Observer Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 (edited) Alright, who here on the Shard is any good at chess? Lately I've reactivated on chess.com and started meeting again with my chess-buddies, played a bunch of silly and embarrassing games, and started to get my game back on. So I started to wonder: Are there enough people here to start regular, round-robin correspondence games? Chess is an amazing, beautiful mix of tactics and strategy, and I'd like the chance to do it a little justice, either by crushing you people or being crushed by you people. Chess.com is good place for this kind of thing, and my username is Deathguardian97. Send me a challenge if you're feeling up to it, maybe discuss the game a bit in here. Let's see if we can't get started. If you have a game going, and wouldn't mind people watching, kindly post a link somewhere here, and I'll add it to this post. So far we have: Me vs Rainspren: http://www.chess.com...me?id=100623568 me vs luckat: http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=101916342 Me vs The Only Joe: http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=100956806 Me vs LokiThor: http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=101349634 For ease of sending friend requests and challenges, attack your fellow sharers here: http://www.chess.com/members/view/QueenElsa1 http://www.chess.com/members/view/VO1DUS http://www.chess.com/members/view/Rainspren http://www.chess.com/members/view/luckat http://www.chess.com/members/view/deathguardian97 Edited December 19, 2014 by Observer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 I wouldn't mind a game or two. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasimir Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 (edited) I used to be decent at it, but that was at least ten years ago, when I was playing competitively. I haven't been playing at all in the intervening years, and when I reinstalled the Chessmaster program for fun a couple of months ago, I got thoroughly curbstomped (not that I was expecting any different...) I wouldn't mind playing but I probably wouldn't give anyone a challenge at this stage Edited November 22, 2014 by Kasimir 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Elsa Steelheart Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 I used to play it regulary about 7 years ago, but haven't played in ages. I still remember a few tricks though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Chess do be awesome, one of the more useful applications for my otherwise useless talents in remembering long lists of random stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted November 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 So, who here has an account of Chess.com already, or the e-mail associated with that account so I can send a friend request? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Elsa Steelheart Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 So, who here has an account of Chess.com already, or the e-mail associated with that account so I can send a friend request?Is it free to make an account on it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted November 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Yeah, it's free. They'll send you a bunch of chess-related mail to make you feel like a friendless loser, but marking it as spam gets rid of it quickly enough. Other than that, it's pretty much a ten second process. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmurfAquamarineBodies Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 Yeah, it's free. They'll send you a bunch of chess-related mail to make you feel like a friendless loser, but marking it as spam gets rid of it quickly enough. Other than that, it's pretty much a ten second process. I like feeling like a friendless loser so i'll eventually get around to making an account. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surgebound Rainspren Posted November 23, 2014 Report Share Posted November 23, 2014 I haven't played for a couple years, after the group i played with broke up. why not, I'll sign up too! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckat Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 I played a bunch when I was younger, but it's been a while. I just tried a few games, and, wow, I'm rusty! I'd be up for playing more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted November 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 As I said, I am registered as Deathguardian97. I think I used my spam E-mail of [email protected] to set it up. If you go to the "invite a friend" tab and attempt to invite that E-mail, it will inform you that I'm already a member. That'll take you to my profile and let you challenge me. Anybody else who wants to be bombarded with challenges from the Shard, feel free to post your usernames here as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surgebound Rainspren Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 My username is Rainspren my pic is a photo of me in aviators and a movie villain mustache 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted November 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 I've sent you a challenge request. Let's see how this plays out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surgebound Rainspren Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 you have ten day to make your first move, good luck 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted November 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 (edited) For those who want to see the game: http://www.chess.com...me?id=100623568 And if by some miracle you're on while we're both making moves, it won't auto-update. You'll have to make do by pushing F5 repeatedly while our screens show the game live, suckers. (Reposting because I somehow accidentally hid my last post. Don't ask. More or less recreated I think.) Edited November 30, 2014 by Observer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckat Posted November 30, 2014 Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 My username over there is luckat (same as here). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted December 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 I've sent a friend request and a challenge. If you hit up my profile, you can also find Rainspren and send a request/challenge there as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Joe in the Bush Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 My Username is The_Only_Joe. I haven't played in a long time, but I'd love to play a game with anyone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 For some reason I can't find you. Also for friend requests I'm posting links to all current member's profile pages in the OP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Joe in the Bush Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Not Quite certain how to use that Site, but I think I've sent you a friend Request and Challenged you to a Game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Not Quite certain how to use that Site, but I think I've sent you a friend Request and Challenged you to a Game. Are you playing for Shards? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Joe in the Bush Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Not that I'm aware of. And I'm not certain If I want the Observation Shard anyway. I'm fine with the Singularity Shard 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observer Posted December 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Game accepted, good luck and have fun. Be sure to challenge the others while you're at it. And nobody in their right mind should want Observation. If you thought Harmony had problems taking action... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawToast225 Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 I've challenged all three of you to an unrated game. My username there is LokiThor42 , just so you know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.