# Libertarian: Another Game of Chess? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 8, 2000, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847 "2000-02-08T00:54:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/1 "2000-02-08T00:54:00Z")
Lib: 1.d4 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/2 "2000-02-08T11:22:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.d4 Nf6 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/3 "2000-02-08T17:36:00Z")
Lib: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/4 "2000-02-08T20:57:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/5 "2000-02-09T04:09:00Z")
Lib: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/6 "2000-02-09T11:41:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/7 "2000-02-09T14:25:00Z")
Lib: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 4.f3 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/8 "2000-02-09T15:13:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/9 "2000-02-09T15:26:00Z")
Lib: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.e4 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/10 "2000-02-10T06:22:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.e4 dxe4 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/11 "2000-02-09T22:03:00Z")
Lib: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/12 "2000-02-09T22:17:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 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 10, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/13 "2000-02-10T00:41:00Z")
Lib: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 0-0 7.e5 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/14 "2000-02-10T12:10:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 0-0 7.e5 Nd5 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/15 "2000-02-10T17:36:00Z")
Lib: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 0-0 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nce2 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/16 "2000-02-11T06:54:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 0-0 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nce2 c5 ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/17 "2000-02-10T19:39:00Z")
Lib: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 0-0 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nce2 c5 9.c3 I’d been meaning to ask you this, then, ironically enough, I noticed somebody just started a thread about it: Have you ever played Go? That’s a game I’ve always wanted to learn how to play, but nobody I know plays it, and I’ve never bothered trying to learn by playing against a computer. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2000, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/18 "2000-02-10T21:19:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 0-0 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nce2 c5 9.c3 cxd4 No, I’ve never played Go. I’ve heard of it, of course, but for whatever reason, I’ve never been seized by the urge to check it out. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/19 "2000-02-11T03:27:00Z")
Lib: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 0-0 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nce2 c5 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847/20 "2000-02-11T12:19:00Z")
Cabbage: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qd3 g6 4.f3 Bg7 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 0-0 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nce2 c5 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bf5 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-another-game-of-chess/13847.md?page=2)