Stuff Non-Chess Players Say
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May 28, 2014
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#2581
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(looking at a chess clock) ooo, what games are on this?
dragonair234 wrote:
winerkleiner wrote:
UnknownTroll wrote:
winerkleiner wrote:
Of course not. Hey I just ecaped out of quicksand, stuck for 8 days!
Please dude... I was in quicksand for 18 days, and you don't see me bragging about it on a chess.com forum.
Ok but I wasn't finished...I was stuck for 18 days prior in the eye of a tornado, was tossed into the quicksand. Beat that.
heheheeh >_<
Plus I lost my watch, :(
May 29, 2014
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#2586
UnknownTroll wrote:
winerkleiner wrote:
Of course not. Hey I just ecaped out of quicksand, stuck for 8 days!
Please dude... I was in quicksand for 18 days, and you don't see me bragging about it on a chess.com forum.
Who said what now?
May 29, 2014
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#2587
akafett wrote:
@ December: I love it! I love it! I love it! I love it!
@ winer: Sorry dude. You can't beat that.
Wow I feel popular!
May 29, 2014
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#2588
Mallet wrote:
Sorry, wrong subject.
There is no wrong subject in this forum (-: lol
May 29, 2014
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#2589
IllustriousHedgehog wrote:
"Losing this piece is part of my plan!just wait and see"
"Checkmate"
"No it's not checkmate I can find a way out"
"..."
Good ones! lol
May 29, 2014
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#2590
Just started a team match in "my" group on chess.com. 7 sign ups on our side and 2 sign ups on their side when the match started. Could have had 14 people participating but instead there are 4, not even including me. Total fail... lol
May 29, 2014
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#2591
Sadly it's too late but THANK YOU! ^__^'' How's that chess.com University group it looks like you joined? :)
December_TwentyNine wrote:
cosmicharmonic wrote:
I just lost to a dude who actually asked, "What do you mean by 'passed pawn'." Brutal loss to beginner mind!
The one thing that scares me about non-chessers is the fact that one of us, if not all of us, will "scare them away." I have a friend who loves to go over openings, puzzles, and just plain talk about chess OTB. This guy, I estimate, is a 2000 rated if he were. Very, very strong player I've only beaten him once out of the 10+ times I've played him at the chess cafe. So back to the non-chessers, we have some all the time that come by and play. He was watching my friend go over a Falkbeer Counter-Gambit game with me (because he knows I like the King's Gambit) and on the board White has 2 passed CONNECTED pawns. So I'm thinking, "Yeah, Black is toast. I just don't think that Rook of his can stop 'em. If he moves the King in to stop them, he risks getting mated." So the non-chesser says, "Well, you can attack that Pawn over there." My friend told him, "That's irrelavant." In addition to that, I told him, "Yes, but, I don't think Black has time for that." Sorry to make this post so long, but I insist. He goes over to play another guy that shows up regularly, and he got smashed. He (non-chesser) just left shortly after. The bottom line: I just feel bad when we chase off potential players. And being a patzer myself (the next step above from being a non-chesser) I play with non-chessers all the time and I do have the patience for it. The question is, do they, have the patience to learn the game?
Just something to digest. I can only hope you enjoyed this seemingly long, drug out post.
I hope this isn't what you meant..sounds like you were on drugs? lol.
May 29, 2014
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#2593
winerkleiner wrote:
December_TwentyNine wrote:
cosmicharmonic wrote:
I just lost to a dude who actually asked, "What do you mean by 'passed pawn'." Brutal loss to beginner mind!
