Cigars and Games(Chess?)

[Trusty_Patches]

Hello everyone! Hope you all are having an awesome new year so far! One of the coolest moments I've had when smoking cigar is with my father playing a few rounds of chess. Knights taking his bishop or him putting me into a funny check all the while puffing on delicious stogies. 

[Troels]

Sounds like good times 

[Santiago]

I enjoy chess but it’s no fun unless you’re at more or less the same skill level as your opponent. Backgammon is a good one too

[luvdunhill]

I would love a virtual game of Go whilst smoking a decent cigar. Hit me up.

[kuma]

Used to love to play.  Was taught to play at tournament level.  Do have a official USCF rating which is not

very high but that is because I would mix it up in the open division w / masters, experts and even grand masters who were

signed into the open division.  Tournaments are training and more training and hard work where your brain hurts.

The really fun stuff is playing 5 minute "speed chess" for money.  Would go down to NY city, Washington  Square Park

and either lose my shirt / money (three dollars a game) or take my opponents shirt and money.  Difference between tour. chess and speed chess

is the time factor.  A tour. with big money could last 2 or three days while speen chess is 5 minute adrenalin rush.

Chess is fun but one must remember it is only a game.  Not more important than loved ones, friends, job, etc, etc......

[BuzzArd]

18 hours ago, kuma said:

Used to love to play.  Was taught to play at tournament level.  Do have a official USCF rating which is not

very high but that is because I would mix it up in the open division w / masters, experts and even grand masters who were

signed into the open division.  Tournaments are training and more training and hard work where your brain hurts.

The really fun stuff is playing 5 minute "speed chess" for money.  Would go down to NY city, Washington  Square Park

and either lose my shirt / money (three dollars a game) or take my opponents shirt and money.  Difference between tour. chess and speed chess

is the time factor.  A tour. with big money could last 2 or three days while speen chess is 5 minute adrenalin rush.

Chess is fun but one must remember it is only a game.  Not more important than loved ones, friends, job, etc, etc......

Impressive...   Chess was never something my brain "got"....  Used to play Risk for days though.   For a while  I was ranked No. 1 among my entire family. 

Hats off to the folks that can play it.  

[kuma]

Sounds like you "mopped the floor" with them and then some!

[drsupremos]

love to smoke a cigar when playing a heated game of risk