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e4

e5, bitch.

Bc4

 
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Call our hotline number if you have any questions.

Well I guess I know who's
side the erotic writer is on...

Writer works just fine. Not everything I write includes hot, steamy, hot, make like a wild monkey sex. I can post one of my political commentaries if you would like some light reading.

In the meantime, I will let you boys play your game.

c6

Just curious, is there a web-based tool that I can use to keep track of the game? Or is part of the challenge based on remembering all the moves and visualizing the whole thing in your head?

Nf3

Playing without a board is called "Blindfold Chess"
but I have never been able to play a whole game
like that, even when I was playing regularly.

As for an online tool, I am sure there is something
but I just use the chess game that came with my
MAC and set it to "Human vs. Human" and save
the game after each move.

Hmm. I don't have chess on here, so I'll just play blindfolded for as long as I can and then figure something else out if you actually survive long enough to get me confused

d5.

xd5

Bd6

xc6

Are you really playing this game without a board?
AKA Blindfold? If so cool, because we may have
found our first BASE jumping Bobby Fischer

FYI - I am using a board to track my moves
but I am NOT using any help whatsoever.

Nxc6

I'm just using the wikipedia board in my mind, and re-enacting all the moves for each turn, I'm too lazy to download any chess games. And, of course, no help, just what my grandpa taught me when I was a wee tot.

I don't know who Bobby Fischer is, but I'm pretty sure that a new Bobby Fischer I am not...

O-O

Do you have a MAC? If so do you know
how to capture a screen shot? Because
I could attach an image after each move
to make it easier on you and eventually
re-doing every move will end up taking
a very long time.

RE: Bobby Fischer, just think of him as
the Dwayne Weston of the Chess World.
He had an IQ of 175 and once played 20
games simultaneously for a demo where
each of his opponents sat at a board and
he just called out moves blindfold style.

e4

Sadly, no mac. But if you keep doing funky shit like castling I'm going to eventually fuck it all up and try to make an impossible move... or is that your plan?

I reminded him of the Scholar... hehehe

Re1

Nf6

Ng5

Ne5

Nxe4

 

Hmmm..... Nxe4 back at ya.

Rxe4

Ah, the mid game

O-O

Bd4

What!? Bd4 is impossible. Put down the wacky tobbacky and make another move.

Actually, just for that you should sacrifice your move... unless it is my ghetto-rigged photoshop board that is wacky

 

OK, I'm looking at your board and still see Bd4 as an impossible move. It looks like you meant Bd5. Is that correct?

Oops

Yeah, you are totally right,
I meant Bd5, my bad

Qg5.

   i've played much better chess in jail.

d4!

RE: chess in the clink

Yeah, some of those guys can really play!
My only student who can beat me is is a
cool black guy who works as a prison guard.


I have also played with some of the hustlers
in Washington Square park in Manhattan, the
one from 'Searching for Bobby Fischer' and
damn those guys could really play!!

In 1998 I lost $7 in 2 games; one of the
opponents I am sure was a homeless guy.

...check out the attached image.

I was thinking you'd do that... I can't even remember now what my master plan was though. Qf6.

xe5


It had been so long not only did I
forget my strategy and delete the
game from my desktop but I even
started looking for your photograph
on milk cartons

Bxe5

Just like 7/11, I'm not always doing business... but I'm aaaallllllways open

c3

attached is what i think the current setup is

don't let him kick your but that way!

come on Ghetto!

Rd8, motherfucker.

Hmm, that's funny coming from a guy
who is down by a Knight & a Pawn

f4

...and the god-king betrayed his greatest weakness: Hubris

Qb6+

Check.

edited to add my version of the board...

Good move.

My board matches yours.

Kf1

So I just made the wrong move and realized it after clicking 'submit' instead of 'preview post'. Does that move count?

I'm not sure how forum chess rules work, but I'm guessing I'm stuck with it, as if I had moved the piece in real chess... just making sure though

(The move was Qb5+)

Dude, we got nothing riding on the game
so I am good either way... you want to do
a different move that is totally cool w/ me.

FYI - I am totally down for playing for a
beer @ Outback during Memorial Weekend

Sounds like a plan to me, but It'll have to be structured as a drinking game using shot glasses for the pieces or something

Bf6

Qb3

Qa6+

Kf2

Qa5

Bxf7

Kh8

Re8+

Rxe8

Bxe8

Bh4+

g3


black bishop is en prise

white threathens mate in two

Bg4

My bishop may be en prise, but now so is yours

Also, how did your pawn just move sideways from c3 to d3?

Attached is my version of the board..

Hello Ghetto,

Your digital board and my real board
match exactly, I just screwed up w/
the quickly generated digital board.

FYI: stevenm found this little gem:

http://www.apronus.com/chess/wbeditor.php

As for my move, hmm, how about: Qf7!

white threathens mate in 1 to win material

*yawn* you can do better than that....

h6.

xh4

Rd8

b4

See attached jpeg for current position.

Notice: Black (aka Ghetto) is down by

a Bishop, a Knight, and two Pawns

Qa6

Qf8+

Kh7

I swear to you, I had you completely fucked a few turns ago or so I thought, then I realized that the damn Knight that you never moved ruined my plan.. but I realized that too late to save my bishop

Bg6

In this move I am using check to force
you to trade my bishop for your rook.

