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[edit] Basic Information

Founded by: SDSUPinoy

The current format for invoking a board is:

{| style="float: right; margin-right: 1em;"
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 7 |pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|=
 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 4 |pl|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |=
 2 |  |pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|=
 1 |rl|nl|bl|ql|kl|bl|nl|rl|=
    a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h

|30}}
|}
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And change pieces as needed. Piece names are in the following format, the first letter, on what type of unit it is, and the second letter its colour. For the first letter, "r" specifies a rook, "b" a bishop, "n" a knight, "k" a king, "q" for queen and "p" for pawn. "l" specifies white for the second letter, and "d" black.

Contents


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[edit] Other Wikigames

[edit] Lists of Records:

List of Completed Games
List of Reversion Requests

[edit] Championship

Wikipedia:Chess championship. All positions have been filled. The tournament is underway.

[edit] Recently Completed Games

[edit] Standard Chess

Game (SC1), completed May 3, 2005: black resigns, white wins.

Game (SC2), completed May 4, 2005: white resigns, black wins.

As the former British U16 #8 my recent conclusion is that the above cannot be refuted, as White is given the advantage with the first move, something I now attribute to my ultimate revelation, that I did in fact read Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, I just never consciously remembered it before today! Strange how the last thing I may learn is a fact about myself that I denied to the extent that I bought the film version, which was okay, but seemingly inferior as an expression of humanistic art.

[edit] Fischer Random Chess

Game (SFRC1), completed May 9, 2005: white resigns, black wins.,

[edit] Calvin Random Chess

Game CRC1, completed December 13, 2005. Both teams won and did excellent.

Game 2, completed January 18, 2006. Both teams did excellent but Black took itself apart in the end.

[edit] Current games

In most of the games on this page, the players are not identified on this page. I think it would be a good idea for the players to voluntarily identify themselves with their Wikipedia member User names above and below each game "board" in a manner similar to many of the games in the Wikipedia:Chess championship. Those players who want to remain anonymous can omit their names, but I think most would want to add their User names. H Padleckas 08:29, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, but it's a colloborative game, and as such, it would get immensely crowded to list all participants in each game. -- Natalinasmpf 08:35, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

So, who's allowed and/or who's not allowed to play each of these games? Can I just pick a game anywhere on this page and make a move? H Padleckas 14:30, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
As I understand it, anybody can join any game unless specific players are designated. Also you cannot play for both sides. Eric119 05:02, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Calvin Random Chess

Since this is a sandbox project, I thought we could have a little bit of nonsense. In this game, anyone can make any move they like, as long as they have a good reason for doing so.

And the one and only rule; The way to win is by killing all your enemy's kings.

[edit] Archives

Game 1; Game CRC1, completed December 12, 2005. Both teams won, due to spontaneous destruction of all the kings at exactly the same time.

Game 2; Game 2, completed January 18, 2006. White won, thanks to their machinegun-armed elite forces.

Game 3; Game 3, completed March 4, 2006. White won, black surrendered after multiple violent power changes.

Game 4; Game 4, completed April 17, 2006. Both teams won after armies of chipmunks and monkeys signed a peace treaty.

Game 5; Game 5, completed May 14, 2006. White won the sword fight after his queen blew up half the board.

[edit] Game 6

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1. The kings decide their knights are not worthy of honor, and their titles are retracted. They are
left to be pawns. Meanwhile, all of White's pawns are promoted to Bishops for being such good members
of the church. Black was too lazy to do so.
2. After leaving for a couple days to use the restroom (he really had to go), the white king from the
previous game to find that a new game has started. Angry, he takes out half the board.
3. Black apologizes and offers white three queens.
4. Vines then grow from the edge of the board and take away all the pieces from files a and h.
5. Toaster strudels come out of nowhere and divide the two armies.
6. The pawns, stuck by the ever increasing rain, decide to 'dig in' and go out WWI-trench style.
However, they become frozen (its winter) and all have to be taken away for hypothermia rehab.
7. One of White's bishops proclaims in a loud voice that "THIS IS TO SILLY TO CONTINUE!" 
and proceeds to make a legitimate move.
8. Running of the bulls!!! Poor white bishop gets trampled to death.
9. POLKA DOTS!!!
10.Bam Margera snaps a bull in the butt. Chaos assumes
11.Knights on c4 and a3 start cow tipping. Cows get mad and zap knights with antimatter rays.
12.Remaining knights get bored and decide to play a competitive game of Ratchet:Deadlocked on their
wide screen TV.
13.It is suddenly revealed that video games do not exist in the chess world. Two police officers come and attempt to arrest the knights.
14.The police arrest the 2 knights and the 12 pawns as accomplices.
15.RIOT!!!!
16.The police officers pull off one of those super-cool Dragonball Z things and the entire boards a splodes.
17.The players and their friends fight over who is going to replace the board
18.They decide that a regular chess board would cost too much, so they instead ordered some chicken fingers.
19.The players decide to play a new game of chess, with themselves as pieces.
20.Everyone playing the game feels the urge to give 20 bucks to a certain guy made out of pie. And the bishops explode.
21.Everyone suddenly notices that black accidentally put a knight in the plac of a pawn and a white pawn is
promoted.
22.A white pawn from the past appears.
23.The pawn from the past asks the king about what has been going on recently.
24.The pawn is sniped by an Infinity Patrol agent somewhere off the board.

