Post #12,910
10/11/01 1:25:13 PM
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Thane versus...
1. e4
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #12,920
10/11/01 1:49:39 PM
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Re: Thane versus...
1.e4 c5
Who knows how empty the sky is
In the place of a fallen tower.
Who knows how quiet it is in the home
Where a son has not returned.
-- Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966)
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Post #12,926
10/11/01 2:05:14 PM
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Re: Thane versus wharris2
1.e4 c5
2.b3
Actually, let's refrain from commentary until the match is over, okay? Please, no kibbitzing.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #12,975
10/11/01 4:17:18 PM
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Kibitz, kibitz, kibitz...
And already at the second move, Inthane disregards the opening books! Casts theory to the winds! And plays the highly unconventional 2.b3!
WHAT is his plan?
WHAT will we see next in this exciting game?
STAY TUNED...
(Am I annoying yet?)
/duck
Ben
PS Sorry, no more kibitzing. It is just that after your request, I couldn't resist doing it just once as a joke. And you will note that I did no discussing of actual potential moves.
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Post #13,188
10/12/01 7:44:02 PM
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Noncommital move
1.e4 c5
2.b3!?!? Nc6
Who knows how empty the sky is
In the place of a fallen tower.
Who knows how quiet it is in the home
Where a son has not returned.
-- Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966)
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Post #13,329
10/15/01 11:58:11 AM
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Somehow, I might be in a spot of trouble...
"Know your enemy," my instructor always said... And now I may pay the price for not knowing my enemy.
1.e4 c5
2.b3 Nc6
3.Bb2
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #13,392
10/15/01 2:35:20 PM
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Re: Somehow, I might be in a spot of trouble...
1.e4 c5
2.b3 Nc6
3.Bb2 e5
Who knows how empty the sky is
In the place of a fallen tower.
Who knows how quiet it is in the home
Where a son has not returned.
-- Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966)
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Post #13,754
10/17/01 12:21:58 PM
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Re: Somehow, I might be in a spot of trouble...
1.e4 c5
2.b3 Nc6
3.Bb2 e5
4.Nc3
Sorry, for various personal reasons (home computer monitor blew out, DO NOT BUY CTX!) didn't get around to posting this move yesterday.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #13,755
10/17/01 12:27:04 PM
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Re: Somehow, I might be in a spot of trouble...
1.e4 c5
2.b3 Nc6
3.Bb2 e5
4.Nc3 Nge7
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #15,748
10/30/01 12:41:42 PM
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Blech
1.e4 c5
2.b3 Nc6
3.Bb2 e5
4.Nc3 Nge7
5.Bc4
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #15,752
10/30/01 1:12:23 PM
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Move 5
1.e4 c5
2.b3 Nc6
3.Bb2 e5
4.Nc3 Nge7
5.Bc4 d6
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #16,059
11/1/01 1:46:28 PM
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Re: Move 5
1.e4 c5
2.b3 Nc6
3.Bb2 e5
4.Nc3 Nge7
5.Bc4 d6
6.Nf3
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #16,296
11/2/01 11:39:10 PM
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Re: Move 5
1.e4 c5
2.b3 Nc6
3.Bb2 e5
4.Nc3 Nge7
5.Bc4 d6
6.Nf3 g6
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #16,679
11/5/01 4:49:56 PM
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Move 7
1.e4 c5
2.b3 Nc6
3.Bb2 e5
4.Nc3 Nge7
5.Bc4 d6
6.Nf3 g6
7.Nd5
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #17,104
11/7/01 8:53:53 AM
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Re: Move 7
1.e4 c5
2.b3 Nc6
3.Bb2 e5
4.Nc3 Nge7
5.Bc4 d6
6.Nf3 g6
7.Nd5 Nxd5
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #17,135
11/7/01 11:45:26 AM
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Move 8
1. e4 c5
2. b3 Nc6
3. Bb2 e5
4. Nc3 Nge7
5. Bc4 d6
6. Nf3 g6
7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #17,325
11/8/01 11:57:43 AM
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Re: Move 8
1. e4 c5
2. b3 Nc6
3. Bb2 e5
4. Nc3 Nge7
5. Bc4 d6
6. Nf3 g6
7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Ne7
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #17,331
11/8/01 12:16:13 PM
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Move 9
1. e4 c5
2. b3 Nc6
3. Bb2 e5
4. Nc3 Nge7
5. Bc4 d6
6. Nf3 g6
7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Ne7
9. c3
As a sideline, I explored 9. Bb5+, but didn't like where it took me - unless you were acting REALLY weird, we would have exchanged bishops, then you'd have a lock on the center outright.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #17,417
11/8/01 8:24:59 PM
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Re: Move 9 (and a minor dang)
I wish I'd kept track of a chess recording program I had back when I was more active in postal and OTB play. The thing did almost nothing except record and display moves, very few bells and whistles - but it did what it did very well. In that era of Windows 3.1 software, I don't think I ever had it crash.
