I pit chess

[Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus]

@YogSosoth

To me, that doesn’t make sense. In no monarchy in the history of the world would a pawn be promoted to queen just for crossing a field. It makes much more sense that he is a cross-dresser.

Am I the only one who’s thinking of the sketch in Monty Python’s And Now For Something Completely Different where they show some infantry on a parade ground acting and marching like typical soldiers when the RSM bellows the order to

CAMP…IT…UP!!

after which the whole unit starts to mince back and forth in perfect formation.

[glee]

@Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus

I’m not a terrific player by any means, but I have enjoyed significantly better games once I got past my paranoia of losing important pieces. The sacrifice of a Rook or even the Queen may be a small price to pay if you can open up a window of attack. And while I wouldn’t sacrifice a Queen or Rook for it, even just a little thing like forcing your opponent to move their King early in the game, so they lose the ability to castle may be worth a lesser piece.

It is good that you are prepared to sacrifice pieces, but I think you need something more concrete than a ‘window of attack’.
I have sacrificed my Queen, but it was checkmate next move.

I would normally only give up a pawn to keep my opponent’s King in the centre.

[Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus]

@glee

It is good that you are prepared to sacrifice pieces, but I think you need something more concrete than a ‘window of attack’.
I have sacrificed my Queen, but it was checkmate next move.

I didn’t express that very well. Of course I usually wouldn’t sacrifice an important piece just to be able to futilely attack the other King and say “Check!”, unless my opponent’s only response would allow me to capture a more valuable piece in return. And similarly with lower level pieces.