chess at school

I don't know why it didn't hit me earlier, but today I had the best idea I've had this term 😛 : an unsuspicious way of playing chess during very boring lessons without the teacher noticing (most of them, anyway 😉). It's obviously OTB.

So:
-draw a board 8x8 centimetres (or larger if you like) on a piece of paper... maybe in your writing block?
-cut out 32 little circles
-take a black pen for black and a different color (I used pink) for white and write what piece this circle represents on the circle, eg. P for pawn, R for rook and so on. You might wan to have a little container or something so you don't have to start over again each day.
-Now, arrange the pieces on the chess board and start playing. Move the pieces by dragging them along with the tip of a pen-it will look like you're writing!

.... boredom and creativity is a dangerous combination in my case... but hey, I'm a genius 😛

Angie 😀

Ingenious.

An equivalent problem is how to play chess at work unnoticed. I would never dream of doing such a thing myself of course, but it occurs to me that keeping the browser window very small, and using the little info boards from My Games to decide your move, would probably help.

Originally posted by angie88
I don't know why it didn't hit me earlier, but today I had the best idea I've had this term 😛 : an unsuspicious way of playing chess during very boring lessons without the teacher noticing (most of them, anyway 😉). It's obviously OTB.

So:
-draw a board 8x8 centimetres (or larger if you like) on a piece of paper... maybe in your writing block?
-cut ...[text shortened]... om and creativity is a dangerous combination in my case... but hey, I'm a genius 😛

Angie 😀

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
My preferred method was to write the board in pen and use penciled in pieces - R for Rook, N for Knight, etc. Circle the black pieces. Erase them and rewrite them when you move.

i have a chess set that is in a cd case that is magnetised, wat a masterpiece,

And speaking of chess at school, our local chess club meets in the high school from 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm Wed nights, but I just received this email from the president:

>Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 3:09 PM
>Subject: Chess Club for wed. 4-6-05

>Just wanted to let everyone know that chess club for tonight has been cancelled due to a bomb threat at the high school. We will have club as usual next week.

😳

i just played chess (at school, but with real pieces) and i actually won