>>40299134
>Knight G3
>After gently stroking some other pieces

>>40299134

>Pawn E4
>Aggressively Quickly

I barely know how to play chess

>>40299134

Pawn to d4
>Calmly and with assurance


I want to win, dammit.

>>40299149
>>40299134

Ng3 isn't even a legal first move. OP, did you mean Nf3? That's the Reti opening.

>>40299177
Do you know how we can win, Anon?

>Pawn d4
>With force

>>40299134
>Pawn E4
>Calmly and with assurance
show no emotion at all, see if we can psyche this spirit out

>Something else
Knight C3
>After gently stroking some other pieces

>>40299201

Not without a gauge of the opponent's strength, but I'm a 1900 FIDE player, which puts me stronger than most people if not at a titled player level.


And d4 has the best record of white openings, statistically. Plus it tends towards longer, more drawn out games, with less chance of being decided by one critical error and more decided by accumulation of advantage. If we get a QGD, there's no way we'll get into an inferior position out of the opening, and I figure the worst likely result is a draw.

>>40299134
>Pawn D4
>Calmly and with assurance
Stonewall attack? Stonewall attack

>>40299229
In that case, >>40299149 here, switching my vote to Pawn D4.

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Thus, Pawn D4, gently stroking, and then with force, calmly and with assurance. Your foe glares at you for touching other pieces, but says nothing. He plays Knight F6

>Pawn E4
>Pawn D5
>Something else

>With even more force
>Almost sexually
>Angstily


>>40299193
You can try to cheat if you feel like it. You'll get caught out, but you can try.

>>40299284
>Pawn E3
>With a yawn

>>40299301

Why not? Backing this, I guess

>>40299284

Pawn to c4, again calm and with assurance. QGD it up bitch.


>>40299301

We don't want to play e3 until we've had a chance to move out our dark square bishop. Don't block it off.

>>40299323
I'll support the guy who knows what's up

>>40299323
Backing this.

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You move your pawn to C4. He gives you a knowing look. "I see you don't want to play e3 until you've had a chance to move out your dark square bishop." He plays Pawn E5. "So what's your name then? Or do you not remember?"

>Bishop C2
>Pawn C5
>Something else

>More yawning
>Actually tell him your name
>Knowing smirk
>Other

>>40299420
>Give him an obviously fake name and yawn once more.

>>40299420
>Bishop c5
>Tom Hanks

>>40299420
>Connor Hankshire

>>40299420

>Pawn C5
>Fifteen Time WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena

>>40299420
Pawn F3

>>40299420
>Knight F3
Dwayne "The Spock" Johnson

>>40299420

Dxe5, smile a bit.


Budapest Gambit is weak as fuck. We take, he moves the knight, we play e4, he takes back, we play f4, kick the knight, and then Be3. And we hold the center and a developmental advantage.

>>40299459
Definitely the name, but won't vote for the chess movement.

>Knight F3
>Marady Jones

>>40299497
Backing this plan.

>>40299497
I'll go with this

>>40299504
Sounds good

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I flipped a coin and it's Knight F3. He moves his bishop in, putting you in check.

"John Cena. A pleasure. How did you die?"

>You're in check. Get out of it.

>Yawn
>Yawn twice
>Regail him with wrestling stories
>Recount your death
>Something else

>>40299557


Goddamn it you guys. I had this worked out.


Now..... Nc3 is probably best, but we've just wasted our advantage.

>>40299570
He'll just go with RC3x+ forcing us to do C3x

>>40299557
Nd2
Yawn twice.

>>40299586

So? It shores up d4 in case he plays exd4, and the bishop is better than the knight in an open position anyway, which this is shaping up to be.

>>40299570
>>40299586

Chess is complicated.

>Recount our death: killed by the tragic collapse of the steel cage
>Yawn

>>40299602
Forgot the b.
Nbd2.

I'll give you guys a bit longer to decide because you've obviously got a debate on your hands. Also I need to go look up chess notation on wikipedia

>Nc3
>Yawn

>>40299586
>>40299617
Going with this.

