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[Mate on] CF Chess Tournament, third round

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  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    You want to deny your fellow competitor Papillon a 2:0 record, don't you? :P

    Thanks for the support!

    Chen on
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  • NosajiNosaji Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    After a hard-fought and glorious battle, my troops finally overcame those of delroland. Details coming. Verily.
    1. e4 c5
    2. d3 Nc6
    3. Nf3 Nf6
    4. Nc3 e5
    5. Bg5 d6
    6. Bxf6 Qxf6
    7. Nd5 Qd8
    8. c3 g6
    9. d4 cxd4
    10. cxd4 Bg7
    11. Bb5 Bd7
    12. Bxc6 bxc6
    13. Nc3 Qb6
    14. Ne2 O-O
    15. dxe4 Qxb2
    16. exd6 Qxa1
    17. O-O Qxd1
    18. Rxd1 Rab8
    19. Rf1 c5
    20. Nd2 Bb5
    21. Rb1 Bxe2
    22. Rxb8 Rxb8
    23. f3 Bd4+
    24. Kh1 Rb2
    25. h3 Rxd2
    26. d7 Be5
    27. Kg1 Rxd7
    28. Kf2 Bc4
    29. g3 Rd2+
    30. Ke3 Re2#

    chess2.jpg

    Nosaji on
  • delrolanddelroland Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    We were very closely matched as well. I'm curious how the game might have ended if I hadn't given up a rook.

    delroland on
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  • PolloDiabloPolloDiablo Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Ash, your use of pawns confuses and scares me. Be worse at chess.

    PolloDiablo on
  • Ash-HousewaresAsh-Housewares TARDIS Hunter Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    PolloDiablo wrote: »
    Ash, your use of pawns confuses and scares me. Be worse at chess.

    Sorry, I watched 'Searching For Bobby Fischer' last night so I'm trying to keep my queen back.

    Ash-Housewares on
  • elkataselkatas Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Nosaji wrote: »
    chess2.jpg

    Nice looking ending. Very tidy and organized.

    elkatas on
    Hypnotically inclined.
  • PolloDiabloPolloDiablo Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Ok, plan B: Be unpredictable.

    I can't see any flaw to this.

    PolloDiablo on
  • RendRend Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Crimsoncoyote and I fight to the death! The match goes to me, if only barely.

    If someone wants to make a supercool image, here's the notation, so far as I could copy it.
    1.g2-g3 | g7-g6
    2.f1-g2 | f8-g7
    3.b1-a3 | d7-d5
    4.g3-g4 | a7-a5
    5.h2-h4 | c7-c6
    6.h1-h3 | c8xg4
    7.h3-g3 | g4-h5
    8.c2-c4 | f7-f5
    9.g1-h3 | b8-d7
    10.c4xd5 | c6xd5
    11.g2xd5 | g8-f6
    12.d5xb7 | a8-b8
    13.g3-b3 | a5-a4
    14.b3-b4 | b8xb7
    15.b4xb7 | d8-c8
    16.b7-a7 | d7-e5
    17.d1xa4+| d8-f8
    18.a7-a8 | c8xa8
    19.a4xa8+| f6-e8
    20.d2-d3 | e5-g4
    21.c1-d2 | g7-d4
    22.e2-e3 | d4xb2
    23.a1-b1 | b2-e5
    24.d2-b4 | g4xf2
    25.h3xf2 | e5-g3
    26.b1-c1 | h8-g8
    27.a8-d8 | f8-g7
    28.c1-c6 | g8-f8
    29.b4-c3+| g7-h6
    30.d8xe7 | f5-f4
    31.e7xf8+| e8-g7
    32.f8xg7+

    Rend on
  • crimsoncoyotecrimsoncoyote Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Well played, sir. Good game.

    crimsoncoyote on
  • Ash-HousewaresAsh-Housewares TARDIS Hunter Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    PolloDiablo wrote: »
    Ok, plan B: Be unpredictable.

    I can't see any flaw to this.

    It seems to work for the ladies on spring break. Why not in chess?
    Just don't puke on my shoes

    Ash-Housewares on
  • PapillonPapillon Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I find playing a endgame where you're ahead in material advantage but without an immediate win is stressful. You feel you should win, but there's always a chance of slipping and letting yourself get checkmated.

    Papillon on
  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    I beat Moridin889. I told the goddamn thing to send me the results, like, five times and it didn't, though.

    Thanatos on
  • PolloDiabloPolloDiablo Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Funny that we only have your word for that.

    PolloDiablo on
  • PapillonPapillon Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    PolloDiablo wrote: »
    Funny that we only have your word for that.

    Taunting the moderator? You really think that's a good idea? :P

    Papillon on
  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    PolloDiablo wrote: »
    Funny that we only have your word for that.
    I'm sure Moridin will confirm it.

    Thanatos on
  • RendRend Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Thanatos wrote: »
    PolloDiablo wrote: »
    Funny that we only have your word for that.
    I'm "sure" Moridin will "confirm" it.
    Moridin with a black eye and a bloody lip wrote:
    No guys, he... he won it... fair and square...

