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Also: I am terrible at blitz chess. Terrible.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 13 May 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Mate in three I think Ken!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Saturday, 14 May 2005 11:38 (eighteen years ago) link

WORDS I HAVE LONGED TO TYPE

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Saturday, 14 May 2005 11:41 (eighteen years ago) link

I smell the mate there as well.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 14 May 2005 17:09 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm reading up on things, and it seems that ChessOps is not up on the latest developments in "theory". I'm both awed and disturbed by the seeming quest for the Perfect Chess Game, which leads to books being published with names like "15. ...f3!? : Rethinking the Dzlofoski Defence".

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 16 May 2005 00:45 (eighteen years ago) link

IT'S OVER!

I am toying with playing chess with... pieces.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:06 (eighteen years ago) link

starryschessclub is still open for rubbish business if anyone fancies completely pwn1ng!

― Lucretia My Reflection (Lucretia My Reflection), Monday, 16 May 2005 13:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Congratulations, GP!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link

Oo, nice bishop fork!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 16 May 2005 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link

It wasn't in a game with any of you, but I'm pretty pleased to have made my first spiffy sacrefice, though admittedly it's only a bishop getting sacreficed. (If Black had played 13 ...Nf5 or ...Ng6 I was planning 14.Nxf7 Rxf7 (or else moving the Q away, endangering it to the revealed check) 15. Qx[wherever the knight went], with Q(orB)xf7 likely to follow and possibly a queen trade, who knows, which would leave me with both rooks against a rook and two bishops. So maybe I'd have done something else there. Or maybe it was a fundamentally unsound plan. It was certainly exciting.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 02:27 (eighteen years ago) link

GP vs. Si Carter now, pls.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 18 May 2005 15:54 (eighteen years ago) link

I have challenged!

― Si Carter (Si Carter), Thursday, 19 May 2005 22:39 (eighteen years ago) link

omg schoolboy error from Tiefschwarz allows me to record my first victory against the Gregster, and I only took one of his pieces.

― $V£N! (blueski), Saturday, 21 May 2005 06:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Just to let you guys know (again) -- Julia MIGHT be getting back her online access in the next 24 hours, but absolutely will be online by Monday night. She told me this in a phone convo we had earlier in the evening, right before her crappy cell phone cut out on her again. I'm not sure when she'll be ready to rejoin you guys, but it should be fairly soon, so the expected celebrations and "welcome back"s should be soon forthcoming.

― Goodbye Indian Summer (Dee the Lurker), Saturday, 21 May 2005 07:03 (eighteen years ago) link

If you had patience you would have gotten such an error out of me too.

(Actually, looking at that game, it's totally baffling. Why 4...Nb8? Why did White challenge the bishop, and then not take the exchange? I understand not wanting to mess up the King-castle pawn structure, but then why invite the exchange in the first place?)

xpost -- Yay! Julia is missed.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 21 May 2005 07:06 (eighteen years ago) link

Grah! Well played Stevem!

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Saturday, 21 May 2005 08:56 (eighteen years ago) link

More challenges please! My RHP name is Pwn66.

― Si Carter (Si Carter), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 22:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Have you played Ken C yet?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 25 May 2005 22:21 (eighteen years ago) link

going right to the wire between myself and captainzep right now: http://www.redhotpawn.com/gameanalysis/boardhistory.php?gameid=1133782

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 27 May 2005 15:41 (eighteen years ago) link

I haven't yet. Btw, this one of ours is going to the wire, looks like.

― Si Carter (Si Carter), Sunday, 29 May 2005 07:52 (eighteen years ago) link

Si has outbrained me.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Sunday, 29 May 2005 15:20 (eighteen years ago) link

haha.. sorry stevem :))

rematch again?

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 12:58 (eighteen years ago) link

I was just getting my confidence back after beating Greg and holding out for over 50 moves against CaptainZep (this match still going on)...only to get completely destroyed by casuistry's rampant queen, and a beaten in just FOUR moves by ken. new low.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 13:02 (eighteen years ago) link

omg check out si carter's rating!

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 15:28 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, it's provisional though, so don't trust it. When I used to play over the board my rating was about 1700. But as I say that was 15-odd years ago!