>>40299602
>>40299617

The thing I don't like about NBD2 is that he doesn't have to take, and putting it there blocks off the bishop again.

Plus, I'm worried about what happens if he plays e4, followed by sliding the queen to e7, and pushing the pawn to e3. With our bishop blocked, we'd have to take with the pawn, and then Qxe3, and that's baaaad.

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He yawns also, affected by your force of personality. He moves forth his knight. "You don't talk much, do you, John? You don't mind me calling you John, do you?"

>I'm gonna stop suggesting stuff

>Don't call me John
>Call me Batman
>That's 15 times WWE World Championship Winner John Cena to you
>Yawn
>Yawn multiple times
>Other

>>40299681
"Of course not".

"Mind if I ask what to expect if I win or lose? I can't think I just suddenly re-appear in my old life where I left off when I win."

>>40299681

Oh good, he screwed up.


Nxe5 for the huge advantage. He can't break our Knight on d2, and we can kick his bishop out anytime we want. Grab the pawn.

>>40299706
Anon, name yourself Chessmaster or something so I can just select you and say >this.

Chess is okay, but I feel like it's boring, in it's own way. Mind, I don't play nearly enough to know the more interesting moves.

>>40299706
>>40299681


Actually, strike that. Dxe5 is safer

Nxe5 runs into problems if he plays Qh4, come to think of it, and while doubling the pawns is a slight problem, it's still worth it, and better than dealing with his counter.

>>40299706
This guy sounds like he know what he's talking about.

>>40299726
Backing.

>>40299726
Well, how good is OP? Because if he isn't great, then can't he just read what you're saying and use those moves?

We're giving you all our plans, Constable.

>>40299726
Changing vote for Dxe5, and I'm assuming everyone else will do the same.

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>>40299681

And I'm gonna stop suggesting moves, trusting in the people who are using chess terminology to figure this out

>>40299726

Like this guy

>That's 15 times WWE World Championship Winner John Cena to you
>Now how about you tell me what I can stand to win

If we win this one we should try to go double or nothing.

>>40299741


Can't tell with full reliablilty over just 4 moves but I'm guessing a 13-1400 range. Some planning, but poor execution, you can tell he's got the idea of pressing in on our now pinned knight at d2, but he's doing it without sufficient reserves to carry it off, which points to a relatively weaker player.


Then again, he could be hustling, trying to lure us into a false sense of security.
And I'm not too worried about letting him get a shot at my mental processes. Chess is about playing the board, not the other guy. You look for the right move in the position, and you ALWAYS assume that your opponent will find the best move available, and hang back to take advantage of when he doesn't.

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Chessmaster, yeah, I like that name. And worry not - I'm far too proud to cheat like that. Plus I'm not here to win and laugh at you guys. Where's the fun in that?

"My apologies, 15 times WWE World Championship Winner John Cena. And the fact is I don't know. Nobody's ever beaten death, and the few times he's been away the fight has ended quickly. I'm impressed."

Eh, to each their own. I'll try and fit in a compelling narrative.

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>>40299801

I'm all for double or nothing, but if we're putting it all on the line, we get to choose the game. He got to play Chess, we take him to the Squared Circle.

>>40299818

He's trying to bring his queen into play, but it's still not enough, we have 4 pieces holding d2.


So exd6, erasing the doubled pawn and securing the pawn advantage, and when he takes back with the Queen, a3 to force a bunch of pieces off the board and secure the material advantage.

>>40299842
*yawn* this.

>>40299842
Backing this. Man, how do you do it, FIDEnon?

Hang on, exd6? The pawn is at d5.

>>40299864

I've been playing since I was 4, and I've been the sort of nerd who actually pays to go get coached by grandmaster level players. Lot of practice, lot of effort, lot of playing experience.


In some ways it's a shame. I'm not good enough to go pro, and the effort probably, from an "objective" standpoint isn't worth it if I don't. My brother's significantly stronger than I am on the chessboard and he just dropped it one day, figured it wasn't worth sinking time into it.

>>40299870

En passant.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant

We can take like that; it's a holdover from when they changed the rules centuries ago to allow pawns to move 2 spaces in a single move, which was previously unallowed.

