Chess

[Stanislaw]

Hey I was thinking, why don't we create a yahoo chess club, we could play chess against eachother on a given day, and maybe have a private room, I don't know if its possible, but any takers?

[imthefoolonthehill]

chess is the greatest game ever.

i'd do it if i have time.

[papayahed]

I'll play.

[kilted exile]

yeah, I'll be in for that

[Jay]

If you let me win once in a while... and time zones allowing, could be fun.
Though... nah, I don't enjoy winning anyway. Usually that is :p

[mono]

Good idea, Stanislaw. I will join, so long as the events do not conflict with my present schedule (nursing school) :eek:.

[simon]

My short expericene with chess has only heightened my enthusiasm.

[Bongitybongbong]

I'm definitely in.

[imthefoolonthehill]

i have several yahoo accounts already. I have played yahoo chess, but never in a chess club or anything. how do we set this up?

[papayahed]

shockwave.com has email chess if we can't get together..

[subterranean]

But Stan...I like Litteratti...:(...

Can't we just create a Yahoo litteratti club ;) ???

[Stanislaw]

I am not exactly sure how we can set up our own room, however we can create our own group. The email chess may not be a bad idea either, if one can't make it to the event.

What would be a good day/time?? :thumbs_up

[imthefoolonthehill]

wait until you see me online, send me a message on msn.

[shortysweetp]

anyone been watching the news about the chess guy Fischer ? i watched a press conference about him today on ESPN

[Miss Darcy]

I'd play. I used to be really into chess...I go on and off it...right now I'm actually horridly rusty...

But why Yahoo chess, MSN Zone chess is much better (from the experience I've had of it)...but then again you can't start your own...or maybe your can...you can actually start a tournament, if you'd like that...yeah...*drifts off*

Well if anyone'd like to have a look at the MSN thing, it's http://zone.msn.com/chess - I used to spend a lot of time on it...playing, chatting, and ASL'ing. :D But I'd be fine with Yahoo if it were necessary.

As long it fits with my time zone. I don't want to have to get up in the middle of the night for it. ;)

Darcy.

[Turk]

Is anyone playing chess here?

[kathycf]

Yes, but sadly not very well. ( I am a poor strategist...)

[Turk]

Shall we organizate a live tournmanet for site members sometime? It could be fun.

[mir]

yes! or join gameknot.com, it's a chess forum (you play chess games with other people on the internet and you can talk to them too if you want.) even if you suck (like me) it's still really fun!

[Pensive]

I have never played it but I am interested. Does anyone know any online link to play chess?

[Turk]

You can play iton yahoo or msn or on many other websites. Or just go "google.com" and search for online chess.

[grace86]

Very embarrassed to admit that I have never played chess, checkers, chinese checkers and suck at just about any card game :blush:

[kathycf]

yes! or join gameknot.com, it's a chess forum (you play chess games with other people on the internet and you can talk to them too if you want.) even if you suck (like me) it's still really fun!

Seems like fun to me as well, and I doubt you suck at chess worse than me...:D

[Shannanigan]

I used to play, I even taught my little brother how, but I'm sure by now with the length of time I haven't played that I would suck. I've been playing "Othello" with my boyfriend for a few months now, its a nice substitute since he thinks chess is for dorks (working on that) :p

[higley]

I like to play chess; I can't say I'm any good at it though. Mostly I've just played my dad and uncle. Sometimes I do better, mostly not x) But they're pretty good. I love fancy chess sets, with crazy carved figures, and have always wanted to buy one.

[cuppajoe_9]

I played chess at the bars quite a bit, before my friend quit drinking. I was alright (better than him, anyway).

[ShoutGrace]

Ah, how funny to see so many closet chess aficionados here. I am something of a chess addict, have played lots of blitz, and regularly attended 4 chess clubs (that was until school re-reared it's ugly head, and I got addicted to these forums).

