Comments on: Round 1 review

By: Donnie

Donnie — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:36:53 +0000

@Polly: That game was yours, straight up. Next time you get that Big Mac combo, you’ll agonize about what could have been.

(The first sentence was originally phrased “That game was straight up yours” before deciding a rephrase might be in order.)

@Blunderprone: Excuses, excuses. You could have resigned.

@Allen: Why must you ask the agonizing questions?

Fortunately, the weaker the players, the fewer the draws, and since we’re pretty low on the totem pole, it won’t be an issue.

But I’d say no.

By: Allen

Allen — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:38:14 +0000

If someone had only draws. Would that be perfection?

By: Blunderprone

Blunderprone — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:14:20 +0000

as for DELIBERATELY throwing my shot for the McD’s card… I am on a diet.

By: Polly

Polly — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:24:17 +0000

@Blunderprone/Polly: I was watching up to the part where Polly moved her Queen out to g6 and was up two Pawns. I’m surprised it ended up in the draw. (A tournament of lepers first.)
Bawk, Bawk, Bawk

@Allen: Actually, with a draw, both people are eliminated. With Polly and Blunderprone’s agreed draw, they cheated themselves out of potential free McDonald’s food.

Damn! I really wanted that Mickey Dee’s gift card.

By: ivanw

ivanw — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:03:06 +0000

wango vs ivanw postponed till next week

By: Donnie

Donnie — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:15:34 +0000

@likesforests: Yeah, free Queens would probably have been a bit much to handle…

@Tacticus: Thanks for the tips, and setting up the tournament book! I wanted to try the blue theme for some contrast, but wasn’t really working.

@Blunderprone/Polly: I was watching up to the part where Polly moved her Queen out to g6 and was up two Pawns. I’m surprised it ended up in the draw. (A tournament of lepers first.)

@Allen: Actually, with a draw, both people are eliminated. With Polly and Blunderprone’s agreed draw, they cheated themselves out of potential free McDonald’s food.

@Chessaholic: Grats! Unfortunately, I didn’t stick around for the game, but will check it out!

@tanc: Thanks!

@takchess: Maybe it should have been “dodging a paper cut”. Taking the pawn would have been better…with the subvariation listed, you get your Rook on the c-file with a tempo gain. But it shouldn’t have affected the final outcome.

@Blunderprone: Many apologies; extortion was not on the “approved” list of employee conducts.

By: Blunderprone

Blunderprone — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:55:18 +0000

Thanks to Likesforests and Polly for posting and annotating the game we drew last night. I think my staunton-ghost spooked her out of a win. Wanna buy a chess shirt? I posted my summer 2008 comemorative line of old timey chess shirts at my blog. ( sorry for the shameless plug but the mascot was extorting money from me)

By: takchess

takchess — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:41:54 +0000

I am glad you saved the game and annotated it. The chess flash is very nice. I’ll have to give it a try.

Unsure as to what you meant by dodging a bullet. Should I took that pawn? I’ll put some additional notes on my traxler game in a few.

Thanks again for the game.

By: Chessaholic

Chessaholic — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:01:03 +0000

I won my game against Sciurus tonight. If he wasn’t such a nice guy, I’d start the trash talking right now. But he really is a pleasant dude.

Let’s see if I can get this chess flash thingy to work.

By: Tacticus Maximus

Tacticus Maximus — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:34:26 +0000

Donnie, I also think the midnight theme would look nice on your blog. If you want to make the board bigger you can select a vertical layout. Set the width as high as you can and then set the height twice that for nice proportions.