SE Chess

@Lucio It's also open source and free forever. Some GMs plays on there but they usually attend tournaments or play with equally strong players so you won't get to play them often, but lichess also has a sweet TV feature to watch your friends play.

It also has a cleaner user interface than chess.com.

Unihedron

5:39 AM

Hey, the donor status is now a trophy like object! lichess.org/@/Unihedron

Doorknob

5:53 AM

/me needs to relearn castling rules in Chesss960

I tried to castle and ended up just moving my king one space -_-

Unihedron

Is this a good idea? en.lichess.org/team/advancing-pawns

idk most of the players on lichess are pretty good

Doorknob

6:46 AM

@Unihedron what kind of game is that O_o

Unihedron

bbbqkbbb/pppppppp/pppppppp/8/8/PPPPPPPP/PPPPPPPP/BBBQKBBB w - -

Bishop's horde!

Doorknob

uh, sure, I'll give that a try :P

This is beyond weird, lol

I have no idea what to do

Unihedron

lol

Sam

10:50 AM

Eh, am I the only one that screwed up on this puzzle?

Byte Commander

I just made the worst blunder of the day

But instead of making the final checkmate-move, that guy resigned!!??

en.lichess.org/0Sorhy6O

No idea why...

Sam

Weird.

Byte Commander

@Sam Would you be up for a game?

Sam

I can't atm. Perhaps later?

Byte Commander

k, np.

Unihedron

11:02 AM

@ByteCommander wtf

@ByteCommander: You wanna try out the bishop's horde position?

Byte Commander

@Unihedron How one can be so dumb to make that move or to resign instead of making the obvious checkmate?

Unihedron

idk

I have no defense for them]

brb

Unihedron

12:06 PM

bullet koth youtube.com/watch?v=eXan-bWieYg

Byte Commander

12:22 PM

@Unihedron How about some quick games now?

Unihedron

I'm playing Sams' brother

Byte Commander

Ah, I see. "firewind...", right?

Doorknob

There are multiple Sams?

Sam

@Doorknob The invasion draws near...

Byte Commander

He lost...

As if anybody expected anything else.

Unihedron

12:27 PM

Sam, ask why we're playing rated. xD

Sam

Wait, it was a rated game? rofl

Byte Commander

@Sam Uni fought back your invasion successfully! ;)

Unihedron

My rating inflated by 77 from that game

Sam

> "Because I beat someone else at koth, so I thought I could win again." (Paraphrasing.)

Unihedron

xD

My rating's pretty high.

I'm getting stronger! xD

Sam

12:29 PM

xD

Unihedron

King of the hill is really easy because most opponents don't get it.

The key is not to rush until you can calculate a safe grid.

Then shift your pieces over to move the safety towards the center and you can munch everything else pacman style. Inevitable win!

Byte Commander

Would you give me a try?

Unihedron

If you're centralized too soon, checks are deadly.

Sure.

Sam

@Unihedron Unless you're playing against my brother. (Can't blame him though, he's < 10.)

Byte Commander

I am probably going to lose too (therefore casual please), but it's fun anyway.

Oh, then I'd say he played pretty well for that age.

Unihedron

12:32 PM

Yeah, a talented lad. He'll get better. :)

Bongcloud attack/defense opening is good if you're not planning to castle.

Byte Commander

You can remember all those names? o.O

Sam

Ikr.

Unihedron

Like french defense and elephant gambit, declined?

Sam

@Unihedron Never heard of it. xD

googles

Byte Commander

The only opening name I could ever remember was the transvestite! xD

And that's a weird one.

Unihedron

12:34 PM

The easiest opening to name is 1. Nc3.

This is because it really only involves knight to c3.

Sam

oic

Doorknob

what kind of theme is that O_o

Unihedron

It's geometrical

Sam

I use the same, but with a different board.

Unihedron

I used to use a blue tileset, but it's distracting.

Unihedron

1:27 PM

Atomic rating >1500!!

I'm getting strongeeerrr!!

I can feel it in my vains xD

Sam

lol :D

Unihedron

2:51 PM

King of the hill >1700

Perhaps I can hold a top100 cup for koth :D

in Teenage Programmers Chatroom on Stack Overflow Chat, 6 secs ago, by Unihedron

Bullet 1+0 three-check casual starting in two minutes: http://en.lichess.org/tournament/oFp1d0L5

Andrew

3:24 PM

en.lichess.org/xsqQK6UJ First exciting (stressful? heartstopping?) 3 check game I've played in a while

Unihedron

Hey, that threat at move 9 was clever.

Andrew

I just assumed the queen sac was terrible and didn't do anything to prevent it

although I guess in the end I was correct in that assessment

Unihedron

Rook at move 16 was pretty desperate

Maybe doubling up before the rush would had great chances

But yeah, the game was brilliant, well done! :D

Fork on 20 was a changer

Andrew

I was threatening Qxd7 Bxe6 and Rh6 if he moves the d rook though

(on move 17)

Unihedron

Ah, indeed

Maybe Kb8 to get off the light square.

Not easily reachable by knight.

Then doubling wouldn't really be enough to counter a berserking rook act really.

Andrew

3:28 PM

should be winning for white regardless, maybe Rxh7 and Rxd7 with back rank issues

Unihedron

Yes, queen sac didn't turn out well. It made for an interesting line though.

Thanks for joining!

Andrew

np thanks for creating the tournament

Sam

3:58 PM

The SE chess team is approaching 1000 tounry points.

Unihedron

Most of it comes from fox

ProgramFOX

@Unihedron You still have more.

Unihedron

Oh, huh, so most of it comes from me instead.

I was under a wrong impression.

I'm not even near being the best player. xD

Sam

Lol.

ProgramFOX

Most of my tourney points come from, obviously, Atomic tourneys :P

Unihedron

4:02 PM

Most of my tourney points comes from me fighting hard in the bullet arenas trying to gain rating. The tournament points are only a side profit!

Except when I play casual ones.

Things you can do while waiting for a tournament to start:

Go get a caffeinated drink, it may improve your quick reactions!
Make sure your chair is adjusted correctly.
Do some finger exercises for dexterity bonuses.
Realize that you probably won't win.
Clean your mouse for optimum key-response time.
Do a little dance.
Play solitaire, if your deck of poker isn't buried somewhere in your apartment. Mine are.
Sit in silence while you reflect upon your past and consider the games you'd be playing.

ProgramFOX

Or: spam in different chatrooms to get enough people for the tournament.

:p

Unihedron

4:26 PM

I'm back

My DNS probe dies for some weird reason

I think the repository I was cloning was too much.

Unihedron

4:41 PM

Left the tournament

premoves are pretty broken and impossible to ace