So queenside castle lets you move the rook (or king?) three spaces, with the king on the inner left side? From what I remember from the video, you can only castle using pieces you've yet to move.. correct? I was thinking of doing that but I had the assumption (as the example was a kingside castle, where neither piece moved more than 2 spaces) it was a 2-space deal.

Let's continue but playing the Western version. The straight, powerful male is garbage or just another pawn and so now it's about who keeps their pawns alive the longest. Do 'ya dare?

Looks like checkmate to me? The king is in imminent danger (via queen) and so must be moved, yet every moveable space (the lone non-movable/capturable space being his own pawn) leads to a check?

Pretty sure it's checkmate.

Everyone manually refresh this thread and tell me what's going on here please. Thanks. :up:

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I did at first post then updated it. Speaking of which, come on guy, throw down a game with us! Either w/ praxis or me if you're a newbie. :lol:

Actually.. maybe he's foreshadowing a virtual checkmate. No I see it. Dang.

I did, then caught it (which technically, oh whatever). Refresh?

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Getting interesting now. Well. You know what I mean. "Who's gonna do what", as it were.



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I think I was 5 or 6 when my grandmother passed. One day around that time I was in the front seat of the truck with my mother. I wondered what the "hazard light" button was. She told me that's what you push to "make us fly straight up into the sky so we can go visit grandma" .. or something. Something came up, I think, and I was just left sitting there pondering that for a good few minutes. Why couldn't it? Planes fly, they both have engines and operate in ways that are just as good as magical to the understanding of a 6 year old. I ended up believing that for a solid half-decade before around 10 or so I was with friends and we were stuck in traffic where everyone was complaining. I suggested "why don't we just push the fly button" .. after I explained it to them, the adults smiled at me, and the kids there just started laughing. Man. Come to think of it I turned out alright in comparison.

Fortunately my father always chose to give me alternate perspectives, a healthy dose of reality, I suppose. To the chagrin of my mother, we'd always watch "America's Most Wanted" every Sunday at 9. I'd always be coming up with "what would I do if..." scenarios as a result.

I disagree with the idea of Santa Claus being akin to a "cruel, counterproductive lie" though. Depending on the circumstance, the occasional glimmer of magic and wonder in an otherwise mundane world can make for happy times, at least early on. Besides, depending on where you live, the possibility of a strange old man breaking into your house and attempting to offer you presents in exchange for you to "be a good boy and listen" is very real. Holidays are weird like that. On Halloween, you dress up your kids in shiny outfits and send them off to stranger's homes unsupervised with the implied rule of eating anything they wish to give you. On Easter, if you happen to be in the woods on an Easter Egg hunt, if you ever run into a strange man in a bunny costume you "won" and need to follow him to wherever he may lead you. Etc. Jeez what a world.

*yawns* Good morning!



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We'll see.



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Check.. I believe. Though I have a feeling it will be of little effect.



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Sounds good right about now. Will have to settle for a hamburger I suppose.



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The what? :lol:



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Roman Catholics, when they go to heaven, will be glad that some people are suffering in eternal hellfire.
This is doctrinally enforced joy at seeing others suffer. — baker

This is incorrect. In Heaven, Earth and its resulting consequences are of no consequence.

If, as a homeowner, someone breaks into your house while your family is home, and kills someone, then gets caught, would you not be glad the man who murdered a member of your family is in jail? What about as a neighbor or just someone reading about it in the paper. Should they too not be glad a dangerous person can no longer bring harm and misery to others?

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I think that is his point, so not sure where the disagreement. — schopenhauer1

The disagreement is that "nothing in this world" implies the entirety of existence as opposed to the environment in which we dwell in. I suppose, notwithstanding, the freedom, time, and ability to complain and be heard about "there being nothing" is a world of difference from an earlier world where such liberties were not to be found.

It's more to me about motivations. The feeling that there is "nothing to do, nowhere to go, nothing to be, and no one to know". — schopenhauer1

He conveys the depressive mindset well, I see. Does he not make any attempt to bring good to what he himself deems as "bad" ie. depressive? There is always something to do, someone to be, and someone to know, if one's wants and expectations are realistic, or even adamant enough.

So much for beginner's luck. :lol:

I've played chess before. Not often but I know what piece does what, save for things like "en passant" and castling lol.

Well if you don't get another participant I'd go again.

See, if they threw in some other bit like "offre de rachat" where you can sacrifice a pawn for the king.. we'd still be playing. Just think about that.

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I missed that in the lateness of the hour.



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I did learn something there, thanks.

(nothing happened here)

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Yeah yeah, I know what directions are.



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On your part.. the queen can move diagonally? So, could've ate my king from the previous position. Or no? Either way.



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That's a check, is it not?



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An allegedly smart person who holds that reputation, has to wage daily battles with wannabes. — god must be atheist

Did a sufficiently advanced smart person not "want to be" smarter some point in their life if not throughout its entirety? Perhaps not. But, it's worth explaining otherwise..

Interesting.



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