bazkitcase5

using the chess app on facebook, you can play turn based, which is where you basically can make your move whenever you log in (or whenever it was your turn if you get an opponent that is active enough to make more than one move in a day)

as expected, the games would take much longer, but you would have plenty of time to think and could play lots of games at once with multiple people

Jinn

I love Chess. For so many reasons; for its ability to transcend time, like mentioned above. It's crazy to think of games happening 200, 300 years ago that we still have record of. And not just who played and when, but every move they made. For the strategy of the game that only comes out as you focus on certain things.. like realizing the genius of the movement of a knight, and how it so compliments the movements of other pieces on the board. Or the nature of rooks.. quite powerful, but nearly impossible to bring to control the center without sacrificing a lesser 'pawn' or taking multiple moves to get into position. Or the awesome power of the queen to make nearly every move on the board, but for the same reason the biggest target on the board. People willing to sacrifices their knights and rooks and bishops just to get a chance at the queen. The power of the king in the end game.. a piece forced from check to check or into hiding in openings and mid game that gets very powerful in the pawn-pushing end game.

Anyone use chess.com? They have excellent "Online Chess" which is the 'correspondence chess' where you have 3 days, etc to make a single move, or "Live Chess", where you're able to play immediately against others.

Truthfully I'm not that good at Chess, but I do love the thought process involved.

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CinnamonGirl

Chess frustrates me... but this song kicks ass.



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genuinegirly

I experienced overwhelming disappointment when I realized this thread was not about the musical Chess.

I enjoy the game chess. I play it, though poorly. I rarely win. I do not subscribe to any specific strategies. I enjoy watching people play chess in city parks. One of my best memories involves a rather large chess set in a courtyard in Vienna where my husband played against a German Physicist, and won.

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bazkitcase5

btw, if anybody wants to add the chess app on facebook and play some turn based games, then I'm game - I'm pretty active, so I'll make a minimum of a move per day, but usually more

SecretMethod70

I love Chess... the game and the musical

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captaincanada84

I used to play a lot back in middle school, and my freshman year of high school. Hadnt played since then, until thanksgiving when some of my girlfriend's friends convinced me to play with them. They're supposedly huge chess nerds, and introduced me to Bughouse chess, which was a lot of fun actually.

Dammitall

We need to play again. I'm all rusty now, so feel free to kick my ass at will.

And...

OMG I LOVE MASTERMIND!

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Frankie Zee

I'm a pretty big fan of chess. That's not to say I'm any good, though. I used to play a lot in high school when I knew people who played. I've moved a few times since then and don't know anyone who really plays anymore so I'm stuck playing on my phone or against one of those talking chess boards. I have a very hard time with the middle part of the game and I seem to lose more often than I win against a computer.

stringerbell

I love chess. One of my favorite games to play. Though I'm not very good and want to get better.