Multiplayer Forum Chess

Post by **Obbl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:02 pm

White Queen, D1 to A1, takes black Rook

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:04 pm

Black bishop, C8 to B7

Post by **Obbl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:08 pm

White pawn, B5 to C6, takes Black pawn

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:09 pm

Black bishop, B7 to C6, takes white pawn

Post by **Obbl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:12 pm

White pawn, C3 to B4, takes Black pawn

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:17 pm

Black bishop, C6 to E4, takes white pawn

Post by **Obbl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:18 pm

White Queen, A1 to D1

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:26 pm

Black queen, D8 to A8

Post by **Obbl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:27 pm

White Rook, H1 to H4

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:31 pm

Black bishop, E4 to F3, takes white knight

Post by **Obbl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:32 pm

White Queen, D1 to F3, takes Black Bishop

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:34 pm

Black queen, A8 to F3, takes white queen

Post by **Obbl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:38 pm

White Rook, H4 to C4

OOG: Missed that ^^; heh heh

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:45 pm

Black pawn, E5 to E4

oog: It's almost 1 am here, so I'll stay for a few more moves, but I guess we'll only finish it tomorrow.

Post by **Obbl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:49 pm

White pawn, B4 to B5

OOG: OK
GAH! still frustrated

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:52 pm

Black pawn, G6 to G5

oog: Good, good, sweat a little!

Post by **Obbl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:54 pm

White pawn, B5 to B6

OOG: Yeah yeah...

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:56 pm

Black queen, F3 to B3

Post by **Obbl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 6:58 pm

White Rook, C4 to C6

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:01 pm

Black queen, B3 to B4, Check

Post by **Obbl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:03 pm

White King, E1 to F1

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:04 pm

Black queen, B4 to B5, Check again

Post by **Obbl** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:07 pm

White Resigns

OOG: Good Game. Can't believe I didn't check that one move

Oh well.
Good night Fox

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:10 pm

Obbl wrote:White Resigns

OOG: Good Game. Can't believe I didn't check that one move Oh well.
Good night Fox

Thank you for the game, Obbl! Have a good evening, and I hope we'll play a rematch again later? Maybe tomorrow, I'm off to bed now. Bye!

xhunterko · Post by **xhunterko** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 10:32 pm

*comes back after short absence*

Ahh, now let's see what they've been up-*! Ack! Check mate already! Wow!

Okay. A new game can start Monday. Sides reset!

Remember, you don't have to know how to play chess to play! If you can follow along and know the piece moves, go ahead and pick one and move it! (provided, it's that colors turn and it follows it's move set) That way anybody can play and it'll keep things interesting! I'm thinking about posting the piece moves in the main rule post to help new players. See ya'll Monday!

@Broken Fox: Your notation seems to be fine. You might also want to add the fact that you are Castling to the move set. (like you did)

Some Stats:
Winner: Black!
White pieces taken: /////////
Black pieces taken: ////////
White in check: //
Black in check: /

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:45 am

xhunterko wrote:*comes back after short absence*

Ahh, now let's see what they've been up-*! Ack! Check mate already! Wow!

Okay. A new game can start Monday. Sides reset!

Remember, you don't have to know how to play chess to play! If you can follow along and know the piece moves, go ahead and pick one and move it! (provided, it's that colors turn and it follows it's move set) That way anybody can play and it'll keep things interesting! I'm thinking about posting the piece moves in the main rule post to help new players. See ya'll Monday!

Count me in!

Also I realize me and Obbl might have stolen the spotlight from the multiplayer aspect of this game, I promise I'll dial back a little.

Though maybe it might prove useful that we played the first game... If there's anyone who wants to join and they know the valid moves but they're unsure of how to actually play the game, don't worry! Here's a little exercise to get a feel for the game: Find a good ol' fashioned chess board (there should be one at home, ask your parents if necessary!

), a chess program (Windows has one, for example) or a chess app for your smartphone/tablet if you happen to have one of those (I recommend Chess for Android, for Android). Set up the pieces on the board (consult xhunterko's Wikipedia link if necessary) or set the program to human vs human player mode. Then go through this thread and play along with the game I played with Obbl. See how we moved our pieces, what we tried to achieve or prevent and that should give you a basic idea how to make moves. After that, come and join the fun on Monday!

xhunterko wrote:@Broken Fox: Your notation seems to be fine. You might also want to add the fact that you are Castling to the move set. (like you did)

Some Stats:
Winner: Black!
White pieces taken: /////////
Black pieces taken: ////////
White in check: //
Black in check: /

Well the most straightforward thing would be to use algebraic notation, but that would just scare away everyone!

And I have a little amendment to the stats, if I may: The game lasted 29 moves, and it didn't actually end with a check mate. White resigned.

