Chess

[DarthFed]

I think there were some brand name issues. Whether with FIDE or Bobby Fischer's estate. Safer to come up with something new and avoid all of that

It’s a damn good question regarding the naming. I was wondering why they wouldn’t keep it as Fischer Random as well given it pays a bit of homage to one of the greats…even if he was kind of an insane piece of crap lol. And maybe it is about the estate. Chess960 sounds lame so I do like Freestyle Chess better.

 

[DarthFed]

Have you SEEN this?? Insane!!

It’s absolutely nuts. Even just blindfold chess has always been amazing to me but doing that with Freestyle is just beyond absurd.

 

[DarthFed]

I forget…do either of you play on chess.com? My new name is WrathofAchilles85 if you guys are ever on. I stopped streaming a long time ago as my behavior probably isn’t great if my employer ever saw it. And related to that my old account was banned for supposed poor sportsmanship.

 

[Federberg]

^I let my subscription lapse on all chess sites. The simple truth is that I don't have the time. Last year I went thru an inventory of things I subscribe to, and how often I use them. Netflix, chess sites, Sky etc.. I dumped all of them (there were more). What's the point when I don't use any of them for more than an hour every month? Saved myself over £200 per month when all of the services were added up. It's crazy! I called it my financial colonoscopy

 

[DarthFed]

^I let my subscription lapse on all chess sites. The simple truth is that I don't have the time. Last year I went thru an inventory of things I subscribe to, and how often I use them. Netflix, chess sites, Sky etc.. I dumped all of them (there were more). What's the point when I don't use any of them for more than an hour every month? Saved myself over £200 per month when all of the services were added up. It's crazy! I called it my financial colonoscopy

lol I admire that discipline! I did gather up the energy to call my cable company and try to get a few sports channels so that I can see the rest of the NBA playoffs.

To give you an idea how screwed up things are here, I currently have over 100 channels, none of which I really watch, but if I want sports channels I need to switch to the package where I only have 10 channels but I get to pick them. That package (10 channels) is $50+ more per month than having 100+ channels. And since I bundle cable and internet I’d be saving like $10 per month to not have cable altogether. I said fuck it on principle and am not bothering to pay the extra $50+. Maybe I will go to some sports bars for the finals at this point.

 

[Kieran]

I forget…do either of you play on chess.com? My new name is WrathofAchilles85 if you guys are ever on. I stopped streaming a long time ago as my behavior probably isn’t great if my employer ever saw it. And related to that my old account was banned for supposed poor sportsmanship.

Wait, your behaviour? All we see is cheese pieces, no? Were you trolling opponents in the comments?

 

[DarthFed]

Wait, your behaviour? All we see is cheese pieces, no? Were you trolling opponents in the comments?

I wouldn’t call it trolling but some pointed comments to some people Call me old school but when I started playing 20+ years ago in online blitz there are mini-matches. The guy who loses always can have a rematch if they want. Oftentimes the one and dones these days are people who dirty flag people on top of it. So I “insulted” enough people to get tossed.

WrathofAchilles85 has permanently muted chat so it’s worked alright for me haha. The thing that sucks is that if you are muted they don’t let you play titled players aside from ArenaKings each Wednesday. I should mention I have a shared account with my brother, GizmoSummers. I know not the most ethical thing but my bro is a 2200 on there usually so it gives him a chance to play higher rated players, mostly masters. And I have Gizmo up to my normal rating so when my brother plays he just drops a bunch of points. It’s way worse the other way around if I play as a 2200 obviously.

 

[Federberg]

wow! That was a painful loss by Magnus to Gukesh. I wonder how it affects their match ups going forward.

 

[DarthFed]

wow! That was a painful loss by Magnus to Gukesh. I wonder how it affects their match ups going forward.

Was just about to post about the game. It is very rare for Magnus to throw a game like that. I don’t think it affects their matchups much going forward but maybe it helps with the young champ’s confidence overall as he’s had a few rough tournaments lately.

 

[DarthFed]

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1XtTnYzAET/?mibextid=wwXIfr

This is awesome stuff, it’s what chess does to us all.