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Welcome, team black! The players on team black are: AJ_Impy BioEnchanted chitoryu12 CirclMastr Crosspeice Davin Valkri DM Zero Dr. Snark Glaive17 HerpicleOmnicron5 idhrendur Nice piece of fish oldskool Paul.Power Snorb Suspect Bucket Talow UnderFreddy Rules of the game: The teams will choose their move based on a simple vote - Note that this means that explaining to your team mates why your suggested move is the best is just as important as coming up with it in the first place! Teams will have 24 hours to decide on their move, though I will call the vote early if one move gains a clear majority. I'd much prefer if you refer to your moves using standard chess notation as much as possible to make things easier on me! I'd also prefer if as much team communication as possible is kept in the threads, both for the benefit of the observer thread and to make it easier for new players to follow the lines of thinking without having to use external sites. Players aren't allowed to read the observer thread or the opposing team's thread, observers aren't allowed to post in the team threads. No use of chess engines to find moves is allowed. However: Linking to Wikipedia or other sources of information when referring to openings or chess concepts is not only allowed, but actively encouraged! Absolutely no super villainy allowed. A quick summary of algebraic notation Each square on the chessboard is identified by a coordinate system. The vertical columns (files) are labelled, a-h, the horisontal rows (ranks) are labelled 1-8. Each move is denoted by the letter of the piece (K for king, Q for queen, R for rook, B for bishop, N for knight, pawns don't get a letter), and the square that they move to. For example: Bf4 denotes that a bishop moves to the square f4. If a capture is made, this is denoted by an x. For example: Bxf4 denotes a bishop moving to square f4 and capturing. If more than one piece can move to the same square the notation is disambiguated by the letter of the file (vertical column) from which the piece moved. For example, Bgf4 means that the bishop on the g file moves to f4. Want to play even more chess? Check out the free app Chess by Post! (Microsoft Store , Google Play, App Store) It features both ranked matchmade games against random players at the same skill level, and unranked games with friends with full compatibility across all devices. It also has a very handy move planner, which probably is the main thing saving me from constantly blundering. It also has an extremely merciful time limit for games, which is nice. Usernames of thread goons using the app (just let me know if you want to be added to this list!): covski idhrendur excloudygh circlmastr fatsamurai HisMajestyBOB Livewire42 Leylite Raldan Covski fucked around with this message at 14:38 on Aug 15, 2017 |
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1. White to move.  White has 24 hours to decide on a move. Best of luck, team black! Covski fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Jul 10, 2017 |
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Jul 10, 2017 19:38
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AJ_Impy posted:So, do we try and fool's mate them? HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Can't we do a scandinavian defense against that move? Just to clarify: Linking to Wikipedia or other sources of information when referring to openings or chess concepts is not only okay, but actively encouraged! I will amend the rules to mention this.
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Jul 10, 2017 21:28
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I've added a short summary of the most commonly used algebraic notation to the first post, to make understanding things a bit easier on new players!
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Jul 10, 2017 22:29
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 1.e4 You have 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 11, 2017 10:25
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Calling the vote for d5 with 11 votes. (10 needed for majority)
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Jul 11, 2017 17:24
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 1.e4 d5 White has 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 11, 2017 17:36
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Since the issue has come up in all the threads: I will only call the vote early when a majority of all players on a team vote for the same move. This means 10 players out of a total of 18 on each team. My thinking is that you would all rather keep the game moving forward in a situation where it is extremely unlikely that the balance will be upset (as it would require everyone who hasn't voted to vote for another option, as well as at least one other player changing their vote). I'm certain this won't be an issue later on when we move out of book openings and the decisions are more contentious. However, if any of you feel very strongly about this, I'm more than willing to change this policy! 
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Jul 11, 2017 19:52
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 You have 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 11, 2017 22:45
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Calling the vote for Nf6 with 10 votes (10 needed for a majority). Also, when changing your vote please state in the same post what you are changing it from, to make tallying easier for me
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Jul 12, 2017 10:20
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 White has 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 12, 2017 11:04
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 You have 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 13, 2017 11:18
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Calling the vote for Bg4, with 10 votes. (10 needed for majority)
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Jul 13, 2017 17:59
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 White has 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 13, 2017 18:35
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ Your king is in check! You have 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 14, 2017 14:13
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C6 wins the vote!
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Jul 15, 2017 16:39
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 White has 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 15, 2017 16:55
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By the way, these are amazing! Going to have to start an art section to the observer thread!
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Jul 15, 2017 17:12
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 You have 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 15, 2017 21:58
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Calling the vote for Nxc6 with 12 votes. (10 needed for majority)
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Jul 16, 2017 12:12
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 White has 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 16, 2017 12:32
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf3 You have 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 17, 2017 12:11
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Bxf3 wins the vote!
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Jul 18, 2017 12:12
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf3 Bxf3 White has 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 18, 2017 12:27
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 You have 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 19, 2017 11:14
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Qd7 wins the vote!
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Jul 19, 2017 19:50
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qd7 White has 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 19, 2017 20:27
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qd7 8.O-O You have 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 20, 2017 13:14
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Calling the vote for e6!
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Jul 20, 2017 18:47
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qd7 8.O-O e6 White has 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 20, 2017 19:05
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Heads-up: I'm not sure I'll be able to update according to the usual 24 hour schedule on account of doing weekend things! However, white will still only have 15 more minutes to vote, so don't worry about unfairness!
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Jul 21, 2017 18:51
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qd7 8.O-O e6 9.c4 Sorry about the lack of updates, back on track for now! You have 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 24, 2017 15:19
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0-0-0 wins the vote!
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Jul 25, 2017 13:00
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qd7 8.0-0 e6 9.c4 0-0-0 White has 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 25, 2017 13:21
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qd7 8.0-0 e6 9.c4 0-0-0 10.Be3 You have 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 26, 2017 13:57
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Qc7 wins the vote! Update will be a few hours late today.
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Jul 27, 2017 15:08
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qd7 8.0-0 e6 9.c4 0-0-0 10.Be3 Qc7 White has 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 27, 2017 21:04
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qd7 8.0-0 e6 9.c4 0-0-0 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rd1 You have 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 29, 2017 00:03
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e5 wins the vote! Update will be a bit late again unfortunately.
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Jul 30, 2017 00:15
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 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nf3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qd7 8.0-0 e6 9.c4 0-0-0 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rd1 e5 White has 24 hours to decide on a move.
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Jul 30, 2017 12:14
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