Lets play a game of Chess

[Foxpup]

7. 0-0.

[letsplayagame]

7. 0-0.

Thank you for actively participating. Would you be willing to announce once the community reaches a consensus? That way I wont have to count votes (which I hope will come along with more players) or worry about any disagreements.

If you do not have time for this maybe someone else can volunteer.  I only want to worry about my moves, not those of team bitcointalk.

[cjrosero]

I like cheese iam play everyday

i also like cheese specially when you put it on a burger:)lol this is a game of chess not Cheese.

is this game is all bitcointalk vs only you letsplayagame?

[Foxpup]

Thank you for actively participating. Would you be willing to announce once the community reaches a consensus? That way I wont have to count votes (which I hope will come along with more players) or worry about any disagreements.

That's easy enough. I only have to count to one. If there are no other moves proposed in the next 24 hours, I guess we're going with 7. 0-0.

[Foxpup]

Time's up. The decision to castle is unanimous. I hope we get more players soon.

[jjacob]

Castling is a good move.
It has my vote.

[letsplayagame]

The Sinquefield Cup has been distracting me from this thread.....

I will neither confirm or deny my participation. I will provide more clues in time...

Your move bitcointalk. You have the white pieces

The current position is updated below:

1. Nf3     d5
2. c4      e6
3. g3      Nf6
4. Bg2    dxc4
5. Qa4+  Nbd7
6. Qxc4   c5
7. 0-0     a6

[actmyname]

8. Qb6

[letsplayagame]

I don't know how to play chess but I really interested to it. Hoping that someday I can play that game.

Learning the rules will not take long. Start here:
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[letsplayagame]

8. Qb6

Do you mean Qb3? It is white to move

[actmyname]

Ah, sorry. That's my bad. Yes, I mean Qb3.

[abacus]

Exciting thread!
I was used to play chess with friends, years ago. Nothing specials, just a lot of fun at our low, amateur level.

About the move, it seems to me that now is the right time for the already proposed pawn in d4.

8. d4

[Sourgummies]

Exciting thread!
I was used to play chess with friends, years ago. Nothing specials, just a lot of fun at our low, amateur level.

About the move, it seems to me that now is the right time for the already proposed pawn in d4.

8. d4

Agree with this move.

[Foxpup]

8. Nc3.

About the move, it seems to me that now is the right time for the already proposed pawn in d4.

8. d4

I disagree. It's an even worse time than ever. It blocks off useful escapes from 8... b5 and we don't even have our rooks together yet. 8. d3 is better if you just want to get the bishop out.

So far we have two votes for d4, one for Qb3, and one for Nc3. I will support Qb3 or d3 if nobody else likes Nc3, since either of those are better than d4 in my opinion.

[Sourgummies]

8. Nc3.

About the move, it seems to me that now is the right time for the already proposed pawn in d4.

8. d4

I disagree. It's an even worse time than ever. It blocks off useful escapes from 8... b5 and we don't even have our rooks together yet. 8. d3 is better if you just want to get the bishop out.

So far we have two votes for d4, one for Qb3, and one for Nc3. I will support Qb3 or d3 if nobody else likes Nc3, since either of those are better than d4 in my opinion.

It actually opens up the board for other moves,the Queen may have less ways to run but that is short lived for one or two moves.

[actmyname]

8. Nc3.

About the move, it seems to me that now is the right time for the already proposed pawn in d4.

8. d4

I disagree. It's an even worse time than ever. It blocks off useful escapes from 8... b5 and we don't even have our rooks together yet. 8. d3 is better if you just want to get the bishop out.

So far we have two votes for d4, one for Qb3, and one for Nc3. I will support Qb3 or d3 if nobody else likes Nc3, since either of those are better than d4 in my opinion.

It actually opens up the board for other moves,the Queen may have less ways to run but that is short lived for one or two moves.

On 8. d4 there can be 8. b5
Then Bb7.

[abacus]

I disagree. It's an even worse time than ever. It blocks off useful escapes from 8... b5 and we don't even have our rooks together yet. 8. d3 is better if you just want to get the bishop out.

So far we have two votes for d4, one for Qb3, and one for Nc3. I will support Qb3 or d3 if nobody else likes Nc3, since either of those are better than d4 in my opinion.

I'm open to revise my suggested d4, as I've no problems to believe that it's not the best move. But I would like to share what lead me there just to see how far I could be from pursuing a good reasoning.

Beside opening the route for the bishop, the idea behind d4 is to contrast the power that Black has gained in the centre of the chessboard. This would happen (IMVHO) by swapping d4 with the pawn in c5, opening for us the d file where Queen and Rook could attack togheter.

If Black attacks Queen with b5 or Nb6, then we could still move Qd3, Qc2, Qc3, Qb3 and then swap the pawns.

About Qb3 seems to me a bit of a waste move, with any gain for us, while your Nc3 helps to attack the center squares.

Thoughts?


PS:
Sorry for the long and probably hard to read post, but it is the first time I
1) play chess on internet,
2) play chess in English,
3) use algebric notation.

My following posts will be shorter.

[Sourgummies]

Control of the center was my intentions as well. The priority to get all pieces in play is not a big factor for me.

[jjacob]

8. Nc3.

About the move, it seems to me that now is the right time for the already proposed pawn in d4.

8. d4

I disagree. It's an even worse time than ever. It blocks off useful escapes from 8... b5 and we don't even have our rooks together yet. 8. d3 is better if you just want to get the bishop out.

So far we have two votes for d4, one for Qb3, and one for Nc3. I will support Qb3 or d3 if nobody else likes Nc3, since either of those are better than d4 in my opinion.

I will go for d3 as well.
Nc3 seems to restrict the movement of the Queen. So I am against it.
If d3 isn't that popular, I would look at d4.

[actmyname]

8. Nc3.

About the move, it seems to me that now is the right time for the already proposed pawn in d4.

8. d4

I disagree. It's an even worse time than ever. It blocks off useful escapes from 8... b5 and we don't even have our rooks together yet. 8. d3 is better if you just want to get the bishop out.

So far we have two votes for d4, one for Qb3, and one for Nc3. I will support Qb3 or d3 if nobody else likes Nc3, since either of those are better than d4 in my opinion.

I will go for d3 as well.
Nc3 seems to restrict the movement of the Queen. So I am against it.
If d3 isn't that popular, I would look at d4.

Nc3 is actually the preferred square for the knight in this position. The queen can move to b3 then c2 if necessary. Then, you can push for a minority attack on the queenside.