Chess Conglomeration

[That1Cellist he/him]

Hi. I like the game of chess.

I bet there are other people on the shard who enjoy chess as well, so I was thinking it would be fun to talk about chess!

I know that competitively, chess has been very interesting recently, and it would be good to know everyone's thoughts on that matter.

Chess is fun.

[The Wandering Wizard he/him]

Chess is fun, but I haven't played it in a while.

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

I like chess.

I'm not good at it, but I like it.

(...That said, I somehow won a fair number of the last few games I've played. That was also at least a month ago.)

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

I… like chess

Except playing against my little brother, cuz he’s better than me and… I don’t like to admit that XD

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

1 minute ago, The Halcyon Girl said:

Except playing against my little brother, cuz he’s better than me

This is me with too many games. Chess included.

But I digress. This is a chess thread, not a "my younger siblings can do things better than me" thread.

....Does anyone know of some interesting obscure chess rules or strategies?

Edited October 12, 2022 by The Bookwyrm

[That1Cellist he/him]

32 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

This is me with too many games. Chess included.

But I digress. This is a chess thread, not a "my younger siblings can do things better than me" thread.

....Does anyone know of some interesting obscure chess rules or strategies?

You guys do know of en passant, right?

[The Wandering Wizard he/him]

5 minutes ago, That1Cellist said:

You guys do know of en passant, right?

Ah, that move. I was thinking more along the lines of scholar's chess for an advanced strategy.

38 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

....Does anyone know of some interesting obscure chess rules or strategies?

Have you ever heard of castling?

[Rabbit Unmade she/her]

5 minutes ago, That1Cellist said:

You guys do know of en passant, right?

HO HO HO!!!!! Yes.

[Shining Silhouette he/him]

Chess is really fun.

17th shard chess.com club? :eyes:

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 hours ago, That1Cellist said:

You guys do know of en passant, right?

IM GOING TO HAVE A CHARACTER WITH A CODENAME OF THAT

…But I digress

Ummmm chess is cool and castling is good most of the time? Oh and the sisilian defense or however you spell it

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

9 hours ago, That1Cellist said:

You guys do know of en passant, right?

Nope.

9 hours ago, The Wandering Wizard said:

Ah, that move. I was thinking more along the lines of scholar's chess for an advanced strategy.

Have you ever heard of castling?

Yep.

[That1Cellist he/him]

11 hours ago, Shining Silhouette said:

Chess is really fun.

17th shard chess.com club? :eyes:

I mean, that would be a lot of fun. I don't know how we would go about that though.

I am on chess.com. What's everyone's 10 minute rapid rating?

[Rabbit Unmade she/her]

15 minutes ago, That1Cellist said:

I mean, that would be a lot of fun. I don't know how we would go about that though.

I am on chess.com. What's everyone's 10 minute rapid rating?

800! Exactly! I haven‘t played anyone except computers.

And this is en passant.

Edited October 12, 2022 by Rabbit Unmade

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

1 hour ago, Rabbit Unmade said:

And this is en passant.

Oh wait, I have heard of this. I just forgot about it.

[That1Cellist he/him]

2 hours ago, The Bookwyrm said:

Oh wait, I have heard of this. I just forgot about it.

Cool.

I like Tennisson gambit.

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

In the last few games I've been using a more offensive strategy where I threaten my opponent's queen with my bishop, but have also positioned my knight in a way that they can't take that bishop without loosing their queen to the knight. I don't remember exactly how I do it, and it doesn't work all the time.

Does this have a name?

[That1Cellist he/him]

14 minutes ago, The Bookwyrm said:

In the last few games I've been using a more offensive strategy where I threaten my opponent's queen with my bishop, but have also positioned my knight in a way that they can't take that bishop without loosing their queen to the knight. I don't remember exactly how I do it, and it doesn't work all the time.

Does this have a name?

As a general strategy, that's just an attack while your piece is defended.

However, that strategy specifically totally has a name, but I don't know what it is. If you put in a move list, I bet I could find something.

[Queen Elsa Steelheart she/her]

I played a lot of chess back in the day. It was fun

[SymphonianBookworm she/her]

I love chess! I was... really good at one point, then I stopped playing for a couple years. That's where I am now...

I never knew how en passant was spelled. Huh.

Edited October 25, 2022 by SymphonianBookworm

[That1Cellist he/him]

3 hours ago, SymphonianBookworm said:

I never knew how en passant was spelled. Huh.

I had to look it up. It's French, I believe.

[SymphonianBookworm she/her]

The thing that really confused me was how to spell Sicilian. Funnily enough, I can spell things like Nimzowitsch, but not that. It’s probably because I learned the Sicilian at a young age and couldn’t spell it then, and then just never realized how. 

[That1Cellist he/him]

Hmmm, yes. Did you see that Magnus blundered a full rook against Hikaru yesterday?

[Rabbit Unmade she/her]

That was kind of sad. I just have to say.