>>40299874
This is all just another argument in favour of getting people into their respective jobs at a younger age. Seriously, if you did everything you could for twelve years since the age of 4, then at 16 you'd be amazing at it, and go from there. Even with just an hour a day, you'd rack up the 10K damn quickly.

>>40299885
Woah. I thought the only rule that overrode the pieces basic movements was Castling.

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"So how is it that a 15-time WWE person such as yourself gained such understanding of chess?"

>Keep yawning
>Meaningful, single yawn
>Silence
>Other

>>40299912
"Well, to be honest, that's not my real title. I'm actually the ten time World Chess Champion.

Whatever FIDEnon says.

>>40299912

Just smile crack a knuckle, say something about how it helps us strategize for fights.


As to play, I'd vote a3.

It forces him to start trading pieces (theoretically he could move the bishop to c5 or a5, but if he does the former, we take on e4, and if he does the latter, we play b4 and then something falls.)

We're up material. The fewer pieces on the board the more advantageous the endgame, and a3 forces trades.

>>40299937
But why would he take the pawn? Can he not opt to move his bishop away?

>>40299912

>Same as any time I've stepped into the ring with someone; I give it my all and I never give up. Just because I'm a fighter, doesn't mean I'm stupid. Besides, helps me with strategy.

>>40299937
This, presumably

Yeah, this is where piece trading begins. I'll go Bd2, you'll go either Nxd2 or Bxd2 and I'll follow with Nxd2. Do you mind me just skippinig through that, and which of those two are you going to play second? Or is that not the plan?

>>40299937
I back this.

Also, I find this incredibly fascinating.

>>40299948

He doesn't take the pawn, he takes the knight.

If he doesn't, where does he move the bishop? (since trading it for the pawn is terrible) If he plays Bc5, we can take his knight on e4

If he plays Ba5, we play b4, which again breaks the pin, and again puts his bishop in danger. Which again means we pick up a piece.


>>40299957

If ... Bxd2, I'd play Bxd2 myself.

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"No! My pieces! You are wise, 15 times WWE World Champion John Cena. I fear I may lose to you, and I truly do not know what will happen. I wish you the best of luck."

>Yawn
>Random speech
>Something else

>>40299957
>>40299976


Oh, and just to be clear (since I realize I wasn't earlier)


What I'm advocating, assuming you and the others go along with it is:


a3, Bxd2
Bxd2, Nxd2
Qxd2 (and if Qxd2
Nxd2)

>>40300011

Queen takes knight, and grin ever wider as the stuff comes off.


Ask him how he got this gig as death's assistant anyway.

>>40300011
>Talk about the heart of the Chess Pieces and the power of friendship.

>>40300011
>Something else
"Maybe after this is over we can try a different contest. Are you familiar with the term 'squared circle?'"

>>40300029

Guys, if we win, we totally become Death's Assistant.

>The doorbell rings
>Go to open the door
>John Cena is there, looking sad
>"Sorry, but you're kill."
>Oh.

>>40300011

Support to FIDEnon

>You've put up a good fight, and I can respect that. But I'm was never planning on losing here. I've got a lot of unfinished business to get back to

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"Oh, I'm an angel. We work closely with death, and since a terrorist attack devastated London, there has been a wave of deaths, so I've just come to help out. I've never actually played chess before, I was counting on not facing someone so ruggedly handsome and good at chess as you, let alone one powered by the heart of the Chess pieces."

Rolled 2 (1d100)

>>40300094
>ruggedly handsome
>roll to seduce angel

In all seriousness,

>Do what FIDEnon says, and
>Ask him what his daily life is like as an angel.

>>40300112
Haha, what a god-awful roll.

>>40300094

e3. Time to get the bishop out, and then to castle when we get a chance.

>>40300127
Just pretend we're in a system where you aim low for your skill checks.

>>40300094
As per usual, FIDEnon's move.

>A terrorist attack? Nothing I hate more than bullies, preying on the unprepared, just trying to scare people and spread misery. It makes me sick to my stomach to hear about it!

Revenant John Cena wins the war on terror?

