Chess club

[rangor gubbins]

Bit late, but for anyone who is interested the answer is of course more variations of games of chess than atoms in the observable universe. A conservative estimate by Claude Shannon puts the numbers of possible games of chess at 10 to the power of 120 whereas the number of atoms in the observable universe is a mere 10 to the 82.

 

[rangor gubbins]

Then there's the number of times I lose to @meths, which is 10 to the power 6

 

[meths]

Then there's the number of times I lose to @meths, which is 10 to the power 6

Don't start, I've been riding my luck with you.

 

[rangor gubbins]

I'm not convinced it's luck, although we've certainly had some close games. I'm happy to try again though!

 

[rangor gubbins]

@Chuk_Chuk good game but it should have been yours. I never saw the checkmate available to you near the end, luckily for me, neither did you.

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

@Chuk_Chuk good game but it should have been yours. I never saw the checkmate available to you near the end, luckily for me, neither did you.

GG.

I was kicking myself afterwards.

 

[rangor gubbins]

Good game @meths . It got very tricky for me at the end there.

 

[meths]

Good game @meths . It got very tricky for me at the end there.

Yeah, good game mate.

Those ones are frustrating when you end up boxed in with the wrong coloured bishop.

 

[Blackvault]

I've recently started to get into chess as a distraction from potential redundancy in work. My ELO is only around 400 but I'd be interested in the OCUK Chess Club if its still going.