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#8422375 - 05/20/08 12:46 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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I love the game of chess. It's a beautiful game in many ways. The game is quite simplistic to learn as there are only 6 different types of pieces, which all move and kill in a certain way, and then a handful of rules. But beyond that there is nearly an infinite amount of strategy and planning to learn and master.
I can learn a lot from chess, and I can apply what I learn to my life. Chess flexes the brain the way Weights flex your muscles. People don’t weight lift because they might be walking down the street and walk by a dumbbell that needs to be lifted. But it keeps them healthy, and able to lift things if they need to, like a couch, or doing other physical activities. I don’t play chess because I'm afraid of randomly finding a chess game lying on the ground in front of my path that I must win. But it does flex my brain, keep me sharp, and allow me to apply some things I learn from chess to my life.
Chess teaches me patience. First it teaches me to think before I move a piece on the board, and look carefully at the wide variety of options, and look for a better move. When I find a better move it teaches me too look closer and make sure it's better, imagining what my opponents next move may be.
In chess it is important to look ahead in a game and picture the chessboard in your head with pieces moved. If you move a piece you need to then look at the board in your head with that piece moved and see how the landscape of the game has changed. A single move can very often change the outcome of an entire game. Chess is basically a mathematical formula in the form of a game. If look at an algebraic formula that is quite complex and change one period or at a multiplication symbol it completely changes the outcome of the problem. It’s the same in a game of chess. This is why it is important to picture a move in your head and possible subsequent moves as well before you make the move on the board.
Picturing this in your head "flexes" your brain and this can be useful in your life as well. you can use the same technique when having an argument with someone. If you say something specific, how will you respond? You can picture your life if you choose to move somewhere, instead of staying put, how will your life change? What aspects will remain the same? There are an infinite number of examples I could give, but it should suffice to say that picturing many games of chess in your head is a useful exercise that can be translated into situations that may arise in your life.
In chess you have pieces to work with. These pieces need to work in conjunction with each other to accomplish goals, with the ultimate goal of winning the game. Perhaps you are trying to move a pawn across the board to promote it to a queen - The pawn, if left to itself will probably be killed by your opponent, or blocked by a piece. To circumvent this you will probably need at least one other piece backing it up. Maybe a rook directly behind it or a pawn to its side (behind) so is a piece takes it, you can kill it with the second pawn. Sometimes you might have five or so pieces all focused on the pawn, because it has the potential to become something much more powerful. Every single checkmate possible requires the combination of more than one piece outside of the checkmated king. Every piece is vulnerable to other pieces in certain condition. Every piece has weakness and strengths.
As in chess, in life, you utilize tools, people, skills, objects, anything, to accomplish a goal, and these are best used in combinations, as in chess. A simple example is preparing a resume. You may have letters of recommendation, as well as previous job history, and these things work together to fight for you to get a job. This is like pushing a pawn across the board. Obviously there are many differences. But chess helps you think about all of the tools you have at your disposal, from connections and people you know, to the Internet, to money, a car a pencil and paper, etc. Every time you want to accomplish anything you have to size up what you have available and work with it. If you want to get to work.. If you have a car, use that. If it’s nearly out of gas do you have cash and a gas station at your disposal? Same is true of chess, you may need a rook in a certain place on the board but in order to get it there you may need to use your other pieces first.
Chess teaches you the importance of planning ahead. If you move pieces randomly, or only moves that accomplish a short term goal, without thought for several moves down the line you will quickly get into trouble. I know for me, situations have came up in my day to day life where I took extra effort to plan ahead solely because I thought about how I plan ahead in chess. If I am going to expend so much mental energy on a game, why would I not do so in my life as well?
Flexibility in chess is very important. Every time a piece is moved the board needs to be entirely rechecked for possible moves. In life there aren't turns so it can be harder to remember to continually reevaluate your situation, but it is still very important to do.
People give up and let chaos theory dictate the outcome instead of themselves. In chess if someone does not see a move they like, or an obvious move, they may give up and randomly move a piece. Be focused; don't let your opponent control the outcome.
