The Number 794

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Real chess players will instantly know how the number 794 is related to chess. 

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 If it's what I'm thinking, most chess players probably haven't thought about it or aren't as mathematically inclined as others.

 

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Dodger111 wrote:

Real chess players will instantly know how the number 794 is related to chess. 

Is that your FIDE rating?

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794

1974 match between Karpov and Fischer which never took place?

The fact hat here are1497 Male GMs as of now?

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None of you are even close

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Dodger111 wrote:

None of you are even close

Oh, so your FIDE rating isn't even close to 794?

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I know why.

It's because there are 32 pieces on a board and 64 squares, if you multiply them together then divide by the number of different pieces (6), then multiply by 2 (the number of players), then add 112 (the maximum age you are good at chess, then subtract 2/3rds (on average the number of games you will win or draw) it gets to 794.

Simple

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So none of you have ever been to the library ? 

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Dodger111 wrote:

So none of you have ever been to the library ? 

Is it the number in the Dewey Decimal System for chess, or something like that?

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What is this "library" you speak of?

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People don't read these days.

It's the average number of times a chess player flogs the bishop in a public library each year. As published in the 2015 survey done for Chess Life Magazine.  

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macer75 wrote:
Dodger111 wrote:

So none of you have ever been to the library ? 

Is it the number in the Dewey Decimal System for chess, or something like that?

Yes, all chess books in the dewey decimal system start with 794. It's the first place I go when I visit the library. 

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794 is "Indoor games of skill", so all chess books are 794 but not all 794 books are about chess.

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Ah. I have looked at the book at the local library but I normally just buy the ones I am interested in. 

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That question was completely unfair. "Real" chess players don't look for material in a library.

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Rsava wrote:

794 is "Indoor games of skill", so all chess books are 794 but not all 794 books are about chess.

But some people play chess outdoors ...

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Lorgen wrote:

That question was completely unfair. "Real" chess players don't look for material in a library.

Where do "real" chess players look for material then?

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Dodger111 wrote:

So none of you have ever been to the library ? 

When I was a kid, sure. We had to look things up for school though, not for chess.

Maybe you can say real chess players over 50 years old might remember this number.

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Dodger111 wrote:

Real chess players will instantly know how the number 794 is related to chess. 

You mean librarian, not chess player.