Reasons for moves.

  1. The knights were doing something unprofessional, as they say. The pawns were… just there. I had to do something interesting, duh. --Fbv65edel (discuss | contribs) 00:07, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
  2. Seriously, people, what happened to that last game? I leave for a week, come back and what do I find? A different game. That last game didn't last very long. What an outrage! Okay, anyway Pieguy48 01:09, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  3. Black was feeling a bit sympathetic for the white team (black's an old softie, we all know that), so he gave them three queens. Sorry about the short game, didn't it go on for a month though? --Fbv65edel (discuss | contribs) 02:42, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  4. Too many pieces on the board, had to get rid of a few. ~Spark
  5. What can I say, I'm hungry. Pieguy48 17:15, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
  6. Studying WWI, bored.~Spark
  7. Do what thou wilt shall be the only law. Ever wonder 14:01, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
  8. Had to make a move. Also had to punish the bishop for making a legit move. Knights are the closest thing to bulls visually. Starhood` 22:44, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
  9. Wheeee. Pieguy48 19:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
  10. I just had to do that. Starhood` 17:54, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
  11. You have two cows which do not like being tipped, that's why. Samuel 69105 19:10, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
  12. The move was taking a while so I got bored. Starhood` 22:06, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
  13. Applesauce. It's good, no? Pieguy48 03:20, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
  14. Hey, the pawns made up the TV. Starhood` 17:34, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
  15. The pawns realize they're getting the short end of the stick and riot. Starhood` 19:29, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
  16. But it needed more cowbell. Pieguy48 20:51, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
  17. Hey, someone's got to pay for the 99c board. Starhood` 16:35, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
  18. Because the Big Mac cost too much. Pieguy48 03:03, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
  19. Big chess boards, always so fun. Starhood` 23:37, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
  20. Wink, wink. 01:22, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
  21. I don't know how that got there but I'll take it. Starhood` 23:22, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  22. He got sucked into the future from CRC Game 5. Starhood` 21:44, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
  23. Well, if you were sucked into the future, you'd want to know about the last few events. Starhood` 22:34, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
  24. Infinity Patrol decided that this time traveller posed a security risk. Algebra 04:36, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Standard Chess

For preferred notation: Algebraic chess notation
For example: Kasparov versus The World

===Game 1 (SC3)=== French Defence

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1. e4    ...   e6
2. a3    ...   d5
3. Nc3   ...   d4
4. Na4   ...   Bd7
5. c3    ...   b5
6. Qe2   ...   bxa4
7. cxd4  ...   Nc6
8. e5    ...   exd5
9. d4    ...   Nxd4











Comments.
Pending Move (3). Wish to have white carry out c2-c4. Would the other player playing white agree? -- Natalinasmpf 20:45, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Would you consider Na4 for white a good move? -- Natalinasmpf 23:28, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Move 6:Dispute - I dispute move 6, I would prefer Nc5 instead. Branch?: Possibly branch the two moves if this can't be resolved. Either way the knight is lost. Current move leads to bxa4. Prefered move leads to Bxc5.

Branch from move 4? -- Natalinasmpf 17:29, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

created branch SC3-A White pawn move to e5 please?

Something seems to be wrong in this game. I can't follow the moves starting with move 8 and white's Queen is missing. H Padleckas 06:46, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Idea c1-e3. Forces knight to move and moves bishop out of the shadows.

Knc2 would then be blacks next move. White should move Kf2 -- ciyean

===Game 1-A (SC3-A)=== French Defence

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 1. e4    ...   e6
 2. a3    ...   d5
 3. Nc3   ...   d4
 4. Nce2  ...   Nf6
 5. e5    ...   Nfd7
 6. Nf3   ...   c5
 7. b4    ...   b6
 8. c3    ...   d3
 9. Nf4   ...   c4
10. g3    ...   b5
11. Bg2   ...   Bb7
12. O-O   ...   Nc6
13. Nd4   ...   Ndxe5
14. Re1   ...   Qc7
15. Qh5   ...   g6
16. Bxc6+ ...   Nxc6
17. Qxb5  ...   O-O-O
18. Qxc4  ...   Nxd4
19. Qxc7+ ...   Kxc7
20. cxd4  ...   Bg7
21. Nxd3  ...   Bxd4
22. Ra2   ...   Rd5
23. Rc2+  ...   Kb6
24. Bb2


Comments.

Branch from move 4? -- Natalinasmpf 17:29, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Created branch from move 4 of SC3.

