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looks like I'm done...
i should have taken out your pygmy pony. It's been awhile.
edit oops Nb4 sorry... good stuff!
1. Nf3 b6
2. c4 Bb7
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. d4 h5
5. d5 Rh6
6. BxR gxh6
7. e4 Na6
8. e5 Ng4
9. h3 Nxe5
10.Nxe5 Bg7 (mighty unfriendly)
11. Qxh5
1. Nf3 b6
2. c4 Bb7
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. d4 h5
5. d5 Rh6
6. BxR gxh6
7. e4 Na6
8. e5 Ng4
9. h3 Nxe5
10.Nxe5
1. Nf3 b6
2. c4 Bb7
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. d4 h5
5. d5 Rh6
6. BxR gxh6
7. e4 Na6
8. e5 Ng4
9. h3
1. Nf3 b6
2. c4 Bb7
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. d4 h5
5. d5 Rh6
6. BxR gxh6
7. e4 Na6
8. e5 ....Ng4
1. Nf3 b6
2. c4 Bb7
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. d4 h5
5. d5 Rh6
6. BxR gxh6
7. e4 Na6
8. e5
1. Nf3 b6
2. c4 Bb7
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. d4 h5
5. d5 Rh6
6. BxR gxh6
pawn takes bishop on h6.
and the bloodletting begins.
Rh6. Is it an R for rook.
Yep, R=Rook
1. Nf3 b6
2. c4 Bb7
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. d4 h5
5. d5 Rh6
6. BxR (Slurp!)
Rh6. Is it an R for rook. I'm not familiar with the lingo yet.
1. Nf3 b6
2. c4 Bb7
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. d4 h5
5. d5
1. Nf3 b6
2. c4 Bb7
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. d4
c8 b7
Which translates to:
1.Nf3 b6
2. c4 Bb7
3. Nc3
so you moved a pawn from c2 to c4?
Yep that's the rumor:
1. Nf2 b6
2. c4
so you moved a pawn from c2 to c4?
You didn't add in his move
1. Nf3 b6
2. c4 ...
Still waiting to add in his unannounced 2nd move.
his turn now. -no your turn
1. Nf3 b6
2. c4
You now have to respond to my 2nd move c4.
You didn't add in his move.
yep, and thank you.
b7 b6 is what I should have called.
his turn now.
So far just blazing a path
for the forthcoming titanic (but much delayed) BnB game. So far we have:
1. Nf3 b6
2. c4
I just copied and pasted the notation from the bottom of the virtual board. I don't f'n know.
yes, it's probably b7 to b6. I'll figure it out eventually.
b7 b6
Here we go.....
1. g1 f3 b7 b6 ????
Uh... yeah we went. Maybe you are trying to say:
1. Nf3 b6
If so then...
2. c4
OK that helps... I probably can do it from this board. Still a little retarded when it comes to the squares but the notation at the bottom will help..
Here we go.....
1. g1 f3 b7 b6 ????
I just moved a pawn I think from b7 to c7.
where is this link you speak of?
Hear bee the
Linky
Uncheck the Black box, so that both the White & Black boxes are unchecked. Then to see the board after my 1. Nf3, click on the Knight on g1, and then click on the f3 square. Presto the Knight should now be on f3. Then you can click on a pawn or Knight, and move it to wherever square in response.
Yeah probably better to have a chess set, with the standard pieces in front of you.
Use the virtual board link I have to bring up a chess board with the White pieces on the bottom, and black pieces on the top.
where is this link you speak of?
I'm afraid I jumped the gun here. LOL I can't find my old chess boards. I think they might have ended up in the lake house that my ex wife sold.
I got some running around to do today so I'll go look for a cheap set. I need to at least visualize the board that I'm getting my ass handed to me on.
didn't mean to pull a Bull on you, but you'll have to give me a minute.
I don't even know the squares but dammit I will try.
Use the virtual board link I have to bring up a chess board with the White pieces on the bottom, and black pieces on the top.
1. The furthest square on the right is "White" or "White on right".
2. The Queen gets the color. White Queen sits on a white central square or "d1". Black Queen sits on a black central square or d8.
3. The first row the white pieces sit on are labeled "a" thru "h". The columns are labelled 1-8. Thus at the start of the game the White pieces, and location are:
R on a1, N on b1, B c1, Q d1, K e1, B f1, N g1, R h1. Exact same order for the Black pieces a-h, except they are on rank 8 or: R a8, B b8, ... etc.
The White pawns on a2- h2, and the black pawns a7 - h7.
This constitutes what is called the Algebraic notation.
So far in the BnB game I played 1. e4. Or moved the pawn in front of the King 2 spaces forward. There has been no sign of the opposition in over a week.
I was hoping that there'd be a virtual board. LOL I don't even know the squares but dammit I will try.
matching wits is fun even when I lose.
tell me what I have to do to make your king cry mercy.
