Originally posted by JusuhCanada, $41 CFC memembership and $20 club fee in Alberta.
how much does an annual licence (to play in rated tournaments, league games etc.) cost in the States?
You are set for the year after that. Just have to pay the entry fees for tournaments. Usually $20 and the prizes are minimum $100 for each class. But with our club, they provide everything. Pieces, boards, clocks, you can borrow books/videos just like a library!
So $61 in all. Nice consistency. We all pay about 60 in our respective currency.
Originally posted by chessisvanitySomething must be working right. The ladies are looking pretty darn good at the boards these days. I got to find me a Chess playing babe.😛🙄
Computers....?
Gothic chess....?
Fischer random chess....?
Cheating....?
If I could go back in time I would take my gun and shoot the guy who first introduced prize money in chess.
Playing for money is what caused chess to die.
Mans GREED.
Originally posted by chessisvanitythat's like saying the internet has destroyed communication... computers didnt ruin chess, they've enhanced it... made it more accessible... you said earlier that chess is dying and then you say in another post "more kids will be good but wont know why they're good..." this presents no logical argument at all... maybe you've just lost a few games and a bit bitter about it!
so what is your opinion?....you think it's good that computers ruined chess?
Internet and chess computers like Chessmaster reinvigorated my love for chess. One of the reasons I stopped playing about 20 years ago just as I got into highschool was because virtually no one else I knew played the game. Now, all I have to do is turn on the computer and I can always find someone to play or learn from.
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Originally posted by chessisvanityTotal BS. And even if everything was worked out till move 20 (which it just isnt...Shirov spending an hour on move 7..c6 in Wijk might be a tiny hint...) are you saying that no one will come up with an improvement before the twentieth move?
i said computers are bad because now all the lines are worked out to move 20
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Originally posted by chessisvanityI dont see it as that, for over a year iv been using the Kings Bishop Gambit OTB and the theory is that line is practically none existant next to most lines, theres no memory invoved after move 5-6 most of the time just knowing the basic ideas of the position.
i'm saying it's a prodigy/memory game.
Anyone can get out of the opening by just batting out 10 or so moves of theory (I really do think 20 is pushing it for most players) but that leaves probably 20-30 moves where they have to think for themselves as it were. If you put pattern recognition down to memory then yes it is a memory fest but that is what chess is all about learning the positions through study and play.