*** Chess Low Content Thread ***

[PyramidScheme]

whats funny is he didnt even really answer your question

[All-inMcLovin]

lol pyramidscheme

To answer the question:

Host roles:

In a podcast if there are two hosts there are roles.

They could be co-hosts.

Also, one could be the main host with the other host being second in command.

Also one could be a host, and another could be a guest host.

This is not that hard to figure out..

Spoiler:

And curtains don't even talk about me being a douche, cuz if anyone has read this forum, they know that is Your specialty.

[PyramidScheme]

eh hes from Philadelphia, ya just expect it.

[All-inMcLovin]

True that PS

[quickfetus]

I'd say this belongs in the LC thread. Any USCL players here?

[hoyasaxa]

have any of you tried the crazyhouse variant of chess? Its awesome. If you capture a piece, you can choose to place that piece wherever you want instead of moving on your turn, including placing a piece that checkmates. Its tactically crazy, and adds a huge twist to the game.

[vixticator]

Why does the computer say black is better here? Score -0.42

Is that possible?

[garcia1000]

Looks like black is a piece up with completed development and there's no way for white to checkmate him

[Dire]

In that position Bh4 looks really really annoying if h3 doesn't work which it does not seem to. I'd guess before o-o-o white was much better though.

[pahala]

If it's White to play in the position above, Bxh6 either wins the piece back (Kxh6 Qxg4) or starts a nasty attack (gxh6 Bf7+). Don't know what will happen if it's Black to play though.

Btw, the guy who finished second in EPT San Remo is a Finnish chess player, I think his ELO rating is about 2300. Yay for us.

[JoshK]

Finished my first set of problems on CT-Art just did the easiest ones took an hour and fifty minutes.

haha @ elo

[Dire]

Lol. Awesome. You're somewhere between crushing world champions and losing to random move generators.

Nice job though!

[All-inMcLovin]

His ELO test result was 2227

so that's not losing to random move generators OR crushing world champions.

That's about master level.

[swingdoc]

JoshK - Not sure if you intentionally chose to do problems sorted by tactical motif, but I personally find sorting them by difficulty is more helpful. Also, doing the Practice instead of Test gave me more options or problems or something like that. I can't find my CT-ART disc right now, but I think these all were options when you create an account user name. You might try out some different features and see which way you like best.

Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin

His ELO test result was 2227

so that's not losing to random move generators OR crushing world champions.

That's about master level.

I may be getting levelled here, but CT-ART tells EVERYONE they're 2200+. That's a little hyperbole, but not by much. That "ELO" is just a score in the game, really no different than % correct.

[All-inMcLovin]

You are getting leveled.