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bgangioni wrote:
Yep, I don't think dice chess would be very popular. Wait! It already exists, and it isn't popular at all.
见 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice_chess
For people who like chess, it takes away all the fun. Just imagine, being able to see the best move for a position, and not being allowed to play it! Daghjjsh...
And I guess people who don't like chess, just won't like any of its versions either, that including the dice version.
So, I looked at the article and first thing I saw was FAIL. When one of your rules is as follows: "there is no check or checkmate. Rather, the goal is to actually take the king."
And there is a picture in the same article that has the caption of: "Black is checkmated"
You know that there is something wrong. And dice? REALLY? Someone was obviously intoxicated when they decided to add dice to chess.
Sep 30, 2010
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#1344
DukeOfNature wrote: .. You know that there is something wrong. And dice? REALLY? Someone was obviously intoxicated when they decided to add dice to chess.
Wanna change the rules of chess? No dice!
i appreciate your works guys.but still the question stand and until now we didnt know why they called this game a chess.i think we still have to do a more research of this this missing link in the evolution of mankind and i dont care if we need to toss the international library or the world library until we get the answer.okay keep on working guys because its of strategic importance that we need to know why they called this game a chess and its ashamed to us if we cannot accomplish this mission. i wait again to your responses guys.
As your English improves, your trolling starts to lose it's edge.
A shame, really.
And when did "Borgqueen" get usurped by "guys?"
kurogkug wrote:
i think we still have to do a more research of this this missing link in the evolution of mankind and i dont care if we need to toss the international library or the world library until we get the answer.
Err? ... ...
Were we not talking about chess?
BorgQueen wrote:
The question has been answerd kurogkug.
Eebster wrote:
I am not Borgqueen, but I can help answer.
The game of chess was brought to the western world by the Persians who at the time called it chatrang. They called the king shah (which meant "king" in Persian), and this was a common exclamation during the game. Most Western countries named the game after that word, which became chess in English, echeque in French, and so on.
ohh... ok im sorry eebster,i didnt read your comment thoroughly.so why they called it chess in english anyway?,i mean what is the meaning of chess in english?.i wait again to your response eebster.
kurogkug wrote:
BorgQueen wrote:
The question has been answerd kurogkug.
Eebster wrote:
I am not Borgqueen, but I can help answer.
The game of chess was brought to the western world by the Persians who at the time called it chatrang. They called the king shah (which meant "king" in Persian), and this was a common exclamation during the game. Most Western countries named the game after that word, which became chess in English, echeque in French, and so on.
ohh... ok im sorry eebster,i didnt read your comment thoroughly.so why they called it chess in english anyway?,i mean what is the meaning of chess in english?.i wait again to your response eebster.
Chess doesn't mean anything else; it's just the name of the game. It used to be called shah, but it changed over time. That's what happens to language.
kurogkug wrote:
BorgQueen wrote:
The question has been answerd kurogkug.
Eebster wrote:
I am not Borgqueen, but I can help answer.
The game of chess was brought to the western world by the Persians who at the time called it chatrang. They called the king shah (which meant "king" in Persian), and this was a common exclamation during the game. Most Western countries named the game after that word, which became chess in English, echeque in French, and so on.
ohh... ok im sorry eebster,i didnt read your comment thoroughly.so why they called it chess in english anyway?,i mean what is the meaning of chess in english?.i wait again to your response eebster.
I am not Eebster, but I can help answer.
In ancient England, they used to play with pieces made of cheese. After the game, the winner owned the whole set, and was allowed to eat all the pieces.
They called the pieces "cheeses" (which is the plural for cheese), later that term turned into "cheess", and then "chess". So, chess is an abreviation for cheeses, the original name for the pieces.
*That's the origin of the expression "owned" as well.
As time passed by, new rules of ettiquette applied and they starting making the cheeses with elements other than cheese. For example, wood or plastic. But the name remained and thats what we call the game nowadays.
Man, you're fast! I didn't have the time to answer first...
bgangioni wrote:
kurogkug wrote:
BorgQueen wrote:
The question has been answerd kurogkug.
Eebster wrote:
I am not Borgqueen, but I can help answer.
The game of chess was brought to the western world by the Persians who at the time called it chatrang. They called the king shah (which meant "king" in Persian), and this was a common exclamation during the game. Most Western countries named the game after that word, which became chess in English, echeque in French, and so on.
ohh... ok im sorry eebster,i didnt read your comment thoroughly.so why they called it chess in english anyway?,i mean what is the meaning of chess in english?.i wait again to your response eebster.