Are you often on that chess site, mir? Would anyone else like to join? :)

The best website is ICC, Internet Chess Club. All the GM's play on that site, and it has the best features. Recently they took away their guest privileges, however, so if you want to experience this chess heaven you need to pay a minimal annual fee.

If anybody wants to quickly improve their chess monumentally, study tactics for 10 to 20 minutes a day (ideally for as long as you can, actually). Chess is 99% tactics! Even if you can't solve the problems at first, explore the explanations and study the outcome; it's the best thing for any chess player. Tactics, tactics, tactics!

For variety, my favorite thing to do is set up a board and play through, say, the 100 greatest games of chess ever played, 1 at a time, of course (as one game usually takes me a few hours). Each of which will feature loads of tactics, not incidentally. If you get an annotated, in depth analysis version, you will understand chess much better, and have fun too (if you're into it at all).

That is assuming you know how the pieces move, if this is not so, study piece movement first. :D

[byquist]

Playing, or losing? Losing is the key word. Not like the kid in "Searching for Bobby Fisher," I can only think maybe 3 moves ahead, if even that.

[Jouzou]

Now you're talking. I'm an eager chess player. A very fascinating game indeed. I like it because each game is different from each other. The initial position can lead to countless positions and complex thought processes.

A tournament sounds like a mighty good idea. Does anybody know if clubs can organize tournaments at Gameknot?

[Turk]

I registered at gameknot.com. My username is Turco.

[kathycf]

yes! or join gameknot.com, it's a chess forum

Good stuff, mir. My user name there is katcf.. I am nothing if not original when thinking up user names. ;)

Now we can have a big litnet/gameknot contingent! :lol:

[Virgil]

Sounds cool Turk. I used to play, though also not great. It takes a lot of effort and constant playing to be good. I used to be on my high school team, but once you get to college the time is just not there for chess and studies. Do I have to join gameknot? There's no way to do it on lit net?

[mir]

yay!! people are joining gameknot!!! :D

i don't have many games going right now so i'll challenge you all! it's a really fun place - my name there is MirN if anyone wants to play me. :)

Gameknot is pretty informal, Virgil, and each person has a rating that changes depending on the amount of games they win or lose, so you can choose to play people at your skill level. i think it's something totally seperate from LitNet - i got on it because the same friend who recommended me to LitNet recommended gamknot, actually :) - but it's still a really fun thing to do when you want to think and relax at the same time.

[Virgil]

OK, Mir. You talked me into it.

[Jouzou]

Oh yeah, forgot to mention. I'm in GK, too. Same username as here...

[mir]

great!

hey, Virgil, what's your username on gameknot?

[thevintagepiper]

There is a way to do it on lit-net, Virgil...I played correspondence chess for a few months with a friend. You have a board set up with a graph and to move peices you say "1B to 3A" or some such thing. Then the person moves the piece and replies with their own move. I've heard of people playing by Christmas card before!!! That would be one long game. The disadvantage of that is having a board set up all the time, but you can probably do it on the computer as well.
My friend and I eventually gave up and played on some game master site. He whopped me twice in half an hour ;)

[ShoutGrace]

I think you're talking about algebraic notation, vintagepiper. :D It's so good to hear that you did that . . . I love playing correspondence chess! You have a long time to think about your moves. :nod:

I'm definitely going to register on gameknot as soon as possible.

[Turk]

I started to play with Mir.

[miss tenderness]

I've never palyed chess:(but I'm really interested.

[mir]

actually i bet if enough people joined and everyone wanted to we could even get up a LitNet team on Gameknot! i think they have team tournaments and the like. it would be fun! :)

Miss T, you've never played before at all??!

[miss tenderness]

yaa,sadly:(

any teachers around:D
you seem an expert,Mir:)?

