Friendly Game of Chess
Anyone for a game?
Go to https://chessboardimage.com and make your opening move (you can play white). Click the 'copy Image URL' button and paste it as an image here. Example:
Go to https://chessboardimage.com and make your opening move (you can play white). Click the 'copy Image URL' button and paste it as an image here. Example:
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Seriously though, I love the idea of this, but it's (clearly) not working properly for me..
Here.
Edit: As well as manually flip the board and provide a link so the person doesn't have to spend 5 minutes moving every single piece back and forth, breaking concentration or having to keep the page open. I've done it manually for you, or anyone who wants to make the next move.
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I gotta get busy now, btw, so my next move won’t be for hours.
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(or anyone reading feel free to start a new game from the second post)
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Need to remove .png for the link or copy the url, btw.
Whoops. Good move btw. Haven't played in a while but it's basically logic and analysis in a game format so.. no excuse really.
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It is an unusual opening.
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Kings knight was missing in your link for some reason, FYI.
Was messing with him some. Like I said needs some stricter coding to prevent such occurrences.
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I forgot to say [i]CHECK![/I] (you must move king out of check).
I thought he could attack people in an immediate diagonal quad space. As in, you could attack the queen and that's your move then its mine. Hmm.. I'm going to Google that but in the mean time give me a few moments.
The piece on E1, with the little plus sign on top, is your king. Your only moves are Kd2 or Kf1.
That's.. interesting. If not an interesting philosophical commentary on the times in which we live. Always associated a crown with the king and also the tallest piece, etc, etc... Let's re-do from your move before my most recent one. After all, you did forget to say "check" ... :p
Okay, [i]CHECK![/I] :razz:
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Am I missing something here?
I castled.
Interesting.
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That's a check, is it not?
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No, because you're attacking the queen. My king is safe and sound in the castle. :smile:
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On your part.. the queen can move diagonally? So, could've ate my king from the previous position. Or no? Either way.
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The queen can move diagonally, yes. I had your king in check but the wily fellow managed to get away.
Yeah yeah, I know what directions are.
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Just in case...
I did learn something there, thanks.
(nothing happened here)
You can't move your king into check (my queen is in a direct diagonal line to your king). Your king can only take the pawn on a5 or move kc4. The only other option is taking the pawn en passant.
I missed that in the lateness of the hour.
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Checkmate. Bishop has king in check and queen has all escapes covered (even though you're attacking queen).
You played well for not knowing the game.
So much for beginner's luck. :lol:
I've played chess before. Not often but I know what piece does what, save for things like "en passant" and castling lol.
Well if you don't get another participant I'd go again.
See, if they threw in some other bit like "offre de rachat" where you can sacrifice a pawn for the king.. we'd still be playing. Just think about that.
I'm game for another, and I found a board generator that works a little better. It generates an image with a link back, so we could just click on the image to go back to the generator, but the link doesn't work for some reason. Something to do with how the forum code handles images, I guess. No way to have images with hyperlinks. Anyway, it's still easier to just paste the link twice and replace [image]http://www.chessvideos.tv/bimg/31xc4mujc5c0g.png[/image] with [i]Your move[/I] in the second link.
You can go white again, if you like.
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The Polish Opening, should be an interesting game.
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The what? :lol:
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The Polish opening, it's like a Polish dog, except without the ketchup, mustard, bun, sausage, sauerkraut, and has nothing to do with chess.
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Sounds good right about now. Will have to settle for a hamburger I suppose.
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I may have talked myself into one for lunch.
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Check.. I believe. Though I have a feeling it will be of little effect.
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Oddly, in the board image generator I had to drag your pawn off the board before the bishop could occupy the square, FYI.
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You're up to something.
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We'll see.
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*yawns* Good morning!
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Good afternoon, and check.
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Getting interesting now. Well. You know what I mean. "Who's gonna do what", as it were.
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Can't move into check (by the black knight).
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I did, then caught it (which technically, oh whatever). Refresh?
I did at first post then updated it. Speaking of which, come on guy, throw down a game with us! Either w/ praxis or me if you're a newbie. :lol:
Actually.. maybe he's foreshadowing a virtual checkmate. No I see it. Dang.
