A very unexpected finish to a chess game. I was really tired and playing a bit blindly, not thinking much more than a move ahead. I made a move only expecting to fork the opponent's king and rook but as it transpired that move checkmated my opponent. I checkmated my opponent without realizing it! Imagine that.
This was blitz chess, played in under 2 minutes with 12 extra seconds awarded to the player after each move. I'm playing as white of course.
As this is the first time I am embedding a chess game in my blog I will give some directions. Look underneath the chessboard. Click on the button with ">" in it to see the game move by move. You can also click on one of the moves in the list on the side to jump directly to that move.
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PS: I'm not sure why the scroll bar of the move list suddenly decided it was more comfortable -> lying between my blogposts like some freakish cyber bridge. No amount of fiddling with the code could correct that issue...
4 comments:
I am starting to take an interest in chess.I have a question. Why did your opponent choose not to take your rook with this queen at move 14?
This was a 2 minute blitz chess game. With such time constraints one does not notice many things. For example, I could have checkmated him two moves before I actually did. Plating blitz chess is different from playing chess at a leisurely pace. There is lot more pattern recognition and instinct involved. Plus a bit of luck.
I see. I think formal logic, game theory and complexity pushed me chess and Go.
I'm interested in Go. Unfortuantely I have no one to play it with.
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