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[The Call of the Wendigo]

I'm about to play a game against Windows' Chess Titans, at Level 1. I shall be the white team and mostly attacking up the left flank. I shall be pursuing a policy of aggression and aiming to get rid of my opponents' horsies as soon as I can. My approach will look something like this .

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I'm going in...

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I've just captured its queen with my bishop.

[Guest]

Where's Chessbot 3000 when we need his little circuits?

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I haz won.

[Guest]

click click

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I have crushed it like a bug and ended up with six queens.

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I doubt anyone has ever ended up with six queens before.

They'll probably declare me world champion now.

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Right. This is it. Having had some success against it at Level 4, I'm about to try tackling it at Level 10. How long can I last before it beats me?

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It's taking forever to make its first move.

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We've been playing for 53 minutes. We're 59 moves in. I'm a pawn down and it's on the attack but I'm still alive.

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This is my current situation. I am stumped as to my next move.

[Guest]

Are you whitey?

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I have lost, after 70 moves and 1 hour and 14 minutes.

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Are you whitey?

[Guest]

What was your move, your losing move?

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My fatal error was moving my horsie to the square next to my king. It looked the safest move in the world when I made it.

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The instant I did it, it checked me and, from that point on, I was doomed.

[Guest]

[The Call of the Wendigo]

This video is in Spanish but it would appear to deal with the age-old question of what would happen in a game that features 39 knights against 23 queens.

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