Stargate Game Doug vs. Ed

Hi Jean-Louis, I emailed you a copy of the rules just now.

Ed is not on chess.com.  Arch/Steven is relaying the moves for Ed.  It's that simple.  :-P

I guess I won't "kill you" since I really like Metamachy and Zanzibar.  LOL

Ed was banned from here over a year ago when a player rated 872 (not 1872, just 872) played him to a draw in a Smith-Morra Gambit line that was pretty long and perfectly played by the black side who was the 872 guy. Ed said "I never knew players so new to the game were aware of the Smith-Morra Gambit" and his opponent said "What's that?" So Ed reported him for cheating and the staff banned him instead of the 872 guy by mistake. He petitioned them and they agreed to restore his account because the error was so obvious, but he demanded a written apology. He didn't get it so he has stayed offline ever since.

Move 17 (ply).

Black's centralized Pulsar is making life very difficult for me.

Quite a complex game. I notice there is a paralysing piece. That's funny because I'm currently working on editing all chess works from V.R.Parton (in the 60s and 70s). Parton had ideated a paralysing piece that comes often in his works. He call it Gorgon or Gorgona. It petrifies the pieces it has in sight. Interesting.

Medusa was one of the Gorgons in zroman mythology.

Is that like the Demigorgon from D&D and Stranger Things?

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Greek mythology. Parton had many good ideas like this. Most of them inspired by Greeks myths and by Lewis Carroll's word.

Arch, have you talked to Ed today?  I've just been playing Zanzibar-S this morning while I wait.

Just once. He told me to stop texting him.so often.

You might want to check in with him.  He just told me why he hasn't made a move today.

Why haven't you posted your board yet,?

I did 12 hours ago.  But Ed just made his reply: Qf7

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