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I've been playing chess since I was around 9 years old off and on. If anyone plays on chess.com I'd love to organize a CodeProject group or just add some friends. I'm not the best (~1500-1700 depending on time controls) but I'd love to play with any range of player whether I'm helping teach them or they're helping teach me.
Anyone interested?
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Chess ... chess ... Is that the one with the Horsie and the Prawns, or the BFG 6000? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Hmmm, I think it's the one where you do things on peasants and you're always checking stuff with your mate
Sorry for the joke at your expense French speakers!
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I do. Badly.
I doubt if the international rating goes low enough to give me a score. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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The legendary negative ELO 
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Yes I do.
But only against my children, in order to have a chance. 
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Jon McKee wrote: Anyone play Chess?
Lots of people. I hear it's quite popular. (needless unfunny joke - check!)
Personally, I play a little. I've never had any lessons, but every couple of years I go through a phase of playing a few games against some friends. It just so happens I am in one of those phases right now. (getting excuses in early - check!)
Based on your rating, if I pay attention I could probably give you a decent game, but I expect you would win the majority, if not all. (large dash of modesty - check!)
So I might be up for a bit of a CP league if there is enough interest. I don't have a chess.com account though, what are the limitations of the free version? (end of message - check... mate!)
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I do something similar with the phases. I recently got back into it after a lengthy break. I think the only restrictions on free accounts are limited puzzles per day and no access to the video lessons. When I got back into it I did a bunch of that stuff but now I just play a couple games here and there when I have time.
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Whenever I can manage it (not that often I would like) I play with my dad - we use lichess.org to connect from far...
I also teach my kids...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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The good news: my older brother taught me to move the pieces and "play" before I was five.
The bad news - my game has deteriorated since then.
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Yes I do! My handle is "cliftonmt"
I would say though, that I much prefer playing on a real board with three dimensional pieces. Staring at a 2D board, I miss obvious things that I would normally see otherwise. Not sure why that is, but I'm a much better player on a real board.
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Interesting, because I would say it's the other way for me. A 2D board is much easier to keep track of, the pieces just appears so much more clear.
Having said that, I do play better on a 3D board simply because other people seem to miss things easier.
Certainly not playing anywhere near an advanced level though, so that is probably a considerable factor in it too.
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I haven't played over the board in probably 15 years. I don't know anyone personally that plays and I live in a relatively small city. I'd be the opposite of you. I'm sure I would blunder constantly on a real board until I got comfortable with the perspective again.
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Sent a friend request. I won't be playing tonight though. Spent the good part of my evening emptying out a closet and sealing up some baseboard cracks. Had house spiders scaring the living daylights outta me by crawling outta the closet right next to my bed (and head  ).
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I played pretty almost everyday in the last years of high school (but I never got a book of chess and started to learn openings or things like that), since then I have only played sporadically.
It would be nice to have some games, but I am not sure if I will be up to a "tournament", only for casual playing. And I don't mean, that I wouldn't play with all CPIans wanting to, I just don't like to have the "must play" component.
Additionally, I imagine it will be a bit difficult to have some matches with the different locations around the world.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Yea. I meant more like just adding people as friends and playing when we get a chance or if there was enough interest starting a club on the site. Tournaments are fun but they can take a really long time and who's really got time for that? 
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I have had a look. Looks nice. I might register and see what happen.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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If you do my user name is Rinsho (handle I've used since 3rd grade) if you want to send a friend request. I don't really have a schedule but I'm down for games when I'm on. If you end up not liking the site but still wanna play, lichess is another good site. I just personally prefer chess.com because they have the largest active user-base across all ELOs and a good anti-cheat system they regularly update/improve.
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I played since school (50 years ago) and got fairly good (rating ~1800). I beat a young Nigel Short once in a school tournament - I don't know how. He just said, "I see what you are doing there, well done!" and then he resigned and carried on against the other seven opponents he was playing simultaneously. I spent a long time going back over the game to figure out how I "won" but never did.
Then one day, in an international tournament being held in Cannes, I lost six games out of six. My team-mate (a master) won six out of six, and that was it. I never played again.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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That's awesome  I've never had the opportunity to play any "real" players or join any sanctioned tournaments. If you still had the move set from that game I'm sure the modern engines could give you an idea of how you won! They've come a long way in just the past couple years.
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United for a short time (3)
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nope
[edit] but I think I see where you got that [/edit]
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wed?
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