SE Chess

Doorknob

12:17 AM

After beating Undo, I now have the highest Imaginary Internet ELO Score™ out of all of us! :P

@Doorknob \o

@Doorknob :D

chess.com is weird

@Doorknob I like giving people tacos.

Seth

12:34 AM

I like cricket. To an extent.

J. Musser

never played.

Seth

me either, but I've watched.

Seth

3:03 AM

It's a pity chess.com doesn't support Shogi and Xiangqi.

Doorknob

Am I supposed to know what in the world that's supposed to mean?

Seth

Yes.

:p

Shogi

Shogi (将棋, shōgi) (/ˈʃoʊɡiː/, Japanese: [ɕo̞ːɡi] or [ɕo̞ːŋi]), also known as Japanese chess or the Generals' Game, is a two-player strategy board game in the same family as Western (international) chess, chaturanga, makruk, shatranj and xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan. Shōgi means general's (shō 将) board game (gi 棋). The earliest predecessor of the game, chaturanga, originated in India in the 6th century, and sometime in the 10th to 12th centuries xiangqi (Chinese chess) was brought to Japan where it spawned a number of variants. Shogi in its present...

Xiangqi

Xiangqi (Chinese: 象棋, p Xiàngqí), also called Chinese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in China, and is in the same family as Western (or international) chess, chaturanga, shogi, Indian chess and janggi. Besides China and areas with significant ethnic Chinese communities, xiangqi (cờ tướng) is also a popular pastime in Vietnam. The game represents a battle between two armies, with the object of capturing the enemy's general (king). Distinctive features of xiangqi include the cannon (pao), which must jump to capture; a rule prohibiting the...

Doorknob

o.o

Seth

I know Shogi.

and I kind of know Xiangqi.

They're both pretty fun.

Doorknob

Oh I've actually seen Xiangqi before, but just didn't know what it was called (or how to play). My grandfather in Korea has the board and pieces for that.

Seth

3:07 AM

Oh yeah? That's cool!

I never took to Xiangqi as much as Shogi because I could never remember the Chinese characters and the only Android app wasn't terribly good :/

Doorknob

Hmm. I've always wanted to try Android app development :P

Isn't there a webapp or something for that which would work via a mobile browser too?

Seth

lol

@Doorknob Oh and I don't know.. Webapps weren't so popular back then.

I don't believe so. I'm guessing they were all either flash or java based.

lol I just found a Windows Mobile app for Xiangqi.

Believe it or not I happen to have a Windows Mobile phone lying around.

oh new app @Doorknob: play.google.com/store/apps/… If you want to give it a try.

Doesn't look too bad.

Unihedro

6:46 AM

@Seth The three-fold draw has always been a house rule.

Unihedro

7:15 AM

If you'd like to send me a correpondence game request, please send it on lichess instead of chess.com, because chess.com's user interface really sucks.

Seth

1:18 PM

@Unihedro It's in the FIDE rules and I'm pretty sure I read it in the USCF rulebook too, although it's been a while since I've read that.

And I'd challenge you but I can't make an account on lichess on mobile because I can't move the pieces in their chess captcha xD

And I can't challenge through the lichess app.. sethj if you want to challenge me.

Unihedro

XD

Seth

1:34 PM

Aaand I didn't type my password properly so I cannot log in now, but I can't reset it because of the captcha. /fail

Unihedro

;-;

Let's use chess.com then. xD

Seth

OK! I'll fix it this evening when I have access to a computer.

Unihedro

What's your Chess.com username?

Seth

Sethdj

Unihedro

Oh, your avatar is actually a toy chameleon? SE scaled it so small, it looked like charcoal.

Mooseman

1:39 PM

@Doorknob chess.com/echess/game?id=107648326

Seth

xD

Unihedro

Hmm, you have to have a premium account to host a team (on chess.com). I would buy premium just for a team, but it's a subscription based system, and I hate subscription based systems.

Mooseman

But it is your toy chameleon?

Unihedro

@Mooseman No, we stole it from you.

