Chess

[Mr. Tea]

Is it time we reassessed chess as a relatively non-hazardous game?

GM Ziaur Rahman (1974-2024) from Bangladesh dies during game

In the 12th round of the Bangladesh Championship, 50-year-old GM Ziaur Rahman suffered a heart attack after his 25th move in his game against GM Enamul Hossein. He died before he could be taken to hospital. Rahman was Bangladesh's second grandmaster after GM Niaz Murshed, and he was also a...

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[Murphy]

Fun thread, good game

Chess might be the only reason no-one at work has been killed yet. We have an ongoing game between shifts. It’s taken murderously seriously with a board in one of the kitchen spaces, so seriously no one would ever move a piece by cheating

Night shift is up, have an Iranian medic taking scalps but the point is we all get to think about something else, to the extent fag breaks are forsaken because “you’re up”

 

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[IdleRich]

I just realised thar if you don't play you can't lose

 

[IdleRich]

Have you seen this video?




Do you see that arse going by on a skateboard in the background? That's Nathan. When he beat me at chess I knew it was time to give up forever.

 

[IdleRich]

In my defence it was one game each, for some reason I was a little overconfident in the first game... but he was about the same level as me, both games were close, each decided by stupid mistakes.

 

[Corpsey]

I went for a haircut the other day and my turkish barber was sat there next to a chessboard and because I was slightly tipsy I challenged him to a match even though I've not played it since I was 18 and I don't know the rules

So he taught me a few moves and now I've started trying to learn on chess.com

As I suspected, I am terrible at it. Maybe most are when they start? I don't really know how to attack. I don't know really know how to defend. I keep making moves thinking it's clever then realising I've not noticed an obvious reason why this move is dumb as fuck.

Anyway, I think I like the idea of sitting outside on a hot day sipping a beverage and playing chess more than the actual reality of playing it, which seems bloody hard and stressful and depressing.