Chess discussion

[Sierepica_Fuzzywalker]

Au revoir, Spartans! You have nothing on the evil Fuzzywalker with your pesky 300 points. You are doomed!

[Hans_Oddcraft]

They put you in an easy League. They have five hundred in mine now.

[Sierepica_Fuzzywalker]

I guess they did. The top of mine is still 366. looks at Hans’ league It’s up to 600 now. Who has time for 40 Rapid games in 2 days?!

If it is any consolation, these leagues are mostly a function of how much time you spend in rapid games and Arenas, rather than your actual skill - they are supposed to entice folk to play more games, probably so the people who put ads on games get more revenue.

[Sierepica_Fuzzywalker]

@Xonos_Darkgrate1, you have a message from me on chess.

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In other things, I didn’t manage to beat my “easy” division either. The final trophy count for the leaders was over 1,100 points, and I only had 691. Some folks live out of their parents’ dark basements with no lives, I guess.

[Hans_Oddcraft]

Well, I'm planning to spend the next few weeks preparing the French for my upcoming tournaments this month. I'm hoping for a really good performance, but I'm still really struggling with mid-game vision.

[Sierepica_Fuzzywalker]

I lost 900 Blitz rating points using the French, and gained 300 of them back using the Pirc and the Sicilian.

Frenchie is aggressive done right. The best French games, not played by me, involve basically erasing your opponents’ pieces from the board so they resign in despair. If you’re lost, look for something to hit.

[Jayhawk_Greencape]

ଅଧିକ ଜାଣିବା ପାଇଁ ମୁଁ ଚେସ ଉପରେ ବହି ପ reading ୁଛି | ମୁଁ ଆକାର ପାଇଁ 'ହେଡଗୋଗ୍' ଚେଷ୍ଟା କରିବାକୁ ଚିନ୍ତା କରୁଛି | :0)

[Sierepica_Fuzzywalker]

@Jayhawk_Greencape and @Danyul_Braziervest, you have messages from me on chess.

[Sierepica_Fuzzywalker]

@Pig_Larkcape1, if you are still around, you have a message from me on chess as well.

[Jacoby_Elderfun1]

Anyone playing in the forum chess tournament? No games have taken place yet even though 4 people are on? Here's the link: [https://www.chess.com/play/arena/1757149]

Get on people!

[Hans_Oddcraft]

What do you do? White won.

[Sierepica_Fuzzywalker]

En passant? If that is an option, I'd do it in front of the queen-rook combo on the e-file. Otherwise I'd probably have to sacrifice the bishop to get through the pawn chainmail. Doing it on the far right is a bad idea because that allows my opponent's strong pieces to get me, so I'd move the queen and do it on the right.

I would also move the other rook in to the b-file before doing it to allow the pawn to attack the bishop. White has a material advantage in this position with the extra rook, so the loss of the bishop should not negatively impact White's winning chances.

If I were black, I would wait for White to make the sacrifice, since I retain more of an advantage by doing so.

[Hans_Oddcraft]

En passant?

En passant only works on a pawn's first move.

Otherwise, that's basically what happened.

[Sierepica_Fuzzywalker]

I don't know how you got to that position. It's possible to arrive at it with an en passant move available.

[Hans_Oddcraft]

There was one available at one point, but I didn't take it and the computer agreed.

[Christopher_Puddlevest1]

@Jacoby_Elderfun1 I’ll try and play you next Sat, I won’t be able to play today I can’t wait to beat you

[Hans_Oddcraft]

I officially hit 1800 bullet.

[Hans_Oddcraft]

[Hans_Oddcraft]

I somehow haven't lost a chess game in 17 games today.

[Levi_Orangeburst]

The thing that scares me is the fact that you've played 17 games today.