f3xe5

Something's wrong. I show you with a pawn at f2 and nothing at f3. I think I may have gotten a bit sideways as I did in my match with Letum.


Sky, arbitration please.:oops:

My knight was on F3, see post #19

http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/1491/image1me2.jpg



I don't want to be a pain, but I really recommend to stick with the international standards for transmitting moves in
correspondence chess, guys. That is
- to use full notation that mark figure (except pawns), orginal and target square (or use international four-digit field codes)
- to keep track of your match by always numbering your moves,
- to repeat the last move(s) of your opponent before giving your own reply.

This is no pedantic thing, but to prevent against mishaps, misreadings, and to save you from posting a reply that you have calculated while having read the last move of your opponent wrong. If you write his move before your reply, you may note your mistake BEFORE you post your move.

You agreed to take back moves, which is okay. but standard is not to allow that. However, if both players agree to that before a match, it's fine. We do not play a serious tournament here.

;),
Sky

http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/4...spondenhu0.jpg

Whoa! I'm way off.:oops: I should have stuck with one match at a time.

f6-h6

Okay Sky, I will try.

Your 9. Qf6-h6

My 10. Ne5xc6+

edited in the check symbol

What is that last graphic? Mein deutsche ist nicht gut.

I don't see how c6 is a check position for your knight when my king is at e8

The move opened up my queen

It is a sample for a multi-lingual postcard used for correspondence chess, used in international matches.

Oh I understand, I see the other translations now. Very neat.

Sorry, Ng8-e7

last move for the day. I have to go to bed. Work at 20:00 again........

Your 10. Neg8-e7
My 11. Nc6xRd8

Have a good sleep! What kind of work do you do?

He's a sleepworker. :D

Ke8xNd8


Actually sky isn't far off. I am an engineer. The kind that drives trains, not the smart ones. I do get a fair amount of sleeping and reading done at work while our train is stuck in the siding or we're waiting for a signal.

Good news though, I finally got Arena w/o engines working properly, so I no longer have to try to play both matches on one chessboard. That should help a bit.
I've spent about half the match operating under the impression that some of your pieces were in different places. Hence the pointless sacrifice of both my bishop and knight.

It doesn't look good right now, but I think I can maybe pull this off. If not, there's always the rematch;)