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Openings I play:

White: Reti, Santasiere's Folly (bonus points for coolest opening name EVAR), Martian (pretty sure that there is no written material on this opening. It's 1. Na3, if you were wondering), Sodium Attack, Grob, Sokolsky Attack (gambit line pwns)

Black: Modern, Saint George Defense, Polish, Borg, Alekhine's Defense

I like to be unorthodox.
 
JTW2007 said:
Openings I play:

White: Reti, Santasiere's Folly (bonus points for coolest opening name EVAR), Martian (pretty sure that there is no written material on this opening. It's 1. Na3, if you were wondering), Sodium Attack, Grob, Sokolsky Attack (gambit line pwns)

Black: Modern, Saint George Defense, Polish, Borg, Alekhine's Defense

I like to be unorthodox.
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Martian = 1. Na3 = Sodium Attack
 
miniGOINGS said:
JTW2007 said:
Openings I play:

White: Reti, Santasiere's Folly (bonus points for coolest opening name EVAR), Martian (pretty sure that there is no written material on this opening. It's 1. Na3, if you were wondering), Sodium Attack, Grob, Sokolsky Attack (gambit line pwns)

Black: Modern, Saint George Defense, Polish, Borg, Alekhine's Defense

I like to be unorthodox.
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Martian = 1. Na3 = Sodium Attack
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Nope. Sodium attack develops differently later. Martian does symmetric double-fianchetto and kingside castle, then F4 to open the center.
 
JTW2007 said:
Nope. Sodium attack develops differently later. Martian does symmetric double-fianchetto and kingside castle, then F4 to open the center.
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Oh, nevermind then. I never plan on actually learning on how to play chess...
 
are there any good video tutorials for beginners, intermediate and advanced players in order to improve or learn more?
 
I love chess. I got bored because I can easily beat anyone at my school or in my house. I play online but I'd much rather play on a regular board.
 
I played in a tournament today. I took second because there were not enough people in the 7-12th grade division and they made me play in the adult section. :cool:
 
I played at Burlingame Chess Club (burlingamechessclub.com) last Thursday. My opponent was some punk kid who kept fidgeting in his chair. And he was sighing as I was taking my time. The time control was G/2.

He set his clock for 2 hours, and then I told him that he should put 5 second delay on it. He said that 2 hours was fine so I reminded him that the order of preference for clocks in the USCF is:

1. digital clock with delay
2. analog clock
3. digital clock without delay

Punk wanted to try to sneak one by me! Then, he sets the click for 5 seconds time added before the move, which is absolute BS because it's different as you can play quickly and accumulate time. I called him out on that too.

And then he offered me a draw in the middle of the game after he made his move. These punk kids... (proper procedure to make a draw, at least in USCF [I'm not good enough to play FIDE yet] is to make your move, offer the draw, and then hit the clock)

[Event "BCC Leprechaun Swiss 2010"]
[Site "Burlingame Chess Club"]
[Date "2010.03.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Song, Daniel"]
[Black "Mao, Tyson Francis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "1411"]
[BlackElo "1535"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bh7 12. e5 Nd5 13. c4 Ndb4 14. Ne4 Nd3 15. Re3 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Nxb2 17. Qc2 Qd3 18. Qxd3 Nxd3 19. a3 Rab8 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21. Rd2 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rxe6 Nde5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nxe5 Rd1+ 26. Bf1 Nxe5 27. f4 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nd4 29. Re3 Nc2 0-1

It's my first OTB tournament game in about 7 months. I don't know why he gave me the full piece. It really should have only been an exchange. And then he definitely had ways to get his piece back, but he was very lazy with 17. Qc2 and then 18. Qxd3.

These lazy punk kids think they can push over an old man like me.
 
I played a kid in a tourney that was so annoying. He kept fidgeting and complaining about how boring the venue was. He then started insulting my teammates. I reported him and his game was forfeited.

That was my worst story
 
Many many years ago, when I was about 16, I played a boy who was about 10. I didn't have a regulation chessboard, and neither did he, and we couldn't find one to borrow from anyone, so we played on his non-regulation chessboard with red and silver squares. It was genuinely blinding to look at. (It probably shouldn't have even counted, but the tournament director didn't stop it, so it did count against my rating.) He had a cup of water, and played with the cup of water through the whole game. He started giving me pieces, first a pawn, then a knight, then a rook. I was sure I was being careful, but somehow I still overlooked a sucker mate, and I lost. He was still playing with his water when he suddenly had a forced mate in 1. I was pretty discouraged about chess for quite a while after that. :)
 
I played a girl in a regional tournament who didn't understand the concept of a trade. I take her queen, directly next to her queen. She runs away. I swap a bishop for knight. She doesn't take the bishop. I struggled really hard not to burst out laughing. I also had a game, where a kid was up a knight. He decided to be fancy and promote everything.
He stalemated.
 
I was talking with my friend:

http://main.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/MbrDtlMain.php?12880989

And I think he had lost a game to a girl or something. So I decided to rub it in and I proudly claimed that I had not yet lost a game to a girl. Then, I played the following game.

[Event "CalChess Labor Day 2006"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tuvsanaa, Binderiya"]
[Black "Mao, Tyson Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[BlackElo "1274"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Ng4 9. Qf3 Ne3 10. Bd3 Ng4 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Bxe7 Qd7 13. h3 Nh6 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Rf8 16. O-O-O Nc6 17. e5 Nf5 18. exd6 Nxd6 19. Rhe1+ Ne7 20. Rxe7+ 1-0

I really had that one coming.
 
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