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Purple Panda Cat’s Eye is looking for an opponent for a game of online chess.
bookworm wants to play Capablanca-style chess. (That’s the version with two extra pieces, described a couple of dozen threads below.)
Anyone up for either of them?
Date: June 30, 2009
Categories: Chess, Fan Page / MuseBlog business
I’m interested in playing chess, but I’m not quite sure about Capablanca-style, yet. I’d have to think on that a moment…
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Hold on — I was confused. Purple Panda wants to play normal chess. It’s bookworm who wants to play Capablanca-style chess.
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Great–I’d certainly be interested in playing normal chess!
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HAWK, do you have an account? I don’t see you on the list.
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No, I don’t have an account yet. Do you set up the account, or do I do something?
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It’s the same procedure as registering for the New MuseBlog Experiment. You’ll find instructions there.
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Thank you! I’ve signed up. Now it asks for confirmation by an administrator.
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Cat’s Eye: HAWK arrived first, so I’ll pair him with Purple Panda and find another partner for you. Or, if Pan has changed her mind, you and HAWK may play. Acceptable?
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Of course.
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I’m up for normal-style chess.
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I’ll play you. But I’m not very good.
Kaiser
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I’m up for normal or Capablanca.
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I just signed up for an account. I’d prefer normal chess, as I don’t know what capablanca is.
-Kaiser
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You can go to one of the old chess threads and find out.
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Capablanca chess is explained here, and you can see a (finished) game here.
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Thank you, loreena.
Er, GAPAs? when i signed up for my chess account I accidentally put in the user name “Whosoever” which is what it is on most sites. I tried to register again, but it wouldn’t let me because I had used my E-mail the first time. Solutions?
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I’ve deleted the “Whosoever” account. Try again.
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thank you very much. 
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Games between very unevenly matched players aren’t much fun. It might be helpful if you all gave some idea of how strong you are when applying for games here — say, A, B, or C, with A meaning “very strong,” B meaning “not wonderful, not awful,” and C meaning “know the moves but don’t claim much beyond that.”
Known “A” players include bookgirl_me and Purple Panda. “C” players would be anybody who starts a game with an a or h pawn. Most MBers are Bs, I suspect.
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I’d probably be a C+. Somewhere in between B and C.
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I’m a B.
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What am I, judging from my game?
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It’s hard to say, but I’d match you against A players.
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I’m probably a c and three quarters, or something like that.
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Does that mean B-minus, or C-minus-minus-minus?
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b minus. I hope so any way.
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I’d be interested in trying a regular game. I’m maybe a C+, almost a B-.
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I’m probably an F. I can’t play chess at all, but with the pieces showing you where you can move I would play with someone else that is at my skill level.
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I’ll play a game with anyone here…
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What’s your skill level?
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A B.
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Then I couldn’t play with you.
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If you don’t mind playing someone below your skill level, I’ll play against you.
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Eh-heh… I’m a most definite C-. I know the moves, but other than that…
I’m not a patient person, and I am very impulsive; chess is not my game.
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I’ve matched Kaiser with Cat’s Eye and Tesseract with Jakob Wonkychair. Those games are now ready to begin.
It sounds as if Ducky and Daisy*chain could play together, but I wasn’t sure both of them wanted to. Do you?
bookworm is still looking for a partner for Capablanca.
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Sure! Regular chess, please. And can I be black?
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SFTDP How do you log in?
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Daisy*chain, do you want to or not?
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I’ll try it.
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I’m not a paleo-phyte yet, right?
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(19) TFATF: It doesn’t matter for playing chess.
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Is bookworm still open for a game of Capablanca? I would be a willing participant.
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It can’t hurt to try. I’ll give The Bookworm the first move, to make sure. Your move, Bookworm!
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