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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 17, 2020 22:28:47 GMT
I put OT to avoid the "Is chess a sport" question (it's a contest, not a sport)
Who do you invertebrates think? Robert James Fischer v. the field? Or are y'all devotees of checkers?
Yeah, I'm this bored...
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Jun 17, 2020 22:39:47 GMT
I put OT to avoid the "Is chess a sport" question (it's a contest, not a sport)
Who do you invertebrates think? Robert James Fischer v. the field? Or are y'all devotees of checkers?
Yeah, I'm this bored...
There’s probably only 3 chess players I could name. Fischer, Kasparov, and Karpov. Four if you include that IBM thing, Deep Blue? I’m sure there’s some 12 year old prodigy somewhere that could wipe the floor with all of them. |
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 17, 2020 22:40:17 GMT
I put OT to avoid the "Is chess a sport" question (it's a contest, not a sport)
Who do you invertebrates think? Robert James Fischer v. the field? Or are y'all devotees of checkers?
Yeah, I'm this bored...
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 17, 2020 22:41:06 GMT
I put OT to avoid the "Is chess a sport" question (it's a contest, not a sport)
It's a game not a sport or a contest   JOKE ... also bored  |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 17, 2020 22:57:41 GMT
I put OT to avoid the "Is chess a sport" question (it's a contest, not a sport)
Who do you invertebrates think? Robert James Fischer v. the field? Or are y'all devotees of checkers?
Yeah, I'm this bored...
There’s probably only 3 chess players I could name. Fischer, Kasparov, and Karpov. Four if you include that IBM thing, Deep Blue? I’m sure Re there’s some 12 year old prodigy somewhere that could wipe the floor with all of them. Ever since the COVID hit, I've been trying to get better at chess. Watching YouTube videos, playing online etc. I'm not starting a new career as a Grandmaster, but now I can beat the computer at Chess.com past Level 1!!
I came across the IQ's of famous players. Fischer was a weak 160!. Judit Polger was at 170, Kasparov 190, current champ Magnus Carllson near 200. No wonder I suck
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 17, 2020 23:00:03 GMT
BTW, It's Bobby Fischer. The entire Soviet chess machine was dedicated to not just beat Fischer but humiliate him. And he whupped Spassky. Enough to where Spassky stood up an applauded after he lost the key game.
Too bad Fischer became such a detestable person
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 17, 2020 23:02:30 GMT
I put OT to avoid the "Is chess a sport" question (it's a contest, not a sport)
It's a game not a sport or a contest JOKE ... also bored A "game" is something I associate more with "fun" that results. I toyed with calling chess a game. |
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Jun 17, 2020 23:06:41 GMT
BTW, It's Bobby Fischer. The entire Soviet chess machine was dedicated to not just beat Fischer but humiliate him. And he whupped Spassky. Enough to where Spassky stood up an applauded after he lost the key game. Too bad Fischer became such a detestable person I have heard of Spassky too. I know the rules of chess and how the pieces move but I don’t know strategy. What made Fisher great? Could he see the board like 20 steps ahead? Was he unpredictable and made “unconventional” moves? I mean in baseball for example you can see what makes Mike Trout great and what makes JJ Crawford completely average. What makes someone who is great at chess great at chess? I’m sure you’ve seen it but one of my favorite underrated movies is Searching for Bobby Fischer. Great cast, great small movie. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 17, 2020 23:13:37 GMT
BTW, It's Bobby Fischer. The entire Soviet chess machine was dedicated to not just beat Fischer but humiliate him. And he whupped Spassky. Enough to where Spassky stood up an applauded after he lost the key game. Too bad Fischer became such a detestable person I have heard of Spassky too. I know the rules of chess and how the pieces move but I don’t know strategy. What made Fisher great? Could he see the board like 20 steps ahead? Was he unpredictable and made “unconventional” moves? I mean in baseball for example you can see what makes Mike Trout great and what makes JJ Crawford completely average. What makes someone who is great at chess great at chess? I’m sure you’ve seen it but one of my favorite underrated movies is Searching for Bobby Fischer. Great cast, great small movie. Fischer thought, ate, slept chess. He knew the Russian better than they knew themselves. He learned Russian to study their moves. And, when he got to play Spassky, he changed up his game. The Russians who coached Spassky were lost after a few moves.
Try the movie Pawn Sacrifice. Tobey McGuire as Fischer and Liev Schrieber as Boris Spassky on the 1972 championship. Good movie, especially Schrieber.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 17, 2020 23:15:16 GMT
Magnus Carlsen
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 17, 2020 23:18:19 GMT
Could Carlsen beat Fischer? We will never know. But Fischer beat the entire Soviet chess machine when he beat Spassky.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 17, 2020 23:23:55 GMT
It's a game not a sport or a contest JOKE ... also bored A "game" is something I associate more with "fun" that results. I toyed with calling chess a game. I googled it to see what they said .... game won at the sites I looked at. It's a mystery to me. I know the pieces and how they move but that's it. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 17, 2020 23:25:44 GMT
Could Carlsen beat Fischer? We will never know. But Fischer beat the entire Soviet chess machine when he beat Spassky.
Not sure, but I think I'd put my money on MC. |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 17, 2020 23:52:26 GMT
A "game" is something I associate more with "fun" that results. I toyed with calling chess a game. I googled it to see what they said .... game won at the sites I looked at. It's a mystery to me. I know the pieces and how they move but that's it. I've been watching youTube videos, especially agadmator's. I learn a lot even though I'm watching Fischer, Kasparov, Carlsen. The opening moves are a little fast but it's good to teach even a lump like me
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Post by NJtoTX on Jun 17, 2020 23:57:02 GMT
AlphaZero
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jun 18, 2020 0:12:10 GMT
I'd say Carlsen as well although I am loving watching Hikaru Nakamura on chess.com and on YouTube at the moment.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 18, 2020 0:22:35 GMT
I'd say Carlsen as well although I am loving watching Hikaru Nakamura on chess.com and on YouTube at the moment. I haven't got to Nakamura yet. |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 18, 2020 0:29:00 GMT
If it's 4D Chess, then it's Donald Trump (according to some of his supporters, at least).
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Post by NJtoTX on Jun 18, 2020 1:53:42 GMT
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Post by Rufus-T on Jun 18, 2020 2:10:06 GMT
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