The Official Chess Thread

[Blackrogue]

What's the most amount of points you've been down but come away with a win?

I remember I was -13 with this guy with 2 queens but eeked out a checkmate with my pawns. He got hyper focused on greedily getting a third queen not realizing I was pinning him with pawns

I don't know. I do remember this game though this guy was being an ass moving end pawns. The same piece over and over back and forth between two squares being arrogant. I went ahead and kicked his ass the converted all my pawns in bishops and knights and other shyt just to piss him off and shyt on him for the smugness at the beginning .

I think I gave him a draw after having all those pieces and he said thanks


Don't know if I'll be able to find that game

Edit. I found it

Chess: Pointingthingsatking vs N0ah111

Pointingthingsatking (1518) vs N0ah111 (1484). Game drawn by timeout vs insufficient material in 59 moves. Click to review the game, move by move.

www.chess.com

Draw cause he had nothing left and my timer was over

Actually I had misremembered what he did to tick me off and it was moving each pawn one step forward

Chess is comedy

It was mate in one and I was plus 32

@Karume @Whips-n-Chains


Edit again. This guy trolls. Went to his page and saw this game

Check out this #chess game: AOsipenko vs N0ah111 - Chess: AOsipenko vs N0ah111

 

[Blackrogue]

is that available as a separate program or engine?

I think it's a Google AI project. It's name is Alpha ZERO and it taught itself chess after they gave it directives

 

[Bigwhite2498]

Do you know the basic rules? How the pieces move, etc.?

Get the chess.com app, it's great learning tool. I was taught how to play on an actual board, but I have to imagine the app has something to outline the rules from a complete beginner standpoint. Once you know the basics on how pieces move, there are lessons and puzzles to help you learn things like Pins and Forks, how to best exchange pieces, etc.

If you do know the basics, the app will have you play a few AI games to see what level you're at, assess you a ranking, then have you play similarly ranked players so you're not getting blasted by masters, or playing noobs

lmk cuz I'll fukk you up on there


Edit:

How to Play Chess: Learn the Rules & 7 Steps To Get You Started

Chess is for everyone! Learn the basics of the game including how to set up the board, how to move pieces, and how to win.

www.chess.com

I have the chess app I just don’t really understand what the pieces do like I kinda understand how they move but i don’t understand how to get a check mate or anything. I even go through those lessons on there but lmao still I be confused

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

I have the chess app I just don’t really understand what the pieces do like I kinda understand how they move but i don’t understand how to get a check mate or anything. I even go through those lessons on there but lmao still I be confused

It's easiest to learn imo to actually play with someone in person who know what they're doing and they can play a few games with you, and explain what they're doing in real time, and allow you to have 'take backs' so you best understand what you're doing and why. And why certain moves might be a bad move.

First understand what the pieces do, how they move and some basic openings.

The goal of the game is to get the Check Mate, but barring some early traps (fool's mate) that an experienced player will turn against you, you're unlikely to get a check mate in the early stages of the game, so you have to set up the board with different offensive and defensive strategies, protecting your king while putting your pieces in position to attack while also having support (pieces protecting your attackers).

I'd check some of those videos.

Also, try playing the computer/AI on an easy setting with "take backs" allowed so you can best understand the best moves to make and figure out how to get a check mate.

 

[Bigwhite2498]

It's easiest to learn imo to actually play with someone in person who know what they're doing and they can play a few games with you, and explain what they're doing in real time, and allow you to have 'take backs' so you best understand what you're doing and why. And why certain moves might be a bad move.

First understand what the pieces do, how they move and some basic openings.

The goal of the game is to get the Check Mate, but barring some early traps (fool's mate) that an experienced player will turn against you, you're unlikely to get a check mate in the early stages of the game, so you have to set up the board with different offensive and defensive strategies, protecting your king while putting your pieces in position to attack while also having support (pieces protecting your attackers).

I'd check some of those videos.

Also, try playing the computer/AI on an easy setting with "take backs" allowed so you can best understand the best moves to make and figure out how to get a check mate.

I see I definitely just be going all out at the king I’m check out them videos. Appreciate breh

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

I see I definitely just be going all out at the king I’m check out them videos. Appreciate breh

Try playing vs. one of the bots, on "friendly" setting which has hints and allows takebacks. That way you can actually get some checkmates and see how it's accomplished

 

[Blackrogue]

I have the chess app I just don’t really understand what the pieces do like I kinda understand how they mov but iey don’t understand how to get a check mate or anything. I even go through those lessons on there but lmao still I be confused

The shapes really define them. Each person has a.black bishop and a white bishop restricted to their color. They are thin so it's almost like squeezing between edges of squares cause that's how they slide

Rooks are two as well. Thick and square. Like it can only slide through those spaces in straight lines forward or side to side.

The knight is hardest to envision because people say it moves in an L. It moves from black square to white square and then back to black. Or vice versa. So you see one on black square look at the white squares that surround it and are that L shape away drawn however as candidates for it to land.

Queen is shaped like a bishop rook combo and can duplicate either of their movements.

The pawns form a wall. They are part of the structure of the game in that they are the first thing the opponent will meet because they constantly move only forward one step at a time(initially also two is allowed coming from their resting starting position) ,when it clashes with something directly in front of it it doesn't have the power to move it so is effectively blockaded. But it will clip anything to the left or right of it like a bulls horn does and that way it came be used to anchor something on those squares or effectively control them and limit access to those spaces.

The king is a slow runner.. moves on square at a time in any direction so it's flexible but slow. All the squares that surround it are all candidates for where it can move.

You capture pieces by occupying the space where it was and removing it from the game because no two pieces can occupy one square. Check is when you place a piece in a position where you want to occupy the square the king is on next if he doesn't move. Checkmate is when you have pieces ready to occupy the square he gets on no matter what he chooses to move

 

[Karume]

is there a coli chessclub online somewhere?