more the game feels like you are following a script, I like the turn by turn analysis of everything on the board, it's what makes the game fun to me. So I am definitely not a pro, but sometimes, I pull of nifty things.
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 11:02
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You're still following a script. It's just a script you've written for yourself rather than one you read somewhere. It's really no different.
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 11:10
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^^We could argue that point and you are probably correct, although I do try and mix things up (if I see I am playing a game too similarly to a previous game, I'll make a move I would otherwise not have made to see what happens, for example). I just enjoy the unknown a lot more. I was bad at Magic: The Gathering for the same reason. I never liked using anyone else's decklists; I would always come up with my own decks that did weird esoteric things when they actually worked 1% of the time, because I enjoyed that more (even though I lost more) more than winning with a finely tuned "pro" deck.
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 11:12
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Rather than argue let's just say I do similar things when playing RTS games, and I find it refreshing to do something different even when it decreases my probability of winning.
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 11:23
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Openings are openings and as long as you follow the rules of development, safety, and control of the center, you will be fine up until a very strong level. I'd be curious what you've written about chess.
Poker is just probability and psychology. The second part is more interesting to me. But you can make a lot of money in the right crowd. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 11:26
P > Kb3
Always a good opener... -------------
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 11:29
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I played a little while ago (maybe 6 months ago), on my computer because my internet was down for a few days. Before that, I hadn't played for close to 10 years. Playing those recent times, helped get back into it, and now I can play pretty well again. But I still haven't played since that last time.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 11:32
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P-K4 (e4) best by test per RJ Fischer I don't always play this but most of the time I do. P-Kb3 only works when you follow it with P-KN4, right? ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 11:51
I've done some basic game theoretic stuff, but the game's too complex to really model that way. I mostly deal with knight's tour and other curiosities. I'm interested in using them for random creation processes in music which will retain a symmetry. The psychology of poker bores me. I usually play online and multitable which pretty much eliminates most psychological elements. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 12:58
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k well I signed up for that chess.com site, but I'll only play if somebody sends me a challenge or whatever I'm triceratopzeuhl there
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 13:04
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So I guess I have to register on chess.com to play with most of you.
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Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 13:04
Sent a challenge your way
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 13:10
Ohh you play RTS - Love it myself - have a mate and we play a lot together - together in teamers or 1v1.
But im not good, too old too slow
 What do you play ? ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 13:11
 I haven't played in a couple years, hope I still know what I'm doing
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 13:17
I've been playing Starcraft II since it's new and active, but I still prefer Starcraft and Warcraft III. I play Warcraft III most actively. It's just frustrating play a game with a dead community and developers who have lost interest. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 13:18
| best RTS still Age of Empires II y/y |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 13:20
------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: March 01 2012 at 13:22
------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 02 2012 at 02:25
Generally, I'd usually follow with P-K4, allows the bishop to be brought into play early, gives the knight some leeway mid-board & depending on your opponent, allows an early castling move to bring in the rook -------------
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 02 2012 at 07:18
I was joking, I just described the opening for Fool's Mate. P-KB3 is not a move I favor unless you're going to castle queenside. But what works for you works. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: March 02 2012 at 10:51
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Ah... I didn't say it works as such -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 02 2012 at 14:40
I would not say "test"; it was just his opinion; he always opened that way With one remarkable exception: In his 1972 match world championship match against Spasski he occasionally opened with PQB4 and PQ4 too for the first time, and successfully too.. Psychology, because Spasski did not expect that at all. He even played Queen's gambit, an opening which he had before officially condemned. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 02 2012 at 15:01
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I always open e4 (P-K4) in serious matches though I've certainly messed about with d4 (P-Q4). I much prefer defending d4 as black. I'd love to one day get to the 1800-2000 ELO level, I'm only 1300-1500 now. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 02 2012 at 15:23
Don't worry; I am certainly no better now due to the long time I have not played. Maybe we should play against each other one day. I use many different openings, though usually I open with either KP4 or QP4. But I have used other openings too, like King's Fianchetto or Larsen opening. Once I even tried Orangutan, also known as Sokolsky opening. You can play almosr anything, as Miles once demonstrated when with the black stones he answered QRP3 and QNP4 to his opponent's opening of KP4 and QP4 (and winning, though probably out of surprise by his opponent). ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 02 2012 at 15:25
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Oh, and yes, let's use international notation; I much prefer it. So e4 instead of KP4.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 03 2012 at 23:17
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I'm so inconsistent at "live chess" on that site. Undefeated so far with half-hour games, but haven't won a single fast game. Oh, I made Rico resign today
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 03 2012 at 23:18
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You sure did.
