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    When I was at primary school, my Grandad decided to teach me chess and we used to play every Saturday.

    Or at least we did until I actually won a game, and he refused to play me ever again.

    I think he never got over the humiliation of losing a game of chess to a twelve year old


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    Quote Originally Posted by sleeping giant View Post
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    Yip.
    Drives me nuts when people just resign when you have grabbed. one of their major pieces.
    Dont know why they do it because there's chance that 5hey get that piece back down the line.

    Its even worse if you are in a decent position and put a lot of thought into getting there.

    Then get the wallopers who , instead of resigning , just leave the time tonrun out hoping you get impatient and abort the match.

    Some fannies out there on the internet😂
    This 100%. I just went one knight up against this fud I’d been 5 minutes playing and he resigned. Pathetic. By the way I’m called gandalfseyebrows if anyone wants some practice

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    Chess is Everywhere! || Andrew Tate vs Piers Morg…: https://youtu.be/YFnglROOQp4


    Piers Morgan getting his arse handed to him.
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    Addicted to bullet. Wouldn't recommend it1😅
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    Had the Stafford gambit playing out to checkmate. Best game of my life.
    If I can find it , I will post it.

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    Addicted to bullet. Wouldn't recommend it1😅
    I know the feeling - I've played 795 games of bullet on Chess.com in the last month alone

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    Is anyone on here good at chess? And how do you get better?

    I used to play with my grandad when I was a kid, I used to think he was a sort of Bonnyrigg grand master at it. When I beat him I celebrated like David Gray in 2016. Unfortunately as i got older, and proper chess players were handing my erse to me in 9 moves, i realised neither of us were up to much Ive been watching stuff online about various openings and so on,i like getting my knights into play and playing the 4 knights game or variations on that, but I think im just being let down by not paying attention. Or sheer stupidity.
    Study the "London system". It is quick to learn, you can learn the basics in an hour, and already you will be very hard to defend against, at the sametime as being very hard to attack. Your friends and family will be "shocked". And like I said, the basics only take an hour to learn.

    I am no master when it comes to chess. But I did beat a master once simply by using the London system.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edina Street View Post
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    Study the "London system". It is quick to learn, you can learn the basics in an hour, and already you will be very hard to defend against, at the sametime as being very hard to attack. Your friends and family will be "shocked". And like I said, the basics only take an hour to learn.

    I am no master when it comes to chess. But I did beat a master once simply by using the London system.
    Thanks. I do two things at the moment, the French opening when I’m white and the Sicilian defence when I’m black. I thought I’d keep it simple.

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    Thanks. I do two things at the moment, the French opening when I’m white and the Sicilian defence when I’m black. I thought I’d keep it simple.
    Yeah. The "London System" works best for white too. Thanks for allerting me to a good opening for black. I will study the Sicilian defence.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edina Street View Post
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    Yeah. The "London System" works best for white too. Thanks for allerting me to a good opening for black. I will study the Sicilian defence.
    It’s good for getting your knight into the game early, and if white likes to use their queen aggressive early, you can get behind them and get him in check with a nice pinch threatening his rook.

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    This came up on fb and has me stumped, I didn't look at the comments so don't know the answer.

    Anyone on here solve the two mive checkmate? If you can do it could you not say how until we all have a try at working it out

    Screenshot_20230206-105123-1.jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by BS44 View Post
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    This came up on fb and has me stumped, I didn't look at the comments so don't know the answer.

    Anyone on here solve the two mive checkmate? If you can do it could you not say how until we all have a try at working it out

    Screenshot_20230206-105123-1.jpg
    Yeah done it. But only if the black makes a certain move after my first.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BS44 View Post
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    This came up on fb and has me stumped, I didn't look at the comments so don't know the answer.

    Anyone on here solve the two mive checkmate? If you can do it could you not say how until we all have a try at working it out

    Screenshot_20230206-105123-1.jpg
    Thought I had that there but noticed rook could block. So its mate in 3.

    Not as easy as it first looks.
    Im assuming it's whites move ?

    Edit. Done it in 2.
    Brilliant 😁
    Last edited by sleeping giant; 06-02-2023 at 02:02 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee View Post
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    Yeah done it. But only if the black makes a certain move after my first.
    You sure ? :
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee View Post
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    Yeah done it. But only if the black makes a certain move after my first.
    That's not how it works!

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    Thought I had that there but noticed rook could block. So its mate in 3.

    Not as easy as it first looks.
    Im assuming it's whites move ?

    Edit. Done it in 2.
    Brilliant ��
    Smashing, well done. I just got it too!

    Damn, scrub that. Three moves rather than two
    Last edited by BS44; 06-02-2023 at 03:36 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BS44 View Post
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    That's not how it works!



    Smashing, well done. I just got it too!

    Damn, scrub that. Three moves rather than two
    Its easier than you think.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sleeping giant View Post
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    Its easier than you think.
    Think I have it in 2, took a while though

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    Got it. Helped when I realised it wasn't two rooks...

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    Quote Originally Posted by sleeping giant View Post
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    Thought I had that there but noticed rook could block. So its mate in 3.

    Not as easy as it first looks.
    Im assuming it's whites move ?

    Edit. Done it in 2.
    Brilliant 😁
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    Think I have it in 2, took a while though
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    Got it. Helped when I realised it wasn't two rooks...

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    Are you putting the King in check with the first of your two moves?

    I am struggling......

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    Quote Originally Posted by BS44 View Post
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    Are you putting the King in check with the first of your two moves?

    I am struggling......
    Think smother.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sleeping giant View Post
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    Think smother.
    Got it, but wouldn't have without your tip! Another one if you fancy giving it a go.

    Screenshot_20230206-145816-1.jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by BS44 View Post
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    Got it, but wouldn't have without your tip! Another one if you fancy giving it a go.

    Screenshot_20230206-145816-1.jpg
    Got it
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    Knight to bottom left white square.....
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    Fool's mate

    Check mate in two shots is called fool's mate.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool%2...ary%20blunder.
    The fool's mate can be achieved in two moves only by Black, giving checkmate on the second move with the queen. The fool's mate received its name because it can occur only if White commits an extraordinary blunder.
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    Absolutely delighted again with the Stafford gambit to checkmate.
    This was a 1 minute game and only my 3rd or 4th at that time hence my low rating.

    Hope the link works.
    You may have to use the back arrow at the bottom to go back the start of the game.

    https://www.chess.com/live/game/70664765243

    I'm playing as black.
    Last edited by sleeping giant; 21-02-2023 at 12:01 AM.

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