Once a player has a material advantage
it is advantageous to trade pieces cause
the extra material becomes more of an
advantage as the board gets thin.


Ha ha, that was good man, I liked it, thanks

In all fairness, I have studied the game
and have had lots of practice, back when
I was getting my bachelor's I used to run
a bar and had 2 chess sets there and would
play two opponents while bartending.

Deal was if a customer beat me he or she
would get a free drink, in almost 4 years I
gave away maybe a dozen freebies.

Of course being mostly sober usually gave
me a solid advantage over them

Yea, I understand the material advantage thing.. Rooks are better than bishops anyway so it was a good trade for you.

My plan was to not lose that first bishop because I was going to put you in check and keep you there till the game was over, and have that bishop there to help. But your Horsey Hiding in Plain Sight (HHiPS) would have come galloping in to save your bacon (moves were Qb6, Rd2, a few moves ago).

I actually predicted your past 5 or 6 move sequence (except the bishop capture), but I just thought I'd beat you to checkmate. But that horsey.

I had planned on you moving that pawn to g3 to block my bishop but I was willing to do it and even lose my bishop so I could open up h3 for my other bishop to restrict your king's movements, because I would have had you mated in several moves.

But that damn horsey.

OK my move is obviously Kxg6, and I'm assuming yours is Qxd8, leaving me with only a Queen, a Bishop, and four pawns versus the army at your command.

But the irony is, it's amazing what you can do with two well-placed pieces, even against such insurmountable odds...

Qe2+.

The black queen mounts a surprise assault on White's king, his only Bishop following close behind

Black threatens mate in two or less

Kg1

"Always Bet on Black"

Name the actor and the movie.

Wesley Snipes, Passenger 57. My move is coming shortly...

Bh3, go ahead and put my king in check with your queen or pawn if you like, you'll just lose both

ghetto!
ghetto!
ghetto!

(thought you'd like a cheering section.)

I probably should have learned how to play the game before I took you up on the first game.

Go Green.

No Offense Ghetto, but you already have a fan.

yeah, but I'm going for the underdog.

Ghetto is down by many pieces
but I dicked around and got myself
into a pickle... gone take some time
to figure out something slick now.

Hey... this didn't happen on accident. Why do you think I didn't even bother to stop you from moving in with your setup on my king earlier?

You may have won more battles than I, but unless you pull a rabbit out of your hat in the next move or two, this war is lost

The stakes were a beer at Outback,
well tonight on the way into a bar
I found a penny so we are all good!

However, I am not resigning yet!

 

In 1998 I lost $7 in 2 games; one of the
opponents I am sure was a homeless guy.


i lost 3 cupcakes and a rack of cookies.

Then.... when?

Qe8

Qxe8

Nd2

Qe1+, checkmate next move after your Knight valiantly tries to jump in front of the bullet to save your king. Unfortunately for him, I have a six-shooter.

I'll have a Fat Tire, please

Nf1

No matter, you know
I'll want a re-match!

Qf1++

Good game.. I had no idea it would go on this long when we started, and didn't even expect to win. The last time I remember playing chess was in 8th grade with my Grandpa, and he kicked my ass every time.

This snail's-pace forum format makes for an interesting game though, since every move can be well thought out.

I may be in Twin at the end of march.. I'll be expecting my beer

According to my board you do not have
checkmate. Attached is where my board
was right before your last move.

Please double check yours. If a problem
still exists then I will re-set my board and
go through the whole game move by move
to confirm our exact positions.

FYI - I will be in Twin Falls May 20th-25th
but we will see you who buys the 1st round
of beers based on this game and of course
any future ones. Same stakes

oops, forgot
edited to attach the board

See attached Word document.

My move #28 (post #75 in this thread, though also correct on your attached word doc), the move right before you suicided your queen, was Bh3, but you seem to have moved it to Bf3 on your board. In fact that seems wierd, since if it actually had been on f3 you would not have been forced to lose your queen like that.

Checkmate stands...

So the problem with the board
in post #90 is that your bishop
is on h3 and not f3, correct?

Correct. I meant to attach this image to that post but forgot:

Regardless of what you did after that move, and even if I had moved to f3, there was no sequence of moves you could perform to not end up in checkmate, barring the outside chance of me doing something retarded

I respectfully disagree

Which would you prefer to do kind sir:

1) back up to before the error, post #72/move 27

2) play a re-match, loser buys 2 rounds of beers

How nice of you to mess up the board on my winning move and then offer me a rematch

I'd love to show you how anything you did after my Bh3 move wouldn't have changed the outcome, but I'm boarding a plane to Africa in about 12 hours and would hate to leave you hanging for the next 5 weeks.

I'll be expecting my Fat Tire when we meet in Twin

Cool bro, you got it, the biggest
'Fat Tire' beer the bar has to offer

Also hope you have a good flight.
Where in Africa you going? I have
been to South Africa and Tunsia,
both were very unique places.

We'll play again when I get back

I'm hitting up Zambia and the surrounding countries. I figure I should be able to save some money traveling by Lion and sleeping in trees with the monkeys. My arm's still broken though so we'll see how it goes...

i agree, how do you polish the bishop???