And here is a site that has helped me with positions. For instance, I had the game copied wrong, which is why I didn't move my rook. I really struggle with maintaining an accurate representation of the board. I should get a chess set. =(
It was a fair and deserving punishment. I should be able to do this faster with that link up above. Keeping the game on my phone was okay, but if I miss a move somewhere, it sucks. Just copying and pasting the move list somewhere is much, much better!
Aardvark wrote:I believe a player can only promote whatever chess pieces are off the board. This could be wrong.
This is wrong.
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:52 pm
by pinback
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:
I have a The Chess question.
Last night, the iPhone promoted a pawn. It chose a knight instead of a queen. Is that common? Do people do that? It never occurred to me to choose anything other than a queen.
The only time I can think that you'd promote to a knight is in the case where it instantly causes checkmate, or otherwise leads directly to a forced checkmate. Like:
. . . . . . n r
. . . . . P . k
. . . . . . . p
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . B . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
K . . . . . . .
In this case, white could play f8N++, promoting to a knight and instantly winning.
This is how I like my steaks. Very rare.
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:59 pm
by pinback
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:Chess is the least sexist game of all-time
Unless you are a pro, in which case there's a women's group and a men's group, and never the twain shall meet (either on the chess board, or in real life.)
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:19 pm
by pinback
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:I would also like pinback to add any "??" or "!!" notes to the transcript as he sees fit.
??
Okay, here goes (and keep in mind, I am not a very good chess player. Flack's description of himself also fits me):
1. d4 Nc6
2. Nf3 g6
3. b3 b6
4. Bb2 Bh6? Bg7 is better. Bh6 in this case is deadly, because if Grocer replied d5, you'd either lose the knight on c6, or the exposed, undefended rook at h8.
5. e4 f6? Moving f pawn is for experts only. You are not an expert, and by doing this, 1) potentially exposed your king to attack, and 2) blocked your knight from coming out.
6. Nbd2 Bg5? The opening is about developing your pieces, getting them out there into the fray. You have only developed two pieces, moving your bishop twice, while on the next move, white will have developed his fourth piece. Also, the bishop was already doing fine on h6, moving him to g5 does very little (except expose him to being traded if white wants.)
7. Bd3 Nh6? Well, you've developed him, but to the side, where he does much less good than he might have otherwise. The opening is also about putting pressure on the center, from which good things happen, rather than the side, from where gay things happen. Also, white still has that lingering threat, which I see from the transcript, he is about to take advantage of.
8. Nxg5 fxg5
9. d5 Nb4?? You have to give up either the knight for a pawn, or lose the rook outright. Rooks are more valuable than knights, so you gave up the wrong one, and don't even get the pawn in trade.
10. Bxh8 Ba6? You are way behind in material now, so the thing you don't want to do is trade away the material you have left. Which you just did.