***Official Chess Time Thread*** (1 Viewer)

[Officer Pete Malloy]

So is this like Words with friends where you might wait 4 days before the other guy moves?

You can set the time limit, but yes, it could take a while. Fortunately Mr. Schochet is committed to his craft and plays almost immediately.

Meh. Forget it. I like to beat my opponents in a timely fashion.

 

[timschochet]

So is this like Words with friends where you might wait 4 days before the other guy moves?

You can set the time limit, but yes, it could take a while. Fortunately Mr. Schochet is committed to his craft and blunders almost immediately.

Fixed

 

[Short Corner]

Hoping the hotel wi-fi holds up this weekend or I may be timing out.

 

[UniAlias]

So is this like Words with friends where you might wait 4 days before the other guy moves?

I've quickly learned that I can get away with playing Scramble/WWF when I'm drunk.. when I try that with chess I wake up the next morning and realize half my pieces are gone.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

I timed out of a bunch of games. Sorry. Family stuff comes first and I ignored my phone yesterday. I'm thinking that the 24 hour game won't work for me going forward....

 

[Joe T]

Anyone pawn storming today?

 

[Dentist]

I timed out of a bunch of games. Sorry. Family stuff comes first and I ignored my phone yesterday. I'm thinking that the 24 hour game won't work for me going forward....

you can choose as many as 4-5 days per move, no big deal brah

 

[timschochet]

This is the best I've ever played against Mr. Pickles. I actually had a middlegame advantage. But of course, I blundered it away. My tactics are just too weak for him.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

This is the best I've ever played against Mr. Pickles. I actually had a middlegame advantage. But of course, I blundered it away. My tactics are just too weak for him.

I don't think you had an advantage here (maybe slight if any), but middlegame is where you typically fall apart. Your opening defense is very strong.

 

[Boris Spassky]

This is the best I've ever played against Mr. Pickles. I actually had a middlegame advantage. But of course, I blundered it away. My tactics are just too weak for him.

I don't think you had an advantage here (maybe slight if any), but middlegame is where you typically fall apart. Your opening defense is very strong.

Western amateurs play the opening like grandmasters, the middlegame like experts and the endgame like beginners.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Have Joffer or Pickles lost yet? Is there a way to see who's beaten who?

Pickles not only crushed me, but destroyed all hope. I had nothing for him. We could play a hundred times and I don't think I'd win a game.

I'm realizing that when I understand the problem I should be trying to solve I do OK. But between the initial moves and the end game I often don't know what I should try to accomplish.

I get into decent positions when I don't blunder (above my rating I think), but then don't really know what to do next against good players. Seems like I just end up absorbing pressure and looking for counter play and often don't know how/where to attack. (Which is pretty much where I'll be against Joffer in another move or two.)

What would you read up on to get better on that? Middle-game strategy?

 

[timschochet]

Have Joffer or Pickles lost yet? Is there a way to see who's beaten who?

Pickles not only crushed me, but destroyed all hope. I had nothing for him. We could play a hundred times and I don't think I'd win a game.

I'm realizing that when I understand the problem I should be trying to solve I do OK. But between the initial moves and the end game I often don't know what I should try to accomplish.

I get into decent positions when I don't blunder (above my rating I think), but then don't really know what to do next against good players. Seems like I just end up absorbing pressure and looking for counter play and often don't know how/where to attack. (Which is pretty much where I'll be against Joffer in another move or two.)

What would you read up on to get better on that? Middle-game strategy?

Pickles has not lost yet. I'm trying again. I beat Joffer once, and drew him once.

 

[joffer]

Tim and I are very similar players

 

[AcerFC]

I want to play pickles just to say I did

 

[timschochet]

Tim and I are very similar players

Yeah I think that's right. Pickles' tactics just amaze me. I thought my time at ICC made me pretty good at tactics, but he's on a whole other level.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Right now I've got losses to Pickles, Tim, Joffer and Bender (who all outclass me), but am 10-0 otherwise. If anyone else is sort of in-between groupings hit me up.

 

[timschochet]

Right now I've got losses to Pickles, Tim, Joffer and Bender -- 10-0 otherwise. If anyone else is sort of in-between groupings hit me up.

Send me an invite. I'd like to try out black against you.

 

[timschochet]

Thanks for the game, Acer!

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I'll give it a shot.

TannerBoyle

 

[AcerFC]

Thanks for the game, Acer!

I wrote this to TimJust to show you how bad I am, I could have check mated him but chose to capture a pawn instead

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Right now I've got losses to Pickles, Tim, Joffer and Bender -- 10-0 otherwise. If anyone else is sort of in-between groupings hit me up.

Send me an invite. I'd like to try out black against you.

Let me clean up a few of the games I've got before we do a rematch, but honestly just don't think I can give you guys a game Tim. Even if I don't blunder you're all too strong.

