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Is There Any Chess Players Here?

Edward said:
I'm sorry if that was offensive wondering. He was allegorizing playing chess as discussing in the forums. You never know what people are going to say and what is a good counter move? It is like a chess game.

I am a chess player so I thought it was hilarious what he said. So I responded in affirmation of I've had to use that move too! But what was the move? Lol. (that's the joke!)

I have no idea. I can't see how his pieces were set up at that time, lol. I might have an idea but I don't for sure. So it was just morning humor.

I am a chess player and would like to play someone real and not the computer games so much. I know how it plays. Hey I know! If anyone wants to play me a game of chess, we could trade emails and each of us set up our own board at home, and make moves with transcriptiion Queen to Queens level 9..not really, more like A7 to C8 or whatever. Might take a few days for a game if you work. I don't care.
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Chess.com you play real people,live.
I play at a 1800- 1840 level when I am on my game.As I get older I do not remember the board as well as I need to.
I signed up on that site, and while over the road I would play at the end of the night.
Speed games...10 minutes on the clock.
I think in 3 weeks I played several hundred games. I then realized that although a lawful activity is was taking away from my reading time....1cor6:12....so I mostly play against a few of my sons, and teach my grandchildren.
 
Iconoclast said:
Chess.com you play real people,live.
I play at a 1800- 1840 level when I am on my game.As I get older I do not remember the board as well as I need to.
I signed up on that site, and while over the road I would play at the end of the night.
Speed games...10 minutes on the clock.
I think in 3 weeks I played several hundred games. I then realized that although a lawful activity is was taking away from my reading time....1cor6:12....so I mostly play against a few of my sons, and teach my grandchildren.
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I don't play that much, lol. I did go over to that website and I plyed one person one game and got myself stomped!

It been so long that I havent played any real people that I'm out of practice. Too used to that computer. I used to be the guy to beat back when I was still married and there was always someone around to play.
 
Iconoclast said:
Chess.com you play real people,live.
I play at a 1800- 1840 level when I am on my game.As I get older I do not remember the board as well as I need to.
I signed up on that site, and while over the road I would play at the end of the night.
Speed games...10 minutes on the clock.
I think in 3 weeks I played several hundred games. I then realized that although a lawful activity is was taking away from my reading time....1cor6:12....so I mostly play against a few of my sons, and teach my grandchildren.
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I guess I'll try intermediate next game, lol. Until I get practiced up a little at least. I went there with the big head and lost.

I don't know what I would rank over there. The game was so humiliating that I didn't stay around very long! I never did get used to playing speed chess. I was playing woodpushers who take their time. (Two moves to mate and it's been 30 min and they still havent moved. Looking for a magic move)
 
That is why I went on the clock. I went into 4 or 5 tournaments. Talked to a man who was rated at 2100. Grandmaster level is 2400 and above.
I asked the 2100 how often he plays to get to or maintain that level. he said he plays 6-7 days a week.
That is when I realized I could not do that , and raise a family, and live out my life as a Christian
really enjoy the game, but not the time it requires.

Played against Edmar Mednis years ago.
He was a grandmaster. He played a simultaneous exhibition where I lived. He played 22 boards at once.
After move 14, he gave me a look, and I knew I was toast. I saw it at move 22 and resigned. He was 8 moves ahead of me.

worldchesshof.org

Edmar Mednis - World Chess Hall of Fame

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Iconoclast said:
That is why I went on the clock. I went into 4 or 5 tournaments. Talked to a man who was rated at 2100. Grandmaster level is 2400 and above.
I asked the 2100 how often he plays to get to or maintain that level. he said he plays 6-7 days a week.
That is when I realized I could not do that , and raise a family, and live out my life as a Christian
really enjoy the game, but not the time it requires.

