As the title says...I personally like chess. I've been learning it since last year and following tutorials online. Anyone else?
As the title says...I personally like chess. I've been learning it since last year and following tutorials online. Anyone else?
I like chess, I'm half decent to some degree but I've never taken to playing it massively. I used to like the physical sets, I had a few chess sets over the years and most have never been used. I wouldn't call it a collection as such but I do like all the different pieces and boards, wood/glass/metal/plastic. When it comes to playing I never had anyone to play with and didn't really enjoy playing with myself but every in person match I'd played I have won. Eventually I did play some virtual chess against AI and real people and I hit around about 1,600 rating (I think I was 1,640 last I checked). I do find it quite relaxing from time to time.
yeah you kinda have to read all of the opponents possible moves aswell as yours .... then to read ahead you have to then move in a way which opens up your own pieces in a tempting way that you know the opponent will move to take the bait, but then for them to move a certain piece to take your bait it has to be worth it in which by them moving that it opens them up to lose a important piece of their own or checks them. although just reading all possible moves is harder than it sounds and you miss alot of movements and can easily end up moving into a position you take a loss by failing to read a opponents position or moves. also any move you mmake can leave a previously defended piece undefended and then taken without cost for the other side.
I used to play chess every day. My mum took me to a chess club a few times, but it got too much for me the noise and people pushed me in to sensory overload. I still play chess at home in my room alone but I don't do it as much anymore.
I like chess in principle, but I detest losing over misreading the board, and I don't know how long it will take to learn to do it consistently. And, actually, I don't know how people plan three moves ahead either. Writing computer software, I can do, and it grows kind of organically in my head. I don't know why chess is different to me. It's analogous to a tree of possibilities for finite state machines. It probably just takes more practice than I'm willing to put in.
I like playing chess. I started when I was a child, remember when I got a really cool glass set for my 9th birthday which had frosted glass chess pieces. I've still got that set, I don't use it now I keep it in a box so it doesn't get broken. I still play chess but with no one to play with I mostly do online chess games, though I have played against myself lol.
Good game, great workout for the brain and surprisingly good at easing my stress.
always played it as a kid, had a electronic chess board you can play against the computer.
i kinda made a set opening pattern and always stuck to it, sent 2 middle pawns up, then i think i sent bishops to stand where they was, then moved a knight out, then i did the special castle move with the king where it can move 2 spaces towards a castle if the space is open and have the castle leapfrog it, the only time i think a king can move 2 spots and also have another piece move in same combo turn.
that was generally my opening defence set up, usually change a bit sometimes with another variation where i send the middle 2 forward by 2 spaces in their first move sometimes and then the pieces to the side of them 1 space forward to cover them while doing this same move.
although yeah, thats kinda me opening with a set rigid plan opening which when done all the time likely can be exploited and predicted, i always stuck to it, then ofcourse after that i did whatever as thats generally the time plans fall apart/the engagement time.
i played against a guy a few years back in a charity shop where we was forced to volunteer and had nothing to do so we played chess. he beat me pretty much all the time lol but i still continued.... then the last game we had we was both down to few pieces but he had like 2 queens as he got pawns over my side a few times and he had other pieces while i only had a castle a pawn and my king and something else probably a bishop and he was chasing my king around making every turn check and it was clear its checkmate in a few turns, but i saw ahead a bit and noticed his king was near my pawn and so i pretended i was only interested in saving my king and all my moves being to try save the king from check so i set his king up in position where i could get a checkmate next turn but needed his queen to move so i sacrificed either my castle or bishop putting it in a position his queen can move and take it but realistically like im trying to save my king or pin his king with it while pretending i didnt see his queens line of attack to it. he leaped and took my piece and i moved my final piece and he realised i check mated him lol my only win against that guy, but it felt good, and ti cost nearly my entire board and i was on the ropes all the time and he has so many queen promotions lol so was a good win.
