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Play by posting

-M- — Sun, 25 May 2008 12:49:13 GMT

I wanna play chess, but dont wanna register nowhere. Would ne1 indulge me w/their time? we could play by posting moves right here.

Team Matches

Zigeuner — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:24:48 GMT

[IMG]http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s175/solarsinned/Maniac_team2.jpg[/IMG]

This is what the sign up screen for team matches looks like. Just click on the "Teams" link, then on the "My Team" tab and you'll see the same list of open matches. I always check the opponents' profiles before I join a match. Ratings are not always as straightforward as they should be. Sometimes a player will have dropped from 1700 to 1200, so you can expect a very tough game then. Personally, I won't join matches against lower rated players (such as the United Nations), because that's no fun for anyone, but some of the more competitive teams play very much for points. I'll keep an eye out, and will delete any challenges that look... cooked. [url=http://planetsmilies.net][img]http://planetsmilies.net/grinning-smiley-9501.gif[/img][/url]

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Addited: I'll try to make this screenshot smaller later...

Addited: Well, at least I tried... :P I cropped it a good deal, but when I uploaded, it was just as wide again. Good thing everybody has a widescreen display nowadays... But really, if there's a quick fix, let me know, and I'll try some more.

I can't reach chessmaniac

Bolan Longpants — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:50:38 GMT

Any one else experiencing problems? For the last 6 days I have not been able to get to chessmaniac.

Itsyourturn chess

Hrainian — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:29:08 GMT

Does anyone else play chess on Itsyourturn?

If you do, you can challenge me to a game. My name is Hrainian there (as you can probably guess!)

1BC Chess Tournament Ladder For All Time

Zigeuner — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:31:08 GMT

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4 Bolan
2 Zigeuner
0 Agamemnon
0 Comedy
0 jerm
0 Leo
0 Mr. G

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This is the official 1BC Chess Tournament Ladder For All Time thread. Anyone can join at any time, and will start at the bottom of the ladder with 0 points.

The rules are simple. Play each person on the ladder twice, once with white, once with black. You get 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss. Announce both the start and the end of your games in this thread. List the chessmaniac game number for easy reference (hopefully). In case of a time forfeit, the win will only be granted if the more patient person has a clear advantage. I suggest all games are 14 days a move, to prevent any time forfeits, but, um, who cares.

Good luck to all! :)

Perfect so far!

Leo — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:18:04 GMT

I was on the ropes and knew it and simply went for the attack last move in Zigeuner's game with me. He mated me and I didn't even see it coming. Of course, the game was already lost, but it was still no excuse.

I resigned from the game I was in with Bolan. I saw no good ending coming...I went out aggressive and paid the price, but it was fun.

0-2 baby! Perfect...like the Detroit Lions kind of perfect

1BC chess tournament

Bolan Longpants — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:24:28 GMT

Hello all,

What do you guys think about setting up a tournament of 16 players including all the members we now have in our team. This way we can play against each other and also play against some other unkown players. Of course we need to set a maximum rating like 1600.

What do you think?

1BC Chess Team!

Zigeuner — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:03:40 GMT

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Follow the link above to register, and let us know that you've arrived (and in what guise) so we can seek you out for some practice games. Let me know if you have any questions...

[b]active players:[/b]

Agamemnon
BlackOwl
Bolan Longpants
*cleopatra143
*Garrison(Ford)
jermey (jerm)
LeoKazimov (Leo)
*LoveTheCoast (Sean)
Mr.G895 (Mr. G)
psweet(man1590)
Roadkill
Rishubhav (Rishbhav)
somerset_dave (Comedy Dave)
Zigeuner

* with us in spirit :P

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Someone mentioned a pretty good idea in [url=http://206.196.26.167/Topic2222823-34-1.aspx]this thread[/url] and I just want to check if there's any sense in investing any energy in it. Here's the thing:

There's a couple of correspondence chess sites out there where you can start your own team and play matches against other teams. I thought it would be fun to start a 1BC team on one of these sites, and have everybody with even the slightest interest join up. You don't need to be a strong player; you don't need to commit to anything that you don't want or choose to; play 2 games at a time, play 30, play 100 (well, no, please don't do that). Not only do I think it will be fun to "see" each other in such a different setting, I also think we might be able to attract some fresh kings and queens to [i]this[/i] place.

I'm most familiar with chessmaniac.com, which is free and not (yet) too big, but if anyone has another suggestion, that's fine too.

So, please give some feedback as to the silliness and unattainability and complete hopelessness and utter sordidness of it all, and we can get this going... :D

Some chess resources...

Zigeuner — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:48:07 GMT

Playing correspondence chess is a little different from live chess in that you can make use of... opening books! I'm not going to argue that the site that I use ***gasp*** is the best there is, it's just the one that I know about and like very much (and have mentioned somewhere before). If you've found (and used) another site, feel free to pile it on top...

