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Spot In The SkySpot In The Sky Posts: 1,175
edited November 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
I enjoy chess- which I understand is the overall purpose of playing anything. But i want to be good at it- im "ok" at it, probably at the lower end of the moderate skill level but I want to be better. I dont know if continuing to just play makes you better, do you think learning new strategy is the way? Playing against people who are better than you and kind of seeing their style? Reading books? Watching videos? Is my chess IQ like my regular IQ- just stuck with it?
Any real good chess players out there? Howd you get that way?
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    i prefer wizards chess. 8-)
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  • Spot In The SkySpot In The Sky Posts: 1,175
    i dont get it
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    thats ok.
    hear my name
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    this could be the day
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    i'd like to know how it's played but it's no big deal if i don't.
    i do like checkers a lot.
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    I would say playing helps alot, as would reading up on varios startatagies
    81 is now off the air

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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    81 wrote:
    I would say playing helps alot, as would reading up on varios startatagies
    NNOOOO
    now stop it, 81.

    how could practicing chess help anyone learn the game?
    quit giving people amazing advice.
    you are cruel.

    monster.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    chadwick wrote:
    81 wrote:
    I would say playing helps alot, as would reading up on varios startatagies
    NNOOOO
    now stop it, 81.

    how could practicing chess help anyone learn the game?
    quit giving people amazing advice.
    you are cruel.

    monster.

    im still trying to comprehend that spelling. what is varios startatagies??? sounds like an ancient greek philosopher. :P :lol:
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    catefrances wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    81 wrote:
    I would say playing helps alot, as would reading up on varios startatagies
    NNOOOO
    now stop it, 81.

    how could practicing chess help anyone learn the game?
    quit giving people amazing advice.
    you are cruel.

    monster.

    im still trying to comprehend that spelling. what is varios startatagies??? sounds like an ancient greek philosopher. :P :lol:
    Evo keyboard
    81 is now off the air

    Off_Air.jpg
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    81 for chess master
    yes
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    81 wrote:
    catefrances wrote:
    im still trying to comprehend that spelling. what is varios startatagies??? sounds like an ancient greek philosopher. :P :lol:
    Evo keyboard

    you say that like i know what youre talking about.

    anyways back to chess.. i play til i capture your queen... then i lose interest. ill take all your other pieces or check mate you... but i wont enjoy it. 8-)
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • Digital TwilightDigital Twilight Posts: 5,642
    http://www.instantchess.com/
  • markymark550markymark550 Posts: 5,152
    I enjoy playing chess, although I don't consider myself to be very good at it. Obviously, playing helps you get better...the more you see, the more you learn. I think my biggest problem is that I get too offensive-minded and leave some easy opportunities for my opponent to counter.
  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    As with playing an instrument: play with people who are better than you and ask them to show you/explain to you what they are doing.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    I love chess. I've actually played in tournaments. :oops:

    Seriously...it's one of the greatest games in existance. It requires thinking and strategy, and for you to pay close attention to all facets of the game. It's the most fun when you play a complete stranger, whom you know nothing about.
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Spot In The Sky wrote:
    Any real good chess players out there? Howd you get that way?

    Understanding the game, and practicing. Also, develop your own strategy...and always think about your next move assuming that what you've already planned works out the way you perceived it. I think it's also smart to pay close attention to what your opponents does, at times can you sometimes predict what their moves will be and it will help you make up your own game plan. Simply, chess is about outsmarting your opponent.

    I personally think one of the keys to chess is adaptation and improvisation, because a single move can change the entire dynamic of a game.