Life is like a chess tournament, because you have several smaller goals within the ultimate goals. You can fail at some goals, or games, and still accomplish your larger goals. With within your games or smaller goals you have to have even smaller goals. I feel sometimes I'm losing in my life for awhile, and then I get back on track for awhile, and its somewhat of a cycle. Both in a chess tournament and life it can come down to be focused and STAYING focused.
My actions and choices in chess reflect my actions in choices in life. I am always slow to start, and am rarely aggressive, I take my time, too much time to position myself. I have missed many opportunities to check mate an enemy early on. The same is true in my day to day life. When I am planning for something such as moving, or changing jobs or even smaller things, such as making a piece of art, or organizing my room, I spend too much time readying myself and have a hard time with the follow through.
Chess teaches humility. I have noticed that sometimes I will play someone not as good as I am. Or I play someone as good as I am, but I am well ahead in the game. I get cocky and end up losing. This happens on a professional level, and it happens in life. A example of this would be the designers of the Titanic. They became too cocky. Hubris will be your downfall in chess and life if you aren't careful.
I don't think much about my physical self, my appearance what I wear, my environment, I put more of my energy into helping others, or thinking about ideas involving philosophy and politics and more. I have noticed on the chess board my king is just a nuisance the way my physical body is in real life. I neglect my king and lose early on sometimes, but this is something I am working on, and I think I should work on this in my life as well.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8422380 - 05/20/08 12:47 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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wow.....i did not read but the first sentence ot two. i can not believe you wrote all that on chess.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: highc]
#8422390 - 05/20/08 12:49 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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interesting thread. the business world and politics are closely aligned with the principles of chess.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8422421 - 05/20/08 12:55 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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I was considering posting it in politics forums but I did not know if I should. So if a mod thinks this is better suited for the politics forums, they can move it. but I figured it more off topic..
And yes, business and world politics definitely can be seen in chess. Not to mention military strategy, and sports strategy and martial arts, etc.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: mattman]
#8422971 - 05/20/08 03:48 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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/me waits until he discovers the great game of "Go". I felt nearly the same way when I did, and nearly gave up on chess.
Interesting write-up though.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: Vatharul]
#8423007 - 05/20/08 04:00 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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chess and math
only the elite behold their massive utility
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8423041 - 05/20/08 04:23 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Your post inspired me to pick up a chess board for the first time in years (sort of). I played a computer AI and lost in an epic stand-off between my king and his queen. 
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8423066 - 05/20/08 04:41 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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I would like to play a game of chess with you, do you have a yahoo account? You can play chess online if you do
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: Vatharul]
#8423097 - 05/20/08 04:54 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
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/me waits until he discovers the great game of "Go". I felt nearly the same way when I did, and nearly gave up on chess.
Interesting write-up though.
Go is an amazing game. It takes a different skill set. i think I will grow to enjoy go more than chess if they make a decent program of it. plus its hard to find people to play. Chess requires precise calculations while Go requires lot more intuition and this is a lot more like life in many ways. But they are both great, I don't think I would give up either. I didn't mention Go because my post was about chess, and I didn't write about Go because most people dont know about it. as it is many people haven't played chess.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8423102 - 05/20/08 04:55 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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I do have a yahoo account, and I have played on their server as well. I'll play, but I'll warn you I'm not good, I just enjoy the game.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8423186 - 05/20/08 07:00 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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im no Bobby Fischer either, dont worry about it heh
my name on yahoo games is mickalopagus
im on there right now, but most likely well have to set something up, unless you read this in the next 10 min or so
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: mick]
#8423193 - 05/20/08 07:06 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ok youll have to know which room im in:
so yahoo chess,
im in the social lounge, in the room called snakepit
anyone from the shroomery want to come play a game lets do it man, im bored and would love to get a game going
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: mick]
#8423211 - 05/20/08 07:27 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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still around?
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8423215 - 05/20/08 07:36 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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sweet. you are. time to play some chess 
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8423270 - 05/20/08 09:00 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Heh, we played two games he beat me then I beat him, we seem very evenly matched overall.
A REMINDER TO SELF: Make post about playing chess with a sense of humor.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8423271 - 05/20/08 09:00 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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oh snap! were 1-1 biazzzch 
tiebreaker coming up
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: mick]
#8423279 - 05/20/08 09:06 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ill make you cry like a baby.
... or someone on a really bad shroom trip. 
