Global Thermo-nuclear War [Archive]

11 Jan 2004, 6:01am

- c4

See if this would be interesting...

First to post a valid black move will be my opponent. I'll trust them not to use a computer program to help. Everyone else can watch and comment, but try not to help too much. I only check the forums a couple of times a day, so it will be slow going. plenty of time to ponder what comes next.

Thrax

11 Jan 2004, 6:16am

If I knew more about the algebraic notation in chess, I would play you.

I'm afraid my inexperience with move recording would be my loss. heh.

11 Jan 2004, 6:45am

http://www.logicalchess.com/info/reference/notation/

a2jfreak

11 Jan 2004, 7:33am

I thought this was a thread on War Games.

pseudonym

11 Jan 2004, 8:01am

Hmmm, this could be interesting....

My Fav Move- (Also just happens to be in the tutorial)
Nf6

/me goes to break out the board....

pseudonym

11 Jan 2004, 8:02am

I thought this was a thread on War Games.

Ahhh, but it is!!!

Camman

11 Jan 2004, 8:16am

I thought this was a thread on War Games.

hahaha, I knew I remembered that term from somewhere!

11 Jan 2004, 5:05pm

- d3

Enverex

11 Jan 2004, 6:31pm

I had no idea what this thread was about at all..... I still don't...

Thrax

11 Jan 2004, 6:34pm

If I knew more about the algebraic notation in chess, I would play you.

I'm afraid my inexperience with move recording would be my loss. heh.

pseudonym

11 Jan 2004, 8:26pm

- d6

Enverex

11 Jan 2004, 8:56pm

I'm guessing the only thing "Global Thermo-nuclear War" has to do with it is it being from "WarGames" then? As thats what confused me (I knew he meant chess).

CyrixInstead

11 Jan 2004, 9:41pm

Cool, wish I'd posted before Pseudo.

For those not in the know, the guys are playing chess.

~Cyrix

12 Jan 2004, 2:50am

- h3

Enverex

12 Jan 2004, 11:20am

What I don't follow is you are only specifying one set of coordinates, don't you need two sets (to, from)?

Thrax

12 Jan 2004, 1:12pm

I believe the players are expected to track the moves themselves.

The opening positions are (As you well know) pre-defined, as they're the starting points for the board's pieces.

Enverex

12 Jan 2004, 2:41pm

I believe the players are expected to track the moves themselves.

The opening positions are (As you well know) pre-defined, as they're the starting points for the board's pieces.

I know that. I mean as Droedge just said H3, does he mean he is moving a piece to H3, or moving a piece from H3? Thats the point that I don't follow.

primesuspect

12 Jan 2004, 3:29pm

Did you see CBDroege's link up at the top of the thread? It explains everything.

pseudonym

13 Jan 2004, 12:16am

-Be6

Enverex

13 Jan 2004, 12:24am

The board position after the first move. When only a square is stated like d4 in the above first move, a pawn is assumed to be the piece moved to that square.

I had read it before, but not seen that line. Makes sense now :)

khan

13 Jan 2004, 3:20am

i call next game

13 Jan 2004, 4:28am

- g3

14 Jan 2004, 7:44pm

tough move?

16 Jan 2004, 12:03am

I guess this experiment failed.

GHoosdum

16 Jan 2004, 12:55am

Do you know what that stands for? ;)

pseudonym

16 Jan 2004, 1:15am

Gahhh, sorry, missed the renewed move!!! Brb in 5

pseudonym

16 Jan 2004, 1:15am

- a5

16 Jan 2004, 4:07am

- a4

pseudonym

16 Jan 2004, 10:06pm

- d5

16 Jan 2004, 11:44pm

interesting...

Straight_Man

17 Jan 2004, 12:44am

I had no idea what this thread was about at all..... I still don't...

Chess game, via forum.... Chess, one of the original and still best think-ahead-training games.... 10-12 moves ahead with reactive permutations figured in is about what a master at chess does....

John.

17 Jan 2004, 4:54am

- g4

Enverex

17 Jan 2004, 11:05am

Chess game, via forum.... Chess, one of the original and still best think-ahead-training games.... 10-12 moves ahead with reactive permutations figured in is about what a master at chess does....

John.

I had that pretty much covered as soon as I read the first post. Read the rest of my posts.

a2jfreak

17 Jan 2004, 2:31pm

I guess the grand masters who would sometimes play around 50 people at the same time would have to think in excess of 500 moves ahead. :)

10-12 moves ahead with reactive permutations figured in is about what a master at chess does....

John.

pseudonym

17 Jan 2004, 8:10pm

- b6

20 Jan 2004, 4:37am

- Bg5

pseudonym

21 Jan 2004, 5:36am

- dxc4

21 Jan 2004, 9:21pm

- Bxf6

pseudonym

22 Jan 2004, 4:04am

- exBf6

22 Jan 2004, 4:58am

I'll trade you a bishop for a knight any day... ;)

22 Jan 2004, 11:04pm

- Nd2

pseudonym

22 Jan 2004, 11:22pm

For those that are interested, heres how we stand..

a2jfreak

23 Jan 2004, 3:12am

Good job black!