Post by **Obbl** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:13 pm

The Broken Fox wrote:
xhunterko wrote:*comes back after short absence*

Ahh, now let's see what they've been up-*! Ack! Check mate already! Wow!
I have a little amendment to the stats, if I may: The game lasted 29 moves, and it didn't actually end with a check mate. White resigned.

And just in case people were wondering why white resigned:
No matter what move white makes next (in order to get out of check), black takes white's rook.
Again, no matter what white does next, black takes the white pawn (the one trying to reach the other side for promotion)
At that point, black has a queen and a rook for use in checkmating the king, and white has a stuck bishop and a few basically useless pawns.
Ergo, white resigns

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:33 pm

xhunterko wrote:Okay. A new game can start Monday. Sides reset!

I hope you don't mind if I do the honors!

New game!!!

White, pawn E2 to E4

oog: Come on people, join! Join! Join! Join! ... etc.

xhunterko · Post by **xhunterko** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:31 pm

Black: Pawn G7 to G6

oog:Not at all! I wonder, if I just play, how quickly I can make black lose?

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:59 pm

White, knight B1 to C3

oog: Very quickly, I'll make sure of that!

xhunterko · Post by **xhunterko** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 6:25 pm

Black pawn C7 to C6

oog: was waiting to see if more people would join

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:11 am

White, pawn D2 to D3

oog: also waiting for others to join

xhunterko · Post by **xhunterko** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:06 am

Black knight G8 to F6

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 5:12 pm

White bishop C1 to E3

xhunterko · Post by **xhunterko** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:38 pm

Black knight F6 to G4.

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:11 am

White bishop E3 to D4

mathgrant · Post by **mathgrant** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 10:02 pm

Sorry to interrupt, but I just wanted to say that The Grey Labyrinth, a puzzle forum I'm on, has these awesome [chess] tags that many people like to use, and they should be implemented on every forum ever where even one chess game gets played. First you type [chess], then the moves that have been made, using algebraic notation, and then [/chess]. For instance, [chess]d4 Nc6[/chess]. Often, the first post in the thread will be made by a separate account to which both players have the password, so that either player may edit the post to add the new move. Each player, of course, also makes an ordinary post to announce his move.

For people who'd rather post chess problems where the board is set up a specific way than play chess, we even have [chessboard] tags! Just put the board in Forsythe-Edwards Notation and surround it with [chessboard] tags. For example, [chessboard]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR[/chessboard] generates the initial board set-up.

Enough of my yapping, though. I really don't play chess. My mind can't strategize so far ahead.

The Broken Fox · Post by **The Broken Fox** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 4:03 am

mathgrant wrote:Sorry to interrupt, but I just wanted to say that The Grey Labyrinth, a puzzle forum I'm on, has these awesome [chess] tags that many people like to use, and they should be implemented on every forum ever where even one chess game gets played. First you type [chess], then the moves that have been made, using algebraic notation, and then [/chess]. For instance, [chess]d4 Nc6[/chess]. Often, the first post in the thread will be made by a separate account to which both players have the password, so that either player may edit the post to add the new move. Each player, of course, also makes an ordinary post to announce his move.

For people who'd rather post chess problems where the board is set up a specific way than play chess, we even have [chessboard] tags! Just put the board in Forsythe-Edwards Notation and surround it with [chessboard] tags. For example, [chessboard]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR[/chessboard] generates the initial board set-up.

Enough of my yapping, though. I really don't play chess. My mind can't strategize so far ahead.

Well the reason we agreed on simple human readable notation (as in, anyone can understand the move we make, without prior knowledge of any official notations) was to make this a multiplayer game for anyone, no matter what level they're at. Sadly, it looks like only me, xhunterko, and Obbl are interested. When I saw your name as the last poster, I was so happy for a moment that someone else joined...

I know I could have written Bd4 for my last move, and we could use chess forum tags if they were available, but that would scare away people even more!

mathgrant · Post by **mathgrant** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:14 am

The Broken Fox wrote:Well the reason we agreed on simple human readable notation (as in, anyone can understand the move we make, without prior knowledge of any official notations) was to make this a multiplayer game for anyone, no matter what level they're at. Sadly, it looks like only me, xhunterko, and Obbl are interested. When I saw your name as the last poster, I was so happy for a moment that someone else joined... I know I could have written Bd4 for my last move, and we could use chess forum tags if they were available, but that would scare away people even more!

I think people in the puzzle community just don't scare easily or something.

xhunterko · Post by **xhunterko** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:53 pm

Hello Mathgrant! Thanks for the suggestion, but what the broken fox practically said. The reason I kept this simple is so that anyone can join. Even you! It's not that hard to follow, just grab a chess game and match the moves on the forums on the board. We wouldn't mind if you joined though. If you know the piece rules(which, i'm pretty sure you do) just pick a side, grab a piece and take a turn! Speaking of turns:

Black Queen D8 to C7