[url=http://www.eudesign.com/chessops/ch-clear.htm]CHESSOPS[/url]

Just duplicate the first move of a game on the "clear" board, say e4 or d4. These are the best ways to start at our level. Usually e4 leads to a more open game in which white tries to quickly overwhelm black's weakest spot, the pawn at f7 (which is defended only by the King). d4 (that's what I always play) leads to slower, safer games. You won't meet with sudden death too quickly if you get the hang of this opening. Here is what the site will show you

[IMG]http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s175/solarsinned/CHESSOPS1.jpg[/IMG]

Now you can click on "Move" (um, it blinks and the screenshot just missed it. It will say BLACK to Move... :P ) and see what countermoves there are.

[IMG]http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s175/solarsinned/CHESSOPS2.jpg[/IMG]

It starts with this one, but you can cycle through the options by clicking B-Alt. The comments are quite useful and very short. They will warn beginners against making certain moves, and they sometimes offer a strategic insight in the resulting position.

[IMG]http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s175/solarsinned/CHESSOPS3.jpg[/IMG]

Just cycle through them to get the hang of it.

If you click on "Move" as often as you can without regarding any B/W-Alternatives, this opening will go on for 14 moves, but it is [i]highly unusual[/i] to have more than 7 (or even 5) moves following the books in an actual game.

The big question is (or should be), what to do when someone makes a "bad" move, i.e. one that isn't covered by the books? Moving an outer pawn one forward is a good example; it is considered "bad" in most situations, but it happens [i]a lot[/i] in modern, online chess. You can still look at the options that *are* in the book and gain a tempo by interfering with a likely "good" move. You can also just rely on your own insights, knowing that you may win the game. It was after all not you that got this message:

[IMG]http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s175/solarsinned/CHESSOPS4.jpg[/IMG]

Anyway, now you know why I beat y'all...[url=http://planetsmilies.net][img]http://planetsmilies.net/grinning-smiley-9501.gif[/img][/url]
(Well... there's also this one fun easy book that I'll post something about another day...)

Some moments of beauty

Bolan Longpants — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 07:29:44 GMT

Well, as you guys know in most of my games I make one or more stupid mistakes which sometimes costs me the match. But there are a few moments when the fog in my head is lifted. Here is what happened in my tournament match playing white against GmChagas.

This is the situation after 16 ... Bc8-g4. Black is threatening to win a piece so I have to come up with something good; 17. Ne8xg7, Bg4xf3. If I play 18 Qd1xf3, Qa5xg5 my positional advantage will be gone. In stead I find a better winning move 18. Bg5-f6!! a queen sacrifice. To avoid check mate black has to respond with Kh8-g8 or h7-h5 which will win me the bishop at f3. He decided to take my queen 18. ..., Bf3xd1 and now it's check mate in 2 moves. 19. Ng7-f5+. Black resigns because check mate follows after 20. Nf5-h6.

Peeks Inside

GarrisonFord — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:12:20 GMT

Hello all. Bolan persuaded me to pop in for a visit with the new team ;) I went ahead and registered at chessmaniac and will try and get these 5 games out of the way so I can join the squad. That is, if you'll have me :)

ATTENTION: Chess

Roadkill — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:09:20 GMT

-Ok, I'm currently trying to organise the chess forum in order to build up a 1BC chess community and so I'll need some feedback. I've been messing about online trying to find the best possible client to play chess over and I wish to know what, if any experience you have with various clients out there. Here's a short list of clients that have been mentioned previously:

-If you know of other sites then post them here, do comment on the sites you post as well as those I've posted that you are aquainted with.

EDIT: I am currently leaning most towards Itsyourturn.com right now as it is a very clutter free site, has many options for the players and a good selection of games besides chess(I noticed that they have Go...).

Chess Enlightenment

basser — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:53:42 GMT

Here is the site for those interested. http://xkcd.com/ [quote]A webcomic of romance,
sarcasm, math, and language.[/quote]

Chess

Rodent — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:00:52 GMT

Anyone that still plays good old Chess on the zone? (Those who play Age of empires will know, The MSN gaming zone)

Chess Board Game

Thesues5119 — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:39:30 GMT

Have you ever played chess? Did you know that chess is the oldest skill game in the world? But chess is more than just a game of skill. It can tell you much about the way people lived in medieval times. If you look at the way a chess board is set up, then study the pieces and how they are used, you will realize that chess is a history of medieval times in miniature. The six different chess pieces on the board represent a cross section of medieval life with its many ceremonies, grandeur, and wars.

Anyone play Chess?

Meko — Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:48:41 GMT

If you have a rating, what is it?I used to play alot a few months ago. Wasn't that good: 1400 rating.