Chess

Chess

Fun? 13 votes

Not fun? 3 votes

A Boy Named Seo
Jul 02 2008 04:43 PM

There was a thread before about chess sites and I've finally found a really cool one I totally recommend, [url=http://www.redhotpawn.com]RedHotPawn.com[/url]. Sounds like a sexy adult site, huh? It's not, though.

It's got a very clean look and feel and the free account can play up to 5 rated correspondence (email) matches at a time. Live, blitz chess (unrated) is also free. The record-keeping and stats are cool, and there's a very active forum available to all users, too.

I've been playing there 7 or 8 months now and ponied up the $30/yr to subscribe and have been very happy with it. Subscribers get access to tournaments, teams, and more configurable profiles.

The site's A+. And here's me if you [url=http://www.redhotpawn.com/profile/playerprofile.php?uid=398459]wanna challenge[/url].

And since hobby polls are king, cast your vote NOW!!!

Rockin' Doc
Jul 02 2008 05:52 PM

I use to play as a kid. I enjoyed it, but played as if the NBA's 24 second shot clock was in effect for making moves. Opponents that desired to study the board and take several minutes to make a move frustrated me and would not be asked to play again. Obviously, my game was rudimentary at best and the multitude of subtle nuansances were lost on me.

In college, I dropped Chess for Backgammon and haven't really played Chess since. I voted fun, because I always enjoyed Chess, I just wasn't a deliberate player.

seawolf17
Jul 02 2008 05:56 PM

Ooh, backgammon! Fun.

OlerudOwned
Jul 02 2008 06:41 PM

http://www.wuchess.com/

Fun.

A Boy Named Seo
Jul 02 2008 06:54 PM

A read a review of that place the other day. Are all the pieces Shaolin swordsman or whatever? Cause I like horsies and castles.

Vic Sage
Jul 03 2008 09:18 AM
CHESS MOVIES

SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISHER (U.S.)
GAME OVER: kasparov and the Machine (doc)
SEVENTH SEAL (sweden)
KNIGHT MOVES (Germany)
THE LUZHIN DEFENSE (UK)
CHESS FEVER (Russia)
CHESS PLAYERS (India)

also:
CHESS, the stage musical (there is a swedish language video version)

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jul 03 2008 09:51 AM

There was a weird guy at the end of the hall freshman year. Heavyset, red hair, kinda smelly, no roommate. You know the type?

It was considered sporting to sneak out of the dorm to the dining hall before he found out you left but evenings he and I played chess for hours. Neitther of us were great strategists: We'd engage in bloodbaths and high-risk assassinations.

I learned to play before I was 5 years old but never got any better than I was then!

This morning I was trying to teach Lunchpail Jr. on my/his Simpsons chess set. He thinks the game is about taking Homer and Marge off the board and running into his room while I chase him.

I voted fun.

holychicken
Jul 03 2008 10:08 AM

There was a guy in college who was a chess shark.

I watched him numerous times play a game, let someone beat him, ask to play for money the next time and then beat them quickly and efficiently. Most people learned right away that they had been hustled and would end it. But there was this one guy who was so dumb he actually believed that his first win was legitimate and was so confused as to why he couldn't win again. The chess shark felt so bad taking all of this money from him that he eventually said "dude, don't you get it? I hustled you. I am way better at chess than you and you aren't going to beat me any time soon. I am not going to take any more of your money."

He whupped my ass every time. Good thing I knew not to play him for money.