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You forget, I love everyone.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 19 March 2005 01:43 (twenty-one years ago)

why?

― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 19 March 2005 01:54 (twenty-one years ago)

they're ok, RJG.

― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 19 March 2005 01:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean, I like to ~~hope~~ think so.

― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 19 March 2005 01:59 (twenty-one years ago)

At a certain point, not conceding is telling your opponant, "There's still a chance that you're a total idiot!"

hah. i'm not doing that though, chris, i just want to see how the endgame goes. though i've been thinking of just resigning...i am so so beaten.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Saturday, 19 March 2005 03:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I dream, that they are.

― RJG (RJG), Saturday, 19 March 2005 03:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I was surprised that you resigned! It's possible that you could have forced a stalemate, at least. I am not so good at endgames. But it was a good game! Rematch if you want.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 19 March 2005 10:42 (twenty-one years ago)

I actually played two games of live chess tonight. While a bit tipsy. It was weird seeing actual pieces. I won one game and lost the other (at one of those slow endgames of attrition, where I was down two pawns, I got a bit bored and made a dumb mistake, but it was OK, I was going to lose anyways).

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 19 March 2005 10:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I have had not much internet access, lately, but this will change on Monday, promise.

Czn, why are you reading Burke? I owe you an email, it will happen.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Saturday, 19 March 2005 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

for fun, grvl.

cathy, have you played go? Go!!

― cozen (Cozen), Saturday, 19 March 2005 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm in: SundarS (at the same email I use here).

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 19 March 2005 23:52 (twenty-one years ago)

(I kinda suck, btw.)

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Sunday, 20 March 2005 03:08 (twenty-one years ago)

i think casuistry may end my winning streak soon!

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 20 March 2005 17:47 (twenty-one years ago)

That was a very curious time to move that pawn forward, I think.

But I'm not sure, because I did not sleep last night.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 20 March 2005 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)

i made a mistake a few moves before that that has done the damage i think

― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 20 March 2005 19:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Has anyone played Magnifico? He or she just kicked my ass in 13 moves.

Am enjoying the game with casuistry.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Sunday, 20 March 2005 21:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Mr. Puzzleworth has lived up to his name! My hopes and dreams were thoroughly extinguished, and I walk the dreary rainy streets with no song in my heart to console me!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 21 March 2005 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Great game Chris, thanks! Beat Ken for me, and we'll have some crazy pyramid thing going on or something...

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 21 March 2005 00:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, it's true abt the Cathy trash-talkin'!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 21 March 2005 00:54 (twenty-one years ago)

I've been contemplating the parallels between chess and kickboxing (chessboxin'?).

Smart setup, Chris. Well, at least it'll take you more than 13 moves...

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 21 March 2005 00:59 (twenty-one years ago)

sundar, this game is odd for some reason, ive never seen a row of massed ranks like yrs

― ambrose (ambrose), Monday, 21 March 2005 01:16 (twenty-one years ago)

no one has beat me yet.

I lost to chris.

― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 21 March 2005 01:40 (twenty-one years ago)

ambrose: Really? haha TS: I'm brilliantly inventive vs I have no clue what I'm doing.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 21 March 2005 01:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I have an actual provisional rating now! I feel like I belong. Also it's in the 1300s, I should retire with this score, it can only go down.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 21 March 2005 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)

cozen play me!

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 21 March 2005 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

After two defeats (a crushing defeat from ken included) I can now confirm that I am rubbish at chess.
Anybody else want a game?
username is treefell

― Greig (treefell), Monday, 21 March 2005 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

ken, I have only not lost (even though I lost to chris) because I play really slow.

― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 21 March 2005 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

grr, i tried to challenge treefell but i can't because i have the maximum number of games going. one of them is against some non-ilxor who challenged me. it seemed like a really good game until i (amazingly) had the upper hand with a fork. i was all excited....and the other person stopped moving. i guess i have to wait a week now.

― JuliaA (j_bdules), Monday, 21 March 2005 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)

well our game should finish soon julia :)

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 21 March 2005 17:45 (twenty-one years ago)

When you're on a game screen, click "board options" and then "smiley" pieces!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 21 March 2005 20:49 (twenty-one years ago)

"Board style", I mean.

I predict I will defeat Ken in less than 50 more moves!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 21 March 2005 20:50 (twenty-one years ago)

haha sorry dude i'm hanging on to try and stretch my undefeated record a bit longer (12-0 if i last two more games before i lose this one ;))

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 21 March 2005 21:05 (twenty-one years ago)

You might have me yet, actually!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 21 March 2005 21:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I am so bad at endgames. Sigh.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 21 March 2005 21:09 (twenty-one years ago)

And, I guess, beginning and middle games. My playing is shot to hell today! I blame lack of coffee. I will go off and sob now.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 21 March 2005 23:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Ken is beating me in the rematch now :(

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 21 March 2005 23:13 (twenty-one years ago)

schoolboy error has cost me my queen against ambrose but there's still everything to play for

can't think fast enough for greg OR ken tho :(

― Sven Bastard (blueski), Monday, 21 March 2005 23:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Someone needs to take Ken down.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 21 March 2005 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

You're still a pawn up! THE LAST HOPE

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 21 March 2005 23:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I may be up a pawn, but Ken's pawn is much closer to blossoming into full-blown queenhood. And it's all my fault for a dumb move made earlier today.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 21 March 2005 23:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I WAS UP A ROOK, DO YOU SEE?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 21 March 2005 23:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Has anyone had problems with getting notify emails, and the like? I'm playing with a co-worker at the moment (and I think we're about 2 moves from the end), but it took days for her to get an email notifying her it was her go after I played, and the board still remained saying it was my turn, despite my having moved - and now she's moved, it's still saying it's her go - it's getting really frustrating! This hasn't happened with any ILx games tho...

starryschessclub :)

― Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 11:35 (twenty-one years ago)

cozen has fallen for the queen trick too!

i must have a way with the ladies....*

*er no i dont

― ambrose (ambrose), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 11:39 (twenty-one years ago)

don't count yr blessings until they've hatched leeds boy!

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 12:16 (twenty-one years ago)

ah fuck! "don't post yr posts until you've check yr redhotpawn aberdeen boy." I demand a remove! I only made tht move whilst in the giddy throes of flirtation! a girl influenced my chess!

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 12:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I am on as captainzep. I'm very bad at chess, so if anyone wants some target practice...

― The Horse of Babylon (the pirate king), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 12:33 (twenty-one years ago)

the list of premature queen deaths:

stevem
cozen
starry

if only the queen was the king! er.....

― ambrose (ambrose), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't believe I am a moron.

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 12:41 (twenty-one years ago)

haha so far I have avoided this by leaving my queen completely exposed. (This slow-playing setup is interesting, at least for a relative newb like myself. By the time I'm a couple days into a game, I've learned more than I knew at the start so my earlier moves seem wack. I've realized that my whole formation in the game with ambrose is totally counter-intuitive!)

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 16:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Does the queen trick involve making your opponent scurry unattacked pieces off to safety or something?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 22 March 2005 17:52 (twenty-one years ago)

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