[optimisticnad]

u can play chess here????????????????????????????????????????????

where the hell have i been!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i met a really really really nice and intelligent guy the last time i played chess online and wev stayed in touch. hes wonderful!
i wanna play!!!!!!! *throws rattle on the floor and starts making the most of her lungs*

[mir]

aww . . .yes, you can also meet some really cool people playing chess. :)

so join gameknot, opti!!!!

miss T, i'm actually not that good at chess - i just love playing it. :D

and kathy, i sent you a challenge on gameknot if you want to play!

[OZEED]

I've joined, its great....I go by the name Ozeed, but you can call me Oz. lol

[Turk]

This is started to be annoying i've won 3 games in row but my rating is still 1200 in gameknot.com. Why?

[ShoutGrace]

What blew my mind is the lack of blitz. I've played mainly 1 minute, 3 minute, and 5 minute blitz games. Gameknot offers 9 minute games, but even those dont affect your rating. :(

[mir]

This is started to be annoying i've won 3 games in row but my rating is still 1200 in gameknot.com. Why?

your rating will start to change after i think five games. check the rules. but you won't win against me! :D

whoa my computer is messed up . . . OK the message below is supposed to go below what Turk posted. And, :crash:!

just try . . . you're talking to a person who has watched Star Wars way too many times!! :lol: i have skills you can not even imagine . . . FEEL THE PAWN POWER!! :p

[Turk]

your rating will start to change after i think five games. check the rules. but you won't win against me! :D

:) Heheh... I'll use my mysterious powers and i'll win...

[Jouzou]

I sent mir a challenge. It's exciting to meet new opponents. :D

[Miss Darcy]

I play chess, though I haven't done so in a long while because I've been flat out with uni. But now that I'm on holidays, I would be glad to have a game with somebody from LitNet...:)

[mir]

thanks, Jozou! :D

[kathycf]

just try . . . you're talking to a person who has watched Star Wars way too many times!! :lol: i have skills you can not even imagine . . . FEEL THE PAWN POWER!! :p

I am so darn scared now!!!!!! You and Jouzou are both going to send me to the cleaners....:bawling: Ah well, what can I do? ;)

[Stefan]

Well, thanks you all for pointing me to GameKnot. I love chess, but I haven`t played for a long time. Loving the game doesn`t make me a good player, so if you want to get your stats up, seek me! ;) My username is Stefan_ro

[mir]

I am so darn scared now!!!!!! You and Jouzou are both going to send me to the cleaners....:bawling: Ah well, what can I do? ;)

FEEL THE BLUFF POWER!! :lol:

[Stanislaw]

Is anyone allowed in?
:)

[mir]

no, Stanislaw. everybody is but YOU.

of course everybody is! :D that is, as long as you send ME a challenge!

[blacksheep]

i playing on gameknot last year. my rating went from 1480 to its pitiful state now... 1250ish.
DRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

don't send me a challenge. (you dont know my username :)
is anyone on a team? if ya'll are interested join the ecclectics. i've lost so many games for our team (many of them i were on the verge of winning but then got timed out) and now i feel really bad so anyone who's good at chess, come and play for us.

go and chess are related. does anyone play internet go? i've been to some of the real time go lounges but i often dont have 1 whole hour without interruption. is there a go lounge similar to gameknot?
(and you writers, update the wikipedia entry on gameknot)


What blew my mind is the lack of blitz. I've played mainly 1 minute, 3 minute, and 5 minute blitz games. Gameknot offers 9 minute games, but even those dont affect your rating. :(

when i started playing blitz, they only had the 10 minute kind. and those were WAAAAY too fast for me. :P
haven't been to the blitz section lately. im scared. i loose basically 75% of the time there. :(
grr. im not good enough to hang out with you blitzy people.

[Turk]

I am the captain of team Assassins, my rating was going over 1800 but then i got sick and lost a lot of games due timeouts. If any player who's over %55 winning percent wants to join team they are welcomed.

[Stanislaw]

chess eh? cool stuff... I quite enjoy the game!

Does anyone here play any chess varients, such as 3d chess (best known for its appearence in Star Trek...The original series with Kirk and Spock) or Assideum? Also by chance, does anyone here play chinease chess?

