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P to KR2??
The pawn was on KR2. And that's not a very productive move. Maybe an attack with a knight instead? Kn - Qkn5?
You may be cornfused.Quote:
Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
KR2 is pristine.
Cobwebs n crickets, empty.
Though you did advance your QRp to QR2
Which is also nonproductive.:D
I assumed that you meant QR3 to chase my bishop away.
So, the craven bastid retreated.
Now you intend to molest that cowardly bishop with yer knight?
Well the timid cleric found his balls and will run no more.
"We've shown them our backs, now let's showthem our faces!" -John Wayne
So, if we have it sorted.
And you really want to attack with your knight.
Blacks Kp will walk the duck to K5!
That pawn's 3D, he be climbin' da tree.
Gonna bring my queen back home to me.:jointsmile:
So,
what-up?
Weeze
I think my pawn has been there on KR2 all along. (I think of the pawns' starting position as "square 1," (duh, noob) so I tend to miscall that kinda move, apparently.) My intent was to move to KRP from row 2 (where he has lived for the entire game) up to row 3. On reflection, I decided I'd not only miscalled the square, but made a pretty useless move. (The intent was to keep your red bishop from lining up on my knight and king.)Quote:
You may be cornfused.
Yes, I probably am!:D
KR2 is pristine.
Cobwebs n crickets, empty.
So-o-o-
K-Kkn5
Sorry for the terse posts. Meds outta whack again. Very unpleasant cognitive side effects.
Good thing I'm tough (although a bit dim, of late) :(.
Hermie
Really? Hadn't noticed. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
Weeze
Hey, maybe I'm calling the positions wrong. My king started the game on the top dark square, 4th square in from top left. THAT'S what I've been naming the positions by. Queen starts on her own color, yes?
What I'm trying to do is move my "other" knight away from Ducky Pawn and next to your bishop. I still think that's K kn 5, isn't it? I thought I moved my "right-side-of-the-picture" knight to Q kn 5. (?)
Ah!Quote:
Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
That makes much more sense.
Sorted!
I'll have to wait on the pawn push.
Instead;
R - K2
Just to keep that knight honest,
Et vu?
Weeze
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Don't know how "honest" that keeps him...
Almost.But ya gotta put the QKN back to QB3 and then moveQuote:
Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
Reviewing these moves is taking me longer than planning the attacks. I must have been trying things out and failed to get the board back to starting position for that move. I just reviewed the game looking for where I moved my queenside knight. Guess it was just an audition. Sorry.
They've changed them before. They're trying to treat symptoms with drugs that cause more problems. I've been off the meds for a week now and am starting to feel normal again. :cool:................ :thumbsup:Quote:
Sorry for the terse posts. Meds outta whack again. Very unpleasant cognitive side effects.
Not good brah, it's time to change meds, yah?
Been wonderin' 'bout dat.
Did you get my last email?
W.
Okay, I see what happened. I reconstructed my board according to your photo in post #205, which I think was a (my) miscommunication of which knight was which. Pity, I kinda liked him there. Lemme put him back to QB3 and check my position, I may want to re-make that move.
No, I just read it. Didn't know that was the addy we'd settled on, don't check that one much. I'll get back to ya, thanks for the concern. No worries. :cool:Quote:
Did you get my last email?
All right, it looks like I'll do okay initiating an exchange by attacking your K5 pawn with either of my knights. Since the K kn 5 knight controls fewer squares and is less able to defend my king (than my QB3 knight), I'll start with him. If this plan carries through I'll lose both knights but win a pawn, a bishop, and a rook.
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That only works if black gets greedy and chases down the trade, yah?Quote:
Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
B X QRP
A pawn for a pawn.
Looks even, but white profited.
Blacks pawn had time invested and was an immenent threat.
Black's QRP was passive, but critical to white's pawn promotion in end game.
Fortunately, white's position is now very well balanced.:)
Unfortunately white must now move something without upsetting that balance.:D
Aloha,
Weeze
Or are you sacrificing this bishop to even up the end game a bit?Quote:
B X QRP
A pawn for a pawn.
I've been trying to decide whether to take him with my QR, which would sorta develop that piece but at the same time would move him away from protecting my king;
or with my Q Kn pawn.
Think I'll do that....P x B
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Erred?Quote:
Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
Big time! I was going after da undefended KP.
Havin our kings off the kings file keeps screwin' me up.
I check a move on da board an by da time I get back to da pooter, ('bout 15'),
it's all about da meds of course.
"A touch is a move." so you can hold me to it if you wish.
It will drastically shorten da game though.
It's da meds I tells ya.
Weeze
I believe some of my recent cognitive difficulties might trace back to my success as an led hobbyist. :stoned:Quote:
It's da meds I tells ya.
Moved my board next to the monitor. Helped a little. :D
Let's play it the way you intended. It's about me learning, not exploiting a misstep.
Gotta run for a bit, lemme move things back and respond later on. ;)
Hermie
Let's assume that for some reason you intended to sacrifice your bishop and snagged my QRP.
Would I have been better off taking the piece with my rook, moving him into better (maybe) offensive position but diminishing his ability to protect the king (at least, as it seemed to me); OR simply taking him with the pawn as I finally decided?
Hermie
You'll prolly never see that choice in a non-stoner game, but.Quote:
Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
Best would be the rook capture.
Brings the rook into the fray.
