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Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
Zero vs Dreadlord 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3
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Posted by dreadlord (Member # 2913) on :
e4 Nc6 nf3 e5
so, give up on your queens gambit?
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Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4
I don't like the Queen's, I'm a fan of other gambits
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Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
I'm impressed - this game sure is moving fast...
Posted by dreadlord (Member # 2913) on :
Bc4 Bc5
touche.
so, do you have a chess board next to you, too? or is that not fair?
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Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
Haha without a chessboard I could never play a coherent game. So feel free.
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
quote:I'm impressed - this game sure is moving fast...
I'm not doing a circuit of business travels at the moment.
Or did you mean it in the sense that the game is developing fast?
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
Zero, I was joking - What's a kingly court without the presence of jest?
(hint: it pseudo-rhimes with "jest")
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
I just noticed your "..." at the end of your earlier post. But I guess I didn't get the joke because I thought the game was moving fast, lol.
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Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
PS: philo, are you at all surprised by my move?
Posted by dreadlord (Member # 2913) on :
possibly he is, but I saw it coming.
b4 Kxb4
I dont get it... so, what do we talk about?
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Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
Zero, yes it did surprise me. I would say that both of you have rather unorthodox opening positions at this moment, but who am I to say. My conservative gameplay does not seem to fair well with email-chess.
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
... King takes?? What are you smoking?
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
I'm going to assume you meant Bxb4 in which case this is my response. (If I'm wrong then let me know)
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
philo, this is actually my favorite opening (though I haven't played it in years)
Posted by dreadlord (Member # 2913) on :
sorry... I meant knight. my bad.
if you want to buy an ounce... jk. lol
c3 Nd3
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Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
Your knight can't reach d3. He can reach d4, but not d3.
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
I apologize for intruding, but may I suggest you both return to black's 4th move: Nxb4
White's turn.
Posted by dreadlord (Member # 2913) on :
sorry, I was away from my board. wont happen again.
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
Oh it's not a problem, I'm sure I added to the confusion. But, so we're squared away, is this position agreeable?
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Nxb4 5. c3
(ps thanks for the suggestion, philo, I agree)
Posted by dreadlord (Member # 2913) on :
I have no problem with it.
c3 Nd6
well, you probably read my post on poetry, and I just wanted people to know that I took your advise. I talked to her, and it turns out she did know I exist. we have a date planned for this saturday.
I gave her a lilly. thought about a cherry blossom, since thats what shes named after. (shes chinese) but thought it too much of a cliche.
about the date, I was thinking a picnic, with a movie later on. is that too much for a first date? (you can tell I have experience in this area.) lol.
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Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
Your knight can't reach d6.
Posted by dreadlord (Member # 2913) on :
lol, philo
Posted by Patrick James (Member # 7847) on :
This game seems to be moving fast(...), or maybe it seems that way because I haven't got around to Hatrack in a while.
Hey, dreadlord.
Just curious, can people place bets on the outcome? Or just make noisome comments in general?
Posted by dreadlord (Member # 2913) on :
I dont have a problem with it, the problem would be how to collect on them.
what the hell does that last move mean? Im assuming you took my pawn, if Im wrong tell me.
my responce is
0-0 Bxd4
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
PLease the more bets and noise the better. I am entertained by it Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
Zero performed a king side castle (0-0). I will provide this for reference:
quote:The new coding is pretty slick. The first letter (in caps) represents the piece you are moving. K=king, Q=queen, R=rook, N=knight, B=bishop, and for pawns there is no capital letter. Then you add the tile that the piece is moving to. So if I am moving my bishop to c7, the move would be recorded as Bc7. If my piece takes another piece, this attack is marked by an x. So if my Bishop takes any piece on c7, the move would be recorded thusly "Bxc7". 1. The piece I move 2.the fact that he captures something and 3. his destination.
For pawn movements you just state the square the pawn moves to. So my first move was e4, so it's clearly a pawn move because it isn't preceded by a capital letter.
But... if a pawn captures a piece, the moves must include the column designation of the pawn I move (for example e, or a, or g) and then the x to indicate that I captured a piece, and of course the spot where it lands. So if my pawn is moving from e4 to capture a piece on d5 (doesn't matter what the piece is), it is recorded as "exd5"
And if I am putitng the king in check, I put a + at the end of the move. Bc5+ (bishop moves to c5 and checks the King), and when it is checkmate I put a # at the end. Bc5# (Bishop moves to c5 checkmate) or if you want to be really fancy Bxc5# (Bishop captures a piece on c5 and checkmates the King)
quote:Algebraic chess notation has been around for a while, since 1737 when Phillip Stamma introduced it. Although it didn't catch on very quickly, gradually in the 19th Century, but nearly universally by the middle of the 20th Century. Figurine algebraic notation is language independent, when the players' browsers supports the unicode for chess figures: ♔, ♕, ♖, ♗, ♘, ♙, ♚, ♛, ♜, ♝, ♞, ♟ Other notations in algebraic notation. King side castle 0-0, Queen side castle 0-0-0, pawn promotion has the chosen piece noted after the move, eg, e8Q, en passant is treated differently according to whichever standard, the least ambiguous being the original file letter, an x indicating the capture, the coordinate location of the square to which the capturing pawn moves, optionally followed by e.p., exf6 e.p. End of game, 1-0 for white won, 0-1 for black won, ½-½ for a draw. Slight variations persist in all standards of algebraic chess notation.