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: highc]
#8423280 - 05/20/08 09:06 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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rofl.
it was a fairly interesting read though. 
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8423290 - 05/20/08 09:11 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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I wrote it because I told my friend chess is more than just entertainment, and it could help you learn things about yourself (like drugs  ) and he said that was dumb so I was like fuck you. Then he was like fuck you. Then I wrote that.
...more or less.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8423750 - 05/20/08 12:55 PM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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I agree... I started playing chess on my computer recently.. Vista has it in the pre-installed games thing 
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: Cepheus]
#8427297 - 05/21/08 05:28 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
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I agree... I started playing chess on my computer recently.. Vista has it in the pre-installed games thing
Yeah, I have vista but mine didn't come with that. i was pissed when I saw it in a best buy store on one of their computers. Thats OK though, because I ended up buying "Chess Master: Grandmaster Edition", so its all good.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8427300 - 05/21/08 05:31 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Chess master is awesome, i learned so much from its tutorials.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: DimensionX]
#8427317 - 05/21/08 05:39 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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i only read the OP post but i disagree.
i think chess is a fairly specialized game with limited real world applications, beyond what you could learn from almost any game.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: truekimbo2]
#8427328 - 05/21/08 05:52 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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It really depends on how you are able to apply it. It can teach you about strategy and how it can be used to achieve success. Teach you to think ahead many moves in advanced. Teach you the hidden value of things many people over look. Like how pawns are an essential and important part of the game even though they are "weakest" pieces. Its a beautiful and intricate game. Some people can apply the principles to their life. It just depends on how able you are see it as a metaphor.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: DimensionX]
#8427337 - 05/21/08 06:04 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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i've been trying to directly perceive the "tao of strategy" for awhile. the best i can come up with is all situations or games have specific rules that don't appear to be connected.
in other words i have not figured out the secret of universal strategy at all, so i can't be sure that there is one. so i don't think games like chess has real world applications, because anything you would want to do is situation specific.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: truekimbo2]
#8427352 - 05/21/08 06:15 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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To a large degree yes. But i think there are some underling principles which apply to a lot of situations. Like the ability to think ahead which is central to chess is useful in almost all strategic situations.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: DimensionX]
#8427461 - 05/21/08 07:29 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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I would have to disagree. i think any game that requires dedicated thoughts, planning, and precision in action is going to increase your mental capacity for those traits. It is obviously up to each person to decide how much they allow the game (or any other) to influence other aspects of their lives.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: mick]
#8427477 - 05/21/08 07:35 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Chess and its applications in life:
WHITE PEOPLE GOES FIRST LOLZ
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: truekimbo2]
#8427769 - 05/21/08 09:53 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
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i only read the OP post but i disagree.
i think chess is a fairly specialized game with limited real world applications, beyond what you could learn from almost any game.
I would agree if you specified games that require mostly pure or all skill/strategy/etc, and not luck. The more a game requires luck the harder it is gain real insight from it.
Take the child's card game "war". It requires entirely luck if played correctly. You can learn about yourself and life etc from playing, yes but the amount I feel is more limited.
Games that benefit greatly from a lot of dedication and skill such as football teach you a lot. Chess is one of these games.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8427777 - 05/21/08 09:58 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Also, DimensionX this is not meant to be insulting, but I have found that the better a person is at chess the more they are likely to agree with what I wrote. Do you know your ELO rating, or have you played quite a bit? ever gone to a tournament or bought a chess program. Well A simple way to find out would be to play me on yahoo like I did "mickdawg666". I mean, I have no clue how good you are. for all I know you are a grandmaster. But its just something for you to consider about how much knowledge is behind your opinion.
btw, we should play again, mickdawg666.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8427917 - 05/21/08 11:01 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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for sure dude i definitely want game 3. bought a chess board last night and played a friend, who kicked my ass, my game is totally rusty, and unpredictable
been up all night, and need to go to the store right now, among other chores, but hopefully we can get on it tonight or tomorrow morning
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8427924 - 05/21/08 11:04 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Take the child's card game "war". It requires entirely luck if played correctly. You can learn about yourself and life etc from playing, yes but the amount I feel is more limited.
