Any chess players here?

[strider]

Just wondered :D

[lilly555]

i play chess on yahoo sometimes, we should play

[lottie]

ive never understood it! :confused:

[strider]

ive never understood it! :confused:

It's really easy to learn, just bloody difficult to get any good at it :cool:

[sunyatta60]

It's really easy to learn, just bloody difficult to get any good at it :cool:

I am good at it well sometimes I play on the ICC my rating there is about 2250;)

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not
the chess piece.
Ralph Charell

[lottie]

It's really easy to learn, just bloody difficult to get any good at it :cool:

Im willing to learn but no-one has the patience to teach me:(....i bought back a marble chess set back from Egypt but its never even been opened! :D

[strider]

I am good at it well sometimes I play on the ICC my rating there is about 2250;)

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not
the chess piece.
Ralph Charell

Well that's a lot better than me!! I've only just got back into after years away from it.. I managed to get my fide equivalent rating to 1530 which is my record :D

[strider]

Im willing to learn but no-one has the patience to teach me:(....i bought back a marble chess set back from Egypt but its never even been opened! :D

Yeah, you would really need someone to show you over a board how to play.. Such a good game though..:cool:

You could always play 'doctors and nurses' with your set in the mean time.. I play 'soldiers' with mine and I NEVER lose :rolleyes:

[sunyatta60]

Well that's a lot better than me!! I've only just got back into after years away from it.. I managed to get my fide equivalent rating to 1530 which is my record :D

I drew with an IM recently and I teach chess part time in schools here in the UK.
My son is of to Crete soon his girlfriend plays for England and she is competing in the chess olympiad there.

[strider]

I drew with an IM recently and I teach chess part time in schools here in the UK.
My son is of to Crete soon his girlfriend plays for England and she is competing in the chess olympiad there.

Wow cool..

I've lost track of all the IM's and GM's lately, I don't hold that much interest in that side of things.. There are simply no characters in the game like Kasprov or fischer anymore.. And the amount of times I've heard people say that FIDE is corrupt etc. etc. but I've never really come across any real evidence..

My openings are a lot stronger now with white kings pawn, but I struggle a little bit when I am black and white plays queens pawn, though I've started to use the grob and I can feel them panicking :D

Good luck to your son and his girlfriend, I'm gonna have a look on chess base and see if they are covering it..

[tinmenace]

I used to play Chess when I was a child. Usually against my Dad, nobody else in our household played Chess.

I think my Dad used to let me win :o

Then, about 15 years ago, I played a game against a young girl (who played on her school team) and she beat me within several moves. That's when I realized that my Dad DID let me win :D

[somewarez]

is there an online version thats free to play?

[lilly555]

yeah yahoo is free, it's in the games section

[dondaz]

I like playing chess! The ability to plot 20 or so moves ahead is something I never knew I had untill I started playing that game!

[adimon]

Well that's a lot better than me!! I've only just got back into after years away from it.. I managed to get my fide equivalent rating to 1530 which is my record :D

I'm somewhere above beginner. I used to play constantly and won a few small knockouts, but I haven't played in about ten years.

If you fancy a game, I'd happily play you. You'll probably beat me, but I'm keen to see what it's like to play again after all those years. :)

[strider]

I like playing chess! The ability to plot 20 or so moves ahead is something I never knew I had untill I started playing that game!

Yeah for sure.. My concentration levels have shot back up now that I've got back into it recentley..


I'm somewhere above beginner. I used to play constantly and won a few small knockouts, but I haven't played in about ten years.

If you fancy a game, I'd happily play you. You'll probably beat me, but I'm keen to see what it's like to play again after all those years. :)

Don't worry mate, I'm not brilliant either.. I'm part of a site called www.chessworld.net it's free to sign up and I think you're restriced to 6 games until you get full membership. it's not real time chess, it's correspondance chess, but if you sign up, come back here and tell me your nickname and I will send you an invite or two :D

That goes for anyone reading this message...

