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HarryPutter 
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 Posted: 01:58AM Sep 15, 2011 |
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Before people get on my case...
Chess is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee, and international chess competition is sanctioned by the FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation). There are also many chess variants that have different rules, different pieces, and different boards.
It is a sport.
Anyway, lately I've been having a chess craving, so I thought it might be cool if we discussed chess, strategies, setup matches, and posted some chess puzzles here for eachother to solve.
One of my favourite opening moves is (assuming white)
E2-E4 - often the opponent mimics this E7-E5
D1-H5 -typically at this point the opponent tries to attack with pawn to G6
H5-E5  - Check your king
E5-H8 - Take my free rook
That works usually against inexperienced people, or people who aren't paying attention. But you'll have their complete attention after it.
Anyway, here is a chess puzzle:
This one is easy. You're white, and it's 2 moves to checkmate. The point of chess puzzles is to constantly keep your opponents in check and/or force their next move. In other words, you have to assume that your opponent plays a perfect defense.
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rolugomi
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Posted: 07:13AM Sep 15, 2011 |
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Here's my answer (in white)
H1-H7
Black responds with king to h7
White queen to h5
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The_Spider 
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Posted: 03:19PM Sep 15, 2011 |
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I had my chess phase, though for the record, not that I care thats its in this forum. I will never ever consider it a sport and dont waste your breath trying to explain it to me (the Olympic Committe is not a dictionary and I believe are removing chess from olympic consideration or whatever).
Anway, yeah the best response to
1. e4 e5
2. Qh5
is
2 ...Nc6 protecting the e pawn
your then gonna see
3. Bc4 g6
4. Qf3 Nf6
which isnt bad for black
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parham_Attack
AWESOME site for chess tactical problems though they are not interactive
http://www.chesstactics.org/
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jaycr
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Posted: 04:08PM Sep 15, 2011 |
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Great idea Harry. I'm not going to get into the sport discussion, (it's not one, in my opinion). And please forgive my lack of chess notation knowledge, I hope I'm doing it correctly.
Qxg6
EDIT: original move reposted.
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The_Spider
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Posted: 04:10PM Sep 15, 2011 |
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Qxg6 loses to Qxh1
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jaycr
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Posted: 04:13PM Sep 15, 2011 |
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Just saw that, and removed my move  It's been awhile... 
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HarryPutter
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Posted: 07:55PM Sep 15, 2011 |
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I don't think its really a sport either, I'm just using the fact its recognised as one to make use of the forum 
Oh yeah, that's what the move is called.
Btw you guys should post some more chess puzzles.
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The_Spider
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Posted: 08:09PM Sep 15, 2011 |
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Yeah not a bad idea haha, but I had some trouble with the image in my WTB game
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snowmonster 
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Posted: 08:18PM Sep 15, 2011 |
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Move f 5 to f 7!
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HarryPutter
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Posted: 12:44AM Sep 16, 2011 |
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The problem with that move would be that Black could then move pawn to H6. While that would leave their knight unprotected, you wouldn't be able to eat it with your queen unless you sacrifice the rook under attack as spid pointed out. There's no defense against rolu's solution.
Here's another 2-move checkmate:
Here's a tougher one - 3 move checkmate (Or 2 move, if the King makes an error):
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The_Spider
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Posted: 07:11AM Sep 16, 2011 |
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That actually loses the rook and the knight as white will have to interpose the knight to stop checkmate. Anyway as for these two
Kc2 Ka2
Qa4#
For the mate in three
Ne8+ Kf8 (h8 or g8 lead to the same mate on g7)
Nf6+ Ke7
Re8#
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jaycr
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Posted: 03:31PM Sep 16, 2011 |
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I used to be good at these... you're gonna make me get my board out, aren't ya?
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rolugomi
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Posted: 03:49PM Sep 16, 2011 |
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I think you're right on the first one spider, but i dont understand the second one 
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The_Spider
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Posted: 04:11PM Sep 16, 2011 |
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Well the king has three posible sqaures to move to and it will be mate in three no matter if he moves to f8, g8, or h8 (I dont see Harry's mate in 2) the pattern is the same for the final move it just can happen on two different squares
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HarryPutter
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Posted: 04:21PM Sep 16, 2011 |
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Oh wait, I think I had that puzzle confused with another one  my bad
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rolugomi
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Posted: 04:57PM Sep 16, 2011 |
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I get it now, for both 2 and three moves.
2 if the king moves back to g7 instead of e7.
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HarryPutter
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Posted: 05:24PM Sep 16, 2011 |
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Right^
That' 2 move check mate is what happened in the original game that the puzzle was based off of
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Posted: 09:50PM Sep 16, 2011 |
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This is the 1st time I've wandered in to this topic. I was pleasantly surprised to see Chess. Only on Braingle! And the International Olympic Committee. 
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The_Spider
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Posted: 10:29PM Sep 16, 2011 |
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Thats still a 3 move checkmate, I dont see any 2 move Checkmate here even if black helps out
Ne8+ Kh8
Nf6+ Kg7
Rg8#
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