Chess

[furo]

I recently started up a free chess account at chess.com and damn, that stuff is addicting!

I only play the bullet chess (1 min allowed for each side), but it's a helluva mind exercise. I can't imagine any other game where you're forced to think this fast and sharp.

Typically I'll get a few games in here and there each day. Being that each game can only last a max of 2 minutes, it doesn't get too boring like playing traditional time-controlled chess

I've noticed that after a couple of months of playing, I've steadily increased my rating at bullet chess. It seems to come down to pattern recognition. Forks, pins, sacrifices, end game strategy, etc ... it all has to be readily accessible, like a computer's RAM... but in your head

I've found that very little wins come from knowing how to play a particular opening, but rather from how fast you can think within that one minute your given. The frustrating part is losing the game on time when you're way ahead in material (think Queen vs naked King and pawn on the board), but that's the nature of the bullet game. Oh well. I started out with a rating of like 1300 and I've managed to get up to 1860 at one point, but I usually average around 1750-1775 the past week or so.


Anyone else enjoy doing this, or am I the only dork?

 

[Manton]

"[A]s elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency."

~Raymond Chandler

 

[mordecai]

I've always wanted to be the guy who posts pictures of naked women in unlikely threads.

 

[mm84321]

Originally Posted by Manton

"[A]s elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency." ~Raymond Chandler
Well, that certainly killed the mood of the thread. I enjoy playing chess; I have yet to play online, though.

 

[globetrotter]

I am trying to learn. my son plays

 

[furo]

Well if anyone is up for some bullet chess games on chess.com lemme know...

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by furo

Well if anyone is up for some bullet chess games on chess.com lemme know...

I'm happy you're enjoying it, but if you're rated 1750 or so, then I ain't ever gonna play you. You can check the old pwnage! thread (in DT) if you want to see the carnage the last time the Forvm caught Chess Fever.

 

[Neo_Version 7]

Isn't Kyle considered SF's Bobby Fischer?

 

[furo]

Originally Posted by Thomas

I'm happy you're enjoying it, but if you're rated 1750 or so, then I ain't ever gonna play you. You can check the old pwnage! thread (in DT) if you want to see the carnage the last time the Forvm caught Chess Fever.

Only read through the first page but seems that was focused on a correspondence type of game? I'm more of the bullet chess type ... I like to keep it sweet and simple; one minute given to each player

 

[furo]

Originally Posted by Thomas

I'm happy you're enjoying it, but if you're rated 1750 or so, then I ain't ever gonna play you. You can check the old pwnage! thread (in DT) if you want to see the carnage the last time the Forvm caught Chess Fever.

As you can see by my stats below, I'm not a 1750 player in standard time controls. Even my blitz rating isn't very good. I just play a lot of bullet. (6,384 games since December).

 

[L.R.]

I've only played about a dozen games of chess in my life, but I've never lost. Most of the wins are luck, and I tend to only think one move ahead or so. I can't usually beat a computer on easy.....

It's the reason I'm so reluctant to play against real people. I'm super competitive, but how often can you tell yourself you've been perfect at one thing? (Even in a small amount).

 

[furo]

Originally Posted by L.R.

I've only played about a dozen games of chess in my life, but I've never lost. Most of the wins are luck, and I tend to only think one move ahead or so. I can't usually beat a computer on easy.....

It's the reason I'm so reluctant to play against real people. I'm super competitive, but how often can you tell yourself you've been perfect at one thing? (Even in a small amount).

lol who did you play those dozen games against?

 

[willpower]

Here's how to do it...well, at least it's a creative method to do it
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[coldarchon]

Originally Posted by mordecai

I've always wanted to be the guy who posts pictures of naked women in unlikely threads.

stripchess! yeah we played that ..

I prefer playing on http://www.freechess.org/ but currently I'm trying to learn japanese chess shogi. this looks promising too:
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