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Chess, anyone?

MaltedTea
MaltedTea Posts: 6,286 Member
I bought a board. Now what? 🤣😭

Would love to know about specific apps, videos or other resources I can use to learn how to play Bobby Fischer style (minus the tantrums... perhaps).

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  • happimess01
    happimess01 Posts: 9,074 Member
    Chess.com is a really good source if you want to play with others or just take lessons. Some fun and informative Youtube channels I follow are -
    John Bartholomew
    Botezlive
    chessbrah
    GMhikaru
    agadmator
  • PaperDoll_
    PaperDoll_ Posts: 32,857 Member
    My brother taught me to play. Haven’t in years. I was good at it too.

    Or he let me win a lot. Same thing right? 🤔
  • happimess01
    happimess01 Posts: 9,074 Member
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    My brother taught me to play. Haven’t in years. I was good at it too.

    Or he let me win a lot. Same thing right? 🤔

    I am sure you were good! Fun fact: There is 4 player chess too nowdays. I tried to play it once but I couldn't wrap my head around it lol

    sjrrn503mupt.jpg
  • PaperDoll_
    PaperDoll_ Posts: 32,857 Member
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    My brother taught me to play. Haven’t in years. I was good at it too.

    Or he let me win a lot. Same thing right? 🤔

    I am sure you were good! Fun fact: There is 4 player chess too nowdays. I tried to play it once but I couldn't wrap my head around it lol

    sjrrn503mupt.jpg

    What? 😮 This looks interesting
  • MaltedTea
    MaltedTea Posts: 6,286 Member
    Yeesh, lemme wrap my few neurons around regular two-player chess first lol.

    Thanks for all the suggestions @happimess01. I've subscribed to them and put some specific vids on a playlist.

    Didn't know chess culture was so deep!
  • MaltedTea
    MaltedTea Posts: 6,286 Member
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    My brother taught me to play. Haven’t in years. I was good at it too.

    Or he let me win a lot. Same thing right? 🤔

    Can I borrow your brother...if only for the self-esteem boost from him letting me win? 🤷🏿‍♀️
  • PaperDoll_
    PaperDoll_ Posts: 32,857 Member
    MaltedTea wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    My brother taught me to play. Haven’t in years. I was good at it too.

    Or he let me win a lot. Same thing right? 🤔

    Can I borrow your brother...if only for the self-esteem boost from him letting me win? 🤷🏿‍♀️

    😂 Sure. He’d probably be thrilled just to get someone to play Chess with him.
  • happimess01
    happimess01 Posts: 9,074 Member
    MaltedTea wrote: »
    Yeesh, lemme wrap my few neurons around regular two-player chess first lol.

    Thanks for all the suggestions @happimess01. I've subscribed to them and put some specific vids on a playlist.

    Didn't know chess culture was so deep!

    Ofcourse! I am not an expert but I think chess blew up when grandmasters started streaming on twitch in 2019
  • happimess01
    happimess01 Posts: 9,074 Member
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    MaltedTea wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    My brother taught me to play. Haven’t in years. I was good at it too.

    Or he let me win a lot. Same thing right? 🤔

    Can I borrow your brother...if only for the self-esteem boost from him letting me win? 🤷🏿‍♀️

    😂 Sure. He’d probably be thrilled just to get someone to play Chess with him.

    And can I borrow you for a game of strip chess, please? 😂
  • happimess01
    happimess01 Posts: 9,074 Member
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    My brother taught me to play. Haven’t in years. I was good at it too.

    Or he let me win a lot. Same thing right? 🤔

    I am sure you were good! Fun fact: There is 4 player chess too nowdays. I tried to play it once but I couldn't wrap my head around it lol

    sjrrn503mupt.jpg

    What? 😮 This looks interesting

    It really is. One of the rules is that if you can get your pawn to the centre squares of the board, they get promoted to queen or whatever.
  • MaltedTea
    MaltedTea Posts: 6,286 Member
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    MaltedTea wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    My brother taught me to play. Haven’t in years. I was good at it too.

    Or he let me win a lot. Same thing right? 🤔

    Can I borrow your brother...if only for the self-esteem boost from him letting me win? 🤷🏿‍♀️

    😂 Sure. He’d probably be thrilled just to get someone to play Chess with him.

