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And now I'll do something that I almost never do: PLAY FOR A DRAW. If I tried to beat you as black, and failed, and you turned it around, and defeated me, it'd not be the same. So if you really think you can beat me, I'll let you taste my best drawing line (the one that backtracked to the opening position makes 1.e4!? a flat 0.00, the one that made me quit 1.e4 so I no longer play it, because no such line exists for 1.d4, the best black has on there is some 0.03...)
So no Sicilian to be seen...
1. e4 e5
So no Sicilian to be seen...
1. e4 e5
rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq -
2. Nf3
[book - considered a flank move but decided against as I had not studied deeply ]
I think I have chances here but you're a wily, strong player so I wont run my mouth .. yet ..
> I think I have chances here but you're a wily, strong player so I wont run my mouth .. yet ..
What happened? When you played 1.e4 you told me I better throw the towel already because you're gonna beat me, now you have doubts about it?
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
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3.Bb5
No doubts at all - just biding my time !!
BTW - I stopped using Mike Byrne's engines when the list of settings expanded to the point where I was unable to be confident that one setting did not up end another so if you do use his engines would appreciate the settings you use for LTC games using the highest ELO possible. I've asked at TalkChess but unlikely to get a response.
> if you do use his engines would appreciate the settings you use for LTC games using the highest ELO possible
This is what I had to say about Mike Byrne's engines on Talkchess:
Honey is the latest version of the McBrain-McCain branches of Stockfish. Those branches were specifically coded to be useful in analysis of chess positions, with improvements that would allow it to find the best moves before Stockfish dev, other branches, or by using MultiPV internally (called the Tactical Settings).
Around the date McCain X was released I could say it was the definitive Stockfish version to use for analysis of correspondence games (it won me many games that I couldn't have won without it!). But time has passed, there have been important improvements on Stockfish that have made the differences with McCain/Honey less relevant, and that have meshed well with different code changes from other branches, like Eman or CFish (which is still better than Stockfish dev for this.) Otherwise, Honey suggests very similar moves to other branches so it seems its useful times have been over since July or thereabouts (in my experience).
As for the Crystal version, it adds code that makes it a tactical monster in test suites, being the best at finding the most tactics in the most positions the fastest, or something. In practice, I couldn't find an use for it. The problem is that if there's no tactic to find it's really slow, as in, if the best move isn't tactical it's going to take ages to find it. You'd want to use Crystal if there's a tactic on the board and you want to find it ASAP, but the conundrum is that you can't know that in advance, so if you already know about the tactic you don't need Crystal in the first place...
Disclaimer: I haven't tried Sugar NN yet, that's why it's absent from this post.
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So I don't think there's any reason to use MikeB's engines anymore. Specially, Dann Corbit has been releasing versions of MikeB's engines with his own changes, so if you're interested in using them you probably want to try Dann's versions. The settings to change would just be your cores (because it uses 1 by default) and both Dynamic Contempt and Dynamic_Contempt settings to ON (I don't know what those settings do, but I know people have turned them off by default because they don't know how contempt works and are unable to mix the asymmetric analysis of positions from white and black.)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
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4. Ba4 *
Thank you very much Uly - I'm going to have a look at Dann's 'Polygon' and use the settings you suggest.
Its for analysis only - I've always had 'Dynamix XXX' to OFF so will try both ON - see what happens.
My book which needs updating says Ba4 so I'll go with that.
I keep forgetting about tournaments I've entered at ICCF - yesterday another started adding another 10 games or so to my already overloaded brain.
> Its for analysis only - I've always had 'Dynamix XXX' to OFF so will try both ON - see what happens.
The new paradigm is having individual analysis trees for white and for black, and only backtrack scores from those sides into their trees. So with Contempt On for analysis you may have some position where it says black is -0.10 from the black side but 0.10 from the white side. Without contempt the position might show 0.00 and would be mixed with other positions that are actually 0.00. With it you just go and put 0.10 in your white tree and -0.10 in your black tree, and you're done.
>My book which needs updating says Ba4 so I'll go with that.
