Recommendation Chess?

[ChrisC]

Has urban75 ever had a Chess tournament? If not, it might be fun to have one. Just putting the idea out there.

 

[danny la rouge]

Fun for whom? I know the rules, that’s it. So anyone would wipe me out.

 

[ChrisC]

Fun for whom? I know the rules, that’s it. So anyone would wipe me out.

I'm not the best player myself, it's just an idea. Something to do in the lockdown perhaps?

 

[SpookyFrank]

With the disclaimer that I'm shit at chess, count me in.

No idea what platform we could use. But in a pinch you can play chess with nothing.

 

[ChrisC]

You can create teams on this free open source Chess platform. So it is possible.

The best free, adless Chess server

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[yield]

discokermit

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I love it for a bit of a brain workout, but I'm not particularly good. It's like running, I do it a lot and enjoy the mental state, but almost anyone could beat me if it was a race.

I couldn't even beat level 0 on my vic20 (the only level that didn't take hours of computing to make a move).

 

[SpookyFrank]

Perhaps a thread in general where it would get more passing trade?

 

[ChrisC]

Perhaps a thread in general where it would get more passing trade?

Possibly. I just thought as it is a game, I'd post it here. I'll leave it up to the editor/moderator to move it if they see fit.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

I think this is probably one of those 'build it and they will come' type things tbh. If you set it up and say 'this is how it works, you can be in it or not' then people will. If you start getting into discussions about how to do it or who wants to do what then everyone will drift away.

 

[Jay Park]

Can I enter my 10 year old wunderkind student and we all throw a tenner in for winnings?

 

[Jay Park]

I think this is probably one of those 'build it and they will come' type things tbh. If you set it up and say 'this is how it works, you can be in it or not' then people will. If you start getting into discussions about how to do it or who wants to do what then everyone will drift away.

yeah, and it just becomes a thread where people drop in irrelevancies, like I dunno, going running.

 

[discokermit]

discokermit

thank you yield but i no longer play as it was no good for my mental health. still obsessed with the history of the game jusst no longer play.

last time we had a bit of a tournament there were accusations of cheating.

 

[ChrisC]

OK Well, I'll look into setting up something on The best free, adless Chess server and see what I can do. Have a few things to do now. So I'll look into it in the next couple of days. If there is interest great, if not. It was an idea.

 

[Argonia]

Sounds great. I am registered at gameknot, it's free to join.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Chess dot com is free, had a few games with discokermit, littlebabyjesus and heinous seamus - got whupped constantly. Haven't played for ages but I'd be up for a game sometime,not a tournament though

 

[CNT36]

OK Well, I'll look into setting up something on The best free, adless Chess server and see what I can do. Have a few things to do now. So I'll look into it in the next couple of days. If there is interest great, if not. It was an idea.

I thought I'd give it a go. My opponent quickly realised he was out of his league.

 

[Argonia]

That has to be one of the weirdest resignations in history.

 

[Argonia]

One tool that I really recommend highly is the free Chess 365 opening explorer. Basically you can put in each move and it tells you a percentage of victories for black or white based on a database of grandmaster games. It's absolutely brilliant and has revolutionised my openings.

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[ChrisC]

I thought I'd give it a go. My opponent quickly realised he was out of his league.

Your better off making an account. Otherwise you don't get serious players when doing it anonymously. Like the example you just gave in that screenshot.

 

[ChrisC]

One tool that I really recommend highly is the free Chess 365 opening explorer. Basically you can put in each move and it tells you a percentage of victories for black or white based on a database of grandmaster games. It's absolutely brilliant and has revolutionised my openings.

Chess Opening Explorer - 365Chess.com

With our Chess Opening Explorer you can browse our entire chess database move by move. The Opening Explorer is the best tool if you want to study chess openings.

www.365chess.com

WOW! Nice site. Thanks for sharing that.

 

[Argonia]

Have we got any closer to a tournament?

 

[Pickman's model]

Fun for whom? I know the rules, that’s it. So anyone would wipe me out.

your hypnotic movement of the pieces would swing the games your way

 

[Pickman's model]

Have we got any closer to a tournament?

we're further away from when the issue was raised...

 

[ChrisC]

Have we got any closer to a tournament?

Sorry, been having some family issues. Haven't had a chance to look into it. Not sure when I can to be honest. So if anyone wants to go ahead and sort something out by all means... Right now I don't have the time to. Once again apologies for that.

 

[Favelado]

I like this idea.

 

[Flavour]

Me too

 

[RileyOBlimey]

I’m shit but game. Is Lichess a good option?

 

[ChrisC]

I’m shit but game. Is Lichess a good option?

Lichess is a really good option and totally free and ad free too. I use it.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Been playing again, albeit against weak bots, on chess dot com. Does anyone want a game? I'm not very good