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    #76
    Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

    Haha, well that's because I have actually put some practice and thought into at least understanding what needs to be done in the opening. The problem I've had so far is that once it gets into the middle game my brain seems to take leave of my body. Which is how I end up playing a move which sets up a queen swap, and then in the very next move forget entirely what I was planning to do and playing a really fucking stupid one like that.

    I also didn't subsequently realise that your knight was going to prevent me taking your queen once she got down there for check (and therefore didn't realise that said check was actually mate).

    It's good fun, though!

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      #77
      Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

      matejisdefinitelkynotcrapatchessandisinfactbloodyr elentless

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        #78
        Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

        Sorry I'm late to the game - been tied up with new job. If I'm too late to join the open tournament, I'll join in next time.

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          #79
          Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

          Rogin the Armchair Fan wrote: Sorry I'm late to the game - been tied up with new job. If I'm too late to join the open tournament, I'll join in next time.
          No worries. I'll gladly invite you for the next edition. Congratulations on the new job!

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            #80
            Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

            Further defeats in the past 24 hours for me, with Etienne and Smallcaps finishing me off and ivory towers completing the double. I need to capitalise on a good position against Bored now and not mess things up against ad hoc.

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              #81
              Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

              ad hoc wrote: matejisdefinitelkynotcrapatchessandisinfactbloodyr elentless
              Indeed.

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                #82
                Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                Yes, I'm glad that my worst blunder was in my match against matt j, given that it now turns out that that's one of the matches I never had any realistic chance of winning in the first place.

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                  #83
                  Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                  Ah bugger, well done EEG. Only realised when it gave me a new game against you.

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                    #84
                    Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                    thanks Bored!

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                      #85
                      Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                      While everyone keeps pointing fingers at me, I think it's fairy obvious that irony towers is going to cruise this tourney undefeated.

                      Good fun though.

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                        #86
                        Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                        My games with you, Etienne, EEG and Smallcaps have been anything but a cruise so I'd take nothing for granted.

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                          #87
                          Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                          irony towers wrote: My games with you, Etienne, EEG and Smallcaps have been anything but a cruise so I'd take nothing for granted.
                          oof. Brutal

                          (Probably fair enough, but brutal nonetheless)

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                            #88
                            Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                            matt j wrote: While everyone keeps pointing fingers at me, I think it's fairy obvious that irony towers is going to cruise this tourney undefeated.
                            Well, that looks like a possible outcome, but irony towers chose his user name such that he doesn't indirectly call everyone he beats crap at chess, thus inviting less finger pointing.

                            Good fun though.
                            I am having a very good time with this, yes.

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                              #89
                              Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                              I guess I should have gone with matejiscrapatusernames.

                              ( or on consideration... I guess I could claim it says 'i scrap at chess')

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                                #90
                                Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                                matt j wrote: I guess I could claim it says 'i scrap at chess'
                                Ha! Very good.

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                                  #91
                                  Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                                  ad hoc wrote:
                                  Originally posted by irony towers
                                  My games with you, Etienne, EEG and Smallcaps have been anything but a cruise so I'd take nothing for granted.
                                  oof. Brutal

                                  (Probably fair enough, but brutal nonetheless)
                                  Ditto.

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                                    #92
                                    Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                                    Etienne, do not worry as I don't study chess moves from other games - although I probably should - but have your moves in our game come from elsewhere or is it all from you? I only ask as you have sewn it up brilliantly and trapped me in - even before you took my queen - with what, on first inspection, looks like a fairly open board. I expect to get beaten a lot on this tournament but I don't think anyone else has been so completely dominant at this stage in the game.

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                                      #93
                                      Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                                      Bored of Education wrote:
                                      Originally posted by ad hoc
                                      Originally posted by irony towers
                                      My games with you, Etienne, EEG and Smallcaps have been anything but a cruise so I'd take nothing for granted.
                                      oof. Brutal

                                      (Probably fair enough, but brutal nonetheless)
                                      Ditto.
                                      Really sorry, I didn't mean my comment to be dismissive of anyone, though I can see why it came across that way. The intention was to extend the credit to others beyond matt j for the games I've found to be the most competitive but, for the avoidance of doubt, I DO respect every opponent.

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                                        #94
                                        Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                                        I'll ditto that. I'm one brain fart from losing against anyone. ( which is why I have no problem playing out most games... The longer they go on the more likely that will happen, so it is usually worth playing on)

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                                          #95
                                          Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                                          Wasn't suggesting a lack of respect IT, at all. Just that as our game isn't even over yet (though you clearly have the upper hand), was just noting that by implication you felt you were cruising towards victory

                                          (and in my aside, also noting that, well, yes, you probably are)

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                                            #96
                                            Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                                            Ha ha, don't worry, IT. It's chess not life. Well done, by the way, in ours. After the talk on here, I thought I would take the game to you and suffered hugely.

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                                              #97
                                              Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                                              Gah, just stupidly gave up my queen to smallcaps.

                                              Have we got a league I can concentrate on?

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                                                #98
                                                Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                                                ...and another queen has gone.

                                                Anyone know what those numbers are in brackets after our names?

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                                                  #99
                                                  Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                                                  That's your chess ranking. The more games you play the more accurate it will be. I'm guessing I'll be around 900 once I've played a few games. Top players are over 2500.

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                                                    Roll up, roll up for the OTF chess tournaments

                                                    Ah, it goes that way does it? That makes sense.

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