Re: Improving your Chess

2021-01-09 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : rory-games via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Hi all,Reviving this here topic to say I bundled up all the players files and tournament files from pgnmentor.com into a zip file so as to save you over 1000 additional link clicks!Go here to get it.There are also more files there. but they are not in the archive

Re: Improving your Chess

2021-01-09 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : rory-games via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Hi all,Reviving this here topic to say I bundled up all the players files and tournament files from pgnmentor.com into a zip file so as to save you over 1000 additional link clicks!Go here to get it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/605620/#p605620

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-27 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Berenion via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess I played some shogi when I still had some of my vision. Really fun game, I liked it much more than chess. I'd love to play an accessible shogi some day. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/565046/#p565046 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-27 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Rastislav Kish via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess hello,@39: XBoard is... how to call it... the program behind WinBoard.It's for Linux, WinBoard is its Windows port.Also, I have just checked, XBoard supports uci engines. You just need to have Polyglot installed, it's a middle-layer connecting uci engines

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-27 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Rastislav Kish via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess hello,@39: XBoard is... how to call it... the program behind WinBoard.It's for Linux, WinBoard is its Windows port.Also, I have just checked, XBoard supports uci engines. You just need to have Polyglot installed, it's a middle-layer connecting uci engines

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-27 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Rastislav Kish via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess hello,@39: XBoard is... how to call it... the program behind WinBoard.It's for Linux, WinBoard is its Windows port.Also, I have just checked, XBoard supports uci engines. You just need to have Polyglot installed, it's a middle-layer connecting uci engines

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-27 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Rastislav Kish via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess hello,@39: XBoard is... how to call it... the program behind WinBoard.It's for Linux, WinBoard is its Windows port.Also, I have just checked, XBoard supports uci engines. You just need to have Polyglot installed, it's a middle-layer connecting uci engines

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-27 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Dark Eagle via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess @38:you of course, are correct.since unlike chess with which I am familiar since the age of 7, Shogi is something which I saw in Naruto first, and then wanted to play. The board would be useful for understanding the rules as well.I did come across someone who did

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-27 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : victor01 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess 36 has very good ideas.honestly, i don't have much programming skills to create something like this, could you try?you don’t need to play online or things like that, just a guide that could manage matches analyze, be able to comment, if you can do research

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-26 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Rastislav Kish via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Hello,@37: depends on the country. For example, even in chess, instead of Rxe8+ for example, in Slovak, we write Vxe8+, as veža is the slovak version of rook.Shogi seems to be in the same situation. Japans use their own kanji notation, but there is also a western

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-26 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Dark Eagle via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess @36:the reversing problem of the winboard I have noted in the topic earlier, but no one commented on it so I thought I was the only one.Also, you really have some great ideas, but Shogi presents an additional problem of translating the pieces, since I checked

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-26 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Rastislav Kish via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Hello,@35: really? Hmm, that's strange, I thought fairy-max used uci too, although in a slightly more universal way by being able to run other board games as well.When designing a board game, such as Chess, but also Arimaa or Go, I usually stick with the classic

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-25 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : victor01 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Hi people.i'm thinking how to create an accessible chess gui ..we have winboard, the problem is that it cannot connect with uci, that is, there is no way to use other engines to analyze games or something like that. one of the problems to start

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-24 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Rastislav Kish via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Hello,@33: yes, I did, although in a slightly cheaty way but... who cares? There are quite lot of versions of Go out there when I take in that I first heard about the game during the Alphago vs. lee Sedol fight, the only problem is, that they're not accessible.But

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-24 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Dark Eagle via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess @32:you made a game of go? That's interesting, since I have tried to search on google about shogi and go, but I haven't got many good results, leading me to think that people simply don't create these games.As for c5, you probably are referring to sicilian defense

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-23 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Rastislav Kish via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Hello,@25: A good compromise between passive and active play against 1. e4 is playing simply 1. ... e5. Usually Nf3 follows which you can answer by Nc6, and white will play Bc4 or Bb5 (Italian game and Spanish game respectively).The good thing about

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-23 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Nocturnus via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess I still want to code a game, but of course to code a game I'll need to learn how to code anything, period.  I picked up some very basic knowledge on VB, Python, HTML, PHP, and a bunch of other stuff along the way, so I know the general idea of how programming tends

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-23 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : AlexN94 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess @Nocturnus: Ah, I suppose that makes sense... Well, not really, but it at least explains what probably happened. I guess it's to save up server space and clean out spam bots or something since there wasn't any sign of a captcha.And here I was almost seriously

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-23 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Nocturnus via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess That's happened to me.  Basically, if you're inactive for more than a year, if I'm not badly mistaken, your account is deleted and you have a chance at recreating. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/563909/#p563909 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-23 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : AlexN94 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess @Nidza07: Yeah, I've tried that multiple times with different browsers without any luck. I'm fairly certain that I haven't lost access to the email either since I see previous Playroom related emails on the account I used and I don't remember ever changing

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-23 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : AlexN94 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess @Nidza07: Yeah, I've tried that multiple times with different browsers without any luck. I'm fairly certain that I haven't lost access to the email either since I see previous Playroom related emails on the account I used and I don't remember ever changing

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-22 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Nocturnus via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess @Jayde, I seriously was looking forward to the match as I've never played chess on QC.  I've no doubt you would have beaten me if you had kept at it as, in truth, I really had no plan and was just trying to feel you out that first match.  I get a little more

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-22 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : nidza07 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Yes, pressing E while being focused on a piece tells you if there are threats. In general, you can always press F1 while in any game to hear the available shortcuts. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/563709/#p563709 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-22 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Dark Eagle via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess apologies for the double post, but I would like to inform you guys that I have joined the playroom, (Why does that brought a image of kindergarten in my mind?) and played and lost already.So none of the fear I mentioned which in my previous posts. though I want