8. ... d3
Just a move to do something interesting; that's all. H Padleckas 10:28, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

My queen-side pawn diagonal is working out nicely so far. H Padleckas 02:46, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
Yes, it does seem like a thorn in White's side. By the way, I was playing this game snippet on my board here at home, and found a few knight ambiguities (which I fixed). We seem to be the only two messing with this page at the moment. Bjimba 04:29, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
13. Nd4 -- Reckless abandon. Bjimba 03:12, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
17. Qxd5 -- Time to pull that thorn. Bjimba 18:11, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
18. ...Nxd4... the attack doesn't seem to have any bullets. Time to simplify and see what the two bishops can do. Matt Yeager 04:50, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
The move 18. ... Nxd4 has its own set of complications. H Padleckas 01:10, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

20. ... RxP/d4 would have allowed 21. Bb2 skewering the two black rooks by the white bishop. H Padleckas 09:35, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

I was hoping no one would notice. <grin> Bjimba 14:04, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Game 2 (SC4)

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 1. e4    ...   c5
 2. Bc4   ...   Nf6
 3. d3    ...   e6
 4. Be3   ...   a6
 5. a4    ...   d5
 6. Nd2   ...   dxc4 
 7. Nxc4  ...   Bd7 
 8. Qd2   ...   Be7
 9. Nf3   ...   Nc6
10. O-O-O ...   O-O
11. Bg5   ...   Nd4
12. Rhe1  ...   b5
13. Nce5  ...   h6
14. Be3   ...   Nxf3
15. Nxf3  ...   bxa4
16. Ne5   ...   Qb6
17. Nxd7  ...   Nxd7
18. Qc3   ...   Bf6
19. d4    ...   Rfc8
20. e5    ...   Be7
21. d5    ...   exd5
22. Rxd5  ...   Qb7
23. Red1  ...   Rd8
24. Kb1   ...   Rab8
25. Bc1   ...   a3
26. Qxa3  ...   Nf8
27. Rxd8  ...   Rxd8
28. Rxd8  ...   Bxd8
29. g3    ...   Be7
30. Be3   ...   Qb4

Comments
I'll start off with e4. Linuxbeak 03:13, May 7, 2005 (UTC)

For move six, was that some sort of crazy gambit? -- Natalinasmpf 02:39, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
If it was some "official" gambit, I don't know what it's called. Linuxbeak 03:18, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

There hasn't been a move in a while. Would someone please join black and make a move? Linuxbeak 21:44, May 12, 2005 (UTC)

Oh whoops, sorry, had been busy involved with Go. -- Natalinasmpf 09:55, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
No one is making a bloody move. It's been almost a month. So here goes nothing. 10:04, 08 July 2005
Alright, I just made a move for black. White's turn now. H Padleckas 06:08, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
Black's move. Hypnerotomachia 08:32, 11 July 2005 (what is UTC?)
White' move again. H Padleckas 15:56, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
I made white move. Alright? --Mark J 15:31, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
Yes, thank you. White's turn again. H Padleckas 04:32, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
Just made a white move. Only move of worth on the board from what I could see. 81.153.161.199 06:27, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

This move is better. White's turn. H Padleckas 01:16, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

White's turn Matt Yeager 04:32, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

I'm afraid 25. ... a3 wasted a valuable pawn, but there was no quick killer move which black could have made to dramatically start an attack. Move 25 and the next couple of moves should have been spent slowly maneuvering for better position, but then ... easy for me to armchair quarterback. Anyway, black remains a vulnerable knight minus a pawn ahead in material.
H Padleckas 16:05, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

27. Rxd8 -- I know trading is going to get me into a horrible endgame, but it's rather forced here... Bjimba 01:34, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello, I'm a n00b to this weird chess system and just experimented with 29. Be7. --70.25.168.90 20:04, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

No moves i a while, so I'll go. —User:ACupOfCoffee@ 07:45, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

White's turn. Anonymous 19:02, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Game 3 (SC5)

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1. e4    ...    e5
2. Nf3   ...    d5
3. exd5  ...    Qxd5 
4. Nc3   ...    Qe6
5. d3    ...    b6
6. g3    ...    Bb7
7. Bg2   ...    Nc6
8. O-O   ...    O-O-O
9. Bg5   ...    Be7
10.Re1   ...    f6
11.Bd2   ...    Nd4
12.










Comments

How exactly does this work? I would start with e4. Goyanks193

Take a look at the other games. Basically put the notation below. There are many principles for working on this flexible template (which I just spent 4 hours porting it for the Game of Go, but you can infer, right? ;-) -- Natalinasmpf 02:11, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Black's move. Bart133 (t) 19:53, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

===Game 4 (SC6)=== Polish opening

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 1. b4    ...   e6  
 2. Bb2   ...   a5
 3. b5    ...   c6
 4. a4    ...   Nf6
 5. c4    ...   d5
 6. e3    ...   Nbd7
 7. Nf3   ...   Bb4
 8. Bc3   ...   Nc5
 9. d4    ...   Ne4
10. Bxb4  ...   axb4
11. Qb3   ...   Qa5
12. Nfd2  ...   dxc4
13. Bxc4  ...   Bd7
14. bxc6  ...   Bxc6
15. Bxe6  ...   fxe6
17. Nc4   ...   Qc7
18. a5    ...   Rxa5
19. Nxa5  ...   Bd7
20. Qb3   ...   Qc1+
21. Qd1   ...   Qxd1+
22. Kxd1  ...   Nxf2+
23. Ke2   ...   Nxh1