Just redo @Outlander
Yeah, I'd figured out that that's probably where he first moved.
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Oh, I see. Yeah you should play whichever of us best matches your playing.
Sorry for the delay, I was having technical issues. Check.
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Looks like checkmate to me? The king is in imminent danger (via queen) and so must be moved, yet every moveable space (the lone non-movable/capturable space being his own pawn) leads to a check?
Not checkmate because you can still move the pawn in front of the queen, but it would be mate in my next move by taking the pawn, so game over.
FYI, if you would have queenside castled you might have been in a position to attack with both rooks, your bishop and queen, and your king would have been better protected.
So queenside castle lets you move the rook (or king?) three spaces, with the king on the inner left side? From what I remember from the video, you can only castle using pieces you've yet to move.. correct? I was thinking of doing that but I had the assumption (as the example was a kingside castle, where neither piece moved more than 2 spaces) it was a 2-space deal.
Let's continue but playing the Western version. The straight, powerful male is garbage or just another pawn and so now it's about who keeps their pawns alive the longest. Do 'ya dare?
I have a feeling that I'm somewhere in between the two of you in terms of talent or knowledge at or of the game of chess. I'll watch, though. You two are having fun. my only advice to you is to attack always, and learn from that. Always be looking to attack. If your opponent seems to have one up on you in terms of protected pieces, sometimes it's better to just attack prior to them and sacrifice as few as possible to stop what could otherwise be a catastrophic ending. You're probably outmatched by . He knows common openings which shows - probably - his level of knowledge is well beyond a beginner, but he seems to be a good teacher.
Enjoi.
Didn't think one could castle as a means to get out of check. Wasn't he already in check?
I think he meant earlier on. Still, if you're more skilled than I it would be more of a match (even to watch perhaps). You sure now? Suppose the same could be said with you and I. Who knows I might win? :grin:
You may. I'm not very good.
Well, if you can find an online version of it similar to the one(s) exhibited here, make a thread for it.
Otherwise, feel free to make an opening move.
It would have been good to castle around this point in the game, if not sooner.
Might have had some powerful pieces aimed at my king, if that makes sense.
Incidentally, it appeared as though you were trying some kind of flanking strategy. That might be a good maneuver on a battlefield but in chess it's best to try controlling the middle of the board.
So the winner of the pawn game will be whomever has the most pawns whenever someone is checkmated?
I was trying to be funny. But the idea I was suggesting was essentially whoever eliminates the other sides pawns wins. Don't take it too seriously, and besides there may be some Chess mechanic that makes that just kinda dumb. I am having fun here, just trying to prolong it. :grin:
If you'd like to humor me sure, otherwise I wouldn't mind a new game if no one else is willing to play at this time?
Looks like creativesoul is chickening out :joke: so if no one else shows up just make your move.
Oh snap. Shots fired. Nah but the real ones are those who are reading who haven't posted/offered to play who know they want to!
Imma try your "center of the board" philosophy and see where that gets me this time.
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Bok bok bok....
That's good advice though, regarding the stage in the game at which a castle would've been advantageous.
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Not at that exact stage though because he would have needed to deal with my knight first, which would have otherwise forked his rooks if he castled at that particular point.
I didn't look that closely. Just quickly saw that your suggestion would have improved his positions and took you at your word that that stage was a good time to castle.
Now you're saying it's not?
And here I thought you were being a good teacher.
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Indeed. I wrote that it would have been a good time to castle around that point in the game. If that were a test, my friend, you would have failed. But it wasn't a test. Let's call it a teachable moment. :razz:
Fair enough, teach(as in short for teacher)...
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Stop doing that. :lol:
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Stop putting your king in front of my pieces. :grin: Check.
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Checkmate. The square that my queen now occupies is a weak point in the opening game, FYI. There are various patterns to attack and defend that weak point. One reason that it's usually best to castle as soon as possible.
So what now? Last pawn standing?
I lost only one pawn in the last two games so I don't think that'll help level the playing field, if that's the idea.
There was a recent topic that involved chess. I'll ping some participants from that topic who showed an interest in the game.
