Thinking Skins Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I used to play a lot as a kid and was pretty good, won some citywide competitions. but stopped after the school stopped having chess clubs. I never forgot the rules and things, but just never really picked it up again. When I had my kids, I can remember trying to teach them but at first they couldn't sit still long enough to play a game. They were listening though because a year later they wanted to play a game. They lost, but they did remember the rules. But that did reignite the fire to play once again. So in between playing them almost daily after school and their chess clubs now, I find myself listening to podcasts and analyzing my games to see where my mistakes in my games are (even the games I've won). I don't always agree with the analysis though, but I do realize that I'm winning some of these games because the computer is making some real blunders (I think they had a mate in 2 but they didn't take it-maybe I'm wrong on that). So I was just wondering about the chess community here on ES, and if there is one, maybe we could start sharing some tips / questions with one another about games ? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 @Sacks 'n' Stuff can provide guidance on how chess has helped him achieve mental peace 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) Not as much as I used to and kids are too little too teach, that day will come. I used to play with one of my old friends so much that if we was smoking weed and drinking we'd use a screwdriver to keep track of who's turn it was at some point. I'll never forget one time I was in high school and this one guy kept beating me, he jus knew more moves then me and was teeing off. Then I finally tried jus killing whatever piece I thought was primary in his strategy to force him to use a new one. At some point he ran out of moves and ideas and panicked, he'd was too busy showing off then it's almost like forgot how to play on the fly chess. There's a level of psychological warfare that an occur during a game, social engineering if you dare take it there, that computers jus don't understand. Big reason I don't like playing computers it's jus different in a way that takes the joy out of it at some point. Long gone are the days I actually had to time to keep the turning the board around and playing myself. I do believe there's a point where it's too late in the game and your playing defense the rest of it until you lose, so to avoid that situation if you can. I'm not a fan of folks relying too heavily on their queen and I reserve the right to trade queens when I notice that jus to force them out their comfort zone. Edited February 27 by Renegade7 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Is @Lombardi's_kid_brother still around? He was a few weeks ago. Good opportunity for him to remind us how smart he is, right here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) I used to play a lot as a teen and did win some small open tournaments. I have accounts on Lichess and Chess.com but play very rarely, but try to do a few tactics puzzles almost every day Edited February 27 by Corcaigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) Do you know if he went to an Ivy league school, spiff? Back on topic..pretty sure there was months long chess discussion on the RTT the last few years. Edited February 27 by The Evil Genius 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Skins Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 5 minutes ago, Renegade7 said: I'm not a fan of folks relying too heavily on their queen and I reserve the right to trade queens when I notice that jus to force them out their comfort zone. This reminds me of my 4 year old. He's not too great at checkmate stuff but he will quickly try to trick me into a trade of queens. His goal when playing chess is always to get king vs king (stalemate). "you didn't beat me". 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Just now, Thinking Skins said: This reminds me of my 4 year old. He's not too great at checkmate stuff but he will quickly try to trick me into a trade of queens. His goal when playing chess is always to get king vs king (stalemate). "you didn't beat me". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 9 minutes ago, Thinking Skins said: This reminds me of my 4 year old. He's not too great at checkmate stuff but he will quickly try to trick me into a trade of queens. His goal when playing chess is always to get king vs king (stalemate). "you didn't beat me". My Mom taught me how to play, my Dad still doesn't know how. I didn't beat her until middle school : ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Skins Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 Just now, Renegade7 said: My Mom taught me how to play, my Dad still doesn't know how. I didn't beat her until middle school : ) I wish I could say the same. My son (the older) beat me, I think 3 times now. The last one was kinda tricky because I had him on the run and had a mate in like 3 moves but as I was setting up my queen, I took one move to not put him in check and he used that one move to move his queen and put it next to my king and it was mate. I've taught him 2 checkmates so far. the 2 rooks (which can be done with a rook and a queen or 2 queens also) and a queen next to the king in a protected square. I've warned that the second is only powerful if the king is in a corner or the side though, and he saw the opportunity and took it. But I feel like people get this false impression of me. Like they think that because I'm a mathematician I'm going to be a chessmaster. I wish it was that easy. I'm still pretty much a beginner 15 minutes ago, The Evil Genius said: Maybe. Let me finish some meetings at work first. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Thinking Skins said: Maybe. Let me finish some meetings at work first. 😆 I'm not smart enough for chess. That was a reference to WarGames. Edited February 27 by The Evil Genius 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busch1724 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 You play chess, I play checkers... 4D checkers at that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 If you have young kids the No Stress Chess is great for teaching you start by drawing a card which dictates what piece you can move when they’re ready you move to holding 3 cards in your hand, and you can select which one to play long term you get to a point where you have a card or 3, and they’re playing free chess without the cards. It handicaps you - you can only move a piece to have a card for, they can do whatever they want. it’s worked very well for us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacks 'n' Stuff Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 (edited) 2 hours ago, Corcaigh said: @Sacks 'n' Stuff can provide guidance on how chess has helped him achieve mental peace **** ALL OF YOU MOTHER****ERS!!! edit: I’m TheChessDragon55 at chess.com if anyone wants to play. Edited February 27 by Sacks 'n' Stuff 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinsfan1311 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Yes. I'm not very good, but I enjoy playing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearfeather Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 Been a while, but not that long since I've played. An older kid that lived a couple of houses down the road, charged me fifty cents a lesson, when I was seven years old. It's a great game. I still love playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I learned how all the pieces moved when I was a boy but was distracted by other things. I’ve managed to stay distracted all this time and so I still only have a child’s understanding of the game. One day I’ll sit down and resign myself to getting my ass kicked by nerds enough times to learn how to play. Not today, but someday. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinsCowgirl84 Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 I play from time to time. Over on chess.com I have a score of 791 over around 400 games.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinking Skins Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 So I started listening to chess songs again this morning with my kids to wake them up. Surprisingly, I found some that were very instructive. I need to get the lyrics because (I think) they were telling me that my method of playing is kinda naïve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 On 2/27/2024 at 9:20 AM, Spaceman Spiff said: Is @Lombardi's_kid_brother still around? He was a few weeks ago. Good opportunity for him to remind us how smart he is, right here. Hey.....go **** yourself. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Pretty sure that isn't a chess move! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobraCommander Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Me but with chess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 On 2/28/2024 at 9:43 AM, Thinking Skins said: If you wanted one book to start, Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess is good. If you wanted a video without singing cartoon pawns, this one on key chess principles is good. After that, do tactics puzzles on lichess.org or chess.com, and play lots of games but take the time to review your games so you don’t repeat the same errors over and over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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