with or against

Thomaster

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25 Aug 09

Thomaster

ALG

Joined: 16 Dec 07
Moves: 6190

25 Aug 09

Do you play chess with or against your friends?

Phlabibit

Mystic Meg

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Joined: 27 Mar 03
Moves: 17242

25 Aug 09

Originally posted by Thomaster
Do you play chess with or against your friends?

What's your definition of either?

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

USA

Joined: 14 Jul 07
Moves: 43012

25 Aug 09

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Originally posted by Thomaster
Do you play chess with or against your friends?

Of course 'with' and always with a cordial salvo of "Looking forward

to an interesting conversation and wishing both of us a fine game."

HandyAndy

Read a book!

Joined: 23 Sep 06
Moves: 18677

25 Aug 09

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Of course 'with' and always with a cordial slavo of "Looking forward

to an interesting conversation and wishing both of us a fine game."

Suppose your friend isn't Slavic?

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

USA

Joined: 14 Jul 07
Moves: 43012

25 Aug 09

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Suppose your friend isn't Slavic?

Hey, Andy. Happy Birthday! By the way, I've always been okay with the Slav Defense.

Anything classical and analyzed good enough for Bogoljubov is good enough for me.

😀

rookie54

free tazer tickles..

wildly content...

Joined: 09 Mar 08
Moves: 205622

25 Aug 09

Originally posted by Thomaster
Do you play chess with or against your friends?

whether friend, acquaintance, foe, or unknown, they be all tha same...
i wish my opponent "good luck"...

and then i disembowel him/her...
whilst savoring a pulled pork sandwich...

thanks fer askin...
rookie

duecer

anybody seen my

underpants??

Joined: 01 Sep 06
Moves: 56453

25 Aug 09

Originally posted by rookie54
whether friend, acquaintance, foe, or unknown, they be all tha same...
i wish my opponent "good luck"...

and then i disembowel him/her...
whilst savoring a pulled pork sandwich...

thanks fer askin...
rookie

I like the cut of yer jib, wanna play pirate?

wormwood

If Theres Hell Below

We're All Gonna Go!

Joined: 10 Sep 05
Moves: 10228

25 Aug 09

sometimes I'm playing chess AT them! just something I learned from korchnoi.

adam warlock

Baby Gauss

Ceres

Joined: 14 Oct 06
Moves: 18375

25 Aug 09

Originally posted by Thomaster
Do you play chess with or against your friends?

In chess I have no friends! 😠

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

USA

Joined: 14 Jul 07
Moves: 43012

25 Aug 09

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Originally posted by wormwood
sometimes I'm playing chess AT them! just something I learned from korchnoi.

As always, Worm, it's usually best to remain flexible and prudent to learn from our 'betters'...

As the Olde Vermont Farmer said, "Take my milk from many cows but make my own butter."

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

USA

Joined: 14 Jul 07
Moves: 43012

25 Aug 09

Originally posted by adam warlock
In chess I have no friends! 😠

One young friend once spoke those very same words to me, during

a friendly neighborhood cookout. I said, "Do you lack the capacity?"

hopscotch

Joined: 09 Jun 04
Moves: 39731

25 Aug 09

Originally posted by Thomaster
Do you play chess with or against your friends?

I play over my friends.

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

USA

Joined: 14 Jul 07
Moves: 43012

25 Aug 09

Originally posted by hopscotch
I play over my friends.

In doing so, do you often underwhelm them?

😀

adam warlock

Baby Gauss

Ceres

Joined: 14 Oct 06
Moves: 18375

25 Aug 09

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
"Do you lack the capacity?"

No. I just choose to rejoice on trampling weaklings.

Grampy Bobby

Boston Lad

USA

Joined: 14 Jul 07
Moves: 43012

25 Aug 09

Originally posted by adam warlock
No. I just choose to rejoice on trampling weaklings.

Adam, there's really no need at all to explain. All of us caught that

sentiment first time around. Chat just leveled up from chess to...