Comments
Starting game Falphin 16:05, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
And so, the battle is joined... --The Anachronism 02:50, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Interesting flank, there. -- Natalinasmpf 17:15, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  • I love the Sokolsky, and it provides me with good results normally. Falphin 18:57, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Generally, I've found that the best way to counter a Polish is with simple, solid central play. --The Anachronism 21:20, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • I prefer the English opening because I can flank and use central play of the opponent as a weakness. ;-) -- Natalinasmpf
    • The idea is suprise, the Orangutan is one of the least known about chess openings thats sound. The English is good too but I prefer 1.b4 or 1.Nf3 Falphin 22:29, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
      • Never did like using the knight as an opening, only reluctantly for defensive tactics - it constricts the ability of my pawns to move forward. -- Natalinasmpf 18:54, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
        • Well I play the KIA, and eventually play f4(My knight doesn't stay their that long). I've only lost two tournament games with it. Falphin 19:00, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I really wanted to take with the knight but their seems to be too many problems down that pathFalphin 01:08, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Request for Branch, I played a daring move I want to try so I was wondering if we could have a branch game from this move Falphin 15:34, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Branch created. -- Natalinasmpf 16:59, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Bah, I saw that coming, but apparently Anachronism didn't :D. -- Natalinasmpf 18:43, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Oops. Didn't know what I was thinking, requesting revert. -- Natalinasmpf 21:27, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  • Ok I suppose, otherwise the game would be over. Falphin 23:06, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

For white's move 21. -- not much choice here. 21. Ke2 loses the king's rook by skewer; only other alternative is for the queen to block by 21. Qd1 . Seksinfo 03:56, 22 October 2005 (UTC)


For white's move 22. -- no choice at all here. Seksinfo 09:11, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

===Game 4-A (SC6-A)=== Polish opening

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 1. b4    ...   e6  
 2. Bb2   ...   a5
 3. b5    ...   c6
 4. a4    ...   Nf6
 5. c4    ...   d5
 6. e3    ...   Nbd7
 7. Nf3   ...   Bb4
 8. Bc3   ...   Nc5
 9. d4    ...   Ne4
10. Bxb4  ...   axb4
11. Qb3   ...   Qa5
12. Nfd2  ...   dxc4
13. Bxc4  ...   Bd7
14. b6    ...   Qxb6
15. O-O   ...   c5
16. a5    ...   Rxa5
17. Rxa5  ...   Qxa5
18. f3    ...   Nxd2
19. Nxd2  ...   Ba4
20. Qa2   ...   O-O
21. Ra1   ...   Ra8
22. Bb3   ...   b5 
23. exc5  ...   Qd8
24. Kf2   ...   g5
25. Ke2   ...   h5
26. Rb1   ...   Bxb3
27. Qxb3  ...   Ra4
28. c6    ...









Comments

Branch created from move 13.

  • This is the only move I can find which saves my queenside. Falphin 17:07, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Game 5 (SC7)

Game between Flcelloguy (black) and Nichalp (white).

Notify Nichalp here. Notify Flcelloguy here.

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1.  e4     ...   e5
2.  Nf3    ...   Nc6
3.  Nc3    ...   Nf6
4.  d4     ...   exd4
5.  Nxd4   ...   Bb4
6.  Nxc6   ...   dxc6
7.  Qxd8+  ...   Kxd8
8.  Bg5    ...   Bxc3+
9.  bxc3   ...   Re8
10. O-O-O+ ...   Bd7
11. f3     ...   h6
12. Bxf6+  ...   gxf6
13. Bc4    ...   Rf8
14. Rd2    ...   Ke7
15. Rhd1   ...   Rad8
16. g4     ...   b5
17. Bb3    ...   c5
18. c4     ...   b4
19. Kb2    ...   a5
20. c3     ...   a4
21. Bc2    ...   a3+
22. Kb3    ...   bxc3
23. Kxc3   ...   Be6
24. Rxd8   ...   Rxd8
25. Rxd8   ...   Kxd8
26. Kb3    ...   Kc8
27. Bd3    ...   Kb7
28. Kxa3   ...   Kb6
29. Kb3    ...   bc8
30. Kc3    ...   c6
31. Bc2    ...   Ka5
32. h3     ...   Be6
33. f4     ...   Bd7
34. e5     ...   fxe5
35. fxe5   ...   Be6
36. Bf5    ...   Ka4
37. Bxe6   ...   fxe6
38. h4     ...   Ka3
39. g5     ...   hxg5
40. hxg5   ...   kxa2
41. g6     ...   Kb1
42. g7     ...   Ka1
43. g8=Q   ...   Ka2
44. Qb8    ...   Ka3
45. Qb3#

Comments

Arggh! It's the "Four Knights Game"! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 18:55, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Not quite. =Nichalp «Talk»=

Wow, a whole game sprung overnight without me knowing! Maybe because I was too busy copyediting to check parts of my watchlist. :p WikiChess tends to discourage games between only two people, encouraging community participation, so, can I barge in, or do you prefer it to be just 1 v 1? -- Natalinasmpf 00:46, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I'd prefer a 1-on-1 for now. Its my first game. =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:28, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

Hmm... preferred a queen trade, I see... (darn! no more castling) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:25, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

If that pawn wasn't there, that could have been a fork. But all good anyway, since white is now forced into a double pawn structure. :p -- Natalinasmpf 00:12, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Figured you would castle and put me in check... Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:39, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hmmm, I've become predictable. =Nichalp «Talk»= 17:51, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