GHoosdum

23 Jan 2004, 7:06am

Indeed!

MachineGunKelly

25 Jan 2004, 10:24pm

It's good to be the king. He just sits around and waits to be 'mated'....;)

pseudonym

26 Jan 2004, 2:36am

- Bb4

26 Jan 2004, 4:52am

- f3

pseudonym

27 Jan 2004, 2:33am

- Qd4

27 Jan 2004, 4:29am

BLAST! Foiled again!

29 Jan 2004, 3:48am

- Rh2

pseudonym

30 Jan 2004, 12:31am

- QxNg1

30 Jan 2004, 12:39am

- Rg2

pseudonym

30 Jan 2004, 12:47am

- Qh1

30 Jan 2004, 2:20am

- Kf2

pseudonym

31 Jan 2004, 2:04am

- Qxh3

a2jfreak

31 Jan 2004, 2:58am

Care to post another picture of what the game looks like?

pseudonym

31 Jan 2004, 3:30am

Can do!!

primesuspect

31 Jan 2004, 4:41am

Dust off that chessboard ;D

pseudonym

31 Jan 2004, 4:49am

lol, NEVER!!! It adds character, and shows how much I've played it as of late :)

31 Jan 2004, 3:02pm

I think the positions of the pieces shows how much I've played as of late :)

GHoosdum

31 Jan 2004, 3:27pm

CB=teh pwned!

As a friend, I'd recommend resigning - it usually saves face over being checkmated! ;)

Straight_Man

31 Jan 2004, 3:36pm

White could use his Queen well here.... If kibitshing is allowed....

John.

31 Jan 2004, 5:29pm

Never give up! Never surrender!

- Ne4

Every man dies, but not every man truely lives...

a2jfreak

1 Feb 2004, 9:02pm

This game has taken you guys forever :) I guess Yahoo! has spoiled me.
If anyone is up for a game of chess on Yahoo! shoot me a PM.

pseudonym

1 Feb 2004, 10:09pm

- Nc6

2 Feb 2004, 5:27am

The point of the experiment was to create a game that would give the players as much time as they needed to think of their next move. The experiment has been a succes, even if my performance has not been, ya?...

- Qc1

pseudonym

4 Feb 2004, 5:22am

- Nd4

4 Feb 2004, 6:23am

- Rg3

pseudonym

5 Feb 2004, 3:50am

- Qh2+

edit// Forgot the +

5 Feb 2004, 4:22am

- Rg2

pseudonym

5 Feb 2004, 4:34am

- Qh4+

7 Feb 2004, 2:35pm

- Kg1

pseudonym

7 Feb 2004, 5:34pm

- NxQc2

7 Feb 2004, 8:08pm

Look again.

pseudonym

7 Feb 2004, 8:09pm

Uh oh.... Time to go through the moves. Brb.

edit// Well all I can say is D'oh!!! Must've left it there after moving ahead a bit. Well that was a few wasted moves......

How do we want to go about this?? You can take my knight if you want, it was my mistake. Your decision.

7 Feb 2004, 8:18pm

Retake the move. if your board was right, you wouldn't have done it.

pseudonym

7 Feb 2004, 9:24pm

Thanks,

- Qh6

9 Feb 2004, 4:53am

- g5

pseudonym

9 Feb 2004, 6:07am

Man, those moves I made with your queen in the wrong spot are really coming back to haunt me :)

- fxg5

13 Feb 2004, 11:19pm

- Rh2

pseudonym

16 Feb 2004, 3:30am

- Qg6

17 Feb 2004, 10:44pm

grr... hang-on, I'll think of something...

pseudonym

18 Feb 2004, 1:40am

lol

20 Feb 2004, 11:22pm

I guess I have to do something...

- f4

ginipig

21 Feb 2004, 3:59pm

hey, do you think you guys could post a screenie of the board? Every 5 moves or something.

pseudonym

22 Feb 2004, 10:12pm

- gxf4+

pseudonym

22 Feb 2004, 10:17pm

As requested-

24 Feb 2004, 2:00pm

- Rg2

ginipig

24 Feb 2004, 3:07pm

Both Kings seemed to have misplaced their crowns.

panzerkw

24 Feb 2004, 3:24pm

White is about to be screwed. Not only is black bishop and black knight so far in white's territory, they are unassailable. Once black queen makes her charge into the rear with black Rook (surprised they haven't been used already), it's over.

If I were you, white, I would...well I dunno if I should actually say it.

pseudonym

24 Feb 2004, 4:43pm

Yeah, they had crosses on them at one time, but I broke them off long ago when I was younger.

White is about to be screwed. Not only is black bishop and black knight so far in white's territory, they are unassailable. Once black queen makes her charge into the rear with black Rook (surprised they haven't been used already), it's over.

