How about a nice game of chess?

[theweaselking]

1. P-Q4

Alternately,
1. d4

Your move!

Edit: Game #1, jagash

1. d4 a6
2. e4 b5
3. Nc3 Ba6
4. Bxa6 Nxa6
5. Nf3 Ph5
6. Bg5 Nh6
7. O-O Pe6
8. Bxd8 Kxd8
9. Ne5 Bd6
10. Qxh5 Pg6
11. Qf3 Pc5
12. Qf6+ Kc7
13. Nb5+ Kb8
14. Qxh8+ Kb2
15. Nxd6+ Kc7
16. Qxa8 Kxd6
17. Qd8 Nb4
18. Qxd7# Checkmate


Game #2, icedrake

1. d4 e5
2. dxe5 Nc6
3. Nf3

Game #3, YOU!

1. d4

Comments

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

That does not appear to be a valid response to the Queen's Gambit.

[jagash.livejournal.com]

P-A4

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

(Queen Rook's pawn forward 1, yes?)

2. e4

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

That should be a6, in fact - you're playing Black. a4 is on *white's* side of the board.

[jagash.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I was being dyslexic there and flipped the X and Y axes. Make my first move actually by A5. Assuming that it does not modify your second move..

2. B6

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Queen's rook forward *2*. Okay, that I can deal with.

No, it doesn't change my move.

3. Nc3 - Queen's knight to Queen Bishop 3.

[jagash.livejournal.com]

3. Ba5 - Kings bishop to King's rook 3

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

a5 holds a pawn. Ba*6* is KB -> KR3.

4. Bxa6 - King's Bishop takes Bishop.

[jagash.livejournal.com]

4. Scoop out Jagash's brain and softserve. Sorry, I so rarely use the notation.

4. Kxa6 - King's Knight takes Bishop

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

#1: That's *Queen*'s knight.
#2: Knights are "N". "K" is King.

5. Nf3

[jagash.livejournal.com]

Just let me know when my errors are irritating enough that I ought to stop playing.

5. Ph5

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

No way, man, I like playing Chess.

And I can figure out what you're meaning. I just want to make sure we're working from the same board, so that we can keep going on the game. And if that means I have to look up notation (which I do) and correct yours from time to time, that's totally okay.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

6. Bg5

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Rows are 1-8, counting from white's home to black's home.

Files are a-h, counting from Queen-side Rook to King-side rook.

White's side of the board is 1,2,3,4
Black's side of the board is 8,7,6,5

[icedrake.livejournal.com]

1. ... e5

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

2. dxe5

[icedrake.livejournal.com]

Nc6

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

3. Nf3

[glitteringlynx.livejournal.com]

Fooey. My chess board and pieces are at my mom's place, a 2 hour drive away. :/

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

There are electronic chessboards. For free, sometimes.

Like this one, which I don't use but which comes from tucows and is hence reasonable safe:

http://www.tucows.com/preview/420328

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

No, wait, that one's ad-supported shit. This one looks better:
http://www.tucows.com/preview/404062

[glitteringlynx.livejournal.com]

Oh nice. :) Most programs I've seen were for actually playing the game, which sometimes isn't quite what you want to do.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

I'm using eboard, myself. But that's a Linux program - unless you've got a C++ compiler and GTK+ for Windows.

[rosethornn.livejournal.com]

I cast Magic Missile.