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Started by Tron3k Mar 6, 2003 at 8:44 PM 38 replies 1.3k views

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Mar 6, 2003 at 8:44 PM

I''m just wondering, how many GameDevers play chess? It seems like something that would go with programming - i.e. if you do this, that happens, etc. It''s also very logical. I myself play a few games every week at the chess club. Hehe, just today I lured a guy into moving his queen into a spot where there was only a rook separating my queen from his. Then I checked him with my rook, forcing his king to move, and allowing me to take his queen

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Cold_Steel

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Cold_Steel

Mar 6, 2003 at 8:59 PM

I suck big time at chess. I just don''t have the attention span to stare at the board for so long.

krikkit

Mar 6, 2003 at 9:13 PM

I love to play chess, but I refuse to learn anything that has a name, and I refuse to play with anyone who does. I feel it defeats the entire purpose of a thinking game to only be sitting there and trying to pull the tenth move of the FudgePacker Gambit or what have you out of your ass.

My brain has to work, it learns on its own, it develops its own way of thinking through trial and error. If I wanted to sit and regurgitate knowledge, I''d go to class. I''ll never be a master, but I don''t care, because I come out truly smarter in the end.

Tron3k

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Tron3k

Mar 6, 2003 at 9:19 PM

Yeah, I totally agree with you! I try not to learn moves, but to practice and in time get better. Today I played a guy who was boasting that he "memorized all his opening moves". Then, I started the game with some unorthodox moves, throwing him completely off his game. He was sitting there, looking confused at the board, like "Hmm..that''s an odd move." I beat him, of course.

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Samith

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Samith

Mar 6, 2003 at 9:33 PM

i sit and constantly play the chessmaster in chessmaster 8000, ive never won, but its fun

Tazel

Mar 6, 2003 at 10:09 PM

I wonder, is it possible to beat the comptuer in chess? I tried putting a chess game on beginner''s level but the way it plays looks the same. just it takes longer for the computer to "think".

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krikkit

Mar 6, 2003 at 10:20 PM

Most AI chess players you will find are limited in their difficulty by how far down the tree of moves they are allowed to think. ie, an Easy playing ocmputer might beat you soundly for a while., but have failed to see that it was moving into a dead end 10 or 12 moves down. Advanced AI will look further down the tree and find the better route.

Of couse, this is a bit of an over-simplified answer. Theres a lot of neat ways Chess AI thinks these days.

rmsgrey

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rmsgrey

Mar 6, 2003 at 10:21 PM

quote:
Original post by Tron3k
Yeah, I totally agree with you! I try not to learn moves, but to practice and in time get better. Today I played a guy who was boasting that he "memorized all his opening moves". Then, I started the game with some unorthodox moves, throwing him completely off his game. He was sitting there, looking confused at the board, like "Hmm..that''s an odd move." I beat him, of course.

Yeah, that''s always fun... until you come up against someone who actually knows the reasons for the openings and can take advantage of the weaknesses of any random moves you throw in... My brother''s probably a better chess player than me, but because I always used to beat him, he "knows" that I''m going to win against him when we play, so I do.

YodaTheCoda

Mar 6, 2003 at 10:38 PM

yes i do play chess. i also like to play squosh, which is more active

Yann L

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Yann L

Mar 6, 2003 at 10:44 PM

I totally suck at chess. Actually, I don''t even know the full rules. My girlfriend loves chess, and she tries to trick me into learning it every now and then (which is a lost cause)

Although she keeps telling me that it''s a highly interesting and intellectually challenging game, I find it excruciatingly boring... Matter of taste, I guess.

Andrew Russell

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Andrew Russell

Mar 6, 2003 at 10:53 PM

quote:
Original post by Samith
i sit and constantly play the chessmaster in chessmaster 8000, ive never won, but its fun

They are up to 8000?? I have 2000 lying around somewhere. That is waaaayy old. I have also played 4000.

Anyway, I used to play chess a fair bit. Havn''t played in a few months though.

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GreatOne

Mar 6, 2003 at 10:59 PM

I think chess is one of the greatest games every concieved because there is no luck. Its based on the your skill and your opponents (or lack thereof). I used to be really, good but I don''t play it that much anymore.

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Waverider

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Waverider

Mar 6, 2003 at 11:37 PM

I used to have three-ways with a couple friends of mine. Chess I mean.

We would set up a triangle of three chessboards and each of us would play a game against the two others all at the same time.

We would play badly, mind you, and usually only one game of my own would get my fuller attention, but, it was a provoking way to spend my young adult years.

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Nypyren

Mar 7, 2003 at 3:21 AM

I prefer Laser Chess to regular chess. Just as long as there are no HyperCubes.

rmsgrey

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rmsgrey

Mar 7, 2003 at 3:54 AM

Go might well be a better game... it''s certainly more resistant to analysis

Jan Wassenberg

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Jan Wassenberg

Mar 7, 2003 at 4:21 AM

I used to play chess a lot (pretty good too), but here at uni, problem is finding someone to play against :|
So I wrote a chess engine, but that''s no fun either - it''s too good

Dracoliche

Mar 7, 2003 at 6:08 AM

Go > Chess

microdot

Mar 7, 2003 at 9:23 AM

I play chess. I like it, but really suck. Recently, I''ve been playing Go, though. I''m finding that I like it better than chess.

DakeDesu

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DakeDesu

Mar 7, 2003 at 11:35 AM

quote:
Original post by GreatOne
I think chess is one of the greatest games every concieved because there is no luck.

I will have to disagree there. Mostly because when I play chess, I play in a Chaos type strategy. "If you are in a pickle, just repeat the same moves over and over again, until the opponent screws up." Strangely, that has won me all sorts of games.

I would like to check out Go one of these days

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Run_The_Shadows

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Mar 7, 2003 at 3:09 PM

I enjoy playing chess in the real world. Computer chess lacks a certain ambience for me.

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