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Imma need a little more detail on what your plan for seduction was. And I'm willing to pretend that this is shitty gurps if your plan is good enough. And if it isn't, you don't get any more information, you pervert.

Only satan can make we calm down our asses and play chess as intended.

>>40300187
I was joking about the seduction thing.

>>40300187

Bd2. Maybe bring it around to f3 if we get a chance.

>>40300187
>>40300214

Yeah, I'm happy not to seduce the Angel as well. We can seduce someone else.

>>40300220
I believe in FIDEnon's chess powers.

Do you mean Be2? And alright, you can save the angel seduction for some other time.

I want to interject but I fear sounding autistic in the presence of such a wizard.

>>40300255
I'm not even sure where all the letters come from. If you sound convincing I'm behind you.

>>40300250

Uh, yes, I mean Be2, good catch.

>>40300255

Hey, I fuck up all the time. I mostly just sound confident. See right just now.

>>40300255
>>40300263

I had to look it up. And I'm actually playing him. Still, I was kinda banking on losing or I'd have to shift to some much less developed material.

>>40300263
Well the first letter is the first letter of the piece(B for Bishop), and the second letter and number just represent the spot on the grid. I agree with FIDEnon about the Be2 btw.

>>40300277
Alright, if I have suggestions I'll be sure to state them.

>>40300293

Curious, what happens if the game ends in a draw?

Aaand everything just went wrong. Page crashed, I'm gonna have to replay the game up to that point. Gimme a few minutes.

>>40300306
What was confusing me was the x, wikipedia tells me it means the move results in a capture?

>>40300321
I hope it's not a 'house wins' situation. But this IS Death we're talking about.

>>40300335

Yes. Piece (x) square means you're taking as you move to that square (so remember how the en passant capture was exd6, despite the black pawn being on d5)

Other notational symbols you get are a + at the end of the move for check, and ++ or # for checkmate. And =Q,R,B,or N at the end of a promotional move if you get a pawn to the end.

And sometimes you have to stick something in to distinguish two identical pieces going to a square that either could get to. If we castle (and castling, by the way is represented as O-O for castling kingside and O-O-O for queenside, although I'm not sure why) and we want to move a rook to d1, it would be either Rad1 or Rfd1, depending on which rook makes the slide.

>>40300335
I believe that is correct. I play an average amount of chess, but I don't use much shorthand. All I know is what I picked up from various guides and a mute who participated in my highschool's chess club, since not many of us knew sign language he would just write his moves out.

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"Draw? I've never heard of that either. I don't know."

Probably replay the game. Maybe flip a coin?

>>40300387
Ah, thanks. I guess I just need to get my eye in. I played a few chess tournaments when I was 10-14 but stopped playing after that (and was never more than slightly above average for contestants).

>>40300412

I'm actually thinking c5 (that is, pawn to c5, you don't usually list pawn, just the square).

On the to-do list is:

Get bishop to the long h1-a8 diagonal
Get king to either a castled position or on the second rank to link the rooks up.
Mass the rooks on the open d file
Get the knight out of the way somewhere
Get all the pawns to dark squares.

And while that last one is probably the lowest priority overall, it's also in some ways the most hurried, there's really very little black can do to stop us doing the rest of the stuff on the list, but he might go after the pawns.

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"You know, I'm not particularly sure if I have any reason to try and beat you. Enforcing the natural order, I suppose. But I wonder what would happen if a dead man walked away. That hasn't happened for almost two thousand years."

>>40300489
I'd say castle, just for added security.

Rolling to see if the dice gods can confirm

Time to castle I guess?

>>40300568
Nice reference to Christ.

>>40300568

>I've beaten every enemy and achieved every accolade I've set my mind on. Just because it hasn't been done since a carpenter from nazareth rigged the game with dad's connections doesn't mean its any different from any other challenge. And John Cena never backs down from a challenge
>Castle, confidently

>>40300581
>>40300588

Castle is good, Nf3 is good. Not sure which is better to be honest.

Personally, I'm not in a huge rush to castle though. With the position relatively closed and all the real heavy hitters off the board, this is going to go to an endgame, not a king rush.