[smariot]

Im willing to learn but no-one has the patience to teach me:(....i bought back a marble chess set back from Egypt but its never even been opened! :D

The objective in chess is to liberate your opponent by capturing their king, a piece barely any better than the average pawn, freeing them from their tyranny. This would be an easy task, except the king has somehow managed to convince all the other pieces that he is somehow more important than he really is, and that they should all be willing to die in order to protect him, probably by manipulating the media. The best players can accomplish this liberation with minimal casualties to either side.

[adimon]

I think you're restriced to 6 games until you get full membership. it's not real time chess, it's correspondance chess, but if you sign up, come back here and tell me your nickname and I will send you an invite or two

That's cool, but if it's correspondence chess, we might as well play by email or PM, no? :)

The objective in chess is to liberate your opponent by capturing their king, a piece barely any better than the average pawn, freeing them from their tyranny. This would be an easy task, except the king has somehow managed to convince all the other pieces that he is somehow more important than he really is, and that they should all be willing to die in order to protect him, probably by manipulating the media. The best players can accomplish this liberation with minimal casualties to either side.

I like this a lot. Very good. I wrote something similar about Snakes and Ladders in my book, using it as a metaphor for life. Nothing to do with shapeshifting though. :D

[strider]

That's cool, but if it's correspondence chess, we might as well play by email or PM, no? :)


Well no as it's online correspondance chess so the board is all set up for us and we could play a few games at once sorta thing :cool:

[lilly555]

Well no as it's online correspondance chess so the board is all set up for us and we could play a few games at once sorta thing :cool:

A few games at once...:eek:? Who are you Bobby Fischer???:confused::D

[strider]

A few games at once...:eek:? Who are you Bobby Fischer???:confused::D

I've got about 30 on the go at the moment.. I'm hardcore me :cool:

[lilly555]

30??:eek: After reading that post my head just exploded from disbelief!!

Maybe I should post this in the What Can We Do To Make This Forum Better thread...a games section:D

[dondaz]

The objective in chess is to liberate your opponent by capturing their king, a piece barely any better than the average pawn, freeing them from their tyranny. This would be an easy task, except the king has somehow managed to convince all the other pieces that he is somehow more important than he really is, and that they should all be willing to die in order to protect him, probably by manipulating the media. The best players can accomplish this liberation with minimal casualties to either side.

That is a great way of looking at chess. It fits!;)

[sunyatta60]

Being an ex professional fighter who now works has a professional chess coach my favourite quote about chess comes from former world boxing champion Terry Marsh and he was London Junior chess champion back in the early 70's

Boxing is like Chess you have to nullify your opponents strengths and exploit their weaknesses.

I played on Chess world . net and got upto about 26000 Correspondence chess or what is now e-mail chess will improve ones game much more than playing blitz on the ICC. Even so the ICC is a great site and it is where I play sometimes, and you can play there for free to and it is the site where most Grandmasters play.
On the work front I have just been invited out to Dubai to teach their best Juniors so I will be going early next year.

Did anyone see the Derren Brown Chess Illusion? I was called in to help him with that and it was great fun to do here is the link for those of you who have not seen it.

Hi All
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http://viewzone.com/milkyway.html

[sunyatta60]

Did anyone see the Derren Brown Chess Illusion? I was called in to help him with that and it was great fun to do here is the link for those of you who have not seen it.

Derren Brown beats 9 chess players simultaneously. - YouTube

[21_12_2012]

I've been playing for 25 years since i was 12...and still I'm not brilliant at it...it's a deep game..but enjoyable...if you can handle losing (which i can't sometimes haha)

[strider]

Did anyone see the Derren Brown Chess Illusion? I was called in to help him with that and it was great fun to do here is the link for those of you who have not seen it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evZmpsl3jI0

Yeah I saw that a while back and I know someone else from chessworld.net who says they helped him also!!

Good vid and good trick..

[sunyatta60]

Yeah I saw that a while back and I know someone else from chessworld.net who says they helped him also!!

Good vid and good trick..

That someone would either be Kirk Kirbaine or Wilfie both were involved in helping Derren pull it off :)

[sunyatta60]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/241/tomandderrendo8.jpg


Tis me with Mr Brown Just before rehearsals for that show :)

[strider]

Yeah I saw that a while back and I know someone else from chessworld.net who says they helped him also!!

