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Subject: The chess thread Tue 31 Jul 2018 - 18:20
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 .
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A 1.2GB download is required to use speech recognition features in Chess
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Subject: Re: The chess thread Wed 1 Aug 2018 - 21:51
I have crushed it like a bug and ended up with six queens.
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Subject: Re: The chess thread Wed 1 Aug 2018 - 21:52
I doubt anyone has ever ended up with six queens before.
They'll probably declare me world champion now.
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Subject: Re: The chess thread Sat 11 Aug 2018 - 20:09
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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Subject: Re: The chess thread Sat 11 Aug 2018 - 20:11
It's taking forever to make its first move.
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Subject: Re: The chess thread Sat 11 Aug 2018 - 21:05
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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Subject: Re: The chess thread Sat 11 Aug 2018 - 21:09
This is my current situation. I am stumped as to my next move.
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Subject: Re: The chess thread Sat 11 Aug 2018 - 21:16
Are you whitey?
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Subject: Re: The chess thread Sat 11 Aug 2018 - 21:24
I have lost, after 70 moves and 1 hour and 14 minutes.
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Subject: Re: The chess thread Sat 11 Aug 2018 - 21:25
Steviebaby wrote:
Are you whitey?
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Subject: Re: The chess thread Sat 11 Aug 2018 - 21:26
What was your move, your losing move?
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Subject: Re: The chess thread Sat 11 Aug 2018 - 21:26
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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Subject: Re: The chess thread Sat 11 Aug 2018 - 21:27
The instant I did it, it checked me and, from that point on, I was doomed.
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Subject: Re: The chess thread Sat 11 Aug 2018 - 21:30
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Subject: Re: The chess thread Mon 20 Aug 2018 - 21:00
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.