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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 16, 2016 21:57:14 GMT
Any Hubber play Chess?
Hmmmm?
Eldest has just got into it, mildly anyway. I always enjoyed it as a younger person, but have gotten back into it 'cos of the child. Little swine-child beat me the other day. Ohhh I was distracted... by the youngest... and her Ponies... THEY'RE IN LEAGUE TOGETHER!!!
I'll get them... don't worry... I'll get them both....
'Meantime...! Favorite opening?
Gotta love a bit of a Ruy Lopez. Eldest likes her Knights on the inner flank, so we've been investigating the unfortunately named 'Fried Liver Attack'.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 17, 2016 15:55:10 GMT
Anytime I try to play chess,
I get in a mess.
I prefer the strategy of Connect 4,
Which can be played on the floor!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 17, 2016 17:20:51 GMT
On the floor? you're wrong there mister,
Surely you mean - the mighty TWISTER!
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 17, 2016 18:22:09 GMT
I do not like Twister,
Neither from Red Dwarf does Lister.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Jan 17, 2016 18:41:14 GMT
I used to play chess quite a bit, with my Dad and then some university friends, but it's been 15 years+ since I last did - other than to show my daughter what the game was one time when she was curious last year. When she's a little older I plan on teaching her.
I had to look up Ruy Lopez (was never into it enough to know named openings!), and it pretty much covers how I usually start!
-Jim
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 18, 2016 22:20:06 GMT
Oh
My
God!
THE LASKER TRAP IS SO AWESOME!!!!
The openings are so complex they turn your brain to pie. But there is truth to them. Chess is the ultimate brain training. The first brain training.
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Post by browny87 on Jan 19, 2016 9:52:19 GMT
I like chess, tend to play a bit off the cuff as everyone else expects set patterns anyway I like to shift my outer most pawns out first which then gives me wiggle room for the rook or bishop depending on how gung ho my opponent is.
It also confuses a lot of people because it tends to be bonkers as sin looking, then tend to use my knights as blockers to entice people into taking "strong" pieces which they always end up creating aps in their defence.
never looked at strategies just tend to like to wing it tbh!
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 25, 2016 20:56:41 GMT
Ahhh, attacking on the flanks eh Browny? An orangutan or Polish type opening. Distract your opponent on the edges before making a central push? Interesting....
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 25, 2016 20:58:34 GMT
It was the great Bobby Fischer a while back who said that modern over-analysing of Chess openings has taken some of the fun out if the game.
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Post by browny87 on Jan 26, 2016 0:27:53 GMT
yeah its a massive case of misdirection then it makes people think im a loon!  |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 26, 2016 11:00:01 GMT
May I direct my chess interested Cyber-pals to Mato Jelic's chess videos on Youtube. Mato has become something of a legend in the Youtube chess video world, and with good reason! "We have now reached the Critical Position..." www.youtube.com/user/MatoJelic |
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 30, 2016 19:06:43 GMT
So, Sergei Karjakin has won the Candidates Tournament to decide who will face the Great Magnus Carlsen for the World Championship in November. It came down to the last round. The two front runners, Karjakin and Fabio Caruana faced each other in the last round to decide the tournament winner. And Karjakin won in pretty impressive style, I have to say. Caruana is the third highest rated player in history, and an amazing palyer, but Karjakin was all over him like sherbut on velcro. Fantastic game. Search 'Matojelic' on Youtube, and watch it on his channel, or watch Daniel king's 'PowerPlayChess' Youtube channel. There were some lovely games in the tournament. One of my personal favorites, Vishy Anand, played really well as always. Some controversy when Nakamura lost to Aronian thanks, in part, to the 'one touch' rule. Awe inspiring to watch Chess at the highest level. Can't wait for November.
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Post by Shockprowl on May 1, 2016 15:47:03 GMT
Norway Chess 2016 is throwing out some good games. I've been enjoying British GM Daniel King's compentary on his excellent Power Play Chess Youtube channel. I'm two rounds behind though, so don't tell me what happens.
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Post by blueshift on May 1, 2016 15:59:32 GMT
His opponent picks up the queen and stabs him in the face, screaming "CHECK MATE SUCKA!!!!"
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Post by Shockprowl on May 1, 2016 16:02:43 GMT
Errr no, no I don't think that's allowed under current FIDE rules....
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Post by blueshift on May 1, 2016 16:09:25 GMT
No what actually happened is that the other player starts moving the black AND white pawns, while shouting "LET THE CHAINS OF FENRIC SHATTER!!!!!!"
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 1, 2016 16:12:22 GMT
Bullet to King 4  |
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Post by Shockprowl on May 1, 2016 16:17:39 GMT
I do remember Tal doing something similar in one of his World Championship games against Botvinnik in 1961...
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Post by Shockprowl on May 29, 2016 21:17:46 GMT
I'm all about Tal at the moment. Reading 'The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal', something of an autobiography, published by Everyman Chess. He's a brilliant witty writer and his games and attacks are extraordinary.
A close second is Paul Keres, the greatest player never to become World Champion. He's like a... measured Tal. Not all-out attack, but very clever. His book 'Road to the Top' is sadly hard to come by.
Then there's Fischer. He came out with some fairly terrible things later in life, and was his own worst enemy in his prime (I mourn no Fischer vs Karpov... or Fischer vs Kasparov...!), but he was a complete genius. Hard to chose 'The Greast Ever' between him and...
Kasparov. World Champion for 15 years, world Number One for 20, up 'till his retirement. A brutal destroyer of opponents, who didn't sef-destruct like Fischer. The man's incredible.
And finally, not glamorous, not 'fashionable', but Anatoli Karpov, the boa constrictor. So unmoveable, so accurate. In their 5 World Championship matches, he and Kasparov (the Great Rivals) played 144 games. Most were draws, Kasparov won 21, Karpov won 19.... that's how close it was. So if you're talking about All Time Greatest players and putting Kasparov at the top of the list, Karpov can't be far behind.
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