Poly chess championship: join us now

muxec · August 10, 2003, 03:49

If you want to join poly championship you are welcome. Pls join in pairs. (Even if you are single you are welcome to play? but you'll wait for JW to finish his curent game)
If the number of participant will not be more than 6 everybody will play once with everybody (15 psrties) if more players will participate we'll play four rounds of Winner vs Winner&L.vs.L.

MichaeltheGreat · August 10, 2003, 12:41

Harry Seldon had joined, but Jamski never showed up, so Harry needs an opponent.

muxec · August 10, 2003, 13:09

OK, i can play two paralel games. We'll play 10 games, everybody vs everybody. Now Harry Seldon should play white vs. SRalph and play black vs. JWarior .
JW, SR are you ready to play two games at the same time?
Harry Seldon, you?

MichaeltheGreat · August 10, 2003, 13:24

So you want white or black against me this first game?

With five players, it would be 8 games to play each opponent from each side.

muxec · August 10, 2003, 14:08

No, everybody play once with everybody, everybody play 4 games and everybody play white twice.

MichaeltheGreat · August 10, 2003, 14:30

That ruins my draw as black, win as white strategy against Sir Ralph.

Harovan · August 10, 2003, 15:44

I can play more than one game at a time. And I'd have nothing against 2 rounds with different colors.

MichaeltheGreat · August 10, 2003, 15:58

I was joking around in my last post - whatever the majority of participants feel like is ok with me.

MichaeltheGreat · August 10, 2003, 16:00

BTW, Flubber is another poster who might be interested.

Dis · August 10, 2003, 16:14

do I have to know how to play chess?

Okay I know how to, but I'm not good at it

Jaguar · August 10, 2003, 23:52

Tell me who to play and I will start another game.

muxec · August 11, 2003, 03:22

Quote:

Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior
Tell me who to play and I will start another game.

You play white vs Harry Seldon
SirRalp, you play black vs. Harry Seldon

Diss, if you wanna join now you should play black with MTG and white with me... But i think that you would better participate in Apolyton trolling contest, where you have all chances to achive first place and get one week restriction.

muxec · August 11, 2003, 03:23

P.S: Waiting for Flubber's confirmation.

DrSpike · August 12, 2003, 06:11

I looked through the games, and I have some thoughts, some of which I already posted in individual threads.

1) It is useful to post a graphic at move 10, say, then every 5 moves after.

2) Long form algebraic notation doesn't seem necessary to me..........it's just so ugly and short-form is fine (check out the Ralph-MtG game).

3) As is standard in correspondence style games you can post conditional moves when there is an obvious recapture. For example:

10: Nxe4, and if ......10 Nxe4 then
11: etc

This might help keep things moving along.

Grumbold · August 12, 2003, 06:27

I think you guys need a Chess forum. You're certainly making more traffic than many of the hived off "other games"

Carolus Rex · August 16, 2003, 14:13

I sent Julius Brenzaida a private message about the games; hopefully he'll show up.

With all respect for the currently active players, whoever emerges as the strongest one will have to face JB IMHO before calling himself the Apolyton champ. Julius hasn't even let a draw out of his hands...

Carolus

zorbop · August 16, 2003, 21:48

chess in forums? that is a terrific idea!
i want to play. i will play next challenger.

David Floyd · August 17, 2003, 00:58

I used to play Chess constantly a few years back, actually I was pretty good. Unfortunately, I'm totally out of practice, and I never really learned the "Chess lingo" (move markings, etc.) so I'm afraid I'll sit this one out

muxec · August 17, 2003, 04:12

Temporary results
JW 2/3
Muxec 0/2
MTG - 1/1
SirRalph 1/1
Seldon 0/1

games won/games finished

MichaeltheGreat · August 17, 2003, 12:10

I only have the game with Sir Ralph going, and it's fairly slow moving in more ways than one, since it's a closed middlegame and we're 9 hours apart in time zone.

I'm available for a couple more.

zorbop · August 17, 2003, 14:43

Quote:

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
I only have the game with Sir Ralph going, and it's fairly slow moving in more ways than one, since it's a closed middlegame and we're 9 hours apart in time zone.

I'm available for a couple more.

ok. i will play you.

MichaeltheGreat · August 17, 2003, 15:35

muxec seems to be organizing things, so,

Hey muxec! What colors? I've played one of each so far.

muxec · August 17, 2003, 16:31

Zorbop plays white with me and black with you.

I'll post here a table soon.

MTG, i want to ask DanQ for adding "Chess league" to the list of membergroups.

MichaeltheGreat · August 17, 2003, 16:44

Muxec - great idea.

DrSpike · August 17, 2003, 17:01

Well if you suggest it it might go down better.

Urban Ranger · August 17, 2003, 23:06

Quote:

Originally posted by DrSpike
2) Long form algebraic notation doesn't seem necessary to me..........it's just so ugly and short-form is fine (check out the Ralph-MtG game).

Algebric notation is better, IMO