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No kidding... Prefer a good game of battletech myself.TheChessnut said:I play somewhat as well, but as everyone else has said, it is hard to find people who are really want to play. Some people would like to play however they feel intimidated at clubs and tournaments. All the video games these days that have lessened the number of young people who want to sit down and play a board game.
If someone wants to be a 'tard, let them.. you can do that with any chess game that doesn't have oth players sitting in front of each other.Hermit said:Wouldn't it be easy to cheat on those online chess games? Have one of those powerful chess programs to do the playing for you...
Blackmarch said:If someone wants to be a 'tard, let them.. you can do that with any chess game that doesn't have oth players sitting in front of each other.
Warren Peace said:Castling is a move to bring the King into the corner for protection.
Essentially, when there are no pieces in between the King and one of the Rooks, and if neither the King nor that Rook has moved, then the player can opt to move the King two squares toward the Rook, and move the Rook right next to the King on the other side.
If you need a visual, I can post a couple of chess boards to help you see both King-side and Queen-side castling.
Take care...
The easy way to remember it, is to move the castle next to the king and then have the king jump the castle (or rook depending what you want to call it).LibertyChic said:Oh that's right. See? I knew I knew what that was.No need for visual (unless someone else wants it)....I got it. Thanks WP!
Blackmarch said:The easy way to remember it, is to move the castle next to the king and then have the king jump the castle (or rook depending what you want to call it).
Yup (of course if my opponent took his castle off the board, one wouldn't complainTheChessnut said:Kind of like checkers, except you don't take the piece off the board.
Blackmarch said:Yup (of course if my opponent took his castle off the board, one wouldn't complain)
The other special move to look out for is the enpassant;
when a player moves their pawn 2 squares for the initial move, the opponent may move one of their pawns into the square behind it to capture it (as if the captured pawn had only moved one square instead of 2)
That was my guess, but didn't know for sure, thanks!TheChessnut said:They made that rule because originally you could only move the pawns one space. But to make the game faster the rules were changed so that on the first "jump" the pawns could move two spaces if the player so desired.
Blackmarch said:The other special move to look out for is the enpassant;
when a player moves their pawn 2 squares for the initial move, the opponent may move one of their pawns into the square behind it to capture it (as if the captured pawn had only moved one square instead of 2)
TheChessnut said:They made that rule because originally you could only move the pawns one space. But to make the game faster the rules were changed so that on the first "jump" the pawns could move two spaces if the player so desired.
That's the point- you wouldn't (unless the sacrifice helped you gain the upper hand), but some people are not aware of the enpassant move, and could do something foolish.LibertyChic said:So why would anyone want to move their pawn 2 spaces on the initial move if they know they are going to lose it?
I've been reading TWIC since the day it came out many many years ago! It's REALLY big in Canada.dcrowther3 said:My son Mark Crowther runs an international web-site on the chess world, keeping all the news well up to date.
It is called "This Week In Chess" -- TWIC.
Why not try it out.
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