RFMontraz
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This goez for da chess guys (Andym & Co)
Looking for a good one (in terms of graphics/features/flexibility/etc..). Playing on-line is fun but too many fuckers leaving the table when losing.
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Nonius
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| Stop playing with Bell online. |
Geen idee why it's a rainy day. |
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AndyM
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| Fritz, but prepare to be beaten like a redheaded stepchild... |
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RFMontraz
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Bell wouldn't leave the table dude, you should know that. Once he realizes he's losing he would start playing the moves suggested by his "Kasparov 2000" which he got for $19.99 on Ebay (together with his Rolex watch). Another day, another battle of wits. |
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RFMontraz
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Fritz, but prepare to be beaten like a redheaded stepchild...
LOL. I was looking at this one myself a sec ago. |
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AndyM
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That looks like a very old version that they've rehashed.
Get Fritz 8 (cheaper on Amazon, but more info here) |
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RFMontraz
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Cool dude, thx a lot.
Ok, just need that book on Soros now and I'll buy the whole lot on AMZN. |
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Chess is very time intensive, specially if you have boyfriend like you RFM 
does anyone know some people who can beat softs ? |
я, конечно, вернусь |
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granchio
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>Playing on-line is fun but too many fuckers leaving the table when losing.
where do you play? on chessclub.com you can set "noescape" on |
"Deserve got nothing to do with it" - Clint |
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Nonius
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| what does 'no escape' do? MeatSpace nukulation? |
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Geen idee why it's a rainy day. |
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RFMontraz
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| I used to play on Yahoo! games. Probably got my ass kicked a few hundreds times by 8 years old girls but a good fun nonetheless. Problem: cannot play with the timer as I often play from the office (a regrettable disruption for my chess games) and without timer people tend to escape. I'll check out your place. |
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Kutilya
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Old chess softwares (early nineties) were fun because they only thought and moved a certain way at a particular level and if you played long enough you knew what the fucker would do. I got a free one off the net a year ago called GNU Chess, its good, has clock, beats me all the time (I’m not good), the GNU software originally came in German, it took me 2 weeks to get it to English. Used to play on yahoo 4 years ago not too many good people there all the time, I found evenings were better, BTW beware you can end up playing someone in your own office, I ended up in that situation once.
There is a nice looking 3-D chess on Macs and power books
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quantie
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Chess is very time intensive, specially if you have boyfriend like you RFM Smiley
does anyone know some people who can beat softs ?
I was using chess-master 7 and thought I was getting somewhere with it.
So one time I ran into a US GM and told her (actually some NP-ers ran into her as well) that I was using this to prepare and stuff. And she laughed for the next 3 mts, it turns out chessmaster is really for high-school kids. Well anyway that is the problem buying chess software on e-bay after reading enticments on their quality.
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chiral3
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| I never got into chess, but after meeting her I really wanted to. Maybe I will go get Fritz..... Rather I'll get what quantie got. |
Solipsism (Listeni/ˈsɒlɨpsɪzəm/; from Latin solus, meaning "alone", and ipse, meaning "self") is the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist. |
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quantie
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c3 , I think she went to school in your neck of the woods?. Maybe your classmate??
Anyway she is much married and all and last time I checked she had moved into doing real estate. |
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chiral3
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| she has a website? did energy trading? Don't know about school. I don't know to many real good chess players. I play a game called Y. It look like a triangular Go board. |
Solipsism (Listeni/ˈsɒlɨpsɪzəm/; from Latin solus, meaning "alone", and ipse, meaning "self") is the philosophical idea that only one's own mind is sure to exist. |
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quantie
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she has a website? did energy trading? Don't know about school.
Yes, i maybe off on the school. |
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There is a nice looking 3-D chess on Macs and power books
I am yet to beat my mac's chess game  |
Well, if being smart isn't gonna help me impress the chicks, then I want no part of it. |
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sfca
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| Beware ChessMaster 8 or 9 thousand. I had to return this a couple of years ago cause the specific operating system was not supported. Read the fine print first. |
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Baltazar
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i'm a bad chess player, but the chessmaster kick my butt very often (i paly in some easy mode so i sometimes I win)
i'm not sure going for Fritz or some other will change a thing if you're not "créme de la créme" player |
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one collegue used to play on "dontremind" (try this on yahoo games) on internet.
he was quite good i guess (grand maître international, i saw him play in blind games) so he won very often on this site.
btw, as many good chess players, he was quite... lunatic... |
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Kutilya
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I am yet to beat my mac's chess game
I haven’t played on the Mac as I don’t have one, but I’m certain it would kick my ass.
btw, as many good chess players, he was quite... lunatic...
I agree, I've known one, he was very good though... that is why I'm a shit player as one NP member can testify.
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RFMontraz
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I've just lost against the mode "drunk"
Well well well.... |
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AndyM
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RFM, play around with 'sparring' mode and 'friend' mode.
In sparring mode, the program will deliberately allow tactical opportunities (you set the difficulty level).
In friend mode, the computer adapts itself to your playing level (takes a few games to calibrate properly), the idea being that it aims to be a tough, but not invincible opponent. |
My karma will run over your dogma. |
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granchio
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| RFM, i'm crap as well, but i found that reading a simple introductory book helps a lot. generic principles of play, a bit of opening theory, a minimum of finals (to avoid crass mistakes). that will last me the rest of my playing life |
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