Calling out to DreadedHermie for a game of "stoner chess"

N - QN5

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You might have noticed that I'm not developing my pieces yet.
Aren't you curious about that?

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Well, sure, but...

a) your queen and both bishops do have pretty good striking power, with the center relatively open as it is.

b) So far, play seems fairly close to the Rubinstein Variation of the Classical Defense to the Queen's Gambit Accepted. In the past, when you've thrown what appeared to be a deliberate red herring, it's been to the passive side of play, so all is consistent.

c) At some point you are gonna get bored enough with my inexperience to let me get enough ahead where you can really fight.


So, what's "d?"

B - Q2 <Beeg grin>

Thought I'd trade queens and get forked, didja.:D

Thanks for all da credit, but I'm not that devious.:)

And, as for "c." ?
As long as I have pipe stuffins and your skills keep buildin' dis fast, I'm havin' lotsa fun.:jointsmile:
When da day comes that I need to quit smoking to prevail, I'll bankroll ya in a tournament, and re-retire. <note, no smilie.>

Alo ha

Da 'zard

O-O

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You might have noticed that I'm not developing my pieces yet.
Aren't you curious about that?

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If you answered that in the last post, I missed it...:o

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Thought I'd trade queens and get forked, didja.

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Nope. You seem generally less inclined to trade than I have been. When we started, I'd trade at every opportunity. Especially pawns. Get the weak stuff outta the way and go to war with the big stuff. Real Man's Chess.

But having played a few games and come to situations where "Boy, I wish I had that bishop back," I'm less likely to just try to clear the board. The balances are where the game is. (You've displayed a reaction when I've upset them without apparent reason, too. :eek:) That a pawn can frustrate a queen is part of the charm of the game, and trading pieces just to depopulate the battlefield is kinda like arbitrarily removing colors from an artist's palette. It "simplifies" things, in a way, but restricts the ability to create different scenes.

*yawn*

Whoops. Bored myself. Sorry. :D

P - QR3

Did I mention being lazy?:D

No need to 'splain when, with a little prodding, you will do it much mo' betta'.:thumbsup:

Wow!

Weeze

This is strange...

Your post above showed up just now.

But it's from, like, 15 hours ago.

Hmmm.

Rather than waste half a tempo and banish my knight to BFE, I will offer a trade that I'm not eager to consummate. (see above, :o)

Seems like the correct decision, strategically. I've got some moves invested in that knight, but I was harrassing with him more than developing him...so...


N - Q6, Check...

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Originally Posted by DreadedHermie

Rather than waste half a tempo and banish my knight to BFE, I will offer a trade that I'm not eager to consummate. (see above, :o)

Seems like the correct decision, strategically. I've got some moves invested in that knight, but I was harrassing with him more than developing him...so...


N - Q6, Check...

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Oh yeah! Good move!
Which forces,
B X Kn
Which begs,
Q X B
Which will be answered with,
Q - K2 of course.

Is good?

Weeze

Good!

We're here, right?

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Originally Posted by DreadedHermie

Good!

We're here, right?

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Sadly, yes.
And what's more, it's your move.:D

W.

R - Q1

P - K5

P - QN3

When ya gotta, ya gotta.

Q X Q

R X Q ?


Then Kn - QB3

Deet de de.:D

Weeze

B - QR3

Thank Heaven.

Finally, some input from an illegal drug dealer.

You have posted your solicitation in a chess game between an old fart and and his weirdo friend. Perhaps they teach a marketing course at your local community college. :thumbsup:

I'm gonna pass on the poison, but please hit me up if you wanna unload any fiber bars or hemorrhoidal ointment. Lost my old connect and would like to be a "regular" customer again. Please hurry, the pressure is building.

Thanks for "being there,"

Hermie

Cheese!
Now it's criminal spam!:(
Ignore it and hope it goes away?

Kn - QR4

W.

P - KB3

P x P

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Originally Posted by DreadedHermie

I'm gonna pass on the poison, but please hit me up if you wanna unload any fiber bars or hemorrhoidal ointment. Lost my old connect and would like to be a "regular" customer again. Please hurry, the pressure is building.

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bwaaaaa

P x P

R - QB1

B - QN4

Kn X B

P X Kn?

R X P

Is good?

Old Fart:D

Are you calling me the old fart, or assuming the title? (I never specified who's who.) We're probably both dual-certified, at any rate...:D

Anyway, this'll teach me to be lazy and not generate a diagram so I can rehearse better.

Looks like the only way out's R - Q4. Close one, the pawn's on me. ;)

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Originally Posted by DreadedHermie

Are you calling me the old fart, or assuming the title? (I never specified who's who.) We're probably both dual-certified, at any rate...:D

Anyway, this'll teach me to be lazy and not generate a diagram so I can rehearse better.

Looks like the only way out's R - Q4. Close one, the pawn's on me. ;)

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Tanks, it was quite tasty.

R X R

P X R

And?:)

W.
(da older fart)

R - K1

Check.

Prevents you from castling, correct?

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Originally Posted by DreadedHermie

R - K1

Check.

Prevents you from castling, correct?

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Your bishop was already keeping me from castling.
Your rook is lookin' for trouble.
K - Q1.
Now I can no longer castle, your bishop can relax, and probably be mean to me.;)

W.

Gad, (sounds like Morgan) my pawns are a mess. To think I was trying to avoid isolated pawns. If your knight plays checkers he can "triple jump" them.


But, I dally. :D

B - QR5

K - QB1 of course.

P- Q5

R - K1

There are safer moves, but I like, no, wait a sec....

let me ponder this awhile.

a rook = a pawn and a knight, approximately?

Looks like pawns are appreciating in value.

I'm turnin' in.

I gotta quit stayin' up so late.

I'll do a diagram and play a few things out tomorrow.

My pawn chain is so gap-toothed, it could eat watermelon through a picket fence. :D

G'night (weirdo) :hippy:

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Originally Posted by DreadedHermie

I'm turnin' in.

I gotta quit stayin' up so late.

I'll do a diagram and play a few things out tomorrow.

My pawn chain is so gap-toothed, it could eat watermelon through a picket fence. :D

G'night (weirdo) :hippy:

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Quite right.
G'night

We are here?
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That looks right.

Ima go with my first instinct and go N-K4.

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Originally Posted by DreadedHermie

Ima go with my first instinct and go N-K4.

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Dang!
Them's good instincts!
Kn X Kn.
Not what I wanted to do.
But the forking alternative was, um, unpalatable.:D

W.

P x N

P - KB3

Ever hopeful.

W.