Which means that we actually want the king in the center of the board, eventually. Pushing him off to the side is counterproductive.

OTOH, castling gives us the fastest route to getting the rooks on the open D file.

Which castle? King or Queen?

>>40300614
This all the way, the text, that is.

>>40300621
I feel like we should get the rooks onto D file, but you have the lead here.

>>40300637

Kingside.

>>40300639

And I'm not strongly in favor of Nf3 over castling, the lines will almost certainly transpose anyway, and the only way they diverge is if he plays Nxf3, Bxf3, and we want to go to e2 with the king instead of castling.


O-O is a perfectly good move.

>>40300684
Then let's go for it.

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Roll your d100 against DC 75. The angel's eyes open wide.

Rolled 93 (1d100)

>>40300783
ok

do we want to cover the bishop with the pawn?

>>40300783

Bishop takes Bishop, and when the Knight takes back, Nf3 so it can't hop back to e5.

>>40300797
Fucking nice roll

>>40300804
Supporting.

Holy shit, I'm only mad I didn't get here sooner. This is a good game anons are playing.

>>40300804
yeah this.

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With your ever so carefully trained, ruggedly handsome eyes, you catch sight of a tall man standing behind the chair. His chest is still, almost as if he isn't breathing. You can't make out much in the dark.
"Don't let me interrupt you," he says.

>>40300895
does he have a devilish grin?

Wait, that's turn 16, my bad. And welcome, anon.

>>40300895

Rfd1, can't let him hold the file unopposed, and we want to move the f rook so we can get our king in things.

>>40300895
Let's move B-2 to B-4, that way all our pawns are covered if he tries anything with that rook. The knight is effectively locked in place, for now.

>>40300932

We can do that anytime. We want to have our own rook on the file to oppose his rook. If we don't do this now, he plays Rd7, followed by bringing up his other rook behind it and that's really bad.

>>40300895
The only place he can move that rook without it being taken immediately is D-5. If we move the E-pawn up, even that's locked out to him.

Rolled 54 (1d100)

>>40300946
Supporting.

>>40300946
Our knight is covering D-2 for us right now, actually. If he moves his rook there, we just take it. At worst, it's a gambit so his knight can escape.

>>40300895

>Wasn't planning on it. I'm guessing that I'll be dealing with you after this is finished?

>>40300968
And then the other Rook?

>>40300968

d7, not d2. His second rank. and he can double by moving there.

>>40300919
This please

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"If you like. I can't force you to talk."
He is not smiling. His face is devoid of expression. His lips barely move when he speaks.

I went with the rook move as it was the most supported.

>>40301096
Rxd3 makes most sense, right?

>>40301096
why did black make that move?

>>40301096

Rxd3 and win instantly?

I guess Death appearing rattled his brain or something?

>>40301113
Yeah
I guess Rxd3

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The angel is sweating, and his hands are shaking as he moves the pieces. Death steps out into the light, and tilts his head slightly.

>>40301202
We got 'em now!

and are pretty much assured that FIDEnon is immortal in this universe.

>>40301202
A1-D1, then D3 to D8?

>>40301227
Definitely Rd1, have to see what he'll try to pull after that.

>>40301202

>>40301227

Beat me to it.

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For once, everything is silent, and you become painfully aware of how quiet everything is.

>>40301252
He'll move the knight to E8, use it as a meatshield. Our rook won't be able to take it without outting itself, which means we'll have to put our knight in play which is a clusterfuck in itself.

Yeah, no matter what he does with the Rook, or even the Knight, we win. Assuming we continue to play it smart.

>>40301290
if we move c5 up and force him to take or be taken then threaten to make a queen we can force him to move his rook right?

>>40301287
I've got this. Move B-pawn to B-4.

On that cliffhanger, I need to go. I'll be returning in maybe an hour or so. Alternately, we may have to resume this next week in the exciting second instalment where John Cena comes face to face with dead.

>>40301287

Rd8 and force his rook off. The fewer pieces on the board, the more our material advantage means.

>>40301287
Ke5. -yes I am aware of the Rook.

