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?
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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?
chess is the greatest game ever.
i'd do it if i have time.
I'll play.
yeah, I'll be in for that
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
Good idea, Stanislaw. I will join, so long as the events do not conflict with my present schedule (nursing school) :eek:.
My short expericene with chess has only heightened my enthusiasm.
I'm definitely in.
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?
shockwave.com has email chess if we can't get together..
But Stan...I like Litteratti...:(...
Can't we just create a Yahoo litteratti club ;) ???
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
wait until you see me online, send me a message on msn.
anyone been watching the news about the chess guy Fischer ? i watched a press conference about him today on ESPN
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.
Is anyone playing chess here?
Yes, but sadly not very well. ( I am a poor strategist...)
Shall we organizate a live tournmanet for site members sometime? It could be fun.
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!
I have never played it but I am interested. Does anyone know any online link to play chess?
You can play iton yahoo or msn or on many other websites. Or just go "google.com" and search for online chess.
Very embarrassed to admit that I have never played chess, checkers, chinese checkers and suck at just about any card game :blush:
Seems like fun to me as well, and I doubt you suck at chess worse than me...:DQuote:
Originally Posted by mir
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
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.
I played chess at the bars quite a bit, before my friend quit drinking. I was alright (better than him, anyway).
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
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.
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?
I registered at gameknot.com. My username is Turco.
Good stuff, mir. My user name there is katcf.. I am nothing if not original when thinking up user names. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by mir
Now we can have a big litnet/gameknot contingent! :lol:
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?
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.
OK, Mir. You talked me into it.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention. I'm in GK, too. Same username as here...
great!
hey, Virgil, what's your username on gameknot?
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 ;)
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.
I started to play with Mir.
I've never palyed chess:(but I'm really interested.