The Official Chess Thread (ICC / USCF)
 

Yes, this thread is about chess.

Click HERE for the daily chess problem on ChiefsPlanet...d1=easy,d2=hard,d3=GOD MODE

**If you have any interest in learning Chess or Playing on the ChiefsPlanet team, should we make one....bump this thread or PM me**

Chess Players Contact List * PM me or post in this thread to be added

Pawnmower - Chess.com - handle = Pawnm0wer (a zero)
Msmith - yahoo chess - handle unknown
otherstar - chess.com - handle = otherstar

PLEASE Bump this thread and let me know what site you use to play chess, and your handle if you wish to be on the list!



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www.chesstempo.com <---- free site to help you improve your tactics/thinking (puzzles)
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<a href="http://www.chess.com?ref_id=1841204">Play free Online Chess</a> <--- play free

www.chessclub.com <-- maybe for now best place I know of for chess, not free but it is pretty CHEAP. They have a free week trial. If you join this site, I can look at your games and help you get better. Videos, masters playing 24/7 you can watch, lectures, simuls....so many things...

Lord have mercy.....

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I played chess when I was locked up and I lost alot of food gambling. I'm no good.

Well if you had fun, and want to get better I could teach you how to win some of your grub back!

Yah..I am a chess dork...But I just wanted to see how many others there were on CP...

Who knows you might even get sucked into the dark side if you try a game or two...

I love chess, but I suck at it.

Check out

www.chesstempo.com

Make a free account and if you ever need help understanding any of the problems, post the problem ID# in this thread...It will help us all to help you! If you do like 10 problems a day youll get WAY better in no time.

Yeah, I actually do some of the problems via an app on my iPhone, but I'm really inconsistent with it. I also play a lot of Shredder chess, which constantly whoops my ass.

I love chess, I just started really playing 5 months ago, but I downloaded Chess Master 10th edition and it helped alot for the learning curve. Anyways i am up to 1000 which is pretty cool. I would suggest anyone download that program if you want to get to better at chess. The academy is very helpful.

I just read an article yesterday about how chess could help people in old age combat against Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases due to its thought process structure.

There was a time I played chess and read books, until computer games appeared to take that interest away. I found out that if I played those games such as Age of Empires or Starcraft a while my chess playing skill went down, especially the thought process. Then someone said that chess requires a linear thinking process where the common computer games I mentioned empathized on multitasking skills which are keen on instant decision making rather than deep concentration.

Currently I play a lot of Yahoo chess. My rating is hovering around 1400s which is about a C player level.

I played quite a bit of chess when I was younger. Read books, etc. while in High school, and was in the chess club in college. For that crowd I was basically average. We had a couple guys that pretty much never lost, and when they went head to head it was worth watching if you had the time. But I've never done anything that involved getting rated or whatever. I know I'm better than most of my friends, but we're all casual players, and I haven't played in years now.

Many a wedgie need to be handed out on this thread.

I used to be rated by USCF and was a TD for several years. I gave it up when my husband - the serious chess player - passed away. I now have a grandson learning to play.

Hunh. You can't write a grammatically correct sentence and your sig contains a "quote" that was never actually said by the stated author. Yeah, surprising that you're not a chess player really....



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I just bought a marble chess set to go w/ my other marble tables. All I know is I've owned all my friends so far and I didn't even remember how the Knight moved