I don't know what got me started but recently I've been trying to play chess again and holy crap it's kind of intense. It's been like 25 years and I am not good at it.
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Originally posted by E30 Wagen View PostI don't know what got me started but recently I've been trying to play chess again and holy crap it's kind of intense. It's been like 25 years and I am not good at it.
My boss and one of my coworkers play against each other a few times a week, Im going to see what they play on and get some matches in
Are you playing online?Simon
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Originally posted by 2mAn View Post
Ive been wanting to start playing chess again. Maybe playing against other sh!tty players will help haha
My boss and one of my coworkers play against each other a few times a week, Im going to see what they play on and get some matches in
Are you playing online?
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so apparently while I had the liquid courage flowing the other night. I made a date with a chick well out of my league and forgot. Blew her off and had no clue until some one I told mentioned it. now she wont talk to me. lessoned learned on that one kids. in my defense I was gone
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Originally posted by E30 Wagen View PostI don't know what got me started but recently I've been trying to play chess again and holy crap it's kind of intense. It's been like 25 years and I am not good at it.
Ran a team on Gameknot (2000+ ELO) until I made the switch to up my Bullet and Blitz skills on Lichess (1700 ELO) due to their very user friendly design.
Chess is incredible. It just teaches you so much and is so incredibly complex that its grip is never-ending.My previous build (currently E30-less)
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=170390
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Originally posted by MR E30 325is View Post
Love playing chess. Play it and study it everyday.
Ran a team on Gameknot (2000+ ELO) until I made the switch to up my Bullet and Blitz skills on Lichess (1700 ELO) due to their very user friendly design.
Chess is incredible. It just teaches you so much and is so incredibly complex that its grip is never-ending.
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ELO? ... Im DOMINATING the Beginner level Computers so far. Its certainly not helping my work productivity today, but then again the world is going to end tonight when ***** wins anyways so who cares lolSimon
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-1999 996.1 911 4/98 3.8L 6-Speed, 21st Century Beetle
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I'm doing some N54 work today and N5x series engines use a lot of TTY alloy bolts on the pan and such and I had a few extra new bolts to play with. I took an m8 alloy TTY pan bolt and sent it into a metal nut to see just how much it could take
For reference, an M8 alloy TTY bmw bolt is 6 ft lbs and anywhere from 60-180* depending on the length. The one on the bench test was 112, so it was going to take the full 180 swing after the initial set.
To my surprise it never twisted off on the bench. It took so much force it ended up stripping the metal nut... wow wasn't expecting that
Every time I do a pan, it really does feel like you're going to break the head off one of those, so now I can rest assure when I get the dial gauge on the head I'm not going to see it fall off when I give it the beans.
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Originally posted by 2mAn View PostELO? ... Im DOMINATING the Beginner level Computers so far. Its certainly not helping my work productivity today, but then again the world is going to end tonight when ***** wins anyways so who cares lol
It's a common way to rank your skill. In classical time format, Magnus Carlsen has the highest elo, which hovers around 2850. Grandmasters usually come in around 2500+
Different time formats have different elo's. Classical games can take hours and hours. Rapid games are usually 3 minutes + 2 seconds per move, and last much less time.
Dominating beginner computers is pretty good, especially if you have little practice. You may be a natural. Or your beginner computer is only 800 elo. HahaMy previous build (currently E30-less)
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=170390
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Originally posted by E30 Wagen View Post
heh, I'm like 650 elo. I get such bad tunnel vision and end up making a stupid move. It's a game that exercises your ability to plan ahead for all possible outcomes, which is a skill that you certainly need in real life.
What form of time control are you playing?
At 650 elo I know you are simply missing some beginning principles that help you in the openings. I envision you probably lose the game by the third move.
You just need to prepare for the most likely move by your opponent, and this is where beginners fail most often.My previous build (currently E30-less)
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=170390
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Originally posted by MR E30 325is View Post
Dominating beginner computers is pretty good, especially if you have little practice. You may be a natural. Or your beginner computer is only 800 elo. Haha
Simon
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Originally posted by MR E30 325is View Post
In all seriousness, how does someone with an elo of 650 play? If your opponent opens with 1. e4 do you respond with 1. ... a7 or h6 something like that?
What form of time control are you playing?
At 650 elo I know you are simply missing some beginning principles that help you in the openings. I envision you probably lose the game by the third move.
You just need to prepare for the most likely move by your opponent, and this is where beginners fail most often.
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