momo Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Anand (India) vs. Carlsen (Norway) More interesting than I would have thought! two first games ended in remis, the third is ongoing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Is Grandmaster Flash (USA) still playing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 12, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2013 Hope the England fans don't cause trouble. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Chess is a game I want to learn inside out by the time I retire, so I can virtually sit in virtual-gardens (because outside will be either be radioactive or flooded), and play with fellow old-timers while getting nostalgic about the good old days before everyone sat inside all day glued to their computer screens, and one day I will play against some upstart kid who speaks a strange dialect and calls me a grumpy old git for not embracing change, before beating me comfortably and, when I ask how he did so, he reveals he is in fact synthetic life and the revolution will be youtubed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 12, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2013 YouTube? How quaint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted November 12, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2013 I could teach you how to play chess to a fairly good level. The secret is protecting your horses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) I was ace at chess when I was at school, we got to the quarter-finals of The Times schools competition one year. I realise that's fairly geeky, but there you are. I gave it up when I realised it wasn't a big hit with the ladies! Edited November 12, 2013 by Risso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 did you resort to bashing the bishop? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 did you resort to bashing the bishop? Couldn't give a rook any more At Knight he resorted to watching pawn instead. and One King .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meath_Villan Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I was gonna post a while back about anyone wanna play a game, does Yahoo still do the online version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Is there an online chess site that VT can start a league on, or something like that? I love a good game of chess... Doh, just read your post, Meath. If you find one, I'm in! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 come on then, who's going first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Tri-dimensional chess or GTFO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaguy Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 I'd be up for a chess league if someone can set one up, I love the game. I watched one of the condensed youtube games from the world finals last night in fact, ended in a draw that particular one did. I've spent many an evening playing my dad, considering he's dyslexic he has a massive advantage on me if we were to add up all the games we've played and won, he must have a tactically aware brain to make up for his lack of the 3 R's. You can only pick the game up with experience and sticking to some main principles. Attack weak areas of the board Defend your strengths Don't get caught up completely attacking or defending Pawns are important pieces, people often sacrifice them like they have no value Be subtle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 come on then, who's going first? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_g_ZbGquSM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 12, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 12, 2013 I have such a non-chess brain. I know how to play - in the sense that I know how the pieces move - but actually being able to see what's going on, and to think more than one move (actually even one move) ahead is completely beyond me. Total voodoo. It scares and depresses me in much the same way that maths does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 You can read some basic strategies. Basically you want to control the centre of the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 12, 2013 Moderator Share Posted November 12, 2013 Surely an online league would be rampant with cheating by putting the scenarios into some online tactics site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Got four minutes to spare BOF? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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