[Lote-Tree]

I play chess - but not all that good. And I don't have time to play in real time.

So if you are interested you can join "itsyourturn.com" and challenge user "DeepThought" :-)

P.S I am not that good at chess. But can make it challenging (sometimes :-))

And DeepThought is just an id to scare people - nothing to it :-)

[Captain Pike]

Chess is the only game with no element of chance, right?
I like to start a game of chess; I like to win, to finish. It's this business of the middle game that can drive me crazy.

[Hyacinth42]

Hah, I have no end game, in fact, I have no strategy... But that is the fun part ;)

People with strategy get annoyed at my random moves and then make a simple mistake and then loose.... Although, I beat an asian dude, the president of a chess team, and then lost to a semi-retarded kid. So my strategy of no strategy does not always work very well. But it was still fun playing. I like chess, but not enough to play a lot, just randomly, like once a year, where I play 4 games or so that one time.

[obesechicken13]

Bookworms, the thread started about role playing and you talk about chess, deteriorate the mind a little. THe only differences between an RPG and Reality is that the role playing game is more fun. Also you <b>have</b> to eat in reality.

[librarius_qui]

Yes: chess ... 3 ways, three players.
Funny thing is this: it's so well designed that no rules need to be altered ... Beginners in Geometry only get a little dizzy with the M. C. Escher (see Wiki) looks of the design.

Genius work! :thumbs_up

http://www.online-literature.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=527&pictureid=3798


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[weltanschauung]

http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/1/17812000/ngbbs4908be85be4ab.jpg
!!!!!!!

[librarius_qui]

[img ngbbs4908be85be4ab.jpg]
!!!!!!!

Oh, sorry ... 'Should have given a link of some sort, aye? :D
Here goes: http://meignorant.com/3-way_chess

[PoeticPassions]

no way?? rules don't have to be altered?? but nooo... wait... how can this be??? No, I cannot accept this change! no no no!

I like two person chess. just leave it be, people!

[librarius_qui]

no way?? rules don't have to be altered?? but nooo... wait... how can this be??? No, I cannot accept this change! no no no!

I like two person chess. just leave it be, people!

too late Pashy~

[It's well designed, and rules don't change because it is made of squares. The only thing that changes is that a third player can join the fun. Movements of pieces are unaltered. They move exactly the same way. -- Yes: exactly. The board is different, that's all, but it doesn't alter the rules (pieces' movements, functions, values). It only gives a geometrical look to the game, only that. Looks like complicate, but, in fact, it's simpler than it .. looks.

Game begins normally with one player randomically chosen (stone-paper-scissors :D ), and it goes clockwise.

Too bad it wasn't me to make it up ... I'd like to have gotten rich ... :rolleyes: ]

[Sapphire]

This is marvelous :D Not that I can play 2 people chess, but it must be nice to get beaten by 2 people at the time instead of just one :p

Thanks for telling - and I like the McEscher design :)

[BienvenuJDC]

Now that's a major challenge...not only do you have to worry about the strategies of one person...it's like fighting a two-front war...and that never goes well...

[Madhuri]

Not bad :)

There will be another person to share my sorrow when I lose... :p :D

[librarius_qui]

Now that's a major challenge...not only do you have to worry about the strategies of one person...it's like fighting a two-front war...and that never goes well...

According to the rules, game ends when first check mate is given. But I've been discussing with a friend the possibility of the man who gives the first check mate to keep the adversary's army ... It might make sense.

Maybe the players might cast lots, to see who gets the army.

Third option would be the looser decides it.

Fourth best pieces go to winner, and pawns go to the other one.

Fifth, the army remains untouched, and other two players go on.

sixth, army is removed from the board ...

There may be (many) others :D


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[Virgil]

Wow, this looks complicated. Have you played Libri? Are there group dynamics involved, where two people may team up and defeat the third before squaring off against each other? I used to love chess. It just takes so much time to keep sharp that I don't have time for it any more.

