[The Chess] ICJ vs Pinback -- with commentary!

Lysander · Post by **Lysander** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 3:04 pm

Good job, this. I want to get in on this as soon as realistically possible. However! I do have a question.

There is a program I can download that I can use for chess. However, as far as I can tell, it only tells me what square I am on and what pieces, if any, are there--in other words, I can only get a picture of the square I am on, and in order to get a picture of the entire board i have to move the marker around the board. Thus, getting the entire picture of the board would entale me having to memorize where each piece is on the board each time or just repeatedly move the arrow around the board, which is tedious. So! My question is, do you "people" think that I should go ahead and download this program now so I can play, or wait two weeks until I get home, wherupon I can use my real chessboard to play instead? Or~! ALSO! I can do... BOTH!

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 3:49 pm

It seems there is nothing to be lost by downloading the program. And if you get really good at memorizing the board, you can do away with programs/chessboards altogether.

Kasparov, I believe, can play 20 simultaneous games blindfolded. If not him, then plenty of others. Can you imagine? Try to keep ONE position on ONE board in your mind for 15 seconds and then recite what it looks like. Now imagine doing it for 20 boards, and being able to analyze them all for hours. Amazing.

I always thought it would be fun to learn how to play blindfolded, and then get a friend who could do the same. You could play anywhere. Driving in a car. On a bus. Laying out in the sun on a warm summer day. Just you and your able-minded friend, chatting back and forth to each other, "Knight to F6", "Bishop takes knight..." etc.

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 10:15 am

When is the part where this game continues?

bruce · Post by **bruce** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 12:10 pm

pinback wrote:You could play anywhere.

Aliester Crowley used to do this.

He'd play chess against his friends--and usually win--while porking some girl in the next room. Accounts insist that she didn't feel cheated, either.

Bruce

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:52 am

Do I win this game by forfeit or what?

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:57 am

COME ON, Ice Cream Jonsey, let's GO already.

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:03 pm

POST THE FUCKING BOARD PLEASE

pinback · Post by **pinback** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:07 pm

WTF are you talking about? I put the list of moves in this very thread. I ain't going to take pictures of the goddamn thing too.

Knuckles the CLown · Post by **Knuckles the CLown** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:24 pm

When I was in my 20's I played chess with Scabs Muldoon next door. We played through the mail cause he was to fucking ugly to sit down with for 5 hours. After many months, (It still took the goddamned mail two days to get a letter next door) that oatmeal faced pus got my queen on an illegal move. Instead of mailing him my next move, I mailed him pictures of me having sex with his garden hose. He moved out the next day. Since he left no forwarding address I consider that a resignation. KNUCKLES 1 SCABS 0

I WIN!

Knuckles the CLown · Post by **Knuckles the CLown** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:40 pm

hows that game going?

Ice Cream Jonsey · Post by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:53 pm

Is there any possible way I will ever beat Benjamin at a game of chess? Of course not. So call it a forfeit. Your post was the best way for the thread to end back in 2004, anyway.

I don't know why I can't beat Ben at chess. I have no idea. How did he get so much better than me? What the fuck? They should have made chess an arcade game.

bruce · Post by **bruce** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:33 pm

They did, dumbass. It was called Archon.

HTH! HAND! FOAD!

Bruce