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crazy chris
post 27th November 2020, 08:18 AM
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Used to play as a teenager but not since then. Wasn't very good.
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post 27th November 2020, 09:29 AM
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I've played a bit of it recently online with friends which re-asserts that I'm only competitive if I'm also playing against people who don't know what they're doing.
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post 27th November 2020, 10:30 AM
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Yes I was in the primary school team. My most famous moment came when we played the big boys and lost 5-1 but I was the only one to win on our side.

Then I played socially at secondary school but it's been very fleeting since. Personally, I prefer Backgammon.
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post 27th November 2020, 11:37 AM
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I used to be in the chess club at primary school but haven't played it properly since, only used the chess phone app to play easy CPUs on occasion.
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post 27th November 2020, 12:03 PM
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Wow so many people in this community used to belong to some sort of club or team in school! ohmy.gif

It wasn’t the case for me, I learnt later in life but I still love to play and regularly play online and consider myself to be at an intermediate level though I’m quite good at seeing things a few moves ahead but not always!

If anyone wants to play online, what’s the best platform for starting some king of BuzzJack tournament? happy.gif
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post 27th November 2020, 01:05 PM
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Lichess I think is the smoothest looking chess site out there - very easy to set yourself up though chess.com isn't bad either

if there is actually interest for a tournament there's an option to send a friend a URL on lichess and we'd just keep track Buzzjack-side
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post 27th November 2020, 01:23 PM
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I’m so down for a tournament
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awardinary
post 27th November 2020, 02:07 PM
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Just created an account on chess.com.

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Download their free app:

… for Android - http://goo.gl/LZVzTV
… for iPhone & iPad - http://goo.gl/ZLci9
… or sign up online at https://www.chess.com/register?ref_id=99899782

My username is awardinary so if you want to invite me to game feel free!

I haven’t figured out yet how to host a private tournament but I’m sure you can.
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post 19th December 2020, 05:15 PM
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Yes I really like Chess although I am not good at playing it. I will leave you with a song I like from the musical 'Chess' (I have never seen the musical though).
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Iz 🌟
post 4th January 2021, 02:00 PM
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help I discovered that Hikaru Nakamura (chess GM and one of the top players in the world) regularly streams chess now and it's so relaxing to watch and also I'm playing daily chess games to try and keep my rating high and making myself mainline London System and Caro-Kann to keep up with chess.com matches and all this chess terminology is flooding back again

queen's gambit has a lot to answer for
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post 4th January 2021, 02:21 PM
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damn it's a good feeling when you see your higher-ranked opponent walked into a fork that we shall pretend was intentional

also I feel like moving this to gaming so it doesn't disappear and should anyone want to play chess matches shout in the thread
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Dircadirca
post 5th January 2021, 07:51 AM
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I'm on chess.com but I am only as good as knowing the rules to the game really ~
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lotita
post 5th January 2021, 12:53 PM
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I need to play more chess when can we set up a buzzjsck tournament
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post 5th January 2021, 02:26 PM
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I've just been reading the rules on chess.com to figure out how it's done mathswoman.png The only notable consideration is that it looks like every round's games would have to be played at the same time, but if we made it part of a game session or smth that wouldn't be an issue

if I get premium (which I was considering doing anyway the way I'm playing right now) I can create one and then invite anyone with a free account
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post 8th January 2021, 11:37 AM
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Chess chess chess chess chess
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post 8th January 2021, 03:11 PM
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I used to play chess regaulrly in school but I was never any good at it laugh.gif However, I own a glass chess board but I never use it because 1. effort 2. no one plays it/quarintine/lockdown etc.

Maybe I should get into online chess LOL
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awardinary
post 8th January 2021, 03:14 PM
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Please count me in for any planned BuzzJack tournaments! laugh.gif
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post 8th January 2021, 03:32 PM
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I'm tempted by this but I don't like the idea of losing to Iz at anything.
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post 8th January 2021, 03:51 PM
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tbf I blunder all the time if a game goes on long, I'll get the opening down right, I'll win a couple of pieces and think I have the game in hand and then the opponent does something sly and suddenly I've lost a rook that I should never have lost and things turn right back around.
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post 8th January 2021, 04:08 PM
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I nearly beat Iz but I got cocky and he won sad.gif
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