Chess

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sun May 17, 2009 21:30:36

Yeah, I played some in high school, hadn't played in about seven years, and picked it back up last week, been having a blast.

by **Stay_Disappointed** » Mon May 18, 2009 00:30:44

chess is awesome

by **td11** » Mon May 18, 2009 00:31:49

Warszawa wrote:chess is awesome

by gr » Mon May 18, 2009 09:23:30

i once lost a game of chess on a first date and we ended up staying together for over a year. so, that's why i never learned to play.

by **lethal** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:37:12

I think you've lost in the endgame.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:38:24

Yeah, I've come to terms. Sucks to lose a game you've been playing for two weeks.

by **The Dude** » Mon May 18, 2009 10:40:37

My friend turned into one of those crazy guys at rittenhouse with the timers

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Thu May 28, 2009 11:44:54

Some Armenian guy is kicking my ass

by **Shore** » Thu May 28, 2009 12:30:37

Some librarian just kicked mine. Great game.

by **td11** » Fri Jun 05, 2009 18:07:52

just played a game on yahoo. got checkmated.

i really did forget how fun chess is.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 16:38:36

The pawn's ability to travel two spaces on his first move is the greatest rule change in the history of sport.

by **td11** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 16:54:42

why's that?

by **td11** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 16:55:34

i remember it blew my mind when i learned about the castle maneuver.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 17:02:05

Well, I'm not an expert, but the struggle for the four central squares is made exponentially more interesting by the king's pawn ability to get right in there and jumpstart the game. There'd be no concepts like preparing the advance of the queen's pawn or an unexpected late double move to grab control of a wing. Without it, I think we would just see fianchettos in almost every game and strictly defensive play by black.

I mean, try a game without the double move and see what happens. There just isn't much incentive to attack without it.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 17:04:46

td11 wrote:i remember it blew my mind when i learned about the castle maneuver.

One of the more interesting things I found out over the past few weeks is that in quality games, both sides castle something like 95% of the time. I used to think of it as something of a novelty but now I'll gladly sacrifice a knight, and maybe a bishop if circumstances are right, if it means forcing the king to move and forfeiting the castle.

by **TenuredVulture** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 17:12:05

How common is en passant?

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 17:13:27

TenuredVulture wrote:How common is en passant?

Very rare. I've never seen it in any of my games or any of the master games I've read about.

by **Houshphandzadeh** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 17:19:01

Houshphandzadeh wrote:
TenuredVulture wrote:How common is en passant?

Very rare. I've never seen it in any of my games or any of the master games I've read about.

I mean, to want to move a pawn such that en passant was possible, you'd need such a unique setup where both the double move (in case your opponent declines) and losing your pawn a block up were beneficial to you. It's not very likely.

by **Stay_Disappointed** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 21:39:15

I think one of the drawbacks of Chess is that its not really a game to play while drinking

by **td11** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 00:01:23

Warszawa wrote:I think one of the drawbacks of Chess is that its not really a game to play while drinking

false.

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