I was already wondering how long you would endure that! http://www.smileygarden.de/smilie/Fr...a.at_10391.gif

White 8. Qd3-c4

Damn, you're giving me a run for my money, here. I did better in the match where I kept mapping the moves wrong:D . Maybe it's time for some crazy exchanges:p

As far as your piracy study goes:

Here's a book ;
http://www.maritimeterrorism.com/200...ime-terrorism/

A "Wired" blog with a little persepective on Somali piracy. Skybird touched on this in another thread. Maybe he could help as well. He sent me an excellent essay on Islamic militarism in Afghanistan, and he may have some valuable perspective on the relationship between contemporary piracy and African Islamic states.
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/1...ia-piracy.html

A news story concerning the economic damages inflicted by piracy
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/2172111

Once again, it deals with Somali piracy, and I don't know if that is what you are looking at specifically. Contemporary piracy is a broad subject. PM me with a detailed description regarding the state of your thesis and exactly what kind of information you are looking for, as well as what kind of a point you want to make. Or you could just assign me to look at a specific aspect of contemporary piracy. Economic damages, history of piracy, current pirate organizations, pirate tactics, etc. etc.

Search results for "contemporary piracy" mostly yield artcles and blogs about internet piracy. Searches for maritime piracy tend to yield results concerning international law.

Give me a slightly narrower search area, and I'll get you some info.:up:

8. Qd3-c4 Qd8-d5

Ahh, thank you. I will peruse these. I have a running folder of bookmarks of all kind of piracy-related news articles. When the scope of the research is narrowed a bit I'll know better what I'm after.

EDIT: And don't you think I was giving you that easy mate, either ;)

White 9. Ne2xd4

chess bump

Waiting to get home to get to my board bump :oops:

Take your time, I was just didn't want it to slip to the second page when I go to work. Clicking on that little "2" is such a hassle:D


I think white may be in trouble, though. Maybe I shouldn't have tried to pull off that easy mate:shifty:

9. Ne2xd4 Bc5xd4

Indeed, this will be a particularly gory battle for the centre, but I think I may have a slight edge.

I'll have to post my next move tommorrow morning. I needs a nap before work.:dead:

Okay, no worries, have a good sleep!

Thanks, see you tommorrow:sunny:

This is looking interesting!!:know:

White 10. Qc4xd5:damn:

10. Qc4xd5 Nf6xd5

You've got guts :up:

Guts, but no brains, maybe.

Give me a little while to work out my next move. There may be more insane trades as white tries to buy tempo and/or prevent black from castling.

Sorry for the delay:oops:

Guts and brains are like tits and a$$ - the crowd wants both. ;)

White 11. Bf1-b5+

Surprise!:D