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Tobias
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Posted 05/14/03 - 10:14 AM:	#1
I wanted to ask you two questions: are there any chess players among you? And if so, do you think chess has or can have any philosophical value / considerations? I am thinking about (a rather obscure of course ) theory about the philosophy of chess.
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Posted 05/14/03 - 11:26 AM:	#2
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/cheslife.txt It's a nice little essay on the philosophy of chess.
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Posted 05/14/03 - 12:46 PM:	#3
Yep. I play (or played) chess, quite a bit - I haven't played for quite a while though. It is a true game of strategy. I believe it could be used as a good analogy in certain philosophies. I am not sure of it having a specific philosophy of its own though.

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Posted 05/14/03 - 02:14 PM:	#4
As I posted in my own introduction thread (sure you can find it) - I'm a chess player. I haven't played in about a year so I'd probably be pretty rusty but if anyone wants I'm always up for a game. I've thought deeply about chess... I wouldn't say there's any real de facto 'philosophy of chess' or any real extropolation - but it is a good metaphor for alot of things.
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Posted 05/14/03 - 06:37 PM:	#5
yeah I used to play a lot of chess, but you can only play yourself so many times and have it still be fun I may be in order for another game though...

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Posted 05/15/03 - 01:17 AM:	#6
If anybody feels like playing a game on chess.net (www.chess.net) feel free. It is a paysite, but you can log in for free as a guest. My handle is 'karnoldussen'. It is in fact my sirname, but with an added 'k'. I feel that every good chessplayers names begin with K. Kramnik, Kamsky, Karpov Kasparov. I also wanted a 'K'. My hero by the way is Tal, and his prelogical chess.
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Posted 05/26/03 - 02:00 PM:	#7
Originally posted by Tobias I wanted to ask you two questions: are there any chess players among you? And if so, do you think chess has or can have any philosophical value / considerations? I am thinking about (a rather obscure of course ) theory about the philosophy of chess. ______________________________________ I only now noticed your post. I used to play a great deal of chess in college, and participated in tournaments and the like. Even now, I play on the internet. Perhaps you know the site I play on: http://www.instantchess.com/ Yahoo has a quite active chess site, and so do others. There has been some written on the psychology of chess players, and especially what goes into making a good player. One thing is clear to me: the personality of a person is very evident in the way he plays chess. As for the philosophy, I don't know. But you could do worse than to begin by reading Aaron Nimzovich's "My System."

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Posted 05/26/03 - 08:51 PM:	#8
This is perfect for anyone who wants to play chess online: http://www.soobad.com/files/pafiledb.php?action=file&id=8 All you need to do is exchange IP's (wouldn't the shoutbox be nice for that...) and away you go. I'll play anyone anytime - shout in the shoutbox if I'm online or PM me - we can exchange IP's and play.
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Tobias
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Posted 05/27/03 - 04:21 AM:	#9
I love to, but.... ehh stupid question, how do I know my IP adress?
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Tobias
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Posted 05/27/03 - 04:23 AM:	#10
Jon, you are write about 'my System', read it and loved it!
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