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76Highboy · 10-05-2012, 10:38 PM

I like to play Chess. I am not too good at it but I try. I took a picture of my game and thought I would share it. It was by chance that my pieces ended up where they did. I am the black and I played the computer. As much as the computer beats me I don't feel at all bad for the king.

carver · 10-06-2012, 02:16 AM

Did the computer resign at this point?

flintlock · 10-06-2012, 06:59 AM

Looks like you played a very good game this time.

JLA · 10-06-2012, 07:09 AM

holy smokes Jim you are the truest form of a conservative. I can tell by the way you play chess that you are thru and thru Republican to the bone.

We had a chess thread going a good long while back. maybe we need another..

Country101 · 10-06-2012, 07:53 AM

Well, if anybody is interested, we can have a little match. Apparently, itsyourturn.com isnt blocked at work. It's an email based chess game you can play at your own pace. It will send you emails when it is your turn. If anybody is interested, maybe we could play.

JohnHenry · 10-06-2012, 07:55 AM

Do I take it for granted that you are playing "White" ?

76Highboy · 10-06-2012, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by carver

Did the computer resign at this point?

No, the king kept moving until he was in full check. I killed him in 3 moves if I remember right. I used both bishops and the queen to check him. I pissed him off though because he got me back on the next game.

76Highboy · 10-06-2012, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by JLA

holy smokes Jim you are the truest form of a conservative. I can tell by the way you play chess that you are thru and thru Republican to the bone.

We had a chess thread going a good long while back. maybe we need another..

Hey JLA, keep the big boys shooting and the pawns moving.

76Highboy · 10-06-2012, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Country101

Well, if anybody is interested, we can have a little match. Apparently, itsyourturn.com isnt blocked at work. It's an email based chess game you can play at your own pace. It will send you emails when it is your turn. If anybody is interested, maybe we could play.

Hey, later today I will check into that. I would like to try online chess. I really am not too great at it but I am always open for a good game.

carver · 10-06-2012, 10:54 AM

I suck at chess! But still almost beat the CA state Champion once, a rated player!

JLA · 10-06-2012, 11:01 AM

When we had the htread going here wed call out or moves thru posts. but the thread died off and went into archive

Country101 · 10-06-2012, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by 76Highboy

Hey, later today I will check into that. I would like to try online chess. I really am not too great at it but I am always open for a good game.

You can have up to 20 games going. If you are both online, it can go at a decent pace by refreshing, if I remember correctly. And you can have a conversation while you play. I played on there for a year or two when I was in high school. There's no time pressure, so it is pretty laid back.

76Highboy · 10-06-2012, 09:08 PM

There are 3 Queens, two Rooks, one night, and one bishop, and 5 pawns left. I am black. This is one dead king.

JLA · 10-06-2012, 09:29 PM

with 3 queens he should have been mated a long time ago.

76Highboy · 10-06-2012, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JLA

with 3 queens he should have been mated a long time ago.

Oh no, I like to see how many Queens I can get. I have the puter on the easy setting otherwise I die.

JLA · 10-07-2012, 08:33 AM

I know Jim. I had chessmaster 6000 when i was a kid. I played an honest game with the diagnostic computer setting to see my level. I was playing at 1175 the first game out of the box and started working my way up. Chess is all about anticipation and planning. I have a hard time planning more than 3 moves ahead at first. but once there are a few pieces off the table it gets easier to manipulate the game with your moves.

I aint played a good game of chess in a long time. Prolly 3 or 4 years.

carver · 10-07-2012, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by 76Highboy

Oh no, I like to see how many Queens I can get. I have the puter on the easy setting otherwise I die.

Die scumb! That just ain't right!

I would have to do the same thing! Can't play worth a dang! I know only one gambit, fools mate.

carver · 10-07-2012, 08:47 AM

Back in the mid '70's I was just out of the AF, and working in a doughnut shop. Another employee there loved to play chess, and he was good. I could not beat him, not even come close! He knew of a chess tournament that was being held at the Boy Scout hut in Merced, CA, where we were working. He talked me into going, so I did. We were walking around looking at some very expensive sets, and boards. I found one that was just beautiful, and was admiring it. The owner stepped up, and offered to play me a game. Dumb as I was, I knew I was going to get my butt kicked, but I figured what the heck! I only know one gambit, and I opend with it, fools mate. It took this guy an hour to kick my butt, but he did it, and did it well. He was a rated player, and knew so much about chess that he didn't recognize the gambit I opend with. This guy beat me with almost nothing but pawns! I was embarrassed that I lost, but he was more embarrassed that I almost beat him with a beginners gambit!

