3v3 Chess game

[NikolaiI]

[Okay I have a wonderful idea. Let's have a chess game!!

We will do this with teams, and make it a tandem game. This means there will be two or three players on a team (only 2v2 or 3v3), and then each of them will take turns giving a move for the game, with each person posting in order.

I don't want to have more than 6 people, so the first 5 will get into it.

We'll do one game at first, with one side playing white and one black.

If you like chess and need a chessboard, this site gives a java one you can move the pieces on.

http://www.chesslab.com/PositionSearch.html

After we get the players, then we'll do the teams and begin. I've no real idea how fast this game will go, anyone who wants to do this must be able to go when it's their turn, and at least give the game a little thought. I'll make good moves, of course. ;)

Okay let's see!

You don't necessarily have to be good to play this game!!!!

Players:

1) Nikolai
2) Virgil
3) papayahed
4) Taliesin

[NikolaiI]

Just wanted to refresh this. I know it'd be annoying if someone kept posting in their own thread, so I won't do this again, but I just wanted to bring it up one last time. Does no one want to play chess??? No reason to be afraid, after all you could be on my team :) But it doesn't matter if there are good people on the team, because everyone gets a move every three turns, so anyone can mess it up. :) Makes it more fun and less of a seriuos agme, but aren't there any tournament players with the chess bug?

[Virgil]

Is it that each player take turns making a move? If so, I guess I'll play.

[papayahed]

I'm not all that great at chess, If you don't get real chess players I'll play.

[ClaesGefvenberg]

That 3v3 in the title jogged an old memory: Back in the early 80's yours truly and two friends spent our lunch breaks playing chess (or something like it :rolleyes: ) on a board like the one in this picture:
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mp_cc_three_players_chessboard.jpeg

I don't know where I got the idea, but one day I made the board from a piece of scrap wood, and our lunch breaks were not the same for a long time: It quickly turned chess into a spectator sport, because as you can probably imagine every game ended in absolute mayhem! :lol: :brow: I had forgotten all about it, and your post prompted me to see if I could find something similar to my setup on the web. To my amazement I did...

Sorry, but I do not have the time for a game over the web. I travel too much in my work these days.

/Claes

[NikolaiI]

Yay! Thank you Virgil and Papaya. Yes, that's the idea, Virgil. We take turns but it's teams because you only play White or Black's pieces. If it is a two person team, then one person makes all the odd numbered and the other makes all the even numbered moves-- just like in pool. And we can do 2 or 3, it's up to everyone else.

[Virgil]

That 3v3 in the title jogged an old memory: Back in the early 80's yours truly and two friends spent our lunch breaks playing chess (or something like it :rolleyes: ) on a board like the one in this picture:
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mp_cc_three_players_chessboard.jpeg

I don't know where I got the idea, but one day I made the board from a piece of scrap wood, and our lunch breaks were not the same for a long time: It quickly turned chess into a spectator sport, because as you can probably imagine every game ended in absolute mayhem! :lol: :brow: I had forgotten all about it, and your post prompted me to see if I could find something similar to my setup on the web. To my amazement I did...

Sorry, but I do not have the time for a game over the web. I travel too much in my work these days.

/Claes

:lol: I have enough trouble just :lol: facing one opponent. How do you play that?


Yay! Thank you Virgil and Papaya. Yes, that's the idea, Virgil. We take turns but it's teams because you only play White or Black's pieces. If it is a two person team, then one person makes all the odd numbered and the other makes all the even numbered moves-- just like in pool. And we can do 2 or 3, it's up to everyone else.

I don't care. now I haven't played in years, so I might not be that good. ;)

[NikolaiI]

okay well I'll just assume we should do 2v2, then, as soon as JUST ONE MORE person joins!! :) So I guess the game can go fast or slow, but I would ask that whoever else wants to play would be willing to make a couple or at least one move a day, or else it'll take too long. If each person makes one move a day, then it'll take 10 days for a 20 move game, and the game will probably last something like 20-30-40 moves.

Okay whoever is next to say their name join as the fourth player! Then we'll decide teams. :)

[ClaesGefvenberg]

:lol: I have enough trouble just :lol: facing one opponent. How do you play that? With great difficulty.... Interesting things happen when you pass the board center diagonally, for instance: Along which diagonal are you going to proceed?

P.s. I don't want to hog NikolaiI's thread here. I just couldn't resist posting when I remembered that old set. Sorry about that NikolaiI.

/Claes

[NikolaiI]

No!! Quite the opposite, it refreshes it and we are looking for one more player, and also it gives me the opportunity to post and refresh it! Thank you Claes!

[Taliesin]

Er...I really haven't played for half a year or so, but since it seems that all of you guys aren't utter pros anyway, I could try. Not sure if I have time, though. Anyhow, count me in.

[NikolaiI]

Thank you Tal!!!

Okay everyone how shall we do teams?

[NikolaiI]

Okay maybe shall we do me and papayhed vs Virgil and Taliesin?

I'll start us off then.

1.d4



(a note on notation. If it is a piece moving, there needs to be a capital leter denoting what piece. An N is used for Knight, an R for Rook, a Q for Queen and a K for King, and B for Bishop. If it is just a square, like e4, then it's a pawn move.

an example of a couple moves would be

1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nf6

(White and black move pawns out to e4 and e5, then Knights out to f3 and f6.)

3.d4 exd4
4.Nxd4 Nxe4

(white pushes his queenside central pawn up next to the e-pawn, on the fourth rank, then black takes it with his adjacent e-pawn, from e5 to d4. This is noted by an x, but the x is not necessary, so ed4 would be enough information. Then white takes back on d4 with his knight, Nxd4, this could also be shown just by Nd4. then Ne4.)

checks can be noted with + although this is not necessary, and # is the symbol for checkmate.

A move like Nbd2 would mean that two nights could go there, to d2, and the one on the b file did so. or Rad8, or Rad1, or Rfe8. Or Nfd7, or Nfe4, etc.)

[Taliesin]

2. d5

Sorry for not posting earlier, quite busy.

[papayahed]

3. e3

[papayahed]

Virgie???

[Virgil]

Oh I'm sorry. i didn't know it had started. So teams are Nic and Papaya (white) vs Tal and me (black). Moves so far are:
1. d4 d5
2. e3

I'll play: Nc3

[Propter W.]

That 3v3 in the title jogged an old memory: Back in the early 80's yours truly and two friends spent our lunch breaks playing chess (or something like it :rolleyes: ) on a board like the one in this picture:
http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/mp_cc_three_players_chessboard.jpeg

I don't know where I got the idea, but one day I made the board from a piece of scrap wood, and our lunch breaks were not the same for a long time: It quickly turned chess into a spectator sport, because as you can probably imagine every game ended in absolute mayhem! :lol: :brow: I had forgotten all about it, and your post prompted me to see if I could find something similar to my setup on the web. To my amazement I did...

Sorry, but I do not have the time for a game over the web. I travel too much in my work these days.

/Claes

Saw this board in Prague and I wanted to buy it, but the store was closed and I never went to the store again.

It seems very interesting. Maybe I should make one too.

[Propter W.]

And if anyone wants to pick up the game (there's already a bit of confusion):

1. d4 (white)
2. d5 (black)
3. e3 (white)

My move might be:

4. Nf6