Lets play a game of Chess

[newb4now]

Nd7: 6 votes (tschukki, LucyLovesCrypto, boolberry, marcus1986, XMRpromotions, 8XMR)

Yi Wei playing Magnus Carlson (for first time) right now. Go China!

http://www.tatasteelchess.com/live

I choose Nd7 in both game right now:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1190988.0

I just looked at that game. The opening choice was a pleasant surprise!

Nd7: 6 votes (tschukki, LucyLovesCrypto, boolberry, marcus1986, XMRpromotions, 8XMR, newb4now)

[Morecoin Freeman]

Nd7: 8 votes (tschukki, LucyLovesCrypto, boolberry, marcus1986, XMRpromotions, 8XMR, newb4now, Morecoin Freeman)

[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

[boolberry]

I will vote for Ke7 because I can't find any other useful moves. If we are going to play Nf6 we should wait until whites king is further away from g3. I think Bd5 loses to: 47.Nb6 Nxb6 48.axb6 Bb7 49.Be4 and 47.Nb6 Nxb6 48.axb6 Ke7 49.Bxa6 Kd6 50.Bc4

No other bishop, knight or king moves make sense. f6 is the only pawn move that does not lose material but probably does more hard than good (taking that square away from our knight). Ke7 seems like the right move by process of elimination.

Ke7: 1 vote (boolberry)

[tifozi]

Ke7 : 2 Votes (boolberry, tifozi)

[languagehasmeaning]

Ke7 : 2 Votes (boolberry, tifozi)

Ke7 : 3 Votes (boolberry, tifozi, languagehasmeaning)

[Morecoin Freeman]

Yes, Ke7, thank you for your analysis boolberry:

Ke7 : 4 Votes (boolberry, tifozi, languagehasmeaning, Morecoin Freeman)

[XMRpromotions]

Yes, Ke7, thank you for your analysis boolberry:

Ke7 : 4 Votes (boolberry, tifozi, languagehasmeaning, Morecoin Freeman)

Ke7 : 5 Votes (boolberry, tifozi, languagehasmeaning, Morecoin Freeman, XMRpromotions)

[marcus1986]

Ke7 : 6 Votes (boolberry, tifozi, languagehasmeaning, Morecoin Freeman, XMRpromotions, marcus1986)

[tschukki]

thanks, boolberry

Ke7 : 7 Votes (boolberry, tifozi, languagehasmeaning, Morecoin Freeman, XMRpromotions, marcus1986, tschukki)

[newb4now]

thanks, boolberry

Ke7 : 7 Votes (boolberry, tifozi, languagehasmeaning, Morecoin Freeman, XMRpromotions, marcus1986, tschukki)

everyone needs to look at Yifan Hou vs David Navara today. She is +1 after 4 rounds!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tata-steel-chess-masters-2016/4/1/4

Ke7 : 8 Votes (boolberry, tifozi, languagehasmeaning, Morecoin Freeman, XMRpromotions, marcus1986, tschukki, newb4now)

[tschukki]

http://livestream.com/chess/tatasteelchess/videos/109876054

Post game analysis with Hou Yifan and Yasser Seirawan. I like her a lot, also her chess, but in this game Navara had asked for it. She executed it nicely, though. If i should emphasize one game out of the first four rounds it would probably be the epic struggle Navara-Giri with this very nice rook sacrifice.

Do we know if our opponent is in Gibraltar or Wijk currently?

[languagehasmeaning]

http://livestream.com/chess/tatasteelchess/videos/109876054

Post game analysis with Hou Yifan and Yasser Seirawan. I like her a lot, also her chess, but in this game Navara had asked for it. She executed it nicely, though. If i should emphasize one game out of the first four rounds it would probably be the epic struggle Navara-Giri with this very nice rook sacrifice.

Do we know if our opponent is in Gibraltar or Wijk currently?

I like her too and hope she continues to get more chances to play in tournaments as strong as this one. Her performance so far proves she deserves it.

I have seen a few guesses in the thread about who OP might be but I don't think anyone knows for sure.

[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

[Morecoin Freeman]

After King d6 we can move our Knight again.

Kd6: 1 vote (Morecoin Freeman)

[tschukki]

After King d6 we can move our Knight again.

Kd6: 1 vote (Morecoin Freeman)

Once we move our knight he plays Nc5.

For the moment i am looking at 47...Kd6 48.Bf5 (threatening Bxd7 and Bxg4) Nf6 49.Nc5 Bf3 50.Nxa6 Nh5 51.Nxb4 Nxg3 52.Bd3, and i am not sure if we are just busted or have reasonable drawing chances thanks to our g3 pawn. Will try to assess this again, later The alternative 48...Nb8 with the idea of ...Nb8-Nc6xa5 may be the better try. However, I predict that in the next move we have huge, crucial decision.

Now ...Kd6 looks like the most natural reply (to prevent him from invading via c5), so I vote for that as well.


Kd6: 2 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tschukki)

[michnelli6]

I dont know the names of those all in english, I am learning something nice. And hope this chess finishes soon

[marcus1986]

Kd6: 3 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tschukki, marcus1986)

[XMRpromotions]

Kd6: 3 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tschukki, marcus1986)

Kd6: 4 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tschukki, marcus1986, XMRpromotions)

I also looked at Nf6 immediately planning to sacrifice a6 and go after g3. Unfortunately I do not think it quite works because we end up losing both a6 and b4 are whites passed pawns will be hard to stop.

[boolberry]

Kd6: 5 votes (Morecoin Freeman, tschukki, marcus1986, XMRpromotions, boolberry)