8409 - What sort of Chess Piece do you move like?

[scottobear]

[Poll #748518]
Why? (answer in comments, my answer is below)

Poll was brought on by hearing that the knight on a chessboard has to move in an "L" shape because back then, the horse had to be turned left or right for the knight to get close enough to hit someone with a sword or mace.

Sometimes I think that I shuffle that way, behaviorally (is that a word?). I move off to the side, and then a bit forward. (or vice versa) It seems to progress effectively, I have to shift a bit, laterally.

It's also worth noting that I am *horrid* at chess... I still haven't grasped the best strategies of the game. I do very well at simpler ones, like Go, Othello (Reversi), Pente, Checkers, and the like

Comments

[i.livejournal.com]

that's an interesting bit of trivia. i clicked all of them, because i refuse to be constrained my rules.

i've been playing a lot of GO recently, and i have to say that its simplicity is an illusion.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

well, we all move in all ways, but I certainly tend to king/knight styles the most.

go is very complex, but I grasped the basic strategies pretty easily... the look-ahead logic is very different.

[i.livejournal.com]

have you ever played a much more experienced GO player? i was completely at a loss as to why i was losing.

then he proceeded to tell me of another player who would give him 25! stones and then win anyway! i can't imagine winning against anyone who had a 25 stone advantage unless they were a complete novice. this guy is far from a novice. he beats me handily giving me 7 stones.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

yes, and it's true... very easily blown away by upper skilled folks... yahoo games have some really good teachers on board!

[graypumpkin.livejournal.com]

I chose the rook though while mobile and flexible I often have to take the long way around rather than just taking the more direct angled path.

Now you put Yes in my head.

Move me on to any black square,
Use me any time you want,
Just remember that the goal
Is for us all to capture all we want
(Move me on to any black square)
Yea, yea, yea.

Don't surround yourself with yourself,
Move on back two squares,
Send an Instant Karma to me,
Initial it with loving care
Don't surround
Yourself.
'Cause it's time, it's time in time with your time and its news is captured
For the queen to use.
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit didda.
Diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit diddit
Didda.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Nifty reasoning, I think.

The rook is probably the piece I rely on most during an actual chess game. long range "box-ins" are a tactic that helps me a lot, though I am pretty lousy at the game as a whole.

"I've seen all good people
Turn their heads each day
So satisfied I'm on my way"

that's so stuck in my head right now. Sneaky Yes infiltration!

[graypumpkin.livejournal.com]

Like you I'm not a great chess player, and I also rely on the rook simple and effective it's like the pincer movement.

[i.livejournal.com]

and now you put it in mine!

[graypumpkin.livejournal.com]

It’s insidiously catchy!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

dance, you poor puppets! Dance!

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

On a totally different tack - does D'Art still go "Oi-yoi-oi?"

[graypumpkin.livejournal.com]

She did only that one memorable time.
If ahe's upset, or about to spit up a hair-ball, she usally does the more common wah-waugh

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Kitty impersonation of Howard the Duck!

[legal-beagle555.livejournal.com]

the rook has enough power to be dangerous, but not so much that you become a target like the Queen

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

I really like the rook, especially using 'em both to sort of tighten the vice around enemy moves :)

[eryx-uk.livejournal.com]

I voted for Bishop because I tend to walk a path different to everyone else.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

It's the BISHOP!

Plus, cool hat.

[pageeater.livejournal.com]

Why do I move like the Queen? It's always been a freedom issue for me. In my youth I made my moves rather indiscrimately, blowing myself up along the way a great deal of this time. With age, however, comes wisdom - though I still insist on use of the whole board and full range of motion.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

very neat, and quite freeing!

[talonvaki.livejournal.com]

The rook. I go in a fairly straight line, but I don't want to be constrained in my movements.

Not the queen because I would like to be able to move more than one step at a time, thanks.

And I suck at chess.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

queens can move the whole board! kings are stuck at singe steps. :)

[silentyrs.livejournal.com]

The Bishop because I like to move quickly and sharply

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

and, of course, the cooler outfits!

[kat78731.livejournal.com]

I'll be the only pawn I think. I like the quick two square jump start, then I stroll along in what appears to be a predicable, steady rate -- though I will skew my path to make that surprising side-swipe when I have to.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

ah.. deceptively clever...plus, you get to be queen with some effort!