Chess, anyone?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. more of a checkers crowd, I take it ---

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. backgammon more your style?

[In_The_Wind]

3. You got me. I like backgammon.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. Oh hell yeah. The tournaments we used to have.

what about acey ducie (sp). do you play it as well?

[In_The_Wind]

5. yep

I also love bridge.
I grew up playing poker.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. bridge, spades, hearts, canasta

all night long...FUN :D

[Perseid]

7. Lawn darts is my game............nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. cool --

[pokerfan]

8. Go

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. What is this?

Go stones?

[Bucky]

10. looks like Othello

are they related?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. I don't know. Othello is ringing a bell.

:shrug:

[Bucky]

15. No, Othello is choking his wife.

Knucklehead general can't control his jealousy. But keep an eye on that Iago character. I think he's got an agenda.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. Oh lord.

:rofl:

I see the difference now. Othello is in the squares, that other game has the stones on the corners where the lines intersect....

Othello

[pokerfan]

22. No one has heard of Go?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_%28board_game%29

My computer can kick my ass at backgammon and chess and even grandmasters lose to the computers these days. But Go is so complex that even the best programs struggle to barely reach an amateur level.

It is interesting that it's even easier to learn than chess. It's so simple that if there is intelligent life in the universe, I would not be the least surprised that they had developed some form of Go.

One cool feature is that it's easy to handicap a game which allows players of different abilities to still enjoy a competitive game. Pretty hard to do that with chess.

It's just a fantastic game.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

23. Thanks for the link .. I have not heard of it.

I will check into it.

[pokerfan]

26. kinda sorta

The stones can't change colors by flipping. And instead of outflanking your opponent, in Go you attempt to encircle him, or more precisely, encircle and control territory. The goal is to finish with more territory than your opponent. The game is finished when both players agree that it is finished. Honest! :)

It's so easy, you can learn the basics in about fifteen minutes. Here is an interactive tutorial:
http://playgo.to/interactive

[AllegroRondo]

31. LOVE go

it looks so simple, yet its actually so complicated.

[MrCoffee]

11. Global Thermonuclear War

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. YES!!

:D how about a nice game of chess. I hate that other gamex(

[JoePhilly]

14. Yes ... I love Chessmaster, and its tutorials. nt

[Tuesday Afternoon]

17. I have never played on the computer. Free cell was a big

addiction of mine until I found this place. This place is now my big time sucker!

[JoePhilly]

18. Me too ...

I had surgery a few years back, was stuck in bed ... then restarted playing chess with CM09 ... then CM10 ... I've been through most of the exercises and tutorials multiple times.

And I really like playing against the various computer players (because you can save games).

[Ptah]

20. Cribbage!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

24. I used to play that with my Granma --

:)

[edbermac]

21. 1. e4

Your move...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

25. Oh. I can't play like that. At least I have not ever.

Do you really?

I used to play a long time ago.

[edbermac]

28. Ditto, played in tourneys, then switched to postal/internet.

Haven't played in any type of tourney in a long while. Just play against programs on the net these days.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

29. I enjoy the whole ambiance of the game.

I like holding the piece. I like watching my opponent. I like the peaceful camaraderie of a worthy adversary. The whole 3-D experience of it all. Kind of old-fashioned, I am.

[pokerfan]

27. I am so rusty I would embarass myself

About fifteen years ago I was playing fairly actively. We had several players at work who played and we would play speed chess on our lunch hours. We'd each start with 15 minutes and we could get in two games in an hour.

Then this internet thing came along....

[BreweryYardRat]

30. I'm an absolutely atrocious chess player, but I still like it.

Chess and Warhammer are about the only non-electronic games I play.

[ironflange]

32. OK

e4

[DarkTirade]

33. Rook to queen four.

Oh wait... can I take that move back?