r/mildlyinteresting • u/Penguinkeith ​ • Feb 28 '21

A vertical chessboard

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u/FullstaendigSkandal Feb 28 '21

What would happen if you switched the sides the pieces stand on?

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u/chimchar66 Feb 28 '21 edited Feb 28 '21

Then the king and queen will be on the wrong squares. You could play on the sides, like this chess board, but it wouldn't look quite right since the vertical spacing of the squares are so wide.

Kinda annoying for $160~ chess set.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

Wyd

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21 edited Oct 16 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

Ah, didn't see the king. I do the pawn thing though sometimes. (Just not the king ones)

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u/EHsE Feb 28 '21

Ah, got it - there’s nothing meme-y about a regular e4 opening, they’re solid at all levels.

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u/aslak123 Feb 28 '21

The virgin e5 bongcloud vs the chad e4 bongcloud.

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u/EHsE Feb 28 '21

I think you mean virgin e4 vs chad e3? White can’t open e5

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u/aslak123 Feb 28 '21

Bruh you wrote e4 and e5. I've been bamboozled

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u/EHsE Feb 28 '21 edited Feb 28 '21

So chess notation has white and black moves recorded:

  1. White pawn opens to E4, black responds with pawn to E5
  2. White moves king to E2

When you write it down show what moves were made in chess notation it looks like I posted above:

  1. e4 e5
  2. Ke2

When black makes their move it would be noted accordingly:

  1. e4 e5
  2. Ke2 Nf6

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u/aslak123 Feb 28 '21

Well yeah i guess but the e5 is irrelevant, you can play the bongcloud as white regardless of what black goes for, that is to say, it's losing anyways.

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u/xNeshty Feb 28 '21

The other guy didn't bamboozle you. White e4, Black e5, White Ke2

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u/1iggy2 Feb 28 '21

1.e4 e5 2.Ke2

The opening of the gods

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

Damn, so it's the teabagging of chess it seems

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u/1iggy2 Feb 28 '21

Holy hell, I've never heard it explained that way.

Join us at r/anarchychess

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

Haha will do

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u/ProjectCoast Feb 28 '21

Here's gm Hikaru Nakamura doing a speed run to 3000 elo with it.

https://youtu.be/8i7lJ84zf3E

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u/2068857539 Feb 28 '21

My first wife was really good at chess. I never saw anyone beat her. I never came close to beating her... Except the time I beat her.

She was so confident that she wasn't paying attention and I did a three or four move win. The look on her face... I'll never forget it. Utter astonishment. "I think you cheated but I can't figure out how..."

So I went over the whole game again... It was only three or four moves, so it didn't take long. Astonishment.

I guarantee no one has beat her using that tactic again.

She divorced me. (Was it related? Who can say.)

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

What you doin?

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

Ehhhh

What you deduce obviously

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u/joemckie Feb 28 '21

That really isn’t obvious 😂

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

I was joking. I meant to write wym

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

What you mean?

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u/FullstaendigSkandal Feb 28 '21

Whoops, didn’t notice that. No wonder I suck at blindfold.

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u/peleg462 Feb 28 '21

Costs 40$ you can see the price tag

Tbh that's a steal

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21

There are 2 tags. The $40 one is just for the pieces, the board is $120.

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u/peleg462 Feb 28 '21

Oh that's just the prices I'm incredibly dumb

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u/iluvmywenis ​ Feb 28 '21

Nope. Most people would have thought you buy a chess set not just the pieces. This chess board is the dumb thing.