i love when ILX gets all chessed out (ILX hot chess action is here)

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i'm on redhotpawn.com as blueski if anyone fancies a game

Sven Bastard (blueski), Sunday, 13 March 2005 13:58 (nineteen years ago) link

Does this mean you beat Alix this weekend and are looking for fresh blood?

Grandmaster DC (Matt DC), Sunday, 13 March 2005 14:05 (nineteen years ago) link

i challenge thee

charlton lido (gareth), Sunday, 13 March 2005 14:07 (nineteen years ago) link

i just registered as julesb74. i'm on gameknot.com already with the same name.

JuliaA (j_bdules), Sunday, 13 March 2005 14:31 (nineteen years ago) link

Stevem Bird's Opening! You FANNYDANGLER.

Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Sunday, 13 March 2005 15:09 (nineteen years ago) link

I will tray and set some kind of ILX clan on it or something, hang on. (I am tiefscharz btw)

Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Sunday, 13 March 2005 15:10 (nineteen years ago) link

Bah, you need to be a subscriber.

Who are the ILX chess ninjas btw? I sorta assume Skidmore is one somehow.

Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Sunday, 13 March 2005 15:17 (nineteen years ago) link

e4

57 7th (calstars), Sunday, 13 March 2005 15:29 (nineteen years ago) link

gravel aren't you tiefschwarz with the w? i found them but not 'tiefscharz'...

Sven Bastard (blueski), Sunday, 13 March 2005 17:43 (nineteen years ago) link

i'd play

ken c (ken c), Sunday, 13 March 2005 17:46 (nineteen years ago) link

i invented the name redhotpwn.com

ken c (ken c), Sunday, 13 March 2005 17:47 (nineteen years ago) link

Apparently I cannot spell.

Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Sunday, 13 March 2005 18:18 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah, 'Tiefschwarz'. Teaches me to pick stupid names to impress girls.

Ken pick a username!

Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Sunday, 13 March 2005 18:21 (nineteen years ago) link

oh i forgot to check my gmail spam box for my confirmation.. it's kenjuggle

ken c (ken c), Sunday, 13 March 2005 21:04 (nineteen years ago) link

knightmoves

Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Sunday, 13 March 2005 21:11 (nineteen years ago) link

Ken has the beating of me, I think!

Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 00:34 (nineteen years ago) link

you'd think i'd be ok at chess: i am useless

or maybe you'd think i'd be useless: well i am

mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 00:43 (nineteen years ago) link

i'm useless too, but it's fun. greg is KICKING MY ASS.

JuliaA (j_bdules), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 01:13 (nineteen years ago) link

Anyone who wants to kick my ass, I am "casuistry".

Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 01:17 (nineteen years ago) link

greg got red hot pwn3d! anyone else want a game?

ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 10:32 (nineteen years ago) link

both Greg and Julia appear to be bashing my bishop - as well as all the other pieces

Sven Bastard (blueski), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 10:34 (nineteen years ago) link

also charltonlido it's been your move for some time now...

Sven Bastard (blueski), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 10:39 (nineteen years ago) link

haha did we challenge each other at the same time steve???

ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 10:41 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm not very good at chess, but I've signed up anyway. Username is treefell

Greig (treefell), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 11:09 (nineteen years ago) link

I've just signed up: pawnimo

Onimo (GerryNemo), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 13:19 (nineteen years ago) link

Someone challenge me too! I'm "starryschessclub"!

Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 14:10 (nineteen years ago) link

I am too ashamed of my poor chess skills to join in.

alix (alix), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 15:48 (nineteen years ago) link

cozen

cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 23:49 (nineteen years ago) link

someone explain to me how this works...

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 15 March 2005 23:51 (nineteen years ago) link

the horsey moves two along and one across, the dirty vicar moves diagonally, freddy mercury goes as far as and to whatever direction he damn well pleases, whereas elvis is so fat he can only move one square at a time. castles, on the other hand despite being inanimate objects, can move in straight lines, the pwns move forward and then get killed, hence the name

ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 00:06 (nineteen years ago) link

i was really disappointed that there was no freddy mercury piece....

Dr. Eldon Tyrell (ex machina), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 04:26 (nineteen years ago) link

i'm being pole-axed

Sven Bastard (blueski), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 10:14 (nineteen years ago) link

I am so fucking LAME at Scrabble! Ken has me IN A VICE!!

VICE I TELL YOU!!!

Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 10:49 (nineteen years ago) link

Sorry, chess, I mean! I'm not used to playing a new game!

