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Footwedge

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Jan 21, 2013 10:30 PM
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.
Jan 21, 2013 10:30pm
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Devils Advocate

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4,539 posts
Jan 21, 2013 10:34 PM
The Titans part caught my eye. I'm a big fan. I love chests.
Jan 21, 2013 10:34pm
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hasbeen

Excuse me, Flo?

6,504 posts
Jan 21, 2013 10:45 PM
I haven't played in a while. I did enjoy it when I was playing.
Jan 21, 2013 10:45pm
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xKoToVxSyNdRoMe

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Jan 21, 2013 11:04 PM
Never heard of it.
Jan 21, 2013 11:04pm
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Sonofanump

Jan 22, 2013 7:51 AM
Devils Advocate;1371713 wrote:The Titans part caught my eye. I'm a big fan. I love chests.
My winning percentage is 93%
Jan 22, 2013 7:51am
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Footwedge

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Jan 24, 2013 11:53 PM
hasbeen;1371720 wrote:I haven't played in a while. I did enjoy it when I was playing.
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.
Jan 24, 2013 11:53pm
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O-Trap

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14,994 posts
Jan 25, 2013 1:09 AM
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.
Jan 25, 2013 1:09am
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Rotinaj

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Jan 25, 2013 6:47 AM
I'm a grandmaster. No biggie.
Jan 25, 2013 6:47am
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brutus161

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Jan 25, 2013 7:54 AM
Rotinaj;1374331 wrote:I'm a grandmaster. No biggie.

Really? What's your name? I might know you. My real name is Bobby Fischer.
Jan 25, 2013 7:54am
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sleeper

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27,879 posts
Jan 25, 2013 10:33 AM
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.
Jan 25, 2013 10:33am
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queencitybuckeye

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Jan 25, 2013 10:34 AM
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.
The best programs can beat every human player.
Jan 25, 2013 10:34am
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sleeper

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Jan 25, 2013 10:39 AM
queencitybuckeye;1374455 wrote:The best programs can beat every human player.
Is this fact? I think the best human players in the world beat Deep Blue a few times.
Jan 25, 2013 10:39am
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queencitybuckeye

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Jan 25, 2013 10:45 AM
sleeper;1374460 wrote:Is this fact? I think the best human players in the world beat Deep Blue a few times.
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.
Jan 25, 2013 10:45am
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Jan 25, 2013 10:54 AM
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.
Once the Africans start playing chess, they'll need something bigger than a computer to compete with them. :thumbup:
Jan 25, 2013 10:54am
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hasbeen

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Jan 25, 2013 12:06 PM
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.
Yeah. I hate losing to a machine. So I dump water on it and laugh.
Jan 25, 2013 12:06pm
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O-Trap

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Jan 25, 2013 12:07 PM
hasbeen;1374561 wrote:Yeah. I hate losing to a machine. So I dump water on it and laugh.
LOL
Jan 25, 2013 12:07pm
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Heretic

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Jan 25, 2013 1:13 PM
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.
Jan 25, 2013 1:13pm
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Jan 25, 2013 2:04 PM
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.
It's never to old to be a champion.
Jan 25, 2013 2:04pm
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Footwedge

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Jan 26, 2013 1:24 AM
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.
Jan 26, 2013 1:24am
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bwcomet89

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Jan 26, 2013 2:00 AM
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.
Jan 26, 2013 2:00am
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O-Trap

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Jan 26, 2013 2:16 AM
bwcomet89;1374974 wrote:I played recently, and did alright. I never know a good way to set up my pawns.
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.
Jan 26, 2013 2:16am
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Footwedge

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Jan 27, 2013 1:22 AM
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.
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.

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. :D 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.
Jan 27, 2013 1:22am
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Footwedge

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Jan 27, 2013 1:24 AM
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...let's play online sometime and see if I really do blow.
Jan 27, 2013 1:24am
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O-Trap

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Jan 27, 2013 1:27 AM
Footwedge;1375403 wrote:O'trap...let's play online sometime and see if I really do blow.
If you're as bad as I am, it'll be like two inbreds humping a doorknob.
Jan 27, 2013 1:27am