Capablanca Chess: cromwell vs. Enceladus — 1-0
Date: June 9, 2009
Categories: Chess, Games completed
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Enceladus and Nimly (*.*)
in June 9th, 2009 @ 16:28Shouldn’t it be Casablanca Chess?
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in June 9th, 2009 @ 16:34No, it was named after its inventor. See the explanation on Weird Chess Experiments.
Do you have your account? Ready to play?
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Enceladus and Nimly (*.*)
in June 9th, 2009 @ 16:57No, I need to wait for my dad to log me on, as my account is an extention of his.
. Hey, dad?
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Enceladus
in June 9th, 2009 @ 17:02I logged in, and now I’m waiting for cromwell.
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Enceladus and Nimly (*.*)
in June 9th, 2009 @ 18:19Cromwell! Come Come Come Come Come Come Come Come Come Come Come Come
SFTDP
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Enceladus and Nimly (*.*)
in June 11th, 2009 @ 15:22SFTMP
It’s sorta annoying that you only have one chancellor and one archbishop.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in June 19th, 2009 @ 11:40If you had more of them, you’d never use your ordinary knights and bishops at all.
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cromwell
in June 19th, 2009 @ 11:49But now
now that I’m older and I’m not so self assured…
Help me if-
Um…right.
Maybe you could play this with a normal chessboard at home if you took out the chancellor and just replaced bishops with archbishops.
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cromwell
in June 26th, 2009 @ 13:22My first piece to be taken…
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in June 26th, 2009 @ 13:28Black could have taken it on move 8. It’s been sitting there vulnerable all that time, and neither of you noticed.
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Enceladus
in June 26th, 2009 @ 13:30My queen was also very vulnerable for a time, too.
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cromwell
in June 26th, 2009 @ 13:45Now it is (or rather, was).
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in June 26th, 2009 @ 13:48Ouch. Enceladus, before moving, you should look at what you can take. Your queen could have captured the pawn on c4 and made a lot of trouble for White.
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Enceladus
in June 26th, 2009 @ 13:52Fushia colored panda nibbles! Why didn’t I see that?
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in June 26th, 2009 @ 14:10You just need to look more carefully. See what your pieces are pointing at. Do you use the double-arrow button to flip the board so you can see it from Black’s point of view? If you don’t, that might help.
Last move, you could have taken White’s chancellor with your knight on d8, thereby exposing White’s archbishop to possible capture by your rook on h8.
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cromwell
in June 26th, 2009 @ 14:14I keep forgetting how much my chancellor is worth-it’s as good as a queen or better. I wish I had realized that before.
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Enceladus
in June 26th, 2009 @ 15:20Umm… Robert, there seems to be a problem. I can’t move.
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Enceladus
in June 26th, 2009 @ 15:25SFTDP
I can move, but I could only capture.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in June 26th, 2009 @ 15:31It’s because your king was in check, and your next move had to be one that would get him out of it. Any other move would have been illegal, and the chess software wouldn’t let you make it.
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Enceladus
in June 26th, 2009 @ 15:33Dur. I should have recognized that.
On a completely random topic, “Dur” is apparently a word. (When are you going to get the Sci Fi RPG up, Robert?)
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in June 26th, 2009 @ 15:42‘Tis up.
In British English, “dur” is pronounced the way Americans pronounce “duh.” In the same way, characters in Harry Potter often say “erm” where Americans would say “um” — again, almost the same pronunciation but very different spellings.
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cromwell
in July 5th, 2009 @ 07:36It’s been a while, hasn’t it?
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RoseQuartz
in July 5th, 2009 @ 10:27He said he was going to be away for three weeks, so you’re going to be waiting even longer.
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cromwell
in July 5th, 2009 @ 10:51That’s interesting. In about three weeks I’m going away for four weeks.
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RoseQuartz
in July 5th, 2009 @ 11:08This is going to be an interesting chess game…
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cromwell
in July 20th, 2009 @ 11:30Mate.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in July 20th, 2009 @ 11:33Not yet.
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cromwell
in July 20th, 2009 @ 11:35He takes with knight, I take knight with queen.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in July 20th, 2009 @ 11:37Which still isn’t checkmate, thanks to the chancellor.
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cromwell
in July 20th, 2009 @ 11:40Okay. I take chancellor. Mate. I knew when I posted 18 that I would have to take the knight, but I meant it was inevitable.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in July 20th, 2009 @ 11:48I don’t want to play Black’s game for him, so I’ll just note that… [self-snipped to avoid playing Enceladus’s game for him].
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cromwell
in July 20th, 2009 @ 11:53Yes, that would be terrible. Who would even dream of you doing such a thing as playing for someone else?
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in July 20th, 2009 @ 11:55There. I’ve removed the explanation.
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cromwell
in July 20th, 2009 @ 11:57Wait-you didn’t get it? Do you remember my last game?
