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09-22-2020 , 11:45 AM
Mods - I hope this is OK, if not, move to LC or something.

Seems we've got a few chess players here, and some threads end up getting derailed arranging chess games. Figured maybe we could have a thread for it. So far, lagtight and I have played quite a few games, forumula72 and luckbox have expressed a wish to play, and a few other posters have taken an interest in passing. Post here to set up a game! We have been playing on chess.com so far.
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09-22-2020 , 11:47 AM
I am free to play today for most of the day if anybody would like a game.
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09-22-2020 , 12:03 PM
Subscribed. I've been playing all the time on the chess.com app for the last couple of months, using engines to review games, and feel like I might be improving for the first time since I was 17-- probably not though.
Working on Benoni/Benko gambit and QD6 Scandinavian lines as black and studying QGD theory as white. Getting high and drinking coffee to start my day then let's play some.
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09-22-2020 , 12:06 PM
Sounds good! Might be going out to play pool later, waiting to hear back from a buddy, but I will be around for the next couple of hours at least.
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09-22-2020 , 08:41 PM
Back home, anyone about for a game?
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09-22-2020 , 08:49 PM
I can do a 10 min game right now
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09-22-2020 , 08:52 PM
It's on!
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09-23-2020 , 03:59 AM
Approved for being wholesome.
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09-23-2020 , 04:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Luckbox Inc
Subscribed. I've been playing all the time on the chess.com app for the last couple of months, using engines to review games, and feel like I might be improving for the first time since I was 17-- probably not though.
Working on Benoni/Benko gambit and QD6 Scandinavian lines as black and studying QGD theory as white. Getting high and drinking coffee to start my day then let's play some.
Luckbox, did you get so high you forgot to come back lol? Want to play today?
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09-23-2020 , 07:37 PM
d2 e4 is so god awful at chess that I dropped my queen for him and he still managed to almost lose.
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09-23-2020 , 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by formula72
d2 e4 is so god awful at chess that I dropped my queen for him and he still managed to almost lose.
Damn, that escalated quickly!

Just to counter the prevailing narrative, what actually happened is that I hung my knight mid-game:



I then proceeded to play the rest of the game down a piece, until Formula sacrificed his queen to avoid a mate in two and eke out a mate in three instead, leading to this position:



But, you know, both sides!

I like the sh*t talking though, that's the spirit. Want another game?
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09-23-2020 , 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by PokerPlayingGamble
e4
e5
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09-23-2020 , 08:26 PM
I like the sh*t talking though, that's the spirit. Want another game?[/QUOTE]

I can probably play tomorrow about this time.
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09-24-2020 , 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by d2_e4
e5
c4
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09-24-2020 , 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by PokerPlayingGamble
c4
Bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see how it works out for him.

Nf6
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09-24-2020 , 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Luckbox Inc
Subscribed. I've been playing all the time on the chess.com app for the last couple of months, using engines to review games, and feel like I might be improving for the first time since I was 17-- probably not though.
Working on Benoni/Benko gambit and QD6 Scandinavian lines as black and studying QGD theory as white. Getting high and drinking coffee to start my day then let's play some.
Benko Gambit is a fun counter-attacking defense.

Curiously, there are lines that lead to a late-middlegame/early-endgame where Black is a pawn down, yet has at least as much winning chances as White.
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09-24-2020 , 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by tame_deuces
Approved for being wholesome.
Kewl!
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09-24-2020 , 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by formula72
d2 e4 is so god awful at chess that I dropped my queen for him and he still managed to almost lose.
d2_e4 and I have played many times, and he has beaten me several times.

I used to be a USCF rated expert.

He is a tough nut to crack.
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09-24-2020 , 09:43 AM
Too kind, too kind.

We playing today? You said 16 GMT, right? That's in an hour, I'm free now if you want to play earlier. Can we do 10/10 (or some sort of increment) though? I still have the sads about that one I lost on time.
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09-24-2020 , 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by d2_e4
Bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see how it works out for him.

Nf6

I would like to offer a draw. If you decline, then I move my left Knight from the b1 square to the c3 square.
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09-24-2020 , 10:01 AM
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I would like to offer a draw. If you decline, then I move my left Knight from the b1 square to the c3 square.
Looks like a drawish board, but I don't chop for ICM when I think I have an edge. Maybe throw in $100 to sweeten the deal?

Bc5
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09-24-2020 , 06:46 PM
Qe2
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09-24-2020 , 06:48 PM
d6
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