Mooseman

@Unihedro Spoken like a true netizen ;)

Unihedro

1:41 PM

xD

I only do subscription based purchases / donations for stuff I really like.

Like Wikipedia!

I give $5 / yr to wikipedia only, because I'm poor.

Mooseman

Wait. Are you in the US?

Unihedro

No, I'm not in the US. I live in HKSAR, which is somewhere in Asia.

Mooseman

ah...

Seth

Yes of course it's mine @Mooseman o_O

Unihedro

I'm hoping to finish JCE and an SE chat client built out of it, so I can post it on Stack Apps but use an adf.ly referral link. With the revenue that generates, I can donate to more organizations I like!

... as well as pay the server and electricity bills :D

Seth

1:45 PM

Wait, I thought HumanGuy was @Mooseman.. Who am I actually playing lol?

Unihedro

HumanGuy0 is mooseman I believe

y u no use consistent pseudonyms

Seth

/me? Because I can never think of any good ones :(

Wat

Why did I miss the word consistent there until right now o_O

Gabriel Tomitsuka

Hello

Mooseman

@Unihedro yup

@GabrielTomitsuka howdy

Gabriel Tomitsuka

I really didn't understand. What is this room about?

Mooseman

1:52 PM

@Unihedro to keep people on their toes

Unihedro

@GabrielTomitsuka Chess players from The Big Tavern and Teachers' Lounge.

Mooseman

@GabrielTomitsuka we're from the mse tavern and we play chess

Gabriel Tomitsuka

Oh, okay. No Chess AI development, though?

Mooseman

@GabrielTomitsuka not yet

Gabriel Tomitsuka

What do you guys use for playing?

Unihedro

1:53 PM

"Yet" is always the keyword.

Mooseman

chess.com

Unihedro

chess.com and lichess.org

Added "We're from the MSE Tavern and we play chess" to room topic; added tags online-chess tournament waffles

Mooseman

...and [waffles] is always the key tag ;)

Unihedro

:D

Gabriel Tomitsuka

@Unihedro I spend $20 every month with orgs I like. This month I spent it with Sequelize.js, a Node.js Promise-based ORM.

Unihedro

1:55 PM

I want to build a bot that lists all our running games with a command so you could slip in and watch easily. xD

@GabrielTomitsuka That's great!

Seth

@Unihedro that'd be good

I've got to run now guys. I'll be away all day but I'll try to keep things more or less moving from my phone.

cya!

Seeya!

afk

kk

3:43 PM

Hiya @Pro!

ProgramFOX

Hiya!

Yay, Mooseman made a move! :D

He took my bishop -_-

@Mooseman I suspect you'll win this game :P

Unihedro

3:59 PM

If you're a Stack Exchange user who plays chess as well, join us! http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/22119/tavern-tl-chess

Tweeted by InverseConduit on March 21, 2015 at 3:59 PM

:D

ProgramFOX

yay!

J. Musser

7:51 PM

Hiya @magd!

magd

8:02 PM

hi

how are ya?!

J. Musser

@magd Good here!

how are you?

magd

not too bad

J. Musser

So just a little bad? :)

magd

> 0

greater than 0, less than too

J. Musser

@magd haha, you made a quote

xD

Do you play chess, @magd?

magd

8:05 PM

yes i do

J. Musser

Are you good?

I'm awful

magd

I am 2000 FIDE, expert

J. Musser

I just play these guys for the fun

@magd so, you would cream me :P

That's an awesome rating.

magd

chess takes time to learn I put the time in

that's all

J. Musser

@magd haha, I don't think I have the capacity.

How fast do you reckon you could beat me?

magd

8:07 PM

depends how long you thought for, if you a complete beginner maybe 3 minutes

J. Musser

@magd Wanna try?

:P

magd

I am kind of learning ruby right now

J. Musser

@magd Ah! ruby is cool

Unihedro

Hiya @magd, welcome!

magd

hi @unihedro

@J.Musser if you want you can challenge me on chess.com my username is gthreegsix

J. Musser

8:10 PM

@magd oh, so you have an account there. I'll challenge you...

