Thread: Do you play chess?

Originally Posted by lnvanry

Almost any decently rated player (over 1400) will probably quit after losing a queen...at least in tournament play against another player rated above 1400 too.

Its almost insulting to play it out.

I was about to say... if I was behind a queen, I don't think I could come back from anyone that was able to trap my queen. I would definitely quit.

Just buy a decent chess sim, set the difficulty to as high as it goes.


Next, start a yahoo chess game, make sure your side is the same as the difficult side on the chess sim, if it's black your black. Then when the player makes a move, make the same move against the chess sim, see what it does, and make the same move against the yahoo chess player.



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not that I would ever do this...because im so pro.


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Originally Posted by lnvanry

Almost any decently rated player (over 1400) will probably quit after losing a queen...at least in tournament play against another player rated above 1400 too.

Its almost insulting to play it out.

Really? I was taught to play without it, in fact it made me a better player. I learned to utilize the other pieces far better.

Originally Posted by NeilPearson

I was about to say... if I was behind a queen, I don't think I could come back from anyone that was able to trap my queen. I would definitely quit.

You can't be to dependant on the queen, sometimes I come across a player too concerned with protecting their Queen that they wind up losing all their other pieces and at the same time leaving his King exposed.

Practice by getting rid of your Queen and I guarantee that once you do use her you'll become deadlier.
I play a few times on AOL or was it Yahoo and some of these jerks would quit in the middle of a game.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

Practice by getting rid of your Queen and I guarantee that once you do use her you'll become deadlier.
I play a few times on AOL or was it Yahoo and some of these jerks would quit in the middle of a game.

That was me.


Uh well, you see, what had happened wuz, uh, i dropped my bottle of water and it hit the cats tail, and the cat went flyin' into the uh blinds, and the windows blinds fell off and hit a spoon, that flipped through the air, and flipped the on switch on the vacuum cleaner which sucked up a ping pong ball, which shot through the air and hit my router, which knocked it off the tables, and I lost my connection to the net.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

You can't be to dependant on the queen, sometimes I come across a player too concerned with protecting their Queen that they wind up losing all their other pieces and at the same time leaving his King exposed.

generally speaking..you're right, but certain openings require aggressive queen tactics...played by some of the world's best players.

If you play with her early and aggressive, you need to be that much better