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qrs
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3637 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-04-11 15:58:26
October 03 2012 08:12 GMT
#1
+ Show Spoiler [original intro, rules, etc.] +
It's been the better part of a year since TL Chess Matches 4 and 5 died a premature death. Perhaps sixth time will be the charm.

Summary

You all know what chess is, so I don't need to explain that. If you've never tried correspondence chess (i.e. taking several days per move), I urge you to give it a shot: it can be surprisingly fun. Check out the previous TL chess matches if you want to get an idea of what it's like.

Match Details and How to Join

I'm not a good enough chess player to take on all of TL on my own, but I don't mind coordinating the match, so this will be a team vs. team game. If you're interested in playing, simply post in this thread to sign up and I'll randomly assign you to a team. Game begins if and when each team has at least 10 players. You can join the game at any time.

To ensure privacy for the discussions of each team, I'll create a QuickTopic forum for each team and PM its URL to the members of that team, as a starting point. What you do from there is up to you. Of course, you're not precluded from posting comments in this thread, if you like.

Procedure and Rules
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You are considered "inactive" if you have joined a team but have not voted in your team's last three moves or specifically request observer/inactive status. This has ramifications for playing a move early (see Time Control and Extensions) and for votes cast in advance (see Voting/advanced voting options)

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3 days per move. A move will be officially played at the end of 3 days OR if at least half of the active team members have voted for the same move, provided that there are at least 5 votes for the move. If a team moves early, it can spend the unused time later on in the form of an extension. Extensions are taken 24 hours at a time.

+ Show Spoiler [Voting] +
Vote for a move and/or to offer a draw, resign, or take an extension by posting in this thread or sending me a PM. You can change your vote as often as you like (until the deadline) by posting again: only the latest vote will be counted. Please don't change your vote simply by editing the original post, as your edit may easily be overlooked.

Even if you vote to take an extension or resign, you can still cast a vote for a move, in case the extension/resignation does not pass the vote. (If you vote to offer a draw, you should certainly vote for a move, as a draw offer must be made along with a move.)

If several moves are tied for first place at the deadline, the winner will be the last of the tied moves to hold an outright lead in the vote.
+ Show Spoiler [advanced voting options] +
You can be as fancy as you like with your vote, as long as the vote itself is unambiguous. Thus, e.g., you could say, "I vote for 1. e4, unless it's trailing by over 5 votes with half an hour to go, in which case I switch my vote to 1. d4." I'm kind of hoping that people won't go hog-wild with conditionals, but if you want to, you can.

Likewise, you can vote for a move in advance; e.g., "If 1. d4, I vote for 1...d5". Again, I'm hoping that people won't abuse this option, but it's there if you need it (e.g. if you won't be around for a few days, but you want to vote for the next move). Note that an advance vote is not "postdated" for purposes of considering you active, and the vote of an inactive player will not be counted.

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As in the previous games: consulting opening books, endgame tablebases, and friends are allowed; computer analysis is not. To be sure, it's not possible to enforce this rule to any great extent, but in the absence of prizes, cheating isn't much fun for either side, so hopefully everyone will play by the rules.

TL; DR: 3 days/move; no computer analysis

To sign up for the game or give feedback about the rules or anything else, post in this thread.


Black wins!

Team White's Discussion Board                        Team Black's Discussion Board

45. White resigns


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 1. e4   e6   
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Bb4
4. e5 c5
5. a3 Bxc3+
6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 0-0
8. Nf3 Nbc6
9. Bd3 f5
10. exf6 Rxf6
11. Bg5 e5
12. Qh4 e4
13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Qxf6 exd3
15. cxd3 cxd4
16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. Qxd4 Nc6
18. Qe3 Qe7
19. Qxe7 Nxe7
20. Kd2 Bd7
21. Rae1 Ng6
22. g3 Kf7
23. f4 Kf6
24. Re3 Re8
25. Rhe1 Rc8
26. Rc1 b5
27. Rb1 a5
28. a4 d4
29. cxd4 b4
30. Ree1 Rc3
31. Rec1 Ra3
32. Ra1 Rb3
33. Ra2 Bf5
34. Rc6+ Kf7
35. Rc5 Ne7
36. Rxa5 Rxd3+
37. Ke2 Rxd4
38. Re5 b3
39. Rb2 Bc2
40. Ra5 Nd5
41. Rc5 Ke6
42. a5 Nb4
43. Re5+ Kd6
44. Ke3 Rd1
45. Resigns
      Play through game

Oct. 5, 2012 3:16 KST - April 12, 2013 00:11 KST

+ Show Spoiler [attributions] +
  • Chessboards in OP generated by the Crafty GUI written by Valters Baumanis.
  • Vote count charts posted in thread generated by onlinecharttool.com.
'As per the American Heart Association, the beat of the Bee Gees song "Stayin' Alive" provides an ideal rhythm in terms of beats per minute to use for hands-only CPR. One can also hum Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust".' —Wikipedia
Zen5034
Profile Joined July 2011
United States384 Posts
October 03 2012 17:08 GMT
#2
RIP Ng5. Think he'll ever come back?