@Hrvoje
@TheMadFool
@Hanover
@Tobias
@BitconnectCarlos
@Xtrix
@magritte
@Ciceronianus the White
@god must be atheist
… for Android - http://goo.gl/LZVzTV
… for iPhone & iPad - http://goo.gl/ZLci9
… or sign up online at https://www.chess.com/register?friend=14226792
Then challenge me! "hdjur_jcv" is my username!
https://www.chess.com/members/view/hdjur_jcv
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So, this is what I got from my chess.com profile option Invite friends. It is not that I am very proud of my stats and current rating, I was at my peak over 1800 blitz time control, but then they speeded it up a bit for some reason, and I am not good at faster time controls.
Check out either this or this and see if you'd be willing to throw down a game with @praxis
I certainly wouldn't mind watching.
Edit: It's kinda finicky but once you get the flow of copying/pasting the img and url tags it's doable.
I have a chess.com account under praxis11. Do you only like blitz or would you be interested in a longer game? I’ve been playing longer games lately in order to improve.
I normally play 10 minute but have been trying longer games lately in order to improve, as I mentioned. Would you be interested in a game at chess.com that extends to days? If so, I’ll send an invite.
I think that reason is essential to moral development, and this belief is inline with stoic philosophy, if that’s at all what you’re getting at.
I looked through the games you played with @Outlander. It's clear he's very much a beginner, so your games weren't really close.
Happy to play anyone, on chess.com or anywhere else. I prefer shorter games -- 3-10 minutes. I play slightly below master level.
I challenged you to a daily game (7 days). Have never played a game like that but thought it might be cool to make a well considered move whenever time allows. Doesn't need to take the whole 7 days.
The chess.com ratings aren’t very accurate, but I hover around 2000. I have no idea if I’d be considered a candidate master in actual scoring and was never formally taught. I’ve never felt I was exceptional at it.
I don’t tutor in chess, no.
I hope that you play here. I like watching.
Anyone can watch the game between me and Hrvoje here: https://www.chess.com/game/daily/313001356
Currently it looks like this:
Hrvoje is white.
Looked like this at the end where there was no way for me to win so I resigned.
Never played a game like that before. About halfway through I started really analyzing and planning for many moves ahead. Hrvoje always succeeded in thwarting my best laid plans though. :grimace:
Good game, @Hrvoje
While I cannot confirm for certain, I harbor strong suspicions that "Hrvoje" is really just an alter ego of praxis. potentially one he's not aware of in his own mentality.
I can barely manage the personality that I'm aware of, much less an additional one. :grimace:
Tic. Tac. Toe. You. Me. Now. No fancy websites.
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You have two choices, Outlander, either stalemate or resign. I suggest the that you chose the latter, not out of honor or good sportsmanship but simply because I like to win.
For some reason i imagined this being a great deal more fun than it really is. Oh well. Perhaps a lesson as consolation makes us both winners.
Want a game? We should coordinate a time if you're interested. I'm "seinsfrage."
I see that you have a significantly higher rating so I wouldn’t be a challenge in blitz. Maybe a long (days) game if that interests you at all.
Sure. Doesn't have to be a time limit. I sent a challenge for three days.
You’re playing white so it’s your move. :point:
Thanks. I screwed it up somehow…
Because you're white? I thought it said that it was randomly selected. In any case, I'd like to play against the queen's gambit.
Game can be reviewed here:
https://www.chess.com/game/daily/367297963
Thanks for the challenging game, @Xtrix !
You're very welcome -- that was fun. Your bishop to d3 on the 23rd move was excellent, really took me by surprise. Good game.
You know what, I just might.
The game is afoot.
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(you'll note the image generated is immediately after my move, whereas the link is the same but with the "switch board" option, for your convenience. no matter. one of us will figure it out)
Wait, should it just be the same orientation image-wise for ease and consistency of viewing? It probably should, shouldn't it? Next time.
I found it only works on a desktop and not an iPad or touch device, FYI.
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Hey buddy, he's mine. Back off!
Or start another game. He clearly knows his way around a chessboard. Can easily play (and beat) us both simultaneously.
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Just isn’t compatible on my phone. Play on chess.com:
https://www.chess.com/member/seinsfrage
Game on.
