Chess

how long are the games?

3 days. i see.

I much prefer my phone pinging to tell me to make a move rather than someone phoning up asking me to do some work

I'm a bit freaked out about having so many games on at once.

Oh well, let's get involved ...

awesome!

and good luck all

storeboughthair

fuck. just lost a game. playing 5 simultaneously is not easy.

4 moves in

oof! brutal.

take your time out there. i tend to move pretty quickly but remember it is three days a move

I'm going to need to put the iPad in the next room. Every time I consider doing some work it beeps at me to say doubleodavey has made another move

OK. I've been playing all 7 games concurrently and it's frying my head.

I'm going to put some on the back burner.

Apologies if I go slow on you.

mashtonian

I'll just keep playing the ones that I think I can win quickly... :-)

I find it helps to always play back the last 5 or so moves for each game. Get your head back in it

Thats a good idea.
How do i do that? is it automated or from the notation?

Press the back button. Bottom right.

In the app.

thank you

4 moves in

I got a screenshot :)

No need for a screenshot. All chess.com games are archived and public.

See

1 Attachment

thanks, guys

Ha, nevermind mate. I’d suggest this but you’ve probably got it nailed down now.

https://www.chess.com/lessons/winning-the-game/the-4-move-checkmate

Heheh!

we have all been caught out with that from time to time - @elswick nearly caught me out with it!

it's always a good one to try, particularly when people are loaded up with games

Sneaky elswick... will watch out for it.

Managed an 8 move mate in a speed game last night.

#boastpost

1 Attachment

this speed is definitely making me make blunders.

two games that I should have won by now, but I have made silly oversights

Yes, this is a slightly unrealistic tournament format, surely. Looking forward to getting stuck in though.