Chess

[AndyZaltzHair]

Magrat had more accuracy and made less blunder compared but the trap was set! Good game

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Magrat had more accuracy and made less blunder compared but the trap was set! Good game

What's annoying is I saw that mate trap earlier but had somehow convinced myself it wasn't a problem any more. Well played though

 

[Uppercut]

Creative stuff from AZH.

I need a break from the daily games, I somehow can’t stop them taking up a silly amount of headspace.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Creative stuff from AZH.

I need a break from the daily games, I somehow can’t stop them taking up a silly amount of headspace.

I guess me too

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

What's annoying is I saw that mate trap earlier but had somehow convinced myself it wasn't a problem any more. Well played though

Rook to h8 would save the day I thought

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Rook to h8 would save the day I thought

Yeah or pawn f5 to allow the king to move out. Just got greedy!

the analysis also informs me I missed a mate in one. true facepalm match

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

CW Chess Championship 2020

Welcome to the first ever chess championship in the history of CW.

I’m thinking about a format that will suit us all. We can do ‘one move per day’ or ‘one move per half a day’ whichever suits the majority. Blitz will be difficult to arrange due to timezone difference. Please suggest and we can decide on a format depending on number of participants.

Registration is open

Players so far:

 

[GotSpin]

Couple interesting games on right now. Particularly tough struggle with Spark while I've had a really slow game with Marcuss too

 

[Spark]

Couple interesting games on right now. Particularly tough struggle with Spark while I've had a really slow game with Marcuss too

This is a really, really weird game. The position has been incredibly sharp since about move 5, it feels like.

 

[CricAddict]

"Quite interested" eh, looks to me like you've played 20,000 games .

Pretty impressive rating too.

Thanks UC. Yeah addicted to chess almost as much as cricket. But more than 90% of those 20,000 are blitz (3-minute games). Almost lost touch on playing a normal game now

 

[GotSpin]

This is a really, really weird game. The position has been incredibly sharp since about move 5, it feels like.

Apart from my blunder just then

 

[Spark]

Apart from my blunder just then

I mean I blundered a full rook in one move earlier so I guess that evens it up

 

[GotSpin]

I mean I blundered a full rook in one move earlier so I guess that evens it up

Think I've thrown this one away. Good game though

 

[Uppercut]

This is a really, really weird game. The position has been incredibly sharp since about move 5, it feels like.

Haha I only really played blitz until recently and it’s much more tactically different than I thought. Initiative is less important in the day games because you have time to defend properly.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Gotspin in a very good winning position and expecting a very tough game against cricaddict

 

[CricAddict]

CW Chess Championship 2020

Welcome to the first ever chess championship in the history of CW.

I’m thinking about a format that will suit us all. We can do ‘one move per day’ or ‘one move per half a day’ whichever suits the majority. Blitz will be difficult to arrange due to timezone difference. Please suggest and we can decide on a format depending on number of participants.

Registration is open

Players so far:

Count me in, AZH.

 

[CricAddict]

Haha I only really played blitz until recently and it’s much more tactically different than I thought. Initiative is less important in the day games because you have time to defend properly.

Yeah, I am realizing this too. The thought process is as different as T20 and test cricket. As AZH has mentioned below, it looks a very tough game right now.

 

[honestbharani]

Count me in too, AZH. Finally a world championship that allows minnows.

 

[GotSpin]

Yeah I’m in

 

[CricAddict]

CW Chess Championship 2020

Welcome to the first ever chess championship in the history of CW.

I’m thinking about a format that will suit us all. We can do ‘one move per day’ or ‘one move per half a day’ whichever suits the majority. Blitz will be difficult to arrange due to timezone difference. Please suggest and we can decide on a format depending on number of participants.

Registration is open

Players so far:

Can we do both regular and blitz championships? Saying this with a biased view as I see more of a chance for me to get through the rounds in blitz while not too sure about regular.