Re: Who enjoys playing chess?
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I used to play. Although I never played enough to really develop any sense of strategy. I was above beginner but easily beaten by anyone with experience.
I have a couple of nice chess sets though. My favorite is made entirely of beach sand, board and pieces. A few of you have seen it that time we all shared some unique music compilation CDs.
Sadly I can never put them out on display or the pieces end up being cat toys. I blame Brian.
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That's ok. It's always my fault.
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Re: Who enjoys playing chess?
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Don't get too excited if chesseroo chimes in on this thread. His user name is sneaky. I do not think it means what you think it means. Well my wife likes playing WITH Chess, but that IS a whole different game. That one only takes about 4 minutes.
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You make it sound like you're just a pawn....
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Don't get too excited if chesseroo chimes in on this thread. His user name is sneaky. I do not think it means what you think it means. Well my wife likes playing WITH Chess, but that IS a whole different game. That one only takes about 4 minutes. You were her knight in shining armour prior to becoming her king; and her, your queen. You built a castle around her, only to realize you're but a pawn, and she, your bishop. Marriage summed up .
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Nick, I've played occasionally, although it's been quite a while since I've played over the board. I fool around a bit occasionally with one of the 3000+ rated chess programs and you might try it if you don't now use one. The Houdini 1.5 program can be downloaded for free, but needs a GUI such as the free Arena 3.0 also linked there to display it.
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Chess, rapid play is apparently popular these days, but you can change your settings to 40 moves in 120 minutes!
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Nick, I've played occasionally, although it's been quite a while since I've played over the board. I fool around a bit occasionally with one of the 3000+ rated chess programs and you might try it if you don't now use one. The Houdini 1.5 program can be downloaded for free, but needs a GUI such as the free Arena 3.0 also linked there to display it. Very cool. Yes I've used the Houdini engine. I'm very fanatical about my Fritz program though I use it for analyzing...which is new territory for me. I am just starting to keep a record of my games for analyzing.
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Re: Who enjoys playing chess?
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Chess, rapid play is apparently popular these days, but you can change your settings to 40 moves in 120 minutes! Hey i just don't have time for tantric chess these days.
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If anyone's up for a game, all you have to do is click this link. The game will start immediately with me. If I don't move right away, my bad, I might be away from my computer. I set time controls for 30 minutes. This is a great site to set up invite only games, no sign up needed. http://lichess.org/jc2up7ht We'll give it a go when I have some spare time. Playing catch up on a bunch of snow removal today..... I picked up this set a few years ago.
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