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Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by Nobody: 10:09am On May 05, 2015 |
joywendy: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. 1 Like |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by joywendy(f): 5:44am On May 07, 2015 |
KoloOyinbo: MMM..What do you mean by relative strength value? lol! you wish! goofyone: prof800: jayriginal: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 1 Like |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by jayriginal: 8:55am On May 07, 2015 |
joywendy, you might want to go through this article http://danheisman.home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Articles/evaluation_of_material_imbalance.htm#2012-Update 1 Like |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by jayriginal: 11:39am On May 07, 2015 |
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. 1 Like
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Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by joywendy(f): 6:13am On May 11, 2015 |
jayriginal: 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 1 Like |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by jayriginal: 9:19am On May 11, 2015 |
joywendy: Anytime. 1 Like |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by KoloOyinbo(m): 12:37pm On May 11, 2015 |
joywendy: 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. 1 Like |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by joshphorlarb: 7:29pm On May 12, 2015 |
Hey. Need a game Christopher69: |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by InesQor(m): 3:00am On May 17, 2015 |
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). |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by chessguru(m): 8:00am On May 19, 2015 |
Sorry guys i have been extremely busy with my ambitious chess study plans and training regimen. |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by Loluores: 11:11pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
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 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by Loluores: 11:49pm On Jun 22, 2015 |
InesQor: 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. 1 Like |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by jayriginal: 5:01am On Jun 23, 2015 |
Loluores: 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. |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by joywendy(f): 8:37pm On Jul 03, 2015 |
Saintneo wassup? |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by saintneo(m): 4:02am On Jul 04, 2015 |
joywendy:This is gonna make me stronger. Me: Black You: White |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by joywendy(f): 7:32am On Jul 04, 2015 |
saintneo: 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 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by saintneo(m): 9:01am On Jul 04, 2015 |
joywendy:Sorry 2. d5 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by joywendy(f): 9:06am On Jul 04, 2015 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by saintneo(m): 12:27pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
joywendy:2. Bf5 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by joywendy(f): 1:42pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
saintneo: 3. Nc3 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by saintneo(m): 1:45pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
joywendy:3. e6 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by joywendy(f): 1:59pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
saintneo:4. e3 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by saintneo(m): 2:04pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
joywendy:4. Nc6 this more challenging than I thought |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by joywendy(f): 2:27pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by saintneo(m): 2:39pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
joywendy: playing using grid coordinates without a mat. So I refer to chess apps. 5. Bxd3 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by joywendy(f): 3:25pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
saintneo: 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 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by saintneo(m): 3:49pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
joywendy:I don't access to it now. 5. Be7 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by joywendy(f): 4:10pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
saintneo: All right no problem,same here using a photo of a chess board now,not easy stuff. I understand 6.a3 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by saintneo(m): 4:35pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
joywendy:6. Nf6 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by joywendy(f): 5:04pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
saintneo: 7.h3 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by saintneo(m): 5:34pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
joywendy:7. 0-0 |
Re: Nairaland Official Chess Thread! by joywendy(f): 5:42pm On Jul 04, 2015 |
saintneo:8. Bd2 |
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