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chess
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 5:06 pm
by tuckerlinen
My dealer was over the other day and noticed my chessboard on the table
He said that he loved the game and asked if I would like to play
I said sure, positive that I'd beat him
he's a great big fellow and I thought that my certain victory would balance the scales a bit
He stomped me
Totally crushed me
Anyone else dabble in chess?
Re: chess
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 5:31 pm
by hasezwei
planning to do so. i think theres a good reason people kept playing chess for so long over the course of history. need to find people to play with first tho.
not that related but i really wanna get a new rubiks cube too, i used to be very good at them.
Re: chess
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 5:58 pm
by boomphat
Great game, but I'm not very good.
Re: chess
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:00 pm
by Y_H
Love it, but i'm shit,i tried learning with one of them learning boards and reading the books, then gave up.
Re: chess
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:51 pm
by NilsFG
Like it, but I suck because I have no one to play it with.
Re: chess
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:08 pm
by tuckerlinen
my old roomie and I used to play almost daily
we both improved a great deal from the practice
the best part was naming the 'strategies' we were utilizing
'oh, I see you're employing the old iron jester defense... very clever, very clever indeed'
Re: chess
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:47 pm
by Sexual_Chocolate
Chess is a badman boardgame....
Re: chess
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:49 pm
by hifi
Nevalo wrote:Chess is a badman boardgame....
Re: chess
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2011 10:01 pm
by Plasmic aka Hanlo
Just played about 4/5 games on the easiest mode of chess titans and lost every one. I came REALLY close to winning on the last game but alas i fucked up! I've never beat chess titans even on the easiest mode.
Re: chess
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:16 am
by ketamine
I'm not surprised a drug dealer beat you in game of strategy, memorization, and foresightedness. You also would have lost at Monopoly, Life, & No Limit Hold Em.
Re: chess
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:23 am
by oprs
ketamine wrote:I'm not surprised a drug dealer beat you in game of strategy, memorization, and foresightedness. You also would have lost at Monopoly, Life, & No Limit Hold Em.
This post fucking made my day, and its only 22 minutes into the new day.
ketamine for the win.
alpacas insue, wanka style big ups
the whole shabang
Re: chess
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:43 am
by lloydnoise
I have a mate who's great at chess, I mean seriously good. We were at the pub one night and this weirdo sits next to us outside and starts talking pretty much nonsense. After a while he starts talking about chess and some how winds up having a game with my mate, WITHOUT A BOARD. They were just playing in their heads "Rook to D5 etc" it was insane to watch. My mate started saying "oh you're using the such and such opening" etc, unbelievable skills...
I, on the other hand, am rubbish
Re: chess
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:54 am
by jameshk
I love to play chess, unfortunately there's not many people to play. My mates who do play are all sick and destroy me
Re: chess
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:27 am
by wizeguy
Yep. played for years
recently started playing again... bit rusty
Re: chess
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:25 pm
by Lichee
jameshk wrote:I love to play chess, unfortunately there's not many people to play. My mates who do play are all sick and destroy me
chess seems to be made up of people who are sick and people who are either just able/can't play, i'm just able lol
Re: chess
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:39 pm
by wizeguy
Lichee wrote:jameshk wrote:I love to play chess, unfortunately there's not many people to play. My mates who do play are all sick and destroy me
chess seems to be made up of people who are sick and people who are either just able/can't play, i'm just able lol
you sure it's not just you being 'just able' that makes it seem like that...?
Re: chess
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:23 pm
by Lichee
wizeguy wrote:Lichee wrote:jameshk wrote:I love to play chess, unfortunately there's not many people to play. My mates who do play are all sick and destroy me
chess seems to be made up of people who are sick and people who are either just able/can't play, i'm just able lol
you sure it's not just you being 'just able' that makes it seem like that...?
The only people i know who play chess have either played it since they were kids or learnt to play it and got no further
Re: chess
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:28 pm
by ketamine
To be honest the pace is just boring for most people. That's why you only see old men playing it, or savants who can crunch numbers but can't brush their own teeth.
Personally I have ADHD and can't sit and stare in silence for that long or keep grid data / formulas in my head at once, nor do I even want to. Ironically I'm good at Poker...
Re: chess
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:44 pm
by zerbaman
I think chess is the best creation of mankind.
Maybe music actually.
But yeah, I play chess every other day tbh, It's like life, I get goosebumps every time I win too.
Can't tell how good I am, I think it usually depends on my opponents tbh, I adjust to their methods generally, my one rule of play is domination of the center, get your bishops, knights, pawns and your queen out, keep the castles 'till the end for the final checkmate moves. Also, I work on elimination methods, just wipeout your opponents, Isolate the king, but when doing this, I have to be extra careful to avoid stalemate, I'm quite good at getting them when I'm on the line though
Re: chess
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:04 pm
by Sexual_Chocolate
ketamine wrote:To be honest the pace is just boring for most people. That's why you only see old men playing it, or savants who can crunch numbers but can't brush their own teeth.
Personally I have ADHD and can't sit and stare in silence for that long or keep grid data / formulas in my head at once, nor do I even want to. Ironically I'm good at Poker...
speed chess is the game for you then...
i remember going to a pub in town, and the owner used to have a "beat me in speed chess and get free pints" thingy... the problem was, he was a fuckin Chess Master... no one ever bet him lol