Chess: Piggy vs. bookgirl_me — 0-1
Pre-game MuseBlog ratings: Piggy, 210; bookgirl_me, 200. As White, Piggy moves first.
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Chess: cromwell vs. Jakob Wonkychair — 1-0
MuseBlog ratings going into the game: cromwell, 100; JW, 110.
As White, cromwell moves first.
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Solutions to Chess Problems, Set 2
If you feel you’ve stared at chess problem set 2 as much as you can stand, the answers are here.
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Chess Problems, Set 2
All are “mate in two” problems: White moves, Black moves, then White checkmates. No “one-move” boards this time.
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Chess Problems, Set 1
One of the big challenges for some chessplayers is knowing when they’ve won. Sometimes a checkmate is staring them in the face, but they don’t see it. These chess problems are designed to help you recognize checkmate.
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Ohio State Kokonvention
Ebeth sent these photos from her recent Kokon with Julia/Fortune Cell. Read more »
WIN Thread
A good-news counterpart to the FAIL Thread — for describing times when things turn out better than you could have imagined.
Unfinished Chess Games, 26 April 2010
Some of these games are still in progress; most have clearly been abandoned. The sheer numbers are impressive, we guess.
Chess: Piggy vs. Jakob Wonkychair — 1-0
Created April 25, 2010. Each player enters the game with a MuseBlog rating of 160. If the game is a draw, the ratings won’t change. Otherwise, the winner will end up with 210, the loser with 110.
Happy 446th Birthday, William Shakespeare!
Fear no more the heat o’ the sun;
Nor the furious winter’s rages,
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta’en thy wages;
Golden lads and girls all must,
As chimney sweepers come to dust.
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MuseBlog Chess Ratings
Just for fun, we’ve decided to give players in our Chess Eternament numerical ratings based on the English Chess Federation (ECF) system. Whenever you finish a game, you get a new rating based on your pre-game rating, your opponent’s pre-game rating, and the outcome of the game. (Results below.)
Latest Chess Results
Here, as far as we can tell, are the results of all chess games played to completion so far in the Muse Academy Chess Eterna-ment:
Regular Chess
bookgirl_me > mason
Ducky > Kiga
Purple Panda > TMFA
Piggy > RoseQuartz
Jakob Wonkychair > Tesseract
cromwell > Ducky
Ducky = Keiffer
peary moppins > Pseudonym
Piggy > SudoRandom
Capablanca Chess
bookgirl_me > POSOC
cromwell > Enceladus
Turbo Chess
bookgirl > Jakob Wonkychair
Homeschoolers, v. 2010
It’s been ages since the last homeschooling thread. We deem it high time for another place to discuss life outside the educational system.
North Carolina Kokon Photos
A quartet of MuseBloggers, along with assorted parents and one GAPA invaded the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, North Carolina on the last Saturday in March. Read more »
Massachusetts Kokon Photos
We had to faux-bunnify one kokonventioneer to protect her identity. Do not be alarmed. No MuseBloggers have been harmed in this post. Read more »
Music, v. 2010
Listening, playing, performing, composing — it’s a big part of our lives.
Continued from v. 2009.2.
Lists, Lists, Lists
Why do we so love our lovely lists?
1. They’re fun.
2. They’re a way to pretend one is organized.
3. They look nice.
4. They satisfy one’s sense of order and futility all at the same time.
5. They give one a sense of accomplishment even while procrastinating
6. They look like they mean something.
7. They’re full of Muserly froodiness.
Suggested by Silverstorm42/Rainbow*Star and seconded by Enceladus.
MuseBlog Book Club, 2010 edition
As before, a thread for reading and discussing specific books for extended periods of time.
First, we need a book…
The Polling Place, v. 2010
In which MuseBloggers gather data about that ever-popular topic, one another.
Continued from v. 2009.2.