1. e4 c5
2. b3 Nc6
3. Bb2 e5
4. Nc3 Nge7
5. Bc4 d6
6. Nf3 g6
7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Ne7
9. c3 Bg7
Presumably the intent of c3 is d4 or b4.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #17,484
11/9/01 11:29:01 AM
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Move 10
1. e4 c5
2. b3 Nc6
3. Bb2 e5
4. Nc3 Nge7
5. Bc4 d6
6. Nf3 g6
7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Ne7
9. c3 Bg7
10.h3
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #17,661
11/10/01 1:41:43 AM
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Re: Move 10
6. Nf3 g6
7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Ne7
9. c3 Bg7
10.h3 f5
OK. As if I were going to g4 with my bishop in the first place. I suppose your knight is doing anything? Oh it might invade e6, but I'll get that tiny pawn and grab everything left of the center.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #17,899
11/12/01 12:30:37 PM
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Move 11
Less talk, more chess. ^_^
6. Nf3 g6
7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Ne7
9. c3 Bg7
10.h3 f5
11.d4
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #17,976
11/12/01 8:47:32 PM
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Move 11b
6. Nf3 g6
7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Ne7
9. c3 Bg7
10.h3 f5
11.d4 cxd4
Part of the theory is to distract you.
"Why must I lose to this fool?" (after dumping the chessboard) - Aaron Nimzovich
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Post #18,049
11/13/01 11:17:09 AM
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Move 12
6. Nf3 g6
7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Ne7
9. c3 Bg7
10.h3 f5
11.d4 cxd4
12.cxd4
Theory? I'm just randomly moving pieces. ^_^
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #18,349
11/14/01 8:39:22 PM
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Re: Move 12
10.h3 f5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 e4 Theory? I'm just randomly moving pieces. ^_^ Oh that makes me feel much better. "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #18,429
11/15/01 1:29:15 PM
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Move 13
10.h3 f5
11.d4 cxd4
12.cxd4 e4
13.Ng5
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #18,487
11/15/01 8:31:56 PM
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Re: Move 13 (hook, line, sinker)
10.h3 f5
11.d4 cxd4
12.cxd4 e4
13.Ng5 Nxd5
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #18,548
11/16/01 11:44:36 AM
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Move 14 (I don't get it.)
10.h3 f5
11.d4 cxd4
12.cxd4 e4
13.Ng5 Nxd5
14.Bxd5
Either a) you have some super secret plan to take over the world or b) just dropped a Kuh-nigit for a pawn.
I'm betting on a, but I don't see it...
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #18,607
11/16/01 10:14:54 PM
11/16/01 10:17:12 PM
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Re: Move 14 (Nothing super-secret)
10.h3 f5
11.d4 cxd4
12.cxd4 e4
13.Ng5 Nxd5
14.Bxd5 Qa5+
(I could also have done Qxg5, but I prefer to remove your bishop.)
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
Edited by wharris2
Nov. 16, 2001, 10:17:12 PM EST
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Post #18,806
11/19/01 1:21:05 PM
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Move 15
I always did fall prone to stuff like that...
10.h3 f5
11.d4 cxd4
12.cxd4 e4
13.Ng5 Nxd5
14.Bxd5 Qa5+
15.Qd2
One side note, which I am not blaming for my play, I noticed that somehow I've been misentering the moves into WinBoard, which is reporting a false position right now. My fault entirely, especially because I should have noticed the "invalid move" comments that showed up a few times... User error. ^_^
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #18,880
11/19/01 8:30:12 PM
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Re: Move 15
12.cxd4 e4
13.Ng5 Nxd5
14.Bxd5 Qa5+
15.Qd2 Qxd5
Been the victim of mis-recorded stuff myself.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #18,951
11/20/01 12:02:32 PM
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Move 16
12.cxd4 e4
13.Ng5 Nxd5
14.Bxd5 Qa5+
15.Qd2 Qxd5
16.0-0
Yeah, but I should have noticed it when a piece I moved the previous round wasn't where I had moved it... ^_^'
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #19,047
11/20/01 9:46:37 PM
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Re: Move 16
12.cxd4 e4
13.Ng5 Nxd5
14.Bxd5 Qa5+
15.Qd2 Qxd5
16.0-0 h6
Apologies, but it looks like you are in serious doo.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #19,114
11/21/01 11:31:24 AM
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Move 17: More from the book of "Duh!"