Note: Travelling tomorrow, schedule uncertain for next few days... thanks for your patience! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 23:20, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I didn't want to capture your knight, but it was threatning to move into my territory. Retreating the bishop would be pointless. Since you will be having irregular timings, when you do make a move, please let me know. I won't have to check all the time then. Thanks. =Nichalp «Talk»= 09:06, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

We now both have doubled ponds... Anyways, I think both of us have certain advantages- you have the rook threatening check in the d-column, but have a vulnerability in the b-column... Also, I'm flying tomorrow (today was a busy preparation day), so thanks for your patience again! I'll be sure to notify you of future moves. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:49, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

My prediction for your next move is here (in comments). Please don't look at it until you have moved. Thanks! (Thought I'd see how good - or bad- I am in predicting moves...) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:56, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

You predicted correctly, but it was my best move. My bishop was sleeping there, and its high time he blesses the battlefield. I get to clear my backrank and also keep your rook occupied (of course its just a guess, your rook may have other ideas...) =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:06, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Still on (highly) irregular schedule in NY, thanks for your patience! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 28 June 2005 20:17 (UTC)

No probs. =Nichalp «Talk»= June 29, 2005 07:19 (UTC)

Trying to move your (second) rook to d1 for two rooks in one column? Would have been deadly- my king was so afraid he decided to flee... Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 29 June 2005 20:52 (UTC)

Yeah, aiming for that. =Nichalp «Talk»= June 30, 2005 06:37 (UTC)

Retreat! =Nichalp «Talk»= July 2, 2005 07:31 (UTC)

Advance! (that goes for both of...) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 2 July 2005 21:44 (UTC)
Don't have much of an option do I? User:Nichalp/sg July 3, 2005 05:19 (UTC)
I don't either... :) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 3 July 2005 15:11 (UTC)

Advance the pawns! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 4 July 2005 16:18 (UTC)

Would you mind taking a look at Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Sandbox/Chess and voting? Thanks! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 4 July 2005 16:49 (UTC)

A sudden onslaught of enemy pawns places the white king in jeopardy. User:Nichalp/sg July 4, 2005 18:08 (UTC)

Not for long, there goes my pawn... :) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 5 July 2005 15:35 (UTC)

I think exchanging rooks would be best for me. :) User:Nichalp/sg July 7, 2005 07:18 (UTC)

Not much of a choice but to take your rook, is there? Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 7 July 2005 16:07 (UTC)
Nope, this pushes your king away from the arena for time being. he he he. User:Nichalp/sg July 7, 2005 17:56 (UTC)

Gasp! No more rooks left! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 8 July 2005 21:13 (UTC)

Umm... I have a bad feeling about this. Let's put it this way: we have the same number of pawns, but your pawns are more "together", and your king is in the midst of it all while my king is hopelessly away. Oh well, I'm fighting to the end! He he, it's been fun. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 9 July 2005 15:23 (UTC)

That gives me your pawn User:Nichalp/sg July 9, 2005 17:35 (UTC)
The king solemnly approaches the battlefield, knowing that he most likely will not survive for long... Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 9 July 2005 18:34 (UTC)

...until the other king gets complacent ;) User:Nichalp/sg July 9, 2005 18:43 (UTC)

This is looking grim (for me)... if I advance any pawns (except c7), it will be taken. My bishop has nowhere to go, and my king is on the wrong side of the board. Is this the beginning of the end, or the end of the end? Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 01:52, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Hopefully I can stop your a-pawn from advancing... Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:11, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

I actually didn't intend advancing that pawn. :) User:Nichalp/sg 06:24, July 12, 2005 (UTC)


Nothing else to do but advance the (now deadlocked) pawn... Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:35, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

The game tempo has decreased. Maybe the lull before the storm? BTW. Nice seeing your chess article on the main page. Congrats!
Thanks! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 19:17, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

I wish I could predict your moves like you do for mine. Your king is unwelcome at the gates of my territory. Maybe he should set up shop on that square? :) User:Nichalp/sg 06:20, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

Nah, my bishop's got some work to do... Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:41, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
And now the bishop retreats... Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 19:36, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
The oscillating bishop? User:Nichalp/sg 05:18, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

Why do I have a strange feeling that after you take my pawn, you're going to try and push the g-pawn up? Hmm... my bishop just might stop oscillating and try and stop the pawn in its tracks... Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:14, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

The bishop, yet again, returns to e6. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 17:04, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Once again, I am going to try predicting your move. Might be wrong, but it's worth a guess. :-) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 17:06, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Yeah true, I had planned it in advance. Looks like we'd have to go in for an exchange. If your interested in capturing my bishop, my move is gxf5; you can move for me if you want to exchange, enabling you to play another move. User:Nichalp/sg 17:36, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
Nah. My king feels like going on a walk. :-) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 17:50, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
So there goes your Bishop. User:Nichalp/sg 17:53, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
Yours too. However, now you've got two pawns on g and h; I only have one. Planning to get a new queen soon? Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 19:53, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
I think the crowning of a queen is inevitable. Don't you agree? My pawn is free for capuring on the a file. :) User:Nichalp/sg 06:55, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
It was actually inevitable since, oh, ten moves ago. Oh well, might as well take the a pawn. :) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:29, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Right! so troops Foward March! :) User:Nichalp/sg 08:06, July 19, 2005 (UTC)

