Lets play a game of Chess

[newb4now]

Nf6 is bad because of 50.Bxd5 Nxd5 51.Nc4+ Ke6 52.f5+ Kxf5 53.Kxd5 and 50.Bxd5 Nxd5 51.Nc4+ Kc6 52.Ne5+ Kd6 53.Nxf7+

Moving our bishop somewhere else is bad because of 50.Bxf7

Easy vote!

Bxc4 (newb4now)

[boolberry]

Bxc4 (newb4now)

Bxc4 (newb4now, boolberry)

[Morecoin Freeman]

Yes we have to go for that exchange:

Bxc4: (newb4now, boolberry, Morecoin)

[languagehasmeaning]

Yes we have to go for that exchange:

Bxc4: (newb4now, boolberry, Morecoin)

Bxc4: (newb4now, boolberry, Morecoin, languagehasmeaning)

[marcus1986]

Bxc4: (newb4now, boolberry, Morecoin, languagehasmeaning, 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+

[LucyLovesCrypto]

Kc6 (LucyLovesCrypto)

[Morecoin Freeman]

1 vote: Kc6 (LucyLovesCrypto)
1 vote: offer draw (Morecoin Freeman)

[newb4now]

1 vote: Kc6 (LucyLovesCrypto)
1 vote: offer draw (Morecoin Freeman)

I hope we can draw but may need to play a few more moves to prove it.. If we play Ke6 then 51.Ne3 Nf6 Kc4 (or Kc5) wins a pawn.

Kc6 seems better because 51.Ne3 Kb5 keeps material equality

I found a nasty trick to avoid. Kc6 51.Ne5+ Nxe5 52.fxe5 Kb5 53.Kd5 Kxa5 (winning a pawn but losing the game) 54.Kc5 (zugzwang) f6 55.e6 and white wins

Luckily Kc6 51.Ne5+ Nxe5 52.fxe5 Kd7 53.Kc5 Ke6 54.Kxb4 Kxe5 55.Kc4 f5 56.b4 f4 57.gxf4+ Ke4 (stopping Kd3) 58.b5 axb5+ 59.Kxb5 g3 60.a6 g2 61.a7 g1(q) 62.a8(q)+ Kxf4 is a draw!

Kc6 51.Ne5+ Nxe5 52.fxe5 Kd7 53.Kc5 Ke6 54.Kb6 Kxe5 55.Kxa6 f4 seems to be just in time to draw also.

Maybe I missed something but Kc6 should give us good chances to draw as long as we avoid that zugzwang trick.

2 votes: Kc6 (LucyLovesCrypto, newb4now)
1 vote: offer draw (Morecoin Freeman)

[boolberry]

3 votes: Kc6 (LucyLovesCrypto, newb4now, boolberry)
1 vote: offer draw (Morecoin Freeman)

[marcus1986]

4 votes: Kc6 (LucyLovesCrypto, newb4now, boolberry, marcus1986)
1 vote: offer draw (Morecoin Freeman)

[letsplayagame]

4 votes: Kc6 (LucyLovesCrypto, newb4now, boolberry, marcus1986)
1 vote: offer draw (Morecoin Freeman)

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+

[Morecoin Freeman]

1 vote: Nxe5 (Morecoin Freeman)

[languagehasmeaning]

1 vote: Nxe5 (Morecoin Freeman)

The good news is that we may still some drawing chances, but it will be much harder than the lines below.

I found a nasty trick to avoid. Kc6 51.Ne5+ Nxe5 52.fxe5 Kb5 53.Kd5 Kxa5 (winning a pawn but losing the game) 54.Kc5 (zugzwang) f6 55.e6 and white wins

Luckily Kc6 51.Ne5+ Nxe5 52.fxe5 Kd7 53.Kc5 Ke6 54.Kxb4 Kxe5 55.Kc4 f5 56.b4 f4 57.gxf4+ Ke4 (stopping Kd3) 58.b5 axb5+ 59.Kxb5 g3 60.a6 g2 61.a7 g1(q) 62.a8(q)+ Kxf4 is a draw!

Kc6 51.Ne5+ Nxe5 52.fxe5 Kd7 53.Kc5 Ke6 54.Kb6 Kxe5 55.Kxa6 f4 seems to be just in time to draw also.

52.Kxe5 is a big improvement over the above because white will remain up a pawn in the resulting queen and pawn endgame which appears to be forced:

52.Kxe5 Kb5 53.Kf6 Kxa5 54.Kxf7 Kb6 55.Kg7 a5 56.f5 a4 57.bxa4 b3 58.f6 b2 59.f7 b1(Q) 60.f8(Q)

If this position is a draw it will require very accurate play and many more moves before the result is clear. The problem is that queen trades remain fatal for us and white can block many checks with a check (sadly 60.f8(Q) Qa1+ planning to capture on a4 is refuted by 61.Qf6+) because of the placement of our king.

If white can win our g4 pawn without losing g3 or a4 (and while avoiding perpetual check) in return I believe we will lose. If we can win whites g3 pawn (or trade our g pawns) the position is certainly drawn. The problem is that as long as white has an a pawn our king is stuck and has no way to come help on the kingside.

At this point we have no other options than to proceed.

2 votes: Nxe5 (Morecoin Freeman, languagehasmeaning)

[boolberry]

3 votes: Nxe5 (Morecoin Freeman, languagehasmeaning, boolberry)

[newb4now]

3 votes: Nxe5 (Morecoin Freeman, languagehasmeaning, boolberry)

4 votes: Nxe5 (Morecoin Freeman, languagehasmeaning, boolberry, newb4now)

[marcus1986]

5 votes: Nxe5 (Morecoin Freeman, languagehasmeaning, boolberry, newb4now, marcus1986)

[LucyLovesCrypto]

6 votes: Nxe5 (Morecoin Freeman, languagehasmeaning, boolberry, newb4now, marcus1986, LucyLovesCrypto)

[XMRpromotions]

7 votes: Nxe5 (Morecoin Freeman, languagehasmeaning, boolberry, newb4now, marcus1986, LucyLovesCrypto, XMRpromotions)

[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