Are you following my game against Harvey on Talkchess? Heh, we're playing because I guaranteed I'd be able to get a draw against anyone if I played 1.g4. Now I'll go and say I'd go and have a draw against anyone after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 so yeah, Ba4 is best
>I keep forgetting about tournaments I've entered at ICCF - yesterday another started adding another 10 games or so to my already overloaded brain.
Something like that happened last week to me when the Final Round of my country's championship started and 9 games were thrown my way
- And I got 4 whites and 5 blacks, let's hope I can overperform on the dark ones...1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
r1bqkb1r/1ppp1ppp/p1n2n2/4p3/B3P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq -
5. O-O *
As White I'm facing 1xGM, 2xSIM, 1xIM and 1xCCM and because I've given up on openings I threw c4 at all of them.
As Black I may just play the Dutch again .. maybe I'm just a glutton for punishment ..
Good luck against Harvey !!
Good luck in all your games! Some say that luck is unrelated to chess, but I still remember this Portuguese guy with some 2400 ICCF rating, that I wanted to beat so badly, but he played like an impenetrable wall. And then he played his knight to the wrong square and it was over for him. I never wanted to beat him *that way*, but it proves luck can be a huge factor in games.
1.c4 is still a mystery to me, last time I had trouble in it someone just played into some position that was some Sicilian line with reversed colors where they had the advantage - the reason I don't play it is because I'm afraid to face my own draw line against it, where I'd not know what to do (it's my draw line because I don't know how white makes progress), but maybe if I face some 2500 GM or something I'll give it a try, assuming I'd not beat them anyway with something else.
And against Zullil! He claims none of my moves have been better than Stockfish Depth 60's moves so a challenge within that game is also to play a move that blows Stockfish dev's socks off!
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
>I've given up on openings I threw c4 at all of them
1.c4 is still a mystery to me, last time I had trouble in it someone just played into some position that was some Sicilian line with reversed colors where they had the advantage
- the reason I don't play it is because I'm afraid to face my own draw line against it, where I'd not know what to do (it's my draw line because I don't know how white makes progress), but maybe if I face some 2500 GM or something I'll give it a try, assuming I'd not beat them anyway with something else.>Good luck against Harvey !!
And against Zullil!
He claims none of my moves have been better than Stockfish Depth 60's moves so a challenge within that game is also to play a move that blows Stockfish dev's socks off! 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
r1bqk2r/1pppbppp/p1n2n2/4p3/B3P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq -
6. d3 *
I'm learning a great deal from you Uly (here and at TalkChess) so thank you ..
I dont think I've played d3 in any of my games (dont have many with this opening anyway). I'm going to stick with c4 as (although drawish to some extent) it does sometimes allow me to have a better game when my opponent miscalculates and makes a sub-optimal move. However its not a good win if he makes a typo - I dont like cheapo wins and do not include them in my somewhat limited database.
Anytime your opening lines are on offer I'll accept with gratitude ..
Hey mate ..
What I'll be doing is "opponent modeling", if I can find a way to have predicted all your played moves (I also missed 5...Ne7, but it transposed back to analysis) I'll be able to not be surprised anymore. Unless you're doing some psychotic analysis method that is impossible to be predicted by anyone :shock:
Okay so if you discover the 'ding-dong analysis' method ..
.. a flawed move here (not a typo) would be very welcome ..
Wow! I have around here 6.d3 as bad! I'm going to report a backsolved -0.01 score and announce that I'm now going to play for a win!
Would rather go for the 'wet pussy analysis method'
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
>Okay so if you discover the 'ding-dong analysis' method
Would rather go for the 'wet pussy analysis method'
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5
r1bqk2r/2ppbppp/p1n2n2/1p2p3/B3P3/3P1N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq -
7. Bb3 *
Whoa you're on a sticky wicket with the 'wet pussy analysis method' mate - thats a slippery slope .. Bb3 is the best here I think - all others a disaster .. for moi ..
Unlike you I'm not very optimistic or anything, I will not claim that I will win. All I ask for is that you notify me when you see a negative eval in you screen
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6
r1bqk2r/2p1bppp/p1np1n2/1p2p3/4P3/1B1P1N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq -
8.a4 *
Still in book so when out and start using an engine (should I need to) will be happy to provide details.
