Chess [TOURNAMENT OPEN]

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:15 pm

Its my favourite board game EVER...

Any players on this board?

Maybe play online somewhere (no idea if thats possible, I guess with the letter/number thing)

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:21 pm

it is possible, but i am completely shite at chess. you will destroy me

hexagon son · Post by **hexagon son** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:23 pm

i play!

wwbjd · Post by **wwbjd** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:31 pm

It's almost all I did in college.

Haven't played in years though.

Is there some good on-line place to play?

hemmer · Post by **hemmer** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:35 pm

i used to be pretty good, but those golden days are gone now...

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:36 pm

http://multiplayer-chess.freeonlinegames.com/

I've used that site before. There's probably a better one... this one has too much flash and pop-ups and shit. But still, does what it says on the tin.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:45 pm

I'm dreadful at Chess (ok defensive, woeful offensively) but fascinated by it, especially the intrigue and stories surrounding some of the Grandmasters such as Kasparov, Fischer etc.

Just watched this superb documentary (BBC and Film Boards of Canada produced) about Garry Kasparov's highly controversial defeat in 1997 to the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue. If you get the chance, take a look.

So, did IBM really cheat in game 2, making DeepBlue little more than a modern-day 'Turk', or did Kasparov simply allow himself to get psyched out? It's clear which side the documentary thinks is true and I can't say that I disagree.

Well worth 90 mins of your time - whether you like chess or not.

Guido · Post by **Guido** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 9:50 pm

Chess is pretty much the only game, board-based, digital or otherwise, that I am willing to play.

Post by **Aesthetics** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:10 pm

Who else is on Chesspresso? (app for android phones) my username is R061N.

OverTheHorizonRadar · Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:25 pm

One day I will learn how to better play chess. I love hearing people talk about games, seeing analysis of games by Fischer and such is very intriguing, I just don't know how to apply anything I've heard really. I have a feeling I won't learn till I'm an old man in my retirement or something

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:39 pm

Yup, this really ^^^

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 1:04 pm

Yeah same, but that doesn't spoil the fun for me at all. Now that I think of it, I haven't played chess in a while now, I should play again.

We should still have a non-competitive twoism chess tournament.

Snufkin · Post by **Snufkin** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 1:08 pm

I used to play a lot but in all honesty I hit this point where I just stopped caring who wins or loses. I was genuinely indifferent. Since then, I can't really play anymore (because you kinda have to want to win in order to make enough of an effort at it).

Is this weird? :/

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 1:10 pm

Cupz wrote:Yeah same, but that doesn't spoil the fun for me at all. Now that I think of it, I haven't played chess in a while now, I should play again.

We should still have a non-competitive twoism chess tournament.

OK but we get to choose new names to save embarrassment.
I'll be DeepShit (TM)

Evrox · Post by **Evrox** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 2:33 pm

Cupz wrote:Yeah same, but that doesn't spoil the fun for me at all. Now that I think of it, I haven't played chess in a while now, I should play again.

We should still have a non-competitive twoism chess tournament.

Let's make it happen!

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 4:27 am

One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster!

Post by **Aesthetics** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 12:31 pm

I'm currently playing a game with Mexicola on chess.com.

I ditched chesspresso and installed the chess.com app on my android phone and iPad. It's great because I can play the same game in any browser & device. I looked into the possibility to play a twoism tournament but this function is only available for premium accounts...

Anyone else up for a game? My name on there is r061n.

fujee · Post by **fujee** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 2:34 pm

Is it correspondence chess? if so I might be interested. Let us know who wins the match between you two. Two Twoism grandmasters

The Telepathic Kid · Post by **The Telepathic Kid** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 3:05 pm

Post by **Aesthetics** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 4:13 pm

fujee wrote:Is it correspondence chess? if so I might be interested. Let us know who wins the match between you two. Two Twoism grandmasters

Yeah, you can set the duration 1 till 14 days per move. 3 days seems to be common on there.

Will report about the game. Seems like I have the benefit now

The Telepathic Kid wrote:

Did you watch it?