d5-e4

C3-E4



eek...d3-e4 and I would have lost my queen.

Even if I had a chess program with an engine in it I wouldn't use it. That would be cheating myself, esp. in this thread.

I think I'm thinking along the right lines here, though. I did use arena to manually map a few moves, does that count as computer assistance?

You still lose her.:D

nf6-e4+

I do?
How?

H4-E4

that wonderful center ground control you had is slipping away. ;)


if you wish to go back a few moves for training purposes I am happy to do that

oops. As soon as I act in haste i mess it up. oh well.

Shall we go back to:
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/2738/pos2om5.jpg

So you can think things over again and consult the team? :up:

Let's give other people a few hours to weigh in, if they care. I have to go to the store and then work soon, anyway.

A match with a few wrenches thrown in the works could be interesting, too. And up to this point, the development for black has been quite good.

Obviously I still value the queen too much. I thought I had yours dead-to-rights and it cost me.:doh:

Frankly speaking I do care but you are not helping me to follow. PLEASE number your moves guys, if you kill-add "x" and was nf6-e4+ really a check?If yes-I f.. sth in moving the pieces. To which I should go back? I would take on d8 after he took my knight, just to move his king-but I can be wrong since it's a bit messed

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2359/acf51bbco6.jpg
Your name is on top of the list in my little green book now, Mister! This is what happens if little kids start fooling around without asking big daddy first. Maybe you think I'm preaching the sermon for everybody except just for you, but you will eat that truth I'm preaching with an extra-large XXL-spoon before we are finished here, even if it will be the last thing you'll eat in your life on this planet earth, dig it!

whatever it means Sky, you're right!

Sky, perhaps you could set out the current state of the game as you see fit and
put us all back on the tracks.

Indeed. number your moves. Use full notation to avoid mistakes and communication failures. figures are m arked by capital letters. simpole moves from-to are using a "-". A move taking a piece uses an "x" instead. chess is indicated by a "+" after the move. En passant is indicated by adding e.p. at the end. a move by black is indicated by putting "..." or ".../" before the move, indicating that white already had moved.

1. d2-d4
7.../Sf6xe4
19. Qf1-f8+
11.../d5xc4 e.p.

No matter if numerical, digital or figurine code, unregulated correspondence chess ALWAYS uses notation that includes both original and target square. Official correspondenc chess is even limited to using the numerical notation exclusively. Short notation is only and exclusively used in literature and writing match protocols during a running table match.

This is well-proven standard world-wide, guys. Don't argue with it, it's useless.

So what is the official state of play now?
How does the board look, what is the move number, whose move is it?

Assuming you guys have consensus on Letum's suggestion to take the moves back, status is like this:

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/4269/image1uq5.jpg


It helps to see it on a real board. If you have one, use it. Also, turn the board, to see how it looks from the other's side

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/3704/image2yl3.jpg


http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/1782/image4eh0.jpg