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  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,319
    All my games against AA seem to come down to his knight against my bishop, except he usually has an extra pawn or two and then he wins :(
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,319
    I hate his knight, basically ;)
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,971
    sillav nitram said:

    Johnnysummers5 said:

    sillav nitram said:

    Can I take that move back @Johnnysummers5 God knows what I did that for, clearly a senior moment:(

    It was a shame, as you have given me a very good game, I think you are a stronger player than your rating
    Thanks for saying that @Johnnysummers5. As I said to Talal, shame I can't accidentally knock the board over.

    Despite the analysis button, still seem to have these blind moments. Just made a right gaff in my game with, real_idle_hans. Maybe that's just the intensity of playing so many games at once?

    I'm enjoying the games though and as you said, ours was a goodun, cheers.
    Have you? I'd better have another look.
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    IdleHans said:

    sillav nitram said:

    Johnnysummers5 said:

    sillav nitram said:

    Can I take that move back @Johnnysummers5 God knows what I did that for, clearly a senior moment:(

    It was a shame, as you have given me a very good game, I think you are a stronger player than your rating
    Thanks for saying that @Johnnysummers5. As I said to Talal, shame I can't accidentally knock the board over.

    Despite the analysis button, still seem to have these blind moments. Just made a right gaff in my game with, real_idle_hans. Maybe that's just the intensity of playing so many games at once?

    I'm enjoying the games though and as you said, ours was a goodun, cheers.
    Have you? I'd better have another look.
    Bollox, me and my big mouth:(
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    Here's me thinking I'm doing brilliantly against acoleuthic, taking all his pieces but clearly I didn't see the deadly trap, until the rattlesnake bit me:(

    Well played, accidently cleared the analysis, so can't see if I could have done anything about it?
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    Well played Jints:(
  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,494
    Thanks for the game Silav. You battled on manfully after being forced to exchange your queen for a rook after the pin.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,319
    sillav nitram said:

    Here's me thinking I'm doing brilliantly against acoleuthic, taking all his pieces but clearly I didn't see the deadly trap, until the rattlesnake bit me:(

    Well played, accidently cleared the analysis, so can't see if I could have done anything about it?

    Not taken the bishop, basically. The knight was fine - I uh 'sacrificed' it in exchange for development
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    edited September 2017
    Leuth said:

    sillav nitram said:

    Here's me thinking I'm doing brilliantly against acoleuthic, taking all his pieces but clearly I didn't see the deadly trap, until the rattlesnake bit me:(

    Well played, accidently cleared the analysis, so can't see if I could have done anything about it?

    Not taken the bishop, basically. The knight was fine - I uh 'sacrificed' it in exchange for development
    You're just like Spiny Norman, cruel but fair;)

    https://youtu.be/nhV856sXf3w
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    Well played Talal.

    Thought I was doing ok, must of blacked out, when I woke up the game was over.
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  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,491
    Thanks. You let me have a free knight which made things easier for me.
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    Well done in winning the tournament, and well played in our games your endgame is strong
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    Johnnysummers5 said:

    Well done in winning the tournament, and well played in our games your endgame is strong

    Thanks Johnny, didn’t realise I’d won;)
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,491
    Johnnysummers5 said:

    Well done in winning the tournament, and well played in our games your endgame is strong

    Thanks. Only going to be one winner in the current one though, Mr AA is too strong.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,794
    sillav nitram said:

    Question: you're playing a game that you can't win.
    You're opponent isn't that much better off but has the pieces to potentially force a check mate.

    Do you resign or do you continue playing and force your opponent to achieve check mate?

    What is the chess etiquette?

    No one ever got better by resigning. However, when things are hopeless, like your opponent has a passed pawn that you can't stop queening and you have no chance of mating them, there's no disgrace in giving it up.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,794
    Jints said:

    Well played Talal - another tight game but all about the margins

    And QBCQBC, sorry I didn't offer you much of a game, you are a fair bit better than me unfortunately


    @Jints thanks
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,794
    edited October 2017
    sillav nitram said:

    Johnnysummers5 said:

    sillav nitram said:

    Can I take that move back @Johnnysummers5 God knows what I did that for, clearly a senior moment:(

    It was a shame, as you have given me a very good game, I think you are a stronger player than your rating
    Thanks for saying that @Johnnysummers5. As I said to Talal, shame I can't accidentally knock the board over.

    Despite the analysis button, still seem to have these blind moments. Just made a right gaff in my game with, real_idle_hans. Maybe that's just the intensity of playing so many games at once?

    I'm enjoying the games though and as you said, ours was a goodun, cheers.
    Back in the '70s, I witnessed a game being played by I guy I knew from school chess matches, Nick Alexander. His opponent got very upset at getting in to a losing position so he flipped the board up in Nick's face and stormed off after shouting "Fuck you, Alexander".
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,319
    And presumably hasn't lived it down since?
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,971
    Thanks @sillav nitram

    That game swung about a bit. Very enjoyable.
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    edited October 2017
    IdleHans said:

    Thanks @sillav nitram

    That game swung about a bit. Very enjoyable.

    It was a good game @IdleHans and I know it's easy to say cause I won but I thought you played well.
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  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,971
    I shouldn't have neglected that bloody pawn. Once you got your queen back the game was up.
    I don't mind losing at all when a games that absorbing. It's when I chuck them away through stupid errors that I annoy myself.
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    IdleHans said:

    I shouldn't have neglected that bloody pawn. Once you got your queen back the game was up.
    I don't mind losing at all when a games that absorbing. It's when I chuck them away through stupid errors that I annoy myself.

    Join the club, I swear I black out sometimes during games, when I think of the gaffs I've made.
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,491
    sillav nitram said:

    IdleHans said:

    I shouldn't have neglected that bloody pawn. Once you got your queen back the game was up.
    I don't mind losing at all when a games that absorbing. It's when I chuck them away through stupid errors that I annoy myself.

    Join the club, I swear I black out sometimes during games, when I think of the gaffs I've made.
    Distracted by knob sizes?
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    Out for revenge @IdleHans
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,491
    Fun game Red, well played.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,319
    Wondering how much Red enjoyed my forced queen exchange :p
  • Red_in_SE8
    Red_in_SE8 Posts: 5,961
    Leuth said:

    Wondering how much Red enjoyed my forced queen exchange :p

    Not a lot! I always seem to make silly mistakes in my games against you!
  • Red_in_SE8
    Red_in_SE8 Posts: 5,961
    Talal said:

    Fun game Red, well played.

    Yes, good game.
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,971
    sillav nitram said:

    Out for revenge @IdleHans

    You betcha.
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,164
    Is playing Black a disadvantage?

    I’m sure it’s not to those more skilled players but I’m not in that category and wondered if it was?

    I’m not referring to our tournaments either because we have an opportunity to play both.

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