I remember when I was 11, saying to my very first opponent--the little red-haired neighbor girl at our apartments, 'Well, I'm not sure how it all goes, but let's just play. We'll look at the rules here if we need help.'
What an idyllic, sunny morning in Phoenix, with my very first grocery-store plastic chess set that was no bigger than 10"x10"!!
I remember when I was 11, saying to my very first opponent--the little red-haired neighbor girl at our apartments, 'Well, I'm not sure how it all goes, but let's just play. We'll look at the rules here if we need help.'
What an idyllic, sunny morning in Phoenix, with my very first grocery-store plastic chess set that was no bigger than 10"x10"!!
I love the positive attitude!
"WTF!!! You cheated!!! How did you turn that little knobbly thing (pawn) into a little spiky thing (queen) (promotion). I should report you."
" I beat all my buddies." -- This means the person has no formal experience, and has never studied the game. I've found that a person who says this is nearly always a weak player.
I saw thisguy in my school, and he saw me analyzing on Stockfish on my laptop, and he said, "oh, I'm really good at chess!". I said, "Cool! What's your favorite opening?", to which he responded "Oh, I haven't played in a while; I forget that cool thing ou can do with the king and the horse...er, the castle thing, I mean". I kid you not; he said this.
dragonair234 wrote:
OrganicVegetables wrote:
dragonair234 wrote:
Speaking of variant chess... do you like playing Chess960? I know bughouse chess is popular in Chess Clubs but I don't hear anything from people about Chess960/Fischer Random Chess. Is it just a technicality that people don't know how to randomize the pieces at setup?
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I'm playing one right now with Fantation. We decided to try it and so far im not even used to playing this style. This wrecks all the strategies out of me
Hmmm... let me know how it goes and if you recommend it.
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I haven't finished the game yet, but right now I'm getting the hang of it. My favorite formation is when I have bishops in the corner :)
" I beat all my buddies." -- This means the person has no formal experience, and has never studied the game. I've found that a person who says this is nearly always a weak player.
How nice of a soccer ball with a Santa hat to visit this thread. Seen and read so many things here... lol...
My chess960 opponent is so annoying
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Me: "My rating's about 1450."
The guy I'm talking to: "So you've won like, 1450 games?"
:P
Merry Christmas!!!
So if I check my opponent Im not suppose to say check ? And if I have a check mate, I'm not suppose to say checkmate ? So how do I win again ?
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Woman: "My uncle was a really good chessplayer."
Dadian: "What was his name?"
Woman: "Rudolf Spielmann."
Haha
Two knights came to a cross road on their horses. One Knight said we will never cross this road it is way too busy.The other Knight replied we will play a chess move and just jump over.
OrganicVegetables wrote:
My chess960 opponent is so annoying
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I checkmated him
@rockpeter lol