> (should I need to)
Really? Bwahahaha! I can believe that you can beat me. I can believe that you will beat me. But beating me without ever needing to use an engine? A book win?
I used to believe everything was possible, but this one must be outside of that!
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7
r2qk2r/2pbbppp/p1np1n2/1p2p3/P3P3/1B1P1N2/1PP2PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq -
9. Bd2 *
“Your beliefs create your reality.”
and from the Immortal Bard ..
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Vytron,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
- Hamlet (1.5.167-8), WitchesButt to Vytron
My most memorable and fun games have been those I've lost, so really, I wouldn't mind if this one was of them
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O
r2q1rk1/2pbbppp/p1np1n2/1p2p3/P3P3/1B1P1N2/1PPB1PPP/RN1Q1RK1 w - -
10. h3 *
Couldnt decide between h3 and Re1.
I'll take that as a compliment and I do PayPal too ..
I'm still a noobie-doobie when it comes to exploiting the full potential of ChessBase - I will search nevertheless and see if any game/s surface with any potential.
Chessbase? I don't ever recall finding an use for it...
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4
r2q1rk1/2pbbppp/p1np1n2/4p3/Pp2P3/1B1P1N1P/1PPB1PP1/RN1Q1RK1 w - -
11. Be3 *
I think I took a wrong turn somewhere ..
Up until recently I used the web for openings - I have my own book now for better or worse .. the latter probably !!
> I think I took a wrong turn somewhere ..
To me it was 6.d3!?
In fact I have that 6.Re1!! is the only move there that keeps white with the initiative, 6.Nc3!? is about equal and the rest are advantageous for black. After my move I announce a -0.10 advantage for black. Nowhere near where I need to be, but making progress...
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
r2q1rk1/2pbbppp/p2p1n2/n3p3/Pp2P3/1B1PBN1P/1PP2PP1/RN1Q1RK1 w - -
12. Ba2 *
I just checked another opening book and after 5 ....... Be7 I had quite a few useful choices .. Re1, d3, Bxc6, Qe2, d4, Nc3 ........ of course some more 'useful' than others. I think d3 showed a positive eval when I played it - not much mind but a playable move nonetheless.
> Re1, d3, Bxc6, Qe2, d4, Nc3 ........ of course some more 'useful' than others.
Except for Re1 I claim I can make you think you "made a wrong turn somewhere" with any of those moves, if you're interested we can check in a future game
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8
r3qrk1/2pbbppp/p2p1n2/n3p3/Pp2P3/3PBN1P/BPP2PP1/RN1Q1RK1 w - -
13. Nbd2 *
OK we can check your 'attempt at influencing my mind over a few thousand miles' in a future game/s. Cant see you succeeding as I find it difficult to ..
I don't want to put the cart before the horse, first let's see what happens on this game. I claim white doesn't have enough compensation for the pawn. But is that true? I could be wrong
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4
r3qrk1/2p1bppp/p2p1n2/n3p3/bp2P3/3PBN1P/BPPN1PP1/R2Q1RK1 w - -
14. Qb1 *
Seems to me that a draw is still on the cards - yeah I do think you're right. Position seems about equal now but are you able to uncork a corker ..
Well good luck trying to get a win.
(I tried to send this 2 days ago but the forum gave me an error, and then I forgot to try again until now)
My chances to win this game are still remote, but I'll play as though as I can.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7
My chances to win this game are still remote, but I'll play as though as I can.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7
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15. c3 *
I'm prone to typos and boo-boos - that aside you could play a combo and throttle me. "sarona' helped me with my first compilation (Stockfish) on Windows. After a few (okay many) stupidities on my part finally got it to work. Next up is Leela -will be taking a double dose of my migraine meds BEFORE I begin.
I thought Leela came already compiled?
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5
r3qrk1/1n2bppp/p2p1n2/2p1p3/bp2P3/2PPBN1P/BP1N1PP1/RQ3RK1 w - -
16. cxb4 *
Yes it does but I prefer compiling for my machine - Stockfish too. Fairly simple to do on a Mac (compiling SF that is) but a little more involved for Windoze systems. Sarona helped tremendously so finally (yesterday - Saturday) got a Leela compile successfully.