 

[timschochet]

I'll give it a shot.

TannerBoyle

Just sent you an invite

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Pretty sure I'm beating Otis right now.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

This takes too long.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I didn't think the "one day" time limit thing was serious.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

App deleted.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

App deleted.

Tanner wait..

 

[AcerFC]

What is

Lame

 

[Mr. Pickles]

This is the best I've ever played against Mr. Pickles. I actually had a middlegame advantage. But of course, I blundered it away. My tactics are just too weak for him.

I don't think you had an advantage here (maybe slight if any), but middlegame is where you typically fall apart. Your opening defense is very strong.

Western amateurs play the opening like grandmasters, the middlegame like experts and the endgame like beginners.

Oh $#!t it's Spassky.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

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Tanner wait..

I did wait. 10 minutes is too long.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

What is

Lame

I thought people quit playing Chess-by-mail back in the 90s.

 

[timschochet]

App deleted.

Tanner wait..

I did wait. 10 minutes is too long.

If you play me I won't take longer than a minute per move. Promise.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

App deleted.

Tanner wait..

I did wait. 10 minutes is too long.

If you play me I won't take longer than a minute per move. Promise.

Give me 24 hours to think about it.

 

[Steve Tasker]

I can take another game. Probably not the super elite upper tier of Pickles/Tim/Joffer, etc.

Preferably someone who doesn't mind a slower game. Full disclosure - I will probably take awhile to make moves. I'd prefer 2-3 days/move, though it should not take me that long to actually make moves. I have been playing relatively quickly cause I've been home this week but won't have time to play while at work. TIA.

 

[rascal]

Acer, sorry I started out slow. It was my kids birthday party.

 

[AcerFC]

Acer, sorry I started out slow. It was my kids birthday party.

after reading taskles post, I think I play too quickly. Need to slow it down

 

[Steve Tasker]

Acer, sorry I started out slow. It was my kids birthday party.

after reading taskles post, I think I play too quickly. Need to slow it down

Want to play? I won't be offended if you don't make a move every 5 seconds.

 

[AcerFC]

Acer, sorry I started out slow. It was my kids birthday party.

after reading taskles post, I think I play too quickly. Need to slow it down

Want to play? I won't be offended if you don't make a move every 5 seconds.

I think you are way out of my league but would be glad to try

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Sent Tim an invite. No response 10 minutes later. Revokes.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Sent Tim an invite. No response 10 minutes later. Revokes.

He's been on the clock over 20 minutes in our game. I think something's wrong.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Sent Tim an invite. No response 10 minutes later. Revokes.

He's been on the clock over 20 minutes in our game. I think something's wrong.

Seriously: Is there no way to make games go faster?

 

[joffer]

Sent Tim an invite. No response 10 minutes later. Revokes.

He's been on the clock over 20 minutes in our game. I think something's wrong.

Seriously: Is there no way to make games go faster?

Sure. Resign.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Sent Tim an invite. No response 10 minutes later. Revokes.

He's been on the clock over 20 minutes in our game. I think something's wrong.

Seriously: Is there no way to make games go faster?

Sure. Resign.

Your face should resign.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Had a decent game going with Tim, and I #### the bed with my last 3 moves.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Had a decent game going with Tim, and I #### the bed with my last 3 moves.

I had this sweet triple fork on tim's two rooks and queen. It was a thing of beauty. I think he made three horrendous moves in a row.

 

[timschochet]

Had a decent game going with Tim, and I #### the bed with my last 3 moves.

I had this sweet triple fork on tim's two rooks and queen. It was a thing of beauty. I think he made three horrendous moves in a row.

Yes, it was very pretty. If it hadn't been me on the wrong end, I would have really enjoyed it. As it was, I still rather enjoyed it.

 

[timschochet]

Just drew Pickles. I think he got bored or something.

 

[rascal]

How do you work on your middle/late strategies? I often find myself thinking "WTF am I doing?"

 

[timschochet]

How do you work on your middle/late strategies? I often find myself thinking "WTF am I doing?"

I was really helped out by a couple of wonderful books by Jeremy Silman- How to Reassess Your Chess, and his book about Amateurs. I also had the pleasure of meeting Silman.

What you want to do is visualize where your pieces should be optimally, and then figure out the best way to get them there, while at the same time frustrating your opponent's plans and watching out for tactical blunders that will lose you the game (this last is the hardest for me, as Pickles has discovered to his advantage.) This is not easy to do, obviously, but Silman's books are very instructive. I highly recommend them.

 

[Otis]

I dropped a Romanov triple-3 on Tim in an earlier game followed by a 55598 441 combo. Poor guy didn't know what hit him. In response the best he could come up with was a Markush group followed by an Estonian Lockdown.

Noob