That’s an unusual opening, exposing your king like that.
I do what I want. Lol
Stonewall baby
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Currently playing Moliere, but once I beat him I’ll move on to you. :wink:
[oops Nevermind — I can play multiple games at once and sent you a challenge]
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[hide="Reveal"](ooh I'm so excited, I never thought once in a thousand years I'd have you in check, transient and soon to be undone as it may be. :grin:
Hey now. You better not be going easy on me. I don't need your sympathy, sir. Then again, I would likely appreciate it after the fact.)[/hide]
I've friend requested you both on chess.com, I'm the TheBluePawn
https://www.chess.com/member/thebluepawn
Feel welcome to add me too, and also anyone else.
I thought we might be playing suicide chess for a minute and you didn't tell me so I retreated. In the immortal words of Sun Szu – “He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.”
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Excellent.
Yeah, well. That may be so. But. Pride comes before the fall. Thinking you know how to win before even playing. 'Outta here with that jive. :razz:
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Losing interest? Lol
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Unacceptable
Good game.
Always down for another too -- I kind of like having the long play of a few days. Gives me something to warm my mind up on in the morning and set aside during the weekends without letting me forget.
Sounds good. :up:
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I have added you :)
I'd play faster if it didn't require a desktop to play, FYI.
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Sorry for the delay. The inevitable frustrates me to no end. It is a feeling beyond any and all description. Who are you? I know you're not cheating. But you might as well be.
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Such is losing at chess.
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Looks like @praxis is just a chess god. I don't see grounds for cheating accusations.
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@BitconnectCarlos: I know; I wasn't serious.
I totally get the frustration, though. In any case, it helps to know when pieces are under attack.
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Wtf?
Bro, that's what I said, too! But to be fair, he did this with me the 3-4 (not sure however many) years ago and apparently, yeah. There's 3 "special moves" in chess. Now, to be fair, if you pull stuff like that on a New York City park bench, it's no one's fault but your own if you end up with the sharp end of a chessboard in your neck. Stuff like that just won't fly in certain neighborhoods.
But, no, it's 100% legal rules of chess. "Castling", "En Passaint" and "pawn promotion."
Sure. Maybe the game would be better off without, but, it's what it is.
Not exactly sure we’re talking about the same thing. I’m curious as to why he hasn’t taken your queen yet.
Don’t worry, I beat his ass a few years back. :strong: lol
I'm assuming he likes his rooks. Or whatever the cross-bearing, diagonal-moving pieces are. Perhaps they're paramount to his preferred strategy or style of playing. They often do end up sneaking up on you quite at the worst possible moments. And with two? Oh man, one best be careful. :wink:
I couldn't decide between taking his queen or forking the king/rook so I castled. Castling is usually a good move. And Outlander is right about my irrational attachment to the bishop.
You take the queen, and the game is over. In my opinion. But y’all do what you want.
Good game. I resign. Chess.com is being wonky so it won’t let me right now, but I do.
Saw that move yesterday but then forgot when I moved knight. Also, I should have opened with Kings Indian or French. Would have been a little more exciting.
I see you play 5 minute games— happy to play either that or 3 if we can coordinate a time.
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I also find it silly and against the rules of all sort of monarchistic dynamic that the king piece cannot simply swap with (or otherwise consume) any other piece in an immediately adjacent square. But that's why chess is a game for commoners, after all. Except you. I like you.
Aha, Shatranj rules where a king can castle while in check. So be it! It won't save your castle though. :death:
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Uh.. yes! That's exactly right. Took long enough for you to catch on. :razz:
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Hmmm or did I play @boethius ... :yikes: anyway, it was a nice tense game... :)
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What are you up to. :chin:
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What is any man up to, really, but the deeds of his father. I suppose that doesn't answer the question. What is any man up to, really, but the doings of a child: mischief, greed, desire.
This is a zero-sum game. Or so I'm told. It shouldn't take much inquisition to discover the answer to your question lies within.
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We're cooking with gas now.
I always wanted to say that so thanks for helping to provide an opportunity.
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I'm sending in my intrepid knight again for another devistating incursion.
