Ideas Begind the Openings

greenpawn34

Only Chess

30 Jul 14 21:25

greenpawn34

Joined: 06 May 08
Moves: 43465

30 Jul 14 21:25

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Was looking for something else found an old Rueben Fine book.

Used it as the inspiration for a Blog.

One lad in the 2014 Championship has caught two players
with the same 4-5 move opening trap.

(when does Round Two start? Or has it and I've dipped out.)

Mention Rueben Fine and someone will mention his book on Endings.
I found a few simple RHP blunders in KRP + KR endings.

Blog 4

greenpawn34

Joined: 06 May 08
Moves: 43465

30 Jul 14 22:42

Forgot to mention.

I have made the Wiki Chess Records page.

wolfgang59

Quiz Master

RHP Arms

Joined: 09 Jun 07
Moves: 48794

31 Jul 14 01:01

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Forgot to mention.

I have made the Wiki Chess Records page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Records

Which band were you in? The Three Pins?

greenpawn34

Joined: 06 May 08
Moves: 43465

31 Jul 14 05:53

Yes the three pins.

It was pointed out to me after the game what I had done.
Three pieces can take the Knight giving mate - the three pieces are pinned to the King,

Fame at last.

DeepThought

Losing the Thread

Quarantined World

Joined: 27 Oct 04
Moves: 87415

31 Jul 14 23:58

Originally posted by greenpawn34
Yes the three pins.

[fen]2rqkrQ1/pp1nb3/5N2/1BP5/3B3P/5P2/PPP5/2K1R3 b - - 0 27[/fen]
It was pointed out to me after the game what I had done.
Three pieces can take the Knight giving mate - the three pieces are pinned to the King,

Fame at last.

Congratulations, lovely end position.

64squaresofpain

The drunk knight

Stuck on g1

Joined: 02 Sep 12
Moves: 61519

01 Aug 14 18:04

Originally posted by wolfgang59
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Records

Which band were you in? The Three Pins?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_chess#Largest_number_of_helpless_pinned_pieces

Excellent stuff!

Paul Leggett

Chess Librarian

The Stacks

Joined: 21 Aug 09
Moves: 115025

02 Aug 14 12:10

Originally posted by wolfgang59
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Records

Which band were you in? The Three Pins?

There are probably a lot of people who did not get this reference, but this was pretty funny! McKinley Morganfield would approve!

greenpawn34

Joined: 06 May 08
Moves: 43465

02 Aug 14 13:50

Here are the rules:

You lot supply the bad moves and I'll do the jokes.

Eladar

Joined: 12 Jul 08
Moves: 13814

03 Aug 14 19:16

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Originally posted by greenpawn34
Here are the rules:

You lot supply the bad moves and I'll do the jokes.

I'm going my best!

Btw, I loved your line about showing Carlsen's games. Not quite as good as the explanation for the wee green light, but made me literally laugh out loud.

wolfgang59

Quiz Master

RHP Arms

Joined: 09 Jun 07
Moves: 48794

03 Aug 14 23:54

Originally posted by Paul Leggett
There are probably a lot of people who did not get this reference, but this was pretty funny! McKinley Morganfield would approve!

Thank you.
I hope Greenpawn didn't mind me muddying the waters.
I'll leave the jokes to him now! 😉

hunterknox

Hopeless romantic

The sticks

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Moves: 41291

23 Aug 14 20:47

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I had this thread on my mind when I managed to get this position in the blitz room earlier (white to play):

Luckily for me (white) my opponent resigned. There's an elegant forced mate but it's beyond my powers of visualisation, at least in the minute I had left.