cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/81639

tournament note for self; liwott won in 21 moves

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/67533

Roses are red

Violets are blue

You're gonna sign up for this chess tournament

How to play:

0. Most important! Share this event as widely as possible! Post on the fediverse and even on your Facebook, Reddit, tiktok etc

1. Sign up in the comments here. Just say your signing up.

2. I'll arrange brackets. Or if you particularly want to play someone, mention it in the comments and I'll pair you guys up

3. I'm open to suggestions, but lichess seems like the easiest way to set up matches, but really, if you can get your opponent to agree to use like Minetest chess, go for it!

4. If someone off the fediverse wants to play, have them contact me somehow. You could even relay their messages to me.

prizes:

• once the fedizens enquirer news paper is up and running, you'll be featured there.

• myself, @sexy_peach@feddit.de, Michael from Perthchat and/or @Helix@feddit.de will simp for you

• paid tournament will follow later on, if enough interest

Has this ever been attempted before?

I'm partially memeing bc i get that it's a game from like 3000 yrs ago, but its a very easy modification.

Is there a reason why this isn't done? Or changing the colors to something else? (Blue vs red, which seems to be video game standard)

I have aphantasia but managed to follow the moves in the video and notice the pin.

Aphantasia is the inability to create mental images in one's mind. You can check for yourself if you have aphantasia by imaging a ball on a table.

Do you have aphantasia? Can you play blind chess?

Old news, but cool. HTTP Warning

"Most “free” websites subsist by selling ads or selling user data. Others do it by putting all the good stuff behind paywalls. Lichess doesn’t do any of that and never will. Almost 6 years ago, Lichess founder Thibault explained why Lichess is free - and what that means. A lot can change in 6 years but this is one thing that hasn't and never will.

This is our unbreakable promise to you, our users:

Lichess will never have ads.
Lichess will never sell our user’s data.
Lichess will always be 100% free of charge.

"

Is there a havy puzzle doer over here? How does puzzle ELO compare to other categories in Lichess in your opinion? Because I suck at chess but I'm kinda good at puzzles.

For example, I am 1900 on puzzle but 1100 on rapid and 900 on blitz.

the study evaluated 42 female chess players against 42 male chess players online

the organizers made the female players believe that they were playing against both female players and male players, when in reality they were always only playing against male players

as a result they saw a 50! % decrease in performance when the female players were told that they were playing against men due to gender stereotypes

keep in mind that this reduction is present not only among games with different male players, but also in games against the very same male player

Sorry I did not know what to put for the title.

Could we modify the community's name to simply Chess so that it fits with the new way Lemmy shows communities?

And also maybe using something like this as the community logo?

Yes! you can play chess with any user of the fediverse with mastochess! Mastodon Chess control games, players and boards. And it posts, graphically, every move to both players!