Hey, might as well trade pawns... The king is preparing for Armageddon. Sadly, the black side is destined to lose... Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:42, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Move 39. g5 ... was a winning move in this game (as opposed to 39. h5 ... ), although a fairly obvious one to me. Although white's a-pawn can be had for the taking, white should be able to figure out how to win this game from here. H Padleckas 02:52, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

White made the correct but obvious move playing PxP in move 40. The way to an easy victory for white is now obvious. White's a-pawn is easily expendable. The black pawns are immobile and the black king cannot reach white's g-pawn nearly in time to prevent it from queening. White should coast to an easy win with a queen. H Padleckas 11:06, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Oh well, might as well get the extra pawn before the end. :-) Anyways, I plan to fight to the end (should be within 5 moves, I would say...) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 18:15, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Fight till the end à la Charge of the Light Brigade? User:Nichalp/sg 19:05, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

If I were white, I would have played 40. Kc2 ... effectively confining the black K to the a-file, but - no matter anyway. H Padleckas 04:51, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Oops, sorry for taking so long to move. I must have missed it on my watchlist. :) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 18:48, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in making a move. Long story. I many be a bit irregular this week. I'm sorry abt that. :( User:Nichalp/sg 14:46, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

That's fine, take your time. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:57, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Someone stop that crazed pawn from advancing!!! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:57, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

I can't stop it even if I wanted to. H Padleckas 21:13, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Queen! User:Nichalp/sg 10:06, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

I wonder how many more moves my king can survive? Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 15:36, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
White can mate in 2. If black moved 43. ... Kb1 instead last move, it would have been mate in 2 anyway. H Padleckas 18:26, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

I usually love to knock off enemy pawns, and queening more pawns before securing a win. But this time I'll make an exception and go for the kill. User:Nichalp/sg 12:39, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

My king would rather face his death (capture?) at edge of the board rather than the corner. Coincidentally, he offers your king a peace pipe and offers a draw. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 16:24, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

No thanks, my queen does not smoke. ;) Ok then here's an incantation to your king from my queen: Avada Kedavra
That's been a long and interesting game. Well played, you gave me some shivers when you almost cornered my king in the middle! Thanks for your patience. User:Nichalp/sg 18:19, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

Great game on your part as well! Thanks for your patience. Though, to quote from Dumbledore- "[[My king]] will not have truly left until those who believe in him do so no more." (or something like that...) And there's three pawns who still believe! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:14, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations on your win, Nichalp. Do you want to see a long game? Look at mine. It's almost twice as long and still going. H Padleckas 02:21, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. Yeah, that's long, but a clear win for black. User:Nichalp/sg 08:32, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Hey Nichalp, how about a game of Bug House, presuming the two people trying to fill a "tema game" switch to bug house? (See below) As they say... if you can't beat them, join them! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:55, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

I'm seeing this request only today. :( But the above game was taxing. User:Nichalp/sg 14:00, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
Oops, I kind of forgot about that invitation... well, a game of regular chess or bug house wouldn't hurt me right now... yesterday was not a good day for me overall. (Lesson learned as well: don't do RC patrol when you're really tired...) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 14:07, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

===Game 6 (SC8)=== Sicilian defence/Maroczy Bind

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1.  e4     ...  c5
2.  Nf3    ...  a6
3.  c4     ...  Nc6
4.  d4     ...  f6  
5.  Be2    ...  Qb6
6.  Nc3    ...  cxd4
7.  Nd5    ...  Qd8
8.  Nxd4   ...  e6
9.  Nxc6   ...  bxc6
10. Nf4    ...  Bc5
11. Bh5+   ...  g6
12. Bxg6+  ...  hxg6
13. Nxg6   ...  Rh7
14. Nf4    ...  Qb6
15. Qc2    ...  Bb7
16. e5     ...  f5
17. Nd3    ...  Be7
18. Be3    ...  Qc7
19. 0-0-0  ...  Nh6
20. h3     ...  Nf7
21. f4     ...  c5
22. Qf2    ...  Rc8
23. Rhg1   ...  Be4
24. Rd2    ...  Qa5
25. Kb1    ...  d5
26. exd6 ep...  Nxd6


Comments.
I am new to this, but I will bite. Are we forming teams? -- Rajesh 28 June 2005 23:21 (UTC)

Its a colloborative game, so not necessarily (this is intended to be an open, not a closed game, I presume. Anyone may make a move, just as long as he or she picks the same side for the entire course of the game. -- Natalinasmpf 28 June 2005 23:53 (UTC)

Exciting! Thank you. -- Rajesh 28 June 2005 23:56 (UTC)

I should have anticipated white's move 7. My only practical choices now are 7. ... Qd8 or Qa5.
:-/ H Padleckas 06:05, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Maybe I screwed up black's move 6 just a little bit, but maybe not. We are still even in material, so it's not too bad, I think. H Padleckas 03:58, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

12 Bxg6 positional sacrifice, gives white a passed pawn, I thought this looked interesting 24.27.60.170 20:27, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

It does look interesting, but is it sound? H Padleckas 05:17, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

