My friend and I want to be lazy and instead of actually moving pieces and removing them off the board and putting them back on to play again, we want to just control pieces by our voice. Thanks in advance for the help.

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I'm a good amateur player, but have never broken that barrier to be really good at chess. I hover somewhere between 1500 and 1650, although I've brushed 1700 at my best.
This year, I'd like to break the 1800 barrier.
There are a lot of books out there about strategies within the game itself, and finding the best move, but very little written about how to become a good player.
Is there any book you would recommend on that subject?
Also, what is a good way to improve as a player: Blind chess? Simultaneous games? Analysing your games? Finding a teacher? Etc...
Is there a way to find out exactly what your weaknesses are and working on them? That's the sort of advice I'm looking for.
Thank you.

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My husband and myself, along with another couple enjoy playing board games once a week together. Monopoly is too long, scrabble gets to brainy, we do like Cranium though, but we've went through all the cards. Any other suggestion for games? I heard of one that is like "get your mind out of the gutter" or something like that where it describes sexual things but then it's really not. What's the name of that?

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Of all the various board games that you have played or tried to play, from childhood to now, which ones did you like the most, and which ones did you really hate the most..and why?

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