Insano wakes up sticky, but it doesn't bother him as he's used to it. He walks back in and challenges Macavenger to a game of chess. But it doesn't work very well because all the pieces get stuck to his hands.
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Originally posted by Macavenger:
**Macavenger runs back into the bar and sits at The Hunter's table again. "Did you move yet? Ah, come on, hurry up! It's the first move of the game, shouldn't be that hard to figure out! Be right back."
Mac runs back out and resumes chasing Insano, breaking the new galactic speed record.
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1...e5
It was a blind invitation. 
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2. Nf3
Should we do this by e-mail, perhaps, so as not to clog up the topic?
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ahh man! now i'm under attack by two.
Overrider hates violence unprovoked so he buys both avenger and skyblade a drink and buys himself a drink and buys insano and hunter a drink to stay on good terms and then buys more drinks for everyone he bought a drink for who drink their drinks and all apologize to each other while sipping their drinks beacause everyone likes their drinks. Everyone is freiendly with each other for now. "Insano, want to play chess? And Does anyone have a chronichle coming up?
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Originally posted by Macavenger:
**2. Nf3
Should we do this by e-mail, perhaps, so as not to clog up the topic?
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2...Nf6 "Petrov's Defense"
I think as long as we do some thing in addition to posting moves, it'll be fine.
The Hunter watches Overrider go into a dizzying drink-buying spree. When it's over, Hunter takes a sip from one of his 16 drinks that overrider bought him
"Um, thanks Overrider. Maybe you should check how much sugar you've been having?"
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Sorry, can't play unless I want a knight to be stuck on my hand the whole game. Overrider, one drink might not help. Skyblade and Mac are known to hold... grudges.
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3. Nxe5
Petroff's is a little unusual, let's see if you let me abuse it in some of the special ways white can.
BTW, are you a USCF member? Erm, that assumes you're in the US, which I guess I don't know, but...
Well, to bring Moose up to speed, Skyblade came to BBII too, and threatened to blow it up if we didn't bring him Dr. Pepper, so since then we've been focusing more on the Dr. Pepper vs. Roach Juice (aka Pepsi aka Confederate Cola) battle, and have fought off some fleets trying to bring it to the bar. We've also had several major soft drink wars, Insano has died ten or eleven or something times now, and it's all gotten a bit crazy. Right now I'm playing chess with the Hunter.
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Originally posted by Macavenger:
(BInsano has died ten or eleven or something times now...
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I thought he had died more like thirteen times? 
Mac and Skyblade engage in an epic battle with the ancient game of chess. Six turns into the game, Skyblade brings death to Mac's king with a pawn (that's pretty sad :p). Mac, not being very happy, picks up his turbolaser and blasts Skyblade's king: the cheating way, that is.
"So who won?"
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Originally posted by Macavenger:
**3. Nxe5
Petroff's is a little unusual, let's see if you let me abuse it in some of the special ways white can.
BTW, are you a USCF member? Erm, that assumes you're in the US, which I guess I don't know, but...
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Yes, I do live in the US of A and I'm a USCF member, and I don't let many people abuse my Petroff...
3...d6
The Hunter, um, continues sitting and sipping A&W;
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If I've died 13 times then that's unlucky. Insano shoots himself in the head just so it will be 14 not 13.
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Originally posted by Captain Skyblade:
**I thought he had died more like thirteen times?:p
Mac and Skyblade engage in an epic battle with the ancient game of chess. Six turns into the game, Skyblade brings death to Mac's king with a pawn (that's pretty sad :p). Mac, not being very happy, picks up his turbolaser and blasts Skyblade's king: the cheating way, that is.
"So who won?"
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I'm having a hard time picturing a way that it's possible to checkmate with a pwan on move 6, especially if you play with the ancient rules as you implied, which I happen to know. Anyway, I'm pretty damn sure I wouldn't fall for it if you could. So try playing out moves like Hunter and I are. I can do a simul, and I'll even give you white if you want. Chess happens to be one of my favorite pastimes, other than reading the board here :p, so if you think you can take me, bring it.
