Big Dog 2 --- landontu vs captaintugwash

This is the first round game between landontu and captaintugwash

As the lower ranked played, landontu gets to choose which colour pieces he has.

I assume we're playing witches and guards, that's my preference but I'll wait for landontu to show up before posting the board.

i'm ready. I'll play white.

Here's a new board...

B1 and i8 are the witches, there aren't any good pieces that look like a witch in the musketeer set.

i1 and b8 are the guards.

Just to clarify, you know how the witch moves, right? If so, go ahead and make your opening move.

Time controls are set at 3 days per move. After 3 days have elapsed, you can issue a time warning, which will start a 24 hour clock before timeout. I'm pretty lax when it comes to time, I prefer my opponent to not feel rushed. but since this is a tournament with others playing, we should do our best to stick to the time controls.

Best of luck!

e4

Thank Ry, I had forgot this game started!

1. e4 g5

Wd3

2. Wd3 Wg7

Ng3

3. Ng3 Bc4

=0

Score - note the score under the board, that's a measure of material (from white's perspective), assuming a value of 4 for both witch and guard. I don't know how accurate these values are, but it gives an idea who has the material edge. The witch is going to have a drastically different value, from worthless to immense, depending on position, what material is on the board, and at what stage of the game. Guard is much stronger in a king pawn endgame than in middlegame. So yeah, somewhat arbitrary.

No idea what you're talking about.

Bg4

Thanks Ry, I didn't pick up the notification for some reason. Sorry about that landontu.

4. Bg4 Ng6

=0

Qe2

Why am I not getting notification when you move?

5. Qe2 Ba6

Nh5 I wouldn't know

6. Nh5 Wd4

Nf6#

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!