clothstir wrote:
I'm interested in 25/10 or 30/0 or 2 day games
Actually any of these would be great.
Are there other old beginners here?
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56 here. Always interested in chess but only recently started to get serious. I am a TERRIBLE player, too, but working on improving every day.
yes i am begin. I want the beta
Aug 27, 2021
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#165
I predict this thread will hang around the Beginners Forum for a long long time.
Aug 27, 2021
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#166
Elipsesfoci wrote:
I predict this thread will hang around the Beginners Forum for a long long time.
And possibly out live us all. If not, we simply won’t remember what we now know that we know.
Aug 27, 2021
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#167
I still have cassette tapes that I recorded from LP's
And a VCR and tapes of 80's music videos.
Remember taping from one VCR to another.
Those were the days.
And a VCR and tapes of 80's music videos.
Remember taping from one VCR to another.
Those were the days.
Aug 27, 2021
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#168
Elipsesfoci wrote:
I still have cassette tapes that I recorded from LP's
And a VCR and tapes of 80's music videos.
Remember taping from one VCR to another.
Those were the days.
And a VCR and tapes of 80's music videos.
Remember taping from one VCR to another.
Those were the days.
Lp's...wasn't that the short-lived phase between 78's whatever it is that happens now ( which as I understand it involves "clouds" or some such).
Aug 27, 2021
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#169
I'm not exactly a beginner, but I'm getting back to chess after two decades.
Aug 28, 2021
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#170
Elipsesfoci wrote:
I still have cassette tapes that I recorded from LP's
And a VCR and tapes of 80's music videos.
Remember taping from one VCR to another.
Those were the days.
And a VCR and tapes of 80's music videos.
Remember taping from one VCR to another.
Those were the days.
join my club the oldies but goodies! No 8 tracks, no reel to reel come on man
Aug 28, 2021
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#171
millerd66 wrote:
join my club the oldies but goodies! No 8 tracks, no reel to reel come on man
So it's your club is it?
I see.
Aug 28, 2021
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#172
Your not even old enough to remember Fischer mania, don't concern yourself with age I'm, 62 and got back into chess about 2 years ago , chess is a lot more fun and easier to improve these days .unless you have Grandmaster ambitions or want to compete in high level chess ,age is irrelevant I'm having a great time exploring the chess culture that I've missed (just have to stop buying the darn books, their really starting to add up )
Aug 28, 2021
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#173
I played this game (as Black) during the week that I turned 62.
Chess: jovialdick vs blueemu - 200865884 - Chess.com
It was later nominated (by at least three people) for chess.com's $2000 Immortal Game contest!
Aug 28, 2021
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#174
I'm 52. I learned the rules at 18, I read Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess and couldn't understand why I still lost every game, so I got discouraged. I later learned that the Bobby Fischer book is a scam, so in my mid-30's I read David Pritchard's The Right Way to Play Chess and finally got some understanding of the game and started going to my local chess club. Then I stopped playing for a while. I started studying chess again at the height of pandemic boredom.
Aug 28, 2021
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#175
blueemu wrote:
I played this game (as Black) during the week that I turned 62.
Chess: jovialdick vs blueemu - 200865884 - Chess.com
It was later nominated (by at least three people) for chess.com's $2000 Immortal Game contest!
Congratulations! Well played. And then he got busted for violating fair play?
Aug 28, 2021
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#176
I’m just 23 but i’ts old for the “true” chess playera😂 I’m played in the past, but I’m started to study the game not just play it since may
Aug 28, 2021
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#177
Wits-end wrote:
blueemu wrote:
I played this game (as Black) during the week that I turned 62.
Chess: jovialdick vs blueemu - 200865884 - Chess.com
It was later nominated (by at least three people) for chess.com's $2000 Immortal Game contest!
Congratulations! Well played. And then he got busted for violating fair play?
Yeah. If he was using a computer during my game, it must have been a pretty poor one.
Aug 28, 2021
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#178
blueemu wrote:
Wits-end wrote:
blueemu wrote:
I played this game (as Black) during the week that I turned 62.
Chess: jovialdick vs blueemu - 200865884 - Chess.com
It was later nominated (by at least three people) for chess.com's $2000 Immortal Game contest!
Congratulations! Well played. And then he got busted for violating fair play?
Yeah. If he was using a computer during my game, it must have been a pretty poor one.
Shoot, i can make more blunders than that without a computer. But the real question is: did you win the prize?
Aug 28, 2021
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#179
Wits-end wrote:
blueemu wrote:
Wits-end wrote:
blueemu wrote:
I played this game (as Black) during the week that I turned 62.
Chess: jovialdick vs blueemu - 200865884 - Chess.com
It was later nominated (by at least three people) for chess.com's $2000 Immortal Game contest!
Congratulations! Well played. And then he got busted for violating fair play?
Yeah. If he was using a computer during my game, it must have been a pretty poor one.
Shoot, i can make more blunders than that without a computer. But the real question is: did you win the prize?
No. Pretty well all of the prize winners were titled players... GMs or IMs. I'm just a very talented non-entity.
Aug 28, 2021
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#180
blueemu wrote:
Wits-end wrote:
blueemu wrote:
Wits-end wrote:
blueemu wrote:
I played this game (as Black) during the week that I turned 62.
Chess: jovialdick vs blueemu - 200865884 - Chess.com
It was later nominated (by at least three people) for chess.com's $2000 Immortal Game contest!
Congratulations! Well played. And then he got busted for violating fair play?
Yeah. If he was using a computer during my game, it must have been a pretty poor one.
Shoot, i can make more blunders than that without a computer. But the real question is: did you win the prize?
No. Pretty well all of the prize winners were titled players... GMs or IMs. I'm just a very talented non-entity.
Well kudos to you and a tip ‘o the hat. Always appreciate the tips (and humor) you post.
I'm 64, not really a beginner, since I learned how to play around 1970. But my best years were from 1971 to 1980 or so. I've dropped out of the game and returned a few times since then. Today I study the games of my favorite players more than I actually play.