Chess

[WanderLost]

So turns out I have "insufficient privileges" to post in General Banter, so I figured maybe I need to do an introduction first?

Anyway my names Joe, been on here for a while, used to travel a lot now I'm off road for now blah blah.

I was wondering how many people on here play chess. I want to start a club on chess.com to host small tournaments to play games that start on different opening positions.

If anyone's interested you can add me on chess.com. My username is DankBudz89.

 

[Matt Derrick]

Did you read the thread that is stickied at the top of the general banter section that says 'read this first'?

 

[WanderLost]

No don't see one.

 

[Anagor]

Did you read the thread that is stickied at the top of the general banter section that says 'read this first'?

I don't see this thread neither on the computer version. Maybe it got lost?

 

[Matt Derrick]

No don't see one.

I don't see this thread neither on the computer version. Maybe it got lost?

well... im an idiot and moved it to the wrong forum. sigh sorry, my bad. it's fixed now, thank you for pointing that out. 😵‍💫

 

[Coywolf]

I would  love to play in a chess tournament. Like face to face though. Im not very good, but i would like to learn more about the game.

There is a reason why this game has been around for centuries. Good cognitive exercise.

 

[WanderLost]

I would  love to play in a chess tournament. Like face to face though. Im not very good, but i would like to learn more about the game.

There is a reason why this game has been around for centuries. Good cognitive exercise.

If you're wanting to learn more I'd recommend Gotham chess on YouTube. They have 10 min opening lessons that will get you started learning basic set ups and strategies.

Also if you're interested later on you can play daily games and tournaments with the chess.com app. Daily meaning you'll have 24hrs to a week to make a single move depending on the selected settings of the game.

Also chess puzzles are good for improving your pattern recognition and improves your game.