Chessmatch II: Tak v Torplexed--FINISHED: 0-1 - Page 3

Torplexed · 03-24-06, 08:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sixpack

C'mon you guys. It took you 2 days to get to this point in the game ? After all it's only the beaten path you took

[i am serious btw

]

My apologies. Can't speak for Tak but this is the first chess game I've played in years. You're not gonna get hyper-modern revolutionary openings when you're as rusty as I am.

Yes! scandium is correct Skybird. English or decriptive notation. Just like with the metric system we didn't want to convert to algebraic for the longest time. Most of my old chess books are written in it. Old habits die hard here.

Written in descriptive notation our game would read like this so far..

1. P-K4 P-K4
2. N-KB3 N-QB3
3. B-N5 P-QR3
4. B-R4 N-B3

Skybird · 03-24-06, 08:25 AM

I admit I don't get the meaning of it, nor do I see how that example should be a description of the opening moves I had with Scandium. But as we people on the continent know since centuries - Englanders are QUEEEER...!

Takeda Shingen · 03-24-06, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sixpack

C'mon you guys. It took you 2 days to get to this point in the game ? After all it's only the beaten path you took

[i am serious btw

]

Sorry Sixpack. I have this job that keeps getting in the way. I am up at 4 am (local time) and work until 3:30. I usually get home by 4:30, where I have a few minutes before I either start teaching private music lessons or have to go back downtown for seminar and class (I am working on my doctorate). Hopefully, I should have more time this weekend to devote to your entertainment.

Torp, don't worry about being rusty. I run the school's chess club, which keeps me on my toes. This is the only reason that I am up to speed.

Anyway......

Your move: 4...Ng8-f6

My move: 5. d3

Skybird · 03-24-06, 07:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Hopefully, I should have more time this weekend to devote to your entertainment.

Does that mean we will see the famous Takeda cavalry charging?

Torplexed · 03-24-06, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skybird

Does that mean we will see the famous Takeda cavalry charging?

First you have to suffer through my famous pawn assault wave.

5. d3.....Takeda's move

5. b7-b5......gotta keep the clergyman on his toes.

BTW it's nice to know in the age of addictive mind-numbing video games that there are still chess clubs to be run.

Skybird · 03-25-06, 05:55 AM

[quote="Torplexed"] BTW it's nice to know in the age of addictive mind-numbing video games that there are still chess clubs to be run.

I agree with regard to chess itself. I never really enjoyed playing in lcubs, in teams, tournaments and such - timetables, and an obligation to appear regularly, at least when playing team tournaments. Never liked that, I am no club-man. However, Takeda and me maybe should join forces - he now trains a schooll's chess club, and I have been captain of my school team for three years.

and in west-Berlin of that time, we were even good. Two times second place amongst all W-Berlin schools!

Strategy on PC is all nice and well and entertaining, but most of the time hardly has anything truly strategic in it. Most of the time it is more about finding the mechansm by which the show is run, and then repeat it again and again. I miss the true diversity in most PC-strategy titles, and the brain-cooker-stuff.

Takeda Shingen · 03-25-06, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skybird

Does that mean we will see the famous Takeda cavalry charging?

The Tiger of Kai rides again.

Very nice regarding being captain of the team. That tends to mean a lot more in Europe than in America, as education in the game of chess in this country leaves a lot to be desired. This is why Americans (generally) perform so poorly in international play, with exception to a few unhinged loons like Bobby Fischer.

Torp's previous move: 5...b7-b5

My move: 6. Ba4-b3

And the book goes out the window.

Skybird · 03-25-06, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Very nice regarding being captain of the team. That tends to mean a lot more in Europe than in America,

Not at all...! At least not with regard to Germany. Representing one's school in Germany does mean close to nothing, where I have the impression it means a lot more in America, they also have more events in sports organized on school level. This is not a tradition in Germany. I took over that position from two other guys who were older and had finished school. These two guys really were killer players and after school directly jumped into Germany's national chess league as semi-pros. Captain of the team sounds like much, but it is not like that. I just was more experienced than the new and younger ones that came after the two others had left - that's all. nevertheless we were able to be almost as successful on regional level than we were before, with the two "killers" still being part of the team.

