# Anybody For A Game Of Chess? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2000, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517 "2000-01-28T22:43:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/41 "2000-02-03T00:03:00Z")
Lib: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/42 "2000-02-03T11:33:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/43 "2000-02-03T13:21:00Z")
Lib: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 fxe4 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/44 "2000-02-03T14:10:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 fxe4 14.c4 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/45 "2000-02-03T17:19:00Z")
Lib: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 fxe4 14.c4 Nf6 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/46 "2000-02-04T06:08:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 fxe4 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/47 "2000-02-04T06:40:00Z")
Lib: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 fxe4 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3 e6 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/48 "2000-02-03T20:00:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 fxe4 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3 e6 16.Nxe4 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/49 "2000-02-03T20:35:00Z")
Lib: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 fxe4 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3 e6 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/50 "2000-02-03T20:37:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 fxe4 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3 e6 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/51 "2000-02-04T04:12:00Z")
Lib: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 fxe4 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3 e6 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 O-O-O ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/52 "2000-02-04T12:44:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 fxe4 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3 e6 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 0-0-0 18.dxe6 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/53 "2000-02-04T14:39:00Z")
Lib: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 fxe4 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3 e6 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 0-0-0 18.dxe6 Qd4 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/54 "2000-02-04T14:59:00Z")
Cabbage: I think this position has gotten too tricky to keep tracking in my head, what with the long diagonals and centralized queens. I’m going to wait until I get home and set up a board. Sorry for the delay. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/55 "2000-02-04T15:16:00Z")
You’ve been keeping track of this game in your head?? Hell, now I feel really embarrassed. You’re doing an admirable job, I must say. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/56 "2000-02-04T15:37:00Z")
Oh, it’s not as big a deal as it sounds like. Fischer played twenty-four games simultaneously this way. He won 20, drew 2, and lost 2. I can’t even finish _one_. I mean maybe I could, but timing is very critical in this position. It isn’t just trying to reach a position anymore. The moves have to be made in the right order, and the permutations are giving me a headache. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/57 "2000-02-04T15:40:00Z")
Oh, and by the way, I should be home before noon central. Thanks for your patience. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/58 "2000-02-05T06:09:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 fxe4 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3 e6 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 0-0-0 18.dxe6 Qd4 19.Qc2 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/59 "2000-02-04T19:02:00Z")
Lib: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 fxe4 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3 e6 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 0-0-0 18.dxe6 Qd4 19.Qc2 Bd6 Did you follow the Kasparov vs. The World game this past summer? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517/60 "2000-02-04T19:23:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 Qb6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 d6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Qh5 Qd6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxe5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 f5 13.0-0 fxe4 14.c4 Nf6 15.Nc3 e6 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 0-0-0 18.dxe6 Qd4 19.Qc2 Bd6 20.Bg5 I kind of followed it a little. Kasparov is a great player, no doubt about it. And his FIDE rating is higher than Fischer’s was, but there could be all sorts of reasons why that isn’t relevant. There was something almost supernatural about Fischer’s play. I believe he was the best player who ever lived. Including Kasparov. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-for-a-game-of-chess/13517.md?page=4)