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So, Chess. Who plays? I used to play competitively in school tournaments in elementary school, and I'm recently getting back into the swing of things; experimenting with openings, studying tactics, and playing lots of online chess before I hit up a proper tournament in a few weeks. I'll probably lose all my games, but that's learning Anyone else playing or looking to play on a competitive level? I'd like for this to just be a general discussion thread, so I don't really have any specific OP questions.

I'm terrible, but had a lot of fun in the late 80s with Battlechess.

I've never played competitively, but I enjoy sitting down for the occasional game. My wife just got me this for my birthday this past weekend. http://shop.lego.com/en-US/LEGO-Kingdoms-Chess-Set-853373

I think the white army is completely cheese. I mean, always going first? Broken!

I'm also a casual player.

White chessmen, black chessmen -- I've even seen red ones. It seems like every release is just more chessmen and I think it's about time we had some Xenos releases.

Wait.

I suck at chess, but enjoy it anyway.

Used to play quite a bit (not competitively), and like to feel I could hold my own. At least, I could hold my own against my friends. We also tended to play quicker, so there wasn't a ton of deep strategy.

I played for awhile at work at lunch with a workmate who played.

I also have done PBEM, which is also fun, but can take awhile depending on how long move emails take (and no cheating!).

I found that the only way to get better was play, play, play. I studied middle, and particularly end game strategy, but could never get it to stick (end game is usually where I lose it), probably because I didn't play enough.