As of now (move 20, black to move), other than the lack of the light-squared bishop, white's position seems to be reasonably good. However, black's pawn structure has holes on both king and queen sides, his/her light-squared bishop is rather blocked-in now, and black is rather cramped for space in the center, although black has a 1-point material lead. White's "long-term" sacrifice of a bishop for 2 pawns seems to be OK so far. We shall see how it turns out in the long run. H Padleckas 07:19, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

An exciting game, and black's 21st move—advancing a pawn to c5 (for the 2nd time this game!)—promises more fireworks to come. White has a space advantage and relatively stronger pawn structure, while black has the material edge and many open files and diagonals to facilitate counterattacking. White now needs to decide whether to prepare to advance the kingside pawns, perhaps with rooks on h2 and/or g1, or to shift the focus to the center of the board, pressuring black's pawns with Qf2 and/or doubling the rooks on the d-file. 24.27.60.170 12:23, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

25 ... d5 very nice, I don't see any hope for white now. Kb1 was probably a blunder, but even in spite of that its pretty amazing how white's position looked very playable just 4 moves ago. Black exposed white's weak queenside before white could formulate an attack on the black king. Another interesting point of divergence would have been if white played 17 g4, creating two passed pawns but then black would be compensated with a lot of attacking possibilities 24.27.60.170 23:22, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

I wonder if the d5 move was made with the realisation that white can respond with en passant? -- Natalinasmpf 07:47, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Yes, when I made the move 25. ... d5, I was aware that white could respond with
26. exd6 e. p. (en passant). I know you (Natalinasmpf) have played the black pieces in this game before. I don't know what white's best response would now be, but this en passant move may now be just about white's best move. H Padleckas 01:29, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Nobody has moved for a while in this game. Black's latest move, 25. ... d5, threatens that his
d pawn will either:

  1. advance to d4 trapping white's bishop for capture, or
  2. take black's pawn on c4 creating an uncomfortable position for white.

In a remark above, It was mentioned that an en passant move is possible and it may be white's best move. This move, 26. exd6 e. p., will counter both of these threats, in addition to clearing the d-file of black pawns and isolating black's c pawn. Seksinfo 18:53, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

After white's move 26, the d6 pawn is threatening black's e7 bishop. Two apparently logical responses would seem to be 26. ... Bxd6 and 26. ... Nxd6. Which one is better? ... I will have to think about this. H Padleckas 22:42, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] SC9

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1.   d4    ... d5
2.   Nc3   ... Nf6
3.   Bf4   ... Bf5
4.   Nb5   ... Na6
5.   c4    ... e6
6.   Qa4   ... Qd7
7.   b3    ... Ne4
8.   a3    ... c6
9.   e3    ... cxb5
10.  cxb5  ... Nc3
11.  Qa5   ... Nb8
12.  Qxc3  ... a6
13.  Qa5   ... Bd6
14.  bxa6  ... Bxf4
15.  exf4  ... O-O
16.  b4    ... Nxa6
17.  b5    ... Nc7
18.  Qb6   ... Rab8 (offer draw)
19.  a4    ...



Comments
New game. I'll play black. KrazyCaley 00:51, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

A knight on the rim leads to a win. I hope. KrazyCaley 00:12, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Darn... --HeteroZellous 00:44, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
  • And now things get really interesting. KrazyCaley 07:56, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
    • I guess I'm now going to pay for being a noob for gambling as if you're a noob. --HeteroZellous 08:55, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
      • (After 8...c6) Not really, I had to have a pretty deep think in the first place to make sure that I could get away with 7...Ne4. KrazyCaley 21:23, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
        • Well, you did just manage to trap my knight. --HeteroZellous 23:45, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
        • That I did. It's far from lost for you, though. KrazyCaley 01:31, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
          • I certainly hope so! I'm constantly feeling uncomfortable after I gambled using obvious moves and got nothing! --HeteroZellous 02:36, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Now comes Operation Reginacide. KrazyCaley 03:35, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
    • Gah, didn't think that one through well enough. KrazyCaley 06:00, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
  • You moved 16. b4 but wrote 16. a4. I switched it to b4. If you DID mean a4, then just switch it back; my move is the same either way. KrazyCaley/That's Krazy Talk 07:03, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
    • Ah, sorry and thanks. To be honest I can't remember which of the two I decided for but I'll assume I did pick b4. --HeteroZellous 01:11, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Draw offered after move 18. KrazyCaley/That's Krazy Talk 09:22, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

  • Aw, why was a draw offered? I thought the intensity of this close game was alluring. --HeteroZellous 17:41, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
    • Little too close. You've got the pawn, but it's a rook's pawn, and I've got development and potential control of the c-file, but that isn't going anywhere either because it'll take me forever to realize any advantage. KrazyCaley/That's Krazy Talk 23:40, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
      • Alright, since you insist. I was actually going to say, "To be honest, I like how this game has developed and how close it is, so I wouldn't like to throw it all away; is it OK with you to let another person take your place?" But after seeing how dead all the other standard chess games are, I accept the draw. Would you like to start a new game? --HeteroZellous 22:48, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
        • Ah, hell, let's play it out. Not like anything hinges on this game. I've played in too many tourneys, I'm used to trying to split points when I'm in unfavorable situations. :) KrazyCaley/That's Krazy Talk 22:07, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