― Si..Carter (SiC@rter), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 15:30 (eighteen years ago) link

You should try playing against someone who has a higher rating, then.

I tried very hard not to give you an inch in this game but I did and you grabbed it. I'm still hoping for at least a draw but we'll see.

Stevem, I apologize for tromping all over you with my queen. I don't know why you first developed that knight to a3 but don't do that again. ;-)

And watch out for that Scholar's mate. Someone did that to me not long ago on FICS and I felt like a maroon.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 01:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Having overworked myself against Si I am just playing ballistically against Sundar. I'll give him a proper challenge next time.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 01:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Play against someone with a higher rating? What, and possibly lose? But I'm trying to beat ken's winning streak :)

Actually, I don't think the ratings mean a huge amount unless you've played a lot of games - I've just beaten someone with a rating of 1660 who missed a mate in 1, but a 1200 is giving me a good game at the mo.

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 17:49 (eighteen years ago) link

btw good game that one

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Thanks, it was good. The only time my attention really flagged was after you had moved your queen, towards the end, and forked me -- I forgot that your queen had moved and that therefore you might now be able to check me in one move. Oops.

The ratings seem fairly accurate once they're past provisional. We all miss mates in one occasionally... well, many of us.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Don't remind me - as a teenager I lost £50 prize money in a tournament doing that. And that was a lot of dosh in 1984!

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 19:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Another weird one - my opponent just resigned this game, which I'm sure is a draw?

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link

When I click that link I get a list of my games.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link

How odd. Try this instead.

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 20:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Hm. I can't see the draw immediately, but I can't tell if someone is going to be forced into some awful zugzwang situation. Could be either side.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 2 June 2005 18:39 (eighteen years ago) link

My knight's stuck guarding the a-pawn, the black king can just shuffle between g8 and h8, and if I try and march my king round the two f-pawns, then my h-pawn dies. When I worked it out on the board we ended up with Q&N v Q which is a draw. I can't see a win here, but if anyone sees different...?

― Si.C@rter (SiC@rter), Thursday, 2 June 2005 22:46 (eighteen years ago) link

I am just playing ballistically against Sundar.

And I have responded my playing even more mentally. How'd I squander a lead like that?

― Sundar (sundar), Friday, 3 June 2005 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Is nothing sacred? How can I concentrate on my next move if the crazy frog keeps singing to me?

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Friday, 3 June 2005 07:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes, gave me the shock of my life that did. Stupid advertisers. My colleague mentioned a new Firefox extension that blocks embedded ads from loading. Bring it on.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Friday, 3 June 2005 08:58 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh Sundar...

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 00:32 (eighteen years ago) link

I'll figure it out one day...

― Sundar (sundar), Tuesday, 7 June 2005 01:51 (eighteen years ago) link

Ken C always beats me without me ever seeing where it's coming from. I always beat SteveM. Casuistry beat me about five times in a row, but then I beat him last time and now it's going to the wire (but I'm probably going to lose):

http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/playchess.php?gameid=1197495

Starryschessclub has disappeared mid-game.

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 07:52 (eighteen years ago) link

I finally beat Casuistry, making it 9-1 or something.

― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 09:07 (eighteen years ago) link

i've just lost again! (although it's to pwn66 who seems to be a pro!)

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:17 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, everyone but Sundar beat me the other week (and he really should have). I'm a little stressed out these days. But I move next Monday and after that I will probably be ready to provide a half-toothed challenge again.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 14 June 2005 13:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Where is Starry?!

― Sundar (sundar), Saturday, 18 June 2005 00:01 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't know.

I'm not playing any games on RHP right now! They all ended. I've been playing on FICS, though, and having a pretty good day of it.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 18 June 2005 00:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Starry will be timed out for my game in half a day. I'll challenge you again then Casuistry. I'm on a roll - two games in a row without losing to you :)

― Teh HoBB (the pirate king), Saturday, 18 June 2005 09:04 (eighteen years ago) link

D'oh.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Friday, 24 June 2005 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link

STEVEM!!!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 27 June 2005 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link

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