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Alpha10

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20 Jul 04

Alpha10

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20 Jul 04

If you were down by 3 passed pawns with a bishop left, would you resign?

seraphimvulture

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20 Jul 04

Originally posted by Alpha10
If you were down by 3 passed pawns with a bishop left, would you resign?

Depends on the position of the Bishop and the three passed pawns. Say you were Black and had a bishop on Bf6 and White had passed pawns on c4, b3, and a2. Those pawns aren't going anywhere any time soon.

Hope that was helpful.

-Kev

Alpha10

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20 Jul 04

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The irony is, I offered him a draw earlier and he declined it....

Aaron

orfeo

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On a ship of fools

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20 Jul 04

I'm by no means an expert on any of this, but I'd say there was still just a tiny little more work to do for a result. Not a lot, a little. I personally wouldn't resign because I'd like to see how the finishing touches are done.

Get one of those extra pawns promoted and he might reconsider!

Phlabibit

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20 Jul 04

We really should not talk about a game in progress..... regardless of how little we talk about it.

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Alpha10

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20 Jul 04

Bibit man, you're trippin......It's not like I'm asking for help with the game........come on man....ya'll need to lighten up a little bit...

Phlabibit

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20 Jul 04

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You are not asking... but someone might say... and it is not fair to the person you are playing

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Thanx bud, like I said... not a huge deal... but it is a no no.

SirLoseALot

Shut Gorohoviy!

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20 Jul 04

Alpha,the Phla is right.Talking about ongoing games is not done,no matter what you say about it.It's very unfair and unsporting.

deathbypawn

Pancake Gobbler

Great Pancake Heist

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20 Jul 04

yes it is quite serious even punishable by losing subscription or getting rating knocked back

latex bishop

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20 Jul 04

Originally posted by deathbypawn
yes it is quite serious even punishable by losing subscription or getting rating knocked back

I am not sure about that!!!

But aaron, if the opponent in question reads your thread and responses to it ic could force him into a resignation he would not normally have made.

I know it is frustrating with the six game limit for non members, but yo do play most (all?) your games on 1 day time outs so you will win sooner or later.

Have you looked at uchess.com for speedy (very speedy!) play?

Andrew

Alpha10

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20 Jul 04

Thanks for the suggestions, but time is running out for me...I will soon be offline for a few months and thats why I play mostly 1 day timeouts, and only have 3 concurrent games right now