Chess Match: Shady Bill vs. Skybird - Page 13

Aktungbby · 10-22-22, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

While I was searching back to 2019 for threads I have started and whether there is any squirrel in them, I nevertheless found this.

https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho...d.php?t=242796

That is the original MM-IV software,. just runnign on nowadays suoerfats hardware. Back the n it never calculated 16 halfmoives (it slimit) ahead, and woukd ahve needed days and night for it if it had the memory (it was an 8 bit CPU and 32 MB RAM...). today oyu enter oyur mvoe, and two seconds later it has done those 16 halfmoves... The interface worked via mouse pointer and the buttons in the bottom left corner (no drag and drop of the symbols). I find this cool although i have the real machine.

The computer submarine game by Parker, Codename: Sector, from the late 70s, also has such an emulator with an orginal display of the hardware interface in that game.

I had this back in the eighties 'till it died an early death from overuse:

and am considering this as its replacement:

so I don't live up to Eichhörnchen's premature billing quite so quickly:

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Originally Posted by EichBBY

And this is why no-one will ever beat Sky at chess

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Today, compared to my youth days when I played tournaments, I am a chess noob again. It's like shooting: a perishable skill. Rest, and you will rust.

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Originally Posted by ME

...and get my game in shape enough to hold my own at 71 brainwise ??...along with an Aricept prescription.

Ironically we both admit to a discernable cerebral deficiency in our dotage; and Skybird still has a 16 year advantage on me!

Prhaps we could play on the beach like Magnusen and Niemann did in Miami just prior to the cheating scandal game:Niemann got his butt kicked on the sand! but suddenly defeated Magnusen in the tournement??!

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Skybird · 10-22-22, 06:22 PM

Ah, I played the Chess Challenger 7 in and out at the table where they had presented their chess computers in the Berlin KaDeWe. That was the autumn before I got my first chess computer for christmas that year, a CC Voice. Good times. Life was good. Time was endless. Horizon was far far away.

Chess computers only hold good memories for me, in all direct and indirect regards.

Shady Bill · 10-24-22, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Niemann got his butt kicked on the sand! but suddenly defeated Magnusen in the tournement??!

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Only two sorts of men win chess matches on a beach full of bikini-clad girls
1) soulless androids 2) men who feel the constant need to prove themselves to be better than others.

Niemann is neither. Niemann is young, vivacious and talented. A young Mozart, if you will.
Carlsen is a bit to concerned about his bank account. He is a 31 year old man-child with the spirit of a centenarian.

Women want to be with Niemann, and men want to be Niemann.

Niemann is the future of chess. The sooner you embrace this reality, the quicker your life will once again shift into focus.

Skybird · 10-24-22, 11:36 AM

I beg to differ. Completely.

Aktungbby · 10-24-22, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Shady Bill

Women want to be with Niemann, and men want to be Niemann.

Caesar was "every woman's man ad every man's woman"

Your mind ain't wanderin'...it's just roman around? There's gonna be a Play Magnus.com, valued at 80 million; but I doubt there'll be a Cheat Niemann.com...unless it includes a "torpedo love" gizmo!

Shady Bill · 10-24-22, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

but I doubt there'll be a Cheat Niemann.com...unless it includes a "torpedo love" gizmo!

That is a brilliant idea!

Shady Bill · 10-25-22, 01:17 PM

Right now on E-bay:

MAGNUS CARLSEN GARRY KASPAROV PLUS 14 OTHER SIGNED GRANDMASTERS CHESS BOARD

This Board has been signed by the following grandmasters boldly in black sharpie:
GARRY KASPAROV, LEVON ARONIAN, SHAKHRIYAR MAMEDYARAV, FABIANO CARUANA, LEINIER DOMINGUEZ,, VESELIN TOPALOV, WESLY SO, HIKARU NAKAMURA

blah blah....it is also signed by no other than future world champion; Hans Niemann!

