CryptoNote technical discussion and Chess Challenge

[boolberry]

Bg4: 2 votes (GoldTiger69, LucyLovesCrypto)
h4: 2 vote (Morecoin, boolberry)

Bg4 remains ahead by our tiebreaker rule

We need a tie breaking mechanism. For example one can look at the result before the vote that led to the tie and use that instead.

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[tifozi]

Bg4: 2 votes (GoldTiger69, LucyLovesCrypto)
h4: 3 votes (Morecoin, boolberry, tifozi)

[boolberry]

Current position
Based on the votes in this thread Team Boolberry has chosen to play h4. Now it is time for Team Monero to respond. I will plan to count votes again tomorrow at approximately 0:00 UTC.

black to move


Team Boolberry (white pieces) vs. Team Monero (black pieces)
Game 2 PGN:

Code:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Na6 10.h3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.O-O-O Nxg2 13.Bxh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Qf6 15.Kb1 Nf4 16.Nd2 Nc5 17.h4

[letsplayagame]

a4: 1 vote (letsplayagame)

[letsplayagame]

Is there a demand for chess lessons conducted over Skype (not from me) paid for in Monero or Boolberry? If so please state your currency preference(s). Rates would depend on the experience of the instructor and be equivalent to what they currently charge fiat currency customers.

There are already chess instructors who accept bitcoin. If there is enough demand I might introduce some of them to the idea of accepting payment in a Cryptonote based currency.

[newb4now]

a4: 2 votes (letsplayagame, newb4now)

[XMRpromotions]

a4: 2 votes (letsplayagame, newb4now)
Qg7: 1 vote (XMRpromotions)

It is tempting to just vote with letsplayagame every time, however that seems to be against the team spirit of this thread. If Boolberry players want to play against letsplayagame there is already another thread for that.

I am now making my voting decisions by looking at the OP first (to avoid being influenced by the votes of others).

[tifozi]

Current position
Based on the votes in this thread Team Monero has chosen to play a4. Now it is time for Team Boolberry to respond. We will count votes again tomorrow at approximately 0:00 UTC.

white to move


Team Boolberry (white pieces) vs. Team Monero (black pieces)
Game 2 PGN:

Code:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Na6 10.h3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.O-O-O Nxg2 13.Bxh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Qf6 15.Kb1 Nf4 16.Nd2 Nc5 17.h4 a4

[GoldTiger69]

It's now or never! I don't see a3 as a real menace without the dark squares bishop, so h5 will give us a couple of pawns if black decides to exchange Queens.

h5: 1 vote (GoldTiger69)

[boolberry]

h5: 1 vote (GoldTiger69)

h5: 2 votes (GoldTiger69, boolberry)

[Morecoin Freeman]

Yes I think I like this play.

h5: 3 votes (GoldTiger69, boolberry, Morecoin)

[LucyLovesCrypto]

Yes I think I like this play.

h5: 3 votes (GoldTiger69, boolberry, Morecoin)

I like stopping the pawn on a4 so we can try to win it later. I don't see how h5 is going to help us. After 18.h5 Qg7 19.hxg6 fxg6 the f file may help black more than the g file files helps us. The knight on f4 defends g6 well and if we ever trade for the knight on f4 black may be able to capture with exf4 opening the diagonal for the queen. If that happens things will be much better for us if blacks pawn is still on a4 instead of a3.

h5: 3 votes (GoldTiger69, boolberry, Morecoin)
a3: 1 vote (LucyLovesCrypto)

[tifozi]

h5: 3 votes (GoldTiger69, boolberry, Morecoin)
a3: 2 votes (LucyLovesCrypto, tifozi)

[GoldTiger69]

Yes I think I like this play.

h5: 3 votes (GoldTiger69, boolberry, Morecoin)

I like stopping the pawn on a4 so we can try to win it later. I don't see how h5 is going to help us. After 18.h5 Qg7 19.hxg6 fxg6 the f file may help black more than the g file files helps us. The knight on f4 defends g6 well and if we ever trade for the knight on f4 black may be able to capture with exf4 opening the diagonal for the queen. If that happens things will be much better for us if blacks pawn is still on a4 instead of a3.

h5: 3 votes (GoldTiger69, boolberry, Morecoin)
a3: 1 vote (LucyLovesCrypto)

The way I see it, exchanging Queens benefits us a lot, because we have the attack going on now, so I really don't think black will do Qg7; and if they do, even better for us, because we could exchange Queens and his a3 pawn will be of little use. Once the Queens are gone, we can double our rooks and attack. (That's my opinion, of course).

[boolberry]

Current position
Based on the votes in this thread Team Boolberry has chosen to play h5. Now it is time for Team Monero to respond. I will plan to count votes again tomorrow at approximately 0:00 UTC.

black to move


Team Boolberry (white pieces) vs. Team Monero (black pieces)
Game 2 PGN:

Code:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Na6 10.h3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.O-O-O Nxg2 13.Bxh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Qf6 15.Kb1 Nf4 16.Nd2 Nc5 17.h4 a4 18.h5

[XMRpromotions]

Qg7: 1 vote (XMRpromotions)

[newb4now]

Qg7: 1 vote (XMRpromotions)

Qg7: 2 votes (XMRpromotions, newb4now)

[mathgal23]

Qg7: 3 votes (XMRpromotions, newb4now, mathgal23)

[boolberry]

Current position
Based on the votes in this thread Team Monero has chosen to play Qg7. Now it is time for Team Boolberry to respond. I will plan to count votes again tomorrow at approximately 0:00 UTC.

white to move


Team Boolberry (white pieces) vs. Team Monero (black pieces)
Game 2 PGN:

Code:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Na6 10.h3 Nh5 11.Qd2 Nf4 12.O-O-O Nxg2 13.Bxh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Qf6 15.Kb1 Nf4 16.Nd2 Nc5 17.h4 a4 18.h5 Qg7

[GoldTiger69]

QxQ: 1 vote (GoldTiger69)

After KxQ, we don't need to take the pawn on g6; we can play h6+, to latter double rooks on h file.