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Is there something like "Life in 8x8" ?
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:44 am
by asura
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?
Re: Is there something like "Life in 8x8" ?
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 9:47 am
by DrStraw
Yes, take up go and forget chess.

Re: Is there something like "Life in 8x8" ?
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 11:29 am
by dfan
The highest quality chess forum is probably
chesspub.com, though it is mostly focused on openings.
Re: Is there something like "Life in 8x8" ?
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 2:34 pm
by CnP
I like reading the chess.com/forum .. dont know if its the best but seems decent quality
Re: Is there something like "Life in 8x8" ?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:34 am
by Revilo
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...
Re: Is there something like "Life in 8x8" ?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:50 am
by skydyr
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...
Re: Is there something like "Life in 8x8" ?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 7:54 am
by Revilo
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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Re: Is there something like "Life in 8x8" ?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 8:03 am
by Uberdude
We did have our own little dose of the ARB loony here...
Re: Is there something like "Life in 8x8" ?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 9:38 am
by Anzu
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.
Re: Is there something like "Life in 8x8" ?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2016 10:11 am
by Revilo
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
Re: Is there something like "Life in 8x8" ?
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 4:53 pm
by asura
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

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 12:55 am
by EdLee
asura wrote:over 5 million chess games to play with

That'll keep you busy for a little bit.