>>40301287

>Turn to Death
>If you're waiting your turn, you better start getting warmed up, because we're almost done here. I've beat bigger, badder reapers than you, so don't you even let the idea that you can scare me into your head.

>>40301336
he wont fall for that, surely, even though hes being acted as a newb

>>40301290
If we trade both rooks for his knight and his rook, we're still up an entire knight against a mere 6 pawns, none of which are passed. I could win that endgame against Magnus Carlsen or any computer program you care to name in my sleep.

>>40301336
I see what you're doing. He'll have to keep his knight there after it takes our rook, but if he moves the king next to the knight that leaves us fucked.

>>40301336

But Ne5 is bad.

Ne5, Rxe5
Rd8, Re8,
Rxe8,Nxe8
Rd8,Kf8

Still stronger, by a fair deal, but weaker than our current position.

>>40301353
>>40301356
>>40301354
My plan is faulty, he could take the knight, then when we move our rook up, he moves back, and after we cap it, he takes our rook with the knight.

>>40301336
That move appeals to the part of me that wants to feel clever, but I'm going have to vote for the simple path. Rd8.

>>40301383
Sorry for no shorthand, I just wanted to get that out ASAP.

>>40301372
Yeah just go with FIDE's plan.

>>40301372
I will say this for concerned, though: his plan solves the question of what do we do with the knight that doesn't come back to bite us in the ass.

>>40301467

But we can get all that without giving up a knight for the privilege.Trade off the rooks now, and there'll be an opening. There's only so much he can do since he'll need to keep the king and knight together to defend any point we attack with both our rook and knight, which means we can either swing our own king into play, or just take advantage of the rook's greater mobility to snip at exposed pawns. He can't cover both flanks with two slow pieces as fast as we can attack with a fast one.
We're up, we're up by a lot. There's no need to panic just to get rid of his Knight.

That flew by. I'm back! Decided on your move yet?

>>40301518
We can certainly cap a/b/c7, but that's about it, and the game will probably be over before they can hit the edge.

>>40301562
Yeah, we're going with FIDEnon's plan. If it gets into a stalemate, we'll bide time working our pawns up the left side.

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Death reorients his head. "I'm not trying to scare you. That would imply that I had something to prove."

>>40301657
Rxe8

>>40301657
should we try to get a pawn through?

>>40301657

Rxe8, and when he takes with the knight, bring the other rook to D8.

>>40301713

We will be doing so, but there's no hurry. With him only having a single knight to protect his pawns, and that being pinned, we can take our time.

Rolled 35 (1d100)

>>40301657
It's not about proving your worth, it's about using all tactics available at your disposal.

>>40301657
Or Ke5 followed by R(d1)d7

>>40301657
Ne5

I don't even know what it'd be good for, but now he can't move the rook to take it, and that makes me jolly.

>>40301758
>>40301760

The knight would probably be more practically employed (once we trade rooks off and bring the rook down to d8) hopping to d4, and then to b5, and then to c7, or just to grab targets of opportunity.

>>40301657

>Well, lucky for the both of us, I don't need to prove anything either. Because I know, and you know, and the whole damn universe knows that I'm going to win this game and your little wager! Because I've got a responsibility to get right on back to what I was doing, for the FANS, for the COMPANY and for the US TITLE that I have the privilege of holding right now, and I don't think something as simple as the Grim Reaper is going to keep me from any of that!

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Death watches. Everything is quiet.

>>40301821

Rd8. Pin that knight down, hell trade it off for the knight if we're feeling lazy. The unopposed knight is easily enough to win the pawn war.

>>40301821
Rd8

>>40301821
Rd8

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The angel mouthes something to you. You realise that you can't hear anything, even the sound of your own breath.

>>40301927

Ignore it, I'm sure it'll be fine. I get like this a lot when I'm in the zone. Even once ignored an electrical shock because I was focusing.


Nd4.

>>40301927
Coulda fucked that knight up.

Nd4

>>40301947
e5 instead and pull the rook into protection next turn

>>40301927
Re8
Blood for the Blood god
Lazy for the lazy throne

>>40301999
protection and check on d7 I mean

>>40301927
The dead cant breathe.

