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Chess Forums (UK) vs Chess Talk (Canada) from move 7...
Alex, you are in US! How is it you play for the Brits? (Not that I mind... :))
Wow, complicated position. My first inclination is Nxd4, but there are some zwischenzugs to consider.
a) How did you know I'm in the US?
b) It's kind of a loyalty thing, I guess. Joined the UK site first, over a year ago.
c) I sort of volunteered to admin these inter-site games, so I have an account with ChessForums.org, OzChess, ChessLeaders, and Chesstalk.
d) I've tried not to vote for any of these games, as I get to see both sides of the board. I just tally votes and post progress on both sites involved.
Brick walls hurt, but are effective for banging against repeatedly. For future reference, cardboard walls are fun too :)
Can anyone tell me haw to get diagrams posted as in the above?
1. Open the game in fritz.
2. Click on edit, copy position.
3. Paste it into the message. (it will look like something like this - 8/7P/5NK1/8/8/4k2p/8/5b2 b - - 0 61 )
4. Select it, and click on FEN in the toolbar. (it's the farthest one on the right) It will wrap [DIAGRAM] tags around it.
5. It won't appear in the message. Click on preview post to see it.
It's been a bad week for me. I had somebody get into my router over the weekend, so I was a little IP-paranoid. Something more complicated than just looking under their profile picture. :)
Anyways, here's a diagram for those too lazy to post it themselves (or copy and paste into another program):
Last edited by Alex Devine; Monday, 14th December, 2009, 06:45 PM.
Brick walls hurt, but are effective for banging against repeatedly. For future reference, cardboard walls are fun too :)
Re: Chess Forums (UK) vs Chess Talk (Canada) from move 7...
I vote for resigns.:)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Baljeu
Same way you know i'm in Windsor
It's been a bad week for me. I had somebody get into my router over the weekend, so I was a little IP-paranoid. Something more complicated than just looking under their profile picture.
Maybe Alain just googled, arriving in Illinois; extra passwords for wireless internet would be a good idea if u were hacked into ( could even just be teeneager neighbours lookin' for free hookup) Should be easier to solve than administering this nightmare of a game, anyways, Cheers, Dave
Maybe Alain just googled, arriving in Illinois; extra passwords for wireless internet would be a good idea if u were hacked into ( could even just be teeneager neighbours lookin' for free hookup) Should be easier to solve than administering this nightmare of a game, anyways, Cheers, Dave
That's the wierd thing. I've got a password set up for all ports on my router, and I have a wireless password set up as well.
Somebody probably was just bored, looked around for a random IP under Verizon (my ISP) and decided to go crack some passwords.
Back to the game, is 13. ...Nxd4 your final answer?
Brick walls hurt, but are effective for banging against repeatedly. For future reference, cardboard walls are fun too :)
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