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i think ive exhausted all my strategic nous thinking that i was totally gonna bomb cozen.

― ambrose (ambrose), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:38 (twenty-one years ago)

i avenged my horsey's tragic death

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:49 (twenty-one years ago)

You know when you do a move, and the very second you click 'Move' you go "oh shit that was a fucking stupid move"?

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:51 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah i know it, cos it happens every time i click "move"

― ambrose (ambrose), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:52 (twenty-one years ago)

blimey i think i see what you mean.

― ambrose (ambrose), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:54 (twenty-one years ago)

you seem to be doing ok to me, ambrose.

― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry I had to leave work, Cathy! I'm checking in now but I won't really be back on for a few hours...

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 18 March 2005 01:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Quit alright. I should really go to bed. Ken has me in my death throes...

― Cathy (Cathy), Friday, 18 March 2005 02:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Correction: dead throes.

― Cathy (Cathy), Friday, 18 March 2005 02:03 (twenty-one years ago)

That was a close game! Cathy has been the first person so far to make me feel scared about making the wrong move.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 18 March 2005 02:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Whee! I'll be back tomorrow, with a vengeance. Goodnight.

― Cathy (Cathy), Friday, 18 March 2005 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

night! i should go to bed too. and dream of horses.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 18 March 2005 02:07 (twenty-one years ago)

well im still here. anyone else want to keep me away from my coursework?

ambrosewhite

― ambrose (ambrose), Friday, 18 March 2005 02:12 (twenty-one years ago)

you are being a little bitch!

: )

― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 18 March 2005 02:16 (twenty-one years ago)

are you referring to my willingness to challenge, or the specifics of our game?
im anyones after a mint tea

― ambrose (ambrose), Friday, 18 March 2005 02:18 (twenty-one years ago)

haha I ws referring to my own inability to make any headway and your ability to match anything and everything tht I try and then some.

― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 18 March 2005 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

ha! i had a plan 10 moves ago, but you seem unwilling to keep all your pieces as they were for the duration fo my masterplann, and kept on moving them out of the way :(

― ambrose (ambrose), Friday, 18 March 2005 02:23 (twenty-one years ago)

sorry ambrose! :)

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 18 March 2005 03:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Man! I need to play chess more than once every 10 years.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 18 March 2005 03:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I am back and ready for more CHESSEXINESS!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 18 March 2005 03:17 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah! Autumn gave me a chance to come up with an endgame and make it happen. I am usually very bad at endgames but I saw one this time. Thanks!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 18 March 2005 05:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I HATE CHESS.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 18 March 2005 06:06 (twenty-one years ago)

And now the site's down oh dear what a shame.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 18 March 2005 06:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey at least you know how to play it. I never learned. Ive no idea how to play chess AT ALL. I can play Go, but not chess. It's too logical or something.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 18 March 2005 06:11 (twenty-one years ago)

The castle's called a rook, the horsey's called a knight, the bishop bends sideways and the queen goes in every direction. That's all you need to know.

― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 18 March 2005 06:13 (twenty-one years ago)

IM ALREADY CONFUSED.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 18 March 2005 06:14 (twenty-one years ago)

You need to read like a zillion books before you get really good at chess, but I read one book and it improved my game from very very bad to just very bad! And gave me a better sense of what is going on (although still, you know, not a terribly good one). I think it's by Bruce Pandolfini; I'll try to track it down if anyone's interested. It was not a thousand boring chess diagrams!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 18 March 2005 06:31 (twenty-one years ago)

it's all about the game, and how you play it

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 18 March 2005 11:40 (twenty-one years ago)

so anyone else fancy a game?

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 18 March 2005 12:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I've just challenged you

― Greig (treefell), Friday, 18 March 2005 12:11 (twenty-one years ago)

cool!

i think today's going to mark the end of my undefeated record.

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 18 March 2005 12:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey, how do I send messages? I want to reply to Ambrose and Treefell!

― Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Friday, 18 March 2005 12:34 (twenty-one years ago)

starrychessclub is superfast!

― ambrose (ambrose), Friday, 18 March 2005 12:41 (twenty-one years ago)

There's an option to the right of the board when it's your turn to send your opponent a message.

― Greig (treefell), Friday, 18 March 2005 13:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I have been reading a book.

― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 18 March 2005 13:47 (twenty-one years ago)

seriously tho, fuck a knight-fork.

― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 18 March 2005 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

you mean knife and fork? i dont see the relevance of cutlery to this discussion

― ambrose (ambrose), Friday, 18 March 2005 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

ken had me on a three-way fork yesterday. queen king and rook i think. daaaaamn, i felt dumb.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Friday, 18 March 2005 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

i like the pace of our game Julia, it's about to hot up

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Friday, 18 March 2005 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

I have thrown away my lead against casuistry.

― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 18 March 2005 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

come on, slowzen.

― Cathy (Cathy), Friday, 18 March 2005 19:54 (twenty-one years ago)

i think the end is nigh for me.

W 1
L 4

― ambrose (ambrose), Friday, 18 March 2005 19:55 (twenty-one years ago)

well played, chris. I kinda knew it ws over when I told you on AIM "the queen is dead" but I thought I cda salvaged it, somehow.

cathy, I am playing the classic two-speed game. I am trying to... frustrate you.

― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 18 March 2005 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Cozen, what happened?! How the hell did I beat you, you were crushing me!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 18 March 2005 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost. Still, I am not entirely sure what happened.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 18 March 2005 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I am very frustrated.

― Cathy (Cathy), Friday, 18 March 2005 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)

it was hingeing around my pawn on e5 which ws being attacked by two of yours (queen & rook) and three (with the potential to four) of mine (queen, bishop, and rook) (with another rook to move up.) when I moved it up to check the king, you brought down your back-rank rook, took the pawn, and the queen's fate ws sealed. if I'd have kept e5, I probably would have went on to win. if that's unclear, we cd do a review.

― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 18 March 2005 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Casuistry has just stamped all over my plans. I am as good as dead.

― Cathy (Cathy), Friday, 18 March 2005 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

cathy, maybe you shd take up yahoo chess, as well? it is LIVE ACTION.

― cozen (Cozen), Friday, 18 March 2005 20:10 (twenty-one years ago)

You should never have agreed to exchange queens, Cathy!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 18 March 2005 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

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