not seeing it

haha that would be because the king was actually on d1, not e1 - does that change things?

quite a lot yes

Of course, then Nc3 works. Still it was a difficult position.

heh, I'm not used to looking in the corner for the cue to who is to move. I sat there thinking Qe2 is dumb, and even dumber once you said the king was on d1.

I fail

i like chess

We're two pees in a pod my friend. I also hate when people (usually juniors) capture peices by taking the capturing peice and slamming it in a 90 mph collision with my peice. Hey, chess sets don't grow on trees, can you please remove the captured peice first and then place your peice on the square, christ.

Also when we both have under a minute left you can't start your move until mine is completed (that means ive hit my clock!), I routinely see this broken by just about everyone (including US Women's Champions)

We talked about this, I think in this exact thread a few hundred posts back. Tilted me enough to make me stop playing otb blitz, at least without a decent increment. Turns out it's legal.

Um lol. The practice itself may not be forbiden. Its not written down anywhere that you can't bring a crossbrow and proximity mines on an airplane, but that doesn't mean you can. I know there are rules against having your hand on the board or covering the board while your opponent is moving, therefor id have to say that covers moving while your opponent is moving.

I don't know if you've flown anywhere in the last 25 years, but there is usually a big sign at checkin requesting you not to bring weapons or explosives on board the plane.

Likewise, I don't know if you've played a chess tournament in the last 25 years, but there is usually something called a rule book. This is where you would find the rules.

yes yes the point was it oesnt say explicity that you can' brig a crossbow or remote mines, and the rulebook prohobits distractions OTB while moving which imo covers moving while moving.

I don't think I've ever seen that particular rule cited in this argument.

Here's a good post by GG (Question #2) http://www.chesscafe.com/text/geurt121.pdf

To be educational and not to be insulting: it's spelled 'piece,' not 'peice.'

And at the very least (or best?), it's not clear that it's illegal to move your piece before your opponent has hit his clock. Unlike on airplanes, where it does explicitly state that weapons and explosives are not allowed.

maybe the airplane thing was a bad analogy

Has the icc lag system changed? My opponent just lagged very badly at point of 2:45 and the clock stopped. Few minutes later it suddenly jumped to 0:30 instead of just starting where it was.

Yes, finally. type: "news" to get a listing and "news [number]" to read it. It's their latest change and imo long long overdue. And this coming from somebody living in Thailand where the internet has a mind of its own. But a 5-minute game should not take 15 minutes to finish, ever.

I've been playing some blitz as opposed to 5-min lately and the games seem to play decidedly differently. Everybody seems to be putting more energy into the games whereas 5-minute alot of guys play kind of automatically. Is this just in my head or has anybody else noticed this?

If it is true I'm guessing 5-minute is just so addicting that people end up, as I often do, just mindlessly clicking that 5 button over and over. And soon after I guess you're on the chess equivalent of auto pilot. Whereas blitz games are pretty deliberate. You have to actually seek them out, wait for an opponent and you always know it's a real person you're facing since you can always rematch, etc.

What do you mean with "blitz as opposed to 5-min"?

For me, 5 minute games ARE blitz games. Blitz = 5 0, no?

On ICC there's a special matchmaking system for 5 0, probably something like rush poker if i get Dire right.

Basically. Rush poker is actually a good analogy.

BTW, if anybody here lives in the midwest USA, you might consider playing in the Saint Louis Open on April 10th and 11th. I think I've mentioned this before, but the club there is ridiculously nice (the benefactor is a wealthy banker) and the current probable (titled) players for this tournament are:

GM Hikaru Nakamura
GM Robert Hess
GM Ben FInegold
GM Pascal Charbonnea
IM Micheal Brooks
IM Irina Krush
WIM Alisa Melekina
WIM Iryna Zenkuk

Can you elaborate on this? I don't know what you mean by energy. I don't see how a 5 0 blitz game would feel any different than 5-minute pool game, aside from the fact that ratings are scaled differently.

3 0 blitz is very popular and a very different game from 5 minute. I think the 5 minute pool on ICC is far tougher than the ordinary blitz games. i see inflated blitz ratings on mediocre players a lot- that's pretty much impossible in the 5 minute pool; since you can't choose your opponents your rating will average out over time.

lol c'mon

[Event "Nassau Chess Club Grand Prix"]
[Site "Mineola, NY"]
[Date "2010.03.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "PyramidScheme - 1799"]
[Black "Villian - 1736"]
[Result "*1-0"]


1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c5 3. c4 d4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. g5 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nd2 Rb8 8. Ne4 b6 9. Qa4 Bd7 10. Nd6# {lolz}