Game 56: History
Mike
5019 days ago
agreed. good game man...I have to concentrate on Justin now....I have made a bunch of blunders trying to play him and you at the same time and I'm in rough shape now.
Devin
5019 days ago
Checkmate. Although it's terrifying to win when I'm one move away from losing myself.
Devin
5019 days ago
And oh you mean the bishop move. Lol yes.
Devin
5019 days ago
Well, you were trying to fork me. I figured you'd try it if I didn't force the queen trade though.
Mike
5019 days ago
oops, blunder....oh well.
Devin
5019 days ago
Took a few minutes to decide if I wanted to do the queen trade or not, lol.
Devin
5020 days ago
I've been giving Justin lessons since we were just out of high school, but I've been going over every single game we play and pointing out what he did wrong, and what I did wrong. When he can go back and actually see what happened, and more to the point, I can, it speeds the learning process up dramatically. Also, now he's forced to play the game to the end instead of giving up as soon as he was beat like he always did before with me, lol.
Mike
5020 days ago
cool, night man. 1 last question, have you been giving Justin lessons? He seems to have Improved drastically.
Devin
5020 days ago
And d6. My god I keep screwing up the numbers when I use them in chat. :P
Devin
5020 days ago
Ahahaha sounds good. I look forward to game three, however this one turns out. You're forcing me to up my game.
Devin
5020 days ago
Oh. d5 on move 18 would have hurt me pretty badly. I think I could have recovered from it but at best for me I'd have ceded any advantage I had, with high possibility of you gaining an advantage.
Mike
5020 days ago
Okay, I'm going to wait till tomorrow. Maybe I'll come up with a last ditch sacrifice in my sleep.
Devin
5020 days ago
Well if it makes you feel any better I was about to tear a hole through them regardless of what you did. I've been planning since my c3 move to gain an advantage over you by ripping through those pawns.
Devin
5020 days ago
This is the most exciting game of chess I've ever played, ahaha. Though the time I absolutely crushed my 12th grade physics teacher after he gave up in trying to stop us all from playing chess in his class and told me he'd teach me how a real chess game was won... ahahaha. Or when I beat the acknowledged gamesmaster of my family while camping, then immediately lost to another uncle who usually loses to the uncle I beat, ahahaha.
Mike
5020 days ago
yes, I think I'm fucked. those pawns were my only hope and I think I just sunk them all.
Devin
5020 days ago
I'll be exerting pressure pretty much immediately, though I DID give you a free move... you have relatively little that you can do with it. I don't see any single move that you can make next turn that will let you put immediate pressure on me, which means that I will regain initiative and be able to press you hard and fast, as every single one of my pieces is now active, while you have two pieces doing absolutely nothing for you. I can mobilize half a dozen strikes within two moves.
Mike
5020 days ago
yup, I overlooked that knight. I thought you were cooked.
Devin
5020 days ago
I do now, lol. I was really worried that you'd see something else to drive me into a corner though, lol. You managed to catch me completely flat footed with that daring attack. I just didn't expect you to go that suddenly on the offensive after I made that move. Only reason I was able to defend my bishop was because my knight was sitting there intentionally with the dual purpose of king and bishop protection.
Mike
5020 days ago
I don't know, if the game goes on for a while I think I have the advantage, but you can probably find a way to exert big pressure fast.
Mike
5020 days ago
agreed, I'm going to have to find advantage else where if you catch my drift, but I still say you have a huge advantage for now.
Devin
5020 days ago
I'm honestly not sure which one of us is in better position. ^^; I have your bishop for two pawns... honestly a pretty close trade. And you have slightly more board control than I do, I think, though yours is more tenuous than mine is.
Devin
5020 days ago
Ahaha. This game certainly just got very, very interesting indeed. I didn't anticipate you blowing up my queenside like that, even if it has cost you a little bit so far.
Mike
5020 days ago
Damn I fraked...okay last move, then bedtime
Mike
5020 days ago
lol, you sneaky bastard.
Mike
5020 days ago
and that's why I castle early.
Devin
5020 days ago
Nope, lol.
Mike
5020 days ago
do you see now?
Devin
5020 days ago
That certainly took me by surprise. I'm interested to see where you're going with this.
Mike
5020 days ago
Yea, I wanted to get my rook out to the open, so I figured I should castle
Devin
5020 days ago
By that I mean... I found myself wishing that I had a free move. Then you gave it to me with your castling.