(Anyone fancy an ISC date at lunchtime? SOWPODS, 13 mins void?)

Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 10:49 (nineteen years ago) link

this is a really good interface. all it needs is a duel-style face-slap animation to pop up when you challenge someone.

cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 10:55 (nineteen years ago) link

God. I am blushing at my desk about how awful I am at chess. I might go to Chess and Bridge at lunchtime to pick up a beginners guide to NOT BEING BLUDDY AWFUL at chess. Aw maaan.

Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 10:56 (nineteen years ago) link

i am now making it worse, yaaaaaay

Sven Bastard (blueski), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 11:04 (nineteen years ago) link

oh my god i cant believe i entered this. i was drunk last night. i am appalling at chess!

ambrose (ambrose), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 11:15 (nineteen years ago) link

excellent

Sven Bastard (blueski), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 11:24 (nineteen years ago) link

*bangs head against desk*

Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 11:33 (nineteen years ago) link

I want a rematch with ken!

Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 11:44 (nineteen years ago) link

i challenged you yesterday for it and you didn't reply.. i think i'm full at the moment (but the game with starry will be over soon i think ;))

ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 12:22 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh sod off you geek!!

*flounces back to Scrabble*

Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 12:41 (nineteen years ago) link

can't they combine Scrabble and Chess somehow?

Sven Bastard (blueski), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 12:45 (nineteen years ago) link

triple check score!!

mark s (mark s), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 12:48 (nineteen years ago) link

I have played the Jamaican chess champion, and received a total pWning(he's a busker in the city streets of Melbourne) It rocks out, I desire a chess clock.

Nellie (nellskies), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link

i'm on the ropes against both greg and ken now - thrilling stuff

Sven Bastard (blueski), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 13:02 (nineteen years ago) link

I am enjoying this.

cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 13:25 (nineteen years ago) link

I don't get it, can't the castle take the queen here to avoid the resignation?

chess game analysis is abt as dorky as it gets (edit: well, there is go game analysis...)

cozen (Cozen), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 13:34 (nineteen years ago) link

castle takes queen, horsey to F7 checkmate

ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 13:36 (nineteen years ago) link

Damn here I was thinking my 916 was a bit much! I do split my time between chess and lichess tho

H.P, Saturday, 30 December 2023 04:56 (nine months ago) link

bout an hour of chess a day, the cool thing about playing bullet is if you work on the computer you can just take a lil break and play a couple games no prob

lag∞n, Saturday, 30 December 2023 16:26 (nine months ago) link

prob not gonna play yr best under those circumstances but hey who cares you know, i def play best with a longer block of time and at night for some reason

lag∞n, Saturday, 30 December 2023 16:29 (nine months ago) link

two weeks pass...

https://i.imgur.com/dOVoBUh.png

Endless endgame

calstars, Saturday, 13 January 2024 20:06 (nine months ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ouOyAPIQs

"when I watch this game I imagine Rashid Nezhmetdinov watching the game and saying "nice"".

Love this one

H.P, Tuesday, 16 January 2024 04:13 (eight months ago) link

nice

lag∞n, Tuesday, 16 January 2024 16:44 (eight months ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Bb_TyhC1A

some light viewing here

imago, Monday, 29 January 2024 21:11 (eight months ago) link

Just reached 1400 blitz and am feeling ready to take on magnum, ding, and the ghost of bobby Fischer all at once, blindfolded.

Literally unstoppable right now, don't even talk to me 😤

H.P, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 00:15 (eight months ago) link

Was sitting high 1300's went 2-13 to get myself down to a nice 1200's figure again, then the next day pull a 14-15 streak to get a new top rating. My brain literally just chooses each day whether it can play chess or not. Streaky as hell

H.P, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 00:19 (eight months ago) link

nice re the pb, feel like spend most of yr time in about 100pt range is pretty normal with occasional visits to above or below, and of course the midpoint is subject to change too

lag∞n, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 00:42 (eight months ago) link

tho the other day i looked at this guys graph cause he was higher rated than me but id beat him seven out of seven, and his swings were all over the place veering wildly two three hundred points, maybe he drinks idk

lag∞n, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 00:43 (eight months ago) link

I get caught chasing the rabbit after a loss. The next game is all about making up for the previous one, so I'm not completely focussed. It then snowballs until I finally give up and give my brain a refresh. Thankfully I am not a gambler, I would have all my money sucked dry in a day

H.P, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 00:53 (eight months ago) link

I think 200-300 swings maybe more common the lower the rating, definitely rarer when swinging that much within a the 4-digit rating range

