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Lady Gaga Snerd


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Does anyone play Chess?  DD and I have been playing.  Neither one of us really knows what we are doing!



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Haven't in years but love to start it up again.

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My dad tried to teach me, but I could never learn to think far enough ahead before I made a move... Haven't played in years.

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Haven't played in decades but started trying to teach DGD. It takes awhile to get the hang of it.

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I can play. Once you learn how each piece moves you can develop strategy.

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Yes, we play. I bought the boys a nice wooden board a couple years ago. We haven't played lately, because they threw a snit when they lost. The school offers before and after (school) classes and I thought about signing them up.

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I can play, but just basic.

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Well, we are very, very basic lol. First of all, i guess i need to know what my goal is with the pawns. Do you take them out one step or two? Or kind of alternate them? I have probably played a total of 10 games in my life. But, now, i am catching on to how to start thinking ahead. I play pretty aggressively trying to go in for the kill, but DD wound up taking my Queen on a dumb move. But, then later i was able to march my pawn down to other side and get my Queen back.

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Pawns are used for sacrifice when necessary. If you are thinking ahead, your goal is to control not only your own moves, but your opponent's.

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We're pretty basic at this point but DH is far better at thinking ahead, and we both work with the boys on helping them think ahead, too.

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Yeah, and i keep forgetting the King can capture. I got too close to the King thinking he had to move out of the way, then i was like, oh yeah, he can take my piece! LOL

It's a great game for kids for sure.

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I need to get our board out again. I like that it teaches them consequences.

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We have DH's chess set from when he was a kid. It is the E.S. Lowe Renaissance set . I love the feel and weight of the pieces. He no longer has the board it came with but he has a nice raised wood veneer board. I really like the look of the pieces. i like games that have nice pieces with it and look like the thing they are supposed to be.

 

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Nice!

One of the boys' friends was into Star Wars so we got him a Star Wars chess set.

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It's the ultimate game of skill. No luck involved at all.

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Jesse plays, I have no clue what he is doing.

I'm good with checkers.

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lilyofcourse wrote:

Jesse plays, I have no clue what he is doing.

I'm good with checkers.

You should learn how to play.  It's fun.  No luck at all.  Just pure skill.  Once you learn how the pieces move, it will all start to make sense.  You need to get a few practice games to nail that down.



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I tried. Don't get it.

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I like Chinese checkers.

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lilyofcourse wrote:

I tried. Don't get it.

 It's a bloodthirsty war to capture the King!  What's not to get!  Lol



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I'm glad you like it.

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You know, we can place chess here, just will be long games waiting for the opponent to respond.

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I think the only thing that would get me back into it is this type of board. That way the game can go on for days without taking up space.

 

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