There I am; the butt of my own joke.
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again? you just did that last week.
At least I'm consistent.
Apr 17, 2014
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#2325
EDB123 wrote:
again? you just did that last week.
Which part, performance on tactics trainer or wet pants? LOL.
Apr 17, 2014
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#2326
I stopped tactics trainer a couple months back. Too frustrating! I'd rather be working on openings/middle game/endings, strategies, etc.. Not just figuring out strict step by step puzzles (tactics). But that's just how I feel. If I ever started to actually study chess then I know tactics training is not optional. lol
dragonair234 wrote:
EDB123 wrote:
again? you just did that last week.
Which part, performance on tactics trainer or wet pants? LOL.
LOL! I love it! That was good.
To answer your question; the performance part. I'll do really well and the next day, BAAMMM!, I crash and burn. I seem to play better than I do at TT. That seems backwards to me. Shouldn't it be the other way around?
And I almost didn't recognize you with the new avatar.
It shouldnt.
@ EDB123: You're saying that one should play better than one's performance on Tactics Trainer?
precisely.
some guy thought castling meant switching the king and the rook's places and that you could do it any time.
@ EDB123: I was told by others that it was the opposite. Maybe they are really bad at chess and want to make themselves feel better. :)
Apr 17, 2014
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#2334
and action!
Apr 17, 2014
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#2336
EDB123 wrote:
some guy thought castling meant switching the king and the rook's places and that you could do it any time.
I don't get why you can't castle when in check?
Apr 17, 2014
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#2338
pureredwhiteblu wrote:
... and then there are the comments about "en passant" LOL
yep. 
@ Brumtown: It has to do with the ballance of the game. The point of allowing one to castle is for the one to know when to castle. If castling out of check or through check was allowed, then there would be no strategic checking of the King to deny castling rights.
For every rule in chess, there is an advantage and a disadvantage. The disadvantage to the castling rule is that you can't 0-0 or 0-0-0 through or out of check or if either castling pieces have been moved. This ballances the great advantage of being able to castle to begin with.
I'm having another one of those pathetic Tactics Trainer days on chesstempo; hense the new dent in my helmet.
I don't know why I did so poorly. I must have gotten distracted. Why is the seat of my pants wet?