I have been trying to learn to play chess and it is driving me crazy. 
Chess...created to drive you crazy
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 Professor Liam |
Chess...created to drive you crazy |
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Posts: 45594 06/12/08 18:10 Administrator
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thefran61 |
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Posts: 5903 06/12/08 18:53 Administrator
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What's crazy about it? My mother and I used to play a lot.
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Professor Liam |
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Posts: 45596 06/12/08 19:04 Administrator
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Well its crazy if you don't know how to play it.
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Posts: 4790 06/12/08 20:54 Barenaked Fan
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I haven't played in years... I use to be okay... Do you play online?
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Posts: 596 06/13/08 00:52 Administrator
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I used to play and I like it. It's fun when you learn what each piece can do. I like strategy games like that.
The happiest of people don't have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything that comes their way. |
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Professor Liam |
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Posts: 45605 06/13/08 06:07 Administrator
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Rockster4 wrote: I have a friend that is trying to teach it to me. I do go to Pogo and play against the computer too.
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Voicelady |
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Posts: 9624 06/13/08 06:44 Celtic Colleen
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In my Playstation Harry Potter game, whenever I had to play a chess match, I had hubby do it.
"The world was my oyster, but I used the wrong fork." --
Oscar Wilde
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brahman48 |
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Posts: 1767 06/13/08 16:49 Wise Sage
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I used to play chess a lot. I haven't played it in years, though. (If I'm going to play a strategy game, I much prefer bridge.) If I play chess
right, it gives me headaches. It's far too intense for my tastes.
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DQ 11 |
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Posts: 598 06/13/08 18:28 Administrator
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That's what happened to me, too, brahman...too intense and I'd get a headache from it. Too stressful!
The happiest of people don't have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything that comes their way. |
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LibertyBelle28 |
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Posts: 3895 06/13/08 23:27 Domestic Goddess...Not!
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I don't have the patience. Or the attention span for that matter.
I don't even have the patience for Monopoly. I'll go broke on purpose after
awhile just to get out of the game and do something else for awhile. I like games that move quickly.
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Voicelady |
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Posts: 9629 06/14/08 07:23 Celtic Colleen
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"The world was my oyster, but I used the wrong fork." --
Oscar Wilde
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forsbergacct2000 |
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Posts: 5386 06/14/08 11:42 Much More Than Just A Member
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I used to love the game and won the tournament we had in high school. Then, everyone started wanting to play chess all the time to see if they could win.
It got to be a hassle. |
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SpaniardX |
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Posts: 1399 06/14/08 18:56 Carpe Noctum!
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Grandspawn has the chess set from the Harry Potter movies and will play anyone willing to go against him. Currently that would be the Spawns. I don't play
him any more. Kind of embarassing to get one's arse handed to one by a (then) six year old ... who then proceeds to gloat like a Deatheater over it.
He's seven now and slowly getting better at it.
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Professor Liam |
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Posts: 45615 06/14/08 19:40 Administrator
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It's the devil's game I tells ya
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SpaniardX |
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Posts: 1407 06/18/08 00:25 Carpe Noctum!
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Way too much like Fizzbin
If a precog shoots and kills someone in self-defense, is it still premeditated?
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brahman48 |
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Posts: 1777 06/18/08 01:02 Wise Sage
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I remember once reading what people with great minds had said about chess. Most were very complimentary but my favorite was Einstein, who called it "a
demon".
The most interesting thing to me is that chess was invented by Buddhist monks in ancient India. The purpose was to give the Rajas a game to play against each other that would simulate war and thus prevent them from having wars by pitting their real armies against each other. Thus the game was actually peaceful in purpose. Another thing I found interesting is that originally, the piece we call the Queen, which is the most powerful piece on the board, was the Prime Minister. |
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Lauren Bruno |
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Posts: 304 06/18/08 07:56 Lady Rembrandt
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I used to play fairly often, had a Dad and brother who played via the mail while brother was in Navy overseas. I remember the chess board set up and heaven
help me if I disturbed the pieces.
But I'm like LB now, it's too intense, too slow, and it makes my head hurt trying to play ahead. Could only do a couple plays at a time in my brain, and you really need to be able to make up at least 3 different scenerio's, depending on what play your opponent does after you, and have them all laid out in your head. Forgedaboudit. And I've done that too LB! Monopoly was far too long a game to keep me interested. 
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LibertyBelle28 |
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Posts: 3900 06/18/08 13:24 Domestic Goddess...Not!
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Oh good! I'm not the only one.
eta that we are both LB's. Just call me Belle, everyone does.
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Lauren Bruno |
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Posts: 306 06/20/08 05:49 Lady Rembrandt
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Ok Belle!
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