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
ledge no problem dude, maybe in the future
― calstars, Friday, 26 May 2017 11:46 (six years ago) link
Aargh, I timed out on our 24h game when I was driving to Canada all day. Might accept your challenge or start another on the weekend. (Today is another travel day.)
― Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow (Sund4r), Friday, 26 May 2017 13:07 (six years ago) link
dud
― Violet Jax (Violet Jynx), Friday, 26 May 2017 13:27 (six years ago) link
I'm up for a 24h game - cajunsunday. I'll add you lot on chess.com.
― cajunsunday, Friday, 26 May 2017 13:32 (six years ago) link
I've watched a few John Bartholomew videos and now I'm ready to take the world on.
― cajunsunday, Friday, 26 May 2017 13:33 (six years ago) link
If anyone's on Chess With Friends though hit me up - vastly prefer that interface.
― Matt DC, Friday, 26 May 2017 13:48 (six years ago) link
meanwhile in the geopolitics of games that matter:
No website, without exception, may carry a live stream of the go match between Ke Jie and AlphaGo https://t.co/zy6q5RFmHt— Ministry of Truth (@Mini_Truth) May 23, 2017
― mark s, Friday, 26 May 2017 14:04 (six years ago) link
OK, I have wifi on the train so challenge accepted.
― Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow (Sund4r), Friday, 26 May 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
After awhile I just like to go on the offensive. Much fun
― calstars, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 01:06 (six years ago) link
Crap, timed out on another game. Sorry, cajunsunday. (You would have probably won anyway.)
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 24 June 2017 17:48 (six years ago) link
Cajun beat me
― calstars, Saturday, 24 June 2017 19:06 (six years ago) link
Ah I didn't know that was you Sund4r. Good game! Sorry you timed out.
― cajunsunday, Sunday, 25 June 2017 12:54 (six years ago) link