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AN Chess?
« on: September 01, 2012, 11:43:30 am »
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Would anyone be interested in perhaps running a Chess tournament (online) or perhaps even just a group of people that play occasionally?
I'd say Chess.com would be the place, free live chess with modifiable times, blitz chess etc.
If we were to do a a tournament, I s'pose we'd thresh it out in the thread but I was thinking something along the lines of we agree on a uniform time limit and a number of rounds/finals(?) scored based on a point system (Win - 2, Draw - 1 each, Lose - 0) etc.
NB; this is more of an expression of interest and idea-threshing thread than anything else.

Also, inb4 Brenden is dominated and left in the wildy to die by the Math kids.
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Re: AN Chess?
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2012, 12:02:20 pm »
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i would love to, but year 12 has its constraints.
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Re: AN Chess?
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2012, 12:08:58 pm »
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Wouldn't mind, going to be near impossible to organize during the school year though
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Re: AN Chess?
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2012, 12:12:56 pm »
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Quote from: nisha on September 01, 2012, 12:02:20 pm
i would love to, but year 12 has its constraints.
We could leave it at timed chess (5 or 10 minute games?) and have the tournament stretched out over a good couple of months, it should be manageable. If a tournament doesn't work, than quick casual games would also be neat.

I wonder if we could find something other than chess.com, where the software would be able to track our own AN leaderboards, scoring and so on automatically. At the very least, a 'friends' system where you can see the ranking between friends (rather than the entire server) would probably be good enough for that. (can 'chess.com' do that?)
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Re: AN Chess?
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2012, 12:14:45 pm »
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If it gets enough interest i can make a subforum somewhere and set pairings and people can play in their own time and report the results
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Re: AN Chess?
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2012, 12:21:51 pm »
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Chess.com doesn't do that.
Yeah I was thinking that. Chess for me would be 'down time' as a break from study. If there were 10 games going at once, for just one hour a week I thought it might be manageable. We could also communicate.

Taiga that would be the sickest. /hopes for interest.
If there's none we could always do it in Summer.
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Re: AN Chess?
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2012, 12:48:47 pm »
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redhotpawn.com (i play there solely because of the name) is pretty good for this sort of thing. You can run a tournament etc.
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Re: AN Chess?
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2012, 12:59:51 pm »
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Quote from: BUMCHIN on September 01, 2012, 12:48:47 pm
redhotpawn.com
HAHAHA omg I died.

Quote from: BUMCHIN on September 01, 2012, 12:48:47 pm
You can run a tournament etc.
Sounds legit!
This is exciting. AN Chess would be like the Chess League of Extraordinary Gentlestudents.
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Re: AN Chess?
« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2012, 12:33:24 pm »
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Anyone down for some chess right now? I'm bored out of my brains at work. Some chess would be killer.
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Re: AN Chess?
« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2012, 04:25:59 pm »
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I'll join in the chess tournament. Just not this week because I'm really busy with homework and SAC's.
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Re: AN Chess?
« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2012, 04:28:45 pm »
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I think the tournament is on a bit of a hold for now. Hopefully there will be more interest after exams. VivaT DID just give me a hiding though.
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Re: AN Chess?
« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2012, 04:55:44 pm »
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A really easy, no-registration, spectator enabled chess website

http://lichess.org/
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Re: AN Chess?
« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2012, 02:45:18 pm »
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^ Great website. I'm up for a match if anyone's available (granted I'm not THAT good but I love playing)
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Re: AN Chess?
« Reply #13 on: September 17, 2012, 02:50:41 pm »
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I will procrasti-play if you're free now lol

Anything is better than sorting my notes into organised piles >.<
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Re: AN Chess?
« Reply #14 on: September 17, 2012, 02:55:43 pm »
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Awesome. Um, how exactly do I play against you, so far I've only played against strangers.
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