Who's in for brackets for the 1st annual ilx masters championship? submit thy nicks and let's set it up
― calstars, Sunday, 5 February 2017 21:21 (seven years ago) link
sure - ilxmordy
― Mordy, Sunday, 5 February 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
you know mine
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Sunday, 5 February 2017 22:54 (seven years ago) link
ah go on then, ledgr
btw, ledge, I like yr dn
knew there had to be some aristophanes fans in this place. n.b. that is all i know of aristophanes.
― brekekekexit collapse collapse (ledge), Monday, 6 February 2017 09:10 (seven years ago) link
I dunno if it's just on Android or whatever but the Chess.com app is an excellent tutorial resource but its UI makes it awful for actually playing games.
― Matt DC, Monday, 6 February 2017 09:42 (seven years ago) link
I believe in uncertainty too much to be good at chess, I find it hard to visualise a few steps ahead because my brain keeps saying "but you have no idea what move your opponent will make". Obviously being able to visualise multiple scenarios would be helpful but that's where lack of concentration comes in. I only really enjoy chess played at speed.
― lex pretend, Monday, 6 February 2017 10:03 (seven years ago) link
Redhotpawn and chess.com are good that way since the 'Analysis' feature lets you actually try out different scenarios before moving.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Monday, 6 February 2017 13:56 (seven years ago) link
What's involved with the ilx masters championsip? Are these live games?
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Monday, 6 February 2017 14:08 (seven years ago) link
I dunno, just putting it out there
― calstars, Monday, 6 February 2017 17:42 (seven years ago) link
I guess with only about six of us here, a tournament is probably more trouble than it's worth.
That said, I've lost against sund4r and ledgr so far! : )
― calstars, Monday, 6 February 2017 18:52 (seven years ago) link
almost as satisfying as successful fried liver
http://imgur.com/a/StjSP.jpg
― Mordy, Thursday, 9 February 2017 22:55 (seven years ago) link
http://imgur.com/tBRcCPm.jpg
i think i've got u sund4r
― Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 15:37 (seven years ago) link
my game against calstars is going perhaps even worse than my game against matt dc is going well
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Friday, 10 February 2017 16:13 (seven years ago) link
Paul Morphy would often play exhibition games without a rook and win though so I just gotta channel that
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Friday, 10 February 2017 16:17 (seven years ago) link
My queen is invading Mordy's personal space
― calstars, Friday, 10 February 2017 16:28 (seven years ago) link
i don't think we're playing a game
― Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 16:28 (seven years ago) link
I mean Imago. Sorry! Mordy, I tried to challenge you a couple days ago but got a system error
― calstars, Friday, 10 February 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link
try again!
― Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 16:29 (seven years ago) link
Must...not...take on... a new activity
― Louder Than Borads (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 February 2017 16:30 (seven years ago) link
Count me in for the tournament. I'm ilxwtev on there.
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (wtev), Friday, 10 February 2017 16:38 (seven years ago) link
Probably true. I'm mostly hoping to last as long as I can, especially compared to our blitz game.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 10 February 2017 18:36 (seven years ago) link
unless i'm missing something i think it's mate in 2 moves
― Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 18:38 (seven years ago) link
possibly 3 if u sac a piece to delay
― Mordy, Friday, 10 February 2017 18:39 (seven years ago) link
Yep, go for it.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Friday, 10 February 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
calstars has helpfully handed back a knight, ty
― I Am In Atlanta And Thug Is Young (imago), Friday, 10 February 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link
Love you guys but I have to unbookmark this thread if youse going to talk through moves here.
(This is coming from someone who is too chicken to play in an ilx tournament tbf)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 10 February 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link
What's your nick?
― calstars, Friday, 10 February 2017 21:09 (seven years ago) link
I'd probably be interested in a tournament, depending on what the terms are.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Saturday, 11 February 2017 13:48 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgc_LRjlbTU
― akm, Saturday, 11 February 2017 18:00 (seven years ago) link
i'm now wtevilx on chess.com if the tourney goes ahead.
