Does chess just suck?? the answer is yes

[seroun]

I'd love to properly play chess. I love tactical games and such. But I just feel intimidated by all the rules and moves and shit. The netflix show was cool as fuck though.

In the meanwhile I enjoy football and literally any other sport that isn't ... board-based. But hopefully in the future I can get to enjoy chess as well!

 

[Yossarian]

Chess rocks, and it even has pretty good animations for how old of a game it is

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Goddamn, I loved Battle Chess! The King's take animations were hilarious: bomb, guns, knives… dude was packing!

 

[Josh5890]

Y'all talk about The Queen's Gambit but go rent this tonight or watch it on Prime.

One of my favorite films growing up.

 

[Mirage]

I'd love to properly play chess. I love tactical games and such. But I just feel intimidated by all the rules and moves and shit. The netflix show was cool as fuck though.

In the meanwhile I enjoy football and literally any other sport that isn't ... board-based. But hopefully in the future I can get to enjoy chess as well!

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Online sites can help because they show you what moves you're able to make with a piece. And on a site like chess.com there's a lot of very beginner players to play against.

 

[Eugene's Axe]

Seems like someone needs attention.

 

[UnderNewOwnership]

The Steam reviews for that 5D chess game are so amazing I just had to buy it.

 

[AgeEighty]

I just want someone to make a playable version of Jason Fox's version of Chess.

 

[Davey Cakes]

Hey it's me!

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Neat! Low-level Chess with the Allies was a surprisingly fun time. Your commentating really sold it.

I wish you great success on your newest game project.

 

[Atom]

I'd love to properly play chess. I love tactical games and such. But I just feel intimidated by all the rules and moves and shit. The netflix show was cool as fuck though.

In the meanwhile I enjoy football and literally any other sport that isn't ... board-based. But hopefully in the future I can get to enjoy chess as well!

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Chess.com - Play Chess Online - Free Games

Play chess online for free on Chess.com with over 100 million members from around the world. Have fun playing with friends or challenging the computer!

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The Learn tab should get you up and running. Then it's just a matter of playing games, which you can also do through that site. Just treat it like any other online competitive multiplayer game. Yeah you're probably not gonna be the best. But once you know a few principles, you can have some fun, win some and lose some. Haven't played in probably a decade or so myself, but I remember it basically being the only thing I thought about for a solid few years.

 

[shoemasta]

If Chess is that good, why haven't we gotten a sequel?

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Chess 2: The Sequel - Wikipedia

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Checkmate Chess haters

 

[Citizencope]

Too many jaggies.

 

[Deleted member 5745]

Chess is great, wtf OP

 

[Normanski 2.0]

Couldn't disagree more.

 

[Crayolan]

OP you can't compare a single player game to a multiplayer game like that. Here's a better comparison:
Smash>Chess

 

[Switters]

Looks good even though it's early Access. Will buy when it goes on sale at Staem and on;ly if they patch back in RTWP.

 

[GaussianMultivariate]

Unfortunately I've never been able to get into chess, but I'd *love* to find a game that's mostly logic over timing/reflexes, e.g., tetris to learn and get better at it with time.

 

[DetectiveKenobi]

What about Mortal Kombat chess? That one was awesome.
Chess Kombat

 

[senj]

I thought that was golf

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CEOs, maybe

 

[MontlyCure]

"chest." Not "chess"

 

[EagleClaw]

Chess is awesome.

 

[Rockodile]

Be honest OP, are you one of those people that goes "Chess is fine I guess, but Go and Shogi are far superior" any time Chess is brought up within your vicinity .

 

[Gunny T Highway]

But OP have you played Chess 2?

 

[Nida]

When I was in grade school someone came to our school with a new version of chess he had invented with an incredibly bizarre board with like loops and shit. I'll forever wonder what that was.

 

[Rats]

Be honest OP, are you one of those people that goes "Chess is fine I guess, but Go and Shogi are far superior" any time Chess is brought up within your vicinity .

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Man, Go is so boring. Chess has much better art direction and worldbuilding.

