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One of my hidden talents is actually being a pretty damn good chess player. I've been playing since I was 12. My brother and I when we were kids would go to chess club meetings twice a week and play against Older guys and it was very fun.

I thought of somehow u s starting a HTGTH chess club somehow on here.

We could have leagues, meet up and play head to head online and post the results.

Keep standings and crown a champion

Anyone be up or interested for something like that?

Yeah, that could fun. It's a lot of chess sites out there.

did you play against them at the parks like in the movies?

a guy i work with is really into chess and is officially ranked. fairly high i believe. we've been talking about it and i was just thinking i'd like to get back into chess.

i'd definitely be interested.

I'm in.

By the way d , you got put into a locker a lot did you not?

no thank you i don't even know how :-[

The Super Adventure Club?

I don't know how to play but its' always seemed like a game I would enjoy. If I can go to a site and get whipped a few times and learn the strategy, I would be in.

Interesting idea. I haven't played chess in years, so I'm very rusty.

Its truly a brilliant game
Kujo, I figured u would be a really good chess player for some reason, i guess your intellect etc.


Yeah, its awesome, Actually, my public library had chess meetings and we would go over there.


Anyone have ideas how we could match up and play etc?

It would be fun.



LOL Timothy, I actually stuffed people in lockers that made fun of me for playing chess and trombone in the marching band. :hihi: :hihi:

shouldn't this be in the fun n' games?

oh yeah.

It's not fun.

wbr,
Sin Cut the chess hater

I'm in :)

D, I used to play Chess on www.pogo.com (http://www.pogo.com)

I think you can set games up on there, and invite specific people to come play.

It's been awhile since I've played on there though.

Im goin out of town today and wont have Net access to Sunday

So once I get back, Ill compile a list and we will see what we can get rolling.

I'm thinking i might join, i absolutely suck at chess but who cares, you'll get better stats thanks to me right ;)

^
Ill be sure to schedule u for me twice and everyone else once to pad my record :hihi:

I can play chess, but I rarely ever win  :hihi:

I tip my hat to those who are good at chess. It is a tough game to master

Put me in Mr. D.

Chess just takes practice and styles make games.

some people I beat, others I struggle with cause they are great at countering.

Chess is all about thinking moves ahead and having backup plans if those moves dont work out the way u hoped. U also got to get a little lucky and hope the person u are playing makes an error.

Also, its bout paying close attention. U move your queen to a space and u dont 100 percent check every angle, next think u know, u didnt see that knight in position to grab u.


Its been a decade, but this guy showed me a strategy once, where if everything falls into place, u can get a checkmate in under 8 moves.

The opponent has to play perfectly into it, but its awesome cause they pretty much move the wrong pawns and end up trapping their king with no exits.

It is tough though.

There are too many outcomes to any given situation, for me at least

Playing for fun of course is the best way.

Its just fun, friendly competition

It is possible to checkmate in 2 moves if you have blacks and your opponent does what you described in your second sentence.

Okay D--let's get it on.

Move#1--lets order them to keep track.

My 4th pawn to the left, up two spaces.

Umm doing text would be ridiculous.

I'm in though, I love chess, don't play anymore because no one I know plays.... or is good...

Chess is the ULTIMATE strategy game on earth. Mental Freak big time.

I say lets do it on yahoo... very simple way to do it...

Everyone create a yahoo user id name, and we will meet one time a week and just play a bunch... it makes it simple...

and we can all keep track of our own w/l/d

sound good?

That's a good idea. Everyone register a yahoo account and post your user name here plus your time zone and availability. Then, Mr. D can schedule the rounds.

Yeah, just get a username on yahoo.... and let us know what it is.....

Then once a week we'll all meet going by eastern time, because D and I live in EST timezone.

Then... I guess we'll just all play eachother in a empty room and keep our own tallys

So, is this happening?

If we get it organised well and enogh intrest, sure.

I would expect the person who started the thread and showed unwarranted so far enthusiasm to take care of the organizing part at least partially, instead of consitently ignoring this thread and still spending a lot of time in others.
It's like, wow I have something that makes me superior to all these other gn'r fans and I have to show that so they stop making fun of me for being a BJ and Slash fan....but then I realize, well, some gn'r fans may actually be better than me in that too.....so, if it's likely that I can't excel, why not just disappear and forget about it.

sweet

so does everyone have yahoo id's?

Im going to make a list of everyone who has said they want to play

What I will do is divide those people into divisions.

We will have a set schedule where everyone will play each other 4 times. *that can be negotiated if thats too many* u can play each other 4 straight if u want as long as they get played. so if u are scheduled with so and so from a different time zone and want to go ahead and get all future matches with one another out of the way, go for it!

We dont have to have a time limit, as long as everyone makes a great effort to actually play. Seeing as u signed up, I take it u actually want to compete. so, u can work it out. Hopefully, everyone can get their match in by one week or so.

Someone will have to post what happened etc.

The top 2 people in each division will then go to the playoffs.

The playoffs will be best 2 out of 3.

the two winners will meet in a 2 out of 3 for the championship.

yahoo looks good to me, u guys will have to take it upon yourselves to PM one another and meet up in one of the social rooms.

They have an option where I can pay 20 bucks and start a league.

I may do that next time if this one is pretty successful.

yahoo id: chineseburned
availability: after 10pm EST like every other night

i don't think i have the time to play with u guys.. sorry..

that and the time difference, good luck all thogh  :)