Unihedro

discussion preferences Are you a Bullet Chess player, Blitz Chess player, or do long games?

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magd

only playing online chess right now ie not live blitz

J. Musser

@Unihedro Blitz mostly

Unihedro

Heh, I do best under pressure.

So I guess I'm a bullet chess player.

J. Musser

@magd challenge issued :P

magd

8:13 PM

I do best at blitz only because I don't use a mouse :p

@J.Musser Challenge accepted!

J. Musser

One time, to be dumb, I played bullet by moving one knight in and out. xD

magd

My online rating is a bit low, should be 1800 at least

J. Musser

I went over 1200.

but that was a different account

@magd and mine should be about 800 or so.

magd

but everyone says they should be higher rated

you're the first not to

J. Musser

Did you take lessons, or self-taught?

@magd Actually, I think I should be lower rated...

magd

8:17 PM

I took about 8 lessons ever

from players > 2200

J. Musser

nice

Unihedro

Ha, the chess.com app is way better than the web version.

... And just as I said that, it crashed ;~;

J. Musser

magd vs. J-Musser

Unihedro

Nice!

J. Musser

This is my other account. It went up to 1313 before it dropped. It was an experiment, where all I moved was the one knight.

in bullet chess

magd

8:33 PM

I got about 3 accounts on chess.com :)

J. Musser

@magd all for serious play?

No forced mate in sight yet in our game @magd?

magd

@J.Musser yeah I like switching between accounts

Unihedro

I have only one account on chess.com. Have three on lichess.

magd

@J.Musser no forced mate yet I am playing positional

J. Musser

@magd I see.

@Unihedro I hate lichess...

magd

8:38 PM

lichess is ok, quite strong players there I think

J. Musser

@magd I see strong players everywhere

Unihedro

@J.Musser I don't like chess.com. 1. It's closed source. /* roots of an OS dev */ 2. Its web UI sucks. 3. It charges you.

magd

try chess24

J. Musser

@Unihedro no charge for the free version.

magd

don't know what an OS dev is

Hosch250

8:39 PM

I'll play, if there is a free version.

And, if I don't have to create an account.

J. Musser

@Hosch250 Hey @Hosch250

Hosch250

Hi, @J.Musser

Unihedro

Hiya @Hosch250!

J. Musser

@Hosch250 idt you need an account for lichess, but you do for chess.com

Unihedro

4. (even) free version requires account.

Hosch250

8:40 PM

Hi, @Unihedro, I've seen you in the 2nd Monitor.

OK, I have enough accounts to keep track of and I'm not super in to Chess, although I find it interesting.

Unihedro

Hello :) I am a hobbyist and medalist programmer and I do many things for leisure, one being chatting and another being chess!

J. Musser

@Hosch250 ... well if you do make an account on chess.com, link to it, I'll challenge you :P

Hosch250

I chat for leisure, program for fun (I hope to get a job someday), and study "professionally" (although I don't care too much for it ;)).

J. Musser

I play the free version

Hosch250

Well, I'll look at it.

magd

8:43 PM

Thinking of implementing a chess database in ruby

J. Musser

Oh yeah, and I have the adblock chrome extension, so no ads on any website :D

Hosch250

@magd Do it in C#, and I'll help.

magd

C# maybe

Unihedro

@magd For learning?

magd

I only know some C++ and noob

yeah for learning

Hosch250

8:44 PM

I know C# sort of, but I'm learning lots too.

J. Musser

I don't do any programming whatsoever

Hosch250

I'm in college now, so my help would be sporadic.

Unihedro

Our github repository (tobe add-on'd) is in the room description, currently we have a PGN scrapper script in ruby

magd

OK I am going to start pawn grabbing

J. Musser

<-- is a plant health care professional.

magd

8:45 PM

@Unihedro great!

Hosch250

Lichess game: lichess.org/zbMW7in2

Unihedro

And as said by Undo we might implement a tournament system ourselves later, and might even host a chess platform if this room gets popular.

magd

@Unihedro what's the github address?