76Highboy · 10-07-2012, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by JLA

I know Jim. I had chessmaster 6000 when i was a kid. I played an honest game with the diagnostic computer setting to see my level. I was playing at 1175 the first game out of the box and started working my way up. Chess is all about anticipation and planning. I have a hard time planning more than 3 moves ahead at first. but once there are a few pieces off the table it gets easier to manipulate the game with your moves.

I aint played a good game of chess in a long time. Prolly 3 or 4 years.

I had not played it for about 20 years, but just started about two weeks ago.

10-05-2012, 10:38 PM	#1
76Highboy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Meridian, Idaho Contributor Posts: 6,969	My Chess Game I like to play Chess. I am not too good at it but I try. I took a picture of my game and thought I would share it. It was by chance that my pieces ended up where they did. I am the black and I played the computer. As much as the computer beats me I don't feel at all bad for the king. Attached Images -->

10-06-2012, 02:16 AM	#2
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,295	Re: My Chess Game Did the computer resign at this point? __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

10-06-2012, 06:59 AM	#3
flintlock Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Upstate NY Contributor Posts: 898	Re: My Chess Game Looks like you played a very good game this time.

10-06-2012, 07:09 AM	#4
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: My Chess Game holy smokes Jim you are the truest form of a conservative. I can tell by the way you play chess that you are thru and thru Republican to the bone. We had a chess thread going a good long while back. maybe we need another.. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

10-06-2012, 07:53 AM	#5
Country101 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dardanelle, AR Contributor Posts: 2,029	Re: My Chess Game Well, if anybody is interested, we can have a little match. Apparently, itsyourturn.com isnt blocked at work. It's an email based chess game you can play at your own pace. It will send you emails when it is your turn. If anybody is interested, maybe we could play. __________________ Gainfully employed= shooting somebody elses bullets and getting paid for it Country101

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JohnHenry Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Livingston county, Michigan Posts: 1,221	Re: My Chess Game Do I take it for granted that you are playing "White" ? __________________ Freedom .... Is Never Free ! We need Term Limits .... Send the "Professional Politicians" home .

10-06-2012, 10:54 AM	#10
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,295	Re: My Chess Game I suck at chess! But still almost beat the CA state Champion once, a rated player! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

10-06-2012, 11:01 AM	#11
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: My Chess Game When we had the htread going here wed call out or moves thru posts. but the thread died off and went into archive __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

10-06-2012, 09:08 PM	#13
76Highboy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Meridian, Idaho Contributor Posts: 6,969	Re: My Chess Game There are 3 Queens, two Rooks, one night, and one bishop, and 5 pawns left. I am black. This is one dead king. Attached Images

10-06-2012, 09:29 PM	#14
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: My Chess Game with 3 queens he should have been mated a long time ago. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

10-07-2012, 08:33 AM	#16
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: My Chess Game I know Jim. I had chessmaster 6000 when i was a kid. I played an honest game with the diagnostic computer setting to see my level. I was playing at 1175 the first game out of the box and started working my way up. Chess is all about anticipation and planning. I have a hard time planning more than 3 moves ahead at first. but once there are a few pieces off the table it gets easier to manipulate the game with your moves. I aint played a good game of chess in a long time. Prolly 3 or 4 years. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

10-07-2012, 08:47 AM	#18
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,295	Re: My Chess Game Back in the mid '70's I was just out of the AF, and working in a doughnut shop. Another employee there loved to play chess, and he was good. I could not beat him, not even come close! He knew of a chess tournament that was being held at the Boy Scout hut in Merced, CA, where we were working. He talked me into going, so I did. We were walking around looking at some very expensive sets, and boards. I found one that was just beautiful, and was admiring it. The owner stepped up, and offered to play me a game. Dumb as I was, I knew I was going to get my butt kicked, but I figured what the heck! I only know one gambit, and I opend with it, fools mate. It took this guy an hour to kick my butt, but he did it, and did it well. He was a rated player, and knew so much about chess that he didn't recognize the gambit I opend with. This guy beat me with almost nothing but pawns! I was embarrassed that I lost, but he was more embarrassed that I almost beat him with a beginners gambit! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.