>>40301999

It's simpler to just trade the rook for the knight and have the knight bounce around playing pickup sticks at his exposed pawns.

From d4 you can jump to either b5, which threatens both a7 and c7, or to f5, which threatens both g7 and h6 and forces his king to stand there gawping to protect the two pawns.

>>40301999
This all the fucking way.

>>40301999
>telling him what you'll do in the turn afterwards
What

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The angel mouthes things increasingly frantically, emphatically grabbing the king.

>>40302044
Fuck wrong post.

>>40302032
This, sorry I got confused, mobile isn't the best way to browse.

>>40302058

You play the board, not the player.


And this position has gotten to be so overwhelmingly in our favor that we can give him access to a supercomputer and a chess engine of his choice to suggest moves and it won't mean a damn.

>>40302060
Ra8

>>40302060

Rxe8+. I'm feeling lazy.

>>40302083
Our rook could get us at least 1 more price back in the near future, why waste that chance?

>>40302070
Well, it's unlikely that he's a super AI with calculation power to simulate a chunk of the known universe perfectly, but I still hate that kinda stuff.

>>40302097
Gotta press that material advantage

>>40302083
Also, I have a plan.

>>40302097

Because as soon as his knight goes, his king is the only mobile piece. It reduces the number of lines we need to calculate tremendously, because there's no real way his king can keep up with our horseman.


Hell, Rxe8, Kxe8
Nb5 and we get a pawn right away because he can't protect both of them.

We're up, up by a lot, and reducing his options to the minimum is the fastest way of sealing this.

>>40302126
Or we could check him in two turns, or clear more pawns.

>>40302126
And take is knight in the near future.

>>40302154
>>40302185

Like I said, Rxe8 is the lazy course of action, not really the crispest. It's the one that leads to a win with the least amount of mental energy spent, not the fastest by move or the one that preserves forces.


Because this game is easily won at this point, and I don't care to exert myself for maximum advantage when I know I have more than enough to win.

>>40302217
Not that your wrong, but laziness leads to failure. Keep going strong, rest when it's over.

>>40302217
Also, remember you're RPing someone who literally has his life on the line.

Anyone care to cast a deciding vote? Otherwise I'm flipping a coin.

>>40302259
Can I have Heads?

>>40302259
Rxe8

>>40302254

This would make me more likely to do the "bad move", not less. Like I said, cutting down on his options leads to less tension in the position, less to keep track off. Especially if I'm keyed up because my life's on the line, I'll take the safer option now please.

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You can. And I got heads.

>>40302339

Well, if we're not taking the knight, I would go for Nf5+

Ouch. I just missed that vote, Anon. Let me go change it.

>>40302359
That was the next step in the plan.
Supported.

Actually it'll take a while to change it. I'm just gonna roll with this to keep up momentum.

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Everything is silent now, except for Death, who turns to look at you. "You're going to win now. But I will let you play this to completion."

>>40302438

c6+. With a malicious grin on the side.

Are we playing Aziraphale?

>>40302471
This.

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Death turns back to look at the table.

>>40302520
Nd4+

>>40302520
Rxe8

>>40302520

Rxe8.

>>40302545

Don't do this.

Nd6 isn't even check, and we want the king where it is, not protecting the knight.

>>40302520
Rxe8

>>40302572
>>40302571
Lol, exact same time. Nice.

>>40302572
Alright, makes sense . Rxe8 it is.

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Silence.

>>40302647
Re7

I'll be a bit disappointed if this quest isn't littered with games of strategy vs angels.

>>40302647
NxG6

>>40302660
>>40302647
This

>>40302661
Same

>>40302661
>whole quest is us using tactics and strategy in contests/games against demons, angels and other supernatural creatures
>next up: Go with Satan

>>40302647

Nxg7.

>>40302664
This is me, I meant g7. Just realized.

>>40302647
Nxg6

>>40302696
This actually works better in the long run.

>>40302715
>>40302647
7* fuck me and my obese fingers

>>40302647
Nxg7 it is.

