Chessmatch V: scandium vs Skybird 0-1

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by scandium

Your last: 16. .../e7-e6
My move: 17. g2-g4

Time for the Infantry to earn their keep.

Pah, they move like pawns, and they will fall like pawns.

Your move: 17. g2-g4
My move: 17. .../Nc6-d4

Cavalry beats infantry. And you have no spearmen!

[Deathblow]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Why don't you join the fun? If I interpret him correctly, Takeda has withdrawn, but Torplexed maybe is looking for a new opponent.

No thanks, I'm too much of a novice, and way too rusty at that. Interesting to see the game unfold though.

[scandium]

Your last: 17. .../Nc6-d4
My move: 18. Qf3-g2

[Skybird]

Your move: 18. Qf3-g2
My move: 18. .../Nc5xd3

If your move 19. c2xd3
then my move 19. .../Ra8-c8

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Why don't you join the fun? If I interpret him correctly, Takeda has withdrawn, but Torplexed maybe is looking for a new opponent.

He has not withdrawn. He even promises to play carefully and slowly, and not take reckless exchanges for the sake of feeling his opponent out.

Besides, you told us to wait for you. A thick layer of dust has descended over my board and pieces in the time being, and my beard grows longer and longer.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Besides, you told us to wait for you.

Häh? I have what...?

[Takeda Shingen]

When we finished, you said:

Bleib uns gewogen!

I took this as a German colloquialism telling us to 'stay put' while the two of you finished. That is why I have not started another match.

[Skybird]

Aha, well, the phrase could be understood that way, maybe, but it better is understood as: "to be favourably disposed", or "inclined to(wards) somebody/something".

Anyhow, if you can't wait, start a thread, tell a mod to sticky it, and we play. If Torplexed agrees. In correspondence chess you use to play a around a dozen matches simultaneously in one tournament. We could handle it the same, if you guys want. We could also play match and re-match simultaneously.

rules as usual: literature; theory: yes, databases yes, if one wants; active computer help and assistance by playing chess software: no. although computers are also allowed in correspondence chess, but I fail to see the point in it. But I will use Fritz UI to keep track of the positions, save the protocols and post diagrams (one only needs to deactivate the engine, then the interface is safe=engine nor running).

Beware: German national team currently is world team champion and european team champion. I may feel inspired by that...

[Takeda Shingen]

I can wait for you guys. Besides, I enjoy collecting intelligence on my potenial new adversaries. I have been following this with interest.

[Skybird]

Okay. You also have to wait for the analysis round. This match is so complex that it deserves one.

[Skybird]

18. .../Nc5xd3

After possible sequence: 19. c2xd3/Ra8-c8

[scandium]

This is indeed complex

Your last 19.... Rac8
My move 20. f4-f5

Originally Posted by Skybird

18. .../Nc5xd3

After possible sequence: 19. c2xd3/Ra8-c8

[Deathblow]

Very interesting indeed. Technically I like blacks positioning better with the knight poised to cause continual consternation, but looks like white is emboldened for a decisive attack. Very interesting :hmm:

[scandium]

Originally Posted by Deathblow

Very interesting indeed. Technically I like blacks positioning better with the knight poised to cause continual consternation, but looks like white is emboldened for a decisive attack. Very interesting :hmm:

Its a difficult position to play for white, I don't think I've played it the best so far but we'll see. This actually started out a Pirc before becoming a Sicilian Dragon (I mislabelled it a Grand Prix Attack, but that's incorrect since in the GPA white doesn't play d2-d4); however its a minor Dragon sideline as the mainline, and by far most common way for white to play against it, is with the Yugoslav Attack. Since we reached the Dragon from a Pirc, rather than directly (1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 etc), the Yugoslav Attack isn't possible. One of the most subtle and difficult things I find to master in chess is transposition and how to use it to steer the game into positions you prefer. Me and Skybird have very different playing styles though, he prefers the hypermodern approach whereas I'm generally happier in classical openings, which makes transposition particularly important.

[Skybird]

Your move: 20. f4-f5
My move: 20: .../Nd4-b3

Five pawns in victory-V-formation? A little bit too early, don't you think...?