"SIMPLY PUT YOU WILL NOT FIND ANOTHER CHESS PIECE SIGNED BY THIS MANY FORMER WORLD CHAMPIONS
EXTREMELY RARE AND TOUGH PIECE TO PUT TOGETHER. MEASURES 16.5 X 16.5 INCHES.

COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

I will say, the thing is beautiful. "Buy Now" price is $579. Which is weird because I could have sworn it was $599 just a couple days ago...maybe when the whole Niemann adult beads conspiracy hit the news outlets the board went down in value?

Skybird, please buy this as a first prize for the Subsim Chess Tournament. You have gold bar money anways!

And you most likely can just award the prize to yourself if we don't get a firm yes or no from Aktung pre-winter cometh

So either way you will end up with a beautiful board with Coach Niemann's signature...the whole thing is win-win

Shady Bill · 10-25-22, 01:22 PM

I have been begging my wife to allocate $600 to a "black ops project" at my household, so that I may acquire the board. To no avail.

Aktungbby · 10-25-22, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Shady Bill

I have been begging my wife to allocate $600 to a "black ops project" at my household, so that I may acquire the board. To no avail.

Jus' make sure your proctologist clears your sorry ass for that "torpedo luv gizmo" beforehand!

As for my sorry chess game-rejuvenation self-training: having jus' taken my Aricept, I now recollect... the horsey moves in an "L" pattern!

...and my boss-wife has nixed my new chess computer game hopes allocation as well...apparently X-ma$ and daughter'$ wedding take precedence??!

Shady Bill · 10-25-22, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

...and my boss-wife has nixed my new chess computer game hopes allocation as well...apparently X-ma$ and daughter'$ wedding take precedence??!

We must be married to the same lady

We have a rule on buying things over $500. The item has to meet a certain degree of prudence, accountability and decorum. I knew the board was going to be a stretch from the start.

I actually waited for her night to watch Handmaid's Tale, her favorite night, and casually mentioned a new chess set I might get (I didn't want to get into the nitty-griddy that $599 was just for a board alone)

Me: "Sweetie, remember I told you about that chess set on ebay? The one
I could display on the wall? That might really go up in value?"

My wife: "Don't you have a chess set? with that little rubber roll-up board? That's really cute."

Me: "Well, now that I am no longer a teenager, maybe I should get a nicer board? And there is a 71 year old man on Subsim who mocks my playing while popping Aricept. I need to improve." (This was, of course, regarding my standing feud with Aktung, I was hoping to get some pity from her

)

My wife: "Aricept?"

Me: "Yea I dunno...some sort of chess doping I think..."

My wife: "Fine! get the stupid chess game....why are we talking about this anyways, how much is it?"

Me: "$599"

Roaring laughter

mapuc · 10-25-22, 05:59 PM

Learn how to program a CNC workstation then you can create your own beautiful chessboard and pieces. Like I did many years ago when I made a complete set to my Elder sister-The one who once was School champ some years.

Markus

Shady Bill · 10-25-22, 07:02 PM

Oh I love my rubber mat and plastic knights with no ears. This whole chess board thing, my desire for it, stems from my sick hero-worship of Hans Niemann. And clearly this has to stop.

mapuc · 10-26-22, 07:51 AM

Have a Chess technical question about this O-O or O-O-O called castle
Now here is my technical question
the king may not be in check or pass through check

The first part I somehow understand-If your king is in check position castle is not allowed not even if it's your kings and the rook first move in the game.
What does "Pass Through check" mean

Yes I could search for it-But I think I rather would get the lesson here.

Markus

Skybird · 10-26-22, 08:17 AM

Kings stand on e1 and 8. If opponent figures threaten d1 or f1, d8 or f8 (these are the fields the king would "jump over"), casteling is not possible as long as that threat exists, since the king is at all times prohibited to move so that he exposes himself to check - and he would need to pass through these checks. Verboten!

No problem with the Rooks on a1 or a8, if an opposing piece threatens b1 or b8, castleing still is possible.

mapuc · 10-26-22, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Kings stand on e1 and 8. If opponent figures threaten d1 or f1, d8 or f8 (these are the fields the king would "jump over"), casteling is not possible as long as that threat exists, since the king is at all times prohibited to move so that he exposes himself to check - and he would need to pass through these checks. Verboten!

No problem with the Rooks on a1 or a8, if an opposing piece threatens b1 or b8, castleing still is possible.

Thank you so much

Markus

10-22-22, 06:22 PM	#182
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,630 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Ah, I played the Chess Challenger 7 in and out at the table where they had presented their chess computers in the Berlin KaDeWe. That was the autumn before I got my first chess computer for christmas that year, a CC Voice. Good times. Life was good. Time was endless. Horizon was far far away. Chess computers only hold good memories for me, in all direct and indirect regards. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

10-24-22, 11:36 AM	#184
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,630 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I beg to differ. Completely. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

10-25-22, 05:59 PM	#191
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,537 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Learn how to program a CNC workstation then you can create your own beautiful chessboard and pieces. Like I did many years ago when I made a complete set to my Elder sister-The one who once was School champ some years. Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

10-26-22, 07:51 AM	#193
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,537 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Have a Chess technical question about this O-O or O-O-O called castle Now here is my technical question the king may not be in check or pass through check The first part I somehow understand-If your king is in check position castle is not allowed not even if it's your kings and the rook first move in the game. What does "Pass Through check" mean Yes I could search for it-But I think I rather would get the lesson here. Markus __________________ My little lovely female cat

10-26-22, 08:17 AM	#194
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,630 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Kings stand on e1 and 8. If opponent figures threaten d1 or f1, d8 or f8 (these are the fields the king would "jump over"), casteling is not possible as long as that threat exists, since the king is at all times prohibited to move so that he exposes himself to check - and he would need to pass through these checks. Verboten! No problem with the Rooks on a1 or a8, if an opposing piece threatens b1 or b8, castleing still is possible. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

10-25-22, 01:17 PM	#187
Shady Bill Silent but not deadly Join Date: Oct 2022 Location: Somewhere north of AN34 Posts: 171 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Right now on E-bay: MAGNUS CARLSEN GARRY KASPAROV PLUS 14 OTHER SIGNED GRANDMASTERS CHESS BOARD This Board has been signed by the following grandmasters boldly in black sharpie: GARRY KASPAROV, LEVON ARONIAN, SHAKHRIYAR MAMEDYARAV, FABIANO CARUANA, LEINIER DOMINGUEZ,, VESELIN TOPALOV, WESLY SO, HIKARU NAKAMURA blah blah....it is also signed by no other than future world champion; Hans Niemann! *"SIMPLY PUT YOU WILL NOT FIND ANOTHER CHESS PIECE SIGNED BY THIS MANY FORMER WORLD CHAMPIONS* *EXTREMELY RARE AND TOUGH PIECE TO PUT TOGETHER.* MEASURES 16.5 X 16.5 INCHES. *COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY* I will say, the thing is beautiful. "Buy Now" price is $579. Which is weird because I could have sworn it was $599 just a couple days ago...maybe when the whole Niemann adult beads conspiracy hit the news outlets the board went down in value? Skybird, please buy this as a first prize for the Subsim Chess Tournament. You have gold bar money anways! And you most likely can just award the prize to yourself if we don't get a firm yes or no from Aktung pre-winter cometh So either way you will end up with a beautiful board with Coach Niemann's signature...the whole thing is win-win

10-25-22, 01:22 PM	#188
Shady Bill Silent but not deadly Join Date: Oct 2022 Location: Somewhere north of AN34 Posts: 171 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	I have been begging my wife to allocate $600 to a "black ops project" at my household, so that I may acquire the board. To no avail.

10-25-22, 07:02 PM	#192
Shady Bill Silent but not deadly Join Date: Oct 2022 Location: Somewhere north of AN34 Posts: 171 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	Oh I love my rubber mat and plastic knights with no ears. This whole chess board thing, my desire for it, stems from my sick hero-worship of Hans Niemann. And clearly this has to stop.