    This is just me though. I learned while I was in the 5th grade, and my goal was to beat my old man...it took me probably a year until I finally beat him. It was fucking epic. I've never read books or watched videos, I've just had my ass kicked a number of times and done my share of defeating too.
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    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    catefrances wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    81 wrote:
    I would say playing helps alot, as would reading up on varios startatagies
    NNOOOO
    now stop it, 81.

    how could practicing chess help anyone learn the game?
    quit giving people amazing advice.
    you are cruel.

    monster.

    im still trying to comprehend that spelling. what is varios startatagies??? sounds like an ancient greek philosopher. :P :lol:

    It's the kind of strategies you conceive after numerous drinks. ;):lol:
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    markymark550 wrote:
    I think my biggest problem is that I get too offensive-minded and leave some easy opportunities for my opponent to counter.

    That is a big problem. You should play ruthlessly.
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    so wanna play a game dc?
    I really like chess as well and I prefer to play another person, not a computer. I don't know anybody who is better than me and I'm not that great, (I'm no Bobby Fischer). Glad to see at least SOME people still play...
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    4and20 wrote:
    so wanna play a game dc?
    I really like chess as well and I prefer to play another person, not a computer. I don't know anybody who is better than me and I'm not that great, (I'm no Bobby Fischer). Glad to see at least SOME people still play...

    Sure, but we'll have to arrange something when I'm not at work where everything is blocked.

    I'd love to play too, I'm probably rusty...I don't have many people to play as not a lot of people are as into it as I am...and my girlfriend has really no interest in learning.
    4and20 wrote:
    (I'm no Bobby Fischer).

    Trust me, neither am I. :lol:
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • JoJo Posts: 2,098
    I love Chess. It is all about thinking atleast 10 steps ahead, 5 of your possible moves and 5 of your oponant's possible moves and keep them all in mind when you make your next move, and more.... :twisted: 8-)

    What a refreshing excercise....
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Jo wrote:
    I love Chess. It is all about thinking atleast 10 steps ahead, 5 of your possible moves and 5 of your oponant's possible moves and keep them all in mind when you make your next move, and more.... :twisted: 8-)

    What a refreshing excercise....

    Touche, Jo. 8-)
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    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    My best friend is a Chess Nut!, he goes to tournaments, in Philly , Jersey, D.C. ( we live in ny) he's obbsessed with it, he treid to get me into it, but he's so advanced i just feel kind of feeble. But he'll make whole weekends around it. Kind of fun when there's like 9 guys sittin around hotel room smoking pot, drinking and playing, this is how they wind down after a day of competing.

    It's a different kind of game, when you lose you really don't get mad at your opponent, but at yourself.
  • JoJo Posts: 2,098
    My Big advise about Chess would be to learn the game and play it.
    Beginners can always win a game of Chess as it is just about reading the possibilities.......
    Chess almost rocks as much as Pearl Jam.
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    yeah, for making really stupid mistakes...like leaving your queen open....damnit... :(
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    king me
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    chadwick wrote:
    king me

    sure you just don't need to be pawn'ed?
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    4and20 wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    king me

    sure you just don't need to be pawn'ed?
    can i get $5.00 for me?
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    chadwick wrote:
    4and20 wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    king me

    sure you just don't need to be pawn'ed?
    can i get $5.00 for me?

    "pawn or sell? I'll need to get my friend in here...he specializes in the Chadwickian era...then he can tell us a little more about you. See what he says then we can talk money..."
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    4and20 wrote:
    yeah, for making really stupid mistakes...like leaving your queen open....damnit... :(


    Done that a few times...quite embarassing really when the opponent has no hesitation. You then know they that witnessed you send her to the chair...
    7/2/06 - Denver, CO
    6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
    8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
    9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
    9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
    9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
  • Spot In The SkySpot In The Sky Posts: 1,175
    edited August 2010
    man- searching for bobby fischer was a great movie.
    Post edited by Spot In The Sky on
    "The world is dangerous, feel safe here tonight..." EV 9/17/06

    38+6 shows at the age of 27 and counting...but still no Undone

    My podcast: Hotel Manager Talk- Dedicated to Hotel Employees, tell your friends. http://www.HotelManagerTalk.com
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