That1Cellist he/him Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 Hi. I like the game of chess. I bet there are other people on the shard who enjoy chess as well, so I was thinking it would be fun to talk about chess! I know that competitively, chess has been very interesting recently, and it would be good to know everyone's thoughts on that matter. Chess is fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wandering Wizard he/him Posted October 11, 2022 Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 Chess is fun, but I haven't played it in a while. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookwyrm he/him Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 I like chess. I'm not good at it, but I like it. (...That said, I somehow won a fair number of the last few games I've played. That was also at least a month ago.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Halcyon Girl she/her Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 I… like chess Except playing against my little brother, cuz he’s better than me and… I don’t like to admit that XD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookwyrm he/him Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) 1 minute ago, The Halcyon Girl said: Except playing against my little brother, cuz he’s better than me This is me with too many games. Chess included. But I digress. This is a chess thread, not a "my younger siblings can do things better than me" thread. ....Does anyone know of some interesting obscure chess rules or strategies? Edited October 12, 2022 by The Bookwyrm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That1Cellist he/him Posted October 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 32 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said: This is me with too many games. Chess included. But I digress. This is a chess thread, not a "my younger siblings can do things better than me" thread. ....Does anyone know of some interesting obscure chess rules or strategies? You guys do know of en passant, right? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wandering Wizard he/him Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, That1Cellist said: You guys do know of en passant, right? Ah, that move. I was thinking more along the lines of scholar's chess for an advanced strategy. 38 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said: ....Does anyone know of some interesting obscure chess rules or strategies? Have you ever heard of castling? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Unmade she/her Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 5 minutes ago, That1Cellist said: You guys do know of en passant, right? HO HO HO!!!!! Yes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shining Silhouette he/him Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 Chess is really fun. 17th shard chess.com club? :eyes: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Halcyon Girl she/her Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 2 hours ago, That1Cellist said: You guys do know of en passant, right? IM GOING TO HAVE A CHARACTER WITH A CODENAME OF THAT …But I digress Ummmm chess is cool and castling is good most of the time? Oh and the sisilian defense or however you spell it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookwyrm he/him Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 9 hours ago, That1Cellist said: You guys do know of en passant, right? Nope. 9 hours ago, The Wandering Wizard said: Ah, that move. I was thinking more along the lines of scholar's chess for an advanced strategy. Have you ever heard of castling? Yep. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That1Cellist he/him Posted October 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 11 hours ago, Shining Silhouette said: Chess is really fun. 17th shard chess.com club? :eyes: I mean, that would be a lot of fun. I don't know how we would go about that though. I am on chess.com. What's everyone's 10 minute rapid rating? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Unmade she/her Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) 15 minutes ago, That1Cellist said: I mean, that would be a lot of fun. I don't know how we would go about that though. I am on chess.com. What's everyone's 10 minute rapid rating? 800! Exactly! I haven‘t played anyone except computers. And this is en passant. Edited October 12, 2022 by Rabbit Unmade 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookwyrm he/him Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 1 hour ago, Rabbit Unmade said: And this is en passant. Oh wait, I have heard of this. I just forgot about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That1Cellist he/him Posted October 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 2 hours ago, The Bookwyrm said: Oh wait, I have heard of this. I just forgot about it. Cool. I like Tennisson gambit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookwyrm he/him Posted October 12, 2022 Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 In the last few games I've been using a more offensive strategy where I threaten my opponent's queen with my bishop, but have also positioned my knight in a way that they can't take that bishop without loosing their queen to the knight. I don't remember exactly how I do it, and it doesn't work all the time. Does this have a name? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That1Cellist he/him Posted October 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 14 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said: In the last few games I've been using a more offensive strategy where I threaten my opponent's queen with my bishop, but have also positioned my knight in a way that they can't take that bishop without loosing their queen to the knight. I don't remember exactly how I do it, and it doesn't work all the time. Does this have a name? As a general strategy, that's just an attack while your piece is defended. However, that strategy specifically totally has a name, but I don't know what it is. If you put in a move list, I bet I could find something. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 I played a lot of chess back in the day. It was fun 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SymphonianBookworm she/her Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) I love chess! I was... really good at one point, then I stopped playing for a couple years. That's where I am now... I never knew how en passant was spelled. Huh. Edited October 25, 2022 by SymphonianBookworm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That1Cellist he/him Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 3 hours ago, SymphonianBookworm said: I never knew how en passant was spelled. Huh. I had to look it up. It's French, I believe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SymphonianBookworm she/her Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 The thing that really confused me was how to spell Sicilian. Funnily enough, I can spell things like Nimzowitsch, but not that. It’s probably because I learned the Sicilian at a young age and couldn’t spell it then, and then just never realized how. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That1Cellist he/him Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Hmmm, yes. Did you see that Magnus blundered a full rook against Hikaru yesterday? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Unmade she/her Posted October 26, 2022 Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 That was kind of sad. I just have to say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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