# ANYONE FOR A GAME OF CHESS THEN ?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2001, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564 "2001-10-15T20:53:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WH1TE-T1GERESS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/48db29/32.png) [@WH1TE-T1GERESS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WH1TE-T1GERESS)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/1 "2001-10-15T20:53:53Z")
Anyone for a game of chess then ??? If so make your move 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/2 "2001-10-15T20:59:25Z")
:: swipes all the pieces to the ground and heaves board accross the room :: :: stamps feet :: “This game sucks!” – that’s generally my strongest (and most common) chess move. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/3 "2001-10-15T21:11:20Z")
1. e4 ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/4 "2001-10-15T21:11:53Z")
1. e4 (“Best by test” Bobby Fischer) ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/5 "2001-10-15T21:17:07Z")
Pawn to Caps Lock key. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/6 "2001-10-15T21:18:43Z")
“When I have white, I win because I am white. When I have black, I win because I am Fischer.” — Bobby Fischer ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/7 "2001-10-15T21:25:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*1. e4 \*\* Boy, it’s been ages since I played chess. I’d forgotten there even _was_ a second baseman. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/8 "2001-10-15T21:50:47Z")
**2** - Knee to center board ---
**Author:** ![Caldazar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Caldazar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caldazar)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/9 "2001-10-15T22:00:49Z")
And we ended up with seven different games as people chose different moves? But hey, I love chess, so I’ll bite. [Event “SDMB game”] [Site “SDMB”] [Date “2001.10.15”] [Round “1”] [White “Some Dopers”] [Black “Some Other Dopers”] [Result “\*”] 1. e4 c5 2. \* ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/10 "2001-10-15T22:08:59Z")
1. e4 c5 2. d4 ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/11 "2001-10-15T22:29:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tretiak \* > \*\*1. e4 c5 > 2. d4 \*\* You sunk my battleship! Fenris ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/12 "2001-10-15T22:58:15Z")
1. … Nf5 The usual rules for this sort of game is that once you play for a side, you can’t subsequently play for another side. The first post in for a side counts, as long as it clearly indicates the move number. Also, if you make a move for your side, you shouldn’t make the next move unless a certain amount of time (like 8 hours or so) has passed. ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/13 "2001-10-15T23:34:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by panamajack \* > \*\*2. … Nf5 > The usual rules for this sort of game is that once you play for a side, you can’t subsequently play for another side. The first post in for a side counts, as long as it clearly indicates the move number. Also, if you make a move for your side, you shouldn’t make the next move unless a certain amount of time (like 8 hours or so) has passed. \*\* I assume another rule is that you only make legal moves. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/14 "2001-10-15T23:48:28Z")
You know, I noticed that just after I posted but didn’t get back here for a while … or maybe I was just demonstrating the next rule, yeah, that’s it. Anyway, I suppose it should be that illegal moves (and any subsequent ones based on them) are invalid. So, since there’s no valid move yet, that’ll be : 1. … Nf **6**. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/15 "2001-10-15T23:54:30Z")
I wish you luck, but these arrangements usually slide into one or two players on each side playing different plans with varying standards of play. I had a couple of games by e-mail with barbitu8, which were well-contested. I’m happy to play that way again. My ELO is 2320. (where’s that smug smilie when you need it?) ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/16 "2001-10-16T00:40:06Z")
Prawn to horsey-three. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/17 "2001-10-16T00:56:32Z")
[Firesign] He say “He can shout, don’t hear you.” [/Firesign] > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > “When I have white, I win because I am white. When I have black, I win because I am Fischer.” — Bobby Fischer Cite? (Yes, I’m serious.) The original is, “When I have white, I win because I play the white pieces. When I have black, I win because I am Bogolyubov.” (Easy for him to say.) This would have been known to Fischer, Spassky, Karpov, Petrosian, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/18 "2001-10-16T01:09:47Z")
“When I am white, I win because I am white. When I am black, I win because of absinthe.” – Paul Morphy, New Orleans, 1861 ---
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/19 "2001-10-16T04:45:22Z")
It takes a strong heart to win with black. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564/20 "2001-10-16T09:30:59Z")
RT, You’re right. It was Bogoljubov. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-for-a-game-of-chess-then/87564.md?page=2)