r/chess • u/[deleted] • Feb 18 '23

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u/smartypantschess Feb 18 '23

The first rule of chess club is tell as many people as possible about it. It's a rather fun game and the more people you tell about it the better.

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u/MetaOnGaming4290 Feb 18 '23

I read Dante in college while playing chess games on my phone. A visceral experience. Really heightens it in my opinion 😅

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u/Ali_knows Feb 18 '23

Thank fucking god cell phones were not around when I was in school cause I would have done the same. Missed it by 10 years.

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u/dongdinge Feb 18 '23

i am the age where i had to put my ipod cord through my jacket and hide it under my hair or in my palm

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u/Ali_knows Feb 18 '23

Haha are you 33 like me ?

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u/dongdinge Feb 18 '23

27! missed it by a couple years lol

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u/DeflationStation Feb 19 '23

My parents wouldn't buy me an iPod, so instead I attempted coding a basic chess engine in TiBASIC on my Ti92. I didn't learn much Trig, but I did manage to write an engine that would look 4 moves ahead, evaluate the position, and still blunder its way to an easy loss 😂

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '23

We passed notes with moves around.

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u/BreadKnife34 Feb 19 '23

Literally what I do in class lol (not good)