Author Topic: Chess (Read 18382 times)

Felix · « **Reply #25 on:** June 02, 2009, 04:14:52 PM »

When I was little, my version of chess was I win, you lose. Not much intelligence there.

NotOfThisWorld66 · « **Reply #26 on:** June 02, 2009, 04:18:42 PM »

Quote from: Gandalf the White on June 02, 2009, 04:14:52 PM

When I was little, my version of chess was I win, you lose. Not much intelligence there.

That's alright. When I was about 7/8/9, I was really not that good. Around 400-600 elo rating at the most. Not much intelligence there, either.

Felix · « **Reply #27 on:** June 02, 2009, 04:20:59 PM »

You played by the rules. I hope.

Egyptian · « **Reply #28 on:** June 02, 2009, 05:54:43 PM »

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Define "good." As far as playing chess goes--the engine is not really very good.

I haven't really spent a lot of time with "Chess Titans." For analysis I use Crafty version 21 or 22, I forget. I started playing around with Crafty back when it was at version 9. :-).

Occasionally I see Chess Titans on display in stores. I do like the fact that when you highlight a piece it shows all the possible moves of the piece clearly and without confusion, pieces in danger are in red, etc. I can't get Chessmaster 9000 to do that nicely. I was able to hack the code for X-board to get it to show legal moves, however, it's not nearly as pretty as Chess Titans. I had heard that Chessmaster 10 or 11 has this feature implemented much better. Any ideas/reports?

EmJayBee83 · « **Reply #29 on:** June 02, 2009, 07:55:38 PM »

Quote from: Egyptian on June 02, 2009, 05:54:43 PM

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Define "good." As far as playing chess goes--the engine is not really very good.

I haven't really spent a lot of time with "Chess Titans." For analysis I use Crafty version 21 or 22, I forget. I started playing around with Crafty back when it was at version 9. :-).

Occasionally I see Chess Titans on display in stores. I do like the fact that when you highlight a piece it shows all the possible moves of the piece clearly and without confusion, pieces in danger are in red, etc. I can't get Chessmaster 9000 to do that nicely. I was able to hack the code for X-board to get it to show legal moves, however, it's not nearly as pretty as Chess Titans. I had heard that Chessmaster 10 or 11 has this feature implemented much better. Any ideas/reports?

Fritz Play Chess also displays all possible moves and threat levels.

NotOfThisWorld66 · « **Reply #30 on:** June 02, 2009, 11:51:36 PM »

I hear Fritz is an excellent game analyzer. Unfortunately I don't have it. I prefer Chessmaster over Fritz because of its tutorials and wide variety of skill levels.

NotOfThisWorld66 · « **Reply #31 on:** June 03, 2009, 03:23:47 PM »

Reminder to all those beginners who want to play well:

If at first you don't succeed, try again, and if you still can't get it, you just wasted a whole bunch of time trying to do something you just can't do.

Felix · « **Reply #32 on:** June 04, 2009, 12:30:52 PM »

What do you do for practice if you don't have a chess PC game, and no one plays against you?

NotOfThisWorld66 · « **Reply #33 on:** June 04, 2009, 01:13:30 PM »

Hmm...can you get online to a free chess server? If you got onto FICS, I could play you. If not, then they have many articles of info on websites and they have many computers on the Internet to play for free. If you have Java, go to Chess.com and click on LittleChessPartner down at the bottom. Its good for beginners and intermediates.

Felix · « **Reply #34 on:** June 04, 2009, 01:20:14 PM »

Thanks. Do you need to pay money or show your E-mail address?

NotOfThisWorld66 · « **Reply #35 on:** June 04, 2009, 02:14:09 PM »

Show email-yes. Pay money-not with FICS. Free Internet Chess Server is...well, free! LOL

Felix · « **Reply #36 on:** June 04, 2009, 02:25:31 PM »

Does your E-mail get revealed to other people? I'd rather not show it.

NotOfThisWorld66 · « **Reply #37 on:** June 04, 2009, 03:13:35 PM »

Uh, on FICS yes. They can email you, too. But I don't know about another server I'm on called Chessville. If you just use the flash playing site, then I don't think you have to. But if you use the site interface, I don't really know. But even if you just use the flash playing site, you still get a rating and play other people.

EmJayBee83 · « **Reply #38 on:** June 04, 2009, 03:15:38 PM »

Quote from: Gandalf the White on June 04, 2009, 02:25:31 PM

Does your E-mail get revealed to other people? I'd rather not show it.

You can create a gmail account only for this, if you would like. http://gmail.google.com

The Schaef · « **Reply #39 on:** June 04, 2009, 05:06:09 PM »

Better plan:

http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/index.php?action=chess

NotOfThisWorld66 · « **Reply #40 on:** June 04, 2009, 05:06:56 PM »

It says that I don't have access to chess. What do I do?

Felix · « **Reply #41 on:** June 04, 2009, 05:11:55 PM »

I think that it only lets Schaefs in.

Same here.

NotOfThisWorld66 · « **Reply #42 on:** June 04, 2009, 05:12:52 PM »

The Schaef · « **Reply #43 on:** June 04, 2009, 05:20:59 PM »

Sorry, had to fix permissions.

Felix · « **Reply #44 on:** June 04, 2009, 05:22:31 PM »

IT WORKS!!! I'VE GOT FIRST DIBS!! Thank you Schaef.

The Schaef · « **Reply #45 on:** June 04, 2009, 05:23:18 PM »

Well, it looked like there was some demand for the ability for us to chess each other, so I set it up.

NotOfThisWorld66 · « **Reply #46 on:** June 04, 2009, 05:24:22 PM »

Thanks, Schaef! That really helps!

Rrulez · « **Reply #47 on:** June 04, 2009, 08:28:16 PM »

Anybody up for a game of Chess?

77matthew · « **Reply #48 on:** June 04, 2009, 08:44:31 PM »

I'll play

wk4c · « **Reply #49 on:** June 05, 2009, 12:30:03 AM »

I do casual, but there's no way I'm doing competetive chess..lol..

I enjoy(and usually have very good success) in more literal types of games. Like, I used to be a very good redemption player(won 3 or 4 tourneys out of the 6 or 7 I went to), and I almost always place at Heroscape tourneys. That stuff never translated into chess well..meh. Oh well.

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