H.P, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 00:54 (eight months ago) link

the big swing guy was at like 1750 iirc

lag∞n, Wednesday, 7 February 2024 01:17 (eight months ago) link

four weeks pass...

sometimes people resign when you do a cool move on them even if its not that big of an advantage theyre just like oh no i gotta get outta here

lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 14:37 (seven months ago) link

yes hello

gbx, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 15:06 (seven months ago) link

Gotta love a bluff win

H.P, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 22:34 (seven months ago) link

thats why one should keep playing, also its good practice

lag∞n, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 23:45 (seven months ago) link

I think I've practiced losing enough

H.P, Thursday, 7 March 2024 00:03 (seven months ago) link

(But yes obviously you fight to the bitter end)

H.P, Thursday, 7 March 2024 00:03 (seven months ago) link

or at least until the position simplifies

lag∞n, Thursday, 7 March 2024 00:09 (seven months ago) link

a big comeback is fun too

lag∞n, Thursday, 7 March 2024 00:10 (seven months ago) link

two weeks pass...

https://i.imgur.com/kbXShZ0.jpeg

calstars, Saturday, 23 March 2024 18:47 (six months ago) link

Liam Gallagher commentary after move 67: “this game is gonna live forevah…”

calstars, Saturday, 23 March 2024 18:49 (six months ago) link

Lost

calstars, Saturday, 23 March 2024 23:37 (six months ago) link

the fools havent moved

https://i.imgur.com/q22iAt7.png

lag∞n, Thursday, 28 March 2024 23:16 (six months ago) link

two weeks pass...

Thinking about bringing a board to the bar and setting it up on a table outside … who wants to send me some crypto backing $$$

calstars, Monday, 15 April 2024 21:26 (five months ago) link

ive done it again friends

https://i.imgur.com/lFptTCo.png

lag∞n, Monday, 22 April 2024 01:27 (five months ago) link

That is massive

H.P, Monday, 22 April 2024 01:45 (five months ago) link

feels good

lag∞n, Monday, 22 April 2024 02:19 (five months ago) link

nice

Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Monday, 22 April 2024 09:51 (five months ago) link

17 year old playing for the world championship, wild stuff

lag∞n, Monday, 22 April 2024 14:55 (five months ago) link

while ago i looked around for some explanation of whats going on in india to suddenly produce all these great young players but didnt find anything, assume they have some sort of program thats just killing it, maybe anand is behind it all idk, anyway kudos to them

lag∞n, Monday, 22 April 2024 14:57 (five months ago) link

two months pass...

Chess is basically wait til the other guy fuvks up

calstars, Saturday, 29 June 2024 22:32 (three months ago) link

I’m trying to make it to 800. Such a loser

calstars, Saturday, 29 June 2024 23:43 (three months ago) link

three weeks pass...

I have to accept that my rating will always suffer from the fact that I love to play when I drink

calstars, Saturday, 20 July 2024 19:55 (two months ago) link

three weeks pass...

Tonya Harding vibes

calstars, Saturday, 10 August 2024 12:32 (two months ago) link

i swear this was an actual episode of Poirot or something

you'll find this funny, children (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 August 2024 12:34 (two months ago) link

Back above 800! I’m a loser baby

calstars, Sunday, 18 August 2024 22:16 (one month ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/PSqASoM.png

Ahh

calstars, Friday, 23 August 2024 03:27 (one month ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/Ktq9D2L.png

One of my most frustrating games ever finally ends in opponents resignation thank the lord

calstars, Saturday, 24 August 2024 16:46 (one month ago) link

832 now

calstars, Saturday, 7 September 2024 01:04 (one month ago) link

two weeks pass...

two couples at the bar playing chess

calstars, Saturday, 21 September 2024 01:16 (three weeks ago) link

https://i.imgur.com/lY3DSLr.jpeg

calstars, Saturday, 21 September 2024 02:02 (three weeks ago) link

7 for my last 10
Ranking creeping up

calstars, Sunday, 29 September 2024 18:59 (two weeks ago) link

poor ding https://hugemantis.medium.com/ding-liren-is-struggling-a11362660452

lag∞n, Sunday, 6 October 2024 14:06 (one week ago) link

894! I am ascendant among the losers

calstars, Friday, 11 October 2024 22:38 (two days ago) link

nice

lag∞n, Friday, 11 October 2024 22:39 (two days ago) link

ty ty

calstars, Friday, 11 October 2024 23:07 (two days ago) link


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