Good vid and good trick..

That someone would either be Kirk Kirbaine or Wilfie both were involved in helping Derren pull it off :)

Haha yes it was kirk kirbaine :D We used to have a good laugh over at chessworld but then I got quickly bored with the forum after I was banned from it for calling Bush a murderer.. It's a very big no no is to talk about politics over there..

But yeah, kirk was cool.. And a pretty good player too..

[strider]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/241/tomandderrendo8.jpg


Tis me with Mr Brown Just before rehearsals for that show :)

Cool pic mate!! That even looks a bit like kirk in the background..

[sunyatta60]

Cool pic mate!! That even looks a bit like kirk in the background..

The lad in the background is a friend of mine and another good chess player. Kirk aka Dominic is my son he is playing for Richmond in the 4NCL we have both been asked to go out to Dubai to do some work over there.

[strider]

Cool pic mate!! That even looks a bit like kirk in the background..

The lad in the background is a friend of mine and another good chess player. Kirk aka Dominic is my son he is playing for Richmond in the 4NCL we have both been asked to go out to Dubai to do some work over there.

Hey cool.. I can't remember what kirk (dominic, I remember now) quite looked like, though he had brown hair and eyes. He used to make some great posts over there (CW) and was never shy in saying what he thought... I've completely lost touch with anyone a CW now, as I just play my games and don't bother with the forum, though there are some real good guys over there..

[sunyatta60]

Hey cool.. I can't remember what kirk (dominic, I remember now) quite looked like, though he had brown hair and eyes. He used to make some great posts over there (CW) and was never shy in saying what he thought... I've completely lost touch with anyone a CW now, as I just play my games and don't bother with the forum, though there are some real good guys over there..

HI What was your handle over there? I got banned from the forums three times once when some idiot called Icke a Nutter. And it got heated over the Bobby Fischer discussion. The webmaster is a friend of mine so I gave him a verbal blast when I saw him. He just laughed it off, I do understand where he is coming from because he is trying to keep members and not lose anyone. He offered me some money to go and play for his club but I had to turn him down.
That trip to the ME has been brought forward they want me to fly out tomorrow or Thursday. So won't be posting here or anywhere else for a while.
Take care all
Sunny

[strider]

HI What was your handle over there? I got banned from the forums three times once when some idiot called Icke a Nutter. And it got heated over the Bobby Fischer discussion. The webmaster is a friend of mine so I gave him a verbal blast when I saw him. He just laughed it off, I do understand where he is coming from because he is trying to keep members and not lose anyone. He offered me some money to go and play for his club but I had to turn him down.
That trip to the ME has been brought forward they want me to fly out tomorrow or Thursday. So won't be posting here or anywhere else for a while.
Take care all
Sunny

My handle over there was black_tiger.. I've since accepted the way it is all run and don't bash my head against a brick wall, and decided to go back there (I'm now black.tiger) but like I say, I just don't participate in the forum.. I can kind of undersatnd where KC is coming from after I thought about it, but it was just the way I got attacked and dismissed that pissed me off a bit..

Good luck with your trip and be sure to come back to this thread and let me know a little bit about it :D

[sunyatta60]

My handle over there was black_tiger.. I've since accepted the way it is all run and don't bash my head against a brick wall, and decided to go back there (I'm now black.tiger) but like I say, I just don't participate in the forum.. I can kind of undersatnd where KC is coming from after I thought about it, but it was just the way I got attacked and dismissed that pissed me off a bit..

Good luck with your trip and be sure to come back to this thread and let me know a little bit about it :D

Talk about deflated at 9:30 this morning I am asked to go to Oman I have spent all day trying to sort a flight out only for a technical glitch to pull the plug on the whole shebang :( So it is back to plan A and booking for my trip to Dubai in April. Of the upside of all that is I can continue to post here and keep abreast of all the latest news and gossip :)

[lilly555]

strider's not at this forum anymore...he quit:(

[sunyatta60]

Shame he would have been intrigued by this one:

The Subtle Sin

Never mind the well-addressed question Should a Christian play dungeons and dragons? A better question would be:

Should Christians play chess?

