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Post by dancelover on Jan 16, 2014 17:49:08 GMT
White: me (USCF rating Class C) - Black: Zach (teaches chess to kids)
Indian Defense (by transpostion)
1 e4, c6; 2 Nf3, Nf6; 3 Nc3, g6; 4 d4, d6; 5 Bc4, Bg7; 6 O-O, Bg4; 7 h3, Bxf3; 8 Qxf3, Nd7; 9 Bf4, e5; 10 dxe5, Nxe5; 11 Bxe5, dxe5; 12 Rad1, Qe7; 13 Qe2, O-O; opening complete; begin Middle Game 14 f4, Qc5+; 15 Kh1, Nh5; 16 Rf3, Nxf4; 17 Qf1, b5; 18 Bb3, a5; 19 a3!, a4; 20 Ba2, b4; 21 axb4, Qxb4; 22 g3, Ne6; 23 Rd7!, Ng5; 24 Bxf7+, Rxf7?; 25 Rfxf7, Nxf7; 26 Qxf7+, Kh8; 27 Qxg7 Checkmate 1-0
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Post by Xas on Jan 16, 2014 20:28:32 GMT
Not wishing to be pedantic, but I was watching QI (awesomely funny/nerdy British sort of anti-quiz programme hosted by Stephen Fry) earlier this week, and I'm sure they said chess came from China. I'll let you get back to your game...
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Post by mogambo on Jan 17, 2014 1:14:54 GMT
Most informed literature gives credit for chess to India. According to Wikipedia Origin The precursors of chess originated in India during the Gupta Empire, where its early form in the 6th century was known as chaturaṅga, which translates as "four divisions (of the military)": infantry, cavalry, elephantry, and chariotry, represented by the pieces that would evolve into the modern pawn, knight, bishop, and rook, respectively. According to chess historians Gerhard Josten and Isaak Linder, "the early beginnings" of chess can be traced back to the Kushan Empire in Ancient Afghanistan. Chess was introduced to Persia from India and became a part of the princely or courtly education of Persian nobility. In Sassanid Persia around 600 the name became chatrang, which subsequently evolved to shatranj, due to Arab Muslims' lack of ch and ng native sounds, and the rules were developed further. Players started calling "Shāh!" (Persian for "King!") when attacking the opponent's king, and "Shāh Māt!" (Persian for "the king is helpless" – see checkmate) when the king was attacked and could not escape from attack. These exclamations persisted in chess as it traveled to other lands. The game was taken up by the Muslim world after the Islamic conquest of Persia, with the pieces largely keeping their Persian names. The Moors of North Africa rendered Persian "shatranj" as shaṭerej, which gave rise to the Spanish acedrex, axedrez and ajedrez; in Portuguese it became xadrez, and in Greek zatrikion, but in the rest of Europe it was replaced by versions of the Persian shāh ("king"). Thus, the game came to be called ludus scacchorum or scacc(h)i in Latin, scacchi in Italian, escacs in Catalan, échecs in French (Old French eschecs); schaken in Dutch, Schach in German, szachy in Polish, šahs in Latvian, skak in Danish, sjakk in Norwegian, schack in Swedish, šakki in Finnish, šah in South Slavic languages, sakk in Hungarian and şah in Romanian; there are two theories about why this change happened: 1.From the exclamation "check" or "checkmate" as it was pronounced in various languages. 2.From the first chessmen known of in Western Europe (except Iberia and Greece) being ornamental chess kings brought in as curios by Muslim traders. The Mongols call the game shatar, and in Ethiopia it is called senterej, both evidently derived from shatranj. Chess spread directly from the Middle East to Russia, where chess became known as шахматы (shakhmaty, literally "checkmates", a plurale tantum). The game reached Western Europe and Russia by at least three routes, the earliest being in the 9th century. By the year 1000 it had spread throughout Europe. Introduced into the Iberian Peninsula by the Moors in the 10th century, it was described in a famous 13th-century manuscript covering shatranj, backgammon and dice named the Libro de los juegos. Chess spread throughout the world and many variants of the game soon began taking shape. Buddhist pilgrims, Silk Road traders and others carried it to the Far East where it was transformed and assimilated into a game often played on the intersection of the lines of the board rather than within the squares. Chaturanga reached Europe through Persia, the Byzantine empire and the expanding Arabian empire. Muslims carried chess to North Africa, Sicily, and Iberia by the 10th century. The game was developed extensively in Europe, and by the late 15th century, it had survived a series of prohibitions and Christian Church sanctions to almost take the shape of the modern game. Modern history saw reliable reference works, competitive chess tournaments and exciting new variants which added to the game's popularity, further bolstered by reliable timing mechanisms (first introduced in 1861), effective rules and charismatic players. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_chess
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Post by dancelover on Jan 17, 2014 16:49:12 GMT
You want a joke, Xas? The "ch" is from China, but the "ess" is from Sindh, so the majority of the origin is from India. BTWay, are yu from that province in China which begins with X? Xaoping? Dancelover Not wishing to be pedantic, but I was watching QI (awesomely funny/nerdy British sort of anti-quiz programme hosted by Stephen Fry) earlier this week, and I'm sure they said chess came from China. I'll let you get back to your game...
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Post by Xas on Jan 17, 2014 18:55:17 GMT
I stand corrected. As you were. PS: I might be, dl, you never know.
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Post by dancelover on Mar 5, 2014 23:59:57 GMT
Another chess game White: me -- Black: Alex (another chess teacher) French Defense
1 e4, e6; 2 Bb5?, Nc6?; White's second move is not considered in any opening textbook, because of 2 ... a6; 3Ba4, b5; 4Bb3 or 3Bc4, b5, 4 Be2 each moving B three times. White's least bad escape may be 3 Be2, which is still two B moves in the opening, wasting a tempo. Instead Black proceeded with his planned development, leaving White's B to impede his game. 3 Nf3, Nf6; 4 Nc3, d5; 5 exd5, Nxd5; 6 Ne5, Bd7; 7 Nxd7, Qxd7; 8 O-O, Bd6; 9 d4, a6 10 Be2, O-O; 11 Nxd5, exd5; 12 Be3, Rae8; End of Opening; position is even. Now White will attack in the center of the board. 13 c4 (threatening to put a pawn on d5 attacking the Black knight), Ne7? (allowing the Bishop to be trapped); 14 c5, Bxh2+; 15 Kxh2, c6 (threatening 16 ... Qc7+); 16 g3, Nf5 (strong, threatening forks); 17 Bg4! (pinning the N to the Q), g6; 18 Qd3, Re4; 19 Bf4, h5; 20 f3, Rxf4 (there are several ways Black might win back his piece); 21 Bh3! (traps R), Rxd4; 22 Qxd4 (wins exchange & offers to swap Qs), h4 (tries to decline offer) 23 Qxh4, Qd8; 24 Qxd8, Rxd8; 25 Bxf5, exf5; End of Middlegame; White has two rooks & five pawns, Black has only one rook & six pawns with a passed pawn. 26 Kg2, Kg7; 27 Rfe1 (taking open file), (d4 pushing passed pawn); 28 Rad1, d3; 29 Rd2, Rd5; 30 b4, Kf6 ; 31 Red1, Ke5 (too far away to help); 32 Rxd3, Rxd3; 33 Rxd3 (Black's last real hope gone), f4; 34 Rd7, fxg3; 35 Rxb7, Kf4; 36 Rxf7+, Ke8 & Resigns. 1-0
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