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.
[Event "Muse Academy Chess Eterna-ment"]
[Site "MuseBlog, NET"]
[Date "2010.04.25"]
[Round ""]
[White "Piggy, "]
[Black "Jakob Wonkychair, "]
[CBBWhiteId "Piggy"]
[CBBBlackId "Jakob Wonkychair"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.f4 h5 2.e3 Rh7 3.Nh3 Nh6 4.Bd3 g6 5.Rf1 Bg7 6.b3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bxc3 8.dxc3 Rg7 9.Ba3 d5 10.Rb1 g5 11.Nf2 gxf4 12.exf4 f5 13.Qxh5+ Nf7 14.Bxf5 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 Qd6 16.Bxd6 Nxd6 17.Qxd5 Rd8 18.Rd1 Nf7 19.Qc4 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 Rxg2 21.Nh3 Rxh2 22.Ng1 Rh6 23.Kc1 Nce5 24.Qe4 Ra6 25.Kd2 Rxa2 26.Rc1 a5 27.fxe5 e6 28.Ne2 Ng5 29.Qg6+ Nf7 30.Qxe6+ Kf8 31.Qd7 b6 32.Qxc7 b5 33.Qc5+ Kg7 34.Qxb5 Kg6 35.Qd3+ Kg7 36.e6 Nh8 37.e7 Kf7 38.Qe4 Ke8 39.Qa8+ Kxe7 40.Rh1 Nf7 41.Rh5 Ra3 42.Nd4 Nd6 43.Qa7+ Kf6 44.Rh6+ Ke5 45.Rxd6 Kxd6 46.Nb5+ Ke5 47.Nxa3 Kd5 48.Qxa5+ Ke4 49.c4 Kd4 50.Qe5+ Kxe5 51.Nb5 Ke4 52.c5 Kd5 53.b4 Kc4 54.Na3+ Kxb4 55.c6 Kxa3 56.c7 Kb2 57.c8=Q Ka1 58.Kc1 Ka2 59.Qa8++
This looks like it will get very complicated.
Piggy’s sixth move makes no sense to me. It should become apparent soon enough.
I must not play chess enough…
I think I see the motive behind it.
I don’t *would have taken the rook*
Fine. I’ll waltz right into the trap, but not without defensive planning.
…I hope that wasn’t the defensive planning you spoke of.
Y’see, I thought it would be a trap.
I think you misunderstood. On your move, the piece was protected by the pawn, but on piggy’s sixth move(aside from perhaps trapping you inside a cage of his pieces) you could have waltzed in and taken his rook with your bishop. Nothing was covering it.
Do you see my confusion with his play?
Gah, dangit! Stupid iPod. That is NOT where I tapped. *grumbles*
Should I proceed?
I don’t know what else you would do.
Well the GAPAs could probably take your move back…
We can do that, but we don’t want to make a habit of it. Suppose JW had said he meant to move his queen to d7? Still, retrozap completed.
Thank you, Robert. I’ll try to make my taps more precise from now on. *apology choklit*
No, no, Piggy! The king is in the other direction.
I must admit I don’t see how a checkmate could have been more possible had I moved the queen the opposite direction.
I’ll post comments for both of you padawans after the game is over.
I don’t quite see how I can win this one. I might get lucky and last a bit longer.
I have the end in sight now, provided you don’t do anything bizarre, Jakob.
Indeed. I will reach for that bizarre move.
Does the automatic draw occur after 40 turns or 40 turns of the King surviving alone?
The 50-move rule says a player may claim a draw if 50 moves have passed without a capture or a pawn move.
Another kind of draw, stalemate, occurs when a player has no legal moves but is not in check. That’s most likely to happen to a lone king without any other pieces.
Nrrrrg, cake it, stupid inaccurate iPod. *swears*
Cake.
Now it’s just a matter of getting you into a corner while avoiding stalemate. Maybe to level up a few pawns into queens?
(Yes, I did use the term “level up”.)
GRAH. I hate this iPod.
iPod, if you had LISTENED to me, that would’ve been CHECKMATE, but noooooo, you’re too COOL for that.
Whee!
The two of you are in cahoots, aren’t you?! *slaps both with a mackerel*
Nay, nay, good sir! I was merely taking a lucky opportunity to prolong the game length!
No matter what happens, you can only reach a draw. This has become a rather boring game.
Rephrased: You can only hope for a draw, at best.
I’m finding it quite suspenseful.
Still, it would have ended 20 moves ago if White had played 30. Rf1 (or 31. Rf1, or 32. Rf1, or 33. Rf1, or 34. Rg1 check). That’s why I teased you about running away to gobble up those pawns.
All right, this game’s just about over. Phew. That was long.
Yay!
Congrats.
Thanks. That was a horrendously long game.
Checkmate on the 59th move. New MuseBlog ratings: Piggy, 210; Jakob Wonkychair, 110.
Can I haz a new game please?
JW: Check the ladder for an opponent. cromwell isn’t playing anyone else right now.