Chess and Philosophers
Unpopular opinion: I think anyone who considers themselves a philosopher should know how to play chess, and should play well.
That said I challenge anyone here to a game.
That said I challenge anyone here to a game.
Comments (68)
Nope. Only works in one direction.
True in my case. I don't consider myself a philosopher and don't play chess very well.
I cannot.
Nah just having fun.
Lets do it. Chess.com is my preferred venue. Ill set it up and get back to you create a screen name on there in the meantime.
Post the link, if you please. Id like to watch, or review if its a fast one.
:smile:
Should be a slow one. @Hanover has yet to accept my challenge. :brow:
https://www.chess.com/game/daily/472053209
Thanks. Which is which of you?
Im Seinsfrage.
Sicilian defense, promising to be an exciting game.
:up:
Ill assume concession. :wink: :chin:
I like the kibitizing. Maybe it'll change the course of the game.
And so how do I get that in the current set up of my board without manually moving the pieces into place? I was wondering if there were an option I could just choose that would put the current position into the analysis board.
You can use the tool "Set up position" (copy and paste your position) or save the game in your library and use the tool "Load from Library"
:up:
There's no easy way that I see to do so.
My best move yet.
:lol:
I just wanted to be able to say that one time.
Well all be DEAD before we finish this game
Your move buddy
Im beginning to think that thats his basic cant lose strategy.
Your move buddy
:yawn:
Yes bore the opponent to insanity.
Its taken me no more than 2 or 3 minutes to move so far. I guess some people need a lot longer
:cool:
I know, what you need is the perfect cheer.
Yeah but the game reviews are mostly bullshit.
Pawn to g4 wasnt brilliant but it was definitely excellent, and exactly the kind of move the computer wont understand.
Indeed, no machine mind could predict the best move against a mind like Hanover mind.
One thing I don't like is the inablity to analyze the position by moving the pieces around within the program. I've had to download the position in FEN format and then find a program that would accept that, and I had to find one that wouldn't then start trying to computer analyze it.
It would seem the feature I'm looking for would be standard. If I lose, it will be because of the frustration caused by this cumbersome process.
I also think we should set up a live tournament with whoever wants to join in. I'm not sure how complicated that would be on Chess.com. I remember years ago I joined it and they were still using these dot commands where you had to put a period before a command and then it would do whatever, and you had to learn the lingo. All losses during that time period were also caused by frustration.
Got it. :up:
If I lose itll be because of Ive died of old age.
Quoting Hanover
Not sure wed have enough people, but itd be fun if we did. We could simply set up brackets ourselves if chess.com is too cumbersome.
:lol:
We've been playing for 17 days and we're on move 26, which is over 1 move per day, with a time control of 3 days per person per move, which translates into up to 6 days per move, so we're actually moving fairly fast with this time control.
You guys probably never played real postal chess (snail mail), where you'd have 5 days to make each move in addition to mailing times.
I consider this to be lightening chess.
I meant to pick 3 hours
I like my position more than his right now
I think the Vegas odds are on my side.
My money is on black at this point.
You know things are not going well when a pawn takes the lead. But perhaps its merely a diversion from a deeper sinister plan.
:chin:
No trap, just a mindless move. C4 was a blunder and most likely cost me the game. This is what happens when you spend less than a minute on a move. :roll: Credit to Hanover for not overthinking that one.
It seems that Hanover's strategy of boring you into complacency may ultimately prove successful. :broken: :lol:
I play a lot of online chess, and this game is being played relatively fast.
Thats not the reason I blundered. Youve played a very good game and deserve the win. I was just giving you shit because Im used to playing 3-10 minute games. For the record.
It's been a interesting game. C4 was obviously a blunder, which sucks. I hate slow games where I blinder and then watch the other guy grind out the advantage over the next month with defensive conservative play.
I think you really had me at one point, but it's not over yet, so I'll leave the analysis until then.
I resign. I should have done so a while ago probably.
To add insult to injury, I get the comment from the computer basically saying that I blew it:
Thanks, computer bot guy. :roll:
Good game.
Good game!
Yeah I just completely missed that one. Too focused on preventing castling, and moving too quickly. Even Rd8 would have been better now that I look at it.