The one thing that scares me about non-chessers is the fact that one of us, if not all of us, will "scare them away." I have a friend who loves to go over openings, puzzles, and just plain talk about chess OTB. This guy, I estimate, is a 2000 rated if he were. Very, very strong player I've only beaten him once out of the 10+ times I've played him at the chess cafe. So back to the non-chessers, we have some all the time that come by and play. He was watching my friend go over a Falkbeer Counter-Gambit game with me (because he knows I like the King's Gambit) and on the board White has 2 passed CONNECTED pawns. So I'm thinking, "Yeah, Black is toast. I just don't think that Rook of his can stop 'em. If he moves the King in to stop them, he risks getting mated." So the non-chesser says, "Well, you can attack that Pawn over there." My friend told him, "That's irrelavant." In addition to that, I told him, "Yes, but, I don't think Black has time for that." Sorry to make this post so long, but I insist. He goes over to play another guy that shows up regularly, and he got smashed. He (non-chesser) just left shortly after. The bottom line: I just feel bad when we chase off potential players. And being a patzer myself (the next step above from being a non-chesser) I play with non-chessers all the time and I do have the patience for it. The question is, do they, have the patience to learn the game?
Just something to digest. I can only hope you enjoyed this seemingly long, drug out post.
I hope this isn't what you meant..sounds like you were on drugs? lol.
Drawn out, perhaps... :P
dragonair234 wrote:
winerkleiner wrote:
December_TwentyNine wrote:
cosmicharmonic wrote:
I just lost to a dude who actually asked, "What do you mean by 'passed pawn'." Brutal loss to beginner mind!
The one thing that scares me about non-chessers is the fact that one of us, if not all of us, will "scare them away." I have a friend who loves to go over openings, puzzles, and just plain talk about chess OTB. This guy, I estimate, is a 2000 rated if he were. Very, very strong player I've only beaten him once out of the 10+ times I've played him at the chess cafe. So back to the non-chessers, we have some all the time that come by and play. He was watching my friend go over a Falkbeer Counter-Gambit game with me (because he knows I like the King's Gambit) and on the board White has 2 passed CONNECTED pawns. So I'm thinking, "Yeah, Black is toast. I just don't think that Rook of his can stop 'em. If he moves the King in to stop them, he risks getting mated." So the non-chesser says, "Well, you can attack that Pawn over there." My friend told him, "That's irrelavant." In addition to that, I told him, "Yes, but, I don't think Black has time for that." Sorry to make this post so long, but I insist. He goes over to play another guy that shows up regularly, and he got smashed. He (non-chesser) just left shortly after. The bottom line: I just feel bad when we chase off potential players. And being a patzer myself (the next step above from being a non-chesser) I play with non-chessers all the time and I do have the patience for it. The question is, do they, have the patience to learn the game?
Just something to digest. I can only hope you enjoyed this seemingly long, drug out post.
I hope this isn't what you meant..sounds like you were on drugs? lol.
Drawn out, perhaps... :P
Yes I was hoping it was that! :)
May 30, 2014
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#2595
I wish I were brave enough like you to go out and play at cafes... I don't know what's stopping me... the thought of sitting there with a chess set by myself waiting for a stranger to come challenge me is so intimidating! Also, the staring... and the waiting until someone actually would show up and play.
dragonair234 wrote:
I wish I were brave enough like you to go out and play at cafes... I don't know what's stopping me... the thought of sitting there with a chess set by myself waiting for a stranger to come challenge me is so intimidating! Also, the staring... and the waiting until someone actually would show up and play.
And what is you play a maniac and he loses? That would be scarey.
wear a fake mustache and spit tobacco into a cup; bun your hair and wear it under a hat, put a sock in your jock and make jokes about women. Nobody will be none the wiser, and only then can you let your moves speak for themselves.
Jun 1, 2014
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#2598
December_TwentyNine wrote:
dragonair234 wrote:
I wish I were brave enough like you to go out and play at cafes... I don't know what's stopping me... the thought of sitting there with a chess set by myself waiting for a stranger to come challenge me is so intimidating! Also, the staring... and the waiting until someone actually would show up and play.
...In addition to the fact that the purvert will see a physically attractive young woman to target, and not a chess player to challenge. It is for this exact reason why where I play at it's practical for women to play, out in the public, because of the common chess crowd to shield their thoughts from these negative things, and for the acknowledgement by management knowing we're there every week. I know from experience and not some theory considering I played a 15 year old girl 2 weeks ago...and her mom had no problem with it.
How'd that chess game go? :P
"You must be smart"