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After not playing chess for many years, I recently played against myself on a set at a coffee place. Coffee places tend to have chessboards laying around. I played to a draw, but I’ve never been very good.

The blue elephant in the room.

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Mrebo said:

After not playing chess for many years, I recently played against myself on a set at a coffee place. Coffee places tend to have chessboards laying around. I played to a draw, but I’ve never been very good.

At least you didn’t lose.

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TV’s Frink said:

Next time chyron dictionsplains something he gets a one week ban, all in favor say “I.”

Aye.

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TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

Next time chyron dictionsplains something he gets a one week ban, all in favor say “I.”

Are you saying that I overexplained, or underexplained, or that it should have been obvious I didn’t need to? Because if one thinks chess actually has any more theme than what is slightly pasted on, I beg to differ. Yes it has more theme than othello or mancala, but not much, and you literally could change the theme of chess to anything else and not break immersion in the game. Hence “pasted on.”

I didn’t even read your post. I just saw that you used a dictionary definition in an argument for the nth time.

Because other people (including yourself) don’t do that?

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

Next time chyron dictionsplains something he gets a one week ban, all in favor say “I.”

Are you saying that I overexplained, or underexplained, or that it should have been obvious I didn’t need to? Because if one thinks chess actually has any more theme than what is slightly pasted on, I beg to differ. Yes it has more theme than othello or mancala, but not much, and you literally could change the theme of chess to anything else and not break immersion in the game. Hence “pasted on.”

I didn’t even read your post. I just saw that you used a dictionary definition in an argument for the nth time.

Because other people (including yourself) don’t do that?

For the nth time?

I’m sure I’ve done it once or twice but I can’t remember the last time, I’ll bet it’s been months if not longer.

Anyway saying other people do it is a terrible defense.

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TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

Next time chyron dictionsplains something he gets a one week ban, all in favor say “I.”

Are you saying that I overexplained, or underexplained, or that it should have been obvious I didn’t need to? Because if one thinks chess actually has any more theme than what is slightly pasted on, I beg to differ. Yes it has more theme than othello or mancala, but not much, and you literally could change the theme of chess to anything else and not break immersion in the game. Hence “pasted on.”

I didn’t even read your post. I just saw that you used a dictionary definition in an argument for the nth time.

Because other people (including yourself) don’t do that?

For the nth time?

I’m sure I’ve done it once or twice but I can’t remember the last time, I’ll bet it’s been months if not longer.

Anyway saying other people do it is a terrible defense.

Saying I can’t when other people do is a terrible excuse. And saying I do it all the time obviously has no concept of how often I post without doing that. “nth” time out of how long?

I suppose you just enjoy being dismissive, and will grasp at any excuse. But you already said as much.

Also, I wouldn’t dictionsplain words if you actually knew what they meant.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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You’re missing the part where you do it a ton more than anyone else. You’re starting to sound like a Warbsigher.

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Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Under what conditions is a challenge match typically played? Rough timeframe per move? And I’m assuming no consulting with books/computers, right?

We’ve always played pretty casually: no time limits as long as moves are waiting days and days. Playing even a single move a day has been common. I think we’ve played by gentlemanly rules of no books or computers–just using our wits to guide us.

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TV’s Frink said:

You’re missing the part where you do it a ton more than anyone else.

How many times is a ton? If you’re saying I’ve done it 20 times, I really doubt that. Maybe 6 or 7. At most. But if other people have done it twice and I’ve done it half a dozen more times, in the span of months, that’s not a ton.

In any case, I will officially now do it sparingly. But I still encourage increased vocabulary skills.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

You’re missing the part where you do it a ton more than anyone else.

How many times is a ton? If you’re saying I’ve done it 20 times, I really doubt that. Maybe 6 or 7. At most. But if other people have done it twice and I’ve done it half a dozen more times, in the span of months, that’s not a ton.

Cool.

