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Let's hang on here a minute, goons. My thought right now is we should go either Nb6 or Nf6, depending on which side Team White's going for. Let's try to get the center of the board under control with our knights.
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I know d5 would open up the queen's bishop, but would also place that pawn in jeopardy if White goes e4 for first move. Worth the risk, I'd guess, but I'm only a 2. If we go this way, we should have something to back that bishop up later.
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Jul 11, 2017 01:16
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d5 opens up our queen and her bishop, too. I'd say let's go with that to start.
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Jul 11, 2017 13:10
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I'm looking at the board and I'm concerned that White's next move is going to be Bb5+. Part of me wants to say Bd7 to preempt that.
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Jul 11, 2017 23:42
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I'm still concerned about that bishop going Bb5+. Problem is, that's such an obvious move that White might realize that and do something else.
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Jul 12, 2017 18:30
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So obviously if White's next move is Qxg4, our next move should be Nxg4. If White decides to go Bb5+, then I think the best counter would be Nbd7; this way, our other knight's covering our bishop in case White decides to move their queen out. Now, what do we do if White decides to bring out the bishop on c-file?
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Jul 13, 2017 20:57
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I'm fine with c6 after having it explained why that's better than Nbd7 earlier. At best, White backs off and does something else. At worse, we're both down a pawn and a minor piece. (if the next moves after are 5. dxc6 bxc6 6. Bxc6+ Nxc6. But somehow I'm not seeing White entirely willing to participate in that little bloodbath.)
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Jul 14, 2017 16:38
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Why not bxc6? That seems pretty reasonable to use the pawn before the knight, and even if the bishop takes the pawn, we take the bishop with the knight.
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Jul 15, 2017 23:35
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No rule against castling out of a pin, but the king can't castle into, out of, or through check.
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Jul 17, 2017 02:58
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Qd5. Qa5+ takes the queen too far away from the center of the board and takes some of the pressure off the bishop at b5; Qxd4 trades us our queen for a pawn, Neither of those sound like great ideas to me.
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Jul 17, 2017 13:03
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Bxf3 is a terrible move guys, abort abort abort My move of choice is still Qd5.
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Jul 18, 2017 04:10
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Qd5 threatens both the queen and the bishop on b5. Let's go for that.
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Jul 19, 2017 14:09
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I'm fine with e6; while a6 will threaten that bishop, it was already pointed out that White can just counter that with Ba4. e6 at least lets us whip out our bishop. I promise you that sounded less dirty when I thought that up.
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Jul 20, 2017 15:00
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King's gotta get the gently caress outta dodge. 0-0-0. (Or it is O-O-O? I know one's Portable Game Notation and one's Algebraic Chess Notation.)
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Jul 24, 2017 20:45
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Let's do this. Qc7.
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Jul 26, 2017 23:57
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No. White's not stupid enough to go for our knight. Not yet. It's pretty obvious that Qxf6 leads to gxf6, and Qxc6 gets followed up with bxc6 (and best-case for us, 12. Bxc6 Qxc6). I think the next move's gonna be Bg5.
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Jul 28, 2017 06:30
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Let's go with Bb4. Also, to everyone suggesting Kb4: The king can't move that far. You're thinking of Nb4.
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Jul 29, 2017 03:05
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Changing my vote! e5 death or glory!
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Jul 29, 2017 21:00
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bxc6 has my vote.
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Jul 31, 2017 18:31
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chitoryu12 posted:What chess notation uses "b" for pawns? Algebraic notation, of course! =p
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Aug 1, 2017 13:29
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If I were White, I'd go Qf5+. That'd gently caress our day up real quick-- either we move that rook and put it in immediate danger, or we move our king out of harm's way. Either way, that jacks up our future planning.
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Aug 2, 2017 02:00
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h5 and release the rook
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Aug 3, 2017 05:57
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Covski, quick question: There's a chess engine online that analyzes possible moves and rates the current position as a positive (if in White's favor) or negative (if in Black's favor) number; once this game's over, is it cool if I put the moves and numbers in and make a graph to show just how likely one side was to win/lose?
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Aug 3, 2017 21:06
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Tentative vote for now for Ng4; I'm guessing Rd5 would be a bad idea?
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Aug 6, 2017 00:33
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I dunno, I was gonna say it's not over till the fat lady sings, myself. Anyway, I don't completely think we're screwed?? Not yet.
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Aug 6, 2017 23:00
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Let's see if White's willing to trade queens. Nxe5.
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Aug 7, 2017 21:34
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Well, gently caress. I guess they weren't willing to trade after all. Qd7.
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Aug 9, 2017 14:39
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Let's do Kb7 and do what every crappy horror movie taught us over the last 30 years: STAY AWAY FROM THE DARK (squares)
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Aug 11, 2017 14:40
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You know what a great Star Trek ship was? The NX class. (In other words, my vote's Nxd7.)
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Aug 16, 2017 15:23
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Let's play this safe and go c5. I was so tempted to say f6, though.
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Aug 18, 2017 05:42
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HerpicleOmnicron5 posted:Spectators, please run Bd6, Bc5 and C5 through a chess engine and see which one is better. Seeing which move was better when we have contested votes will be fascinating when the game ends. When I do the graph at the end of the game, I'll run those three moves and say which one was best. (I'll also run the move I thought of to put a little pressure on the queen, f6.)
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Aug 19, 2017 00:45
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Rd1+ and we at least die with our hands around White's throat!
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Before you go, Herp, I ran those four moves you requested a few pages ago. 19. ...Bd6 was the best move, giving White +.72 points in their favor. ...c5, our move, gave White +4.83 points. ...f6 gave White mate in 15. ...Bc5 gave White mate in 10.
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