Chess club

rangor gubbins · 4 Aug 2023 at 06:46

rumple9 said:
you can find me as rumple999. I'm crap at it by the way

We can have a game. There's also an option to play a balanced game if one player has more experience than another, the higher rated player has fewer pieces.

rangor gubbins · 4 Aug 2023 at 06:47

I've sent you an invite

rumple9 · 4 Aug 2023 at 09:41

I've accepted but your queen appears to be missing on the start up game :cry:

rangor gubbins · 4 Aug 2023 at 09:48

rumple9 said:
I've accepted but your queen appears to be missing on the start up game

who's kidnapped my queen!?

Chuk_Chuk · 6 Aug 2023 at 10:53

“Do you want to win?”
“Yes”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes”
“Explain this

“

“…”

Realised my blunder after I let go. Started sweating because the player took a few extra seconds before playing a move. Thankfully he didn’t see it.

Jupiter · 6 Aug 2023 at 11:52

I too was hoping for cheese club

rangor gubbins · 6 Aug 2023 at 17:20

Chuk_Chuk said:
“Do you want to win?”
“Yes”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes”
“Explain this

“

“…”

Realised my blunder after I let go. Started sweating because the player took a few extra seconds before playing a move. Thankfully he didn’t see it.

Ooops. Easy to make silly mistakes like that. At least they didn't see it.

rangor gubbins · 6 Aug 2023 at 17:21

DFP123 said:
I too was hoping for cheese club

Cheese club is in the next room. Follow your nose

Chrisc · 6 Aug 2023 at 18:45

rangor gubbins said:
As per the title, anyone up for a game of chess via Chess.com?
I've started getting back into it after many years not playing but i'm struggling to find players who don't just timeout after 5 moves.
I'm happy to play anyone at any level as long as they don't just quit in the middle of the game.
If you want to play, my username is Mr-W

ive always wanted to learn, if you dont mind playing against a complete noob then im up for it

rangor gubbins · 6 Aug 2023 at 21:07

Chrisc said:
ive always wanted to learn, if you dont mind playing against a complete noob then im up for it

Hello, no problem at all. I'm happy to play a game with you. Have you got an account with chess.com? It's free, or very cheap for a paid account. There's lots of training sessions you can do to learn the basics if you want.
Let me know your username and I'll send you a game invite

rangor gubbins · 6 Aug 2023 at 21:52

danlightbulb said:
Yep go on then. Sent you a 3 day timer game. I might not be able to get on every day/multiple times per day but will try.

Got ourselves a bit of a standoff here.
Great game by the way.

Spacedeck · 7 Aug 2023 at 11:02

Not very good but username is Spacedeck. I usually just enjoy the puzzles.

Chrisc · 7 Aug 2023 at 12:43

rangor gubbins said:
Hello, no problem at all. I'm happy to play a game with you. Have you got an account with chess.com? It's free, or very cheap for a paid account. There's lots of training sessions you can do to learn the basics if you want.
Let me know your username and I'll send you a game invite

Been playing training modes, still havent got a clue what im doing but ill register later and let you know.

rangor gubbins · 7 Aug 2023 at 17:31

Spacedeck said:
Not very good but username is Spacedeck. I usually just enjoy the puzzles.

OK, I'll send you a game request

Spacedeck · 8 Aug 2023 at 09:08

rangor gubbins said:
OK, I'll send you a game request

Did you intentionally leave out some of your pieces?

Chuk_Chuk · 8 Aug 2023 at 09:15

GG @rangor gubbins. I was hoping you would play f4, so I could start a queen hunt

When your queen retreated back I was tempted to post the “Why are you running meme” :cry:

I would be up for a rematch in a day or two.

Chuk_Chuk · 8 Aug 2023 at 09:16

Spacedeck said:
Did you intentionally leave out some of your pieces?

There is an option for the game to remove pieces to compensate for the difference in rating. He may have checked that option.

rangor gubbins · 8 Aug 2023 at 20:12

Chuk_Chuk said:
GG @rangor gubbins. I was hoping you would play f4, so I could start a queen hunt When your queen retreated back I was tempted to post the “Why are you running meme”

I would be up for a rematch in a day or two.

That was a fun game. I got a bit over excited sending my queen for a raid early on and realised I didn't have the pieces to back it up, hence the hasty retreat.
Likewise, I'd be happy to have a rematch in a few days.

rangor gubbins · 8 Aug 2023 at 20:14

Spacedeck said:
Did you intentionally leave out some of your pieces?

As chuk chuk said, I used the 'balanced game' option which removes pieces from players with more experience.
In another game I didn't have a queen. Not sure how I'll manage that one!

rangor gubbins · 8 Aug 2023 at 20:15

@Spacedeck, if you prefer in the next game we can just play a standard game.