I'll play, but I'm just not very good. =/
Jaedong!
mastergriggy
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1312 Posts
October 03 2012 17:14 GMT
#3
He was pretty angry when he left last time. I'd play, but I don't have the time I had last time. I'll be reading and posting from time to time though!
Write your own song!
amazingxkcd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
October 03 2012 17:15 GMT
#4
I'll play, hoping for a St. George's defence that lead to the infamous draw on chessgames.
The world is burning and you rather be on this terrible website discussing video games and your shallow feelings
garbanzo
Profile Joined October 2009
United States4046 Posts
October 03 2012 17:18 GMT
#5
I'll play, hopefully I can learn since I'm not very good.
Even during difficult times, when I sat down to play the game, there were times where it felt like god has descended down and played [for me].
scDeluX
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Canada1341 Posts
October 03 2012 17:19 GMT
#6
I'll play
Brood War is forever
Misder
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1557 Posts
October 03 2012 18:10 GMT
#7
/in
Whaaaa?
fifasnipe2224
Profile Joined January 2011
United States243 Posts
October 03 2012 18:18 GMT
#8
Sure why not.
.:RoS:.
KarlKaliente
Profile Joined March 2012
United States434 Posts
October 03 2012 18:19 GMT
#9
Could I follow as a spectator? I'm awful at chess and don't want to influence voting or slow a game down because its harder to reach a majority, but I'd love to follow one of the teams' thought process.
UMS > Melee
Chronald
Profile Joined December 2009
United States619 Posts
October 03 2012 19:04 GMT
#10
count me in.
Got that.
Risen
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States7927 Posts
October 03 2012 19:05 GMT
#11
/in

Prepare for.... Alekhine's Defense!!!
Pufftrees Everyday>its like a rifter that just used X-Factor/Liquid'Nony: I hope no one lip read XD/Holyflare>it's like policy lynching but better/Resident Los Angeles bachelor
Soda
Profile Joined December 2009
United States66 Posts
October 03 2012 19:16 GMT
#12
sign me up!
qrs
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3637 Posts
October 03 2012 22:13 GMT
#13
On October 04 2012 03:19 KarlKaliente wrote:
Could I follow as a spectator? I'm awful at chess and don't want to influence voting or slow a game down because its harder to reach a majority, but I'd love to follow one of the teams' thought process.
Sure, why not. You are officially an observer attached to Team Black. If you ever want to gain full citizenship, post in this thread or PM me.
'As per the American Heart Association, the beat of the Bee Gees song "Stayin' Alive" provides an ideal rhythm in terms of beats per minute to use for hands-only CPR. One can also hum Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust".' —Wikipedia
ranzo77333
Profile Joined January 2010
United States27 Posts
October 03 2012 22:22 GMT
#14
ill play why not
I love Dark Templars
LazyFailKid
Profile Joined September 2011
Canada750 Posts
October 03 2012 22:32 GMT
#15
No idea how this works but sure, why not /in
qrs
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3637 Posts
October 03 2012 22:40 GMT
#16
On October 04 2012 07:32 LazyFailKid wrote:
No idea how this works
It's fairly straightforward: when it's your team's turn to move, you vote for the move you want to play. The move with the most votes gets played. We can talk about what the tie-breaking procedure should be.
'As per the American Heart Association, the beat of the Bee Gees song "Stayin' Alive" provides an ideal rhythm in terms of beats per minute to use for hands-only CPR. One can also hum Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust".' —Wikipedia
Dandel Ion
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria17960 Posts
October 03 2012 22:48 GMT
#17
I can't promise I won't forget about this halfway through, 3 days per turn sounds so long, and I'm bad at remembering things..

But I'd like to try dis.
/in

Also, what happens when people fail to vote? Move with highest votes wins?
A backwards poet writes inverse.
Marimokkori
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States306 Posts
October 04 2012 02:30 GMT
#18
I'd like to play.
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men
Zen5034
Profile Joined July 2011
United States384 Posts
October 04 2012 14:32 GMT
#19
Pretty sure we have a consensus in regards to the first move...
Jaedong!
phrenetiC
Profile Joined April 2011
Switzerland224 Posts
October 04 2012 14:53 GMT
#20
I'd be interested in joining a team as on observer aswell, if that's possible. Definately not a good enough player to contribute, but I'd really like to learn from a team's thought process!
"[...] you just keep on trying till you run out of cake!" - GLaDOS
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