It has an obvious theme, in the traditional White against Black sides, good versus evil. The symbology of the good guys is obvious:

King - Secular Leader, but with the Church close on his side (King's Bishop)

Queen - All the King's secular forces combined into a powerful tool of his administration. Starts at his side, to show His dominance. Straight and Diagonal movement shows the ability to apply to all problems and situations.

Bishop - liaison between Man and God, the administration of the House of the Lord on Earth. Keeps to one color, to show that the church has limitations in its applicability, BUT there are TWO Bishops, one for the Church, one for the Congregation, and between the two of them, they can get anywhere. Shows the transparent MYTH of Separation of Church and State.

Knight - The Special Forces, able to attack from unseen angles, and retreat across obstacles. The 90-degree component seen by many to symbolize the duality of God's Might and Man's Will.

Rook - Portrayed in most modern sets as a castle, examination of early structures leads many to conclude it is actually a church, historically. Either way usually exemplifies a building made of Stone, and "On this stone I shall build a church."

Pawn - All the multitudes of Man, serving God best by stepping blindly forward.

Of course, the Black side, the Evil, has the same components. Considering that the Dark One has his followers and his Bishops, we know what God has stated about False Religions: "As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed."

This makes it seem that someone playing chess, especially on the White Side, is acting out a morality play, attacking the forces of Darkness and crushing them under his heel. There lies the trick that ensnares millions of innocent souls every year.

Evil has, mathematically, as much of a chance to win as Good. The only restriction between the colors is that White moves first. In reality, The Good side should have more power than the evil, for the Lord has said, regarding HIS believers: "Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you." Unfortunately, the 'powers' given to the individual units of a chess set are evenly matched by their direct opponents.

Anther problem is the power of the Queen. She is clearly portrayed as the King's wife, but granted greater power and maneuverability. She travels and works independently of the King, if nominally at his 'bidding.' This directly conflicts with MANY biblical verses, to wit:

"...and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee."
"But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God."
"Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church."
"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing."
"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord."
"Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing."
"Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands."
A further heresy implicit in the play of Chess, is that of returning lost souls to play. If a simple pawn makes it unmolested to the final rank of the enemy's side, he can be transmuted to any other piece of the game. In this manner, lost pieces can be regained. The bible clearly shows that there is only one event of importance following an individual's death, and that is the judgement. After that, the soul is sent Heavenwards or dropped into the Lake of Fire. Reincarnation is the devil's idea.

In addition to problems with the rules, certain conventions of game play are offensive to any True Christian that has seen the Truth. It is possible, if care is not taken, to move the Knight in such a manner that the outline of a Pentagram is described on the board, an incontrovertible sign of Satan.

Most frighteningly, throughout most of the game, the mechanism of capturing a piece results in removal of the lost piece. In the final move, of EVERY chess game, the King is not captured. Instead, the losing player lays his King down on the board, mimicking a ritualistic HUMAN SACRIFICE!

Does it still sound like a simple 'Game?'

For Further Consideration:

Chess is so addictive that prisoners and isolated individuals have been known to carve their own sets out of random materials at hand.

The forces of Darkness have managed to get introductory chess books into almost EVERY school library in the entire country! Our children are ENCOURAGED to take up the Devil's Pastime! They often play it in pairs, unsupervised by any responsible adults.

Unlike more traditional games, like Monopoly or Yukon Solitaire, chess does not stop at a mere Winner/Loser concept. Implicit in each game of chess, at least ONE person HAS to die before the game can be over.

And finally, in various times and places, people have been known to dress up in costumes and actually 'Act Out' a chess game! A game that encourages people to see themselves as carved and painted pieces of wood deserves at least a little more scrutiny!

At the best, it's origins are lost in pagan antiquity, and not easily subjected to objective Christian scrutiny for unbiased analysis.

At the worst, Satan eased it into place in anticipation of the reaction to AD&D. Think of that the next time you tell you children "Why don't you play chess, instead?"



