Chess

[Boo Man]

ah yes i remember when i splashed out on a flash marble chess set and then got beaten consecutively by two of my friends who are both low iq imbeciles. its been in storage since.

 

[Deleted member 660650]

ah yes i remember when i splashed out on a flash marble chess set and then got beaten consecutively by two of my friends who are both low iq imbeciles. its been in storage since.

Well in Chinese we say "输棋者输人生" that means "those who lose at chess will lose at life" so my dude trying to figure out "sure win" way so he won't fail in life lolol... I actually lied, there is no such idiom lol.

*me escape before me is beaten*

lolol

 

[ThunderBoy]

 

[Kamako]

Play Chess with Kamako_x!

Click on this link to start a game of chess with Kamako_x

link.chess.com

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If anybody wants to have a game :]

 

[nald1n]

I like Italian for white and Pirc or King’s Indian for black

 

[job32]

Haven't played chess for over 20 years, so I'd not rate myself at all these days, but the lad that taught me chess told me how his brother had taught him chess and told him " You never end up beating the person who teaches you how to play". He never beat his brother after being told that. He said the same thing to me and, eventually, when I got the hang of it I was beating him more than he was beating me. He was grand about it but I could always see him looking a bit baffled about how something so strongly imprinted into his mind didn't turn out to be true. He was a good lad, no freaking or anything. It's just funny how something you are led to believe can have such a strong imprint.
Regarding chess, itself. I loved it at the time but it can get too intense. If two people are really into it and want to win, it can take a few hours and the intesity isn't healthy, especially when one loses. Great game but awkward at the finish, when so much energy has been put into it.

 

[RETRO-VETRO RETRO-VETRO]

I love me some chess!

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I don't know if this is a serious thread, maybe it derailed into utter silliness, but I'm not familiar enough with the game to comment on it. I've always been curious about the game, though.

Absolutely not.

I should've done it earlier but I wasn't sure if the tabletop forum was actually about any physical game or just TGCs like MTG or Strategy board games like Warhammer/WH40K.

I am pretty bad at chess because I get overwhelmed fast by many strategic outcomes but there are small rules to help (but aren't set in stone so masters could even break them).

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Also this video made me lol

 

[job32]

Absolutely not.

I should've done it earlier but I wasn't sure if the tabletop forum was actually about any physical game or just TGCs like MTG or Strategy board games like Warhammer/WH40K.

I am pretty bad at chess because I get overwhelmed fast by many strategic outcomes but there are small rules to help (but aren't set in stone so masters could even break them).

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Also this video made me lol

Just watched that video and it reminded me how amazing the game actually is. Brought back those forward thinking manouvers. You really had to try to be many steps ahead of your opponent. If you could find opponents that were chilled out and levelheaded, all the better.

 

[Naltic]

Favourite opening? Has to be the bongcloud, always beat my friend with it, who I would estimate would be rated like low 1000 elo. What's funny about playing the opening against him is that it came to the point where every time I played that opening, he would lose. Good times.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Just watched that video and it reminded me how amazing the game actually is. Brought back those forward thinking manouvers. You really had to try to be many steps ahead of your opponent. If you could find opponents that were chilled out and levelheaded, all the better.

Not to say that Chess > Video Games but I can hardly see actual videogames with almost as many possibilities as this one (aside from Tetris).

In a way Tetris is the Chess of video games: both very ancient, still being actively played even to this day, has new editions even today (like Mario Bros themed Chess like how you have Tetris with other themes) and has an almost infinite amount of combinations for the patterns.

 

[job32]

Not to say that Chess > Video Games but I can hardly see actual videogames with almost as many possibilities as this one (aside from Tetris).

In a way Tetris is the Chess of video games: both very ancient, still being actively played even to this day, has new editions even today (like Mario Bros themed Chess like how you have Tetris with other themes) and has an almost infinite amount of combinations for the patterns.

Chess isn't better than all the videogames combined but it is definitely superior to Tetris by a country mile. Tetris is an excellent game, taking nothing away from it. If you want to speed up chess you just add a timer both sides. The depth that chess goes is way deeper than the depth that Tetris goes.

@Naltic : Best not to give away your opening moves, unless bluffing.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

I’d say queen’s gambit, even if it’s somewhat predictable.

 

[job32]

I’d say queen’s gambit, even if it’s somewhat predictable.

It's a handy one, if you want to shorten the length and intensity of a game.

 

[Samatonic Samatonic]

 

[job32]

Got a good few lols off that, cheers. 3D chess has gotten chaotic. Dunno how many D's there are but i'd prefer to reach the upper D's D's days. I mean the real upper D's not the upper D's of D's days.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

I was inspired to learn the game because of a book I have just read and now I'm really into it.

I'm a total noob, though... The kind that can only win matches on the lowest difficulty and because the game I'm playing allows me to take back moves and is very forgiving overall, but I'm also slowly developing my own strategies and the whole thing makes me absurdly excited.

 

[job32]

I was inspired to learn the game because of a book I have just read and now I'm really into it.

I'm a total noob, though... The kind that can only win matches on the lowest difficulty and because the game I'm playing allows me to take back moves and is very forgiving overall, but I'm also slowly developing my own strategies and the whole thing makes me absurdly excited.

Definitely, worth have a deep run through, once in your life.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I've read that Chess was also a way to tell how a person really is.

The way they play shows how they're thinking.

 

[eyixon]

I've never gotten into it so i would'nt mind starting now. I focused on checkers instead, but i've noticed that chess may be more complex and demanding since all pieces aren't the same

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I've never gotten into it so i would'nt mind starting now. I focused on checkers instead, but i've noticed that chess may be more complex and demanding since all pieces aren't the same

 

[SoThankful]

I watched this vid like ten times in a row. The way he repeatedly waves him back is so funny.

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

Always love an en passant

 

[CheesyExplosive]

i only play checkers... king me.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

One of my favourite pieces is the knight simply because I can leap over other pieces.

Also this is probably a great display of chess, wish we got life sized pieces to move around

 

[ShellYT]

London and london and london again because I literally know no other openings. That's how you recognize laziness. At some point I knew Queen's Gambit because of Aman Hambleton's videos but then I forgot.

I'd be glad to play chess against you folks even if I know the rule of chess which is the following: whenever someone accepts a chess match or proposes it claiming to be beginners, generally you get destroyed (me in this instance). But it can be an interesting learning experience so why not. Elo 700 rapid and 2600 puzzles (before it got updated on chess.com which made me fall to 1500 elo ), if anyone is wondering.