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 03 2012 at 23:19
:O WUUUUT? |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 03 2012 at 23:21
| Like I told you, the (start of) the problem was when you did that weird take with your knight (Nxe5 on my pawn, I think it was). Then later when you moved your queen out from in front of your king, although at least you moved it back |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 03 2012 at 23:32
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Actually, the way I saw it at that time, putting up that N up for sacrifice (ultimately exchange with one of your owns) on e5 was the best solution to clear some things there. So trouble may have started even a couple of moves earlier. Critical point, though, was indeed ending with the Queen on that same cursed e5 spot. Focusing to pin your Ne6 in front of the king, I blew it because I didn't saw that you could launch your white bishop. The piece prolly killed my whole game. Then you set up strong offensive with that, the knight and the Queen and with my space insufficiently opened and then just retreating and evading and cramming it up, I was done.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 03 2012 at 23:47
You were doing a lot better than Brian is in our game, though  edit: actually, as a review the game now, I hadn't even realized how close I was to mate
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: March 03 2012 at 23:48
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I seem to remember the Nimzo Indian being an opening. I never used them though. I just fudged together my own openings. Oh and I'm now on chess.com also. JurisHSmirnoff -------------   
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 03 2012 at 23:54
| I challenge ye to a duel |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 00:13
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I'm there. Where are you? I just played some dude... was doing all right but it was a 10 minute game and he won for some stupid reason. Meh. -------------
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 00:29
Aren't we like 2 moves in? And yeah...I been reading up on Chess recently, I knew there were openings and stuff but I had no idea how much of the game (like most of it) is just memorization.  Like "oh hey I recognize this, and this is how to combat it" |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 00:48
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Ah, Colin challenged me to a 3 day game whilst I was in the middle of getting mullered by someone else and when I finally start the game, Colin's offline. -------------
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 01:20
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Urgh. How do I stop the Computer illegally castling all the time? First it castled after he'd be in check and then he castled again later on. How on earth is that even possible?
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 01:46
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Maybe you don't know the rules of chess as well as you think you do Anyway, I played now. Didn't realize it had made me white.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 01:59
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I do know the rules of chess. You cannot castle if you've been in check and I've never heard of re-castling either.
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 02:25
| Just mated James in 12 C: |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 03:05
| ... and then again in 14 |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 03:25
Castling after having been in check is allowed as long as the king and the rook needed for the castling have not moved yet. You just are not allowed to castle while being in check. This is often being confused. "I have checked you once, so you no longer can castle". Wrong; if the king did not move to get out of the check but instead a piece moved in the line of check then you can still castle. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 03:40
| Took a whole 15 moves this game, must be bedtime |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 03:47
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I will beat you, Colin. Yes, Friede, you're correct. However, the computer opponent castled more than once in the game. -------------
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 04:09
That is of course impossible. Castling counts as a king's move, and according to the rules you can not castle once the king has moved. Strange game though to get into another castling position once you have castled. By the way, just to complete the castling rules: You can of course not castle if any pieces stand between the king and the rook participating in the castling. And the king not only must not be in check, he must not pass a field on which he would be in check, and of course he must not be in check after castling too. That means: If you want to castle on king's side and the King would be in check on the field f1 (or f8 for the black pieces) then it is not allowed. The same if you want to castle on queen's side and the fields d1 and d8. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 04:14
| In case you don't notice there, I have accepted your challenge Mr Smirnoff |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 05:15
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I did notice. E2-E4 -------------
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 06:06
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Myself as well, perhaps?
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 09:58
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Yes algebraic notation please. I didn't know if the old descriptive was used around the world. So what are our chess.com names? Negoba JJLehto JurisHSmirnoff StephenGazzard Are any of these you guys? ViktorBach - ?Ricochet dharsie MrGullet ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 10:01
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Colin (Triceratopsoil) is Triceratopzeuhl on Chess.com. Viktorbach is Rico. Playing again, I am learning just how rusty I've gotten over the years. I've made some pretty dumb moves
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 13:03
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Ok, I signed up as BaldFriede at chess.com and already won my first game there, raising me from 1199 (I guess everyone is assigned that rating at first) to 1364.
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 13:09
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We are all doomed.
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 13:14
No; I really am no longer as good as I used to be. As I said, I have not played for seventeen years. My opponent made it very easy for me, getting his queen out at the second move, which I of course took as an invitation to start a hunt on it. And indeed he lost it about ten moves later. But getting the queen out on second move really is a beginner's error. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 13:31
It depends on your opponent; I took my queen out in the first few moves against James because I knew I could pester the hell out of him with it. Not the 2nd, though, probably more like the 6th
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 13:32
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I can safely say not playing in 17 years is still better than I. If the computers are accurate, it seems like my skill level is between 500-800 You should what on Earth I've done (to myself) against Colin, and the game between Gazzard and I has descended into wtf |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 14:07
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I took advantage in a hard way when you failed to respond to my bishop attacking your knight. Now I've sort of got you stuck in a pretty ineffective setup
If you last more than 15 moves you have beat James, k
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 14:40
Mine is BaldFriede. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 14:53
Well I also was lost to start looking at it I have like no development, which is something I'm trying to fix. I tend to attack early/aggressively or just wing it and it always blows up. I'm trying to be more patient and developmental now. In general, not this game where I am screwed and thinking of going suicidal attack on you to end it and take whatever I can |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 14:58
| Yeah, I've been putting more emphasis on position now, too. It's fun to try and manipulate your opponent into a rough spot, even though the pieces look equal they don't always realize what an advantage you've got |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 14:59
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I guess being attacked early in itself is a sign of weakness, it seems to happen to me a lot :( Especially with computers, people do it far less often. I have no idea what triggers it but they seem to attack me early, even with the Queen. Like moving her out on the 3rd move, and it is quite disruptive, at the least a royal pain. I need to find some way to defend against it. edit: Yeah I gotta try harder next time I slacked and Coolin took advantage...look at this sh*t, I can't even make suicidal attacks on you. I have zero development or set up |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: March 04 2012 at 15:04
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If an opponent moves out the queen that early, make it a hunting object. You can develop your own pieces while attacking the queen, which means the opponent has to move the queen from one place to another, thus losing time while you develop your pieces. Of course you should avoid the fool's mate though.
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