been playing online computer chess last few weeks

Computer Level 6

Played 11, Lost 11!

https://play.chess.com/aQga

Anyone want a quick 10 minute challenge?  (match)

I'm prone to multi blunders..

https://play.chess.com/aQga

Charlie, politics, Norfolk, darren, elis... anyone???

Computer Level 6

Played 12, Lost 12!

Emitdeb,

I'll give you a game, but not 10 minutes!

What time do you prefer Norfolk?

30 minutes!

Computer Level 6

Played 13, Lost 13!

ok

I'll play white!

https://play.chess.com/jVQj

when youre ready...

oh.. dunno, think its random

Cheers Norfolk.. sry, didnt mean to slow roll you.. only see it at the last second

Far too good for me!

When I'm playing against the computer I always play white, can't yet used to playing black!

racist..

Norfolk, you should click play live chess, new game, set the time you want, say 30 minutes.. they sort you a random player close to your ranking... much much better than playing computer.

I'd rather play against the computer, no time limit and I'm guaranteed to be playing white!

I can't get used to playing black!

i didnt like to say that norfolk, but im used to playing  white on here as well, did try black once hated it, just couldnt get used to it , so im always white

if i play you norfolk, we,ll both be white

ps ive lost count of the score but level 7 its really is smething like 160-0 , ive had a stalemate , and once pp thought i should have won{ that was the draw i think), the others i get thrashed, should stick to my level 3 or 4 to be honest

I play 10 minute games on lichess,yesterday an opponent blundered and rather than just resign
he told me to f off 3 times ! usualy bad losers just abandon the game.

chess.com has a button to report bad sports... I've pressed it once when the guy just walked after blundering his Queen away, had to wait 10 + minutes to time out. That's quite rare though.

elisjohn • June 9, 2020 10:34 AM BST
if i play you norfolk, we,ll both be white

Computer Level 6

Played 14, Lost 14!

anyone want beating?

Me..

https://play.chess.com/E5m8

2-2.. Cheers darren 

think that's 2-2 now, well done, went for a rematch and it'd linked me up with someone else

Computer Level 6

Played 15, Lost 15!

emiteb wiped the table with me, maybe tomorrow.

Where's Charie?... youre next.

I think if i cut out all my blunders and learn a few smart ars moves... i'd be above average.

Emitdeb,

I'll give you a game, but only if I'm white!

ok.. its radom, so if youre black we can abort.

Ok, set it up and we'll see!

https://play.chess.com/YnCx

try this

ive sent rematch

Ok!

let me set up custom match..

Ok!

https://play.chess.com/AJRk

this is good

let me try again..

Ok!

https://play.chess.com/pi3i

I know what went wrong..

Ok!

this time

im back, with some new moves

norfolk  are you still there?

are you both in a game ?

Yes!

darren?

we are trying

it's 5-2 to you thus far

How did you blow that???

it's crashed

6-2

1 draw

7-2 and 1 draw

can't believe the last 3 games, 3 games ago I had you beat and you had 20 seconds left and you still got me, 2 games ago I had 2 queens on your king and it ended a draw, last game I was +8 up and gave away my queen!

I was a broken man... dunno how you threw them away...

partypolitics , im white can you win this for me

black   pawn a5 f6    b b4   rooks d6 &e5   king g7

white pawns  b3 f3 g4  b d5   rook b1 d3  king d1
whites move
1.e4c5
2.Nc3e6
3.Nf3a6
4.d4d5
5.dxc5Bxc5
6.exd5Nf6
7.dxe6Qxd1+
8.Nxd1Ke7
9.exf7Bg4
10.h3Be6
11.Bg5h6
12.Bxf6+gxf6
13.Nd2Nc6
14.Nb3Bxb3
15.cxb3Bb4+
16.Nc3Rad8
17.a3Bd6
18.g4Be5
19.Bg2Kxf7
20.Bxc6Bxc3+
21.Ke2Bxb2
22.Rab1Rd6
23.Bxb7Bxa3
24.Rhd1a5
25.Bd5+Kg7
26.Rd3h5
27.f3Re8+
28.Kd2Bb4+
29.Kc2hxg4
30.hxg4Re2+
31.Kd1Re5

latest

1.e4c5
2.Nc3e6
3.Nf3a6
4.d4d5
5.dxc5Bxc5
6.exd5Nf6
7.dxe6Qxd1+
8.Nxd1Ke7
9.exf7Bg4
10.h3Be6
11.Bg5h6
12.Bxf6+gxf6
13.Nd2Nc6
14.Nb3Bxb3
15.cxb3Bb4+
16.Nc3Rad8
17.a3Bd6
18.g4Be5
19.Bg2Kxf7
20.Bxc6Bxc3+
21.Ke2Bxb2
22.Rab1Rd6
23.Bxb7Bxa3
24.Rhd1a5
25.Bd5+Kg7
26.Rd3h5
27.f3Re8+
28.Kd2Bb4+
29.Kc2hxg4
30.hxg4Re2+
31.Kd1Re5
32.Be4Rxd3+
33.Bxd3Kf8

partypolitics , im white can you win this for me

black   pawn a5 f6    b b4   rooks d6 &e5   king g7

white pawns  b3 f3 g4  b d5   rook b1 d3  king d1
whites move

It's a draw. White has to move his bishop to e4/c4, pair of rooks swapped. Black plays rook rook e1+, another pair of rooks come off. This leaves an opposite coloured bishop ending that is nearly always drawn as each side controls opposite coloured squares.

