Round 3 Review and a little computer-fu
Really late on this one. My weak-shelled attempt at playing Polly this week will be covered later.
Take a gander at move 36, with Black to move. If you notice a strong White move that we both missed during the game, give yourself a pat on the back.
Quick Chess Publisher tip: If you want to use quotation marks (”) in the comments, you have to use " instead. It has to do with how browsers parse HTML (and in order for me to write that, I had to use & to get the ampersand. A list of HTML character codes can be found here, but I don’t know if it’s exhaustive.)
Take a gander at move 36, with Black to move.
Ok, from Black’s perspective:
ƃuıƃuɐɥ sı ʞooɹ ǝɥʇ
Comment by Tacticus Maximus | 9 March 2008
I was jumping up and down from my chair going ” Take the rook! Take the f*cking rook! For the love of God, Please take the rook!”
Then I was at peace with myself.
Comment by Blunderprone | 9 March 2008
@Tacticus: We appreciate your consideration in letting other readers try to figure it for themselves. And your cleverness in finding characters that read upside down.
@Blunderprone: Wow, someone else figured it out, too. We have some strong players here.
I’m glad you were able to find inner peace.
Comment by Donnie | 9 March 2008
@donnie: ˙ǝɯǝɥʇ nɟ-ɹǝʇndɯoɔ lɯʇɥ ǝɥʇ ɥʇıʍ llǝʍ uı ʇıɟ ʇı ʇɥƃnoɥʇ ı
See http://www.revfad.com/flip.html
Comment by Tacticus Maximus | 9 March 2008
At this point in the game, I wanted the game to be over. I was suprised too that you didn’t take the rook.
Comment by Rocky | 10 March 2008
@Tacticus: Very cool link, thanks.
@Rocky: And you didn’t move the Rook to safety? If it’s gotten to that point where you don’t care about saving material, there’s no shame in resigning.
Comment by Donnie | 10 March 2008