Torplexed · 03-25-06, 10:06 AM

The prawn....oops...I mean pawn...assault continues. Sorry for the Freudian slip. I try not to think of my front line troops as finger food.

6. Ba4-b3....Takeda's move

6. d7-d5

Takeda Shingen · 03-25-06, 10:14 AM

That's surprising to me. I figured that countries that produced such great players with high frequency would start an emphasis on the game early. Even to this day, I am intimidated when sitting across the table from a European, especially a Russian or a German.

Takeda Shingen · 03-25-06, 10:21 AM

Hmmm. Torp wants to exchange queens. Okay.

Torp's last move: 6...d7-d5

My move: 7. 0-0

Still, I am not prepared to lose my right to castle.

Torplexed · 03-25-06, 10:48 AM

7. 0-0.....Takeda's move

7. B-g4

Takeda Shingen · 03-25-06, 11:54 AM

Torplexed's move: 7...Bc8-g4

My move: 8. Nb1-d2

Torplexed · 03-25-06, 12:41 PM

Wow. Eight moves in and we still have all of our pieces. What's wrong with us?

8. Nb1-d2....Takeda's move

8. d4

More pawn pushing.

Takeda Shingen · 03-25-06, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torplexed

Wow. Eight moves in and we still have all of our pieces. What's wrong with us?

We can fix that.

Torp's last move: 8...d5-d4

My move: 9. c2-c4

03-24-06, 08:25 AM	#32
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,800 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I admit I don't get the meaning of it, nor do I see how that example should be a description of the opening moves I had with Scandium. But as we people on the continent know since centuries - Englanders are QUEEEER...! __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

03-25-06, 05:55 AM	#36
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,800 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	[quote="Torplexed"] BTW it's nice to know in the age of addictive mind-numbing video games that there are still chess clubs to be run. I agree with regard to chess itself. I never really enjoyed playing in lcubs, in teams, tournaments and such - timetables, and an obligation to appear regularly, at least when playing team tournaments. Never liked that, I am no club-man. However, Takeda and me maybe should join forces - he now trains a schooll's chess club, and I have been captain of my school team for three years. and in west-Berlin of that time, we were even good. Two times second place amongst all W-Berlin schools! Strategy on PC is all nice and well and entertaining, but most of the time hardly has anything truly strategic in it. Most of the time it is more about finding the mechansm by which the show is run, and then repeat it again and again. I miss the true diversity in most PC-strategy titles, and the brain-cooker-stuff. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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03-25-06, 10:06 AM	#39
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	The prawn....oops...I mean pawn...assault continues. Sorry for the Freudian slip. I try not to think of my front line troops as finger food. 6. Ba4-b3....Takeda's move 6. d7-d5

03-25-06, 10:14 AM	#40
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	That's surprising to me. I figured that countries that produced such great players with high frequency would start an emphasis on the game early. Even to this day, I am intimidated when sitting across the table from a European, especially a Russian or a German.

03-25-06, 10:21 AM	#41
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Hmmm. Torp wants to exchange queens. Okay. Torp's last move: 6...d7-d5 My move: 7. 0-0 Still, I am not prepared to lose my right to castle.

03-25-06, 10:48 AM	#42
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	7. 0-0.....Takeda's move 7. B-g4

03-25-06, 11:54 AM	#43
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Torplexed's move: 7...Bc8-g4 My move: 8. Nb1-d2

03-25-06, 12:41 PM	#44
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Wow. Eight moves in and we still have all of our pieces. What's wrong with us? 8. Nb1-d2....Takeda's move 8. d4 More pawn pushing.