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My mind Boggles this article was written by some psychotic Xitian!

Most of the early church fathers were Hypocrites no wonder these nutcases had a hard time with chess Lasker gives us a clue to the reason why:

On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in a checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.
Emanuel Lasker Former World Chess Champion

[strider]

strider's not at this forum anymore...he quit:(

Well I've been back to check my pm's and made 1 post (2 now) :D The place has gone downhill, and it's like you've got to shift through so much shit just to find something interesting, and making john white, an abusive and power hungry toss pot on other forums, a forum advisor just kind of sums the whole vibe up really..

Thanks for the article sunny, I read something like this ages ago and kind of thought about it like this, though not in as much detail.

Sorry to hear about your trip.. Only a few months away to April now though :)

[majicdragon]

I play at gameknot http://gameknot.com/ I play up to 100 games as I am a member. My handle there is majicdragon.

I'm not great, but when you play your own strenth players, you get better all the time.

I've got over 60 games on the go, belong to a team, and play in tournaments and in a league.

I'd love to play you strider, whether you are better than me at it or not.

a free membership there will enable you to play a few games at a time... I forget now how many.

It rules there. It is a place where you can play at your leisure. You have three days per move.
You can surf and you can get it to pop up when it's your move.

[h1s_l0rdsh1p]

I like chess. It's always been one of my favorite games. I was taught to play chess when I was 7.

When I was 18, I read a book called Ants by a French author(who's name I've forgotten at this time) had said: Chess is a game of Gods.

He couldn't have been anymore right. :)

[father ted]

I like chess and I play the computer all the time when I'm bored, it's a program called soft chess. It's a very simple system where I can take back the moves , I have learned much that way. It makes stupid mistakes sometimes like completely sacrafices the queen, a bug I suppose.

What chess software do you guys have? Mine is sort of a challenge but I don't think is gonna hold in the future.

[father ted]

Yeah, I learned to play chess at about the same time but never got into it untill a bit now.

I read this in the paper: check mate in half a move (figure it out).

Since this is the Icke forum, I wonder how chess relates to all this, I mean of course theres kings and queens and black and white etc, but what about the numerics?

[sunyatta60]

Yeah, I learned to play chess at about the same time but never got into it untill a bit now.

I read this in the paper: check mate in half a move (figure it out).

Since this is the Icke forum, I wonder how chess relates to all this, I mean of course theres kings and queens and black and white etc, but what about the numerics?


When you see something like chess in half a move they mean a 1 move mate in computer terms it is called half a ply.
Gazza's new book is all about how Chess Mirrors Life no wonder he has got Putin rattled big time.
I have got Fritz 9 and Shredder 9. I also have lots of different engines like Rybka. I use Chessbase in the main for my databases I have several Million games stored on them and it grows all the time because I download all the major games from around the world as soon as they are played.



Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.
Ralph Charell

[father ted]

The second half of castling gave a mate in the example that I was reffering to. I couldn't find a pic but you get the point.

[sunyatta60]

Yep it is still a one move mate I think the first time something like that happened in a GM game it was Keres who pulled it off :)

[father ted]

You know what I mean:D

[majicdragon]

apple computers come with chess. awesome chess. kick ass chess. but no tutorials.

[white horse]

Yeah I play, usually have a game going on on Facebook.

Anyone wanna saddle up? :D

[sunyatta60]

Yeah I play, usually have a game going on on Facebook.

Anyone wanna saddle up? :D

No and here is why unless you are a serious chess player with a rating above 2000 elo it is a waste of time. I played an idiot on another forum beat him 6-0 and he never stopped claiming I cheated afterwards, his over inflated ego could not accept defeat. He claimed anyone using chess theory was cheating he did not understand or want to understand the MO of real chess players. You cannot play chess properly without knowing some theory both in the opening and endgame. Of course there is no middlegame theory, there players just study typical plans that arise from their chosen openings, and they use middle game principles to guide them.
When I teach children to play I explain the 3 do's of the opening and the 3 dont's. Then I say to them these principles must never be held to dogmatically just as in life exceptions to the rules do and will occur.

