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http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8047
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4. We now know the exact outcome of this position, assuming perfect play, of course. I know your next question, so I am going to pre-empt it: there is only one move that draws for White, and that is, somewhat surprisingly, 3.Be2. Every other move loses by force.

Don't play this as White. grin

 

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Oh man, I wish I was still sharp enough to play chess...

 

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I play a mean monopoly..

 

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Euchre is where it's at.

 

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I got bored with chess after I beat someone in only two moves.

Do any of you know how I did it?

 

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Cawlin posted:
Oh man, I wish I was still sharp enough to play chess...


Yeah. miss the long nights of chess.

 

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Backgammon

 

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The neat thing is that Bobby Fischer called this 50 years ago.

 

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Jorrdan posted:
Backgammon


Yeah the wife and I played a lot of that and Yatzee prior to MMOGs.

 

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Chess is boring. The lack of entropy makes it a dull affair.

 

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Yukishiro1 posted:
Chess is boring. The lack of entropy makes it a dull affair.

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Woody Allen did a short piece on a correspondence chess game with moves written in letters where both guys think the board looks different . Ill see if I can find it. i think it was called the Vardebedian papers laugh



Enjoy here it is:

http://rakaposhi.eas.asu.edu/f03-cse471-mailarchive/msg00081.html

 

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Woody Allen Whatever Works

 

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