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MikeWaters · 07-23-2008, 03:34 PM

I love playing games. Card games, board games, etc.

But I have no one to play with. Wife isn't really a game player.

MikeWaters · 07-23-2008, 03:35 PM

When in I was in the Pacific isles, they had their own version of checkers.

I don't remember the exact rules. But a king could jump an unlimited number of spaces to get multiple kills. It made the game a lot more complex.

Sleeping in EQ · 07-23-2008, 03:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

I love playing games. Card games, board games, etc.

But I have no one to play with. Wife isn't really a game player.

The better you get at Chess (and at games like Go), the harder it is to find people to play with you. This is why clubs and tournaments form. I just googled the Dallas Go club:

http://dallas-go.tripod.com/

Sleeping in EQ · 07-23-2008, 03:41 PM

SIRS plays chess. Her dad was a fairly serious hobby player who grew up in Denmark.

My son who turns five tomorrow is learning how to play. SIRS has half joked that we should get matching shirts and go to tournaments together.

MikeWaters · 07-23-2008, 03:42 PM

The guy in my ward, it's a parent/kid tournament, and it's the combination of the parent/kid that wins. I don't know exactly how it is scored, but the kids plays kids, and the adults play adults.

MikeWaters · 07-23-2008, 03:45 PM

I need this chess set:
http://www.topshelfgames.net/servlet...ess-set/Detail

Sleeping in EQ · 07-23-2008, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

The guy in my ward, it's a parent/kid tournament, and it's the combination of the parent/kid that wins. I don't know exactly how it is scored, but the kids plays kids, and the adults play adults.

I've heard of these but have never been to one. They are probably round robin's structured according to class.

I hope the guy in your ward isn't the stereotypical tyrant chess parent.

MikeWaters · 07-23-2008, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

I've heard of these but have never been to one. They are probably round robin's structured according to class.

I hope the guy in your ward isn't the stereotypical tyrant chess parent.

If he is, it is moderated by his wife.

Sleeping in EQ · 07-23-2008, 04:06 PM

I googled "Chess and Go" tournament and "Chess and Go Club." There are a few combination events and clubs.

Jennerstein · 07-25-2008, 02:35 AM

When I was a sophomore in high school, I played the national kindergarten champ. The game was close until the mid-end game, but I eventually lost. I enjoy playing chess a lot, but don't have any good people to play the occasional game with.

07-23-2008, 03:41 PM	#44
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	SIRS plays chess. Her dad was a fairly serious hobby player who grew up in Denmark. My son who turns five tomorrow is learning how to play. SIRS has half joked that we should get matching shirts and go to tournaments together. __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

07-23-2008, 04:06 PM	#49
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	I googled "Chess and Go" tournament and "Chess and Go Club." There are a few combination events and clubs. __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies.

07-23-2008, 03:34 PM	#41
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	I love playing games. Card games, board games, etc. But I have no one to play with. Wife isn't really a game player.

07-23-2008, 03:35 PM	#42
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	When in I was in the Pacific isles, they had their own version of checkers. I don't remember the exact rules. But a king could jump an unlimited number of spaces to get multiple kills. It made the game a lot more complex.

07-23-2008, 03:42 PM	#45
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	The guy in my ward, it's a parent/kid tournament, and it's the combination of the parent/kid that wins. I don't know exactly how it is scored, but the kids plays kids, and the adults play adults.

07-23-2008, 03:45 PM	#46
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	I need this chess set: http://www.topshelfgames.net/servlet...ess-set/Detail

07-25-2008, 02:35 AM	#50
Jennerstein Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 44	When I was a sophomore in high school, I played the national kindergarten champ. The game was close until the mid-end game, but I eventually lost. I enjoy playing chess a lot, but don't have any good people to play the occasional game with.