    Rend on
  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Papillon wrote: »
    I find playing a endgame where you're ahead in material advantage but without an immediate win is stressful. You feel you should win, but there's always a chance of slipping and letting yourself get checkmated.
    MY PLAN IS IN SHAMBLES.

    Uh... good game? :P

    Chen on
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  • PapillonPapillon Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Chen wrote: »
    Papillon wrote: »
    I find playing a endgame where you're ahead in material advantage but without an immediate win is stressful. You feel you should win, but there's always a chance of slipping and letting yourself get checkmated.
    MY PLAN IS IN SHAMBLES.

    Uh... good game? :P

    Here's why you can never stop paying attention:

    diagramik-1.jpg
    Board courtesy of http://www.apronus.com/chess/wbeditor.php

    Black managed to lose this game after
    1. Re3+ Kf8??
    2. Re8#

    Papillon on
  • PolloDiabloPolloDiablo Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I'm sorry, I don't speak chess. Can you put that into layman's terms?

    PolloDiablo on
  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I think he means that white rook puts black in check, then black goes behind the pawn and white rook moves next to it for the checkmate. Black could have escaped it by going in front of the pawn or simply northwest of its original position.

    Chen on
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  • PapillonPapillon Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    PolloDiablo wrote: »
    I'm sorry, I don't speak chess. Can you put that into layman's terms?

    Basically white has lost the game because black has 3 extra pawns, one of which is about to promote and the only way white can stop it is to give up her rook. White is about to resign, but decides to throw in a couple of checks first, and black responds by making the only move that can possibly lose the game, which is going behind the pawns. This leads to white checkmating black.

    As for the chess notation: the rows are labeled 1-8, with 1 being white's back row, and 8 black's back row. The columns are labeled a-h, with a on the queen's side and h on the king's side (i.e. the white queen starts at d8, and the white king starts at e8). Each piece (but not the pawns) have a letter B: bishop, N: knight, R: rook, Q: queen and K: king.

    A move is noted by putting the name of the piece, followed by the square it moves to: e.g. Re3 means the rook goes to the square e3. If more than one rook could go to e3, then the starting row, column or both row and column are used to disambiguate the pieces.
    A capture is marked the same as a move, but with an x between the piece name and the ending square: e.g. Rxe3.
    Pawn moves and captures are done similarly to piece moves and captures, except no piece letter is given (pawns don't have one), and for pawn captures the starting column is always given.

    Some symbols are also added after the move: + denotes check, ++ double check, # checkmate. Other notation can also be added after the move: ? is a bad move, ?? is a horrible move, ! is a good move, and !! is an excellent move.

    Edit: See also Wikipedia.

    Papillon on
  • PolloDiabloPolloDiablo Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Ah, that makes sense. My error was I thought that was the final board, and in reading the notation I was thinking, "There's no way they ended up in the positions they're in by making those moves." So I figured I had no idea what the notation meant and gave up. Now I feel silly.

    PolloDiablo on
  • PolloDiabloPolloDiablo Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Ash beat me. He was kicking my butt the whole game through. Well played, it was enjoyable to see someone who knows what they're doing.

    I'm not sure where to find the move list for a completed game on itsyourturn, so I'll leave it up to Ash to post it.

    PolloDiablo on
  • mightyspacepopemightyspacepope Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    cj and I are still alive, chugging away at our game.

    mightyspacepope on
  • Ash-HousewaresAsh-Housewares TARDIS Hunter Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    PolloDiablo wrote: »
    Ash beat me. He was kicking my butt the whole game through. Well played, it was enjoyable to see someone who knows what they're doing.

    I'm not sure where to find the move list for a completed game on itsyourturn, so I'll leave it up to Ash to post it.

    Good times man =)

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    Ash-Housewares on
  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I think you messed up on turn 40, mate.

    Chen on
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  • Moridin889Moridin889 Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Thanatos did beat me. It was a fun game, full of "oops" moments on both sides.

    Moridin889 on
  • PolloDiabloPolloDiablo Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Chen wrote: »
    I think you messed up on turn 40, mate.

    Me? I have a feeling I made more than one mistake. Ash definitely controlled our game.

    PolloDiablo on
  • PapillonPapillon Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    PolloDiablo wrote: »
    Chen wrote: »
    I think you messed up on turn 40, mate.

    Me? I have a feeling I made more than one mistake. Ash definitely controlled our game.

    I think he's talking about our game. It's possible I made a serious mistake, but I guess we'll see shortly.