12.cxd4 e4
13.Ng5 Nxd5
14.Bxd5 Qa5+
15.Qd2 Qxd5
16.0-0 h6
17.Nxe4
Well, yeah, I knew THAT already. :)
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #19,205
11/22/01 8:33:44 AM
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Re: Move 17: More from the book of "Duh!"
14.Bxd5 Qa5+
15.Qd2 Qxd5
16.0-0 h6
17.Nxe4 fxe4
One thing I am disliking about Winboard is its desire to replay the game from the beginning, rather than letting me go to move "x".
Or is that what "edit game" vs. "edit position" does? (I haven't used Winboard much, still wish I had that olden golden game recorder I remember from way back when.)
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #13,356
10/15/01 1:19:05 PM
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!?!? LOL--We need an impartial commentator :D
"A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly by the chain of their own ideas;...despair and time eat away the bonds of iron and steel, but they are powerless against the habitual union of ideas, they can only tighten it still more; and on the soft fibres of the brain is founded the unshakable base of the soundest of Empires."
Jacques Servan, 1767
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Post #13,396
10/15/01 2:41:28 PM
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It has been played by better than wharris
OTOH so has the grob. :-)
But still it is a opening with some good points. The position is solid with nothing obviously wrong. You quickly leave the tactical opening traps of the Sicilian, which wharris undoubtably knows very well.
Of course it is not as strong as the traditional variations. Unorthodox openings tend to be unorthodox for a reason. And somehow I doubt that wharris will have trouble with it.
But it isn't a horrible mistake either.
Cheers,
Ben
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Post #13,759
10/17/01 12:31:14 PM
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But I'm sure it's been played by far worse, too... ^_^'
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #13,762
10/17/01 12:40:26 PM
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No worse than Kasparov vs. Deeper Blue
Kasparov deliberately played some peculiar openings to get out of Deeper Blue's opening book, for the most part with success. (The main reason he lost that match was because he resigned the first game in a drawn position and played a "standard" opening in the 6th. :=)
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #12,987
10/11/01 4:40:01 PM
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Thane versus... THE WORLD!
Hey, guys, let's see how many games we can get TW into at once! :D
1. e4 e6
That's her, officer! That's the woman that programmed me for evil!
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Post #13,003
10/11/01 5:18:16 PM
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Re: Thane versus... THE WORLD!
1. e4 e6
2. d4
French? How quaint.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #13,041
10/11/01 7:07:26 PM
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Well, DUH!
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
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Post #13,042
10/11/01 7:08:31 PM
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Take off
and nuke the entire board from orbit.
It's the only way to be sure.
Peter
Shill For Hire
[link|http://www.kuro5hin.org|There is no K5 Cabal]
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Post #13,118
10/12/01 11:43:18 AM
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lol
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #13,133
10/12/01 12:15:26 PM
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Ah, Tarrasch...
How my heart rejoices at the sight of thee..
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Nf6?
No, too standard; let's instead play:
3. Nd2 Be7
"A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly by the chain of their own ideas;...despair and time eat away the bonds of iron and steel, but they are powerless against the habitual union of ideas, they can only tighten it still more; and on the soft fibres of the brain is founded the unshakable base of the soundest of Empires."
Jacques Servan, 1767
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Post #13,190
10/12/01 7:46:00 PM
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Chiding
You really shoulda started the game in a separate topic.
Who knows how empty the sky is
In the place of a fallen tower.
Who knows how quiet it is in the home
Where a son has not returned.
-- Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966)
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Post #13,357
10/15/01 1:20:15 PM
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Nah. Not after the comment about multiply branching games :)
"A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly by the chain of their own ideas;...despair and time eat away the bonds of iron and steel, but they are powerless against the habitual union of ideas, they can only tighten it still more; and on the soft fibres of the brain is founded the unshakable base of the soundest of Empires."
Jacques Servan, 1767
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Post #13,191
10/12/01 7:46:52 PM
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On second thought
Me, I've preferred 3.Nd2 Nc6 (I won the last game of the '81 Chicago Open with it), but this may not have many fans.
Who knows how empty the sky is
In the place of a fallen tower.
Who knows how quiet it is in the home
Where a son has not returned.
-- Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966)
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Post #13,327
10/15/01 11:53:24 AM
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Hope I remember this...
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #13,364
10/15/01 1:39:30 PM
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Remember...? Been a while?
