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:[Cueball is watching a friend of his play chess on a laptop computer.]
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:[Friend makes a move]
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:[Cueball]: Why'd you move your knight away?
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:[Cueball]: Just think ''logically''. The goal is checkmate, so you should always move pieces ''toward'' the other player's king.
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:[Cueball]: I guess occasionally you need to move backward, but it'd be trivial to make a list of those circumstances and-
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:[Friend interrupts]
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:[Friend]: Have you ever '''''Played''''' chess?
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:[Cueball]: Not much, but-
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:[Friend interrupts again]
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:[Friend]: Wanna?
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:[Cueball]: Uh, ok
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:[4 and a half turn into a new chess game]
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:[Friend]:Checkmate.
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:[Beat panel with Cueball looking at the game board.]
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:[Cueball]: This game isn't very well designed. For starters knights are too weak...
  
 
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Revision as of 11:33, 24 September 2012

Think Logically
I've developed a more logical set of rules but the people on the chess community have a bunch of stupid emotional biases and won't reply to my posts.
Title text: I've developed a more logical set of rules but the people on the chess community have a bunch of stupid emotional biases and won't reply to my posts.

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Transcript

[Cueball is watching a friend of his play chess on a laptop computer.]
[Friend makes a move]
[Cueball]: Why'd you move your knight away?
[Cueball]: Just think logically. The goal is checkmate, so you should always move pieces toward the other player's king.
[Cueball]: I guess occasionally you need to move backward, but it'd be trivial to make a list of those circumstances and-
[Friend interrupts]
[Friend]: Have you ever Played chess?
[Cueball]: Not much, but-
[Friend interrupts again]
[Friend]: Wanna?
[Cueball]: Uh, ok
[4 and a half turn into a new chess game]
[Friend]:Checkmate.
[Beat panel with Cueball looking at the game board.]
[Cueball]: This game isn't very well designed. For starters knights are too weak...


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