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fantombug

Sep 21, 2014

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#201

i only post wins

kleelof

Sep 21, 2014

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#202

RG1951 wrote:

"We can all improve at chess". I can't, no matter what I try. I don't believe that anything could bring about an improvement in my game. Don't hang your pieces, they say. It doesn't stop me doing it. Look for your opponent's threats, they say. I do, but don't see them. Look for tactics, they say. I do, but don't spot enough of them. I repeatedly reach endgames with or two pawns advantage, but lose. Why do you persist, some might ask? I don't know the answer to that.

Have you tried consuming either more or less beer?

Matalimon

Sep 22, 2014

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#203

Hi everyone! I'm new here and this is my first post. No offense to any chess purists here, but maybe you could try a chess variant I invented called "Prince Chess". Check it out at the App Store (iOS) and Google Play Store (Android). The computer AI is not yet very advanced or sophisticated and there's a new way to win other than just checkmating your opponent.

Cheers!

Pulpofeira

Sep 22, 2014

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#204

Welcome! But you probably will noticed soon the name "prince" isn't very popular around here lately...

Chicken_Monster

Oct 7, 2014

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#205

If I have a pgn file, how do I post that here as a game?

Also, how do I add my own annotations to the game that I am posting here?

LisaGreen

Dec 14, 2014

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#206

Hi,

Is there a place I can get more info about the annotation please? Specifically what all of the brackets and numbers mean.

TIA

LisaGreen

PLAVIN81

Dec 14, 2014

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#207

Good points to remember

kleelof

Dec 14, 2014

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#208

LisaGreen wrote:

Hi,

Is there a place I can get more info about the annotation please? Specifically what all of the brackets and numbers mean.

TIA

LisaGreen

Google is your friend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_annotation_symbols

SpaceForThePapa

Dec 18, 2014

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#209

I just had the server shut down a game I was playing declaring my opponent won by checkmate. Only I wasn't checkmated unless I am going blind.

How do I post a game to get the opinions of others on whether or not the server here made a mistake? I'm not trying to be a bad sportsman, I am just saying that after 10 minutes of looking at the board, I don't see a checkmate.

I was about to take my opponents queen with my pawn, which would have created a probable draw, but the server shut it down with "Black won by checkmate."

I am not a very highly rated player compared to my opponent, and the best I could have hoped for would have been a draw, but I didn't lose this game by checkmate, and I would like a chance to prove it but I don't know how.

BTW, it is interesting that my opponent immediately deleted my descripton of the move I was planning to make and my current position immediately after I posted them in a note to him.

I tried to be as friendly as I could i.e "What is your opinion" and said nothing to him that anybody could construe as an insult. I even blamed the problem on the server rather than my opponent because he did nothing unethical and played a great game.

SpaceForThePapa

Dec 18, 2014

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#210

Never mind, I figured it out. I am a beginner and am not familiar with the notation of this board. My opponent did in fact checkmate me. I am sorry for wasting anybody's time.

SouthItaly

Dec 19, 2014

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#211

Hi all!

How can I post my game?

SouthItaly

Dec 19, 2014

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#212

Do anyone stronger than me to comment this game?

username20142014

Dec 19, 2014

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#213

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username20142014

Dec 19, 2014

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#214

i did not look vat that

guerinimatteo

Jan 8, 2015

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#215

grazie della meil non ci s'o far molto bene col computer e meil comunque scarica le mie aperture e difese co0n partita completa solo vittorie grazie

guerinimatteo

Jan 8, 2015

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#216

bianci 1 a2-a3 vai con risposta

Jacob_Klein22

Jan 18, 2015

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#217

I played this game against an FM titled player and to be honest i think i held my own quite well. I am just curious if there are some things i missed in my analyisis or any tips in general. Thanks much.

MSC157

Jan 28, 2015

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#218

Well played nevertheless mate, keep going!

IKnewHowToPlay

Jan 31, 2015

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#219

Jacob_Klein22 wrote:

I played this game against an FM titled player and to be honest i think i held my own quite well. I am just curious if there are some things i missed in my analyisis or any tips in general. Thanks much.

Hello Jacob,

Your misgivings about 5) d3 are well placed, but normally in this openning d4 has already been played by white. Placing more pressure on Black's position and giving you more space to manuver.

Back to your game after d3 your opponent took advantage of you caution by playing d5 seizing the opportunity space and control in the center of the board.

I think exchanging pawns on move 6 was best play under the circumstances. It black more chances to mess up. It opened up his king position enough to make him quickly defend his king against checks and castling.

The next move I would like to call into question is move 10) Qd2 I realize that black just pinned your knight against your queen but there is no need to panic. Look at the entire board and see what are the strongest threats. Obviously you felt a threat against your queen. So you did realize that the Knight on c3 could move to d4 or e5 causing trouble. But did you not realize that when the Knight moved from c3 that your white bishop could be trapped with certainty. Making taking the Knight on c3 the best move on the board. Without the Knight black would have no timely or easy way to take advantage of the pin. I believe your oppenent did not realize the pardicament you white bishop was in or might have played differently. At your rating I would have missed that one too. It wasn't till I was about a 1400 rated player that I became coniously aware of those kinds of threats.

Your opponent played 10) ... Bxf3 This was your best opportunity to complicate maters so much that it worked in your favour. By playing 11)_BxNc6 because most us don't think like computers. Having to calculate if 11) BxPg2 Bxb7 12) BxRf1 BxRa8 13) BxPd3 Bxc2 14) BxNf6 Bxf6 15) BxPd5 BxNc3 16) Bxf7+ Rxf7 17) QxB is in there favour or not or perhaps they miscalculated somewhere along the line. But that may seem too dangerous to you too.

You did play 11) PxBf3 your opponent 11) ... N-d4 attacing the f3 and c2 pawns the queen protets the c2 pawn and instead of blundering with 12) Ra-e1 (and we all seem to blunder) you played 12) Kg2. You might get a chance to regroup your pieces before he realizes his advantage.

Your cooment about using the Bishop to recaptue the Knight is spot on.

On move 15) I would complicate things for black hoping for a blunder on his part. This kinds of things you do when behind. Specifically 15)_RxBe7 Thinking he will play the natural QxRe7 then You could play 16)_NxPd5 Threatening the Queen and trying keep attendtion on the queen he might play 16)... Qe5 Then 17) BxNf6 Queen Check and without things plays 17)...Qxnd5 since 17)... Qxbf6 would be met by 18) NxQf6+ Thus allowing 18) RxPg7+ with mate to follow!! All that does assume mistakes on Black's part, but I think a lot better chances than 15) BxBf6.

Sincerely, IKnewHowToPlay

P.S. I hope I was appropriately respectful.

trebejos

Feb 19, 2015

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#220

How do I analyze a game of mine and post it using that nice blue and white diagram that I see above? What program is this? Somebody had told me about a program somd months ago but I forgot. Is there more than one? Which one do people recommend? Thanks!