10 ways to tell if you are a "noob" at chess
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Umm, how about you're still a noob if you say take and you're not if you say capture lol....
May 31, 2008
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In spanish the knight it's called "Caballo" that actually mean horse. i think that at some point there were a mislead in the translation since knight in spanish its "Caballero".
I like having my pieces all nice and symmetrical and tidy and I'm not really a noob 
. Oh and "You think the pawn is the dumbest piece" - pawns arn't pieces ... can't argue with the rest of them though
. Oh and "You think the pawn is the dumbest piece" - pawns arn't pieces ... can't argue with the rest of them though 
which opening are u talking about
pawns are pieces too!
Azoth wrote: In spanish the knight it's called "Caballo" that actually mean horse. i think that at some point there were a mislead in the translation since knight in spanish its "Caballero".
and for example most of hispanic people "se come las piezas", that literally means "eat the pieces", not kill, not take...trivialities of the hispanic languages or should i say vices
What's wrong with calling the knights my little horseys?
Knight or horse, both define the same piece. In my language it is common to call it "horse".
"My kingdom for a horse ! " does this sound familiar ? although, I think for the sake of chess is pretty much vicecersa : I would give a horse for the kingdom ! ( for the partner's kingdom , that is )
Lol if you can't defend against Scholar's mate. That's priceless. Then again, that used to be me, a long time ago....
hey dude calling a rook a castle isn't that bad because originally they were castles I mean waaaay back and some people do like certain openings of course sometimes you cant do them but you can still love it!
while I'm at it pieces were also originally killed as well each piece meant troops or armies so you take a knight you actually kill it besides who cares what people say that was nothing to do with how much of a noob at chess you say if you know what to call stuff sheesh
hik32 wrote: hey dude calling a rook a castle isn't that bad because originally they were castles I mean waaaay back and some people do like certain openings of course sometimes you cant do them but you can still love it!
I'm sorry, but can you not use punctuation? Paragraphs are supposed to contain several sentences, not just one.
Look out the horses have broke free and are attacking the king and queen! Wait why would a horse do that? The "knight" is referenced by a horse because most people think of a knight riding a horse and therefore is most easily referenced by a horse. I completely agree with all of them though but if someone likes to use symmetry hey I say let them use it more points for the rest of us of course if you can beat them. lol
flyingplant wrote: hik32 wrote: hey dude calling a rook a castle isn't that bad because originally they were castles I mean waaaay back and some people do like certain openings of course sometimes you cant do them but you can still love it!
I'm sorry, but can you not use punctuation? Paragraphs are supposed to contain several sentences, not just one.
Enter English teacher
I have already said the same thing in another forum.In many languages,like my language,we use the terms ''axiomatic'' instead of ''bishop'',''tower'' instead of ''rook'',''horse'' instead of ''knight'',''cut'' or ''eat'' instead of ''capture''.I appreciate English as the lingua franca,but it is not the only one in the world.
10 ways to tell if you are a "noob" at chess
1) You think the pawn is the dumbest piece
2) You love the Scholar's Mate (4-move)
3) You can't defend the Scholar's Mate (4-move)
4) You like having your pieces symmetrical or "nice"
5) You say "King Me" instead of checkmate
6) You say "kill that piece" instead of "take that piece"
7) You call the knight a "horsey" instead
8) You call the rook a "castle" instead
9) You love doing this opening
10) You have no idea what i'm talking about
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