Chess discussion thread

[Roy Mars III]

Seeing as we have one for a lot of the other sports, we need one for the greatest and hardest sport off all.

[Roy Mars III]

I make sure to practice at least an hour a day since I was seven. It is probably one of the hardest sports to master, up there with golf

[Brother Leon]

Tore a few arm muscles in my day.

[LemonJam]

I've played about 20 games against a computer and won one... I'm not great.

[Mystic Mock]

I get whacked against my Brother all the time.

[Novo]

Can we move this from Sport to Chat & Games please Mods

[Mystic Mock]

But Chess is a Sport.

[Novo]

Might as well make Snakes and Ladders a sport then

[Mystic Mock]

Go for it lol.

[Novo]

MTVN should see sense

[MTVN]

General Interests sounds like the right section for this thread I think

[Roy Mars III]

it a sport as much as football is a sport

[MTVN]

I did used to play quite a bit when I was younger actually, could probably check mate you in about 10 moves

[Roy Mars III]

i would have you in about three moves

[King Gizzard]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess

Wikipedia has spoken

[Mystic Mock]

i would have you in about three moves

Scott would have you and any other Chess player in his bed in 1000 moves.:joker:

[Roy Mars III]

The King

http://i.imgur.com/Xm1dg.jpg?4924

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2009/mainz/nakamura01.jpg

[Shaun]

I need to get a decent set... only one we have at home is a Simpsons one. We used to have a glass set too but that was a bit tacky. Standard light & dark wood >

[King Gizzard]

I have some polish handmade set upstairs, I will have to take a picture

[MTVN]

We have a great, fancy set my Grandma gave to us, the pieces are like in the shape of Arab vs Christian crusade armies

[King Gizzard]

well I have been trumped haven't I

[MTVN]

Yes you have, bet you had just got out your set and laid out all the pieces ready to take a picture as well

[King Gizzard]

No will do it tomorrow

We will have a chess board-off

[MTVN]

Unfortunately my board is 200 miles away back home, might have to postpone this for a few weeks

[King Gizzard]

Sounds like someone is not committed to this chess board-off

[Roy Mars III]

Unfortunately my board is 200 miles away back home, might have to postpone this for a few weeks

want a picture of it by tomorrow

[Roy Mars III]

I have a really nice wooden set that was my dad's, a practice plastic one, and a Lord of the Rings one that never gets used

[Novo]

Got a nice glass set in the attic, my Chess record is 530 played 394 wins and 249 by way of Checkmate

[MTVN]

How did you win the other 145?

[Novo]

They gave up before i could checkmate them

[King Gizzard]

Cool and chess all rolled into one

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/mar/10/chess-magnus-carlsen-world-title

[King Gizzard]

http://i.imgur.com/ucVXeTW.jpg

[King Gizzard]

Shock horror exactly the same age and birthday as me as well

[Roy Mars III]

great chess player, but as interesting as a rock :laugh:

watching interviewers with him are awkward

[Roy Mars III]

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2013/3/10/1362939068299/Magnus-Carlsen-has-been-d-008.jpg