7th Annual FFA Chess Tournament- Congratulations to Jagov and joffer, co-champions! (1 Viewer)

[sfflchamp]

sfflchamp v Nick Vermeil are underway

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Ned and I are playing right now and I’m high so this might not go well.

 

[Zow]

Have you guys ever heard of an en pessant? I hadn’t. At least I hadn’t until I thought I made an error and had only moved a pawn one space and it turns out I had moved it two but @Juxtatarot pulled some 15th century French move on me. Unfortunately for me, that move put him decisively ahead in pieces and in far better position. 
 

juxtatrot beats woz

 

[Zow]

Ned and I are playing right now and I’m high so this might not go well.

I was mostly drunk when I played against you so seems reasonable.  

 

[Jagov]

Have you guys ever heard of an en pessant? I hadn’t. At least I hadn’t until I thought I made an error and had only moved a pawn one space and it turns out I had moved it two but @Juxtatarot pulled some 15th century French move on me. Unfortunately for me, that move put him decisively ahead in pieces and in far better position. 
 

juxtatrot beats woz

En passant was one of the "magic" moves to me when I was learning chess back in the day. Castling as well. After learning all of the moves that the pieces could make, to then discover some new super hero stuff was cool. But that was long ago.

Today I have a Dutch Defense variation going against kutta. Doesn't seem that he is in any danger yet due to this.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Have you guys ever heard of an en pessant? I hadn’t. At least I hadn’t until I thought I made an error and had only moved a pawn one space and it turns out I had moved it two but @Juxtatarot pulled some 15th century French move on me. Unfortunately for me, that move put him decisively ahead in pieces and in far better position. 
 

juxtatrot beats woz

I wondered if you knew about the rule when you made it.  If we were playing in real life I would have offered a take back but you can't really do that on the app.  To be honest, I think I probably had you a few moves earlier after the rook-knight exchange.  Very good game before all that though.

 

[higgins]

FYI: it looks like timmy is taking a 1-week vacation. If he gives me any new info, I'll pass it on here.

 

[Zow]

I wondered if you knew about the rule when you made it.  If we were playing in real life I would have offered a take back but you can't really do that on the app.  To be honest, I think I probably had you a few moves earlier after the rook-knight exchange.  Very good game before all that though.

I don't disagree with the bold.  And no worries, it's a good way to learn about the move. 

 

[Zow]

FYI: it looks like timmy is taking a 1-week vacation. If he gives me any new info, I'll pass it on here.

WTF is Tim doing in the political forum

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Ned beats fatguy

I think my best playing was last night when I was high, next game I'm only making stoned moves.  Pretty sure my soberness is the reason I've lost all my games so far.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Have you guys ever heard of an en pessant? I hadn’t. At least I hadn’t until I thought I made an error and had only moved a pawn one space and it turns out I had moved it two but @Juxtatarot pulled some 15th century French move on me. Unfortunately for me, that move put him decisively ahead in pieces and in far better position. 
 

juxtatrot beats woz

Mind blown.  

 

[kutta]

En passant was one of the "magic" moves to me when I was learning chess back in the day. Castling as well. After learning all of the moves that the pieces could make, to then discover some new super hero stuff was cool. But that was long ago.

Today I have a Dutch Defense variation going against kutta. Doesn't seem that he is in any danger yet due to this.

Not yet - but I prefer playing against the traditional Queen's Gambit defenses. Tim played some weird variation against me too. 

Fun game so far!

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Not yet - but I prefer playing against the traditional Queen's Gambit defenses. Tim played some weird variation against me too. 

Fun game so far!

I’m playing a version of Nick’s What The Hell defense right now.  

 

[Tolstoy]

I’m playing a version of Nick’s What The Hell defense right now.  

The oh #### variation?

 

[Jagov]

Not yet - but I prefer playing against the traditional Queen's Gambit defenses. Tim played some weird variation against me too. 

Fun game so far!

Agree with that for sure!

 

[shadrap]

FYI: it looks like timmy is taking a 1-week vacation. If he gives me any new info, I'll pass it on here.

if true that's 2 weeks off in the last 3 weeks.  too bad as he loves this place.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Ned beats fatguy

I think my best playing was last night when I was high, next game I'm only making stoned moves.  Pretty sure my soberness is the reason I've lost all my games so far.

For what it's worth, I think it's quite plausible that you're more focused and engaged when high.  Especially in a slow game like we're playing.  I think I probably play about the same either way.

 

[sfflchamp]

Sfflchamp beats Nick Vermeil 

Good game.

 

[timschochet]

Hey what’s been going on here since I’ve been gone? 

@kutta vs @Jagov

@AAABatteries vs @joffer

@shader vs @Freak Show

@Psychopav vs @shuke

Any updates, please? 

 

[Jagov]

Match between kutta and Jagov is still underway. It looks like my Dutch Defense is starting to gain traction!

 

[Freak Show]

shader fell asleep with my slow play, and I managed to win the game.

 

[AAABatteries]

joffer beat me

 

[kutta]

Match between kutta and Jagov is still underway. It looks like my Dutch Defense is starting to gain traction!

I think I can weather this storm and take care of business in the end game.

 

[shuke]

@Psychopav beats shuke.

 

[Jagov]

I think I can weather this storm and take care of business in the end game.

We'll see soon enough!

