1000000000000...(1 googleplex) reasons why Chess is Better than Checkers part 1

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TheGrobe wrote:

1,000,000,000 more threads like this please.

sure: http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/10000000000001-googleplex-reasons-why-chess-is-better-than-poker

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alwaysGoingtoWIN wrote:

Chess is more fun..

..than checkers, anywhere

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You can't underpromote in checkers!

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We have queens...............you dont have that in checkers!

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chessgm8 wrote:

You can't underpromote in checkers!

Though in retrospect, you can only truly underpromote during bughouse matches. Queens cannot become pawns (absolute underpromotion) in normal chess. . .

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In chess there is stalemate, there is no stale mate in checkers

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So, um, I guess in summary Chess is a pretty neat game, huh?

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we have bishops, knights, and rooks in chess plus our pieces have more variety of moving styles-->vertically

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checkers is for six year olds.... i guess that i used to beat people

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blue knight checkers kind of have queens there just not as asome

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checkers is boring

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For me, chess is better than checkers because I know how to play chess :)

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In Checkers, you can sacrifice your king.

Who would ever sacrifice a KING?! In Chess, we usually sacrifice the lady, we don't need her anyway

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In top level chess, there are three common results - a win for white, a draw and a win for black. Chess has not been solved.

In top level checkers, there is only one common result - a draw. Checkers has been solved.

Two reasons

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DefinitelyNotGM wrote:

In top level chess, there are three common results - a win for white, a draw and a win for black. Chess has not been solved.

In top level checkers, there is only one common result - a draw. Checkers has been solved.

Two reasons

very true

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18 more post till next trophy

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chess has a shorter name

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there is no bughouse checkers

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checkers has an s

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there is no thread about 1 googleplex reasons why checkers is better than chess

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