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-22 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Dark Eagle via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess @23:Thanks for that. I used to think that it might have the same commands as the winboard, but it's a good thing I asked here, since in the winboard you do the job of selecting the pieces, and dropping them on their intended squares by space and enter both. (Dew

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-22 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : nidza07 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Oh, that's quite simple. You simply select a piece with enter, move on the board where you would like that piece to go and press enter on that square. You could also input moves in FEN notation by pressing space, for example Pe2-e4. URL: https

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-22 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Dark Eagle via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess @18:high five, because I like king's Indian defense as well.French defense for the few times I have tried it, seems like very crampt to me, so I decided to not use that one.But in general, Indian defenses, (King, queen, nimzo,) do work out nicely for me against 1

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-22 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Jayde via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess You don't need to know what openings are called, and you don't need to play them religiously. The reason they exist is because greater minds than ours have analyzed the snot out of a lot of these openings and have determined that they give better winning

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-21 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Rastislav Kish via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Hello,@19: Philidor once said, that pawns are the soul of chess.Ján Markoš, Slovak top chess player also noted, that masters are typical for their work with pawns.Similarly to real life, even in chess, there are many correct ways to play, preferred by various types

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-21 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Nocturnus via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess I'll be honest and say I don't know the first thing about all these different attacks/openings  you are all mentioning, and right now, in all humility, I don't care.  I think it's just not worth it at this stage in my chess career or lack there of.  I mean, if you

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-21 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Rastislav Kish via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Hi there,well, I've been playing chess since my 11. I've never got any exceptionally good in it, perhaps due to complete absence of training. my highest elo ranking was about 1344, what's not even a club player level. Although it was possibly bit underrated, as I

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-21 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : ficho via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess is it possible to dubble attack with a night or a pawn? don't know how. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/563435/#p563435 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-21 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Jayde via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess I am Jayde on the Playroom, so if any of you see me, that's who it is. I've lost some really stupid games of chess because I blundered pieces, which I virtually never do over the board, so I think if I want to play any of you folks seriously, I'm going to have

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-21 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Nocturnus via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess I wouldn't call myself good at it; in fact, I'm less than good at it.  I've lost more matches than I've won, but the ones I have won were won by the lessons I learned in all the matches I lost.  IN short, you have to understand why you lost at chess to start

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-21 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : nidza07 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess @AlexN94 you should in fact be able to reset your Playroom password, unless of course you lost access to the email on which your account was created. To do this, you can enter your username at https://qcsalon.net/en/lostpasswordAs for the original topic, I am still

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-21 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Nocturnus via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess It's exhilariting if you do it right, to say the least.  I actually figured it out purely by accident by losing my queen early on in a game to a much less able player.  I was like oh good grief!  What in the crud am I gonna do now!  I really do hate losing pieces

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-21 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : AlexN94 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess I wish I could actually reset my password for the Playroom as it's the only way I currently have of playing chess with friends. It's a great game and I certainly miss playing it, lol.I guess my only thing to really add is that creating forks with your knights

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-21 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : victor01 via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Hi guys all right?I really like chess, and I will point out what my biggest difficulties are, even if I have a good command of accessibility features.structured tactical training.it is often difficult to find the best way to train. searching for pgn on the internet

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-20 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Dark Eagle via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Regarding the queen, I used to think that way once. But honestly, if your queen can serve a better purpose somewhere else on the board, you might as well as send it there. No point in keeping it until the end, when you might find to you're surprise that the queen

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-20 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : smoothgunner via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess my thing is picturing the board in my head, I always lose track of the pieces, which results into slow play. for this reason I use to love playing animal chess, fewer pieces which made them easier to check, damn I miss that game URL: https://forum.audiogames.net

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-20 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Nocturnus via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess I prefer two rooks to one queen myself, particularly closer to end scenarios.  There's more chances to apply pressure to the opposing side with two mobile pieces that can quickly provide an attack.  That being said, it really does depend on the situation.  A mostly

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-20 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : manamon_player via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess at 5 and 6true, but this is my tactik because i'll loos it if I use it URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/563021/#p563021 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-20 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : amerikranian via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Tactic mentioned in post four only applies to the king.  It is very important to be able to use all your pieces regardless of their value.  If you leave something important like a queen standing there  you are relinquishing some of the control of the board, which

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-20 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : amerikranian via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess Tactic mentioned in post four only applies to the king.  It is very important to be able to use all your pieces regardless of their value.  If you leave something important like a queen standing there  you are relinquishing some of the control of the board, which

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-20 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : BoundTo via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess @4Yes the queen is the most valuable piece, but it doesn't necessarily mean that you should save it until you have no other choice. To my understanding, there's nothing wrong with using a queen as long as you have a purpose and as long as it's well defended

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-19 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : pool via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess @4, that depends on the game, don't you think? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/562945/#p562945 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-19 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : manamon_player via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess a small tacticnever use your queen when you have other things to use URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/562938/#p562938 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-19 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : manamon_player via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess a tactic that I never care about it and i'll lostnever use your queen when you have other things to use URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/562938/#p562938 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-19 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : Jayde via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess I was, and am, yup. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/562872/#p562872 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector

Re: Improving your Chess

2020-08-19 Thread AudioGames . net Forum — Off-topic room : BoundTo via Audiogames-reflector
Re: Improving your Chess For those who learn well from videos, there's a very nice Youtube playlist that goes over some fundamentals of chess that can really help beginner players (such as myself) with improving. He talks about things such as undefended pieces and coordination that might