    Edit: Besides, move 40 couldn't possibly have been a mistake. If it was, move 39 would also have been a mistake. :P

    Papillon on
  • PapillonPapillon Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I beat Chen

    Papillon - Chen
    Alekhine Defense

    1. e4 Nf6
    2. e5 Nd5
    3. c4 Nf4
    4. d4 g5
    5. Nf3 Bh6
    6. Bxf4 gxf4
    7. Bd3 d6
    8. Nc3 Bg4
    9. O-O Nc6
    10. Be2 dxe5
    11. dxe5 Rg8
    12. Nh4 Nxe5
    13. Bxg4 Rxg4
    14. Nf5 Rg5
    15. Nxh6 e6
    16. f3 f5
    17. Re1 Qd6
    18. Qa4+ Kf8
    19. Rad1 Qc5+
    20. Kf1 Kg7
    21. Ng4 fxg4
    22. Ne4 Qxc4+
    23. Qxc4 Nxc4
    24. Rd7+ Kg6
    25. Nxg5 Kxg5
    26. Rxe6 Kf5
    27. Ree7 Kf6
    28. Rxh7 Ne3+
    29. Kf2 Kg5
    30. fxg4 Nxg4+
    31. Kg1 Nf6
    32. Rhg7+ Kh6
    33. Rxc7 Rd8
    34. Rxb7 Ne4
    35. h4 a5
    36. Kf1 Rd1+
    37. Ke2 Rd2+
    38. Kf3 Nc5
    39. Rh7+ Kg6
    40. h5+ Kf5
    41. Rb5 Rc2
    42. Rc7 Kf6
    43. Rcxc5 Rd2
    44. Rc6+ Ke7
    45. Rb7+ Kd8
    46. Rg6 Kc8
    47. Rf7 Rd8
    48. h6 Rh8
    49. h7 Re8
    50. Rg8 Kd8
    51. h8=Q Rxg8
    52. Qxg8#

    Final position:
    PapillonChen.jpg
    Board courtesy of http://www.apronus.com/chess/wbeditor.php

    Papillon on
  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Good game. I gambled and I lost. Two turn checkmates never work against a competent player I discovered. If I knew that I wouldn't have sacrificed my pawns, but it wasn't a live match so I figure you might slip up as I've did several times. Like how I should pay more attention to knights as I've lost both my bishop and rook to them. I tried to trap your rooks but then you'd just check me to get out of it. At least I got one of them in the end. :)

    My apologies for being so stubborn at losing. I wanted to hold the fort for at least 50 turns. I'll make it my mission for the next rounds too, so future opponents beware. :lol:

    Chen on
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  • PapillonPapillon Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I don't mind you being stubborn -- playing on and hoping for a blunder is a perfectly legitimate chess strategy; although you didn't have much hope after you lost your knight.

    Papillon on
  • elkataselkatas Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I'm terribly sorry for not updating this thread, but burnage and I are still chugging towards the end.

    elkatas on
    Hypnotically inclined.
  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    We're also still at it. I thought it was almost over, but I think we've still got a ways to go. :P

    cj iwakura on
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  • mightyspacepopemightyspacepope Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    We're also still at it. I thought it was almost over, but I think we've still got a ways to go. :P

    Yes, although I think the light at the edge of my tunnel is getting dimmer and dimmer... :P

    mightyspacepope on
  • elkataselkatas Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I'm terribly sorry that our match has lagged into ridiculous lengths, but it should be over by next weekend. :P

    elkatas on
    Hypnotically inclined.
  • BurnageBurnage Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    elkatas wrote: »
    I'm terribly sorry that our match has lagged into ridiculous lengths, but it should be over by next weekend. :P

    I'm apparently keen to wipe out every single one of your pieces. :P

    Burnage on
  • mightyspacepopemightyspacepope Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I've declared my loss in my game versus cj. I could drag the game out more, but he most assuredly would get me within the next couple turns.
    1. d3 e6 2. Nd2 Nc6
    3. a3 g5 4. b4 b5
    5. Bb2 f6 6. Ne4 Bg7
    7. e3 d5 8. Qh5+ Kf8
    9. Nc5 Qe8 10. Qf3 Nge7
    11. d4 Qg6 12. Bd3 f5
    13. Qg3 f4 14. Qf3 Nf5
    15. Ne2 e5 16. Nc3 g4
    17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Nxe6+ Kg8
    19. Nxc7+ Kf8 20. Nxa8 Nce7
    21. Qxb5 Qc6 22. Bxf5 Qxb5
    23. Nxb5 Nxf5 24. d5 Kf7
    25. Rd1 Rxa8 26. d6 Rb8
    27. Nxa7 Nh4 28. Rg1 Rb7
    29. Nc6 Bf8 30. d7 Be7
    31. Bxe5 Rxd7 32. Rxd7

    He played intelligently and kept me on the defensive. Well done, sir.

    mightyspacepope on
  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    MSP kept me on my toes, that's for sure. I thought it was over long before that.

    But yeah, good game. It probably would've taken a while for me to figure out a mate at that point. :P

    cj iwakura on
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  • elkataselkatas Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    After 78 moves, I decided that our game had gone far too long, and I resigned. I try to update scoreboards and randomize new pairs tomorrow.

    elkatas on
    Hypnotically inclined.
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