Holy cow, somehow this had slipped off my radar... I thought I already made a move after the draw was canceled, but now I guess not. Hope I didn't bore you. =\ --HeteroZellous 21:43, 14 February 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Game 7 (SC4)

left board extra pieces list:
right board extra pieces list:
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Anyone up for bughouse? MYT 21:00, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Certainly. Elle vécut heureuse à jamais (Be eudaimonic!) 05:48, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fischer Random Chess

Might as well try some variants. I'm thinking of Bughouse chess, but that would need two boards, perhaps we can try that as well. But for now, its Fischer Random Chess. It rocks. (Fischer bughouse, anyone?) -- Natalinasmpf 20:24, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Bughouse would be cool. Maybe after I'm done with my current game of chess. :) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 19:05, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I'll choose a position based on this generator. [1] It isn't standardised, so I will try to look for one that conforms with PGN format.

Bughouse doesn't really work without clocks. --jacobolus (t) 22:10, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
This where time limits come in, isn't it? (Albeit a bit longer than the tournament's.) -- Natalinasmpf 22:20, 19 May 2005 (UTC)


[edit] FRC Game 1 (SFRC2)

Position 367:

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mjm

 1. e4    ...   g5
 2. c3    ...   Bg7
 3. d4    ...   e5
 4. Ne2   ...   e6
 5. f3    ...   c5
 6. Nc2   ...   b5
 7. b4    ...   f6
 8. g4    ...   Nb6
 9. Rb3   ...   Bxb3
10. axb3  ...   O-O-O
11. bxc5  ...   dxc5
12. Ng3   ...   exd4
13. cxd4  ...   cxd4
14. Bxb5  ...   Re6
15. Bd3   ...   Rd6
16. Nf5   ...

Comments.

New game. I'll start off as black for this one. Remove this when white makes a move. Again, I can't use a PGN-compatible generator as I haven't found one yet, but I'll use the same site, position 367. [2] -- Natalinasmpf 23:33, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Uh, any takers for white? -- Natalinasmpf 09:50, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

I'll play you. -- Hmwordock53 18:32:49, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Aren't the pieces a little goofed up? -- Hmwordock53 19:43, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Well it is Fischer Random Chess, so the back position row is randomised, with key principles retained (king between two rooks, bishops on different coloured squares, etc.) -- Natalinasmpf 22:15, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
That looked like a minor oversight - do you want to revert your move? -- Natalinasmpf 14:54, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
Sorry if I've been gone for a while, I've been bussy at work. -- Hmwordock53 04:14, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Team games

[edit] Team game 1

White team: User:Nathan256 and User:Tparker393
Black team: User:Sam_Sloan and User:Torinir
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[edit] Rules:

1) Two players to a team.
2) Either player can make a move on that team's behalf.
3) If a team does not move for 168 hours, without leaving an explanation, that team forfeits the game.

ok, are you guys going to make a move now? H Padleckas 03:27, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

I'm withdrawing from this game. Vacancy sign back up. Sorry. H Padleckas 17:46, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

I'm withdrawing too. If you guys want to play in the future, let me know. — Bcat (talk • email) 23:15, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

How about a game of bughouse? I've created a subpage at Wikipedia:Sandbox/Chess/Bug House Game 1, but the computer lab is closing (groan) and I don't have time to fix it. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:54, 30 July 2005 (UTC)


    • BOOM*

Anyone still up for bughouse? -- Natalinasmpf 18:14, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] New Board

There's a new board out! Just type chess board2 instead of chess
position and pow!
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Ok, mabe its not the best, but at least then begginers will be able to remember which pieces are which.

Comments

Do you mean pawn instead of pon??? Or am I missing some insider joke??? -Hmib 04:07, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

It's probably used as a shorter, more phonetical spelling of the word 'pawn' -- MacAddct1984 05:05, May 23, 2005 (UTC)

Yes, it is just to sort of abreviate because pawn would be too long to fit in that space and still be able to read --Hmwordock53 14:14, May 23, 2005 (UTC)

I like the traditional board much better. I like visualizing the pieces better. I like the previous colors better. Pictures of the pieces can be understood worldwide better than the letter code based on the English language. Also, there is not enough contrast between the dark squares and the symbols to easily and rapidly make them out. sorry. H Padleckas 07:39, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

I think that instead of 'pon' for 'pawn', a better three letter word might be 'pwn' or simply 'pn'. Perhaps you could give all peces better acronims, such as 'bsh' 'rk' 'kng' ect.1 black hand °T°

Haha. You said pwn. 216.158.31.195 14:33, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)-->

A simple 'p' would do. -Hmib 02:52, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I suggest you use whatever standard is used by FIDE as Wikipedia is a World resource. 207.179.122.218 15:41, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)


I guess you guys are right, it's sort of a waist of space. I guess the template and all of the images should be put on the vfd list. -- Hmwordock53 04:24, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

Absolutely no need -- the templates are used to illustrate chess articles. (Or do you mean the second template? It could be useful, but if not, we could delete it yeah.) — Sverdrup 23:16, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It is so much better to have visually recognisable shapes than letters when trying to picture up to 24 objects at once. The letters idea is just a non-starter. jazborocketman

Might be good for the Calvin Chess game, but I just moved so somebody else has to do that one :) LittleBrother 15:16, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

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