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When I was looking through this forum, I could not find any significant chess thread so here I am creating one

So, is there anyone who likes to play chess? If so, what is your level (do you have ELO rating?)? When did you started to play? Are you competition player, or do you play only at home/school/etc.? What are your playing style and favourite openings?

i used to be an avid player over-the-board; now, i only play on the internet (letsplaychess.com, chess.com).

i started playing about the time of the first Fischer-Spassky match, so that would have made me 14.

i have varied my openings tremendously over the years. i often had a pet opening where i had found a different move in a regular line, but nowadays i only use irregular openings. i still play Durkin's Attack 1 Na3 but also 1 Nh3 (Krazy Kat), 1 h3 or 1 a3, sometimes even 1 g4 (which is not so good). i don't care that much whether i win or not, just as long as i get interesting positions i haven't seen before.

my rating was in the high 2000s when i stopped playing over-the-board. i beat or drew with masters a few times, & also have lost to players 200 points lower when i try something a little TOO risky.

i've sold most of my chess books.

This reminds me that I really want to try to get decent again. When I was 6 I clicked on Merlin (the help button) on the computer and he told me that where to move. Since I didn't know how to play I did this for 6 weeks straight until I was actually really good. I am not any good now.

I got up to Expert level in USA.

Well, I can't say I'm all that obsessed with it, and I've really only played it with my father about a handful of times over the past decade. There was one point where I tried playing over a website, but people seemed a bit slow to respond and I found it wasn't as interesting without getting to talk to them, so eventually I gave up.

As for the game itself, I do still find it interesting and very complex and strategic in the simplest of ways, if that makes any sense. Of course, not having really looked into it, I don't know anything at all about these openings or moves or whatever, so I guess I can't really say I know what I'm talking about. Still, it's one of the few board games that keeps me interested and entertained enough.

I have had ideas on how to expand it. Specifically, I've wanted to make a video game with all the same rules, only it might be more an RPG or an RTS or a mix of genres, might even have a storyline of some kind, but that would deviate it and it would be a bit over the top. That, and I'm too lazy to actually start the project.

I started playing my sophomore year in high school, and all throughout high school I played in tournaments and got pretty good, which included playing in and winning a few lower sections in state tournaments and competing in a couple of national high school championships. After that I moved away from where the competitions were to go to school and I didn't have too much of a chance to play because of money issues, so I slowly fell out of it. I still play online every now and then but I haven't played in a tournament in a few years.

My current USCF rating is 1710. When I was younger a computer would always play the Alekhine Defense against me and beat me with it, so I started using it and continued to use it throughout the entire time I've played. That's the one opening I know really well and where most of the big upsets come from when it happens.

i play once in a while. tried to join a local chess group, but it felt too awkward so it didn't last long. and the place where they met doesn't even exist anymore...so...

but i love watching chess movies like Searching for Bobby Fischer. there should be more movies like that!

I love chess! I even have a special inlaid chessboard with hand-carved chess pieces! Oak for white, and mahogany for black.

I play it well enough, but very occasionally and not as well as I used to. In my best times, I played a lot with a friend, and we would play a game where at critical moments we would write down our guesses of the next four or five plays, do them, and compare notes. More than once we knew exactly how things would turn out

I can honestly say that my favorite board game has always been Chess and probably always will be. I'm not very good at it, but I'm a decent player. I usually just play the game on Chess Titans on my computer.

I learned recently. I mostly play against the program on my computer. Occasionally my little brother, who is very talented with chess, but lazy. I know nothing of strategy, and would like to learn, but I don't have time.

I remember playing chess in the 6th grade. I came up with this quote: "Chess is not a matter of life or death; it is much more important than that."

Does anyone wish Chess Titans could record your games? I play at level 5 and score around 96% against it.