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Checkmate, muthaf*cka

Ifreann
11-06-2008, 18:38
WuChess.com is the worlds first online chess and Hip-Hop community. You can create and share profiles with your friends and triumph over enemies on the 64 squares. Not just against people in your neighborhood but from all over the world.

Play live chess with people from all over the world and get your learn on.

WuChess.com lets you get knowledge from REAL chess masters online, or train in chambers against the computer to refine your skills.

Create your own chess clans to see who can build the highest ranking. Play in tournaments for prizes, or just for the joy of flexin' ya mentals.

At Wuchess.com you can log-on to watch chess clans do battle on and check out exhibition matches with Rza, other Wu-Tang members and stars from across the planet.

WuChess taking the game of life to the next level.
http://www.wuchess.com/features/
Yes, that's Wu as in Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, Wu-Tang Clan have made a chess website. I did not see this coming. I mean, chess and hip-hop aren't things that many people would associate. Just another example of there being more to someone than meets the eye.
Fall of Empire
11-06-2008, 18:58
http://www.wuchess.com/features/
Yes, that's Wu as in Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, Wu-Tang Clan have made a chess website. I did not see this coming. I mean, chess and hip-hop aren't things that many people would associate. Just another example of there being more to someone than meets the eye.

:D It was bound to happen eventually. I mean, we already have this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0OCHPd9D8o
Ifreann
11-06-2008, 19:04
:D It was bound to happen eventually. I mean, we already have this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0OCHPd9D8o

I love modern culture.
Curious Inquiry
11-06-2008, 19:28
Chess is brilliant! It's what nerds did before there were video games ;)
Neesika
11-06-2008, 19:38
Gods I suck at chess. I have no patience for that sort of thing.
Neesika
11-06-2008, 19:40
I'm better at Connect 4
Curious Inquiry
11-06-2008, 19:41
Gods I suck at chess. I have no patience for that sort of thing.Try listening to hip-hop (on your iPod) while you play . . .
Ifreann
11-06-2008, 19:42
Chess is brilliant! It's what nerds did before there were rubix cubes ;)

Fixed.



Also, I'm going to look stupid if video games predate the rubix cube.
Rubiconic Crossings
11-06-2008, 19:49
Fixed.



Also, I'm going to look stupid if video games predate the rubix cube.

cube - 74

viddy - 58
Ifreann
11-06-2008, 20:00
cube - 74

viddy - 58

:(
Rubiconic Crossings
11-06-2008, 20:07
:(

http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/videogame.html

interesting story....really cool...

Rubix apparently invented the cube in 74 according to wiki...I was crap at that...never finished one..
Curious Inquiry
11-06-2008, 20:12
Fixed.



Also, I'm going to look stupid if video games predate the rubix cube.

Pish. We all went back to chess after we solved it (http://www.ymnichka.com/images/01022-01.jpg).
Lunatic Goofballs
11-06-2008, 20:51
http://www.wuchess.com/features/
Yes, that's Wu as in Wu-Tang Clan. Yes, Wu-Tang Clan have made a chess website. I did not see this coming. I mean, chess and hip-hop aren't things that many people would associate. Just another example of there being more to someone than meets the eye.

Actually, the Wu-Tang Clan have been into chess since the beginning. Strange, but true. *nod*
Yootopia
11-06-2008, 20:55
Actually, the Wu-Tang Clan have been into chess since the beginning. Strange, but true. *nod*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEPF2CNYkfk Fo' sho.
Ifreann
11-06-2008, 21:01
Actually, the Wu-Tang Clan have been into chess since the beginning. Strange, but true. *nod*

I did not know this. Huzzah for learning.
Gauthier
11-06-2008, 21:08
Next thing you know, they'll make their own Battle Chess.
Yootopia
11-06-2008, 21:12
Next thing you know, they'll make their own Battle Chess.
Wu-Tang Battle Chess : The conflict between bruthas and whitey goes 8x8 on yo ass
Longhaul
11-06-2008, 23:13
I'm better at Connect 4
I, on the other hand, appear to be rubbish at Connect 4, as this photo (http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk120/strangelybeige/Defeat.jpg) that my wife took (and uses as the desktop image on her PCs at work) shows. :(
New Limacon
11-06-2008, 23:19
I heard about this on the radio. It's a neat idea, but also costs about $40 per year. As someone who is not a huge fan of hip-hop or chess, I don't think I shall partake in this deal.
Cannot think of a name
11-06-2008, 23:58
Wu-Tang Battle Chess : The conflict between bruthas and whitey goes 8x8 on yo ass

Queens gambit ain't nothin' to fuck with.








that'd be so much better if I knew the name of an actual gambit...
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
12-06-2008, 00:30
Queens gambit ain't nothin' to fuck with.

that'd be so much better if I knew the name of an actual gambit...

Eh. You do. :p

I expect the phrase "queen's gambit declined, bitch!" might follow. :)
Trostia
13-06-2008, 04:28
Chess is so cool. I like forking people. I'm fond of the skewer and the discovered check these days too. I'm not sure whether controlling the center from a distance is better than controlling it with a pawn setup. I fall victim to Kotov's syndrome.
Cannot think of a name
13-06-2008, 04:28
Chess is so cool. I like forking people. I'm fond of the skewer and the discovered check these days too. I'm not sure whether controlling the center from a distance is better than controlling it with a pawn setup. I fall victim to Kotov's syndrome.

That's it. Give me your lunch money.
Trostia
13-06-2008, 04:47
That's it. Give me your lunch money.

You seem to be under the impression that I either eat lunch, or possess money. I must inform you that if this is the case, you are sadly mistaken, for I am not just a geek, but a drunk, and I have no money for robbers or food.
Lorkhan
13-06-2008, 14:13
The surviving members of Wu-Tang are actually quite intelligent. GZA, as his moniker implies, is literally a genius.
Rambhutan
13-06-2008, 14:22
I understand R Kelly prefers tiddly winks to chess.
Supergroovalistic
13-06-2008, 14:32
I heard about this on the radio. It's a neat idea, but also costs about $40 per year. As someone who is not a huge fan of hip-hop or chess, I don't think I shall partake in this deal.

Especially given that there are numerous free chess sites already, so you're effectively just paying for the hip-hop, which with social networking sites, YouTube, etc. really doesn't seem worth it.
Cosmopoles
13-06-2008, 14:43
The game of chess, is like a swordfight
You must think first, before you move
Toad style is immensely strong, and immune to nearly any weapon
When it's properly used, it's almost invincible

When I heard that on Enter the Wu-Tang, I didn't realise they were actually into chess.