Is there something like "Life in 8x8" ?

asura · Post by **asura** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:44 am

Hi,

I'm looking for a good chess forum, but while there are more chess forums than go forums I cannot find something as good as this one.

Do you have any suggestions for me?

DrStraw · Post by **DrStraw** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:47 am

Yes, take up go and forget chess. ;-)

dfan · Post by **dfan** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 11:29 am

The highest quality chess forum is probably chesspub.com, though it is mostly focused on openings.

CnP · Post by **CnP** » Mon Aug 08, 2016 2:34 pm

I like reading the chess.com/forum .. dont know if its the best but seems decent quality

Revilo · Post by **Revilo** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:34 am

The forum at chess.com is definitely the biggest English language forum I am aware of. If you happen to speak German, there is schachfeld.de - it is very similar to Life in 19x19.

But let me tell you: The user experience you will have is going to be miles worse than at 19x19. The folks hanging out at chess forums can be, well, a little idiosyncratic...

skydyr · Post by **skydyr** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:50 am

Revilo wrote:But let me tell you: The user experience you will have is going to be miles worse than at 19x19. The folks hanging out at chess forums can be, well, a little idiosyncratic...

Let me reiterate that we are all perfectly normal and well-adjusted. Nothing to see here. Move along...

Revilo · Post by **Revilo** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:54 am

skydyr wrote:
Revilo wrote:But let me tell you: The user experience you will have is going to be miles worse than at 19x19. The folks hanging out at chess forums can be, well, a little idiosyncratic...

Let me reiterate that we are all perfectly normal and well-adjusted. Nothing to see here. Move along...

I honestly mean that. I've been lurking here for quite a while before eventually registering. The dealings seem way more civilized on here.

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Uberdude · Post by **Uberdude** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 8:03 am

We did have our own little dose of the ARB loony here...

Anzu · Post by **Anzu** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 9:38 am

Sometimes things get heated here, too - everyone starts posting massive, gigantic, enormous walls of text that make it impossible to follow the argument. Usually about something minor, too.

Revilo · Post by **Revilo** » Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:11 am

Anzu wrote:Sometimes things get heated here, too - ...

I've noticed something like the stuff I'm used from the chess world in the Professionals section, especially when it comes to Japanese players. Imagine this, but much more intense, by multiple factors...

The thing is, in chess, there are really strong bots, and this leads to a phenomenon I like to call engine slaves. If you say, well, usually this and that should be done in general in this position, you might very well be drowned in posts like computer says no

asura · Post by **asura** » Wed Aug 10, 2016 4:53 pm

Thank you for all the tips. I checked things out and now I have some cool database tools and over 5 million chess games to play with

EdLee · Post by **EdLee** » Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:55 am

asura wrote:over 5 million chess games to play with

That'll keep you busy for a little bit.

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