I await chessroulette: lichess + video of your opponent.
Lichess - Don't register. Play Chess.
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#52I still prefer to download a standalone client and connect to FICS and choose time controls, opponents, etc...
I prefer FICS too, compared to web alternatives like lichess, you also get a glicko rating, history, win-loss count, lag stats, and you can find a game in an instant, as well as chat functionality and more. The FICS database of games is also available on: http://www.ficsgames.com/ - currently hosts about 120 million games in its archive. Best client for FICS is Babaschess - http://www.babaschess.net/default.asp
Have you tried Chess.com?
Re: Lichess - Don't register. Play Chess.
#53Freechess.org lets you choose your interface, and has a ton of quality opponents.
Still, it's unfriendly to newbies. You need to learn console commands. Also, the registration process does not allow webmail addresses. On places like chess.com or chesscube, you can pretty much start right away.
That said, I still prefer FICS for the greater flexibility in timings and the ability to review all past games.
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#54How to troll online chess: 1. Open up Chess.app 2. Turn CPU difficulty all the way up 3. Start lichess game as black 4. Mirror lichess opponent's moves into Chess.app 5. Mirror Chess.app opponent's moves into lichess 6. Talk incredible amounts of smack
It's more of a challenge, (and more fun) doing this with a real-life chess game. A friend and I challenged a buddy who was good at chess to a game (2 vs 1), a scenario which he usually defeated us in. I had to leave the room to enter his moves onto my desktop machine. The fun was making up excuses for leaving the room, and transmitting the moves to my partner without making it look suspicious (I pretended to be wired up on caffeine and extremely jumpy). "We" managed to defeat him quickly, but, after seeing how dissapointed he was, spilled the beans.
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#55A Lichess is a female Lich. How many D&D scenarios have you play a game of chess against a Lich? Sometimes, I feel it worthwhile to waste karma on these musings. Daydream more often.
I came in here to make the same point, though I too was pondering the karma hit. Have an upvote. To drag another tangential fantasy/sci-fi reference into the discussion, in an episode of Blake's 7 Avon and Vila smuggled their supercomputer Orac into a space casino so Vila could play against The Klute, a wizened Davros-like house chess genius with a terrifying laugh. The prize for winning or drawing was 10 million spa…
Didn't that episode end ironically, with the Federation taking over the planet and rendering the currency they'd just won worthless?
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#56Awesome! I love that Chess 960 (aka Fischer Random) is a prominent choice. It's a variant of chess where the back rank with all the pieces on it are in a random order (although the board is mirrored, so each side has their pieces in the same order). My brother is a strong chess player, but eventually gave up the game because to improve he was having to spend more and more time memorizing opening lines. With chess 960…
That's really interesting. Do you know of any tournaments or communities that purely play that way? If so, did your brother consider moving to them rather than giving it up altogether? How old was your brother when he quit and how strong is "strong"?
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#57GitHub repository: https://github.com/ornicar/lichess
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#58Hmph:
> "Anonymous - The other player has left the game. You can force resignation, or wait for him."
Got sexism much?
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#59Awesome! I love that Chess 960 (aka Fischer Random) is a prominent choice. It's a variant of chess where the back rank with all the pieces on it are in a random order (although the board is mirrored, so each side has their pieces in the same order). My brother is a strong chess player, but eventually gave up the game because to improve he was having to spend more and more time memorizing opening lines. With chess 960…
That's really interesting. Do you know of any tournaments or communities that purely play that way? If so, did your brother consider moving to them rather than giving it up altogether? How old was your brother when he quit and how strong is "strong"?
He'd been scholastic state chess champion a couple times in a row and stuff. I think he was rated ~2000 USCF when he lost interest; I'm not sure how old he was -- probably late teens.
I don't know of any tournaments or communities with a major focus on chess 960, but that doesn't mean there aren't any out there. If you're looking to play, you can probably find matches on ICC (http://www.chessclub.com/help/Fischer-random). It's not free, unfortunately.