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I agree, queen sacrifice is very impressive, it means you really know the game and the board. I have only played at full concentration maybe twice, the rest of the time, just moving the peices around. When the queen goes off the board, then your opponent feels as though the game is theirs, but then, you see your two rooks and several other things and feel okay, this is it, and so forth. The point thing never bothered me until I learned that if you don't pay attention to your points your opponent, who does, will win. It's pretty much like fencing, watch your points but don't obsess about it.
My most favorite moves in chess: the pin. A pin in chess is like opening up a can and also, it reminds me of finding the opening in a good bout of foil with a skilled opponent.
My next favorite move in chess: is the removal of a peice [voila] only to reveal a file, a delicious file in which nothing exists but the empty space with which your partner can do nothing but gaze at, because the fact is, he is trapped. [more evil laughter]
Well men, I'm off, to pick up my meager wages from the shop that I worked for for 3.5 weeks. The octopus was a symbol of the Early Roman Empire.
Epee is a weapon of deceit and guile. You tend to take your time and counter-attack. You can touch your opponent anywhere at any time.
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Originally posted by neevel The Chevalier d'Eon would seem the natural choice for queen.
hehehe yeah have a cross dressing queen (chevalier d'Eon was a guy I recently read about him in By The Sword and excellent book
hmmm I would also say have Musashi as the king
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It wasn't the outfit!!! Talking about that: they caught a guy in texas for capital crimes, he has the most unbelieveable mo, he cross dressed as a deaf/mute/female and ran from new york to galviston texas, committed three capital offences, bribed a judge and got off. What do you think about that. The guy was totally psychotic. The octopus was a symbol of the Early Roman Empire.
Epee is a weapon of deceit and guile. You tend to take your time and counter-attack. You can touch your opponent anywhere at any time.
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Why are you talking about psychotic?
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Re: If there were a fencing themed chess set... Originally posted by onesandzeros If there were a fencing themed chess set, who would be the pawns, rooks, king, queen, etc...? Ah... Myself, I've once designed one, but it's both historical and nowadays fencing... Shields, swords, sabers, epées, etc. ***Nusy***
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I'm surprised Inquartata didn't suggest fencers with coloured lames for the position of pawn.  "Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for the slave-owners." - V.I. Lenin, The State and Revolution, 1965
"C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg."
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. The king would be Rene Roch or whatever the president of the FIE is called.
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Originally posted by Charred_Phoenix I'm surprised Inquartata didn't suggest fencers with coloured lames for the position of pawn. There's another reason why I like chess: all the pieces are either ALL BLACK or ALL WHITE! 
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I've come to the point where I'm so used to playing black (no, just because it happens to be my favorite lack-of-all-color doesn't mean I'm gothic, evil, or depressed, it's just that cool), that I can't play white any more. Every turn, half the time is spent coming up with strategies for black, before I remember which side I'm on.
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I've come to the point where I'm so used to playing black (no, just because it happens to be my favorite lack-of-all-color doesn't mean I'm gothic, evil, or depressed, it's just that cool), that I can't play white any more. Every turn, half the time is spent coming up with strategies for black, before I remember which side I'm on.
I have a bit of an underdog complex (no, that isn't a real psychological term), so I'm also used to picking black. They don't get to move first, so they /must/ be in the right.
There's another reason why I like chess: all the pieces are either ALL BLACK or ALL WHITE!
What about Chinese chess? "Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for the slave-owners." - V.I. Lenin, The State and Revolution, 1965
"C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg."
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Originally posted by Charred_Phoenix
What about Chinese chess? No worries there, I lost all of my marbles long ago....
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Chinese chess doesn't use marbles.  "Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for the slave-owners." - V.I. Lenin, The State and Revolution, 1965
"C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg."
- Bjarne Stroustrup
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must."
- Edward George Bulwer-Lytton
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Originally posted by Soldier Why are you talking about psychotic?
"Pot, there's a kettle in aisle five..." Thanks: I went mad for a short while. Well, why don't we all play a game of chess, but I only know the old notations. The octopus was a symbol of the Early Roman Empire.
Epee is a weapon of deceit and guile. You tend to take your time and counter-attack. You can touch your opponent anywhere at any time.
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Originally posted by Charred_Phoenix Chinese chess doesn't use marbles. A thousand pardons! I didn't realize there WAS such a game---thought you meant Chinese checkers.
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Oh, thats OK then.  http://www.chessvariants.com/xiangqi.html if you want to check it out. (though you've probably encountered a page somewhat like it if you came to the realisation that it was indeed a seperate game) "Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in the ancient Greek republics: freedom for the slave-owners." - V.I. Lenin, The State and Revolution, 1965
"C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg."
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Yep. You learn something new every day ( even at my age )! :
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On the Origional Question
It would be necessary to include more than just the fencing weapons so,
Pawns- Daggers or spears- cheap
Rooks- epee
Knights- Saber (Caverly Origins)
Bishop - Rapier (noblemens sword?)
King and Queen- mail and female foilists (foil is, after all, the best weapon)
I fence foil, by the way
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Originally posted by xcr On the Origional Question
It would be necessary to include more than just the fencing weapons so,
Pawns- Daggers or spears- cheap
Rooks- epee
Knights- Saber (Caverly Origins)
Bishop - Rapier (noblemens sword?)
King and Queen- mail and female foilists (foil is, after all, the best weapon)
I fence foil, by the way YESSS! Foil is the best!!! ***Nusy***
aka Mrs I_luv_saber
I'm married to the Hussar of f.net...
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