[cerveza_fiesta]

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This is a chess game to see if an individual can beat a collective. Coordinate and discuss moves all you like, via PM or in the forum.

Rules (mk. 2.3):

• The individual must take the first legal move posted subsequent to his last post as the collective's move.
  
• Members of the collective may not move twice in a row. There must be 2 moves by other collective members in between a member's moves.
• The victorious collective may choose a representative to go up against the individual in the next round. The victorious individual continues as individual in the next round or may pass it off to the collective.
• All normal rules of chess apply, including "castling" and "promotion" (see below).
• Post moves according to the battleship-style grid shown on the border of the board. ie "Pawn at B2 to B3". Standardized chess notation is fine too.
  
• Collective moves should be posted as an unambiguous command. Placing moves in bold is a good way to indicate this, though it is not strictly necessary.
• 3 consecutive votes are required for resignation, each by a participating member of the collective. "participating" means that the member has played at least one move in the game being resigned. The individual may, of course, resign at any time.

Promotion: Get a pawn to the far side of the board and you may swap it for another more useful piece: Queen, rook, knight or bishop, even if you already have the starting amount of those in play (ie you could have 9 queens theoretically)

Castling: King moves two squares towards the rook on either side, and the rook is placed in the square the king moved over. Castling can only take place if:

1. All the squares involved are unoccupied
2. The king is not in check (i.e. You cannot castle out of check)
3. None of the squares moved over or into is being attacked (i.e. you cannot castle through or into check)
4. Neither king nor rook has been moved previously, even if they've returned to their starting square. i.e. Castling must be the first move of both king and the rook concerned, if it is to be done at all.

EDIT 2011-08-12 - rules updated RE command vs. question.
EDIT 2011-08-16 - rules updated and clarified after game 1
EDIT 2011-10-17 - update RE resignation procedure

I want to start a new game. I can take the first move for the collective (since I lost as individual last time). Since there were no takers I can post pics of the game. Not ideal cause then you're waiting on me and the individual to move, but it will suffice for now.

WHO WILL BE THE CHALLENGER?

Collective's first move

Pawn C2 to C4

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This post has been edited by cerveza_fiesta: 17 October 2011 - 03:40 PM

[Whiskey Bass]

Knight B8 to A6

always wanted to try that move

(like chess very rarely ever get to play it)

shit is this me v everyone else??

This post has been edited by j2tks: 17 August 2011 - 03:37 PM

[cerveza_fiesta]

Thats how it was last game...we were going to pick a challenger from the previous collective, but if nobody wants to then sure, you can challenge.

[Grief]

I'm happy to play against him.

I was considering stepping forward to challenge, but considering there are several others who seem better chess players here, decided against it.

Considering the lack of challengers though, I'll happily challenge after j2 if no one else steps forwards. If you PM me (or put on thread) the details of how to do the chess board thing, I can probably help keep the board updated. I'm quite interested in improving at chess, and this seems a fun way to do it.

For the game at hand though:

Pawn D2 to D4

[cerveza_fiesta]

j2tks....are you comfortable with updating the board every move?

It's very easy. I can explain it.

[Whiskey Bass]

well i reckon this will be short n sweet then,

so

let's get it on


Pawn E7 to E5

[cerveza_fiesta]

hold on hold on.

Can you update the board j2tks?

It is much easier if you can do it.

This post has been edited by cerveza_fiesta: 17 August 2011 - 04:32 PM

[Whiskey Bass]

cerveza_fiesta, on 17 August 2011 - 04:23 PM, said:

j2tks....are you comfortable with updating the board every move?

It's very easy. I can explain it.

if you will cerveza

[cerveza_fiesta]

OK.

Board is a .svg file (scalable vector graphics). Very easily editable with an open source graphics editing program called inkscape, though I'm sure photoshop or GIMP can handle it too if you are more comfortable with one of those.

Basically you load up the .svg file and each piece on the board is a separate element within the file that is independently draggable and droppable.

When I make moves, I take the forum's move (drag and drop the black piece) and then make my own move in response (drag and drop the white piece) as though it were a real chess board. Captured pieces are dragged to the jail area.

Save the file in the native .svg format, then save a copy as a .png file.

Upload your latest .png file to the forum and wait for the forum's response.

rinse, repeat until the game is done.

If you're good with that then PM me your email and I'll send you the .svg file.

It will take probably 5 minutes to figure it out the first time and then its a snap.

This post has been edited by cerveza_fiesta: 17 August 2011 - 04:49 PM

[Whiskey Bass]

cerveza_fiesta, on 17 August 2011 - 04:48 PM, said:

OK.

Board is a .svg file (scalable vector graphics). Very easily editable with an open source graphics editing program called inkscape, though I'm sure photoshop or GIMP can handle it too if you are more comfortable with one of those.

Basically you load up the .svg file and each piece on the board is a separate element within the file that is independently draggable and droppable.

When I make moves, I take the forum's move (drag and drop the black piece) and then make my own move in response (drag and drop the white piece) as though it were a real chess board. Captured pieces are dragged to the jail area.

Save the file in the native .svg format, then save a copy as a .png file.

Upload your latest .png file to the forum and wait for the forum's response.

rinse, repeat until the game is done.

If you're good with that then PM me your email and I'll send you the .svg file.

It will take probably 5 minutes to figure it out the first time and then its a snap.

omfg cerveza i havent got a clue m8, i know nothing about graphic editing programs etc

if its too much hassle i'll retire,

as i said im not actually any good lol

[cerveza_fiesta]

ok...fuckit. I'll try and keep it up on behalf of the collective. that makes your first move:

by the way, make sure to carefully read the rules so you're on the same page as the rest of us. YOU, J2TKS ARE THE CHALLENGER

I opened for the collective with

C2 to C4

to which you responded

Knight B8 to A6

To which Grief responded

Pawn D2 to D4

which means the current state of the game is:

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[Whiskey Bass]

cheers cerveza

Pawn E7 to E5

[cerveza_fiesta]

E7 to E5 it is.

What we gonna do here folks? I can't think of a good reason not to capture that pawn with ours. It prevents easy egress of his knight toward the left and we can counter a pawn capture by moving one of our others up in the centre.

[Obdigore]

Pawn H2 -> H4

[Whiskey Bass]

Pawn C7 to C6

[Obdigore]

I suggest we do bishop C1 -> D2, but I can't put in any move orders for a couple turns.

[cerveza_fiesta]

done

Knight to F3

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Edit...didn't see your suggestion there Obdi...sry.

This post has been edited by cerveza_fiesta: 17 August 2011 - 06:24 PM

[Whiskey Bass]

Pawnn F7 to F6

[cerveza_fiesta]

Now's probably a good time for that bishop move Obdi suggested, but I am unable to move for a few turns.

[Tapper]

Obdi's H2-h4 is still missing from the diagram I think?
This is how I have the situation...

1. c4 Na6
2. d4 e5
3. h4 c6
4 Nf3 f6

This post has been edited by Tapper: 17 August 2011 - 06:39 PM