I am not Eebster, but I can help answer.
In ancient England, they used to play with pieces made of cheese. After the game, the winner owned the whole set, and was allowed to eat all the pieces.
They called the pieces "cheeses" (which is the plural for cheese), later that term turned into "cheess", and then "chess". So, chess is an abreviation for cheeses, the original name for the pieces.
*That's the origin of the expression "owned" as well.
As time passed by, new rules of ettiquette applied and they starting making the cheeses with elements other than cheese. For example, wood or plastic. But the name remained and thats what we call the game nowadays.
In those days, the Swiss Gambit was very popular, but theory proved it's full of holes.
Then there was the Limburger Defense but it was abandoned because it stunk.
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Oct 1, 2010
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#1356
I saw a chocolate chess set once in a catalog. It was to expensive for me at the time. Anyway, I would have had a terrible time playing with it and not eating it too. Although, I do not like white chocolate, which is not really chocolate. I know, I know, it comes from chocolate, but just isn't the same to me.
kurogkug wrote:
bgangioni wrote:
kurogkug wrote:
BorgQueen wrote:
The question has been answerd kurogkug.
Eebster wrote:
I am not Borgqueen, but I can help answer.
The game of chess was brought to the western world by the Persians who at the time called it chatrang. They called the king shah (which meant "king" in Persian), and this was a common exclamation during the game. Most Western countries named the game after that word, which became chess in English, echeque in French, and so on.
ohh... ok im sorry eebster,i didnt read your comment thoroughly.so why they called it chess in english anyway?,i mean what is the meaning of chess in english?.i wait again to your response eebster.
I am not Eebster, but I can help answer.
In ancient England, they used to play with pieces made of cheese. After the game, the winner owned the whole set, and was allowed to eat all the pieces.
They called the pieces "cheeses" (which is the plural for cheese), later that term turned into "cheess", and then "chess". So, chess is an abreviation for cheeses, the original name for the pieces.
*That's the origin of the expression "owned" as well.
As time passed by, new rules of ettiquette applied and they starting making the cheeses with elements other than cheese. For example, wood or plastic. But the name remained and thats what we call the game nowadays.
thats what im talking about.thank you bgangioni.so chess comes from chesse ha? ok mission accomplish.aa! bgangioni i have a question again to you,i watch a chess in youtube and they show and they believed that juditsu a martial art are the same as chess game and chess game is like juditsu,vise versa you know?.so my question about this is what is your opinion about this?.i wait again to your response bgangioni.
kurogkug wrote:
thats what im talking about.thank you bgangioni.so chess comes from chesse ha? ok mission accomplish.
Hook, line and sinker! 
You guys should be ashamed of yourselves.
You should let him back into the waters before the joke goes too far and it would be impossible to reverse the damage.
rooperi wrote:In those days, the Swiss Gambit was very popular, but theory proved it's full of holes.
Gomer_Pyle wrote:
Then there was the Limburger Defense but it was abandoned because it stunk.
LOL
Crosspinner wrote:
I saw a chocolate chess set once in a catalog. It was to expensive for me at the time. Anyway, I would have had a terrible time playing with it and not eating it too. Although, I do not like white chocolate, which is not really chocolate. I know, I know, it comes from chocolate, but just isn't the same to me.
I wouldn't have had a terrible time playing: I would have eaten it merely seconds after buying it!
chessroboto wrote:
kurogkug wrote:
thats what im talking about.thank you bgangioni.so chess comes from chesse ha? ok mission accomplish.
Hook, line and sinker!
You guys should be ashamed of yourselves.
You should let him back into the waters before the joke goes too far and it would be impossible to reverse the damage.
Kurogkug, I do hope you got the pun.
Otherwise, well... I like fried fish. Who wants some?
kurogkug wrote:
i watch a chess in youtube and they show and they believed that juditsu a martial art are the same as chess game and chess game is like juditsu,vise versa you know?.so my question about this is what is your opinion about this?.i wait again to your response bgangioni.
My oppinion is that Kung Fu rules.
Seriously, chess can be like anything you want, Kurogkug.
I am chess, as you are chess, as is borgqueen
And we are all together
See how they run like pawns in the 8th rank
See how they fly
I'm playing...
BorgQueen wrote: What is that?
When they tinkered with the original recipe e.g. by introducing en passant.
En passant was a direct result of the new rule that allowed a pawn to move two squares on its first move. The two square rule was promoted by a bunch of coked-up ADHD grandmasters who couldn't sit still long enough to push pawns one square at a time.