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.
Ralph Charell

[danster82]

Im willing to learn but no-one has the patience to teach me:(....i bought back a marble chess set back from Egypt but its never even been opened! :D

Theres a sort of cultural programming that says Chess is for intelligent people and really hard to understand, which is false you could teach yourself chess in about 5-10mins. Becoming Good at chess is another matter

[sunyatta60]

To master chess takes a life time yet children are becoming grandmasters by the age of 14 which was unheard of only 15 years ago. Computers have a lot to do with it. Here is one of my games from a while back it was an interesting hack :D

The opening was a Queens Gambit Declined Slav Defence
White Tom - Black Anoymnous
1. d4 d5
2. c4 c6
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. e3 e6
5. Nf3 Nbd7
6. Qc2 Bd6
7. g4 dxc4
8. Bxc4 e5
9. g5 Nd5
10. Ne4 Bb8
11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Bxe5
13 Bd2 Qe7
14. o-o-o o-o
15. f4 Bc7
16. Rhg1 Bf5
17. Nf6+ Kh8
18. Qxf5 gxf6
19 Bd3

1-0

[sunyatta60]

Derren Brown beats 9 chess players simultaneously. - YouTube

[father ted]

What about that guy who beat the computer that was supposed to be unbeatable?

Question, what is the chess program on vista like compared to others? How difficult is it for chess masters, I mean, would they find difficulty 10 hard? I can hardly master difficulty 5, I win every now and again without taking back moves, but the thing thinks ahead too far...

[clozaril]

i learned chess at the age of 5 and played for my school but stopped at 11

started playing now at work (to pass time!)

i am wondering does everyone always play with a gambit, with a statergy in mind?
is this the correct way chess is played?

[sunyatta60]

In my opinion to play Gambits you have to know your theory because if you give up a pawn and you get no tangible compensation for it. You are going to lose.
It is not advisable for beginners to play Gambits. The reason for that is that Gambit play is all about understanding Time in Chess and that is a concept that takes a long time to get to grips with.

[sunyatta60]

A couple of short blitz games I played last night while slightly inebriated.


NN v Me
1. b4 Nf6
2. Bb2 g6
3. Nf3 Bg7
4. c4 d6
5. Nc3 o-o
6. e4 Nxe4
7. d3 Nxc3

White resigned

1. d4 e6
2. c4 d5
3. Nc3 dxc
4. e4 Bb4
5.Qa4+ Qd7
6 Qxb4 Qxd4
7. Be3 Qe5
8. Nf3 Qf6
9. Bxc4 Ne7
10. Bg5 Qg6
11 Qxe7++

1-0

Always think of the end, and you will never do amiss.
Apocrypha: Ben Sira 7:36

[williammac]

I am a GIANT fan of chess. I play it every chance I get. I don't like playing online, I like playing in person. The problem is finding people to play with. But, I carry my portable Kasperov chess board everywhere I go just in case someone feels like playing a few games.

I've been known to literally play game after game with people from morning until the sun goes down during the spring time outside of a cafe. I'll just keep playing because I love it so much.

It's not even about winning or losing. I simply love the action of playing chess and the quiet solitude that goes along with an afternoon of chess playing.



-William
www.ThisWeekinTime.com

[sunyatta60]

Playing chess over the board is better than playing online because you get that social intercourse that all gregarious people need.
I play online when I want some Blitz games right now I am building my opening repertoire using chessbase 9 it is a slow process because I am also putting every game I played otb into a database to.
At the moment my favourite player is the late Rashid Nezhmetdinov a Russian IM who is one of the few players to beat the Great Mihal Tal tactically over the board and hold a plus score over him. Nezh is little known in the West because the old Soviet system refused to allow him to play in the West during the cold war era. Maybe he would have been world champion if they had.

[father ted]

Can you call yourself good if you beat the vista chess on 10 difficulty?

[sunyatta60]

Can you call yourself good if you beat the vista chess on 10 difficulty?

I would be more impressed if you could beat Fritz 9 or Shredder Ted.

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.
Ralph Charell