Played against Edmar Mednis years ago.
He was a grandmaster. He played a simultaneous exhibition where I lived. He played 22 boards at once.
After move 14, he gave me a look, and I knew I was toast. I saw it at move 22 and resigned. He was 8 moves ahead of me.

worldchesshof.org

Edmar Mednis - World Chess Hall of Fame

worldchesshof.org worldchesshof.org
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How do you know you were at move 22?
Is it on that clock?
 
wondering said:
How do you know you were at move 22?
Is it on that clock?
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You write down, or record your moves on a paper , then you record the other persons move.d2to d4 using the letter and numbers of the squares...a to h...1 to8
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Iconoclast said:
Played against Edmar Mednis years ago.
He was a grandmaster. He played a simultaneous exhibition where I lived. He played 22 boards at once.
After move 14, he gave me a look, and I knew I was toast. I saw it at move 22 and resigned. He was 8 moves ahead of me.
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That's what chess is all about - being able to hold the next few moves and potential counter moves of your opponent in your head and playing them accordingly. It's really a memory exercise. Not so much a logical one.

And if you're on the defensive in a game of chess, you're losing. That means you have to abandon the sequence of potential moves and counter moves you've stored up in your head to win the game and have to play your opponents game now.
 
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Edward said:
I never did get used to playing speed chess. I was playing woodpushers who take their time.
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I taught my son how to play chess when he was about 3 or 4 years old. When he was in his teens we played a game of chess and he was kicking my butt, so I did what any honest chess player would do...I took a long time playing my moves and wore him down through his adolescent impatience, lol.
 
Iconoclast said:
That is why I went on the clock. I went into 4 or 5 tournaments. Talked to a man who was rated at 2100. Grandmaster level is 2400 and above.
I asked the 2100 how often he plays to get to or maintain that level. he said he plays 6-7 days a week.
That is when I realized I could not do that , and raise a family, and live out my life as a Christian
really enjoy the game, but not the time it requires.

Played against Edmar Mednis years ago.
He was a grandmaster. He played a simultaneous exhibition where I lived. He played 22 boards at once.
After move 14, he gave me a look, and I knew I was toast. I saw it at move 22 and resigned. He was 8 moves ahead of me.

worldchesshof.org

Edmar Mednis - World Chess Hall of Fame

worldchesshof.org worldchesshof.org
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Wow. That's cool. I got to play some chess champion guy from Poland. Well, he said he was #2 in Poland. So I guess he lost that one time, lol.

He didn't even speak english. I spoke no Polish beyong boy/girl Polish and it went pretty well for me for awhile. We must've been maybe 20, 25 moves into the game and when I made a move he was all, kanechwaski!! (something like that) with a hand motion. It sounded like he meant something so I asked my wife what he said? And she said, he say you just lost, that was a bad move...

And that was right cuz after that he just strolled right over and pinned me king! I still felt good. He was #2 in Poland and it lasted quite longer than 10 moves or wotnot. I made good defense for awhile.

I taught my Polish Wife how to play and she got real good! If I wasn't careful she would win. We was about 50/50 I think. I like playing her.
 
Jethro Bodine said:
I taught my son how to play chess when he was about 3 or 4 years old. When he was in his teens we played a game of chess and he was kicking my butt, so I did what any honest chess player would do...I took a long time playing my moves and wore him down through his adolescent impatience, lol.
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That's funny!

You know those guys that when you play them and you are getting close to mate and they see it, so they accidently tip the board over and scatter the pieces?

Which btw is terrible chess etticate. It used to make me angry cuz they "stole my win". But not so anymore because the reality is that it gives you two wins. No win is lost, I won...and I also broke their spirit! They lost it and trashed the board! I consider that a win in chess also.
 
I know how to play chess but my skills are poor :neutral .

When my son was in middle school they had a chess club and my wife would go and help them even though she knew nothing about chess . If a child was lacking an opponent my wife would play with the piece of paper showing how to move each chess piece close by :lol . Funny thing is she would still give the middle schoolers she would play fits ! The children could not figure how my wife was able to play so well . My wife use to able to crochet , read a book , watch TV and carry on a conversation at the same time :eek .
 
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