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in July 20th, 2009 @ 12:30Oh, that: Sequoia vs. cromwell, and the notorious GAPA power play. I’m not doing anything like that here — just noting that it’s premature for White to announce an impending forced mate.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in July 23rd, 2009 @ 13:00See why it’s called an “Eterna-ment”?
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in August 23rd, 2009 @ 12:39Cromwell: It’s your move. Enceladus has been waiting since July 20.
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cromwell
in August 26th, 2009 @ 11:00I was at camp.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in August 26th, 2009 @ 11:03Welcome back! Did you have fun?
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Enceladus
in September 1st, 2009 @ 11:43The chess account won’t work. I couldn’t get it to go. I’m logged in, but it still says closed game.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in September 1st, 2009 @ 11:53Enceladus: Oddly, some people aren’t having problems. What is your browser? Internet Explorer?
I suppose I’d better zap the new software and go back to the old version. I just hope that the upgrade hasn’t changed our database so that that doesn’t work, either.
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Enceladus
in September 1st, 2009 @ 14:12I’ve tried both IE and Mozilla Firefox.
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Enceladus
in September 1st, 2009 @ 14:14Ah, wait. It now works on Mozilla Firefox
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in September 1st, 2009 @ 14:44Your move, Enceladus.
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Enceladus
in September 2nd, 2009 @ 12:41Oh, I made a stupid ish move. I hope cromwell doesn’t notice his opportunity.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in September 2nd, 2009 @ 12:53Actually, Enceladus, you made the only move that wouldn’t have resulted in immediate checkmate.
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Enceladus
in September 2nd, 2009 @ 14:05Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Don’t tell cromwell.
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cromwell
in September 2nd, 2009 @ 14:55Depends how you define immediate.
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cromwell
in September 2nd, 2009 @ 14:59Depends how you define immediate…
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in September 4th, 2009 @ 08:38The chancellor strikes back!
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cromwell
in September 6th, 2009 @ 07:38I saw that coming when I made the move, I just didn’t see any other way, so I just hoped enceladus wouldn’t notice. Of course I have another plan.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in September 6th, 2009 @ 07:51I find that it’s not a good policy to make deliberately weak moves in the hope that your opponent will blunder. Even when it works, it makes you lazy.
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Enceladus
in September 4th, 2009 @ 15:15Here, cromwell…. Here, cromwell…
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cromwell
in September 6th, 2009 @ 22:07Since I cannot make a move, can you make it for me?
Ag7
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in September 7th, 2009 @ 11:48cromwell: Are you getting “closed board” messages, too? That seems to be a problem for people who use Internet Explorer 8. The programmer is working on it and promises a solution soon.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in September 7th, 2009 @ 11:49Black’s 24th move is forced, as he’s in check and can move to only one square.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in September 7th, 2009 @ 13:46Enceladus! Your move!
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in September 7th, 2009 @ 20:25Enceladus: As your move was forced, I’ve made it for you to keep things, well, moving. Now it’s cromwell’s turn.
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Enceladus
in September 8th, 2009 @ 10:08Thanks for the explanation. I was thinking “WTC?”
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in September 8th, 2009 @ 10:46I wouldn’t have intervened for a real move, but there didn’t seem to be a reason to make cromwell wait for a move that was literally a no-brainer.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in September 22nd, 2009 @ 06:0625. …Cd2+, 26. …Cxc2+, and 27. …Cxa1 would have been good for Black and troublesome for White. A check isn’t always the best move, but it’s usually worth looking at. (White could have prevented it by 25. Ac3.)
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 5th, 2009 @ 09:58Enceladus: Your move (number 27).
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Enceladus
in October 10th, 2009 @ 12:45I can’t move. I can make a move, but it doesn’t do anything.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 22nd, 2009 @ 16:15Enceladus: You seem to have regained the ability to move. If you haven’t, though, you can tell me what you want to do, and I’ll edit the move into the game.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 25th, 2009 @ 11:57(After Black’s 28th move, …Ce7.)
Neither Black nor White seems to have noticed that Black’s pawn could have taken White’s rook on d3. Careless!
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cromwell
in October 26th, 2009 @ 08:33Quite true.
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cromwell
in October 28th, 2009 @ 07:06I’m not going to say that it’s about to be checkmate, but I sure hope it is.
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Enceladus
in October 29th, 2009 @ 14:42Yes, it is. Do you want the satisfaction of having it say you won, or should I just resign?
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Enceladus
in October 29th, 2009 @ 14:46SFTDP. I’m tired of waiting (about 3 seconds) for moderation. I’ll just move.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in October 29th, 2009 @ 15:17Enceladus: If you resign by hitting the skull-and-crossbones button at the top of the board, then it will record a win for cromwell.
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Enceladus
in November 1st, 2009 @ 16:38Ok.
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cromwell
in November 2nd, 2009 @ 06:31White wins.
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cromwell
in November 2nd, 2009 @ 06:31I was going to wait for a resignation, but I got impatient.
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Robert Coontz (Administrator)
in November 2nd, 2009 @ 06:36Congratulations, cromwell!
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