If I were you, white, I would...well I dunno if I should actually say it.

Yeah, I haven't been able to get my rook out for awhile now. I wanted to, but I wasted about 4 moves when I had his queen in the wrong place on the board.

pseudonym

26 Feb 2004, 5:58am

- Qh5

27 Feb 2004, 3:52am

- Nc3

1 Mar 2004, 9:17pm

bump

pseudonym

3 Mar 2004, 10:24pm

Sorry, I just got back from racing in Georgia. Moce to come tonight.

pseudonym

7 Mar 2004, 6:56pm

Ugh, sorry again. I'm now addicted to Steel Battalion- Line of Contact. Now I know what Evercrack was like.

- f3

10 Mar 2004, 7:29pm

Time to try something drastic...

- Rxg7

pseudonym

10 Mar 2004, 8:50pm

D'oh!! could've prevented that.

- Ke7

a2jfreak

10 Mar 2004, 8:55pm

picture of the board? :)

11 Mar 2004, 1:00am

Sorry about the image quality, I took it in low light, and had to brighten it.

pseudonym, make sure you read my last move correctly... based on your move, I think you may not have...

pseudonym

11 Mar 2004, 3:16am

Nope, looks right to me. You took the pawn, I moved my king up one space. :thumbsup:

11 Mar 2004, 3:56am

Yup, okay, just making sure.

16 Mar 2004, 12:26am

- Ne4

pseudonym

19 Mar 2004, 6:02am

- Rd8

ginipig

19 Mar 2004, 6:59am

hehe, I'm plotting the moves out on Winchess. *Virtual Pom-pom Cheering*

21 Mar 2004, 7:39am

- Ng5

pseudonym

21 Mar 2004, 8:27am

- Bc5

pseudonym

29 Mar 2004, 6:11pm

bumpies

29 Mar 2004, 8:48pm

Ya, I keep looking at the board and nt being able to make a decision. I'll post a turn this evening, I promise.

pseudonym

29 Mar 2004, 9:19pm

lol, no prob. It made it to page 3 so I figured I'd bump it.

30 Mar 2004, 1:45am

- xf3

McBain

30 Mar 2004, 2:09am

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH....is this game EVER going to end? You guys NEED a time limit.

pseudonym

30 Mar 2004, 2:45am

- Qh4

30 Mar 2004, 2:45am

lol... the whole point was to see what happen if we had as much time as we needed. :)

pseudonym

30 Mar 2004, 2:47am

Unfortunately, I used about 10 mins at the most per move, and slacked off the rest ;)

30 Mar 2004, 2:49am

- Ra2

30 Mar 2004, 2:52am

That makes me feel pretty slow, since I'll actualy use whole days to choose my move, I'll sometimes drift off at work or in class, and I'm picturing the board, trying to make a move...

And I'm still loosing...

pseudonym

30 Mar 2004, 6:03am

- Nxf3 +

30 Mar 2004, 10:41pm

- Nxf3

pseudonym

31 Mar 2004, 1:57am

Can't do that, my Bishop at c5 still has your king in check.

31 Mar 2004, 2:49am

sneaky, freaking bishops...

I guess that's it then, ya?

31 Mar 2004, 2:50am

- Kg2

a2jfreak

31 Mar 2004, 2:51am

Post a pic please ;)

31 Mar 2004, 2:56am

Such as it is:

ginipig

31 Mar 2004, 3:06am

I've seen this variation before. If played correctly (!!), White mates in 2 months. :buck:

J/k, keep at it fellas.

a2jfreak

31 Mar 2004, 3:31am

ginipig: Are you sure it's 2 months? I was thinking more like 4. :D :D :D

I just beat some guy on Yahoo!. After he found out I was from TX I got nothing but redneck/hick/cowboy crap from him. It was particularly nice beating him.

pseudonym

31 Mar 2004, 6:19am

Isn't it supposed to be like this?? (ie only your knight is moved)

neways, if thats right my move is - Qg4+

GHoosdum

31 Mar 2004, 1:32pm

I didn't know pawns could ford the river...

31 Mar 2004, 3:30pm

You're right, when you corrected my illegal move, I put my knight back in the wrong place...

31 Mar 2004, 3:31pm

I didn't know pawns could ford the river...

They can, but unfortunatly, they lost two oxen, five pounds of meat, and Dave.

31 Mar 2004, 3:34pm

Not exactly a plethera of options...

- Kh1

pseudonym

31 Mar 2004, 11:16pm

They can, but unfortunatly, they lost two oxen, five pounds of meat, and Dave.

lol, and little Susie got typhoid!!

-Qg1++ Game Black!!

gg CB!!!

a2jfreak

1 Apr 2004, 1:40am

WOO HOO!

FINALLY!

HOT DOG!

LET'S ALL CELEBRATE!

:celebrate

1 Apr 2004, 2:40am

Definetly a good game. I enjoyed that despite my certain trouncing.

It was nice to be able to turn to the board and ponder the game while something or other was loading on my PC ;)