There are subtle ways to cheat at that game (like by paying attention to the order you place cards in the secondary pile). Now THAT'S a game that can teach a kid some life lessons.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8427942 - 05/21/08 11:08 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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I think your mixing up who said what. I was agreeing with your posts. Im not very good at chess but im ok at it, my rating on yahoo chess is about 1200.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: DimensionX]
#8427957 - 05/21/08 11:12 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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1200 is pretty decent for online chess. Today I'd be lucky to keep that rating, although in my heyday of chess (when I was 12 or so), I could keep a 1500 steady.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: Ferris]
#8427973 - 05/21/08 11:17 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Yeah the people on Yahoo are pretty good, every game is a challenge. 1500 is very nice, im not sure if i will ever get that good.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: DimensionX]
#8428042 - 05/21/08 11:43 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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I think your mixing up who said what. I was agreeing with your posts. Im not very good at chess but im ok at it, my rating on yahoo chess is about 1200.
You are right, my bad. I should pay half as much attention to what I'm writing as I do on the chess board.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8436490 - 05/23/08 12:58 PM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Oh yeah, has anyone ever played chess high? I decided to try one time and it fucking sucks. NEVER PLAY CHESS HIGH. Basically, pot tends to fuck up your linear thinking. For most people. Thats why people lose their train of thought. And when you play chess, it's very often about linear thinking. looking several moves ahead, over and over again, choosing an option, then repeating. I hate playing chess high, and never plan to do it again. It's like eating pickles and ice cream. Another combination best left separate.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8436506 - 05/23/08 01:03 PM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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I kicked some 1500 rated chick's ass, and then she accused me of cheating with one of those programs. I was high (of course I know the game back and forth so well, there wasn't much critical thinking actually involved).
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8480645 - 06/03/08 08:46 PM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Anyone who listens closely to Wu-Tang's lyrics will hear all sorts of references to chess and chess strategy. Those guys love the game. Through them and other areas I have come to understand that chess is a powerful game, however I've never had the patience to learn proper strategy. Can anyone recommend a book or website that gives a basic introduction to chess strategy?
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: flyskimmah]
#8481757 - 06/04/08 01:15 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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man what a great post
I just recently got back into chess about 2 months ago and I love the game. I nearly agree with everything you said abot the correlations between chess and life, AegentMonty. I feel inspired to play chess more often now...
I feel like playing chess now
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: flyskimmah]
#8482511 - 06/04/08 07:30 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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flyskimmah said:
Anyone who listens closely to Wu-Tang's lyrics will hear all sorts of references to chess and chess strategy. Those guys love the game. Through them and other areas I have come to understand that chess is a powerful game, however I've never had the patience to learn proper strategy. Can anyone recommend a book or website that gives a basic introduction to chess strategy?
Absolutely. Comment back if you read this, otherwise I'll send it to you in a comment as well.
I'll start with some users on YouTube that make some wonderful chess videos using a screen capture program. Some are more advanced some are not. I suggest looks at their profile, going to "view all videos" (or something similar) and going to their first few videos. Look at the name and look for anything that sounds beginning-ish.
The types of videos these people make are all similar. One type is they will just record themselves playing a game online with someone, and as they are thinking, they will talk about what they are doing. a few wont talk enough, so it might get boring, but use that time to analyze the board yourself. Other videos are analysis of games they previously played, or professional games they studied. The last type is videos about openings and endgame lines. I wouldn't suggest those to anyone except people who are serious about chess.
I highly recommend these users: (both of these users have at least one video about basic tactics, watch them)
http://www.youtube.com/user/jj32768
http://www.youtube.com/user/jrobichess
Videos for anyone who is already pretty good.
http://www.youtube.com/user/GreenCastleBlock
http://www.youtube.com/user/brucewallace2
Other videos
http://youtube.com/user/zibbit
http://youtube.com/user/canstein2
http://youtube.com/user/mjshark
http://youtube.com/user/slattster
http://youtube.com/user/sagacious00004
Some websites:
wikipedia pages on chess, check them out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_tactics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_strategy
This website has a huge amount of videos to watch, no matter how good you get, you'll still find this website helpful:
http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewforum.php?f=28&sid=54b6d13ac40271b99ecb89cf54d19939
Some other random websites, kinda browse through them, see what you think.
