As requested.
[Event "Muse Academy Chess Eterna-ment"]
[Site "MuseBlog, NET"]
[Date "2011.05.19"]
[Round ""]
[White "Bibliophile, "]
[Black "Mikazuki, "]
[CBBWhiteId "Bibliophile"]
[CBBBlackId "Mikazuki"]
[Result "0-1"]
1.a4 d5 2.a5 e6 3.c3 c6 4.f4 Nf6 5.b4 Nh5 6.e3 Nf6 7.g4 Nbd7 8.g5 Ng8 9.Bd3 g6 10.Nf3 h5 11.Nh4 a6 12.c4 b5 13.c5 e5 14.Bb2 e4 15.Nf3 Rh7 16.Be2 exf3 17.Bxf3 f6 18.Qc2 f5 19.e4 fxe4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Qxe4+ Ne7 22.Rg1 Rf7 23.Qe6 Bb7 24.Qxg6 Nxg6 25.f5 Ne7 26.g6 Rxf5 27.Rg3 h4 28.Re3 Nb8 29.Re6 Bc8 30.Rf6 Rxf6 31.Bxf6 Bf5 32.g7 Nd7 33.g8=Q Nxg8 34.Bxd8 Kxd8 35.d4 Bg7 36.Ra2 Bxb1 37.Rg2 Kc7 38.d5 cxd5 39.c6 Kxc6 40.Rxg7 d4 41.Rg4 Ne7 42.Rg7 Rg8 43.Rxe7 Rg1+ 44.Kf2 d3 45.Re6+ Kc7 46.Kxg1 Ba2 47.Rxa6 d2 48.Kf2 d1=Q 49.Ra7+ Kc8 50.a6 Qd2+ 51.Kg1 Bd5 52.Kf1 Qf4+ 53.Ke2 Bc4+ 54.Kd1 Qf3+ 55.Kc2 Qf2+ 56.Kb1 Bd3+ 57.Ka1 Bc2 58.Ra8+ Nb8 59.a7 Be4 60.Rxb8+ Kc7 61.a8=R Bd5 62.Rxb5 Bxa8 63.Rc5+ Bc6 64.Ra5 Qd2 65.Ra7+ Bb7 66.Ra5 Qc2 67.Re5 Kd6 68.Rb5 Be4 69.Ra5 Qb1++
Pre-game ratings: Bibliophile 100, Mikazuki 0. If Bibliophile wins this game*, the new ratings will be 110-0. If Mikazuki wins, 10-90. If it’s a draw, 60-40.
*Unless the results of other games change the players’ ratings before this one is over.
Thanks, GAPAs!
Why is my rating 100?
Everybody starts with a rating of 100. This is your first game, isn’t it?
Yes, I didn’t know. I haven’t watched any before.
How can you draw in chess?
In tournament chess, there are five ways I can think of offhand:
1. Both players agree to a draw. (Our chess software includes a button for offering and accepting draws.)
2. A player winds up in what’s called stalemate — unable to move, but not in check.
3. Neither player has enough pieces to checkmate the other. A king plus a bishop or knight alone can’t checkmate another king. A king plus a queen or rook can. So can a king plus two bishops, or a king plus a bishop and a knight (though the latter is hard). A king and two knights can checkmate a lone king but can’t force checkmate, I think.
4. If the same position recurs three times, the game is drawn.
5. If 50 moves pass without a capture or a pawn move, the game is drawn.
Easy.
1. Set up the game board.
2. Acquire Magic Marker.
3. Have fun!
Sorry for going so long without moving; I was busy on vacation.
WHY DID I JUST DO THAT. 2 silly mistakes in a row, gah. I don’t normally do that, I promise… I didn’t want to mention it until afterward because I was hoping you’d assume it was a plot or something and stay away, but it didn’t work.
*has made a bunch of silly mistakes already as well* *hasn’t wanted to reply for fear of noticement but oh well, they’re over now*
Ooh, new Chess Games in Progress bar is really helpful! I tend to forget about games. Thank you!
No!! That wasn’t even recklessness carelessness, or lack of though like my other bad moves; I misclicked! Oh, well…
Okay, SORRY I moved without reading this comment even in the RC bar which clearly was incredibly stupid of me. But is there any way to reverse moves, GAPAs?
…And now it won’t let me move any piece besides my King. I do not want to move my King. This is strange…
Bibliophile: You have to move your king. You’re in check.
Mika: We can erase moves with our GAPA editing powers. Do you want me to do that? If so, how far back?
7.1.2: 32.Bxe7 was a misclicking, so that one and the ones after it would be erased.
7.1.1: …I am? I really should have noticed that… *facepalm*
Righto, both players’ 32nd moves have been deleted. White is now free to make a move other than Bxe7.
(General note to all players: We don’t usually provide this service, so please click carefully.)
By the way, Mikazuki, 21. … Re7 (instead of Ne7) would have won White’s queen outright. Why defend when you can attack?
Not necessarily, I could have moved my queen diagonally.
The king was behind the queen. Moving the queen off the e file would have exposed the king to check — not allowed.
…I’m really not good at chess.
But you’re getting better with every move.
I’m glad to hear that.
Okay, thank you very, very much! *proceeds with caution*
Very sorry, Bibli, but I’m going to be gone (sailing,) for about a week. Apologies for putting our chess game on hold. (On the other hand, this means you have a week to ponder your move and defeat me…oh dear.)
It’s alright; have fun! I won’t spend a week pondering it for fairness’ sake, but if we’re not done by the time I go to summer camp, I’ll expect you to do likewise… We could just both spend a week pondering, but that wouldn’t really be fair because I’d get to do it first.
I’m back now and it was wicked awesome!
Ahoy! Bibliophile!
Sorry, I went to camp, and we weren’t allowed Internet. I mentioned it earlier, but I didn’ mention when. Anyway, it won’t happen again.
…That was supposed to be a knight. I… didn’t read properly, I suppose. Oops. Oh, well…
Hey Bibli, just letting you know that I’m leaving on Monday for a trip. I’ll be back on Saturday but I’m having some friends over for my birthday then so I probably won’t be able to post until the 22nd, but then that’s my actual birthday so my parents and I may go somewhere; I might not be able to move then. Um, actually, we may got to Cape Cod for a few days after that, so I might not be able to move until the…27th? I may be able to move before then but I’m not entirely sure, so I figured I should warn you just in case, as my parents and I will be extremely busy packing tomorrow.
Feel free to use this time to ponder, as my not-pondering debt is all used up.
(Besides, you have an accidental castle to figure out!)
Not 67. Rc5+? To each ens own.
She could possibly win with only a bishop and some pawns and a king, but I highly doubt I could with just some pawns and a king, even if she did lose her queen. I wasn’t sure whether she’d take my rook if it meant losing her queen, but I didn’t want to risk it. I considered it, though.
Swapping your rook for Black’s queen was your best bet for salvaging a draw. Your king would have had to hurry across the board to hold off the black pawn but I think you could have done it.
Ahoy! Bibliophile again!
Bibliophile, are you still playing this game?
Yes, I lost Internet access because I moved, and due to this lack I couldn’t tell you, but I have it back now, so I can finish.
Yo! Mikazuki!
Oh! Sorry! To be honest, I’d kind of given up on checking this game.
Congratulations! Good (and compared to most other MB chess games, long, which I consider good, since I enjoyed it) game! If you ever want to play again, please let me know.
Good game, Bibliophile! *shakes hand*
New ratings: Bibliophile 10, Mikazuki 90.