The game is on. Now get your little men set up and we can start tomorrow.
Your little Black Knight is already having to look at:
1. e4
The game is on. Now get your little men set up and we can start tomorrow.
I will go with the black knight to seek revenge.
Awesome !! 1,587 at 8 years old !
Chess Grandmaster Igors Rausis Caught Cheating with Cellphone Found in Toilet
MIKE CHIARI
JULY 13, 2019
The World Chess Federation (FIDE) announced Saturday that it caught chess grandmaster Igors Rausis cheating during a tournament in France.
According to ESPN.com, the FIDE noted that Rausis was "caught red-handed using his phone during a game."
A cellphone was found in a toilet that Rausis had used during the competition, and Rausis later admitted to using it to cheat.
Per Chess.com, Rausis said the following regarding the scandal: "I simply lost my mind yesterday. I confirmed the fact of using my phone during the game by written [statement]. What could I say more? ... At least what I committed yesterday is a good lesson, not for me—I played my last game of chess already."
FIDE director general Emil Sutovsky said in a Facebook post (h/t ESPN.com) that Rausis had been previously suspected of cheating, and he commented on the advancements that have been made in preventing cheating in chess: "Rausis is suspended from the tournament, and all materials will be sent to the ethical commission. It is impossible to completely eliminate the cheating, but the risk of being caught has increased significantly, and the penalties will become much more significant."
Sutovsky also said Rausis was reported to French police.
The 58-year-old Rausis was born in the Soviet Union and currently represents the Czech Republic after previously representing Latvia and Bangladesh.
Rausis became a grandmaster in 1992, and he is the No. 53 ranked chess player in the world, according to the FIDE.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2845458-chess-grandmaster-igors-rausis-caught-cheating-with-cellphone-found-in-toilet?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial
Passersby Feel Sorry For Aging Deep Blue Sitting At Washington Square Park Chess Table All Day
Friday 9:19amSEE MORE: DEEP BLUE
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NEW YORK—Saying that it seems no one has engaged with the blank-screened twin-rack supercomputer in weeks, neighborhood sources felt sorry for IBM supercomputer Deep Blue Friday, which has spent its retirement sitting at the Washington Square Park chess tables. “Deep Blue used to be a legend, right up there with Nate Archibald and ‘Sweet P’ Plummer. Today, hardly anyone wants to play with it, and not because of its brute-force, quasi-artificial-intelligence approach to the game. It’s just a sad, old, washed-up box to these kids,” said park regular Natalie Bryant, who described watching disinterested park-goers walk right past the electronic chess player without recognizing the formerly beloved world champion. “You just feel so bad for Deep Blue. On top of the world back in the day, but now it’s just—I mean, it looks dirty and I think that smell is coming from it, too. Sometimes, I think about bringing it inside, but I don’t know how to approach it or even what language it uses.” Regulars of Washington Square Park said the retired computer “seems completely fine” with simply entering sleep mode and spending its cold, lonely nights on a park bench.
https://www.theonion.com/passersby-feel-sorry-for-aging-deep-blue-sitting-at-was-1836128224
This 8-Year-Old Chess Champion Will Make You Smile
Overcoming life’s basic truth: Talent is universal, but opportunity is not.
By Nicholas Kristof
Opinion Columnist
March 16, 2019
In a homeless shelter in Manhattan, an 8-year-old boy is walking to his room, carrying an awkward load in his arms, unfazed by screams from a troubled resident. The boy is a Nigerian refugee with an uncertain future, but he is beaming.
He can’t stop grinning because the awkward load is a huge trophy, almost as big as he is. This homeless third grader has just won his category at the New York State chess championship.
Much of the news of the last week has focused on wealthy families buying access to great universities, either illegally through bribes or legally through donations. There is no question that America is a tilted playing field that gives wealthy children huge advantages.
So we should all grin along with Tanitoluwa Adewumi, the newly crowned chess champion for kindergarten through third grade. He went undefeated at the state tournament last weekend, outwitting children from elite private schools with private chess tutors.
What’s even more extraordinary is that Tani, as he is known, learned chess only a bit more than a year ago. His play has skyrocketed month by month, and he now has seven trophies by his bed in the homeless shelter.
“I want to be the youngest grandmaster,” he told me.
Tani’s family fled northern Nigeria in 2017, fearing attacks by Boko Haram terrorists on Christians such as themselves. “I don’t want to lose any loved ones,” his father, Kayode Adewumi, told me.
So Tani, his parents and his older brother arrived in New York City a bit more than a year ago, and a pastor helped steer them to a homeless shelter. Tani began attending the local elementary school, P.S. 116, which has a part-time chess teacher who taught Tani’s class how to play.
Tani enjoyed the game and prodded his mom, Oluwatoyin Adewumi, to ask if he could join the chess club.
