Chess: Cromwell vs. Ducky — 1-0
White: Cromwell. Black: Ducky. Go to it!
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Chess Game: Keiffer vs. Errata
White: Keiffer. Black: Errata. May the better player win!
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Chess Game: Keiffer vs. Ducky — 1/2-1/2
Ready when you are! Keiffer, as White, moves first.
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Attention, Chessplayers!
If you’re ever in a hopeless position and want to resign a game rather than continue playing, just hit the skull-and-crossbones button on the control bar. That’s what it’s for. It’s more polite than simply abandoning the game.
Chess Game Concludes! Results
The Chess Eterna-ment deserves its name, but once in a while a game does end.
So far, six games of normal chess (as opposed to Capablanca or Turbo chess) have been played to completion on the blog. The results so far:
Regular Chess
bookgirl_me > mason
Ducky > Kiga
Purple Panda > TMFA
Piggy > RoseQuartz
Jakob Wonkychair > Tesseract
Capablanca Chess
bookgirl_me > POSOC
cromwell > Enceladus
Turbo Chess
bookgirl > Jakob Wonkychair
Chess Lesson 3 — with Lady Bunniful
GAPA Rebecca has decided to avail herself of Robert’s chess lessons. She’s not a super-confident chessplayer,* so any MBer is welcome to help her by suggesting moves and strategies.
*More precisely: complete neophyte. ~L.B.
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Chess Lesson 2 — with Tesseract
Robert is going crazy with this chess software. Tesseract, Lovely Lunegood, Adeia, Pseudonym, SudoRandom, and mas0n have all expressed interest in a lesson, in approximately that order.
Tesseract — ready to roll?
(Note: “Lesson” games are played in public. Players may comment on their own or each other’s moves; observers may ask questions, which the players may or may not answer. It’s all highly experimental.)
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One of Robert’s Favorite Chess Games
For your enjoyment and edification, here’s a chess game that the American chess genius Paul Morphy played against two noblemen during intermission at the Paris Opera in 1858.
Chess Lesson, with bookgirl_me
Robert has an idea for a new way to use the chess software: He’ll play a game with one MBer (at a time), trying to create interesting positions for his opponent to exploit. He’ll make comments on the action as it unfolds and will answer questions from anybody on the blog. Sound interesting? Read more »
Attention, Chessplayers!
We’ve just installed a new version of the “Chess by Blog” plug-in, which is supposed to solve the “closed board” problems some of you have been having with Internet Explorer. Please let us know if you notice any difference.
Chess Game: SudoRandom vs. Sequoia, Part 2
Sequoia: Let’s see if this game will let you move now. Read more »
MB Chessplayers — Your Help Is Needed!
Some of you report that you haven’t been able to move your pieces since we upgraded the blog’s chess software around the end of July. We’d like to solve the problem but need more information.
- Can anybody move, or is it a universal outage?
- If you can’t move, have you tried clearing your browser’s cache (not just the browsing history, but the actual cache of Web pages that your browser stores to make them easier to load)?
- What sort of message do you see when you try to move? Does it say “closed board,” or does it tell you it’s waiting for your move and then fail to accept it?
(Of course, some of you probably have gotten tired of chess and stopped playing, but if anyone wants to keep playing, we’d like to make it possible.)
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Player Needed for Turbo Chess
RoseQuartz needs an opponent. Any volunteers? This weird type of chess, found only on MuseBlog, gives each player seven queens. You can see the board by clicking below. Read more »