joywendy:
hello yall....long time in here.

there was a lil argument over the point given to the king on my chess thread...decided to bring it here. what do you all think about the link below





chessguru,haywhy28,jayriginal, goofyone, prof800,saintneo,kolooyinbo

Checked the link. I don't think you can place a worth on the value of the King, much less a mere 3.5points. If the King is gone, the game is up. So the King is gotta be priceless, infinity points.

KoloOyinbo:


Wow. I think this is referring to the relative STRENGTH rather than the VALUE! Otherwise I will trade my Queen for your King any and every time!

MMM..What do you mean by relative strength value?

lol! you wish!

goofyone:

Checked the link. I don't think you can place a worth on the value of the King, much less a mere 3.5points. If the King is gone, the game is up. So the King is gotta be priceless, infinity points.

prof800:

The king is priceless. The value is undefined.

jayriginal:
Joywendy, the King is priceless.

Same thing i thought, but have you ever thought why?
why place a value on an important piece as the king? There should be a concrete reason.

joshphorlarb:
...

you brought this topic, oya defend yourself

joywendy,

you might want to go through this article

http://danheisman.home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Articles/evaluation_of_material_imbalance.htm#2012-Update

I got the bronze medal in an online blitz competition on chess.com yesterday.

Im wyzoe. I actually beat the guy who won when we played in the tournament. Ill keep trying for the gold.

jayriginal:
I got the bronze medal in an online blitz competition on chess.com yesterday.

Im wyzoe. I actually beat the guy who won when we played in the tournament. Ill keep trying for the gold.

congrats

Nice work!

I have improved a bit you know , i would like us to play a game later....when I get rid of this silly network finally..

Thanks for the link as well, i appreciate

joywendy:


congrats

Nice work!

I have improved a bit you know , i would like us to play a game later....when I get rid of this silly network finally..

Thanks for the link as well, i appreciate

Anytime.

joywendy:


MMM..What do you mean by relative strength value?

lol! you wish!

Same thing i thought, but have you ever thought why?
why place a value on an important piece as the king? There should be a concrete reason.

you brought this topic, oya defend yourself

Merely a comparison of the strengths. Which Grandmaster said "The King is a strong piece"? For determining the position the value of the King outweighs everything else obviously.

Hey. Need a game

Christopher69:
Hello house, is there any chess lover in the house residing in abuja, message me 4 a game of chess this weekend I have the equipments. Gracias!

I just finished a chess game on this new site I found (lichess) and the game was really odd to me.

I won, but I'm wondering if the Jerome gambit my opponent played could ever have been better played than it was. Or else, if it is so terrible an opening?! Better players in the house, what do you think?

My game is here. I played black.

http://en.lichess.org/CS3WiGGGg4PC

Caveat: I haven't played chess in a while so I'm not in the best of forms. Secondly, we were playing a 3 minute blitz game so both of us were playing fast (thus, there are some blunders).

Sorry guys i have been extremely busy with my ambitious chess study plans and training regimen.

Hi guys,

Nice thread y'all got here, just happened upon this thread.

New guy here, and new topic:

How many moves can you see ahead? And, what methods have you used to train how to 'see'? Let's have some interesting talk about this oft-ignored chess skill.

Enjoy this clip:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMe-hvCwTRo

InesQor:
I just finished a chess game on this new site I found (lichess) and the game was really odd to me.

I won, but I'm wondering if the Jerome gambit my opponent played could ever have been better played than it was. Or else, if it is so terrible an opening?! Better players in the house, what do you think?

My game is here. I played black.

http://en.lichess.org/CS3WiGGGg4PC

Caveat: I haven't played chess in a while so I'm not in the best of forms. Secondly, we were playing a 3 minute blitz game so both of us were playing fast (thus, there are some blunders).

Just saw the game... there's nothing wrong with the opening (generally, any opening, even a gambit, is a good/playable one)... what was wrong was the handling of the game by White, cuz he just wasted time, which you don't do when you offer a gambit. He needed to have quickly developed, castled (maybe queenside) and shoot for d4, blasting open the centre and coming after your King, and not throw away more pieces, like the Rxh7+??. Your counter-sacrifice ...Bxf2+ was a good move, giving back the gambited bishop and making his own King unsafe too. Also, d5 by you was cool too.

You made a few mistakes though: Nxh5 was just unnecessary pawn-grabbing. Also there's a funny mate in 2, instead of taking White's queen (...Nxh1), there was ...Qb6+! Bf6 (only move, if d6 Qxd6+ etc) Qxf6#

All in all, after all my tori, your head still dey dere sha.

Loluores:
Hi guys,

Nice thread y'all got here, just happened upon this thread.

New guy here, and new topic:

How many moves can you see ahead? And, what methods have you used to train how to 'see'? Let's have some interesting talk about this oft-ignored chess skill.

Enjoy this clip:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMe-hvCwTRo

For me, realistically, I think I can do five moves ahead. That is with great difficulty though and I will probably have piece retention errors in many lines. Mostly I try to do one and a half and its usually sufficient to give me an idea of whether to continue or to just end that line.

I've been playing a lot of blitz lately and now I just don't look ahead anymore. I play by feel which can bring on terrible blunders cos my ideas are always good but they don't always work tactically.

Any way, the best mode of training calculation is solving puzzles in your head. I'm not a fan of compositions though. I prefer problems taken from real games.

Saintneo wassup?

joywendy:
Saintneo wassup?

This is gonna make me stronger.
Me: Black You: White

saintneo:

This is gonna make me stronger.

Me: Black
You: White

Lol,I waited for you through out yesterday. Good morning btw chessguru hope you don't mind us derailing your thread with a lil chess game

All right,

1. d4

joywendy:


Lol,I waited for you through out yesterday. Good morning btw chessguru hope you don't mind us derailing your thread with a lil chess game

All right,

1. d4

Sorry
2. d5

saintneo:

Sorry
2. d5

No problem
That's your first move
2.Nf3

joywendy:

No problem
That's your first move
2.Nf3

2. Bf5

saintneo:

2. Bf5

3. Nc3

joywendy:

3. Nc3

3. e6

saintneo:

3. e6

4. e3

joywendy:
4. e3

4. Nc6
this more challenging than I thought

saintneo:

4. Nc6

this more challenging than I thought

5.Bd3

Lol,why do you say so?

joywendy:

5.Bd3

Lol,why do you say so?

playing using grid coordinates without a mat. So I refer to chess apps.

5. Bxd3

saintneo:


playing using grid coordinates without a mat. So I refer to chess apps.

5. Bxd3

Haha u got to be kidding me. You don't have a mat or u have and don't have access to it now?

5.Qxd3

joywendy:


Haha u got to be kidding me. You don't have a mat or u have and don't have access to it now?

5.Qxd3

I don't access to it now.

5. Be7

saintneo:

I don't access to it now.

5. Be7

All right no problem,same here using a photo of a chess board now,not easy stuff. I understand

6.a3

joywendy:


All right no problem,same here using a photo of a chess board now,not easy stuff. I understand

6.a3

6. Nf6

saintneo:

6. Nf6

7.h3

joywendy:

7.h3

7. 0-0

saintneo:

7. 0-0

8. Bd2