EPThope we can get more people voting for e4
TL Chess match II - Page 3
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Bill Murray
United States9292 Posts
hope we can get more people voting for e4 | ||
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O-ops
United States4236 Posts
1. c4 | ||
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madnessman
United States1581 Posts
1. e4 | ||
TanGeng
Sanya12364 Posts
1. Nf3 | ||
Mystlord
United States10264 Posts
1. Nf3 + Show Spoiler + Reti's is always fun in correspondence  | ||
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proberecall
United States104 Posts
1. e4 | ||
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RaptorX
Germany646 Posts
I wasnt playing in game number 1... and actually what was the result? | ||
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Ikari
United States176 Posts
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Arhkangel
Argentina769 Posts
The first time I was scared to even post on the thread everyone throwing around tehir ELO's and titles :S That was really intimidating! Seriously please can someone start a mentor program? I looked up several of the websites posted on the first thread and they were awesome but at the same time it was really advanced stuff that you can appreciate but its not easy to implement and learn from. On another note, a Wueichi TL club is another GREAT idea. Love that game, my only grudge is the god damn handicaps  I don't care how bad I am I don't want a 7 move handicap!!!Chess-Starcraft-Wuechi the holy trinity of mind games :D *Can someone explain what the d4;e4;nf3 thing is? That should tell you how n00bish I am in chess even thou I've been actively playing it for as long as I have memory. | ||
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jfazz
Australia672 Posts
For example, 1.Nf3 means, for white, as his first move, Knight moves to the f3 square. As only one knight can do this, no further additions is required. If you look up chess notation on wiki, you'll get it all super fast I suppose if you have any questions I can do my best to answer them. | ||
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jcu
Canada93 Posts
Vote: 1. e4 | ||
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Arhkangel
Argentina769 Posts
Now a question regarding Chess in general: What is the most popular online chess site? I got chess.com ; chesscentral.com ; chesscube.com and the site of the guy that post a lot of puzzles (forgot the site). What is the PokerStars and Two+Two of chess? | ||
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revolover
Canada134 Posts
1. Nf3 ... gogogogo | ||
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RandomAccount#49059
United States2140 Posts
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jfazz
Australia672 Posts
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lightman
United States731 Posts
1 e4 8 1 d4 6 1 Nf3 6 1 c4 1 1 e4 wins. Arhkangel, you can join us, just keep participating in the thread the analysis are in spoilers you can read them at anytime, they are all pretty good and well explained (I know because I was a teamplayer in the previous match), so they will make you learn a lot. As a recomendation, I'll give you a quick tutorial. In a match there are three "phases" if you may call them pretty much like in a BW game: EARLY GAME MID GAME LATE GAME early game would be in bw your typical build order phase, mid game would me prolly the 1st battles, and late game well the ending. you can rank chess players as NOVICE - AMATEURS - PROS. Novice players normally know how to move the pieces and that's about it. Amateur players nrmally know a few "build orders" which in chess are called OPENINGS, and depending on their level they may have a few flaws here and there during the Opening stage (Early game) or mid game. Pros would be the koreans of bw. Pros know all Openings of memory and can play them accuracy and no mistakes. So in chess let's say you're a novice player, the first thing you have to do is memorize a few openings, and acknowledge the fact that normally if you play any other move that is not in the Opening you'll probably end up losing because you're doing something you shouldn't do. For example, let's say you're playing BW and TvP and your SCV scouts P doing a DT rush. You as a T should make moves to counter DT (mines, turrets, scan), cause if you build say siege tanks, you'll likely lose... see my point ? An amateur player would recognize the situation and realize he must counter, and a pro willl likely do too, counter and maybe attack P's weakness by going DT rush. It's not like the moves are fixed, because there are a few variations, llike I said before. you can counter DT rush with mines OR scan OR academy OR vessel OR turrets, but you won't do all 4 right, you'll pick one and go with it. Hence in chess we have say the "Sicilian" opening which is the main opening and its variations, Sicilian kan, Sicilian taimanov, Sicilian closed, Sicilian classic, Sicilian najdorf". Most opening's names come from either places where they were became famous and players who either are credited with coming up with them or utilized them with great success. Once your EARLY GAME (OPENING) is somewhat established, you can move on and concentrate on MID GAME. Here is where the tricky part starts because you have to move out of opening in order to win, otherwise you'll either draw or lose. At this stage is where you will really understand the movement and purpose of the pieces. Say which is strong at a point in a game, a dark or a light bishop, or why exchange my knight for a bishop, or when to develop rooks. LATE GAME, well that's another story, my late game is my weakness, because at this point almost all the pieces are gone and there are so many choices there that the minimal mistake will cost you the game. Again in BW imagine a game that goes long that depletes all minerals in the map: you have to be extremely careful with your units if you want to win, and the minimal lose of a zealot or 3 tanks can cost you the match. so that pretty much it, I'll try to post something else as the game goes on, you'll probably recieve better help from the tteam. so SIGN UP and have fun. Another similarity between Chess and BW is how hard are they to become real good. It doesn't matter how much you try, there will always be someone out there that will cream you. The amount of dedication and effort chess needs is huge and some raw natural talent is required. to the rest...... SIGN UPS ARE STILL OPEN UNTIL WHITE'S 4. MOVE | ||
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Sinedd
Poland7052 Posts
 would be great 1.e4 | ||
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Arhkangel
Argentina769 Posts
Love the SC comparison :D | ||
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Naib
Hungary4866 Posts
I vote for 2. Nf3 | ||
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jfazz
Australia672 Posts
I beat him with black in a caro when he overpressed in an advance variation.1. e4? God...I have no idea what to do 2.nf3 i suppose | ||
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