>>40302720

What long run? This is over. He's gone one mobile piece and we've just cut it off from half the board. The only question now is if you want to promote a pawn and staircase mate, or do the king and rook mate.

>>40302764
It would have been asked for me to say: "Yours is the better plan", but they both implied the same thing.

>>40302785
Easier* sorry.

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With Kun's change in vote, that means you play Nxg7. The angel frowns.

And yeah I'm gonna litter this with random strategy games. Go and Dragonchess are the obvious ones or draughts, maybe YuGiOh or Pokemon. Hell, maybe a meta-game! Suggestions?

>>40302830
I'm better at card games than I am at chess, but I feel that a large variety will be the most challenging, and bring in the most traffic.

>>40302830
> Suggestions?

Advanced Squad Leader.

>>40302830
Wargames.
Computer strategy games
Spreadsheet simulators

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>>40302830

>>40302887
"Battle-Sword 4k"

pawn to G4

>>40302830
Tic Tac Toe

>>40302830
Shogi, MTG

Pawn G4 is the only suggestion so far. Any others?

>>40302830

Is there any way we can force a resignation for this game? It's over, really, really over, with just about any move we make leading to victory.


Kf1.

But it's going to take like another dozen-2 dozen moves to get to checkmate, despite the fact that roughly 0 thought needs to go into any of them.

>>40302830
Pe4

>>40303007
FIDEs vote actually. I completely forgot about that knight.

>>40303040

Kf1 is King to f1. On a vague basis of wanting to do a king and rook mate.

But honestly, this position is boring me. I think this is it for me. You guys can handle this, I'm sure.

>>40302914
Peaceanvil 80K
Command your diplomatic units as you make your way through the peace torn landscape of the far future.
In the grimdark of the 80k millenium there is only talking

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Yes, actually. Death said that you had obviously won but he'd let you play it out. So if you like you can end the game.

>>40303088
End the game, as long as it results in our victory.

>>40303069
I thought you were talking about f8, my bad.

>>40303088

Then I vote for the gimme.
And then on to World in Flames

The angel gets up and quietly leaves, and death comes to sit in his place.

"Congratulations, 15 times WWE World Championship Winner John Cena. You're the first person to win in a very long time. You now have a few options:"

>Return to the world of the living
>Go to the world of the dead anyway
>Work for me
>Talk to me and decide later

>>40302830
Magic the Gathering.

>>40303225
Talk I guess

>>40303225
> Work for me

might b cool

>>40303225

What's involved in working for him?

>>40303225
>Talk to me and decide later
What changes if we return?
What kinda work would we do?
What is in the afterlife?

>>40302914
Oh, it's good to see that spreading a little, being the guy who suggested it.

>>40303266
More specifically this.

>>40303278
Oh, neat.

"If you return, you will return in a new body. I do not know if you are the real 15 times WWE World Championship Winner John Cena, but nobody will recognise you. Also, you will have the power to see those that have existed near the boundaries of earth and hell.

"If you work for me, you will return to earth, and you will be sent by me to deal with rogue agents who wish to escape death. You will be responsible for fighting and subduing them.

"The afterlife is many things. If you go there, you will be able to leave but it will not be easy. However, you may consult the dead before you leave.

"Remember that you may change your decision at certain times - regrettably, you may leave my service, or join it, and also, though it is difficult without my aid, pass between the world of the living and the dead

>>40303408

Oh come on, let's have an adventure. I vote to work for Mortie.

>>40303408
>Work for him.

BTW when you make the decision I'll be ending this and resuming next week.

>>40303408
> Work for him

This basically makes us Ghost Rider but with games, right?

>>40303449
Do you have a Twitter?

>>40303469
>>40303408
We're the spirit of gaming
We're the Ghost Gamer
GG well played

>>40303408
Let's return to life. We won our life back, let's take it. We didn't actually beat Death, but we did win, why should we serve him?

>>40303474
I don't have one, but I'll go make one

Seems like the general consensus is work for Death.

>>40303547
Because its fucking badass.

Alright, I now have twitter: @chessmaster_guy

>>40303690
Alright nice.

>>40303690
Can't wait for next week's thread, this has a lot of potential.