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Chess

Who here plays chess....
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Haven't done it in god knows how long. At least five years.
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Re: Chess

I enjoy playing chess, but I'm not in any kind of club or whatever.

It is a glorious game.
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Re: Chess

STUPID HAT MAN TO C3
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* Remembers years ago when I used to play chess in the library every day*
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Haven't played in ages. I want to, though.
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I suck at chess!
I used to be in the chess club and it was embarrassing because I sucked so freaking bad.
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Re: Chess

I actually do. My favorite opening is Queen's Indian Defense
05-06-2010 08:23 AM
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I'm currently rated at 1527 by the USCF, would be a lot higher, but I've been having a shit run in tournaments lately. I mostly play blitz nowadays, but I'm much better in long time controls; I just can't fucking deal with another 7 rounds of four hour games ever again.

My favorite opening has to be Queen's Gambit Accepted, at least when I'm playing as white. Massive pawn center and it isn't even really a gambit if you play it right. Massive development, awesome pawn center, and you're equal in material. What more could you want?

As black, I switch it up a lot. I play a lot of standard Italian stuff, though I sometimes play a Sicilian in informal games. But in tournaments I just get out-theoried by random 8-year old experts that memorized the better part of an opening encyclopedia. Maybe even a Scandinavian for shits and giggles. Used to play Philidor's defense a lot, but the f4 push introduced a lot of king safety issues.

For Queen's pawn stuff, I like the Declined. Slav and semi-Slav are too passive for me. Gotta say, this Catalan shit is new, Topalov is really loving his new lines against Anand, though I personally play a much more relaxed Queen's Gambit.
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Occasional chessmaster and yahoo chess, some tournaments here and there when little that I was pretty average at and wasn't comitted to.
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Re: Chess

Wow, that shit is cash.
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I have been beaten once and that was by Chinks
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Son of a mother duck.
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She is good! Too good *suspects chinks is a robot*
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I suspect that bobby guy is a robert, er, I mean, robot.
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I used to play chess, Haven't had the time in ages.
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Halycon, I should play you online.

I'm starting to play chess more and more now. I'm Using the English Opening mostly, Sometimes I use the Caro Kahn. English is a good opening when playing against novices when combined with fianchettoing the two bishops.

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You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'
Watchin' X-Files with no lights on
We're dans la maison
I hope the Smoking Man's in this one
Like Harrison Ford I'm getting frantic
Like Sting I'm tantric
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy

Like Kurasawa I make mad films
Okay, I don't make films
But if I did they'd have a Samurai
Gonna get a set a' better clubs
Gonna find the kind with tiny nubs
Just so my irons aren't always flying off the back-swing
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Whatever happened to the old days where people just used tactics instead of openings?
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Ellis Wrote:Haven't done it in god knows how long. At least five years.
This... god it's been a long time. I'd like to start again.
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I'd totally start again, but I don't have enough time in my waking hours (read:21 hours per day).
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Kasha Wrote:Halycon, I should play you online.

I'm starting to play chess more and more now. I'm Using the English Opening mostly, Sometimes I use the Caro Kahn. English is a good opening when playing against novices when combined with fianchettoing the two bishops.

Oh Chessmaster is ownage XP I use the 10th edition
I'd love to play a game sometime, probably after my graduation.

I'm a fan of the English, I don't play it though. It's an amazing opening for people who don't care for theory and just want a fairly straightforward development plan. Though I suspect with time it'll become very popular and overanalyzed.

My chess coach used the Kann a lot. It's very solid and I like it much more than the French, but I still prefer a more open game.
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Once again:

When did basic strategy fly out the window and be replaced with openings?
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It never did, but you have to deploy your forces to advantageous positions before you can hope to win a battle. Tactics are all well and good, but what happens when you can't get your pieces to good squares to implement your tactics? What happens when your strategy is utter shit compared to your opponent's well-researched strategy?
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You can have a well-researched strategy without having to call it an opening. And an opening is too rigid, with a strategy you can change it as you go.
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You can change ideas with an opening too. Openings just provide a basic framework of ideas for making the middlegame advantageous for you.
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Ahkay.
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This is how I go about it, pre-memorised openings and ideal moves to start off and start strategising as it nears the middle game.
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HACKLYON just said that's how a game of chess goes.
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AWOL Wrote:HACKLYON just said that's how a game of chess goes.

Good for you
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AWOL Wrote:Whatever happened to the old days where people just used tactics instead of openings?

Openings are just a part of tactics.
Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin'
Watchin' X-Files with no lights on
We're dans la maison
I hope the Smoking Man's in this one
Like Harrison Ford I'm getting frantic
Like Sting I'm tantric
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy

Like Kurasawa I make mad films
Okay, I don't make films
But if I did they'd have a Samurai
Gonna get a set a' better clubs
Gonna find the kind with tiny nubs
Just so my irons aren't always flying off the back-swing
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