Good, what is tricky is picking out what Network to use. I settled for one that apparently gave CPU Leela best performance XD
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4
r3qrk1/1n2bppp/p2p1n2/4p3/bp2P3/3PBN1P/BP1N1PP1/RQ3RK1 w - -
17. Rc1 *
OK I'll bite - which network are you using and what does XD mean ?
I'm just getting to grips with the NN concept and fortunately there's a lot of chess-specific information to read - Discord is a great help.
I'm using the 128x10.T17.6-swa-20000 network, though I think it's only good for CPU Leela, as it finds what it can sooner, but would take too long to find something better (on CPU I can barely reach Depth 8 with it.)
XD is just the smilie sideways
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Rc1 Bd7
XD is just the
smilie sideways1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Rc1 Bd7
r3qrk1/1n1bbppp/p2p1n2/4p3/1p2P3/3PBN1P/BP1N1PP1/RQR3K1 w - -
18. d4 *
Your machine is how old ?
Since I use my laptop for analysis only (GTX 1050) I tend to bounce around with nets according to what the more knowledgeable guys at Discord think. Havent quite figured out what the numbers mean yet (128x10 i.e. what the blocks and filters are) but will come to grips with that over the Xmas period when I take a break from ICCF and catch up on reading.
Merry Xmas - Happy Holidays - have a fabulous 2020 - as long as I win our next game ..
> Your machine is how old ?
A 10 year old Q8200, but the culprit is the video card, some NVIDIA 7300 SE/7200 GS. I needed this one because it was the most modern one with SVIDEO input that I needed to watch computer videos on the TV, later models removed this option for HDMI, but this one didn't have CUDA on it, so it's impossible to run GPU Leela around here.
Options don't seem appealing, because a decent GPU would use too much energy, and they charge for that exponentially
Plus I only have 3GB RAM so with a decent GPU it'd fill it up too fast and halt.What I want is a site like chessdb.cn/queryc_en/ that does that for Leela instead of Stockfish, maybe someone will set it up one day...
> Merry Xmas - Happy Holidays - have a fabulous 2020 - as long as I win our next game ..
Same to you! I wish you many chess victories, even if I'm included in the casualties!
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. d4 exd4
r3qrk1/1n1bbppp/p2p1n2/8/1p1pP3/4BN1P/BP1N1PP1/RQR3K1 w - -
19. Bxd4 *
Oh man what a bummer - thats an old system for sure. Isnt there something available via eBay or across the border .. if you're close enough that is.
As for this game I think I stepped on it and I'm slipping ..
Have my grandkids here (one of each - both at university) - grandson is preparing breakfast - grand-daughter is sleeping (its 1030am here) .. !!!
> Isnt there something available via eBay or across the border .. if you're close enough that is.
I'm happy with my machine, specially after going to Playchess and outperforming people in bigger hardware
> grand-daughter is sleeping (its 1030am here) .. !!!
Send her my regards, just don't tell her I imagined her sleeping or she'll think I'm a pervert!
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5 12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8
2r1qrk1/1n1bbppp/p2p1n2/8/1p1BP3/5N1P/BP1N1PP1/RQR3K1 w - -
20. Re1 *
I never bothered to play online using engines - honestly didnt see the point. Grandkids are gone - happy with their gifts. Wife and I are useless at buying gifts so we give them $$$$ Xmas time and their birthdays. They're happy - we're happy.
My Mac and W10 laptop are falling apart so will need to buy another desktop - the Mac's Fusion drive gave up the ghost so its now using an external HD and getting slower and slower.
> I never bothered to play online using engines - honestly didnt see the point.
It's instant gratification with the lowest effort, you just set up an engine, click some buttons, and the engine plays for you! But seriously, when I cook a line in my book and my engine uses it to beat someone there's satisfaction. There's also the factor of being able to defeat everyone, since it's 5 0 chess, the level displayed by opponents is very fallible, so I just need to find the moves offline that would be needed to beat them, add them to the book, and watch the fireworks.
