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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Jan 21, 2013 10:30pm
Anybody into chess? Chess Titans software came with my laptop....and I can't beat the fugger. Well, at 37% winning margin....level 6 from a 1-10 scale.
Devils Advocate
Posts: 4,539
Jan 21, 2013 10:34pm
The Titans part caught my eye. I'm a big fan. I love chests.
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
Jan 21, 2013 10:45pm
I haven't played in a while. I did enjoy it when I was playing.
xKoToVxSyNdRoMe
Posts: 1,054
Jan 21, 2013 11:04pm
Never heard of it.
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Sonofanump
Jan 22, 2013 7:51am
My winning percentage is 93%Devils Advocate;1371713 wrote:The Titans part caught my eye. I'm a big fan. I love chests.
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Jan 24, 2013 11:53pm
Live with an opponent, or this computer shit? I'm up to 42% now....but I can't believe a software program can kick my ass.hasbeen;1371720 wrote:I haven't played in a while. I did enjoy it when I was playing.
O-Trap
Posts: 14,994
Jan 25, 2013 1:09am
I played chess a lot until I turned about 13 or so. I've become relatively rusty.
Still can whip someone if they were never into it, but I wouldn't trust myself to do much against a fan of the game.
Still can whip someone if they were never into it, but I wouldn't trust myself to do much against a fan of the game.
Rotinaj
Posts: 7,699
Jan 25, 2013 6:47am
I'm a grandmaster. No biggie.
brutus161
Posts: 1,686
Jan 25, 2013 7:54am
Rotinaj;1374331 wrote:I'm a grandmaster. No biggie.
Really? What's your name? I might know you. My real name is Bobby Fischer.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Jan 25, 2013 10:33am
I'm pretty good at chess. I credit the game largely for my success in life. Well that and being fortunate enough to get into Ohio State.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Jan 25, 2013 10:34am
The best programs can beat every human player.Footwedge;1374274 wrote:Live with an opponent, or this computer shit? I'm up to 42% now....but I can't believe a software program can kick my ass.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Jan 25, 2013 10:39am
Is this fact? I think the best human players in the world beat Deep Blue a few times.queencitybuckeye;1374455 wrote:The best programs can beat every human player.
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queencitybuckeye
Posts: 7,117
Jan 25, 2013 10:45am
Successors to Deep Blue as the top computer "player" have beaten a number of then-current and former world champions. They don't win every game, but seldom lose.sleeper;1374460 wrote:Is this fact? I think the best human players in the world beat Deep Blue a few times.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Jan 25, 2013 10:54am
Once the Africans start playing chess, they'll need something bigger than a computer to compete with them. :thumbup:queencitybuckeye;1374466 wrote:Successors to Deep Blue as the top computer "player" have beaten a number of then-current and former world champions. They don't win every game, but seldom lose.
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
Jan 25, 2013 12:06pm
Yeah. I hate losing to a machine. So I dump water on it and laugh.Footwedge;1374274 wrote:Live with an opponent, or this computer shit? I'm up to 42% now....but I can't believe a software program can kick my ass.
O-Trap
Posts: 14,994
Jan 25, 2013 12:07pm
LOLhasbeen;1374561 wrote:Yeah. I hate losing to a machine. So I dump water on it and laugh.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Jan 25, 2013 1:13pm
When I was young, I was really into chess. But haven't really played for a while and kind of suck now. I need to be at about the most basic levels to beat the computer any more. So much for those youthful dreams of being a grandmaster, I guess.
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
Jan 25, 2013 2:04pm
It's never to old to be a champion.Heretic;1374601 wrote:When I was young, I was really into chess. But haven't really played for a while and kind of suck now. I need to be at about the most basic levels to beat the computer any more. So much for those youthful dreams of being a grandmaster, I guess.
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Jan 26, 2013 1:24am
damn I had the fucker trapped....and I let em off the hook. Back down to 39%. I swear I hear the software laughing it's ass off at me.
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bwcomet89
Posts: 633
Jan 26, 2013 2:00am
I too used to be pretty good at chess, or at least I thought I was until I stopped playing people and starting going against the computer. It would always crush me. My roommate apparently used to be one of the highest ranked players in Ohio in hs, nearly beat the #4 guy ranked nationally in some tourney, but made a rookie mistake and lost his queen.. Tragic. It haunts him to this day. You know when you talk about your biggest regret in a football game in hs? Well, apparently chess players have the same thing.
I played recently, and did alright. I never know a good way to set up my pawns.
I played recently, and did alright. I never know a good way to set up my pawns.
O-Trap
Posts: 14,994
Jan 26, 2013 2:16am
It's funny. I was with my in-laws at their lake house, and I found a chess set among their board games. My mother-in-law and wife both said, "Oh, (brother-in-law) is really good at chess! You probably shouldn't play him."bwcomet89;1374974 wrote:I played recently, and did alright. I never know a good way to set up my pawns.
Beat him in about 13 moves, and they were all pretty dumbfounded. Made for a funny day. Now they talk about me like that, even though that's the only game I've played in over a decade.
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Jan 27, 2013 1:22am
When you play against a peeeeeple, you have the opportunity to study the board while he ponders his move. This can take between 1 to 10 minutes. With the computer, he moves in less than one second. That is intimidating.bwcomet89;1374974 wrote:I too used to be pretty good at chess, or at least I thought I was until I stopped playing people and starting going against the computer. It would always crush me. My roommate apparently used to be one of the highest ranked players in Ohio in hs, nearly beat the #4 guy ranked nationally in some tourney, but made a rookie mistake and lost his queen.. Tragic. It haunts him to this day. You know when you talk about your biggest regret in a football game in hs? Well, apparently chess players have the same thing.
I played recently, and did alright. I never know a good way to set up my pawns.
Now, if I were to take 10 minutes plus before every move, which obviously I could, I would beat the IT son of a bitch at least half the time. I do not have that kind of patience.
I play late at night just to relax and stimulate my brain. As it turns out, I lose 61% of the time so far, and I go to bed pissed off and can't sleep.
Some people play games /sports to kill time and really don't care all that much if they win or lose. I'm not at all like that.Gonna quit...and stick to duplicare bridge (with real peeeeeple), where I'm a few points light of being a life master.
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Footwedge
Posts: 9,265
Jan 27, 2013 1:24am
O'trap...let's play online sometime and see if I really do blow.O-Trap;1374976 wrote:It's funny. I was with my in-laws at their lake house, and I found a chess set among their board games. My mother-in-law and wife both said, "Oh, (brother-in-law) is really good at chess! You probably shouldn't play him."
Beat him in about 13 moves, and they were all pretty dumbfounded. Made for a funny day. Now they talk about me like that, even though that's the only game I've played in over a decade.
O-Trap
Posts: 14,994
Jan 27, 2013 1:27am
If you're as bad as I am, it'll be like two inbreds humping a doorknob.Footwedge;1375403 wrote:O'trap...let's play online sometime and see if I really do blow.