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darth_ender said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Under what conditions is a challenge match typically played? Rough timeframe per move? And I’m assuming no consulting with books/computers, right?

We’ve always played pretty casually: no time limits as long as moves are waiting days and days. Playing even a single move a day has been common. I think we’ve played by gentlemanly rules of no books or computers–just using our wits to guide us.

USING HUMAN WITS INSTEAD OF A COMPUTER IS YOUR FIRST MISTAKE

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TV’s Frink said:

You’re missing the part where you do it a ton more than anyone else. You’re starting to sound like a Warbsigher.

For the record, it didn’t bother me when he did sigh a lot. It was just something he did. It was Warbler being Warbler.

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chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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Oh, yeah! At least I can read or honestly answer a captcha!

TV’s Frink:

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I CAN READ IT AND I ANSWER HONESTLY

IM NOT A ROBOT IM A COMPUTER

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chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

You’re missing the part where you do it a ton more than anyone else. You’re starting to sound like a Warbsigher.

For the record, it didn’t bother me when he did sigh a lot. It was just something he did. It was Warbler being Warbler.

Sweet.

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chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

You’re missing the part where you do it a ton more than anyone else.

How many times is a ton? If you’re saying I’ve done it 20 times, I really doubt that. Maybe 6 or 7. At most. But if other people have done it twice and I’ve done it half a dozen more times, in the span of months, that’s not a ton.

In any case, I will officially now do it sparingly. But I still encourage increased vocabulary skills.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/oh-my-god

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But back to chess… I don’t like it both because it’s abstract and because I’m terrible at it. The fact that it often takes too long to play just makes it that much less appealing for me. I know being bad at a game makes one very unlikely to enjoy it, but that thing they do on shows and movies where these two old men have been playing the same round of chess for umpteen months or years just makes me roll my eyes at how boring that sounds.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

I’ve decided to organize and hereby forthwith do declare the founding of:

The OT.com Chess Federation©®™(OTCF©®™)

I declare myself its first commissioner and of course recognize Darth Ender as OT.com chess champion.

The game between Darth Ender and Puggo shall go on as before.

The OP might have something to say about all this.

I am the OP.

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Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Speaking of mods, isn’t oojason ahead of me in line?

Darth Ender already defeated him. Also, as far as I know, oojason never played chess professionally.

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chyron8472 said:

I play board games, but generally not chess. The main problems I have with with chess are how long it can take to play a round, and that there’s no theme. I like theme. Plus, I’m better at tactics than abstract strategy.

theme?

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chyron8472 said:

darth_ender said:

I understand the desire for a theme, but chess is actually very heavy on both tactics and strategy.

I just can’t get into the looking-10-moves-ahead business. I can strategize what I’m going to do, and in general if you do this then I do that, but I can’t plan out multi-layered tactics to counter the next 5 successive moves you might make of a possible 300 tactical options available to you.

neither can I, yet I still like chess.

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Warbler said:

chyron8472 said:

I play board games, but generally not chess. The main problems I have with with chess are how long it can take to play a round, and that there’s no theme. I like theme. Plus, I’m better at tactics than abstract strategy.

theme?

Yeah, it’s abstract, basically. I know the pieces have a designation and particular shape, but there’s no substance to the game beyond the gameplay itself. There’s nothing additional to immerse me in the experience or to make the game more interesting. If I want to pretend I’m on a battlefield or whatever, I have to do that all myself. The game provides nothing additional for me in aiding or fueling my imagination, and no story by which to become invested in any characters.

TV’s Frink said:

chyron just put a big Ric pic in your sig and be done with it.

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Warbler said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

I’ve decided to organize and hereby forthwith do declare the founding of:

The OT.com Chess Federation©®™(OTCF©®™)

I declare myself its first commissioner and of course recognize Darth Ender as OT.com chess champion.

The game between Darth Ender and Puggo shall go on as before.

The OP might have something to say about all this.

I am OP.

Ok so what do you say?