Chess

[yy2bggggs]

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rkbkqbkr
pppppppp
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PPPP PPP
RKBKQBKR

If we're going to have a forum games forum, let's play something that real men (with thick glasses) play.

Rules:

• Only valid moves count (follow the thread for castling/en passant/etc; feel free to comment on which state was valid)
• You cannot play until the board changes position twice since your last turn (corollary 1: you can't make this a one on one game; corollary 2: You can swap sides while playing)
• Brains only, please

Edit: J'adoube

NOTE: This game has ended. See the game summary.

[ulnevets]

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pppp.ppp
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PPPP PPP
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[Solt]

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pppp.ppp
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[Daem0hn]

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ppp .ppp
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PPP. PPP
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[yy2bggggs]

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ppp .ppp
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PPP. PPP
RNBKQBNR

[Daem0hn]

sorry, but people dont seem motivated to play

so i'm moving.

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rnbkqbnr
ppp...pp
...p....
...Ppp..
....P...
........
PPP..PPP
RNBKQBNR

[D. Wolfwood]

I like chess, but I find it hard to play with periods and a little Coding box.

EDIT: But what the hell

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ppp...pp
...p....
...Ppp..
....P...
N.......
PPP..PPP
R.BKQBNR

[Daem0hn]

i post it into notepad because the 'post reply' editor isnt fixed spacing. then it makes it alot easier

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rnbkqb.r
ppp...pp
...p.n..
...Ppp..
....P...
N.......
PPP..PPP
R.BKQBNR

[D. Wolfwood]

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rnbkqb.r
ppp...pp
...p.n..
.N.Ppp..
....P...
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PPP..PPP
R.BKQBNR

[Daem0hn]

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r.bkqb.r
ppp...pp
n..p.n..
.N.Ppp..
....P...
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PPP..PPP
R.BKQBNR

[D. Wolfwood]

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r.bkqb.r
ppp...pp
n..p.n..
.N.PpP..
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PPP..PPP
R.BKQBNR

[Daem0hn]

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r.bkqb.r
pp....pp
n.pp.n..
.N.PpP..
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PPP..PPP
R.BKQBNR

[yy2bggggs]

Gah! You know, it's not the worst thing in the world if a game lasts for days, or if moves are slow. Per the rules, consider this board position canonical:

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rnbkqbnr
ppp .ppp
 . p . .
. .Pp .
 . .P. .
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PPP. PPP
RNBKQBNR

(Daem0hn can't play next, I can't play for two)

I don't mind if you wish to play out the non-canonical side-game.

[Solt]

Gah! You know, it's not the worst thing in the world if a game lasts for days, or if moves are slow. Per the rules, consider this board position canonical:

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rnbkqbnr
ppp .ppp
 . p . .
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 . .P. .
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PPP. PPP
RNBKQBNR

(Daem0hn can't play next, I can't play for two)

I don't mind if you wish to play out the non-canonical side-game.

I don't get it, why are you resetting the board? Granted, the moves you guys made aren't the ones I would have gone for...

[yy2bggggs]

I don't get it, why are you resetting the board? Granted, the moves you guys made aren't the ones I would have gone for...

This rule:

• You cannot play until the board changes position twice since your last turn

Thus, progression of the board past a few moves requires three players, not two. The rule is there to prevent progression from just being a versus game. Anyone can play at any time, just not twice in a row, or on two consecutive turns of the same color.

I'm not exactly resetting the board--I'm just pointing to the last valid state following the rules. As I said, I don't mind the side game--I just don't want to consider it part of the canonical progression (though I would suggest side games be labeled).

The point is twofold: (1) to enforce this being a forum game, and (2) to create play progressions outside of a traditional two player game. Taking sides in itself isn't forbidden either (e.g., you could play only white, and play strategically); neither is discussing strategy for a particular side (though any progression of the game within the rules counts).

Postscript: If you want the above board position, just play it!

[warriorness]

Is it just me or are the kings and queens swapped?

[yy2bggggs]

Is it just me or are the kings and queens swapped?

They're swapped--geesh, I even meant to lead K's pawn... (I screwed up initial notation too).

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pppppppp
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PPPP PPP
RNBQKBNR

Strictly, then, we should start from here.

[warriorness]

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pppp.ppp
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PPPP PPP
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[Gelsamel]

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pppp.ppp
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PPPP PPP
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[yy2bggggs]

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rnbqkbnr
ppp .ppp
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RNBQKBNR


[Gelsamel]

I really wanna move again >.<.

