"Maybe You Should Get Out More"

All Things Chess
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Ever have one of these evenings? :laughing:

http://vimeo.com/11796392

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I stole your link: thank you!

chicagochess.blogspot.com/2010/0 ā€¦ group.html

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Glad to see you are helping your friends out. :slight_smile:

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:smiley: :slight_smile: :laughing: :mrgreen:

I think I took lessons with that cat!

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Just let the cats fight it out. From my website ā†’

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My own cats play all the time; their favorite openings are the CATalan, and of course, the PURRrc.

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:laughing:

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Awwww, how CUTE!!!
I tried to teach my cats how to play chess. They seem to be partial to playing paw to queenā€™s four.

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White seems to be doing fine (and understands that White moves first!). Iā€™m worried about Black, though; if he/she doesnā€™t pay more attention to the board, the game is not likely to go so well. :smiley:

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The problem here is that neither cat is an orange boy. Orange cats are excellent at moving pieces diagonally. This gives them a substantial advantage over other catsā€“at least thatā€™s what my orange boy has shown us over the board.

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Iā€™m reminded of a very old joke.

A woman is walking in the park, and she sees a man playing chess with a dog.

ā€œYou taught youā€™re dog to play chess!ā€ she exclaims. ā€œThat must be one smart dog!ā€

The man replies, ā€œIf heā€™s so smart, then how come Iā€™ve won 2 out of 3?ā€

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A reader in Chess Review once remarked on being able to Pirc coffee and the editorial response was that itā€™s pronounced ā€œPeerts.ā€ But your point is well made.

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Hereā€™s a story, i promise you itā€™s trueā€¦

Years back i set up my board, with a clock, to play my computer an official game, to prepare for a tourney (back in those days, the computers werenā€™t that good).

I was white, the game went as follows (standard Ruy):

  1. e4 e5

  2. Nf3 Nc6

  3. Bb5 a6

  4. Ba4 Nf6

  5. O-O

    At this point my white cat jumped on the opposing chair, and with her paw, slyly the Rook, and played 5ā€¦Rg8.

Coleman had played a novelty in the Ruy! I saw her purpose, a quick Kingside attack would follow with ā€¦g5.

Not wanting to be embarrassed by both a computer and a cat, i removed her from the game. Or rather, i put her in my lap, where she could help me. Instead, the bum fell asleep in my lap.

 This reminds me of the cartoon, i believe i saw it in a chess life centuries ago, a guy saying to his friends dog "I thought you said that dog was smart, but I beat him 2 out of 3 games!"
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Thatā€™s about what happened. After 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 Be7?? 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qe5, the black cat, er, the cat playing Black knocked over the king :slight_smile: .