#chess

[doggendoodle]

Image 1: a cropped chessboard. A black knight is next to a white rook.

Image 2: a photograph of a black horse with its head against a white wall.

[seven-oh-four]

I'm still pretty new to chess, can anyone tell me what I'm supposed to do if my opponent plays the Eight Fucking Bears opening? I'm really having trouble.

[taxus-fraud]

Hey guys, my opponent just fused their entire side of the board into a gestalt entity, which is currently dissecting and calcifying my pieces such that they fit into its twisted vision of an eternal, perfect state of the universe. What's the best counter in this situation?

[bodhrancomedy]

Sometimes having a reputation for being smart beats actually being smart.

I once beat my school’s chess champion in a game because he spent the entire match desperately trying to work out my strategy because I was “smart” and therefore good at chess.

We were playing with a Lord of the Rings chess set. I was moving the characters I liked best.

I’m terrible at chess.

[cosmonautroger]

the knight's tour

[avenirineva]

Having a human chess game would be incredible because it would have the potential to be the most tense and violent game in the series.

The players are divided into two groups (white and black pieces) and each elects a leader (Gi-Hun becomes the leader of the white pieces and Player 100 the leader of the black pieces). They will have the role of dictating the movements of each player under their command on the board, obeying the same rules as conventional chess, where eliminating a piece would be death using the same knives as hide-and-seek. Players would not be allowed to leave their positions without an order nor impede the action of other players, and must remain within their square.

The leader could then choose players to be his special pieces, differentiating them from common pawns and giving him important advantages in the game:

On Gi-Hun's team:

Jun-Hee is the King, remaining protected

Hyun-Ju is the Queen

Dae-Ho is the Knight

Yong-Sik is the Bishop

Geum-ja is the Rook

On Player 100's team:

Myung-Gi is the King

Nam-gyu is the Queen

Min-su is the Bishop

Random players are the Knight and Rook

— Queen Sacrifice: "Due to its value [...] its sacrifice, in relation to other pieces, are positions that usually determine the outcome of the game." The Queen position would provide the greatest offensive potential in the game, so the clash between Hyun-Ju and Nam-gyu would be a crucial turning point.

It would be very interesting because most people would literally be trusting their lives in every decision Gi-Hun made, literally being his soldiers. Everything would have to be exhaustively thought out, and watching them die one by one without being able to prevent him would tear him apart.

It would be even more interesting if In-Ho hadn't yet revealed himself; he would kill without mercy as if he relished following Gi-Hun's orders as a devoted subject.

[humanoidhistory]

From Atari STI User, December 1986.

[hungrymilliek]

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you're move. bitch.

[lost-monster-16]

"Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible." — Richard Feynman

[motorizedduck]

Just today I got to see a chess book that I remember reading as a little kid. While it didn't give me a lifelong passion for chess, it did give me a lifelong passion for fantasy for its artwork.

The book is "Chess for Young Beginners" from 1975, and here's some of the artwork:

Like, this artwork goes hard. I especially appreciate the colour scheme for the black pieces, with its browns, bronzes, reds and oranges.

This artwork is amazing, evocative, exciting and dramatic. I recommend giving it a look if you have a chance - you can probably scrounge up a PDF of this thing with a bit of searching.

[the-cricket-chirps]

Egyptian

Game of Hounds and Jackals

Middle Kingdom, ca. 1814-1805 B.C.E.

[krippe90]

@magnusdidntwantablog won because I let him!

Also god damn that took way longer than I expected (mostly due to some people registering and not making any moves)

Come on chessblr only 4 ppl are registered to the daily tourney that starts tomorrow! (and they're all higher rated than I am which I am NOT a fan of!)

[triviallytrue]

people who don't follow chess I promise this post is really funny

[divorcedwife]

chess inspired fashion

[cheekypockets]

Kinger from The Amazing Digital Circus!!

He's finally complete and super adorable!! I just had to make him after that last episode. He's been done for a while but I've been too busy to take pictures.