[d3adf001]

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rnbqkbnr
ppp .ppp
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RNBQKBNR


edit woops forgot to take the pawn

[Peshmerga]

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How is this a legal move? Did I miss a Chess rules seminar where they updated the move rules of a Pawn to let it move diagonally to an empty space?

[d3adf001]

sorry i forgot to take the pawn and heres the move
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant

[Twasbrillig]

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rnbqkbnr
pp. .ppp
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PPPP PPP
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[warriorness]

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pp. .ppp
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PPP. PPP
RNBQKBNR

[d3adf001]

so how did my pawn just turn into the other teams pawn?

[yy2bggggs]

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rnbqkbnr
pp. .ppp
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PPP. PPP
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[Nidht]

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RNBQKB.R

[Nidht]

so how did my pawn just turn into the other teams pawn?

They captured it.

[warriorness]

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rnbqkbnr
pp. .p.p
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PPP. PPP
RNBQKB.R

Black's position isn't the greatest right now.

[Gelsamel]

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pp. .p.p
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P.P. PPP
RNBQKB.R

[Nidht]

Erm, I think the En Passant move was wrong. It would have been the opposite pawn which captured, and not the other way around...

[Gelsamel]

The En passent move is correct. En passent was a move added to chess when pawns were allowed to move two squares in one first off. They were allowed to move 2 squares because the game started too slow so they added en passent so you could take pawns which did a double move.

[yy2bggggs]

Erm, I think the En Passant move was wrong. It would have been the opposite pawn which captured, and not the other way around...

The progression is as follows:

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rnbqkbnr | rnbqkbnr | rnbqkbnr
pppp.ppp | ppp .ppp | ppp .ppp
 . .p. . |  . .p. . |  . Pp. .
. . P .  | . .pP .  | . . . .
 . . . . |  . . . . |  . . . .
. . . .  | . . . .  | . . . .
PPPP PPP | PPPP PPP | PPPP PPP
RNBQKBNR | RNBQKBNR | RNBQKBNR
Gelsamel   yy2bggggs  d3adf001

Does that clear it up?

[yy2bggggs]

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r.bqkbnr
pp. .p.p
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P.P. PPP
RNBQKB.R

This pawn structure looks shaky.

[LSK]

I propose we use simple Paint images. It'll be slightly easier on the eyes.

Alternately, we could do what Wikipedia does.






etc...

That would take a while, though. Plus, it's hotlinking.

[Nidht]

Ahh, sorry... It's just that... visualizing colors while visualizing positioning got me all discombobulated (this being about the En Passant move)! All is well.

I think using little images would be nice, as well...

[Nidht]

Another suggestion, just to help us better understand the state of the game:

We should keep a copy of the last move in the newest post (as sometimes, there are posts in between - like this one =/). Also, announcing the color in turn would help, so that those who were away for a day don't have to read the last few moves. In fact, the first suggestion should help with this anyway!

Just to confirm, White is on the bottom this time, correct? I gathered this based on the fact a white square always sits on the bottom right corner, and the Queen always sits on her color... So, yeah. I'm mostly talking to myself to clarify.

Sorry for the spam! =/

[yy2bggggs]

The problem with using links to images for each square is that it makes it difficult to play. A link to images of whole rows would be better (of course, this would have to be virtual due to the number of combinations).

Links to images of lines (obviously, virtual) would be better; alternate notations would be alright as well, but for this context they should at least map directly to board states.

I think a text notation as shown is most generally flexible, but I wouldn't mind people who want to voluntarily install something like xboard/winboard, and supplement the state with FEN.

In FEN, the current state is:
r1bqkbnr/pp3p1p/2n1p1p1/3p4/3P4/1P3N2/P1P2PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 7

With winboard or xboard (for windows/*nix), you can just copy this line and paste it in. As I said, please use text notation; if you wish to enhance it with FEN, feel free.

Edit:
You can use PGN in winboard/xboard as well, to dump out a textlike state (most of which you might want to edit away), which looks like this:

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r . b q k b n r
p p . . . p . p
. . n . p . p .
. . . p . . . .
. . . P . . . .
. P . . . N . .
P . P . . P P P
R N B Q K B . R
white to play

The full PGN supports the full state, but isn't very compact.