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
Me, I'm just remembering why I haven't played in so long--too much mental anguish :P
"A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly by the chain of their own ideas;...despair and time eat away the bonds of iron and steel, but they are powerless against the habitual union of ideas, they can only tighten it still more; and on the soft fibres of the brain is founded the unshakable base of the soundest of Empires."
Jacques Servan, 1767
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Post #13,758
10/17/01 12:29:48 PM
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Re: Remember...? Been a while?
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #13,834
10/17/01 5:22:30 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Can you tell I despise Re:'s?
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
Now it gets interesting...nice point of inflection, here...
"A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly by the chain of their own ideas;...despair and time eat away the bonds of iron and steel, but they are powerless against the habitual union of ideas, they can only tighten it still more; and on the soft fibres of the brain is founded the unshakable base of the soundest of Empires."
Jacques Servan, 1767
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Post #15,747
10/30/01 12:36:31 PM
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Foobie
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5
See the Waterin' hole for why I took so long to move.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #15,777
10/30/01 4:53:51 PM
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Slash and burn
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
...amazing how difficult this is when it's two minutes of thought every week. :)
A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly by the chain of their own ideas;...despair and time eat away the bonds of iron and steel, but they are powerless against the habitual union of ideas, they can only tighten it still more; and on the soft fibres of the brain is founded the unshakable base of the soundest of Empires."
Jacques Servan, 1767
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Post #16,058
11/1/01 1:42:57 PM
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I know exactly what you mean.
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
7. Nb3
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #16,064
11/1/01 2:36:03 PM
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Or is that "burn, baby, burn"?
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
7. Nb3 Nxc5
Figured I should balance the trades.
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A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly by the chain of their own ideas;...despair and time eat away the bonds of iron and steel, but they are powerless against the habitual union of ideas, they can only tighten it still more; and on the soft fibres of the brain is founded the unshakable base of the soundest of Empires."
Jacques Servan, 1767
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Post #16,677
11/5/01 4:47:46 PM
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Disco Inferno!
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
7. Nb3 Nxc5
8. Nf3
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #16,735
11/5/01 6:53:28 PM
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Door's open, c'mon in!
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
7. Nb3 Nxc5
8. Nf3 Nh6?
Yes, I gave *myself* a question mark! Experimentation time! :D
What is he planning?
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A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly by the chain of their own ideas;...despair and time eat away the bonds of iron and steel, but they are powerless against the habitual union of ideas, they can only tighten it still more; and on the soft fibres of the brain is founded the unshakable base of the soundest of Empires."
Jacques Servan, 1767
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Post #16,850
11/6/01 12:14:27 PM
11/6/01 12:16:34 PM
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"No I can't go out to play..."
Figure THAT one out, will ya?
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
7. Nb3 Nxc5
8. Nf3 Nh6
9. Qe2
'Course, my old instructor always said "A knight on the rim is grim..."
(Whoops, forgot the move)
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #16,997
11/6/01 5:49:10 PM
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Yeah that is odd, puttin all your defense on White like that
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
7. Nb3 Nxc5
8. Nf3 Nh6
9. Qe2 Qb6
Which means you're waiting to strike with that Black bishop, eh? :P Didn't really want to develop that Queenie just yet, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
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A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly by the chain of their own ideas;...despair and time eat away the bonds of iron and steel, but they are powerless against the habitual union of ideas, they can only tighten it still more; and on the soft fibres of the brain is founded the unshakable base of the soundest of Empires."
Jacques Servan, 1767
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Post #17,134
11/7/01 11:42:21 AM
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Guess I wasn't clear enough.
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
7. Nb3 Nxc5
8. Nf3 Nh6
9. Qe2 Qb6
10.Be3
The title on my previous line was a bit from a song, that semi-sorta matched your title.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #17,197
11/7/01 4:17:16 PM
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Yer makin me do things I dont want to do :(
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
7. Nb3 Nxc5
8. Nf3 Nh6
9. Qe2 Qb6
10.Be3 O-O
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A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly by the chain of their own ideas;...despair and time eat away the bonds of iron and steel, but they are powerless against the habitual union of ideas, they can only tighten it still more; and on the soft fibres of the brain is founded the unshakable base of the soundest of Empires."
Jacques Servan, 1767
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Post #17,219
11/7/01 5:31:45 PM
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No, really?