Tani, as he's known, carrying his chess trophy home from school, accompanied by his mother and brother.
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Tani, as he's known, carrying his chess trophy home from school, accompanied by his mother and brother. CreditChristopher Lee for The New York Times
“He is interested in the chess program, which he will like to be participating in,” Mrs. Adewumi, who is working hard to master American English, emailed the club. She explained that she could not pay the fees for the program because the family was living in a shelter.
Russell Makofsky, who oversees the P.S. 116 chess program, waived the fees, and a year ago the boy took part in his first tournament with the lowest rating of any participant, 105.
His rating is now 1587 and rising fast. (By comparison, the world’s best player, Magnus Carlsen, stands at 2845.)
Tani has an aggressive style of play, and in the state tournament the coaches, watching from the sidelines, were shocked when he sacrificed a bishop for a lowly pawn. Alarmed, they fed the move into a computer and it agreed with Tani, recognizing that the gambit would improve his position several moves later.
“It’s an inspiring example of how life’s challenges do not define a person,” said Jane Hsu, the principal of P.S. 116, which held a pep rally to celebrate Tani’s victory. Hsu noted that while Tani lacks a home, he has enormously supportive parents dedicated to seeing him succeed.
Tani’s mom can’t play chess but takes him every Saturday to a three-hour free practice session in Harlem, and she attends his tournaments. His dad lets Tani use his laptop each evening to practice. And although religion is extremely important to the family, the parents let Tani miss church when necessary to attend a tournament.
“Tani is rich beyond measure,” in the strength, love and support of his family, Makofsky told me.
Tani’s dad has two jobs: He rents a car that he uses to drive for Uber, and he has also become a licensed real estate salesman. Tani’s mom has passed a course to become a home health aide. Meeting them, it’s easy to see where Tani’s scrappy diligence came from.
It is sometimes tough for Tani. His parents say that he once came home from school crying after classmates teased him for being homeless. And at an immigration hearing last fall, he burst into tears when he misunderstood the judge to say that the family would be deported.
“I feel American,” he explained. In fact, the family’s asylum request is dragging on, with the next hearing scheduled for August.
Tani tries to put that out of his mind. He lies on the floor of the shelter and practices chess for hours each evening — now preparing for the elementary national championship in May.
“He is so driven,” said his school chess teacher, Shawn Martinez. “He does 10 times more chess puzzles than the average kid. He just wants to be better.”
Makofsky shook his head wonderingly. “One year to get to this level, to climb a mountain and be the best of the best, without family resources,” he said. “I’ve never seen it.”
Tani is a reminder that refugees enrich this nation — and that talent is universal, even if opportunity is not. Back in Nigeria, his parents say, his brilliance at chess would never have had an outlet.
“The U.S. is a dream country,” his dad told me. “Thank God I live in the greatest city in the world, which is New York, New York.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/16/opinion/sunday/chess-champion-8-year-old-homeless-refugee-.html
Long live The King!!!!!
Carlsen Wins 2018 World Chess Championship In Playoff
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Checkmate Averted: U.K. Reversal Opens Door for Chess Prodigy, 9, to Stay Put
By Palko Karasz
Aug. 10, 2018
LONDON — When the news spread this week that Britain would send back to India its “best junior chess prospect in a generation,” more than a few people were astonished. But on Friday, British authorities appeared to change their minds, saying they may allow the 9-year-old prodigy, Shreyas Roya, and his family to stay in the country after all.
“Shreyas’s jumping and dancing,” the boy’s father, Jitendra Singh, said in an email. “Tears came out from my wife’s eyes.”
The family’s future in Britain had seemed bleak. The five-year visa that Mr. Singh, an information technology manager, had been granted to work for Tata Consultancy Services in Britain could not be extended once it expired in September.
Britain’s Home Office said there could be no exception. “There is no route within the immigration rules which would allow the family to remain in the U.K.,” a spokesman for the Home Office said Thursday.
But on Friday, Mr. Singh said, “We got good news.” Mr. Singh said the Home Office had informed him he would be allowed to apply for a new visa based on his son’s exceptional talent.
It was not clear why the Home Office, which did not respond to requests for comment on Friday, changed course. But according to The Times of London, the government decided to waive its requirement that a new application had to occur from outside the country, and said that the application would be sponsored by Tata.
Immigration law in Britain allows for visas to be granted to those with “exceptional talent” or in certain areas of “sport.” Dominic Lawson, the president of the English Chess Federation, described Shreyas as “England’s best junior chess prospect in a generation,” but he noted that chess mastery apparently did not qualify as an exceptional talent in a sport.
The case drew the attention of British members of Parliament, two of whom, along with Mr. Lawson, appealed to Sajid Javid, the British home secretary, to intervene.
Mr. Lawson said on Friday in an email that he welcomed the reversal by the Home Office.
