well, just goes to show - few care about the sad tale of the pawn. the atrocities of the bishop & rook continue. it's a heartless society but i thought chess.com would be different ...
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yes, these two never cared much (especially the cat) 😝
Jul 1, 2017
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#45
it is an improvement over "raining men".
did i saw i was taking a break from this place because of some nut and his socks ? oops! sorry! I'm off!
"its raining cats!!! haleluia its raining cats!!!"
Jul 3, 2017
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#46
poor pawns are not even given a symbol in algebraic notation, just their coordinates.
phliidor was right when he said that pawns were the sole of chess. everybody just walks on them.
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Jul 3, 2017
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#50
I think you are right, the French all sound the same , like an accordion with a hole in it
Jul 3, 2017
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#51
Besides philidor had a day job, he was a musician & composer. Not on an accordion as I remember it though the french do say d'accord a lot ...
Jul 3, 2017
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#52
Les pions sont l'âme des échecs.
I believe those were his words. Basically calling pawns lame. Lame, sole, whatever ... sounds like he had a foot fetish ...
Jul 3, 2017
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#53
No,wait...." l'âme" I think comes from the "amour" thing meaning "love"
I think it means " I love playing chess with less pawns" or direct " less pawns is to love chess"
Ever notice how the French cannot spell a word if their lives depended on it?
Jul 3, 2017
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#54
lofina_eidel_ismail wrote:
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A minor detail. After all it was translated from french. We all know how well that goes 😉
Jul 3, 2017
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#55
Dubious-Duck wrote:
No,wait...." l'âme" I think comes from the "amour" thing meaning "love"
I think it means " I love playing chess with less pawns" or direct " less pawns is to love chess"
Ever notice how the French cannot spell a word if their lives depended on it?
Their excuse is that they have 4 accents to remember éèêë.
Some haters tell me the only thing their lives have depended upon so far was waving a white flag but of course I do not believe haters ...
Jul 3, 2017
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#56
In all fairness it's time to bash other nationalities. Ruy Lopez de Segura of Spain was the first to introduce gambits sacrificing poor pawns for the initiative. This includes the king's gambit that Fischer thought he refuted, to the joy of pawns everywhere.
president_max wrote:
In all fairness it's time to bash other nationalities.
have any irish ever done anything noteworthy in chess? (now, you guys are aware i know zero of chess history).
i ask because bashing of irish reminded me of an old saying-if it weren't for the drink, the irish would rule the world.
Jul 3, 2017
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#58
the irish don't get too involved in chess because its bad for you, Guinness on the other hand is good for you, but sadly it has prevented ireland running the world.
I hear imitation is the sincerest form of flatulence.