Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany)

[Alexandru Florea]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany)

Hi Bob,

I checked their site. They don't even have our 4th move posted. They wrote, "If your move is 4.Nxd4, then ours is 4...Nf6" Because we had no moderator, they never got our move.

Alex

P.S. Good luck at the tournament tomorrow

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany)

Hi Alex:

I don't think the German admin. person ever actually posted here. I think Alex Toolsie originally somehow got the moves from the German team, and he posted them here. but I think he has quit as our moderator. And no one else has come forward.

But you seem right that the German admin. person seems to have dropped the ball. We, as White, had voted our 5th move, 5.Nc3 ( me and Caesar ). But it seems it maybe never got posted on their forum.

However, we don't really know that , because maybe it did, and they moved, and then Alex never brought their 5th move back to us, 'cause he had quit.

So two problems - we don't know the German admin person who was doing the posting at their end, to see whether he also quit on their side; and we don't have our own moderator now anyway.

Bob

[Alexandru Florea]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany)

I found out that a German Admin. from Space Chess was checking our forum and used the votes we had to make the moves on the Space Chess forum. Maybe he forgot to check the ChessTalk forum.

[Alex Devine]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany)

Thx Bob

That means the only remaining game is the one against Australia

Alex

And the UK.

[Alexandru Florea]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany)

Thx Bob

That means the only remaining game is the one against Australia

Alex

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany)

Hi Alex:

The problem I believe is that we could not get a Canadian to volunteer as moderator to post our move on the German website, and then to monitor its board and bring back their move and post it here. Too bad - the game was developing into a Sicilian Dragon, with us as White.

Alex Toolsie started out doing this, but I think he then wanted someone else to take it over, and no one did.

Bob

P.S. There was a game also against Bahrain, but it never really got many moves made, before I think the same problem happened.

[Alexandru Florea]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany)

Has this game been cancelled due to lack of interest?

Alex

[Alan Baljeu]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany)

I notice there are several game threads going on. If they are all sticky, certain small-screened individuals will have trouble. Instead, the moderator should make a subforum and MOVE these threads to there. This can be done directly, without making new threads.

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany) - Needs a Sticky

On June 14, I voted for 5.Nc3 ( standard move ).

Is anyone else from our team going to vote on the fifth move? If not, can our moderator ( not sure if Caesar is it ) tell the move to Germany ?

Also, if anone is in touch with Larry, can they ask him to make this game a " sticky " like he did the ones with UK and Australia?

Thanks.

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany) - Needs a Sticky

Just jumping this thread up to the top so it can be made into a sticky like the other international team games.

Bob

Hi Larry:

Seems you missed this post earlier. Can this be made into a sticky like the other 2 team games you did it for? Thanks.

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany)

Just jumping this thread up to the top so it can be made into a sticky like the other international team games.

Bob

[Caesar Posylek]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany)

I vote for 5.Nc3 as well.

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany)

Hi Caesar:

Thanks for the correction.

I'll now restate my vote for our next move - 5.Nc3 ( normal Sicilian move ).

Bob

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany)

Hi Caesar:

You have our fourth move wrong - it was 4.Nxd4 ( normal Sicilian ) - the N got to f3 on our 2nd move - 2.Nf3.

I vote for 5.Nc3 ( standard move ).

Bob

[Caesar Posylek]

Re: Chess Talk (Canada) vs Space Chess (Germany)

I'm sorry that was my mistake. Our 4-th move is supposed to be 4.Nxd4.
Therefore:
1.e4 c5 2.Sf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
If: 4.Nxd4 then they move 4....Nf6.