DiegoDiego Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 Admittedly I am a Chess newbie but I’m at a loss as to how I have not put my opponent in checkmate His King has nowhere to go yet he still appears to have another move to make..... I’ve just moved my Pawn from F2 to F4 The e4 pawn can capture the f4 pawn en passant. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: 13 minutes ago, Frank Grimes said: Admittedly I am a Chess newbie but I’m at a loss as to how I have not put my opponent in checkmate His King has nowhere to go yet he still appears to have another move to make..... I’ve just moved my Pawn from F2 to F4 The e4 pawn can capture the f4 pawn en passant. Thank you Wasn’t even aware that was a rule 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Don't play much these days - do like the daily puzzles on chess.comBTW - did anyone watch the Queens Gambit? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 28 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: Don't play much these days - do like the daily puzzles on chess.com BTW - did anyone watch the Queens Gambit? I assumed it was why the thread was started - it was VG. I read that the guy who wrote it spent 30 years trying to get it turned into a series as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 I assumed it was why the thread was started - it was VG. I read that the guy who wrote it spent 30 years trying to get it turned into a series as well. No, I've not seen it but the chap from Elgin who wrote it also did a very good job of being chairman (or some similar role) of Macallan Glenlivet in the nineties. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 The en-passant rule is utter, utter dogshite that makes no logical sense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, virginton said: The en-passant rule is utter, utter dogshite that makes no logical sense. I'll agree with that. It essentially locks your pawn in the place until such time as your opponent's pawn is either moved or captured. And to what end? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SANTAN Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 I wanna try playing online chess whilst simultaneously loading up an offline game and just input my opponents moves against Pro difficulty and see if I win online. I used to play chess and came second in a school tournament, the guy that came first cheated against me but was also significantly scafffier and more hard than me so I gave up the crucial points that were legitimately mine. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 I wanna try playing online chess whilst simultaneously loading up an offline game and just input my opponents moves against Pro difficulty and see if I win online.Why does that not surprise me? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 13 minutes ago, Stormzy said: I wanna try playing online chess whilst simultaneously loading up an offline game and just input my opponents moves against Pro difficulty and see if I win online. I used to play chess and came second in a school tournament, the guy that came first cheated against me but was also significantly scafffier and more hard than me so I gave up the crucial points that were legitimately mine. Shat it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 The en-passant rule is utter, utter dogshite that makes no logical sense.It's actually a bug. Game hasn't been updated in ages. pretty sure the devs dont care anymore.[emoji6] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotgun Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: It's actually a bug. Game hasn't been updated in ages. pretty sure the devs dont care anymore. Should allow substitutes imo. Take off a defender and put on an attacker late in the match...game changer. Edited January 3, 2021 by Shotgun 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 15 hours ago, Frank Grimes said: Admittedly I am a Chess newbie but I’m at a loss as to how I have not put my opponent in checkmate His King has nowhere to go yet he still appears to have another move to make..... I’ve just moved my Pawn from F2 to F4 It’s because your last mine was f2 to f4 which allows your opponent to take the pawn as if it was still on f3. I’m not explaining it well, Look up the en passant rule. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I can play chess. My uncle is pretty good at it and he’s sent me a Bobby Fisher chess book and two volumes of some other chess manual. They were for my daughter. She liked chess for a while and she knows how to play, but that’s about it. Neither of us have any recognised strategies. We just play and see where it takes us. The last time I played a machine was my Atari console back in the 80s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewan14 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) I play chess. I am missing playing humans over the board , but miss scuba diving more and Hibs beating diddy teams Edited January 3, 2021 by ewan14 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I used to play back when I was a virgin also. My career roll of honour... Came 3rd in a Scottish age group tournament. Made the Scottish schools squad for a home nations tournament. Led my primary school to the Scottish schools final.(beaten by some Renfrewshire mob iirc) My voice then broke, I started to grow hair in weird places and discovered alcohol and marijuana, and the opposite sex. Going to see if my auld dear still has my trophies and medals. It's a great game, but I prefer playing irl with a set and clock against a similar opponent, rather than online. So I've not really played for years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Watched The Queens Gambit recently. Anya Taylor-Joy had some beautiful outfits in it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Have tried to play on and off for a while but I basically just know how to move the pieces so get hammered by anyone with the slightest bit of experience. Been playing a bit more lately since Queens Gambit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 I think chess is probably a bit like a foreign language. It's easy enough to get by and be polite and after a few months of flirting with it you might be able to be understood. But you'll never be able to converse well without actually studying it, preferably with a teacher.I've not really found anything decent on line. There are good sites teaching you the basics, some very good puzzles and presumably some excellent in depth analyses of specific lines by top grandmasters. If you want to find out when you should exchange bishops though it's tough to find good sources for information aimed at the intermediate player that most folk are. What the game could really do with is some sort of Duolingo for chess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) I played when I was at school / uni, we had a pretty good school team that got to the last 8 of the British championships. I was only the 5th best player on the team though, think my rating topped out about 1550. Stopped playing offline about 15 years ago. Never really taken to online chess, I'd just assume everyone was cheating. Very occasionally play vs computer on phone app but lose interest quickly. Netflix series was good, think it's an accurate portrayal of chess players as alky oddballs in my experience. Edited January 3, 2021 by Fuctifano 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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