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Bill White

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Re: Chess game - Euler (W) vs White (B)

23. . . . . Re8

Woulda moved sooner but I was arguing with Cobra Commander.  :;):

Euler

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Re: Chess game - Euler (W) vs White (B)

24.c4

Bill White

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Re: Chess game - Euler (W) vs White (B)

24. . . . Rc5

Euler

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Re: Chess game - Euler (W) vs White (B)

25.Nd2

This position is starting to look pretty good.  The weak dark squares on the kingside will cause you problems.

Bill White

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25. Nd2  Rxa5

Bill White

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Arrrgh! 

Bill White

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If Bg5

then f6

Bill White

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Gotta go!

Euler

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Re: Chess game - Euler (W) vs White (B)

I just suffered a power outage.

If Bg5

then f6

Well, I was planning to do something simple like 26.Rxa5 Qxa5 27.Ne4, but you are right that Bg5 is better.

26.Bg5 f6
27.Bxf6

clark

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Re: Chess game - Euler (W) vs White (B)

Bill, Nxf6?

Euler, Nxf6? and check.

:laugh:

Bill White

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Re: Chess game - Euler (W) vs White (B)

Fair warning, today is not a good day for me to play chess. Too much real life busy-ness. Nothing bad, just busy.

Sorry. ???

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Re: Chess game - Euler (W) vs White (B)

How are you guys keeping track of your moves? Paper? Actual chess board? Virtual chess board (ie WinBoard)? Or are you just geniuses able to maintain an image of a whole board in your head?

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Euler

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Re: Chess game - Euler (W) vs White (B)

How are you guys keeping track of your moves? Paper? Actual chess board? Virtual chess board (ie WinBoard)?

I have been using a small magnetic board that I just leave set up with the current position.  This works fine since there is only one game, but when I play multiple simultaneous games I keep track of the games using  http://www.chessbase.com/download/cblig … ]chessbase light.

Or are you just geniuses able to maintain an image of a whole board in your head?

I can remember the position well enough that I could set it up on a chess board without looking at the moves.  However, playing a good game of blindfold chess is a lot harder than just remembering the position, and if I tried to play without looking at a board I would make a lot of blunders.

Bill White

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Re: Chess game - Euler (W) vs White (B)

27. Bxf6   Nxf6

if

28.  Nxf6+

then

28. . . .  Kf7

= = =

Mea culpa on the adjornment. My board was taken down and my desk was too covered with papers to set it up again until today.

I did come to NewMars to rant at Cobra about Iraq and post about alt-space issues but I probably should have been working then as well. . . ???

Now its Saturday and I am "working" trying to ctach up on stuff.

Bill

Bill White

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How are you guys keeping track of your moves? Paper? Actual chess board? Virtual chess board (ie WinBoard)? Or are you just geniuses able to maintain an image of a whole board in your head?

As a younger man, I could play blindfold moderately well, but too many brain cells have died since those days.

Now I have a $1.99 set I keep in my desk drawer. I try and keep it set up to make sure I keep the pieces on the proper squares but my other work often makes me move it away.

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28.Nxf6+ Kf7
29.Rxa5

Bill White

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29. . . . Qxa5

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30.Nxe8

Bill White

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30. . . .  Kxe8

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31.Qd3

Bill White

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Re: Chess game - Euler (W) vs White (B)

Reality check?

White pawns at h3; g3; f2;c4 & b3
White King at g2
White Knight at d2
White Queen at d3

Black pawns at h7; g6; e5; d6; b7 & a7
Black King at e8
Black Queen at a5

A-OK?

Bill White

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White King at h2?

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31. . . . Ke7

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White pawns at h3; g3; f2;c4 & b3
White King at h2
White Knight at d2
White Queen at d3

Black pawns at h7; g6; e5; d6; b7 & a7
Black King at e7
Black Queen at a5

32.Ne4

Bill White

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32. . . . Qb6