[librarius_qui]

Wow, this looks complicated. Have you played Libri? Are there group dynamics involved, where two people may team up and defeat the third before squaring off against each other? I used to love chess. It just takes so much time to keep sharp that I don't have time for it any more.

Not yet, but I showed this to a friend of mine, he got quite interested ...

There's people who play in the computer, to get sharp. I like to play with myself. Intercalating with playing with other people, and trying their strategies, when I play with myself.

It's a wonderful pastime to be with friends! Tough thing to play with married friends, though ... It seems a wife takes all your time. Only, perhaps, if you get a friend who has a wife, so she can be chitchat'ring, while the guys play.

Or get a girl who likes to play. In certain couples, though, it seems not to quite work out ... I don't know, there's something about women & chess that I could not yet quite figure out what is ...

~

[Possibly it's the relation with war. Men make play wars since he's a kid, and there's no home in chess. Only battlefield. Thoughts, thoughts ...]

[Virgil]

There's people who play in the computer, to get sharp. I like to play with myself. Intercalating with playing with other people, and trying their strategies, when I play with myself.

I have a computer chess program and I used to play. I should try it again.


It's a wonderful pastime to be with friends! Tough thing to play with married friends, though ... It seems a wife takes all your time. Only, perhaps, if you get a friend who has a wife, so she can be chitchat'ring, while the guys play.
:lol: Yes a wife changes everything.


Or get a girl who likes to play. In certain couples, though, it seems not to quite work out ... I don't know, there's something about women & chess that I could not yet quite figure out what is ...
I have never met a woman that plays. Not sure why. I'm sure they're out there.


[Possibly it's the relation with war. Men make play wars since he's a kid, and there's no home in chess. Only battlefield. Thoughts, thoughts ...]
Possiby.

[JBI]

Which direction do pawns go to reach the end?

[mono]

I have tried playing this once, but did not survive long. I love playing regular chess, and have done so since childhood, yet could not grasp this as naturally as I felt I did with chess - I like looking at it, though - very innovative! :nod:

[librarius_qui]

Not bad :)

There will be another person to share my sorrow when I lose... :p :D

^



I have never met a woman that plays. Not sure why. I'm sure they're out there.



If Madhuri looses, it means she plays ... Now, remains the question: does she exist? :D

(I'm kidding Madhy)



Which direction do pawns go to reach the end?

straight ahead. The squares may be a bit bend, but they're still squares, side to side :) Pawns move ahead. Nothing's changed :D

[Zee.]

chess = best board game

can you actually buy this ?

[mono]

can you actually buy this ?
Yes, the place where I played it, an old rickety building selling cigars, magazines, and liquor, had a few for sale - a bit on the spendy side, as someone made it by hand, but for sale, nonetheless.

[librarius_qui]

can you actually buy this ?

if you google it, you'll probably find a place :D ...

er, .. do you REALLY play chess?

[Zee.]

^ favourite board game

[librarius_qui]

& .. er :rolleyes: ... Do you pLaY??































(I'm kidding you ..) :D

[Zee.]

hmm..

[librarius_qui]

Actually difficult to find them in daily life ... :sick:

[Zee.]

jnjnjnjnj

[librarius_qui]

Would you like to play?

[NikolaiI]

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/events/zatonskih01-fl.jpg

Of course women play chess.

http://www.newyorkmasters.com/players/rusudan_goletiani.jpg

Anna Zatonskih and Rusudan Goletiani, both of whom I have met. Though they probably don't remember me. But I played them casual chess. :)

[PoeticPassions]

I like chess as well... it is great... though I am not very good. I should practice/play more...

I like finding old, hand made wood boards as well... My dad has this amazing chess board and set.

does anyone play backgammon as well? I still don't get the rules really...

[K.K.]

I have never met a woman that plays. Not sure why. I'm sure they're out there.

