What is your chess skill anyway ?

[Manekineko]

Don't play, although I do know how to. Probably suck. Just not my cup of tea, I guess.

[Mattjila]

I've always been pretty bad at chess. That said, I really love tsume-shogi, so maybe it's my ability to only see a few limited moves ahead that hinders my chess ability.

[Andreas]

If you want to play me, my name is Dejima.

My name on itsyourturn.com is Miyabiyama, but Im only open for games of go (or pachinko, of course... maybe I should have called the account Futenou)

To Yakosutsu: even I can beat the strongest computer Go programs easily, and Im just an average club player. The branching factor of Go is too high for whole-board brute-force search, which is the main factor in all successful chess programs.

Edited August 3, 2006 by Andreas

[Sasanishiki]

I know how to play, in that I know how the pieces move and the general aim etc. I've played against little hand-held chess computer games, my dad, etc but I wouldn't say I know how to play in the sense that I know the strategies and know how to beat people. I prefer Spider Solitaire