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[This is water]

I signed up for the receiving-with-no-giving option, right?

 

Watch your mouth. My wife slapped the mess out of me for saying that.

 

Your wife? You collect comics and coins, I would need to see a copy of the marriage license to accept the validity of that joke.

 

You forgot about chess. I'm even trying to start a chess club, with little success I'm afraid.

 

How many people have joined this club?

[USArmyParatrooper]

I signed up for the receiving-with-no-giving option, right?

 

Watch your mouth. My wife slapped the mess out of me for saying that.

 

Your wife? You collect comics and coins, I would need to see a copy of the marriage license to accept the validity of that joke.

 

You forgot about chess. I'm even trying to start a chess club, with little success I'm afraid.

 

How many people have joined this club?

 

A grand total of ONE said he would join if a club got going. I'm stuck playing online for now.

[HolidayHam]

I signed up for the receiving-with-no-giving option, right?

 

Watch your mouth. My wife slapped the mess out of me for saying that.

 

Your wife? You collect comics and coins, I would need to see a copy of the marriage license to accept the validity of that joke.

 

You forgot about chess. I'm even trying to start a chess club, with little success I'm afraid.

 

How many people have joined this club?

 

A grand total of ONE said he would join if a club got going. I'm stuck playing online for now.

 

Nerd Alert!

[Senormac]

I signed up for the receiving-with-no-giving option, right?

 

Watch your mouth. My wife slapped the mess out of me for saying that.

 

Your wife? You collect comics and coins, I would need to see a copy of the marriage license to accept the validity of that joke.

 

You forgot about chess. I'm even trying to start a chess club, with little success I'm afraid.

 

How many people have joined this club?

 

A grand total of ONE said he would join if a club got going. I'm stuck playing online for now.

 

Unless you live really close to the people who might join your club, won't you all be playing online too ?

[Norrin_Radd]

To arrive or the lazy US dorks think that they can send it a few days weeks before X-mas and expect it to arrive on time?

(thumbs u

 

Thought we had an early start this year, but it looks like PMs will be the same as last year (which was 23rd of November).

[HolidayHam]

I will PM everybody tonight with their Secret Santa recipient's info.

 

Sorry for the delay, friends.

 

Should start recieving PMs around midnight EST. (thumbs u

 

HH

[DiceX]

I've been receiving PMS for years.

 

 

[comicdonna]

I will PM everybody tonight with their Secret Santa recipient's info.

 

Sorry for the delay, friends.

 

Should start recieving PMs around midnight EST. (thumbs u

 

HH

I sugest everyone bump their PM thread will Mr. Ham. That way you will get the info quicker.

[Flee-Marquette]

mmm....Holiday Ham

 

 

 

[s-man]

mmm....Holiday Ham

 

 

 

Does the woman in green have a bee hive hairdo or is that an actual bee hive?

[thirdgreenham]

At first, I thought you had a picture of my family, for some reason.

[Mr.Diggler]

I've been receiving PMS for years.

 

Dice has his wings.

[USArmyParatrooper]

I signed up for the receiving-with-no-giving option, right?

 

Watch your mouth. My wife slapped the mess out of me for saying that.

 

Your wife? You collect comics and coins, I would need to see a copy of the marriage license to accept the validity of that joke.

 

You forgot about chess. I'm even trying to start a chess club, with little success I'm afraid.

 

How many people have joined this club?

 

A grand total of ONE said he would join if a club got going. I'm stuck playing online for now.

 

Unless you live really close to the people who might join your club, won't you all be playing online too ?

 

I'm sure there's a lot more people who play, but I just haven't run into them. I only know two guys who play. One guy is in my company and was in a chess club in high school, but refuses to be part of a local one. He's in his early 20's and I think he's too worried about looking cool. The other one is in my battalion, but in a different company. I used to play him a lot in Iraq at the MWR center, and he said he would join. I always ask, but very few people around here play.

[thirdgreenham]

King pawn 4

[DiceX]

King pawn 4

 

You sank my battleship!

 

 

[USArmyParatrooper]

King pawn 4

 

In other words, 1. e4

 

1. e4 e6

 

Your turn.

 

2.

[thirdgreenham]

I only know how to play on a board, I don't know the letters and numbers.

[oakman29]

I will PM everybody tonight with their Secret Santa recipient's info.

 

Sorry for the delay, friends.

 

Should start recieving PMs around midnight EST. (thumbs u

 

HH

I think it's passed midnight in the East Coast.

[USArmyParatrooper]

I only know how to play on a board, I don't know the letters and numbers.

 

The board is an 8 x 8 grid of squares.

 

If you count from left to right they're lettered A - H

 

If you're playing white, from front (the furthest toward you) to back it is numbered 1 - 8

 

So at the start of the game white's king is on E1 and black's king is on E8

 

The pieces are represented by a single letter.

 

King = K

Queen = Q

Bishop = B

Knight = N

Rook = R

 

Pawns are not considered "pieces" and no letter means you're talking about the Pawn.

 

So, Nf3 means means you moved your knight to the f3 square. If you capture a piece, then you add an x, so Nxf3 means you captured a piece on the f3 square with your knight.

 

If a move puts the opponent in check you add a + sign. So, you could say Nf3+ or Nxf3+ if it also captures a piece. For checkmate it's either ++ or the # sign.

 

0-0 means castle kingside and 0-0-0 means castle queenside.

[greggy]

Sweet, I got another Canuck.