The above information was provided by extrinsic and Zero. I would like to add that if identical pieces (i.e. R=Rook) could move to the same square, then you notate it with either the starting file (a-h) or starting rank (1-8), depending from which source the confusion arises (i.e. Rac1 - Rook on file a moves to file c on rank 1).
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
Oh I hadn't noticed your latest post, dreadlord, which led me to be confused. Sorry about that, mate.
0-0 means kingside castle, so no I did not take your pawn on d4.
looking at the board, I just realized exactly how much of a mistake I made. however, this is chess, and the die has been cast. wether for good or ill, only time can tell.
I'll move in a bit. I tend to go on business trips during the weekends and it drags me away from my board, etc. (Just ask philo, lol) but I might be back as early as tonight--if we can close this deal.
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
I absolutely don't mind, amigo. And sometimes the best moves are the most predictable. Sort of like how if you have to go from LA to NY it's highly predictable that you'll take a jet, it's also the fastest way.
Give me some time to consider my next move (no chessboard here so I really can't visualize what you did)
Posted by Patrick James (Member # 7847) on :
quote:good move, friend. (you dont mind if I call you that, do you?
Said the spider to the fly...
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Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
You need to specify which knight moved to g4 since both can reach it.
Posted by dreadlord (Member # 2913) on :
No, I'm not going to play on that move. (Qg5) You just made a game-ending mistake. So please take it back in the interest of continuing the game without you losing your queen for nothing
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Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
I wish I could have kept my queen. Posted by Patrick James (Member # 7847) on :
No breaks for you, philocinemas!
(I am the break Nazi.)
Posted by dreadlord (Member # 2913) on :
ha... break nazis...
lose my queen for nothing? youve obviously never encountered this offensive before.
well, if I lose, I did no better than my brother expects. (and it lasted longer, too.)
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
It's okay to admit you made a blunder and take a move back if your opponent suggests it. Of course, you don't have to. But I think we'd both have more fun if you did.
And philo, I didn't get your queen for free... well not completely for free.
Posted by dreadlord (Member # 2913) on :
very well... how does this move sound to you?
G5.
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
I know, but that was definitely the turning point of the game - and an excellent move.
Today I didn't have my board in front of me, and I thought dreadlord had moved his queen somewhere else. I was trying to figure out how you were going to capture his queen, but now it is a little more obvious.
dreadlord, I'd take him up on the offer if I were you.
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
I'd choose door number 3...
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
If you're happy with that ppawn move then this is my reply.
Zero, Im sorry to say that we wont be able to finish this game. Ive recently signed up with a culture community that is going to Japan, and I was told no websites hosted in America... were gonna be gone for the next two years, so... sorry.
Im gonna post this in the adios thread. Philo, if you want vengeance, you can continue the game.
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
Well thanks for the game, dreadlord. I hope you have a good time in japan, I know I'd love to go. So when do you take off?
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
PS We'll call it a draw. Posted by dreadlord (Member # 2913) on :
the plane leaves in about four hours.
see ya all in two years!!!
by the way, Yingtao is coming with me. (I know, not very romantic, we read about it, and thought it would be great to sign up.)
Posted by Corky (Member # 2714) on :
It really would have been easier to accept Zero's offer to redo that one move, dreadlord.
Though I have to wonder at Zero being willing to call it a draw. Does that mean dreadlord's move really was brilliant?
How about an analysis of the way the game could have gone if dreadlord hadn't found a way to disappear, Zero?
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
No I had a position I was more than happy with... but it's not a rated game Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
Corky, feel free to pick up the game from his end or, better yet, begin a new game with me. I'll let you choose color if you want.
Posted by Corky (Member # 2714) on :
Thank you, but no thanks, Zero.
I don't even get the notation you've been using here, even though someone explained it.
And I am not a chess player even in my dreams.
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
Zero, give me a couple more months and I'll be up for a rematch. I'm buried under a pile of paperwork at the moment, and it's really stressing me out. I'm hoping to move to another position within my company around that time, which will greatly reduce my paperwork and provide me more free time.
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
I understand exactly what you're going through, philo. So take your time and whenever you can manage a game just say the word.
