CHESS!

[Shockprowl]

Take your time, beautiful noble warrior.

[Benn]

I will. Oh, not me?

[Shockprowl]

*slaps Urzu across his face with white silk glove*

You are next. *YOU* play the victor.

[Benn]

I don't know anyone called Victor.

[Shockprowl]

Victor Korchnoi.

[The Doctor]

D4.

-Ralph

[Shockprowl]

WOAW!!!!


Ok. Yeah, ok.


(The Doctor's playing me at chess! The Doctor's playing me at chess! Ok: be cool, be cool. Just be cool, like you've practiced, and everything will be ok...)


Ummmmmmmm

[Pinwig]

This is... Groundbreaking.

[Pinwig]

I still don't get how one grid reference can be a move, I mean, how do you know what moved? Or is it like that only one piece could move to that place, so you're supposed to know?

[Shockprowl]

Apr 3, 2022 22:03:29 GMT Pinwig said:

I still don't get how one grid reference can be a move, I mean, how do you know what moved? Or is it like that only one piece could move to that place, so you're supposed to know?

Yes, it's this. When you get used to it it's actually really simple.

You give the piece and then the destination square. B for Bishop, K for King, N for Knight etc. Pawns don't get a 'P', so for a pawn you just state the destination square. If there has been a capture or a check, then that is given before the destination square. Bxc4 would be bishop (from where ever it is) takes on c4.

[Shockprowl]

Apr 3, 2022 21:49:57 GMT The Doctor said:

D4.

-Ralph

I had not anticipated this move, Doctor.

exd4. Pawn on e5 takes pawn d4.

[Philip Ayres]

Apr 3, 2022 21:49:57 GMT The Doctor said:

D4.

-Ralph

D7 surely?

[Shockprowl]

Apr 4, 2022 7:11:58 GMT Philip Ayres said:

Apr 3, 2022 21:49:57 GMT The Doctor said:

D4.

-Ralph

D7 surely?

What?! That's not a legal move!


Ohh, it's a Doctor Who thing isn't it.

[The Doctor]

Phil is trying to be clever with his Star Trek references.

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

Apr 3, 2022 22:12:25 GMT Shockprowl said:

Apr 3, 2022 22:03:29 GMT Pinwig said:

I still don't get how one grid reference can be a move, I mean, how do you know what moved? Or is it like that only one piece could move to that place, so you're supposed to know?

Yes, it's this. When you get used to it it's actually really simple.

You give the piece and then the destination square. B for Bishop, K for King, N for Knight etc. Pawns don't get a 'P', so for a pawn you just state the destination square. If there has been a capture or a check, then that is given before the destination square. Bxc4 would be bishop (from where ever it is) takes on c4.

Interesting.

[Bogatan]

Apr 3, 2022 18:17:12 GMT The Doctor said:

I am thinking.

-Ralph

Me too!

[Pinwig]

I'm trying to play through the moves on a board but I can't make sense of it. Shockers, you moved e5 early on then a couple of moves later said pawn e5? But the pawn was already on e5? And how did the bishop take a pawn on c5 when the bishop was on c5?

[Shockprowl]

Apr 4, 2022 16:59:24 GMT The Doctor said:

Phil is trying to be clever with his Star Trek references.

-Ralph

He's jealous of us. He wants to be a chess player like us but... doesn't have the right stuff.

[Shockprowl]

Apr 4, 2022 20:45:00 GMT Pinwig said:

I'm trying to play through the moves on a board but I can't make sense of it. Shockers, you moved e5 early on then a couple of moves later said pawn e5? But the pawn was already on e5? And how did the bishop take a pawn on c5 when the bishop was on c5?

Errrr.... Yeah.... Might have gone wrong here somewhere.


I thought my bishop took Doc's pawn on f5...


Right. I need to work this out. Standby.

[Shockprowl]

Ok. Not so simple after all...

I'm sorry, Doc', I've made a bit of an arse of it here. I've put a second 'e5' instead of 'd5', and my bishop was taking your pawn on f5, I put c5 by mistake.

I... I think I got over excited. Or Phil's sabotaging the game.


Do you want to start again The Doctor? And I'll try to pull myself together?


We were ok up until my third move. So:

1. pawn f4 - pawn e5
2. pawn f5 - bishop c5
3. pawn c3 -

[Shockprowl]

I'm such a gimboid.

[The Doctor]

D4.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

Apr 4, 2022 21:25:43 GMT Shockprowl said:

I'm such a gimboid.

I won!!!

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

What a twist!

[Pinwig]

Shockers, there are loads of interactive boards on chess sites, can you recommend one that saves the positions so if you close the browser page you can get the board back?

[Pinwig]

Now I see.

Bish under threat!

[Shockprowl]

Apr 4, 2022 21:37:03 GMT The Doctor said:

D4.

-Ralph

Are we starting again? (I'm totally cool with that or anything.)

[Shockprowl]

Apr 4, 2022 21:41:18 GMT Pinwig said:

Shockers, there are loads of interactive boards on chess sites, can you recommend one that saves the positions so if you close the browser page you can get the board back?

Well, I've had trouble with this. I thought I had one on Chess.com, but every now and then it looses your position. And I've never really played chess online. I like to press the flesh with wood.

[The Doctor]

I am not pressing my flesh.

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

Bah. I set this game up on a board on 365chess.com last night and today the pieces have reset. Didn't even close the window.

What's happening here? Have you started again? Someone make a move!