It's certainly the kind of chess I spend the least time engaging in, but Artificial Intelligence battles have always interested me, and 8 years ago when I joined InfinityChess, mostly everyone would defeat me most of the time, so it was always a dream to one day be able to compete at their level, though I never thought it'd be just because engines would become so strong that they'd catch up to big hardware, but just being able to do it is a fulfilled dream.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5 12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Re1 Qd8
2rq1rk1/1n1bbppp/p2p1n2/8/1p1BP3/5N1P/BP1N1PP1/RQ2R1K1 w - -
21.Bc4 *
If its fun, gratifying and fulfilling then sure - why not ?
Do you use a chess-bot ? I need to read up on this - have no idea how they work.
Apart from playing at ICCF and with you here I dont do much else chesswise.
Hehehe - I'm sure playing online is likely to spike my blood pressure although playing the way you do might keep my brain active a lot more and hopefully on this planet upright a little longer ..
> Do you use a chess-bot ? I need to read up on this - have no idea how they work.
Nah, I just create free accounts for Playchess, if you create a new account here they give you three months for free. Though to get on the engine room you need to get in from some Fritz GUI (or a program that used it as a GUI.) When you open the GUI there's on the main screen the playchess.com option, after clicking it you just login with the created account, go to an engine room (or tournament room if there's one happening), do File > Playing Mode and set yourself as your engine.
If you wanna try it out I recommend installing your engine in the GUI beforehand, then you just load your settings on Playing Mode.
>I'm sure playing online is likely to spike my blood pressure although playing the way you do might keep my brain active a lot more and hopefully on this planet upright a little longer ..
Hope to see you on there!
Though unfortunately I have so many corr games running at the same time that I mostly use my computer to analyze my games, leaving me not much time for Playchess, but I get on it now and then.1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5 12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Re1 Qd8 21. Bc4 a5
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22. Ba6 *
Oops .. apollogies .. I thought it was your move.
No problem! I've been checking this game almost daily, I'm glad it's back
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Re1 Qd8
21. Bc4 a5 22. Ba6 Bc6
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Re1 Qd8
21. Bc4 a5 22. Ba6 Bc6
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23. Rc1 *
I've been checking here almost daily too and I decided to check when I had a light bulb moment ..
Sorry about my tardiness - back on track now.
It often happens to me, last time it was in my game against masterom here, I didn't know that the forum software doesn't show the thread's pages at the bottom, so I made my move at the bottom of the first page and his move appeared at the top of the second page but I had no idea the new page existed, so 10 days later I sent him a reminder about our game but he told me he already moved and I hadn't seen the move, he was the one waiting for me!
13 years playing corr chess on the forums and I still haven't gotten used to it!
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Re1 Qd8
21. Bc4 a5 22. Ba6 Bc6 23. Rc1 Qd7
13 years playing corr chess on the forums and I still haven't gotten used to it!
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Re1 Qd8
21. Bc4 a5 22. Ba6 Bc6 23. Rc1 Qd7
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24. Be3
I have surgery on my left hand next month to correct arthritic problems - right hand done partially last month. I'm crapping my pants already as its 2 damn needles to deaden my hand then 2 horizontals cuts just below the finger base.
Ouch! I hope everything goes ok.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Re1 Qd8
21. Bc4 a5 22. Ba6 Bc6 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Be3 Bb5
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Re1 Qd8
21. Bc4 a5 22. Ba6 Bc6 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Be3 Bb5
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25. Bxb7 *
Me too - its the needles that scare the bejeebers out of me.
Well, last time I had to deal with needles she was the nervous one!
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Re1 Qd8
21. Bc4 a5 22. Ba6 Bc6 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Be3 Bb5 25. Bxb7 Qxb7
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. h3 b4 11. Be3 Na5
12. Ba2 Qe8 13. Nbd2 Bxa4 14. Qb1 Nb7 15. c3 c5 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. d4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Rc8 20. Re1 Qd8
21. Bc4 a5 22. Ba6 Bc6 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Be3 Bb5 25. Bxb7 Qxb7
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