<p>They casually play it.</p>
<p>My friends are into weird games.</p>
<p>Like SETTLERS OF CATAN! <3</p>
<p>Go is way better!</p>
<p><go is=“” way=“” better!=“”></go></p>
<p>Depends on your personality, I guess.</p>
<p>Chess is a game of destruction.</p>
<p>Go is a game of construction. </p>
<p>Me, I like destroying stuff. </p>
<p>Also, Go is harder than chess. There should be no disputes with this.</p>
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<p>That’s a great game actually.</p>
<p>I find chess harder, personally. They’re just different ways of thinking. They involve a lot of the same principles, but emphasize them differently. For example, in Go, you have to be absolutely aware at all times about how actions in one part of the board affect all the others. In chess it really doesn’t even matter - that’ll arise naturally since the board is so small.</p>
<p>And you people were joking when you all said girls dig chess players, right? This is nonsense. Very few girls play chess. Of all my 5 years of chess history i’ve only seen like 10-15 different girls in all of the tournaments I’ve been to. One of them was SUPER HOT, though. I met her in 8th grade when I actually cared about gf/bf nonsense. However, that girl wasn’t that good at chess. I actually played her in the final round of regional middle school championships and beat the crap out of her 'cause I was ****ED i lost to some jackass the round before. I got second place. I was the highest ranked player, too, but I had to f-up in one of my games.</p>
<p>And then there is the always pretentious “Pente”. They even played it on A Beautiful Mind.</p>
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<p>Well, yeah. But I wouldn’t know, I don’t play chess.</p>
<p>TCBH, I’m so happy that you like that game. It is quite amazing.</p>
<p><<for example,=“” in=“” go,=“” you=“” have=“” to=“” be=“” absolutely=“” aware=“” at=“” all=“” times=“” about=“” how=“” actions=“” one=“” part=“” of=“” the=“” board=“” affect=“” others.=“” chess=“” it=“” really=“” doesn’t=“” even=“” matter=“” -=“” that’ll=“” arise=“” naturally=“” since=“” is=“” so=“” small.=“”>></for></p>
<p>In chess, it DOES matter! A lot of games are won or lost because one player neglected the other part of the board. Beginners usually do this; they start attacking your king and then forget that the other player is counterattacking on the other side. His attack fails, and next thing he knows, the other side breaks through and he falls down. (they have names: King Side and Queen Side, but you wouldn’t know this unless you play chess)</p>
<p>Well, I didn’t know that! Maybe because my amazing Go training has taught me to avoid such silly mistakes! I make other sillier mistakes, though…hm.</p>
<p>lol. we have a pretentious chess player on HSL. how stereotypical.</p>
<p>I don’t like how when you play someone that’s good at chess, the opening is so important. I mean they can pretty much screw you over in 3 moves, and then the last 30 where you know you’ve lost are a lot less fun.</p>
<p>The opening is incredibly important in almost any game.</p>
<p>^^That’s what happened to me.</p>
<p>But I didn’t even get to those last 30 moves. I lost after 5…</p>
<p>Apparently my brother memorized the most common opening blunders and I played into his hands. I worry about him more than me though. He should get out more.</p>
<p><<lol. we=“” have=“” a=“” pretentious=“” chess=“” player=“” on=“” hsl.=“” how=“” stereotypical.=“”>> Lol. Wanna know why? Because chess gets NO RESPECT WHATSOEVER! Don’t we deserve to be arrogant about this at least? </lol.></p>
<p><<i don’t=“” like=“” how=“” when=“” you=“” play=“” someone=“” that’s=“” good=“” at=“” chess,=“” the=“” opening=“” is=“” so=“” important.=“” i=“” mean=“” they=“” can=“” pretty=“” much=“” screw=“” over=“” in=“” 3=“” moves,=“” and=“” then=“” last=“” 30=“” where=“” know=“” you’ve=“” lost=“” are=“” a=“” lot=“” less=“” fun.=“”>> There’s no way they can screw you over in 3 moves if you know the basic principle of opening:</i></p><i don’t=“” like=“” how=“” when=“” you=“” play=“” someone=“” that’s=“” good=“” at=“” chess,=“” the=“” opening=“” is=“” so=“” important.=“” i=“” mean=“” they=“” can=“” pretty=“” much=“” screw=“” over=“” in=“” 3=“” moves,=“” and=“” then=“” last=“” 30=“” where=“” know=“” you’ve=“” lost=“” are=“” a=“” lot=“” less=“” fun.=“”>
<p>Develop your pieces and pawns toward CONTROLLING the center. Or, if you have other plans, place your pieces in effective squares that support your strategy. </p>
<p>Warning: do NOT just randomly develop your pieces and hope that something good will happen. Put them in useful squares. There are so many openings and so many different strategies behind them… Pick one that suits your style and go with it.</p>
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<p><<apparently my=“” brother=“” memorized=“” the=“” most=“” common=“” opening=“” blunders=“” and=“” i=“” played=“” into=“” his=“” hands.=“” worry=“” about=“” him=“” more=“” than=“” me=“” though.=“” he=“” should=“” get=“” out=“” more.=“”>></apparently></p>
<p>Don’t know if he’s beginner or not, but a lot of novice players just memorize the opening. They spend hours studying the opening. Maybe because most players can be beat during the opening because they SUCK.</p>
<p>But if you wanna get any good, then study the endgame. Grandmasters can’t stress this enough. Beginners think that endgames are easy and simple. They’re not; they’re actually the hardest stage of the game. Learning the endgame will make you understand what each piece is really for and how to use them correctly.</p>
<p>The problem with people who focus too much on the opening is that they get lost when middle game or endgame hits them in the face. They don’t know WHY their pieces are where they are and HOW to coordinate them for a single plan. It could be as simple as the control of a key square, or to launch an attack, or whatever.</p>
<p>^…I’ll be sure to tell my 7 year old brother that…</p>
<p>I like how the best chess players are called “Grandmasters”.</p>
<p><<i like=“” how=“” the=“” best=“” chess=“” players=“” are=“” called=“” “grandmasters”.=“”>> It’s a title chess players can earn by competiting in master level tournaments. You’ll need crazy loads of talent and a lot of time devoted to the game. Time that CCers would rather spend getting into Ivy League than becoming a chess Grandmaster lol.</i></p><i like=“” how=“” the=“” best=“” chess=“” players=“” are=“” called=“” “grandmasters”.=“”>
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<p>There are three types of chess players:</p>
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<li><p>One who relies heavily on tactics. </p></li>
<li><p>One who relies heavily on positional play/strategy.</p></li>
<li><p>One who relies heavily on both. </p></li>
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<p>You’d want option #3, but one can get to expert level just by following 1 or 2. I’m a positional player, meaning that I play for positional advantage (gaining a position that favors me and screws him over). This type of play requires a lot of patience and planning. And lots of knowledge and reading. Most young players don’t like this and would rather go for all the fireworks in being someone who rely on tactics.</p>
<p>Tactical players try to beat you by exploiting the f-ed up way you’ve positioned your pieces. In other words, they play moves that otherwise look ■■■■■■■■ at first but actually bites you really hard in the ass. Because you don’t see it coming! This type of player does not need a lot of patience, but requires a 50/20 vision for recognizing how f-ed up your piece coordination is. And lots and lots of practice in visual training on how to recognize tactical weaknesses and deal with them.</p>