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I'll regret this in the morning, no doubt. (so in about an hour)
Let's hope that knight of yours isn't as blind as he is fearless.
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Sorry, I'd have responded sooner but I was assaulted by a superfluousness of 5 ads (mind you, I'm strict to grammar generally typing out a number if it is less than 10, otherwise spelling it out typographically, thus illustrating my feverish state of angst) featuring things like "Karoline Levitte wears the world's smallest bikini, click to see" (who I'm pretty sure is the White House spokesperson? Though I'd hope it's a misspelling or a similar name or I simply misremember). And remember, kids come on that site, no doubt it's allowed by even the strictest of Internet filters. Shoot, I could make a site like that in 2 hours flat. A better one, even. Maybe I should. But I'd have some standards as to what ads I'd run. Of course, I doubt they'd bring in much otherwise. Certainly not as much as those ads likely do. Perhaps that's where the old saying comes from: to "sell one's soul for profit."
Anyway. We continue.
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Not sure if you're familiar so I got a video that explains passing en passant.
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Btw, I was assaulted by an ad for shoes targeting the elderly with poor ballance. Poor targeting.
What do you think the purpose of "en passant" was. Was the game too boring otherwise? Not us, but say for example, two people who basically have every move and position memorized and would just go back and forth in gridlock without such spontaneity? Does it punish (or rather encourage) pawns moving and not moving? What is your view on the versions of chess that would hypothetically exist with and without such a special rule?
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Check! I don't know why they invented en passant but it's work'n for me. :grin:
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...until he realizes I was actually playing under a special set of rules originating from the Orthodox Buddhist monks of Tibet that permits me one move the average chess so-called guru is unaware of. This "ruleset" is generally heavily suppressed by the government thus explaining how I'm the only one here who knows about it.
Meanwhile, his ignorance or political stance to not recognize such a State (and as a result their customs) as valid is his own personal folly and has nothing to do with me nor this game.
Come on now, all I need is one person to say they know what I'm talking about and we can turn this around, lickety-split. :grin:
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Ohh no... now you've done it, in some sections of the internet this leads to pipi brick... google en passant if you dare...
I am seeing my instantiated life (starting from the moment the game was initiated) flash before my eyes. Come to think of it, I won't be missing very much.
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Brick your pipi! I don't know what that means but it's fun to say.
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Checkmate. Thanks for the game!
I still think if it really came down to it my king would be able to take your queen if she got close enough but, fair enough. Let us respect the rules that respect us.
Also, if you'd like, at what point (or post, if you could link to it) did I make the "fatal" move? I'm assuming it's just before Hanover called it as such.
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Not placing your queen side bishop in kill position.
Bit confused here.
From the first image, if I moved f6 (queen) to c3 (knight) (the furthest possible move) and took the piece on c3, b2 (pawn) would have taken the queen. Of course I could follow up with g7 (bishop) to c3 (pawn) but that would only result in having a bishop (who can only move diagonally) in front of the king at b2. Which is basically useless since you would simply capture it the next turn per common sense.
It's fine, you don't have to answer. I'll figure it out, at my own pace, assuredly. Or, you can be a good sport about it. :grin:
I don't see how the second image is possible from the first.
My next move was knight to a6, forcing your king to c8. My next move after that was the other knight to d5. If your bishop were in “kill position” your queen could have zipped across the board unobstructed to checkmate. Of course I may have seen the threat, but maybe not, I’m easily distracted.
Okay, now I can see that. Well, shoot. I'd fancy another game. But I'm sure you'd prefer someone a bit more on your level to play with. Perhaps @Jamal or @Hanover, or better yet @Count Timothy von Icarus or @Banno could give you a run for your money. They're rather smart cookies, to put it mildly.
It'd certainly be interesting to observe, I'm sure all would agree. One can only assume such brilliant minds have made it so as to have relatively relaxed schedules. Based on what? I'm not entirely sure. Otherwise, I'd enjoy playing again in a few days or so. After I recover from ego death, of course. It's a long process, of which acceptance is the first step. I'll take it when ready. Note the copular ellipsis as opposed to having said "I'll take it when I am ready." I learned that here, by the way. :smile: