Chessmatch VI: Takeda vs. Skybird

Skybird · 05-06-06, 04:52 PM

Anyone throwing his glove into the ring? The rules are known by now, I assume.

Takeda Shingen · 05-06-06, 05:06 PM

I shall play. I even promise to play carefully. No recklessness. No crazy openings. No television after nine, etc.

White or black?

Skybird · 05-06-06, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I shall play. I even promise to play carefully. No recklessness. No crazy openings. No television after nine, etc.

White or black?

Doesn't matter. We probably do match & rematch anyway, don't we?

Rules are known: books, databases, user interfaces for chess software (like the one that I use to log my moves and create the diagrams), are allowed. Active chess engines and board computers are not. The looser must perform a bungee jump, while the winner is allowed to kick him down that tower

BTW, yesterday I listend to a new CD I bought, with some orchestral works by Franz Schreker, and immediately thought about you. I wonder why. Have we ever talked about this guy, and I simply forgot it?

Skybird · 05-06-06, 05:21 PM

"Shake hands."

Takeda Shingen · 05-06-06, 05:32 PM

"Returning the shake of hands."

Looks like I am playing white. I do, however, look forward to the bungee jump. You are trained in a superior European system, and I do not anticipate defeating you. I shall give my best, none-the-less.

1. Ng1-f3

I do not believe that we have ever discussed Franz Schrecker. Still I have always been partial to his pantomime, Der Geburtstag der Infantin, and the opera Der ferne Klang.

Skybird · 05-06-06, 07:37 PM

Did not have a clue that bungee jumping is a European invention. Don't do bungee jumping myself anyway.

Your move: 1. Ng1-f3
My move: 1.../ Ng8-f6

So you know "Der ferne Klang". I have heared it the first time some weeks ago, a recording from the Salzburger Festspiele last year - one of the last concerts my father was playing in before he retired end of 2005. The stage decoration was in a strange way fascinating. I did not like all of it, but the music surely has it's great - or touching, moving - moments. Schreker was unknown to me before.

Would have been some good music for the soundtrack of 2001, maybe!

Reminds me of some of the Ligeto stuff in that.

Ah, chess, red wine, and classical music :rotfl: All it needs now is a fast winter again, and a fire in the chimney

Torplexed · 05-07-06, 02:53 AM

Go Team Takeda!!!

If one guy can constitute a team that is.

Skybird · 05-07-06, 05:53 AM

I will not forget your biased attitude here, once we will play, Torp!

Takeda Shingen · 05-07-06, 07:23 AM

Sky's move: 1. Ng8-f6
My move: 2. c2-c4

Pip-pip, cherio.

I imagine that we should probably be wearing cardigains and smoking from pipes as well. Schrecker, to me, has always been a good assimilator of new theory, kind of a mixture of late Mahler and early Shostakovich. He certianly combined these into a style that is readily recognized as his own, but he was not a true ground-breaker, as evidenced by the fact that he was actualy appreciated durning his day.

Skybird · 05-07-06, 09:08 AM

Your move: 2. c2-c4
My move: 2.../e7-e6

BTW, the name of that guy is Schreker, without "c". "Schrecker has a very different sound in German.

Takeda Shingen · 05-07-06, 11:46 AM

Sky's move: 2...e7-e6
My move: 3. Nb1-c3

You're right: I 'English-ized' Schreker. My bad.

Skybird · 05-07-06, 01:48 PM

Your move: 3. Nb1-c3
My move: 3.../Bf8-b4

edit: I typed wrong and have corrected it (before it was Bf8-c4, which is impossible to move, my move is Bf8-b4, of course. sorry.)

Skybird · 05-07-06, 05:13 PM

after 3.../Bf8-b4

Takeda Shingen · 05-08-06, 04:49 PM

Sky's move: 3...Bf8-b4
My move: 4. b2-b3

I figured that Bc4 was a transcription error.

Skybird · 05-08-06, 04:59 PM

Your move: 4. b2-b3
My move: 4.../d7-d5

You have a faible for this extremely rare stuff, eh?

05-06-06, 04:52 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,620 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Chessmatch VI: Takeda vs. Skybird Anyone throwing his glove into the ring? The rules are known by now, I assume. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-06-06, 05:21 PM	#4
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,620 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	"Shake hands." __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-06-06, 07:37 PM	#6
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,620 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Did not have a clue that bungee jumping is a European invention. Don't do bungee jumping myself anyway. Your move: 1. Ng1-f3 My move: 1.../ Ng8-f6 So you know "Der ferne Klang". I have heared it the first time some weeks ago, a recording from the Salzburger Festspiele last year - one of the last concerts my father was playing in before he retired end of 2005. The stage decoration was in a strange way fascinating. I did not like all of it, but the music surely has it's great - or touching, moving - moments. Schreker was unknown to me before. Would have been some good music for the soundtrack of 2001, maybe! Reminds me of some of the Ligeto stuff in that. Ah, chess, red wine, and classical music :rotfl: All it needs now is a fast winter again, and a fire in the chimney __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-07-06, 02:53 AM	#7
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Go Team Takeda!!! If one guy can constitute a team that is. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

05-07-06, 05:53 AM	#8
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,620 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I will not forget your biased attitude here, once we will play, Torp! __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-06-06, 05:06 PM	#2
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I shall play. I even promise to play carefully. No recklessness. No crazy openings. No television after nine, etc. White or black?

05-06-06, 05:32 PM	#5
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	"Returning the shake of hands." Looks like I am playing white. I do, however, look forward to the bungee jump. You are trained in a superior European system, and I do not anticipate defeating you. I shall give my best, none-the-less. 1. Ng1-f3 I do not believe that we have ever discussed Franz Schrecker. Still I have always been partial to his pantomime, Der Geburtstag der Infantin, and the opera Der ferne Klang.

05-07-06, 07:23 AM	#9
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Sky's move: 1. Ng8-f6 My move: 2. c2-c4 Pip-pip, cherio. I imagine that we should probably be wearing cardigains and smoking from pipes as well. Schrecker, to me, has always been a good assimilator of new theory, kind of a mixture of late Mahler and early Shostakovich. He certianly combined these into a style that is readily recognized as his own, but he was not a true ground-breaker, as evidenced by the fact that he was actualy appreciated durning his day.

05-07-06, 09:08 AM	#10
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,620 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Your move: 2. c2-c4 My move: 2.../e7-e6 BTW, the name of that guy is Schreker, without "c". "Schrecker has a very different sound in German. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-07-06, 11:46 AM	#11
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Sky's move: 2...e7-e6 My move: 3. Nb1-c3 You're right: I 'English-ized' Schreker. My bad.

05-07-06, 01:48 PM	#12
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,620 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Your move: 3. Nb1-c3 My move: 3.../Bf8-b4 edit: I typed wrong and have corrected it (before it was Bf8-c4, which is impossible to move, my move is Bf8-b4, of course. sorry.) __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-07-06, 05:13 PM	#13
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,620 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	after 3.../Bf8-b4 __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-08-06, 04:49 PM	#14
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Sky's move: 3...Bf8-b4 My move: 4. b2-b3 I figured that Bc4 was a transcription error.

05-08-06, 04:59 PM	#15
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,620 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Your move: 4. b2-b3 My move: 4.../d7-d5 You have a faible for this extremely rare stuff, eh? __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.