32.Be4Rxd3+
33.Bxd3Kf8

thats the latest, im going out now

game drawn by repetition

1.e4c5
2.Nc3e6
3.Nf3a6
4.d4d5
5.dxc5Bxc5
6.exd5Nf6
7.dxe6Qxd1+
8.Nxd1Ke7
9.exf7Bg4
10.h3Be6
11.Bg5h6
12.Bxf6+gxf6
13.Nd2Nc6
14.Nb3Bxb3
15.cxb3Bb4+
16.Nc3Rad8
17.a3Bd6
18.g4Be5
19.Bg2Kxf7
20.Bxc6Bxc3+
21.Ke2Bxb2
22.Rab1Rd6
23.Bxb7Bxa3
24.Rhd1a5
25.Bd5+Kg7
26.Rd3h5
27.f3Re8+
28.Kd2Bb4+
29.Kc2hxg4
30.hxg4Re2+
31.Kd1Re5
32.Be4Rxd3+
33.Bxd3Kf8
34.Kc2Ke7
35.Bf1Bd6
36.Kd3Bc5
37.f4Rd5+
38.Kc4Ke6
39.f5+Kd6
40.Bg2Rd4+
41.Kb5Bb4
42.Rh1Bd2
43.Rd1a4
44.bxa4Rb4+
45.Ka5Rd4+
46.Kb5Rb4+
47.Ka5Rd4+
48.Kb51/2-1/2

Computer Level 6

Played 16, Lost 16!

Computer Level 6

Played 17, Lost 17!

Computer Level 6

Played 18, Lost 18!

Just played and beat a North Korean hope Kim Jong Un doesn't find out. If I was him I'd make my way to the South Korean border and start digging a tunnel, preferably a starting a 1000 miles back to be on the safe side.

Computer Level 6

Played 19, Lost 19!

Computer Level 6

Played 20, Lost 20!

PPOLITICS

ive got to go to work now, this is level 7 , im white ,me to move, really think this is my chance of victory
im scared ill have to leave the match now till maybe lunch and might lose the site. anyway here it is

1.e4e6
2.f3c5
3.Nc3Ne7
4.g3Nbc6
5.Bb5a6
6.Bxc6bxc6
7.d3h6
8.a4c4
9.b3cxb3
10.cxb3c5
11.Ba3d6
12.h4Qb6
13.Nge2Rb8
14.Nc1f5
15.g4c4
16.dxc4d5
17.exd5Ng6
18.d6Qe3+
19.N1e2Bd7
20.Qd4f4
21.Qxe3fxe3
22.b4Rc8
23.c5Bc6
24.Rf1Bxd6
25.cxd6Rf8

Easy win for white.

i made a good move somewhere  to put me in this position, honestly it was a fluke coz i havent a clue where i did it!

im home ready to continue for my 1st win in level 7, and my laptop crashed and ive lost the game, knew it would happen,

as a newbie to chess, how do you look at all the grid positions posted on this thread and know what is what and who is going to win straight away lol ?

Jun 12, 2020 -- 11:34AM, darren_discombobulates_sports wrote:

as a newbie to chess, how do you look at all the grid positions posted on this thread and know what is what and who is going to win straight away lol ?

Some folks (the best players) can just work it out in their head. I can't, I have a board beside my computer.

it is pretty impressive, the game itself requires a lot of attention and concentration which I struggle to give it, waiting even 20 seconds for someone to make a move is a lifetime to me and I switch tabs, suppose I'm more suited to 3 minute games.

The shorter the game you play the more reliant you become on the equipment you have. You need everything to be fast. I never play a, say, three minute game unless there's an increment.

how do you mean the equipment? chess skills?

No, internet speed, computer and mouse in general. There are other things like not having other applications running. I've often found the clock time you appear to have left isn't correct.

You also need to learn when to pre-move.

A pre-move being when you make a move when your opponent is thinking. It's obviously not shown on the board but regardless of your opponent's move that is the move you make (if it's still legal). It's done to save time.

Jun 12, 2020 -- 12:35PM, Charlie wrote:

A pre-move being when you make a move when your opponent is thinking. It's obviously not shown on the board but regardless of your opponent's move that is the move you make (if it's still legal). It's done to save time.

When Charlie posted that, it reminded me of the two guys who were playing postal chess (pre computer internet  days). You made a move and posted it off to your opponent for him to move and reply. Anyway the first fella makes his first move 1.e4 His opponent posts back 1..g6 with a note to say that whichever move you play I am going to play 2..Bg7.  So his opponent posted back his second move, 2.Bh6 !

Oops, should have been 1.d4 not e4, sorry.

would have posted a picture of a head in hands man along with my next move.

Postal chess used to be good fun but wouldn't touch it now because of chess engines.

PPOLITICS

BLACK  A7 B7 C7 C6   BB6   KING G7

WHITE A2  B4  C3   H3     BB3  KING D2

IM WHITE ME TO MOVE

SHOULD I ADVANCE H3, I THINK THATS MY CHANCE

I RECKON DRAW BUT I THINK IM SLIGHT FAV IF IT WAS YOU PLAYING

ive moved king d3       black bishop f2

i havent a scoobies what move next , ok ive done pawn to a4, black gone king f6

It's almost certainly a draw. Opposite coloured bishops , (similar to a previous position) where each controls their colour of squares so hard for any side to make headway. Note that if you were just left with your h pawn, bishop and king against king, you can't get the pawn into h8 to queen as your bishop is the wrong colour. It needs to be the same colour as the queening square.

ive settled for draw

Worth remembering that if you can steer the endgame into an opposite coloured bishop endgame, you will have drawing chances even though you might be a couple of pawns down.