Ask HN: Chess players here?

I play chess, but terribly and not rated...

Former chess player. I played competitively up until about age 17. My national rating (Canada) peaked at ~2200 (probably putting me around (2000-2100 in FIDE terms), but didn't play in enough FIDE-rated tournaments.

Once I started studying engineering, I had neither the time nor energy to stay competitive enough to keep going. I'm early 30's now. The only chess I play now is with the occasional stranger at the public library or to surprise someone giving a chess exhibition with one of those giant chess boards ;)

What blows my mind now is that I used to have better concentration abilities as a youngster (12 to 17 years old) than I do now. I was notorious for playing marathon games and getting into time trouble (imagine flagging after 6 hours of play!). Now I can't fathom sitting for 30 minutes to decide on a single move. That being said, I would say it has transferred over to other parts of my life. My wife will be the first to tell you that I love to analyze (and over-analyze) decisions and will hold off on making them until I'm very sure about things.

- I play chess

I'm unrated and without a particular talent for the game, but I've always enjoyed it. I managed one draw and one win (out of dozens of matches) against someone supposedly rated >1800 (not sure if FIDE or US) ... 20 years ago. I haven't even had a game in over a year so I'm not really a "player" if I ever was. :)

Yes; i suck. Haven't played a tournament since the mid 2000's.

I suck at chess but I recommend a holiday in Indonesia. People don't drink alcohol much but socialise by playing chess. I ended playing chess nearly every day. I didn't win at all. The coffee is also awesome.

http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Indonesia/Yogyakarta/Chess.jp...

i was not interested in chess and it was really hard for me to get interested until i followed this guy's videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/ChessNetwork

Just watching it got me excited and I picked up the basics and was having fun learning the game.

I'm a chess newbie but I think the best/most simple chess website to play at is http://www.lichess.org

I play chess, but not very often anymore. In my peak I drew an IM during a simul on ICC, but probably was only rated 1800-1900. I stopped studying it and took up the violin because I got tired of sitting by myself for hours. With music I can at least play with others, and my wife can enjoy it!

I like chess but i suck at it.I would like to have sparing partner(tutorial,book recommendation will do it too), someone who can teach me how to think like a chess player precisely explaining why at any given moment you would move a piece instead of another. To me there are so many options that it would take hours to make a sure move.

I play yahoo's online chess once and a while.

I play every once in a while, but I've never studied or practiced enough to go beyond around 1200. I have trouble forcing myself to spend more than about 3 seconds per move. I also don't think about playing while its my opponent's turn. That's probably not ideal.

FIDE Master here. Rated 2317 according to the latest FIDE ratings.

I'm a sloppy 5-minute speed chess player, for whatever that's worth.

I play slow (correspondence) chess at redhotpawn.com. Great site!

I used to think I was ok at it but then:

* I've never beaten my dad in a game in 20 years * I took up the offer from a guy in a NY park and got my ass royally whooped (not to mention the 20 dollars heh)