The Chess Thread

[Zexy]

Wow, just realised OtB never had a thread about chess all these years!

So, what do you think of this game? Do you know the rules? Even the few special ones? Have you ever tried getting better at it, do you occasionally play for leisure?

When I was young my parents would occasionally have me play a game once a while to gauge my intelligence or something, I remember knowing the rules since... almost ever. With the exception of en passant which I randomly found out when playing against the PC one boring summer day and it used on it me and was like WHAT. My uncle tried to get my cousins into chess, that is when I first found out about tournaments Elo etc. as a young adult. A bit later I made an account on chess.com, started at intermidiate Elo 800-1200, balanced around 1100, struggled to get better and kinda quit. May still watch the occasional video if I bump across it, though.

So, what are you all's experiences with this game?

 

[Herbizarre]

I've learned Chess at the age of 10 during school. We even had some exercises regarding some chess puzzles and we even held a few, short, competitions with my classmates. I'll always remember being able to take another kid's Queen with a Pawn. I happen to have a big folder full of Chess informations from way back in the days. I should probably get it back at some point.

 

[Crisbee Donut]

I was really into it a couple months back on Chess.com. I'm not good, but I can beat my sister and en passanting her feels so good.

 

[Emmy]

I used to be part of my Elementary School's Chess club.

Every now and again I like to play it for fun. I like to think I'm pretty decent at the game.

 

[Salmancer]

I think Core A Gaming once likened En Passant to incorrect hitboxes, which is the funniest thing.

I don't have an especially interesting Chess history. I learned the rules during early schooling. I was aware of chess organizations, but never joined. I wonder what makes it so common to teach in schools? Is it that Chess's long history makes it justifiable as a learning experience? This might be waning, as I know someone younger than me who did not learn Chess in school.

 

[ZekromMahDad]

I played chess in middle school as apart of a club. Im really good at it lmao