 

[Jagov]

Dr @kutta, paging Dr @kutta ... Please report to the nearest chess board

 

[kutta]

Dr @kutta, paging Dr @kutta ... Please report to the nearest chess board

I'm slow!! Sorry - I'll pick up the pace.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

How exactly are the pairings set?  I see @shuke and I are the only two players to lose all four of our games -- are we going to get to play each other in one of the next two matches to determine the ultimate loser?

 

[timschochet]

How exactly are the pairings set?  I see @shuke and I are the only two players to lose all four of our games -- are we going to get to play each other in one of the next two matches to determine the ultimate loser?

Probably. It depends. Those with the best scores play each other and then down the list. But I need to make sure that there are no repeat matches. 

 

[Jagov]

Match between @kutta and Jagov has ended. Jagov won with the black pieces.

GG @kutta

 

[timschochet]

ROUND 5 

timschochet vs @joffer

@Jagov vs @scoobus

@Juxtatarot vs @sfflchamp

@kutta vs @AAABatteries

@Freak Show vs @Zow

@UniAlias vs @Psychopav

@Ned vs @ragincajun

@Nick Vermeil vs @shader

@shuke vs @fatguyinalittlecoat

 

[Ned]

Invite sent to @ragincajun

 

[Jagov]

Invite sent to @scoobus

 

[AAABatteries]

ROUND 5 

@kutta vs @AAABatteries

I was promised I could play Ned!

 

[Juxtatarot]

I was promised I could play Ned!

He's only an invite away.

 

[Jagov]

Round 5 match between Jagov (white) and Scoobus (black) is underway!

 

[Psychopav]

Hey @UniAlias, you're supposed to be white I think. I selected "change sides". 

 

[Zow]

@Freak Show and I just started but I think we are playing the wrong colors...

 

[Zow]

@timschochet

we are only a few moves in. Should we stop and play the correct colors?

 

[timschochet]

@timschochet

we are only a few moves in. Should we stop and play the correct colors?

It’s up to you. Whatever you guys are comfortable with. 

 

[Ned]

Is round 5 the last round?

 

[timschochet]

Is round 5 the last round?

6 rounds 

 

[Zow]

Tim, tried to send you a private message but it says you cannot receive messages.

 

[Freak Show]

Zow wins! Thanks for the game.

 

[Zow]

Zow wins! Thanks for the game.

You okay with how it played out? I tried to message tim to explain the situation with your misclick. 

 

[Freak Show]

Yes, hopefully we'll play a game again someday. Thank you.

 

[sfflchamp]

juxtatarot  vs sfflchamp is underway.

 

[Zow]

Yes, hopefully we'll play a game again someday. Thank you.

Thanks for the sportsmanship and the quick play. 

I guess for the betterment of the tournament I can lay out what happened (Tim, I tried to email this to you directly to bring it to your attention). First, we made it a few moves before I realized we were playing the wrong colors. Wasn't a big deal though and we agreed to continue (note to Tim though that I was white and Freak Show was black). I posted it on here and Tim said to do whatever so doesn't seem like an issue here. 

Both of us must have had a good portion of the day free as we played quickly (thanks Freak Show for that it's always nice to play that actively). We were probably about 20 moves in and each were only down a bishop. I'm probably not learned enough in the game to proffer an opinion on who had better position but we both seemed to be attacking opposite sides. I had set up an attack down the h file and was trying to entice or force the file to open. I moved a pawn up to g-4 and he took it from h-5. This allowed me to immediately advance my queen down to a protected spot for the check mate. Again, we were playing quickly so this all happened fast. After the mate I clicked on the "chat" to say good game or exchange in other pleasantries and saw that he has said his misclicked. I said "you did??" and he explained that he meant to retreat his knight from e-5 (instead of taking my pawn with his pawn). In looking at the board that did seem to be his safest/best play. I said that if we were playing on a physical set I'd be fine with a take back, but on the app the game was just over (I did screenshot the final layout just in case). Freak Show said good game, posted about it here, and was very gracious about it. 

 

[Ned]

Thanks for the sportsmanship and the quick play. 

I guess for the betterment of the tournament I can lay out what happened (Tim, I tried to email this to you directly to bring it to your attention). First, we made it a few moves before I realized we were playing the wrong colors. Wasn't a big deal though and we agreed to continue (note to Tim though that I was white and Freak Show was black). I posted it on here and Tim said to do whatever so doesn't seem like an issue here. 

Both of us must have had a good portion of the day free as we played quickly (thanks Freak Show for that it's always nice to play that actively). We were probably about 20 moves in and each were only down a bishop. I'm probably not learned enough in the game to proffer an opinion on who had better position but we both seemed to be attacking opposite sides. I had set up an attack down the h file and was trying to entice or force the file to open. I moved a pawn up to g-4 and he took it from h-5. This allowed me to immediately advance my queen down to a protected spot for the check mate. Again, we were playing quickly so this all happened fast. After the mate I clicked on the "chat" to say good game or exchange in other pleasantries and saw that he has said his misclicked. I said "you did??" and he explained that he meant to retreat his knight from e-5 (instead of taking my pawn with his pawn). In looking at the board that did seem to be his safest/best play. I said that if we were playing on a physical set I'd be fine with a take back, but on the app the game was just over (I did screenshot the final layout just in case). Freak Show said good game, posted about it here, and was very gracious about it. 

Give this man an *

 

[timschochet]

Joffer defeated me. He played a great game. II made a few errors and he took advantage of each one. Very well played!