J. Musser

@Hosch250 I took it :)

Hosch250

I see, you've about whupped me already.

Unihedro

8:47 PM

It's in the room description, I'm on mobile so can't see it

J. Musser

@Hosch250 heh, not quite

Unihedro

Also, OS was for Open Source, btw

magd

@Unihedro got it thanks

Hosch250

Nice job, @J.Musser.

J. Musser

@Hosch250 Good game

Hosch250

8:50 PM

If it was Checkers, I'd be harder to beat.

Or maybe not ;)

Want to play again?

@Hosch250 sure!

Sent rematch.

@Hosch250 accepted

Sneaky Bd6!

@magd haha Im dead already...

magd

8:58 PM

that was a cheeky one

not sure actually

yeah you're dead

J. Musser

been:20676543 Haha, my predictions are being fulfilled, creamed I have n

magd

same trick twice hehehe

J. Musser

@magd yeah I never see that xD

Hosch250

I have a conundrum.

Which Rook to take?

(Don't tell me, please.)

J. Musser

@magd good game!

magd

9:05 PM

good game, thanks!

J. Musser

@Hosch250 I think you're winning this one

Hosch250

I'm better at white.

But, it has been tricky.

J. Musser

@Hosch250 me too

Hosch250

I wonder how we would do if we were white/white or black/black?

Impossible to know, though.

J. Musser

very impossible

XD

magd

9:10 PM

any good way to learn ruby apart from the koans?

Hosch250

Is there any documentation?

magd

sure but I'm not that experience with scripting languages

experienced

J. Musser

@Hosch250 /me isn't gonna break the wall of pawns; you do it

Hosch250

Shouldn't matter, really.

J. Musser

lol

Hosch250

9:13 PM

@J.Musser Going to in a sec.

magd

@J.Musser @Hosch250 lol this is what chess is all about

Shogi might be more fun

J. Musser

@magd link to our game en.lichess.org/0suV8PpUqVjA

magd

oh wow interesting

J. Musser

wat

weird

Didn't expect a stack there

magd

will see if white manages to win

J. Musser

9:16 PM

@magd white is in way better shape piece-wise

Hosch250

I'll have to hurry if I don't want a draw.

magd

yes indeed

b4! good move

I like this nil idea in ruby

Hosch250

Whoops, I stalemated you.

J. Musser

stalemate ftw!

Hosch250

Nice playing.

J. Musser

9:22 PM

seen that coming :D

Hosch250

That was an idiot move.

J. Musser

@Hosch250 yeah! gg

magd

ouch

Hosch250

I could have prevented it if I had noticed.

Learn from the mistake.

J. Musser

@Hosch250 I saw it coming and hoped you wouldn't notice...

Hosch250

9:23 PM

:)

magd

that's gotta suck

J. Musser

@magd link to new game: en.lichess.org/q14WiAG2mQWs

magd

thanks but working on ruby now

Hosch250

Whoa.

Got me there.

J. Musser

@Hosch250 Good game

see, I play better as white also

Hosch250

9:26 PM

Thanks, but I played awful.

That was nearly a fool's mate!

J. Musser

@Hosch250 ha

Hosch250

You should have put your queen up instead of your rook over.

It would have been checkmate.

J. Musser

@Hosch250 ik that was clumsy

Hosch250

Good job.

J. Musser

good game

whoa did not mean to drop my queen there

Hosch250

9:41 PM

Want to take it back?

J. Musser

you could've taken w/ knight btw

Hosch250

Whoa, OK.

J. Musser

@Hosch250 but thanks for not seeing that xD

Good game :)

Hosch250

Nice game.

J. Musser

I have to quit for now

\o

Hosch250

9:52 PM

OK, me too.

J. Musser

good playin

Hosch250

Nice playing you, come back again sometime.

Funny, I talked with Undo, Doorknob, and Unihedro in other rooms, and I've seen J. Musser around, probably because he/she/it (in the event it is a bot) is a moderator.

Seems like I know a lot of these people's names, anyway.

See you.

J. Musser

@Hosch250 Command not recognized.

restarting...

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