 

[grand]

No... Just.... No

 

[Weltall Zero]

Bobby Fischer after he basically lost his mind later in life agreed with you enough to create Chess9LX.

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Elite players seem to like it.

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Yeah, the biggest issue with chess is that at high levels it's just a ton of rote memorization. Altering the starting positions or even pieces eliminates a lot of it. There's also this from David Sirlin:

Chess 2: The Sequel - Wikipedia

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[GraphicViolets]

 

[danhz]

Enough internet for today

 

[spad3]

What about Mortal Kombat chess? That one was awesome.
Chess Kombat

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I'm glad that there's another person on this planet that happily remembers Chess Kombat. Fucking fantastic minigame that deserves all the praise.

 

[zoltek]

Not chess. Just you. At chess.

 

[Kizuna]

Chess should have moved on to action-style combat a long time ago.
Nobody wants to play a turn-based game in 2021. What is this, nostalgia bait?

 

[DetectiveKenobi]

I'm glad that there's another person on this planet that happily remembers Chess Kombat. Fucking fantastic minigame that deserves all the praise.

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Deception honestly had a bunch of great game modes that i wish they would bring back.
Puzzle Kombat
Chess Kombat
Then Armageddon added Motor Kombat. I wish they would do more modes like those again.

 

[Uzzy]

Met anyone on a beach lately John Kowalski

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Chess is fantastic.

 

[Wackamole]

Well, we're heading straight for an Idiocracy with the speed of light anyway, so this fits right in. But no, chess is not just for smart people.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Starcraft 2 > Chess

 

[UnderNewOwnership]

Yeah, the biggest issue with chess is that at high levels it's just a ton of rote memorization. Altering the starting positions or even pieces eliminates a lot of it.

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I like the idea of combining Fisher's (semi)random placement with the fog of war concept (a la dark chess).

Though this obviously isn't usable outside of online chess play. Can't really implement fog of war with physical pieces.

 

[Mung]

Amongst the worst takes I've seen.

Chess is a game of Kings.

 

[HiLife]

Chess is dope but making it similar to Harry Potter would take that shit to the next level.

 

[Hexa]

Chess is a finite two-player, zero-sum, perfect information game. Luck has no part in it. Theoretically, there is a perfect solution that will never lose. But only if you understand the 10^120 possible states of the board. Chess is no different from tic-tac-toe.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

woah at this thread

 

[i hate cheaters]

i used to like chess

then i played games with hidden information, and now i hate chess

 

[パンダさん]

Knack is better than Chess

 

[Yossarian]

Though this obviously isn't usable outside of online chess play. Can't really implement fog of war with physical pieces.

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Can't you?

 

[Ahti]

Imagine criticizing a game for being restrictive but praising Ocarina of Time, lol.

 

[Keefe the Thief]

Though chess the game of kings has been
And in the even made me glad
The mask`d the truth of man has seen
So never can with chess we task`d

Henry Hill III.

 

[Slacker247]

Chess is crap, just like all those grid based strategy games. Fire Emblem, hey.

I'm joking, by the way.... I think.

 

[Squid Bunny]

Chess is good, but the current meta has been going on for like a century and a half now and I really feel it needs a shake-up. Balance patch when?

 

[Akira86]

Yes it does. It's so restrictive. Arcane rules that don't make no sense!! Why do horses move like that?

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you cant swing a sword over a horse's head, Kowalski

 

[Feign]

I don't know what you'd call this, but I prefer it to chess:

 

[Mukrab]

Chess.com - Play Chess Online - Free Games

Play chess online for free on Chess.com with over 100 million members from around the world. Have fun playing with friends or challenging the computer!

www.chess.com

The Learn tab should get you up and running. Then it's just a matter of playing games, which you can also do through that site. Just treat it like any other online competitive multiplayer game. Yeah you're probably not gonna be the best. But once you know a few principles, you can have some fun, win some and lose some. Haven't played in probably a decade or so myself, but I remember it basically being the only thing I thought about for a solid few years.

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I started using chess.com a few days ago and can only recommend it.