Poly Chess Championship Game 4: Sir Ralph - MtG

[Harovan]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1

[MichaeltheGreat]

Squish, squeeze, shuffle - now I remember why I never liked d-pawn openings.

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6

[Harovan]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3

[MichaeltheGreat]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6

[Harovan]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5

If 15 ... Bxb5, 16 Rxb5. Off to work now.

[MichaeltheGreat]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8


You're off to work, I'm off to bed.

[DrSpike]

Can you post another pic? Looks interesting, but I'm too lazy to play it through.

[Harovan]

I would, but the website with the applet, I made the last screenshot from, is down right now. Since I don't own a chess program, I can't post a pic now, unless somebody provides me with another opportunity.

[Carolus Rex]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
Squish, squeeze, shuffle - now I remember why I never liked d-pawn openings.

Ditto!

Carolus

[MichaeltheGreat]

Position after 15 ... Bc8

[Harovan]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 0-0

[MichaeltheGreat]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 0-0 O-O

[Harovan]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2

Sorry for not responding yesterday, I tried, but was so helluva tired, that I twice slept in over the board. Nothing but eight hours of sleep could fix that. I have a question. With what tool do you make your diagram pictures?

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
Sorry for not responding yesterday, I tried, but was so helluva tired, that I twice slept in over the board. Nothing but eight hours of sleep could fix that. I have a question. With what tool do you make your diagram pictures?

No problem - I've been playing with servers upgrades etc. all day and had no access to a board or winboard. I'll play tomorrow morning my time, or tonight when I get home.

I use Winboard for the boards, and then snagit to capture the screen, then I crop to the board edge in Photoshop and run an automated script that reduces it to half size and converts it to a .gif Whole thing takes about two minutes.

[MichaeltheGreat]

1 d4 Nf6
2 c4 e6
3 Nc3 Bb4
4 e3 b6
5 Nge2 Bb7
6 a3 Be7
7 d5 e5
8 e4 d6
9 Ng3 Nbd7
10 b4 a5
11 Bd2 c5
12 bxa5 bxa5
13 Rb1 Ba6
14 Bd3 Nb6
15 Nb5 Bc8
16 O-O O-O
17 Qc2 Ne8