# Chess game: Kythereia vs. glee **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 21, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199 "2005-02-21T17:02:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/41 "2005-02-28T20:01:47Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > _quick smooch to **ronincyberpunk** , along with some seducing_ > > Arrrgh! **glee** , I forgot about that pawn on d4… :smack: ☹ > > Kythereia glee > > 1. d4 Nf6 > 2. e4 Nxe4 > 3. f3 Nf6 > 4. Nh3 c5 > 5. c4 cxd4 (my pawn on c5 takes your pawn on d4) > 6. e5 Um, you don’t have a pawn that can move to e5. Did you mean 6. c5? And this thread simply confirms all my pessimistic thoughts on being a chess player. The spectator (go, Ronin!) gets the gal. The chess player (moi) gets a pawn. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/42 "2005-02-28T20:07:57Z")
> [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > And now for some new info. Now that you have a passed pawn, do you know what _en passant_ is? It’s a more obscure chess rule that many players never learn until their in the middle of a game and someone does it to them. Quick and dirty definition [here](http://www.gamecolony.com/chessrules.html) (second diagram down). I always just thought of it as the capturing pawn clotheslining the captured pawn. I dunno if that helps you understand it or not. Thanks for the explanation of en passant! But the only passed pawn in our game (= a pawn that no enemy pawn can stop queening) is mine, on d4. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/43 "2005-02-28T20:11:50Z")
Yes :smack: I’m hopeless at this, aren’t I? At least I can figure out some… er, mating positions. 😉 Kythereia glee 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. f3 Nf6 4. Nh3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 (my pawn on c5 takes your pawn on d4) 6. c5 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/44 "2005-02-28T20:32:44Z")
Kythereia glee 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. f3 Nf6 4. Nh3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. c5 Qa5+ (the + sign means your King is in check, rom my Queen on a5) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/45 "2005-02-28T20:47:37Z")
Kythereia glee 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. f3 Nf6 4. Nh3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. c5 Qa5+ (yikes!) 7. b4 ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/46 "2005-03-01T01:50:50Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Thanks for the explanation of en passant! > > But the only passed pawn in our game (= a pawn that no enemy pawn can stop queening) is mine, on d4. Oh! I actually didn’t know this, I just thought it was any pawn passed the fourth rank from that side. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/47 "2005-03-01T02:04:02Z")
Kythereia glee 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. f3 Nf6 4. Nh3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. c5 Qa5+ 7. b4 Qxb4+ ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/48 "2005-03-01T02:05:40Z")
> [@ronincyberpunk](#): > > Oh! I actually didn’t know this, I just thought it was any pawn passed the fourth rank from that side. No worries! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/49 "2005-03-01T21:33:22Z")
The battle gets more intense! 😉 Kythereia glee 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. f3 Nf6 4. Nh3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. c5 Qa5+ 7. b4 Qxb4+ 8. Bd2 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/50 "2005-03-02T15:32:58Z")
Kythereia glee 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. f3 Nf6 4. Nh3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. c5 Qa5+ 7. b4 Qxb4+ 8. Bd2 Qxc5 > [@Kythereia](#): > > The battle gets more intense! 😉 Queen Godzilla eat pawns! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/51 "2005-03-02T16:15:42Z")
Og smash Queen Godzilla! Kythereia glee 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. f3 Nf6 4. Nh3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. c5 Qa5+ 7. b4 Qxb4+ 8. Bd2 Qxc5 9. Nf4 ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/52 "2005-03-02T16:21:13Z")
Verrrrrrry interesting. I’m enjoying following along. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/53 "2005-03-02T16:27:32Z")
_distracts **ronincyberpunk** from the game with her wiles_ 😉 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/54 "2005-03-02T16:43:49Z")
Kythereia glee 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. f3 Nf6 4. Nh3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. c5 Qa5+ 7. b4 Qxb4+ 8. Bd2 Qxc5 9. Nf4 Nc6 > [@Kythereia](#): > > Og smash Queen Godzilla! Extra Black pawns swamp Og… ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/55 "2005-03-02T17:18:59Z")
Kythereia glee 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. f3 Nf6 4. Nh3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. c5 Qa5+ 7. b4 Qxb4+ 8. Bd2 Qxc5 9. Nf4 Nc6 10. Nd3 Og smash chessboard! Raaaa! ---
**Author:** ![petelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@petelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petelin)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/56 "2005-03-02T17:41:24Z")
This is interesting…this is the first one i’ve watched, and I’m glad I am. As far as the watchers getting the girl, that seems to be on par with my chess playing memories as well. ---
**Author:** ![petelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@petelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petelin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/57 "2005-03-03T16:17:19Z")
Wow, I think i killed my first thread… ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/58 "2005-03-03T16:20:47Z")
No, **petelin** , it’s okay. **glee** just hasn’t made his move yet 😉 How _you_ doin’? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/59 "2005-03-03T17:09:44Z")
Kythereia glee 1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. f3 Nf6 4. Nh3 c5 5. c4 cxd4 6. c5 Qa5+ 7. b4 Qxb4+ 8. Bd2 Qxc5 9. Nf4 Nc6 10. Nd3 Qb6 > [@Kythereia](#): > > Og smash chessboard! Raaaa! Og is going to need to smash the board to stop those Black pawns 😃 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199/60 "2005-03-03T17:17:00Z")
> [@petelin](#): > > This is interesting…this is the first one i’ve watched, and I’m glad I am. Excellent! > [@petelin](#): > > As far as the watchers getting the girl, that seems to be on par with my chess playing memories as well. Yes, and this thread will prove no exception. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-game-kythereia-vs-glee/291199.md?page=4)