Apolyton Chess Club : a new challenger please

[kcbob]

AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

I had one of your moves wrong!!!

I had your d6 on my board as a d5!!!

AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

Now it get's interesting!!!

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Frodo lives!

[Smash]

Ouch!I can identify.I've done that in my last 4 games.You really have to be careful.I will move pieces,looking at different lines and then reconstruct incorrectly all the time.I have to keep 2 setup for safety.

[Julius Brenzaida]

quote: Originally posted by kcbob on 01-31-2001 08:45 AM I had one of your moves wrong!!! I had your d6 on my board as a d5!!!

Kcbob, I’m really sorry if you misread the moves. But it was written d6 all the time. And besides, playing d5 to go for the Stonewall after Bb4 doesn’t look right. What’s more, the Bf4 would be correctly placed (controlling e5) in this case, when he was misplaced in a Rubinstein variation as it is tragically showing now.

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Oh Man, when will you understand that your greatness lies in your failure - Goethe

[kcbob]

1 d4 … e6
2 c4 … f5
3 Nc3 … Nf6
4 Bf4 … Bb4
5 Qc2 … d6
6 e3 … Qe7
7 Bd3 … O-O
8 Nf3 … Nbd7
9 O-O … e5
10 dxe5 … dxe5
11 Bg5



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Frodo lives!

[kcbob]

Maybe I should change my signature to...

Frodo lives! kcbob dies!



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Frodo lives!

[Carolus Rex]

Ok, here we go.

"Pawns" are called "bönder", which is Swedish for "peasants/farmers".

"Rook" is called "torn", which is the Swedish word for "tower".

The "knight" is called "springare" or (more commonplace) "häst". Both words means "horse", although "springare" is a more elegant (and ancient or oldfashioned) word than "häst". For example, a noble knight or king rides on a "springare", whereas peasants use "hästar" to ride or plow with. Today, you say that a king rides a "häst". "Springare" is mostly found in old books and such and is not used anymore.

The "bishop" is indeed called "löpare", which means exactly the same thing as the German word: someone who runs. In the old days "löpa" was the common verb for "run", today "springa" is used more often. "Löpare" is what we call the athletes who run, i.e. a long distance runner (for example 10 000 meters or marathon) is called a "långdistanslöpare".

"Drottning" is "queen", but we also use "dam" ("lady"). "Kung" is "king".

Gotta go!

Carolus

[This message has been edited by Carolus Rex (edited February 01, 2001).]

[Julius Brenzaida]

1 d4 … e6
2 c4 … f5
3 Nc3 … Nf6
4 Bf4 … Bb4
5 Qc2 … d6
6 e3 … Qe7
7 Bd3 … O-O
8 Nf3 … Nbd7
9 O-O … e5
10 dxe5 … dxe5
11 Bg5 … Bxc3

[kcbob]

1 d4 … e6
2 c4 … f5
3 Nc3 … Nf6
4 Bf4 … Bb4
5 Qc2 … d6
6 e3 … Qe7
7 Bd3 … O-O
8 Nf3 … Nbd7
9 O-O … e5
10 dxe5 … dxe5
11 Bg5 … Bxc3
12 Qxc3



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Frodo lives!

[Julius Brenzaida]

1 d4 … e6
2 c4 … f5
3 Nc3 … Nf6
4 Bf4 … Bb4
5 Qc2 … d6
6 e3 … Qe7
7 Bd3 … O-O
8 Nf3 … Nbd7
9 O-O … e5
10 dxe5 … dxe5
11 Bg5 … Bxc3
12 Qxc3 … e4

[Ken Hinds]

kcbob, Welcome to the club. It did the same type of thing in my game with Julius. I sure would be nice if we recognized these errors before we published our moves.

A question for those who have played with some of non-standard set designs. As noted in most English/U.S. based designs where the pieces look like people you have Infantry(often a spearman or swordsman) for pawns, a mounted rider for knights, and a cleric of some type for the bishops as well as the usual King, Queen and Tower. For those sets based on the French or Germanic piece designations (German also calls the Knight a Springer, for the horse and not the rider) do we then get King's Fools, runners, and peasants?

Ken

Edit to fix typos
[This message has been edited by Ken Hinds (edited February 02, 2001).]

[Julius Brenzaida]

quote: Originally posted by Ken Hinds on 02-02-2001 01:19 AM A question for those who have played with some of non-standard set designs. As noted in most English/U.S. based designs where the pieces look like people you have Infantry(often a spearman or swordsman) for pawns, a mounted rider for knights, and a cleric of some type for the bishops as well as the usual King, Queen and Tower. For those sets based on the French or Germanic piece designations (German also calls the Knight a Springer, for the horse and not the rider) do we then get King's Fools, runners, and peasants?

Good question ! I've no idea, I always play with the Staunton's.
And thanks Carolus for the Swedish names. It looks a lot like German, though. A study through many languages could be intersting.



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Oh Man, when will you understand that your greatness lies in your failure - Goethe

[kcbob]

quote: Originally posted by Julius Brenzaida on 02-01-2001 04:51 PM 12 … e4

Gee! I never expected this move!

Sorry for the delay in responding this morning. When my alarm went off, I let the dogs out and promptly went back to bed thinking today was Saturday. At 9:00 AM, my wife rolls over and says "What are you doing here?"

I've been trying to catch up on work until now. My move should be forthcoming shortly.

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Frodo lives!

[kcbob]

1 d4 … e6
2 c4 … f5
3 Nc3 … Nf6
4 Bf4 … Bb4
5 Qc2 … d6
6 e3 … Qe7
7 Bd3 … O-O
8 Nf3 … Nbd7
9 O-O … e5
10 dxe5 … dxe5
11 Bg5 … Bxc3
12 Qxc3 … e4
13 Bxe4



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Frodo lives!

[Julius Brenzaida]

1 d4 … e6
2 c4 … f5
3 Nc3 … Nf6
4 Bf4 … Bb4
5 Qc2 … d6
6 e3 … Qe7
7 Bd3 … O-O
8 Nf3 … Nbd7
9 O-O … e5
10 dxe5 … dxe5
11 Bg5 … Bxc3
12 Qxc3 … e4
13 Bxe4 … fxe4

[Julius Brenzaida]

quote: Originally posted by kcbob on 02-02-2001 01:38 PM Gee! I never expected this move!

Well, you should always expect the unexpected!

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Oh Man, when will you understand that your greatness lies in your failure - Goethe