Chess

[Pavel]

Uh, not so bad as I thought, nice!


I see some of you guys wouldn't mind playing with someone, I wanted to play chess again for a long time. How about we play by forum PMs?

[SnakThree]

Or you can use this:
http://www.itsyourturn.com/

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[SummerMcLovin]

Learned how to when I was 9- or 10-ish, used to run the chess club back in high school for a few years (how cool was I?), played a few drinking chess games in first year of uni. Still play on GameKnot but mostly just the monthly Tournaments (with a long wait between rounds); correspondence chess like Pavel and I guess Snak3 is suggesting.

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[Acqiran]

My brother was teaching me some unusual moves that I didn't know were possible, like castling. Castling is a move only allowed in European/American chess and has been allowed since the 14th or 15th century. If your rook is at its starting square and your king is 4 squares away from your rook. You can castle them by moving the king 2 squares towards the middle of where your rook was and moving your rook onto the other side of your king.

Now you know.

Edit: This move is only possible if the spaces required for moving your king and rook are not taken. Castling is not allowed if it will put your king in check, if your king is already in check, or if your king and rook have already moved during the game.

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[SummerMcLovin]

More specifically, as long as neither your castle/rook or king have moved, no pieces are between them, and the king would not be moving out of or through check, you can move him two places towards the rook (either his own, or the queen-side) and the rook to the opposite side.
Another one is En Passant, where if a pawn uses its starting double-move to 'avoid' a pawn two rows in front of it and one to the side, the opposing pawn can capture it as if it had only moved forward once.

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[Acqiran]

Who wants to challenge me?

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What is the airspeed velocity of a unladen swallow?

[Syrus]

I know how the figures move and all...but haven't played myself for probably more than a decade. Pretty much only learned how the game is played when I was young and played a few rounds against ... I don't even remember. Does that count? D;

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[Hawk]

Me . There are some great life lessons in that game .

[Freeroamer]

I have played that game

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[Hone]

Im OK. We used to play against my teacher at form time, hed beat us even playing 2 games at the same time!

Also I have never lost with my lord of the rings chesset. I think because people cant figure out which piece is which.

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Another one is En Passant, where if a pawn uses its starting double-move to 'avoid' a pawn two rows in front of it and one to the side, the opposing pawn can capture it as if it had only moved forward once.

A french move, no wonder its one for those too scared to charge in.

Isnt there the one where if two pawns are facing each other you can make em both die?

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