[Event “Capablanca Chess”]
[Site “MuseBlog”]
[Date “2009.06.06”]
[White “POSOC”]
[Black “bookgirl_me”]
[CBBWhiteId “POSOC”]
[CBBBlackId “bookgirl_me”]
[SetUp “1”]
[FEN “rnabqkbcnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNABQKBCNR w KQkq – 0 1”]
[Result "0-1"]
1.f4 f5 2.Ad3 Nh6 3.Cg3 Cg6 4.Be3 Ad6 5.Nj3 Bc4 6.i3 Bxd3 7.cxd3 Nc6 8.Bb3 e6 9.O-O O-O 10.Na3 Cg4 11.Nh4 Bxh4 12.ixh4 Ae7 13.Ci3 Axh4 14.g3 Axi3 15.jxi3 Qj3 16.Qg1 Ni4 17.h4 Qj2++
[Site “MuseBlog”]
[Date “2009.06.06”]
[White “POSOC”]
[Black “bookgirl_me”]
[CBBWhiteId “POSOC”]
[CBBBlackId “bookgirl_me”]
[SetUp “1”]
[FEN “rnabqkbcnr/pppppppppp/10/10/10/10/PPPPPPPPPP/RNABQKBCNR w KQkq – 0 1”]
[Result "0-1"]
1.f4 f5 2.Ad3 Nh6 3.Cg3 Cg6 4.Be3 Ad6 5.Nj3 Bc4 6.i3 Bxd3 7.cxd3 Nc6 8.Bb3 e6 9.O-O O-O 10.Na3 Cg4 11.Nh4 Bxh4 12.ixh4 Ae7 13.Ci3 Axh4 14.g3 Axi3 15.jxi3 Qj3 16.Qg1 Ni4 17.h4 Qj2++
Looks fun. As soon as I figure out the problem with my password, I’ll make a move.
Try it again. It worked for me. I sent you an email about it.
OK, it’s all good now. Thanks.
Of course, when we finish, somebody’s going to have to say “Play it again, Sam.”
It works! *is delighted*
Yeah, I’m enjoying it too. It’ll be interesting to see how the Chancellor and the Archbishop contribute to the battlefield.
*muhaha* Sorry, I couldn’t help that.
Of course. I’ll at least gain some consolation from taking out your bishop.
I’m logged in and on this thread… just considering my move.
By the way, to castle, you start by clicking on the King. The program will show you where the possible moves are. Castling will be a move to a non-adjacent square, but I’m not sure which one. It will be interesting to see how it works on a wider board.Interesting… I’ll try it next move.
Looks as if you’ll have to wait, after White’s 8th move.
Glaaah. You had to say that, didn’t you. I know she would probably have spotted it on her own, but still…
POSOC: It wasn’t a question of her spotting anything. She couldn’t have castled through check: the rules (and, presumably, the software) don’t allow it.
Ah. Forgive me, although I have a good grasp of the basic concepts of chess, I’m still a little hazy on the minutiae.
Actually, I just found out that castling is done by clicking one of the first two buttons: 0.0 for H-side, and 0.0.0 for A-side.
Ouch. Nice move, Bookgirl. Let me see if I can wriggle out of this…
I adore the Chancellor! It’s so useful!
Isn’t it? You can swing it into position like a knight, then hammer away with it like a rook.
As far as I can tell, the main weakness of chancellors and archbishops is that you can chase them away with a protected knight. Trading one for a knight would be a very disadvantageous exchange.
Combined with a Queen this will be very interesting.
I’ll say. You’ve got me in a vice here.
Black’s 14th move loosens the vise a little, methinks.
Missed it! *headdesk* Next time I’ll think before I move.
13, 14- Mwahahaha…
OK, sorry I was gone so long, I was in LA without computer. Will move now.
bookgirl, are you going to move? Some of us are in suspense.
This game is really cool!
-pulls up a chair to watch-
Isn’t it? I’m enjoying myself.
(17) Pan, I could set you up with a chess account if you’d like to play a game. We have regular chess, Capablanca chess, and several other possible variants.
Sure, thanks!
If you sign up for the new Student Lounge, you’ll automatically be able to play chess.
Really? That’s so cool!
We can even dye your eyes to match your gown.
Ahoy, bookgirl_me! Are you around? It’s been four days since White’s move.
She’s around- I spotted her on the Student Lounge. Maybe she’s just forgotten.
It’s been a week now. If this goes on much longer, I’ll be tempted to declare a forfeit. POSOC, how much longer are you willing to wait for bookgirl_me to move?
Meh, if nothing’s happened by Wednesday, I think I’ll be prepared to call it a forfeit. Pity, since it was shaping up to be an interesting game.
I’ll go try to get her attention, though.
It’s a pity, because Black’s next move is fairly obvious. Well, good luck.
Sorry that I forgot to come… *bookmarks thread* Thanks for waiting.
And now I’m wishing I didn’t wait. I can see pretty clearly what you’re about to do… STOPPING it is going to be another matter.
Very clever. I’m not going to say any more in case you make a stupid mistake (one can hope), but I’ve already lost.
*doesn’t make stupid mistake*
A good game. The new pieces make it go quicker… Thanks.
POSOC: You missed your last chance when you took the archbishop with the j pawn on move 15. If you had taken with the h pawn, you could have brought in reinforcements and could have traded your rook for the knight on h6. It still would have been an uphill struggle, but you might have survived.
bookgirl_me: Did you have a better move for move 14?
Good to know.
I think my major mistake, actually, was castling. That made it easier for Bookgirl to trap me, and I couldn’t bring any of my more powerful chessmen into play on that side of the board.
Yes, she did have a lot of firepower directed at that side of the board. You couldn’t castle on the other side, though, because you had already weakened your pawn structure there with an earlier capture.
Good game, by the way. A very enjoyable intellectual exercise.
Fun to watch, too.
26-No. I was taking a quick look at the board and thought that g2 would work, then looked it over again and realized it wouldn’t. The chancellor was too powerful- I needed to get rid of it somehow…
27-I agree.
(29) bookgirl: If White had traded chancellors with you earlier, I think he would have saved himself some grief. Even as late as move 11, Cxg4 would have helped defuse the attack.
For Black, I think 14. … Cxi3+ (instead of Axi3) might have been stronger, though. After White captured the chancellor (forced), you could have played the archbishop to either g2 or j3.
As it was, after 14. …Axi3, 15. hxi3, I think White could have brought in enough reinforcements to survive the attack, though possibly at some cost in material.
Now I’ll try it.