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
7. Nb3 Nxc5
8. Nf3 Nh6
9. Qe2 Qb6
10.Be3 O-O ??? (I think)
11.Bxh6
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #17,244
11/7/01 7:46:37 PM
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I got impatient, it seems. Hard to do this at work. :)
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
7. Nb3 Nxc5
8. Nf3 Nh6
9. Qe2 Qb6
10.Be3 O-O ??? (I think)
11.Bxh6 Ne4! (hey, I need the accolades)
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A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly by the chain of their own ideas;...despair and time eat away the bonds of iron and steel, but they are powerless against the habitual union of ideas, they can only tighten it still more; and on the soft fibres of the brain is founded the unshakable base of the soundest of Empires."
Jacques Servan, 1767
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Post #17,250
11/7/01 8:05:18 PM
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I know, I know.
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
7. Nb3 Nxc5
8. Nf3 Nh6
9. Qe2 Qb6
10.Be3 O-O ??? (I think)
11.Bxh6 Ne4! (hey, I need the accolades)
12.Be3
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #17,366
11/8/01 2:59:51 PM
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You'll like this one
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
7. Nb3 Nxc5
8. Nf3 Nh6
9. Qe2 Qb6
10.Be3 O-O ??? (I think)
11.Bxh6 Ne4! (hey, I need the accolades)
12.Be3 Qb4
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A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly by the chain of their own ideas;...despair and time eat away the bonds of iron and steel, but they are powerless against the habitual union of ideas, they can only tighten it still more; and on the soft fibres of the brain is founded the unshakable base of the soundest of Empires."
Jacques Servan, 1767
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Post #17,391
11/8/01 4:46:11 PM
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Two branches of play.
This is the primary branch, the one I'm interested in mainly.
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
7. Nb3 Nxc5
8. Nf3 Nh6
9. Qe2 Qb6
10.Be3 O-O ??? (I think)
11.Bxh6 Ne4! (hey, I need the accolades)
12.Be3 Qb4
13.Bd2
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #17,392
11/8/01 4:46:53 PM
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Secondary branch
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nd2 Be7
4. Bd3 c5
5. dxc5 Nd7
6. exd5 exd5
7. Nb3 Nxc5
8. Nf3 Nh6
9. Qe2 Qb6
10.Be3 O-O ??? (I think)
11.Bxh6 Ne4! (hey, I need the accolades)
12.Be3 Qb4
13.c3
Slightly risky, but I'm interested to see where it goes.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #18,154
11/13/01 7:50:18 PM
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Sorry, thane. Long cpl of days. I'll come back in a day or 2
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Post #18,252
11/14/01 11:54:42 AM
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No probs.
It's not like we're playing a timed game... ^_^
tick... tock... tick... tock...
(One of the guys in the chess club, during our "speed chess" games - 5 minutes each - would start saying "tick tick tick" repeatedly if we ever stopped to think about our moves. A most infuriating individual, especially since he was 1900+ rated.)
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #18,350
11/14/01 8:42:50 PM
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Re: No probs.
Heh heh.
I once played a postal game that lasted almost 3 years. Something like 70 or 80 moves, sent via postcards, about a week a move....
I'd probably get strange looks nowdays if I went into a post office and ordered 100 blank postcards. They'd probably think I was going to spray Anthrax on them or something.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
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Post #19,141
11/21/01 1:51:59 PM
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Gonna hafta concede.
Now that the CS clan is picking up in speed; it's taking all my free time.
Not that you weren't going to win anyway ;) You're many grades above me in skill, and I totally forgot all the reasons why I made that last move.
Sorry. But a win is a win, no?
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A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly by the chain of their own ideas;...despair and time eat away the bonds of iron and steel, but they are powerless against the habitual union of ideas, they can only tighten it still more; and on the soft fibres of the brain is founded the unshakable base of the soundest of Empires."
Jacques Servan, 1767
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Post #19,142
11/21/01 1:57:06 PM
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Heh.
I know about that CS bug - I get it myself every once in a while. What region are you in? I should show you a few DEagle tricks I've learned...
Win a few, lose a few...
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post #19,144
11/21/01 2:01:11 PM
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Region
San Deagle (oops, I mean Diego ;)
Many nights you can get my attention via AIM, which I run on the server. My screen name is aminusfu. Or you can join my (2 person) server at www.aminus.net:27016 and yell something so I'll see it in the console. If you run TASE or something similar, my CS handle is always [::A-::] FuManChu.
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A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly by the chain of their own ideas;...despair and time eat away the bonds of iron and steel, but they are powerless against the habitual union of ideas, they can only tighten it still more; and on the soft fibres of the brain is founded the unshakable base of the soundest of Empires."
Jacques Servan, 1767
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