tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post8453536941425720467..comments2023-10-06T08:10:05.853-04:00Comments on Necromancy Never Pays: ChessJeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-70678375561073729712011-04-17T10:52:19.960-04:002011-04-17T10:52:19.960-04:00Harriet, it was the first one Walker recited when ...Harriet, it was the first one Walker recited when I asked him for attacks with funny names!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-22759226426056155182011-04-16T11:05:30.126-04:002011-04-16T11:05:30.126-04:00The fried liver attack really is tough to beat. T...The fried liver attack really is tough to beat. The day AJs chess coach introduced it to the class, they couldn't stop giggling.Harriet M. Welschhttp://spynotes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-16579312992139489502011-04-12T20:15:19.864-04:002011-04-12T20:15:19.864-04:00Kathy, it is quite competitive. But also quite sm...Kathy, it is quite competitive. But also quite small and friendly. When we were in Chicago after Christmas visiting family, we met some people we know from chess tournaments in a pizza restaurant. "Are you here for chess?" they asked, and we said no, just sightseeing!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-77454862498507910622011-04-12T20:08:22.026-04:002011-04-12T20:08:22.026-04:00An impressive weekend for Walker! It sounds like ...An impressive weekend for Walker! It sounds like he has great things in store for him. I had no idea the world of chess was so competitive.bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-2323971767658694282011-04-12T19:40:43.164-04:002011-04-12T19:40:43.164-04:00Alyce, we often have chess themed weekends...I'...Alyce, we often have chess themed weekends...I'll pass on your congrats.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-26609625546874257282011-04-12T12:30:27.353-04:002011-04-12T12:30:27.353-04:00Wow, what a chess themed weekend! Congrats to Walk...Wow, what a chess themed weekend! Congrats to Walker!Alycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919057159829023714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-44486318405083568862011-04-12T10:40:51.237-04:002011-04-12T10:40:51.237-04:00Elizabeth, that game sounds like it would be annoy...Elizabeth, that game sounds like it would be annoying to real chess players, kind of like serious poker players who don't admit when they pull off a successful bluff.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-13746992748496324502011-04-12T09:54:41.534-04:002011-04-12T09:54:41.534-04:00Jeanne, no the AI is the game itself. It runs the ...Jeanne, no the AI is the game itself. It runs the opposite side's pieces. I should also add in that the pieces move like normal chess pieces but they also have extra abilities to fight. So for example, you move your pawn (orc) and then you fight the piece in front of you. <br /><br />The bad guy is also run by the game but he's sort of officiating the game and he cheats by sending down random fire on various pieces. If you can't move the piece you are controlling because you're blocked in, that piece ends up dying.edj3https://www.blogger.com/profile/11137939126171451654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-58828818858260322242011-04-12T07:31:50.212-04:002011-04-12T07:31:50.212-04:00Jenners, it does have its own vocabulary. I find t...Jenners, it does have its own vocabulary. I find the experience of being in a room with people speaking chess to be much like the experience of being in a room with people speaking math.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-16368370151449059652011-04-11T21:51:04.114-04:002011-04-11T21:51:04.114-04:00I'm impressed with your son. Chess is so alien...I'm impressed with your son. Chess is so alien and mysterious to me...like they are speaking a different language.Jennershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044537551139633301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-57756788503558921922011-04-11T18:42:47.323-04:002011-04-11T18:42:47.323-04:00PAJ, FreshHell, and Jackie, I will pass the congra...PAJ, FreshHell, and Jackie, I will pass the congratulations on.<br /><br />Lemming, it's real.<br /><br />Elizabeth, so the AI is the bad guy? There's a recent NYT article on Magnus Carlsen that talks about computers in chess.<br /><br />Trapunto, no I haven't thought of that! I've read the book by Josh Waitzken's dad, though, Searching for Bobby Fischer.<br /><br />Jackie, I'm sure Walker would, and he's taken the book into his room, so I may hear about it soon.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-71481292885650008052011-04-11T14:13:24.058-04:002011-04-11T14:13:24.058-04:00Congratulations Walker! I'm so pleased that yo...Congratulations Walker! I'm so pleased that you read this book at a chess tournament - I hope that you persuaded a few of the other players to give it a try :-) I have since heard that the technical aspects of this book are not perfect, but as I know very little about chess I didn't spot that. I wonder if Walker would?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698068501004755678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-89171263976799968852011-04-11T13:57:48.545-04:002011-04-11T13:57:48.545-04:00I know absolutely zilch about chess but congrats t...I know absolutely zilch about chess but congrats to Walker! That's impressive.FreshHellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13051170717740487431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-63000986702304992772011-04-11T13:25:13.969-04:002011-04-11T13:25:13.969-04:00This is fascinating. Have you ever thought about ...This is fascinating. Have you ever thought about writing a novel about being a chess mom?Trapuntohttp://villanegativa.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-48372370653037409542011-04-11T10:17:45.881-04:002011-04-11T10:17:45.881-04:00You know I'm an online gamer and in one of the...You know I'm an online gamer and in one of the instances in the game I play, there's a chess game. Players control the pieces on one side and the AI controls the other side. Thing is, the bad guy you're trying to defeat cheats. I thought of Walker yesterday when we were farting around doing that encounter. I don't think Tiger's Rat would work there :-)edj3https://www.blogger.com/profile/11137939126171451654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-56260651145308388872011-04-11T09:54:29.195-04:002011-04-11T09:54:29.195-04:00Accelerated Hippo?!
-lemmingAccelerated Hippo?!<br /><br />-lemmingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-24439643009802680582011-04-11T08:23:01.788-04:002011-04-11T08:23:01.788-04:00Congrats to Walker!Congrats to Walker!PAJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-31530113476891486142011-04-11T08:14:26.780-04:002011-04-11T08:14:26.780-04:00Harriet, I like the names, too, enough I don't...Harriet, I like the names, too, enough I don't feel the need to make them up: the fried liver attack, the Frankenstein Dracula opening, Tiger's Rat, the Accelerated Dragon and Accelerated Hippo...these are all real.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-43519752447929349542011-04-11T07:43:24.162-04:002011-04-11T07:43:24.162-04:00Congratulations to Walker. The combination of mat...Congratulations to Walker. The combination of mathematics, visualization, strategy and psychology in chess is fascinating to me. I can never imagine myself memorizing so many patterns of moves, but I love their poetic names. AJ and I used to make up mock chess names (The Dubuque opening, The Arkansas Traveller, The King's Bunion, etc.)Harriet M. Welschhttp://spynotes.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com