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RedSoxFan3
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posted December 21, 2008 10:34 PM |
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No, black can just play a6
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Djive
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posted December 21, 2008 10:35 PM |
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Rock moves forward so it can be taken by the black pawn.
If black takes Rock with Pawn, then white advances with Pawn and check mate.
If black moves bishop to any square, then take the Pawn before the King with the rock and check mate.
Black cannot move the King or the Pawn before the King so the two above are the only options.
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RedSoxFan3
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posted December 22, 2008 12:53 AM |
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Very good Djive.
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posted December 22, 2008 01:33 PM |
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Quote:
No, black can just play a6
Oh yes... I always miss something
Nice Djive 
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RedSoxFan3
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posted March 31, 2009 08:52 AM |
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Just thought I might revive this thread to see if anyone else is actually interested in chess.
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Nebdar
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posted April 05, 2009 08:04 PM |
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I'am interested
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RedSoxFan3
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posted April 06, 2009 12:09 AM |
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Where do you usually play Nebdar?
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Nebdar
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posted April 06, 2009 07:36 AM |
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i have no such a place after my best friend deaparture...
So what do you use oftenly ...??
Maybe Skype chess 
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RedSoxFan3
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posted April 06, 2009 10:25 AM |
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I play at chess.com.
That's a wonderful website for playing as well as studying and improving your chess game.
Edit: I just updated the first post to contain links to some great tools for improving your chess game.
Also thanks for the QP MightyMage. I was actually surprised to receive this for this thread.
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Nebdar
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posted April 06, 2009 02:34 PM |
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Edited by Nebdar at 14:47, 06 Apr 2009.
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I'm almost registered on the chess.com i only need the activation mail... then i can think about playing... Ok i am registerd. Nebdar is the user name... now i need a friendly player & proper time zone..
What type of player am I:
I know basics, need to learn a lot and need a lot frendly practice to get in proper shape.
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RedSoxFan3
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posted April 06, 2009 03:34 PM |
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Alright I'll add you to the player directory.
As for chess.com, we can play each other via correspondence chess or online chess. You get days per move, so you can play anyone in any timezone.
I don't recommend using chess.com live chess unless you use Firefox. But it's still not perfectly stable there.
The best thing to do though at chess.com is to use the tactics trainer. The way it works is they have about 20000 chess problems. Each problem is rated based on how successfully and how quickly players are able to complete the problem. You also get a tactics rating. When you complete problems successfully in a short peroid of time, your rating will go up while the problems rating will go down.
When I first started doing tactics trainer, my rating wasn't very good and at one point I bottomed out at 972. However now it's usually up around 1900. Last month I peaked at 2055.
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RedSoxFan3
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posted April 10, 2009 08:02 PM |
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Here's a chess problem from one of my recent games.
Black to move.
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Doomforge
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posted April 10, 2009 08:18 PM |
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Not much of a problem here
1 ... ; a1 x a7
2 a8 x a7 ; b4 a5 ++
Anyway, I must challenge you one day, RSF. I'm pretty good at chess, actually (no bragging  )
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RedSoxFan3
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posted April 10, 2009 08:30 PM |
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Where do you usually play chess?
I can add you to the directory.
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Doomforge
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posted April 10, 2009 08:42 PM |
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Never tried online. Local chess club from time to time. In the past I used to visit it more often, but now, I'm usually busy :/
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posted April 10, 2009 09:35 PM |
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Doesn't correspondence chess take an awful lot of time? (to finish a game I mean)
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RedSoxFan3
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posted April 10, 2009 09:41 PM |
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It depends. If the two of you take 2 days every move, then yes. But I've finished 30 move games in as quick as 3 or 4 days before.
Chess.com also has Live chess and that works reasonably well now with Firefox.
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RedSoxFan3
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posted April 13, 2009 09:16 AM |
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Here's another problem. This one should be harder to find than the last one.
BLACK TO MOVE
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Asheera
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posted April 13, 2009 08:35 PM |
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Who moves first?
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RedSoxFan3
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posted April 14, 2009 10:55 AM |
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Sorry about that. Black to move.
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