Poly Casual Chess Game: OPD v HS

[Harry Seldon]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4

I guess it was 1995. I spent eleven days travelling from Edinburgh to London.

[OPD]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6

how big is Birmigham Al BTW?, the one here is the second biggest city in England at about 3 mill pop.

[Harry Seldon]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3

Fairly small; only about 300,000 actually live in the city, although our metro area consists of about one million. The area surrounding our city is very nice. Other than the immediate city we aren't very densely populated and have lots of parks and national forests around.

There didn't seem to be many parks around England. Was I not looking very hard?

[OPD]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7

Not many parks around really the UK is something like 1/500 the size of the US with 1/5 of the population.

Birmingham is one of the key cities of the Industrial revolution, mainly due to it's central location and good transport links. It's the canal capital of Europe with more than Venice, canals being the best way to move materials and products around before trains and lorries.
It's mostly famous for having almost no greenery in the centre, a true hardcore concrete jungle, although the canals all over the place kinda make up for that.

[Harry Seldon]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4

We've won the Arbor Day Tree Friendliest City several years in a row now so it looks like we're trying to push the concrete jungle back for now. Glad I didn't miss any parks on my way through; I'd have truly felt bad considering the amount of effort I put in trying to see Bath's two floor Qzar laser tag facility.

[OPD]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4

[Harry Seldon]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4

I have to hit the road for a conference then my cousin's wedding so my responses my be few and far between until Monday.

[OPD]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4 Bd4

[Harry Seldon]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4 Bd4
11. Ra2

[Harry Seldon]

OPD, are you still in?

[OPD]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4 Bd4
11. Ra2 Nc3

sorry,

haven't been checking this forum

[Harry Seldon]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4 Bd4
11. Ra2 Nc3
12. Qxd4

That's OK. You responded once and I only noticed after opening the thread to taunt you. As long as you still want to play I'll be here.

[OPD]

cheers

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4 Bd4
11. Ra2 Nc3
12. Qxd4 Ne2+


Please note I didn't plan this last move in advance, I figured you were going to take me with your knight.

[Harry Seldon]

Dang! I'm trying to play at work and having to duck and cover while my boss hassles me about a project I'm working on. Now that I've run out of excuses...

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4 Bd4
11. Ra2 Nc3
12. Qxd4 Ne2+
13. Kh1

NNNnnnnnnooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OPD]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4 Bd4
11. Ra2 Nc3
12. Qxd4 Ne2+
13. Kh1 Nxd4