Lets play a game of Chess

[Hueristic]

What?
We are mated. We can't move into check.

No we're not (yet). Look at Qxb7+.

W0W my eyes are getting really bad!

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[mathgal23]

What?
We are mated. We can't move into check.

No we're not (yet). Look at Qxb7+.

W0W my eyes are getting really bad!

All chess players overlook simple things at some point:)

[Hueristic]

What?
We are mated. We can't move into check.

No we're not (yet). Look at Qxb7+.

W0W my eyes are getting really bad!

All chess players overlook simple things at some point:)

Thx

[boolberry]

I see our opponent is stumped this move. We will almost certainly win if he cannot find the best move here!














Just kidding. I am sure he will find the best move:)

[letsplayagame]

Your move bitcointalk. You have the black pieces

The current position is updated below

Game 2 (letsplayagame vs bitcointalk):
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.f3 Bf5 18.a4 b4 19.c4 Nf6 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Be3 c5 22.Nd2 Rxe3 23.Rxe3 cxd4 24.Ree1 d3 25.c5 Bxc5+ 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.Re5 Bh3 28.Qe1 Bd6 29.Rc1 Bxe5 30.Qxe5 Qg6 31.Rc6 Rc8 32.Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.Bc4 Bd7 34.Qd4 g4 35.Bxd3 Qg5 36.f4 Qd5+ 37.Qxd5 Nxd5 38.b3 Bc8 39.Kg1 h5 40.Kf2 h4 41.Nc4 hxg3+ 42.hxg3 Nf6 43.Nb6 Bb7 44.a5 Kf8 45.Na4 Nd7 46.Ke3 Ke7 47.Kd4 Kd6 48.Nb2 Bd5 49.Bc4 Bxc4 50.Nxc4+ Kc6 51.Ne5+ Nxe5 52.Kxe5 Kb5 53.Kf6 Kxa5 54.Kxf7 Kb6 55.f5 a5 56.f6 a4 57.bxa4 b3 58.Kg7 b2 50.f7 b1=Q 51.f8=Q Qe4 52.Qb8+ Ka6 53.Qb5+ Ka7 54.Qc5+ Kb7 55.a5 Ka8 56.a6 Qf3 57.Qc8+ Ka7 58.Qb7+ Qxb7+ 59.axb7

[GoldTiger69]

Kxb7: 1 vote (GoldTiger69)

[Morecoin Freeman]

Kxb7: 2 votes (GoldTiger69, Morecoin Freeman)

[boolberry]

Kxb7: 3 votes (GoldTiger69, Morecoin Freeman, boolberry)

[marcus1986]

Kxb7: 4 votes (GoldTiger69, Morecoin Freeman, boolberry, marcus1986)

[letsplayagame]

Your move bitcointalk. You have the black pieces

The current position is updated below

Game 2 (letsplayagame vs bitcointalk):
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 g5 16.Qf1 Qh5 17.f3 Bf5 18.a4 b4 19.c4 Nf6 20.Re1 Rfe8 21.Be3 c5 22.Nd2 Rxe3 23.Rxe3 cxd4 24.Ree1 d3 25.c5 Bxc5+ 26.Kh1 Rd8 27.Re5 Bh3 28.Qe1 Bd6 29.Rc1 Bxe5 30.Qxe5 Qg6 31.Rc6 Rc8 32.Rxc8+ Bxc8 33.Bc4 Bd7 34.Qd4 g4 35.Bxd3 Qg5 36.f4 Qd5+ 37.Qxd5 Nxd5 38.b3 Bc8 39.Kg1 h5 40.Kf2 h4 41.Nc4 hxg3+ 42.hxg3 Nf6 43.Nb6 Bb7 44.a5 Kf8 45.Na4 Nd7 46.Ke3 Ke7 47.Kd4 Kd6 48.Nb2 Bd5 49.Bc4 Bxc4 50.Nxc4+ Kc6 51.Ne5+ Nxe5 52.Kxe5 Kb5 53.Kf6 Kxa5 54.Kxf7 Kb6 55.f5 a5 56.f6 a4 57.bxa4 b3 58.Kg7 b2 50.f7 b1=Q 51.f8=Q Qe4 52.Qb8+ Ka6 53.Qb5+ Ka7 54.Qc5+ Kb7 55.a5 Ka8 56.a6 Qf3 57.Qc8+ Ka7 58.Qb7+ Qxb7+ 59.axb7 Kxb7 60.Kf6

[Morecoin Freeman]

Well played letsplayagame. I vote for resigning.

[tifozi]

Well played letsplayagame. I vote for resigning.

Could have been a couple of moves ago as I had posted, but I agree about resigning. Although I joined midway (it wouldn't have mattered) but really impressive play by @letsplayagame.

[swogerino]

Let's resign and start anew. Hopefully this time we'll have better luck.

[valta4065]

Well played letsplayagame. I vote for resigning.

Yeah, only new game possible here.

But why resigning? Nobody can win here no?

[Gleb Gamow]

I see a stalemate.

[Hueristic]

I've been wrong alot but it looks like a stalemate to me.

Just Kc,d,e,f right?

[tifozi]

He is not going to make any mistakes for a stalemate.

Just watch this video for a good few pointers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-UcVihtK9M

Coming to actual votes

Resign : 3 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tifozi, swogerino)

[boolberry]

Resign : 4 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tifozi, swogerino, boolberry)

Stalemate will not be possible because we cannot obtain opposition. If the pawns were on h3 and h4 instead of g3 and g4 the position would be drawn.

For example white can win by playing g7 when our king is on g8 and his king is on f6. After we play Kh7 he plays Kf7 and queens the pawn



If it was an h pawn the game would result in stalemate because there is no i file for our king to escape to (a and h K+P vs K endgames are always drawn if the defending king can get in front of the pawn)
 


Below is the position we want (king opposition and white to move) since after white plays g7+ and we play Kg8 white cannot both defend the pawn and prevent stalemate. There is no way we can force this because white will make sure it is our move (not his) if we reach this position



If you study the 3 positions above hopefully you can see why opposition matters for K + (b through g) P vs K endings and why K + (a or h) P vs K is different. Conceptually this should make sense as there are less escape squares on the edge of the board.

Want more proof about that a and h pawns are different? Try to win this position with white. Black will stay in the corner and move his king back and forth until stalemate:

[marcus1986]

Resign : 5 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tifozi, swogerino, boolberry, marcus1986)

[TipZ]

I've been looking at this thread for a while now without participating as i consider myself as a really bad chess player.

Congratulation to everyone as it was really interesting to follow a game between players who know how to play!