I have not played chess for over 10 years and have just re-started again. What I have found though is the use of Fritz has helped my OTB chess greatly. But is that at all bad? I admit to using Ftitz,the site where I play allows engines. With the advent of chess engines (I use Fritz 10) you might think it's a waste of time as it is likely you will be playing another chess engine and not a human. I play 10 to 15 minute stuff on but recently I have gone back to correspondence games, but now using the internet. My 1 min days are long behind me but I can still find play to suit my pace. Now games can be played at any pace you like from 1 minute a game bullet play to 40 moves in 40 days and anything in between. With the price of postage now though you would need to be a lottery winner to afford it :)Īs with most other things, the internet has improved chess greatly. Games lasted months, sometimes over a year. I agonised for weeks about his reaction should I go on to win. I once played a guy who was in prison, for murder. Only c5 and b6 haven't been solved towards a white win yet.Ever fancied correspondence chess? It's not like in the old day's when I used to play using snail mail!!! I remember the anticipation (sometimes dread)of the arrival of the postman with my postal chess cards. "For example, known losing first moves for white include 1.d4, 1.e4, 1.Nf3, 1.Nc3, 1.d3, 1.f4, 1.b4, 1.h4 and 1.h3."īoth sites agree that the objective is often to gain a material advantage, to be able to ditch your pieces more easily later in the game.Ĭoncerning the best opening moves, look at this pearl:Īpparently 1.e3, 1.Nh3, 1.c4, 1.g3 and 1.g4 are the acceptable moves for white.Īnd after 1.e3 chances seem to be good that this is just winning for white. Indeed, these moves have become by far most popular among the strongest Losing Chess players."Īnother site give even more faux-pas on the first move: (However, see this game for an example of how strong a bishop can sometimes be!) Regarding this, the most preferable first moves might be 1.e3 e6 - allowing both sides to 'ditch' the bishops directly. Only bishops seem to be an exception here, they are often too dangerous for the opening and middle-game, so in most cases you should try to get rid of your bishops in the opening and avoid capturing those of the opponent. Remember that material advantage is important to win, not the opposite! So, always be open to try those novelties which allow the opponent to give-away some of his pieces, just carefully check if you cannot be forced to capture them all. However, one should not be too passive, guided by the motto 'just not capture anything'. One has to be careful, as the starting position is quite volatile, and some first moves even lose directly (1.e4, 1.d4, and 1.d3).
"Just like in chess, the main goal in the Losing Chess opening is development of the pieces. Here is what this one has to say about the opening: I cannot really speak from my own experience, but there seems to be some very decent sites about Antichess. Game is also drawn when a win is impossible (such as if a dark-squaredīishop and a light-squared bishop are the only pieces remaining). Apartįrom move repetition, draw by agreement, and the fifty-move rule, the
"The rules are the same as those for standard chess, except for the following special rules: Losing Game, Giveaway chess, Suicide chess, Killer chess, or Take-allĬhess) is a chess variant in which the objective of each player is to Losing chess (also known as Antichess, the Is there any winning opening whatever the black does respond? I am experiencing Antichess and it's more forcing than normal chess.
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