    And can I borrow you for a game of strip chess, please? 😂

    👀 (...starts a new YouTube playlist...)

    I think I'm really gonna like this game.
  • PaperDoll_
    PaperDoll_ Posts: 32,857 Member
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    MaltedTea wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    My brother taught me to play. Haven’t in years. I was good at it too.

    Or he let me win a lot. Same thing right? 🤔

    Can I borrow your brother...if only for the self-esteem boost from him letting me win? 🤷🏿‍♀️

    😂 Sure. He’d probably be thrilled just to get someone to play Chess with him.

    And can I borrow you for a game of strip chess, please? 😂

    You could... or you could just strip now and save yourself the trouble of losing to me. 😁😂
  • PaperDoll_
    PaperDoll_ Posts: 32,857 Member
    MaltedTea wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    MaltedTea wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    My brother taught me to play. Haven’t in years. I was good at it too.

    Or he let me win a lot. Same thing right? 🤔

    Can I borrow your brother...if only for the self-esteem boost from him letting me win? 🤷🏿‍♀️

    😂 Sure. He’d probably be thrilled just to get someone to play Chess with him.

    And can I borrow you for a game of strip chess, please? 😂

    👀 (...starts a new YouTube playlist...)

    I think I'm really gonna like this game.

    2020 is all messed up. This might as well be the year that chess becomes very exciting. 😂
  • PaperDoll_
    PaperDoll_ Posts: 32,857 Member
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    My brother taught me to play. Haven’t in years. I was good at it too.

    Or he let me win a lot. Same thing right? 🤔

    I am sure you were good! Fun fact: There is 4 player chess too nowdays. I tried to play it once but I couldn't wrap my head around it lol

    sjrrn503mupt.jpg

    What? 😮 This looks interesting

    It really is. One of the rules is that if you can get your pawn to the centre squares of the board, they get promoted to queen or whatever.

    Is this online somewhere? I want to play it.
  • happimess01
    happimess01 Posts: 9,074 Member
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    MaltedTea wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    My brother taught me to play. Haven’t in years. I was good at it too.

    Or he let me win a lot. Same thing right? 🤔

    Can I borrow your brother...if only for the self-esteem boost from him letting me win? 🤷🏿‍♀️

    😂 Sure. He’d probably be thrilled just to get someone to play Chess with him.

    And can I borrow you for a game of strip chess, please? 😂

    You could... or you could just strip now and save yourself the trouble of losing to me. 😁😂

    Oh please! I will be mating you in so many different positions you've no idea😂
    But for now, let's get back to chess and not derail this thread 😂
  • PaperDoll_
    PaperDoll_ Posts: 32,857 Member
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    MaltedTea wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    My brother taught me to play. Haven’t in years. I was good at it too.

    Or he let me win a lot. Same thing right? 🤔

    Can I borrow your brother...if only for the self-esteem boost from him letting me win? 🤷🏿‍♀️

    😂 Sure. He’d probably be thrilled just to get someone to play Chess with him.

    And can I borrow you for a game of strip chess, please? 😂

    You could... or you could just strip now and save yourself the trouble of losing to me. 😁😂

    Oh please! I will be mating you in so many different positions you've no idea😂
    But for now, let's get back to chess and not derail this thread 😂

    😳 Only you could derail a thread about Chess 🤣
  • happimess01
    happimess01 Posts: 9,074 Member
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    MaltedTea wrote: »
    PaperDoll_ wrote: »
    My brother taught me to play. Haven’t in years. I was good at it too.

    Or he let me win a lot. Same thing right? 🤔

    Can I borrow your brother...if only for the self-esteem boost from him letting me win? 🤷🏿‍♀️

    😂 Sure. He’d probably be thrilled just to get someone to play Chess with him.

    And can I borrow you for a game of strip chess, please? 😂

    You could... or you could just strip now and save yourself the trouble of losing to me. 😁😂

    Oh please! I will be mating you in so many different positions you've no idea😂
    But for now, let's get back to chess and not derail this thread 😂

    😳 Only you could derail a thread about Chess 🤣

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