http://www.chesscentral.com/chess_strategy/chess_strategy.htm
http://www.princeton.edu/~jedwards/cif/intro.html
http://www.googobits.com/articles/1087-chess-strategy-how-to-win-from-the-beginning.html
http://streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.com/2007/05/is-this-most-drawish-variation-in-world.html
http://www.chesstactics.org/
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PDJoseph/chesstacticsforamateurs.htm
http://chess.emrald.net/index.php
http://www.freechess.org/
http://www.supreme-chess.com/chess-tutorials.html
http://www.chessguru.net/tactic/
http://www.top10chess.com/
http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa03k01.htm
http://www.bu.edu/dbin/law/chess/index.php?Type=page&Action=none&From=1,1,1,1
http://64squar.es/ - Free Chess online
http://www.hypermaths.org/quadibloc/chess/ch02.htm
http://games.yahoo.com/games/login2?page=ch&ss=1
http://www.entertainmentjourney.com/index1.htm
Programs: there are various chess programs you can buy or download, but if anyone wants to learn chess, I highly recommend "ChessMaster: Grandmaster Edition". They have great interactive tutorials, with great detail and discussion on strategies and tactics. Josh Waitzkin(sp?) is the guy that is talking (for most of the videos) and he has a great voice for it, its just calming and relaxed, and not annoying, etc.
As for books, I would just recommend you look at that other stuff first, especially Chessmaster: Grandmaster ed. If you are willing to spend money (or get it off a torrent site).
If you do get a book, Id suggest getting one that is in "Algebraic Notation" instead of "Descriptive Notation". (a quick google search or visit to wikipedia will explain the difference).
If you have any questions, just let me know.
Edited by AegentMonty (06/04/08 07:35 AM)
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: hoopershroomer]
#8482516 - 06/04/08 07:33 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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hoopershroomer said:
man what a great post
I just recently got back into chess about 2 months ago and I love the game. I nearly agree with everything you said abot the correlations between chess and life, AegentMonty. I feel inspired to play chess more often now...
I feel like playing chess now
Hey thats awesome, and I am glad you liked what I wrote.
mickdawg666 read it, and then post in this thread asking me to play him a game, so we played a couple on yahoo. I want to play him again, and you if you want to sometime. I'm down to play anyone.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8482527 - 06/04/08 07:38 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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Oh yeah, has anyone ever played chess high? I decided to try one time and it fucking sucks. NEVER PLAY CHESS HIGH. Basically, pot tends to fuck up your linear thinking. For most people. Thats why people lose their train of thought. And when you play chess, it's very often about linear thinking. looking several moves ahead, over and over again, choosing an option, then repeating. I hate playing chess high, and never plan to do it again. It's like eating pickles and ice cream. Another combination best left separate.
lol ive done that a few times before. For some reason when i get high i feel like playing but once i start i quickly realize it was a bad idea.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: DimensionX]
#8482544 - 06/04/08 07:45 AM (4 years, 11 months ago) |
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lol ive done that a few times before. For some reason when i get high i feel like playing but once i start i quickly realize it was a bad idea.
Yeah same here. I want to, but I know I shouldnt. SO I havent tried again, hopefully I wont.
Getting high makes you lose control of your ability to think linearly. think of thinks in succession and order, which is why is hard to read or listen to someone talk for a long time, unless its broken up. and chess is all about succession and moves influencing each other.
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Re: Chess and its applications in life. [Re: AegentMonty]
#8541941 - 06/19/08 09:16 PM (4 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hey everybody, sorry to bring back old posts but this is nice and I need to mention this!
I've been playing chess on and off for a long time, since I was 6. Only a few years back did I get the real bite and since then I've gotten pretty good. Here are two very good resources :
www.chess.com
Duh! Great website for playing "correspondence" chess. You can have up to 3 days for a single move. Great if you want to improve your game!
www.freechess.org
Free Internet Chess Server (FICS). It's a very big, free chess server, very professional, lots of options; can be a bit complicated to use (with the command prompt) at first but it's extremely versatile.
I'm 'isaaceinstein' on both servers. Around 1800 rating. I also play 'blind chess': chess without a board, using the coordinates only. Rating probably around 1200 with my eyes closed. Anyone who wants to play me blind can, on FICS; just challenge me...
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