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Started by Thistle , Mar 13 2005 05:08 PM
Started by Thistle , Mar 13 2005 05:08 PM
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Posted 14 March 2005 - 07:03 PM
Welcome back, congrats on coming in third
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Posted 14 March 2005 - 07:05 PM
Cheers Saru, it was a close run thing.
Two hundred pounds? I'm not trying to buy cocaine!
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Dougal: Oho, Ted, the Italians know about football, all right. And fashion. God Ted, do you remember that man who was so good at fashion, they had to shoot him?
Come here and play online chess @ Gameknot!
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Posted 15 March 2005 - 12:07 AM
Talon's tip of the day: If the opponent moves a piece, its for a reason.
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -Plato
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Posted 16 March 2005 - 05:48 PM
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I was trying to move the horse into checking the king, having it already pinned with the queen and diagonally moving dude. Didn't realise i could have just moved the queen, since it would have been protected by the dude.
lol..."diagonally moving dude"...
I dunno why, but that made my day.
Apparantly, over on Exchristian.Net, they say that I'm "probably the smartest person" on UM....that is so cool...
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Posted 16 March 2005 - 06:11 PM
I'm not to swift with the names of the pieces.
Where ever i go, Canada, UK, etc, they're all called different things, so i got totally confused, and now, thee shalt be thy diagonally movin dude.
Where ever i go, Canada, UK, etc, they're all called different things, so i got totally confused, and now, thee shalt be thy diagonally movin dude.
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Posted 16 March 2005 - 06:15 PM
Midgit = pawn
horse = knight
castle = rook
...diagonally moving dude
= bishop
I imagine king and queen are self explanatory
If you've heard them called other things, then the person who told you so is incorrect
horse = knight
castle = rook
...diagonally moving dude
= bishopI imagine king and queen are self explanatory
If you've heard them called other things, then the person who told you so is incorrect
Apparantly, over on Exchristian.Net, they say that I'm "probably the smartest person" on UM....that is so cool...
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Posted 16 March 2005 - 06:17 PM
And failing that wonderful description, here's a picture aid
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Posted 16 March 2005 - 06:19 PM
Ahh, so the castle is a rook. I always called it a castle, figuring the DMD was the rook, but he was actually the bishop..
Thanks guys. I'm gonna print that diagram out and stick it above my monitor.
Thanks guys. I'm gonna print that diagram out and stick it above my monitor.
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Posted 16 March 2005 - 06:36 PM
Actually the name castle and rook and often interchanged. Officially castle is just supposed to be the special move were your king and rook can switch places in a corner so long as neither has moved, but if you use the word castle instead of rook everyone knows what it means.
Edited by Talon S., 16 March 2005 - 06:38 PM.
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -Plato
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Posted 17 March 2005 - 04:23 PM
That diagram looks like a scene from the simpsons.
They do have diffrent names depending on where you come from, in Saudia Arabia they all have different titles. But for most English speaking countries it's as above.
chess pieces in 72 languages
They do have diffrent names depending on where you come from, in Saudia Arabia they all have different titles. But for most English speaking countries it's as above.
chess pieces in 72 languages
Edited by gollum, 17 March 2005 - 04:38 PM.
Two hundred pounds? I'm not trying to buy cocaine!
Dougal: Oho, Ted, the Italians know about football, all right. And fashion. God Ted, do you remember that man who was so good at fashion, they had to shoot him?
Come here and play online chess @ Gameknot!
Dougal: Oho, Ted, the Italians know about football, all right. And fashion. God Ted, do you remember that man who was so good at fashion, they had to shoot him?
Come here and play online chess @ Gameknot!
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Posted 17 March 2005 - 09:19 PM
Talon's tip of the day - Don't use your queen early, it just means that the oponent develops every peice on the board trying to force it back. The end result is, your queen is back in the back line where she started and you've gotten nowhere, while your oponent happily has at least several pawns and an officer out in the field.
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -Plato
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Posted 17 March 2005 - 09:32 PM
Also.....don't castle too early, by effectively putting your king in a corner early, you've given your opponent more time and opportunity to direct all their pieces straight towards him.
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Posted 17 March 2005 - 10:09 PM
Alrighty, i have a couple free slots for games.
Anyone who feels like the SUCK, so i can WIN, challenge me.
Anyone who feels like the SUCK, so i can WIN, challenge me.
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Posted 17 March 2005 - 10:15 PM
Yeah, i found that out against Subby. 
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Posted 17 March 2005 - 10:18 PM
Sorry.... being Australian I seeming attack a monarchy whenever I can
Edited by Subtemperate, 17 March 2005 - 10:42 PM.
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