He was underemployed protecting a single pawn.
And it sets him free to actually defend the king.
The pawn capture would break white's "pawn chain" ,
which is very important in the end game.
It does come at a high price
and is not worth a bishop sacrifice.
Snatching the KRP is not only a freebie, but will enhance Blacks chance for pawn promotion on the king's side.
The king side defense crumbles,
and the path then opens, wide.:cool:
Al Oha,
Okay, thanks. Not sure how an end game is actually played. I've only seen the usual silliness of pieces chasing each other around until somebody gets cornered.
P to Q Kn 4.
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I 'spected dat.:)
An' welcome back!
I support vigorous frottage, and mopery, but, at my age it's hard to not call it loitering. :D
Now, the bishoprick is about.
[attachment=o225607]
He slinks back to KB5 and faces off with whites Main Bodyguard.
Gave back another move, but gained a pawn and a very cool position in return.:cool:
And so begins the end.
Not chasing.
More, skewering, and pinning, and trading designed to force a bad position and/or gain tempo.
Could get tricky.:D
Aloha,
Weeze
P-QKn5
Threatening your knight.
Doppler postponed till tomorrow.
All is well, jes' tired and :stoned:
Later,
Hermie
Interesting
Kn - KR4
Threatening your rook.
Long winded tutorial coming soon.
Started it, &*^% server ate it.:mad:
Aloha,
Weeze
That must be QR4.Quote:
Kn - KR4
Threatening your rook.
Rook to MY QR4, threatens your knight.
Sorry for the loss. I've noticed at a few points you've had your bishops and rooks paired up on adjacent paths. Is this a common tactic? Or are you demonstrating "How to coordinate an assault with multiple attackers 101"?Quote:
Long winded tutorial coming soon.
Started it, &*^% server ate it.
Actually, just doing that because white let me do it.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
It's always best to link ones rooks whenever possible, it increases their influence and I'm using both bishops to control the center of the board.
Ordinarily I'd use my knights for that and "fianchetto" (Kn2) the bishops giving them the longest diagonals.
White's biggest problem is the King's exposure but, sadly, lacks the tempo to tuck him away from the fray.
All the white king can do now, is hope for a bloodbath.
That would put both kings to work sheparding pawn promotion.
Black is aware of that and is unlikely to cooperate.:D
Aloha,
W.
Where (how) would be a good place to tuck away a king? Corners are easier to protect (?) but easier to get trapped therein.
Meanwhile, P to K kn 3, annoying your bishop.
Hermie
P.S. Sent some pics, did they come through?
Not yet!Quote:
Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
Um, not annoyed.
It's Time.
B X B!
Sure your Bishop was pinned, but...
This should, force a move of an invested piece, (your knight), destabilize your knights mutual protection and pin one of them to the king.
Which is not a good thing.:D
I'll keep lookin' for those snaps.
Aloha,
Weeze
Sent 'em to your nospam addy from a different email on this end. Hope I didn't send 'em to the DEA by mistake... I'll try again, just a test this time.Quote:
P.S. Sent some pics, did they come through?
Not yet!
Meanwhile, K x B, but you knew that already...
Actually, I'm pretty sure I know the next 5 moves.Quote:
Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
This will end with your king in the corner and your pawns in hot water.
Still, I might be missing something.
B - Kkn5 check
Aloha
W.
Hey, that email has got me a bit concerned. Didn't get a non-delivery error message (gulp). Doppler came back "normal" whatever that means...
And by "K" I meant Knight, :o if you didn't figure that out already. I have this, unless I screwed things up again:
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No sir, 'twas not you that screwed-up.Quote:
Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
In faith, twas I!
My last move was dumb enough,
to make a grown man cry
And with that monumental blunder,
Black resigns in shame.:(
Congratulations, braddah!
You have prevailed, this game.
It's da meds I tells ya.
Bumfoozled me brain.
Still, I'm keen to start again.:)
Weeze
Why don't you back up and take the move over?
Still got choke meds an dey gettin' mo' betta wit' age.
Good t'ing I no gotta work for a livin'.
What, you mean like P -QB3 instead?Quote:
Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
W.
Quote:
What, you mean like P -QB3 instead?
Is this where we are, then?
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Looks right.Quote:
Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
Hope you have a plan.
I had a plan, but the huge gaping error in dat plan now has me worried about my "plan function".
Might need some WD-40 and duct tape.:(
W.
R - QKn1
:upsidedow
R - K4Quote:
Originally Posted by DreadedHermie
Hidin' unner da king's robe.
Alla time mumblin'; "I no sked u"!
;)
W.
P x P
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Not about a mugging, or a trade, brah.
Kn X P
That was about getting my knight back in the game.
In that position, he was pretty lame
Black will probably "Bring da king",
now dat White got no diagonal t'ing.
That brace of white knights is a worrysome t'ing.
Dey come outta nowhere an do all kine sing.
Black will have to keep his rooks on different colored squares, in order to avoid a jolly good forking.
Kinda frustrating to have gathered all that "time whose news is captured for the Queen to use."
When no got Queens.
Now it gets interesting.:thumbsup:
Aloha
W.
Hmmm. I was so caught up in simply calculating casualties I really failed to adequately consider the positional advantage that "trade" gave you. What was that worth? Half a move, or so?Quote:
That was about getting my knight back in the game.