bc8-g4 loses bishop-that's for now

All those moves are sequenced and assume that my knight is at f6. With that being assumed, my bishop would be covered at g4. Unless you're farther ahead than me and see his inevitable demise from something else.

Nice, but have you really adressed all possible moves by White after your move Nf6...? ;)

White queen to move:
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Crap. I missed those:damn: , but it's ok if he moves to either of those squares. If white qh5-h4 then black nc6-d4.


I'm a little afraid of white qh5-f5, but I don't see a favourable exchange developing for him under those circumstances. His queen remains effectively "boxed" and I have yet another piece on the battleground.

I can't look far enough ahead to consider all the possibilites, but I think this is a good move.

ng8-f6 is the official move.

You are afraid of Qf5...??? :rotfl: Name just one reason! ;)

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/1559/image2rl6.jpg

;) You see it - or must I use more brutal means?!



Nf6 was the best move possible indeed. I just wanted you to consider not just some but all possible options for white. The one you ignore usually is the one that will cost you the match.

I meant qh5-g5. You know how I am. All these alphanumeric notations get me confused.

Thanks for making me slow down and look at the big picture, though.

Hello fellow chess players!
I will just add a few thoughts on the current position if you don't mind. :)
UnderseaLcpl is on the right track with chasing the queen which has arrived a bit early to the party. But the white queen still have a decent square at g5, and later at g3, which also stops black from moving his Bishop at f8 at the moment. (unless black want to try some fancy poisioned pawn stuff, but that is for later drill lesson with sergant Sky :cool:)

Also the idea with the Nc6-d4 is good as white really has a weakness on his c2 square (threatening check and losing a rook and or the castling). Unfortunately this doesn't work just yet after Qh4-g5. If the Knight moves, the pawn at e5 will be the queens prey with check! (black moved the defending piece).

Nice to see chess on the forum again!

Cheers Porphy

H5-H4

nc6-d4, official move

Hi Porphy, you're still alive?

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Hello Porphy. Come and play wth us. Come and play with us, Porphy. Forever..and ever..and ever....:D

Yes, live and kicking, preparing for my next climb. Had a break from posting in the forum for quite a while. But no one really leaves Subsim, as we all know. :cool:

cheers porphy

Whom you are telling that... :lol:

Gentlemen, porphy is a survivor of the first chessmatches we had at subsim, in spring 2006.

E1-D1

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/2738/pos2om5.jpg

White can no longer castle, his king is stuck in the open centre of the 1st line. That is a weakness that should be exploited, if possible.

There are two moves now that are better than all other possible moves. It is worth to remember a motive that is described in rule #16. Try to find it without computer assistance, Lance. Both moves can already decide the match, White needs to play precise and flawless now, or he already will fall off the cliff.

Black has significant advantage, and the initiative. he dominates the centre, is leading in developement (time dimension), has more room (space dimension), both of which should allow Black to turn it into a lead in the material dimension as well, and both the white king and the white queen are object of covered threats. Depending on White's moves, a decisive attack combination against the king itself cannot be ruled out.