4. Nf3
Aw, rats, you didn't play the good (from my view) move. Strangely, a lot of Petroff player's don't seem to know what happens after 3... Nxe4. You'd think that since they choose to play the less common opening, they'd at least know it well enough not to get themselves killed early in it. But sadly, white can often rip the queen off that way, or at least a pawn if they get smart after 4. Qe2.
What's your USCF rating? I'm 720/P, but my actual strength is a lot higher than that. One tournament and haven't adjusted to the environment yet.
Insano, I think you were actually dead 12 times, so after shooting yourself, that would be 13. Better shoot yourself again. Just remember to be humane about it.
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**Overrider, one drink might not help. Skyblade and Mac are known to hold... grudges.
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Against me????? 
Hunter, for breakfast I eat ten ounds of sugar.
Overrider sits in a corner hoping to avoid fights and orders a drink and blows up the glass , orders a drink blows up the glass orders a drink. . . .
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I just figured out what Mac and Hunter are doing. You're playing chess, aren't you? Is there an online chess program?
Insano walks in and shoots Skyblade's queen. He then challenges anyone to spoon fighting. Maybe I'll die again.
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Originally posted by Macavenger:
**4. Nf3
Aw, rats, you didn't play the good (from my view) move. Strangely, a lot of Petroff player's don't seem to know what happens after 3... Nxe4. You'd think that since they choose to play the less common opening, they'd at least know it well enough not to get themselves killed early in it. But sadly, white can often rip the queen off that way, or at least a pawn if they get smart after 4. Qe2.
What's your USCF rating? I'm 720/P, but my actual strength is a lot higher than that. One tournament and haven't adjusted to the environment yet. **
4...Nxe4
Yes, you'd think that they wouldn't fall for something so obvious as 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4? 4. Qe2! if they were playing the Petroff. It's even worse if they play 4...Nf6?? 5. Nc6+! and White picks up the Queen. After 4. Qe2! Black can get off with just the loss of a pawn with 4...d6 I believe. (do you know about the "?" and "!" marks? If not, ! means a good move and ? means a bad one)
I'm rated 800-something, last time I checked it was 808, but I've played in two tournaments since then and did well, so it's probably more like 825 or something.
The Hunter waits for Mac to move challenges Insano to armwrestling
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Insano accepts Hunter's challenge and says, "How strong can a chess player be?"
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Chess players aren't inherently weaker ya'know, though in my case that thought would hold up. And yes, we are playing chess.
5.Bc4
Shows how commonly I play people who play the Petroff right, it happens so infrequently I don't know any more book theory on this line yet, had to go make it up on my own.
I am familiar with a lot of annotating symbols, like !, ?, !?, ?!, !!, ??, +, #. (Good, Bad, Interesting, Dubious, Brilliant, Blunder, Check, Checkmate.)
For Insano and The Hunter, if you guys want to play some more chess, I suggest you check out (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum60/HTML/000147.html")this thread(/url) over at Just Games.
And Hunter, in case you might be interested, here's an interesting game I played a while back as white. Good example of black choosing an obscure line and not playing it right.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 (Latvian Gambit) 3.Bc4 Nf6? (Black must capture the pawn.) 4.Nxe5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Qh5+ g6 (I love this position. White has 3 pieces aimed at the King after 6 moves, a sure sign that black did something wrong.) 7.Nxg6! Nf6 8.Qe2+ Be7 9.Nxh8 Nc6 10.d3 Nd4 11.Qe5! (Maintains pressure on blacks king, offering the Ra1 to continue attacking. The Rook is irrelevant to the game.) Nxc2+ 12.Kd1 Nxa1 13.Bh6?! (Bf7+ immediately forces mate in 2.) Ng4?? (Qd6 stops immediate mate, though black has a losing game.) 14.Bf7+ Kd7 15.Qe6#
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Skyblade walks over and bonks Insano on the head with his spoon.
"I most definately except your challenge!"
Mac- I've played chess for five years now, but ancient rules never get old.
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Alright you guys. It seems like I did this just a few days ago, but I think its time to let this topic drift and start a new one if you like. Topics that go over 200 posts really put some pressure on the members with slow internet connections. They also add a little extra strain to the Ambrosia web server.
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