Here I am! I love playing chess (and I generally beat my male friends!)

This three-person version looks interesting. Where can such a board be purchased??
I am interested in hearing from someone who has actually played this version with success.

And, yes, poetic passions, I play backgammon.

[librarius_qui]

[img http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/events/zatonskih01-fl.jpg ]

Of course women play chess.

[img http://www.newyorkmasters.com/players/rusudan_goletiani.jpg ]

Anna Zatonskih and Rusudan Goletiani, both of whom I have met. Though they probably don't remember me. But I played them casual chess. :)

Nah! It's fake! :p :p :p

You know nothing! :rolleyes:


Here I am! I love playing chess (and I generally beat my male friends!)

This three-person version looks interesting. Where can such a board be purchased??
I am interested in hearing from someone who has actually played this version with success.

And, yes, poetic passions, I play backgammon.

If you google it you'll find it easily. It seems to be "natural" (or ressurreceted) among the Czechs, but, nowadays, what can't you purchase in the internet?~

Nice to know that you play chess, KK .. Perhaps we might play, cause Jean showed some .. fear, through a week silence, by now!

women DON'T play chess :lol:

(at least, not at distances ...)

[K.K.]

women DON'T play chess :lol:

(at least, not at distances ...)


Sorry, Libri... I've been really busy, and I was away from the forum over the weekend. I've never played chess "from a distance" before, just in real life.

Just to clarify: women do play chess. They may not be as common as male chess-players, but they definitely, undeniably exist. :D

[librarius_qui]

Sorry, Libri... I've been really busy, and I was away from the forum over the weekend. I've never played chess "from a distance" before, just in real life.

Just to clarify: women do play chess. They may not be as common as male chess-players, but they definitely, undeniably exist. :D

(perhaps you don't exist, KK ... :p )

[predict18_white]

oh,that must be interesting!Genius idear!

[K.K.]

(perhaps you don't exist, KK ... :p )

WHAT!?!?

:lol: What if I don't exist? That would change my entire personal philosophy. :lol:

[NikolaiI]

Sorry, Libri... I've been really busy, and I was away from the forum over the weekend. I've never played chess "from a distance" before, just in real life.

Just to clarify: women do play chess. They may not be as common as male chess-players, but they definitely, undeniably exist. :D

Yes, they do! :)

Judit Polgar, the youngest of the Polgar sisters, is also the strongest chess player of the three. She was #10 in the world or around there for quite a long time. The eldest of the three is Zsuzsa or Susan Polgar, who has been very active for most her life in chess, promoting it and especially encouraging girls to play. I met her once and also played her in a simul (simultaneous exhibition). To my deep chagrin, when I approached her, I said, "Judit?" My best friend was with me and he gave me flak for a while after. :) Probably one of the worst social blunders of my life. :lol: I am not worried about it too much now, as it was almost 6 years ago.

Anyway, Susan is a GM. Judit is what they call a Super GM. It's pretty hard for anyone under the level of say, International Master, to estimate the difference between GM and Super GM, and GM will completely blow anyone lower than master out of the water with complete ease. So yes, women and girls play chess.

To Libri; Not sure what you mean by "playing from a distance." Do you mean correspondence, perhaps?

[zanna]

Woo, chess! My "twin sister" and I used to play chess at lunch, and we had a couple extra rules of our own; it was fun! My dad and I probably have a 3:1 ratio going; he used to be an absolute whiz, and I still make way too many stupid mistakes . . . it can be fun, though, if everyone is in the right mood. Don't want any hurt feelings! =D

[Remarkable]

Libri, you're plain evil not believing girls play chess and everything! Want to give it a shot:p?!

[librarius_qui]

Libri, you're plain evil not believing girls play chess and everything! Want to give it a shot:p?!

Let's go! :)

You choose your colour. I'll be nice.
(I should not. You'll probably win.)

Black or white?

[ktm5124]

If so I'd be interested in some friendly games on Yahoo.