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dragonboy
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 Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject: who on here plays chess? |
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Riddick124
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I do, I am decent at it, but not great. I have not played in a while, though.
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Brittany2907
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I can play it...but not very well. I almost always lose, but I don't care.
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Bluesummers
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I haven't played Chess in the longest time...but always loved it. It's a skill I would love to master, but alas, no one to play it with.
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dragonboy
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| Bluesummers wrote: | | I haven't played Chess in the longest time...but always loved it. It's a skill I would love to master, but alas, no one to play it with. |
if you want to play someone its not hard to find a chess club or minor tournament anywhere |
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Dyspergian
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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I do.
But you knew that anyway.
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dragonboy
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:07 am Post subject: |
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| hi richard |
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pbcoll
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I know how to play it, and would probably be OK at it if I were able to concentrate on it - I just find it somewhat boring and hence become easily distracted. I'll probably get flamed for this, but I'm with Poe's Dupin that it is simpler games that really are more about intelligence, rather than 'the elaborate frivolity of chess,' which is more about focus and concentration.
I also have a problem that the serious chess players, the people at chess clubs and so on, are massively better players than I am and hence I always loose, and people that just know the rules but never play are usually worse than I am, and it's boring to always loose or always win. That's a good thing about dominoes, because it involves both chance and strategy, it's not the same winner all the time.
Last time I played chess was against a computer on a transatlantic flight.
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Dyspergian
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For free online chess instruction visit chessKIDS academy.
Interactive online course taking you from learning the moves to playing at club standard
Free chess books to download
Five computer programs to play against
Site, lessons and books written by Dragonboy's former chess teacher.
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dragonboy
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:39 am Post subject: |
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| hes a pretty good teacher |
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