“We at the E.C.F. are delighted that our efforts to persuade the government to recognize Shreyas Royal’s exceptional talents have borne fruit,” he wrote. “We are also grateful to Sajid Javid for personally taking charge of re-examining the original decision of the immigration department.”
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Shreyas arrived in London from India with his family when he was 3 years old. He learned chess in south London, drawing accolades when he competed for England in international tournaments, earning the title of Candidate Master. He is ranked fourth in the world for his age group.
Shreyas, who is competing in the British Chess Championships, has said his dream is to become world champion before the age of 18.
Mr. Singh told The Times of London that he believed that the home secretary stepped in to find a solution to his son’s case.
If granted, the new visa would allow Mr. Singh to stay for an additional five years and open the way for him and his family to settle in Britain permanently.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/world/europe/uk-chess-shreyas-royal.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fsports&action=click&contentCollection=sports®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=sectionfront
Lyudmila Rudenko: Who was the Soviet chess champion and why was she influential?
The late chess great has been honoured in a Google Doodle
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/lyudmila-rudenko-google-doodle-who-is-chess-ukraine-birthday-soviet-a8465606.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyudmila_Rudenko
https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&site=webhp&q=Lyudmila+Rudenko&oi=ddle&ct=lyudmila-rudenkos-114th-birthday-5392731118501888&hl=en&kgmid=/m/071x5j&ved=0ahUKEwi-65GGssDcAhXNneAKHaS6D_oQPQgI
I'm keeping my eye on two AI projects right now: Google's Alpha Zero and Leela Chess. I would encourage any lovers of chess to check out what is going on with Leela Chess!
https://en.chessbase.com/post/leela-chess-zero-alphazero-for-the-pc
https://lczero.org/
Enjoyed that~~ Thanks for posting!!
One of the most interesting and significant happenings within the chess world is Google's Alpha Zero, an artificial intelligence engine/entity, was given all the rules of chess and allowed to think about chess for 4 hours. Alpha Zero then absolutely crushed Stockfish 9 in a 100 game match. Stockfish won NO games but managed to draw several. Alpha Zero won 37 games outright.
This is unprecedented. I would encourage interested peeps to watch some of the vids:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=stockfish+vs+alphazero
This is my favorite one:
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A place for people to meet, talk chess, post links of interest, and celebrate the greatest game known to humankind.
All are welcome, regardless of skill level.
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“The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very
valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by
it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions; for life is a kind of Chess”
(Benjamin Franklin)
“Chess is the gymnasium of the mind”
(Blaise Pascal)
“Not all artists are Chess players, but all Chess players are artists”
(Marcel Duchamp)
“On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long”
(Emanuel Lasker)
To Infinity and Beyond:
There are 400 different possible Chess positions after one move each. There are 72,084 different possible positions after two moves each. There are over 9 million different possible positions after three moves each. There are over 288 billion different possible positions after four moves each. The number of distinct 40-move games is far greater than the number of electrons in the observable universe
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note: in my posts, I usually refer to the opponent as he. In the off chance you are female and reading this, take no offense, "he" is usually the default for chess (unfortunately). BTW, one of the world's strongest players, male or female:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polgar
Oct 2009 Wall Street Journal Article: Women's chess titles:
(I don't agree with this, BTW)
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703298004574457393421190888.html#articleTabs%3Darticle
OK, now a shameless picture for the guys
Women's World Chess Champion, ALEXANDRA THE GREAT:
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Some Links:
InstanstChess, a site I subscribe to, but anyone can play 25 games free (just clear cookies to play more if you run out of games). Good place to pick up a quick game
Chess.com, I used to have a subscription to this site. You can also play for free, but with limited features. This site is focused on turn-based correspondence chess, where you have several days to consider your move. This is good for those still learning the opening basics, as well as advanced players who wish to dabble in more exotic openings. A nice thing is the rules of turn-based chess allow you to reference databases, or anything else you wish (except computer chess engines, that's cheating!) for analysis during a game. If you are a paying member, you have access to a very large opening book that is easy to use, with stats on effectiveness of each move. Also has a live chess feature.
Other places to play: Yahoo (#1 for sheer player numbers, I believe) , RedHotPawn, FICS, GameKnot, to name a few. No matter what your skill level, there is competition to be found all over the Internet, with plenty of both free and subscription sites, so get playing somewhere now! Remember, you learn more from a loss than a win. (OK, I admit it though, I like to win, and don't like posting my losses!)
ChessGames.com, a **huge** database with a good interface for easy replay of the games, many annotated and also discussed in a "Kibitzer's Corner". All the famous games are here:
Endgame Database for all possible 6 piece endings. Instantly tells you if an endgame is win, lose, or draw:
www.shredderchess.com/online-chess/online-databases/endgame-database.html
Live Chess screen saver, for the chess voyeur in you:
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