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cabbagecrates
GuessWhoIAm wrote:

==Round 1==

a) The fork is a tactic in which you attack 2 pieces at the same time with 1 piece.

b) The rook always controls 14 squares when placed on any square of an empty board.

c) Castling involves the King and Queen.

d) A move in which a player moves his/her King or Queen is impossible to allow double check.

e) In algebraic notation, axb4 means a pawn on a5 capturing an opponent' pawn on b4.

f) Scholar's Mate and Fools Mate involve the Queen attacking from the queenside.

g) Bobby Fischer was born at Reykjavik, Iceland.

h) It is possible for the knight to move from 1 square of the board to all the other squares and reach it's starting square.

i) Petrosian had participated in the 1962 Interzonal in Stockholm.

j) A knight cannot control an odd amount of squares when placed on an empty board.

a) is not strictly true. It should really be 2 or more pieces.  Do I get a point for pedantry?

KM101
cabbagecrates wrote:
GuessWhoIAm wrote:

==Round 1==

a) The fork is a tactic in which you attack 2 pieces at the same time with 1 piece.

b) The rook always controls 14 squares when placed on any square of an empty board.

c) Castling involves the King and Queen.

d) A move in which a player moves his/her King or Queen is impossible to allow double check.

e) In algebraic notation, axb4 means a pawn on a5 capturing an opponent' pawn on b4.

f) Scholar's Mate and Fools Mate involve the Queen attacking from the queenside.

g) Bobby Fischer was born at Reykjavik, Iceland.

h) It is possible for the knight to move from 1 square of the board to all the other squares and reach it's starting square.

i) Petrosian had participated in the 1962 Interzonal in Stockholm.

j) A knight cannot control an odd amount of squares when placed on an empty board.

a) is not strictly true. It should really be 2 or more pieces.  Do I get a point for pedantry?

Round 1 finished about a day ago.

cabbagecrates
KM101 wrote:
cabbagecrates wrote:
GuessWhoIAm wrote:

==Round 1==

a) The fork is a tactic in which you attack 2 pieces at the same time with 1 piece.

b) The rook always controls 14 squares when placed on any square of an empty board.

c) Castling involves the King and Queen.

d) A move in which a player moves his/her King or Queen is impossible to allow double check.

e) In algebraic notation, axb4 means a pawn on a5 capturing an opponent' pawn on b4.

f) Scholar's Mate and Fools Mate involve the Queen attacking from the queenside.

g) Bobby Fischer was born at Reykjavik, Iceland.

h) It is possible for the knight to move from 1 square of the board to all the other squares and reach it's starting square.

i) Petrosian had participated in the 1962 Interzonal in Stockholm.

j) A knight cannot control an odd amount of squares when placed on an empty board.

a) is not strictly true. It should really be 2 or more pieces.  Do I get a point for pedantry?

Round 1 finished about a day ago.

I know, but it's British Summer Time here now, does that make a difference?

Anyway, can't I be a pedant anytime?

MuhammadAreez10

Round 5 going on.

KM101
cabbagecrates wrote:
KM101 wrote:
cabbagecrates wrote:
GuessWhoIAm wrote:

==Round 1==

a) The fork is a tactic in which you attack 2 pieces at the same time with 1 piece.

b) The rook always controls 14 squares when placed on any square of an empty board.

c) Castling involves the King and Queen.

d) A move in which a player moves his/her King or Queen is impossible to allow double check.

e) In algebraic notation, axb4 means a pawn on a5 capturing an opponent' pawn on b4.

f) Scholar's Mate and Fools Mate involve the Queen attacking from the queenside.

g) Bobby Fischer was born at Reykjavik, Iceland.

h) It is possible for the knight to move from 1 square of the board to all the other squares and reach it's starting square.

i) Petrosian had participated in the 1962 Interzonal in Stockholm.

j) A knight cannot control an odd amount of squares when placed on an empty board.

a) is not strictly true. It should really be 2 or more pieces.  Do I get a point for pedantry?

Round 1 finished about a day ago.

I know, but it's British Summer Time here now, does that make a difference?

Anyway, can't I be a pedant anytime?

It's true the Time Zones are different, but the first round still finished. However, you can participate in the fifth round (before it finishes).

MuhammadAreez10

Round 3: Part 2 was LOLish!

alekspachalov99

C is true

KM101
alekspachalov99 wrote:

C is true

A pawn can't promote to a king.

alekspachalov99

Fine then h is true

alekspachalov99

KM101 wrote:

alekspachalov99 wrote:

C is true

A pawn can't promote to a king.

Oooooops . I have been played chess wrong all of this time.

MuhammadAreez10

Alek: What? You mean you've promoted a pawn to a king?!

KM101
MuhammadAreez10 wrote:

Alek: What? You mean you've promoted a pawn to a king?!

Now, that's laughable!Laughing

MuhammadAreez10

Surely!

alekspachalov99

MuhammadAreez10 wrote:

Alek: What? You mean you've promoted a pawn to a king?!

So you can't do that, are you sure guys?

KM101
alekspachalov99 wrote:

MuhammadAreez10 wrote:

Alek: What? You mean you've promoted a pawn to a king?!

So you can't do that, are you sure guys?

Yes, it's true. I'm 100% sure.

MuhammadAreez10

I'm 200% sure.

IronedSandwich

I'm 256% sure!

IronedSandwich
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KM101

I'm googolplexian % sure! (Googolplexian is the largest number that has a name.)

MuhammadAreez10

I'm Googolplex % sure.

(This is correct way)