Chess Trivia

i think the concepts of checkmate, stalemate and illegally moving into check, are stupid and pathetic beaurocratic mania gone into overdrive.

better is ... first person to eat the opponent's king wins.

Also, in the first great International Tournament, London, 1851, if a person was checkmated, he was required to wear his underpants over his head in the following round.

Originally posted by flexmore
i think the concepts of checkmate, stalemate and illegally moving into check, are stupid and pathetic beaurocratic mania gone into overdrive.

better is ... [b]first person to eat the opponent's king wins.[/b]

Long ago people used to bet on every game they played, and when they had lost all their belongings (including their wives 😉) they just kept on playing while putting their body parts on the line. If they lost they simply had to cut them of.

- Dennis

PS. They usually started with a finger or so and then moved on...

Originally posted by Testrider
Long ago people used to bet on every game they played, and when they had lost all their belongings (including their wives 😉) they just kept on playing while putting their body parts on the line. If they lost they simply had to cut them of.

- Dennis

PS. They usually started with a finger or so and then moved on...

Originally posted by Testrider
Long ago people used to bet on every game they played, and when they had lost all their belongings (including their wives 😉) they just kept on playing while putting their body parts on the line. If they lost they simply had to cut them of.

- Dennis

PS. They usually started with a finger or so and then moved on...

oops. i accidently made two posts.

Originally posted by red king richie128
oops. i accidently made two posts.

In Lichtenstein they have six different words for "chess," all spelled and pronounced the same way.

make that four.

In the Inupiat Dictionary of the Eskimo there are thirty-two words for snow, including "snow on clothes," "light snow," "sugar snow," etc, but there are no words for "chess." Just thoght I'd let you know.