I played my first chess tournament game today, and it was really fun even though I lost. Are there any other chess players on Merveilles/among my followers? Would there be any interest in starting a Merveilles Chess Club? We could use lichess.org to play regular games. #theChessBoard
@gueorgui Been meaning to play but haven't found the time. Ben Porter (@eigenbom on twitter, I'm friends with him irl) has been playing _a lot_ haha.
@maxc Let's do it! I'm really a beginner though :D
@gueorgui Me too, that's my big hesitation - another thing to start worrying about progress on or comparing myself to others haha. Got to break those patterns.
I could probably fit in a game or two a week though, i'm on australian eastern time so we'll have to figure out an overlap and make some embarrassing mistakes together.
@gueorgui Just mentioning this as another option (and because bots are fun! 🤖) but, there’s a chess bot on Fedi. https://castling.club/
@amdt Nice! But I can't help feeling that Lichess is a superior experience (plus it's also FOSS!)
@gueorgui It certainly does look great!
I made a Lichess team for Merveilles, please do join! https://lichess.org/team/merveilles-chess-club
Password is "1bitonly" (no quotes).
#theChessBoard