― wtev, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 22:30 (seven years ago) link
so far we've got :
ilxmordywtevilx/ ilxwtevMarteauSansMaitre (potentially)acoleuthicmyself
come on lurkers, show thyselves
― calstars, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 23:08 (seven years ago) link
Is it bad to play while drunk / distracted by butts? Oh well, I solider on.
― calstars, Saturday, 25 February 2017 22:32 (seven years ago) link
i play stoned sometimes - it generally doesn't work out too well
― Mordy, Saturday, 25 February 2017 22:39 (seven years ago) link
Word. Sometimes I can't help it tho
― calstars, Saturday, 25 February 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
Anyone live in NY? I want to start a weekly thang
― calstars, Saturday, 25 February 2017 22:44 (seven years ago) link
The drunkest I ever got was playing that game (I was sucking right from the opening move and I ended up drinking most of a 26oz bottle of Southern Comfort). They almost called the police because they thought I was missing. I was actually in a bathroom in the Brandon University science building basement with my head in a sink. I don't think I've played chess since.― Bryan (Bryan), Wednesday, March 12, 2003 5:45 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 26 February 2017 01:15 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA59n9ZYIWg
― imago, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 16:31 (seven years ago) link
I played a bunch of grade school kids last week who have a chess coach and play on iPads. I bested a 7 year old but a 9 caught me. It was also cool to play with physical pieces in real time rather than virtually with day long breaks or whatever.
― calstars, Sunday, 12 March 2017 20:50 (seven years ago) link
Were you in a bar with kids?
― Jeff, Sunday, 12 March 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
Chess With Friends random just messaged me to say "I just had a bong, this game is going to be interesting".
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
I love the bong and the chess but they really don't mix well
― calstars, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 21:42 (seven years ago) link
calstars I am going to decline your challenge - I am giving up chess, for a while at least. I just can't stop making stupid, fatal mistakes. I was cruising to a victory in my last two games and I threw them both. Also my partner is getting annoyed at the amount of time I spend staring at my phone and chess was a big part of that, not that I can't find plenty of other reasons.
― ledge, Friday, 26 May 2017 08:03 (six years ago) link
Matt DC just lost his game against me by abandonment. Summer sun and chess are a bad combination
― imago, Friday, 26 May 2017 09:00 (six years ago) link
I am absolutely shit at chess, don't know why, always have been
― The Remoans of the May (Noodle Vague), Friday, 26 May 2017 09:33 (six years ago) link
i have been teaching my niece (9) to play: she still hasn't quite mastered all the moves so i am currently able to beat her still but have been reassuring her this phase will not last long and i will slump back into my comfort zone of never having to master pawn endgames because my startlingly bold and disorientating sacrifice was as usual a hilarious blunder
she is much more competitive than me -- i am bad at games bcz i don't really care whether i win or lose -- but she is also less patient and more distractable than me
(ie the last game stumbled to her loss quite quickly bcz she wanted to play a not-very-successful variant of snap which she had invented)
― mark s, Friday, 26 May 2017 09:42 (six years ago) link
The Chess.com Android app is fantastic for lessons and problems etc but as an actual game it's terrible, I stopped noticing whenever someone had made a move.
― Matt DC, Friday, 26 May 2017 11:22 (six years ago) link
Patience and distractibility are definitely a problem for me. Whether it's stumbling blindly into a trap I should have noticed or impulsively falling into one I was well aware of but momentarily forget about, I can't sustain the cautious and deliberative mindset required for *every* *single* *move*.
And then there was the time my friend thought I was playing a masterful endgame, when in fact i was painfully and nervously mapping out every single eventuality, and then forgetting the results after each of his moves and doing it all over again. Didn't exactly make me think I was a natural.
― ledge, Friday, 26 May 2017 11:32 (six years ago) link
xp notifications are a bit flaky but if you open the app it's pretty clear...
― ledge, Friday, 26 May 2017 11:33 (six years ago) link
I'd like to think Matt's motivation died a death when he ran into a fork on like move 5 :p
― imago, Friday, 26 May 2017 11:38 (six years ago) link