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[pisskop]

we had a draw :\

so how do chat?

[Remalle]

Seems like people are asleep, but I'm game if that isn't the case.

http://lichess.org/G8mrnszE

Edit:

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "http://lichess.org/G8mrnszE"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[White "Anonymous"]
[Black "Anonymous"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor Defense, General"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { Philidor Defense, General } 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Ba4 Bg4 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. d3 h6 8. Bd2 d5 9. Nxd5 Qxa4 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 Bd6 12. Qe1 Qxc2 13. Rc1 Qxd3 14. Rc3 Qxe4 15. Re3 Qf4 { White resigns } 0-1

Oh hey that was me

[anzki4]

Game up, in case anyone is interested: http://lichess.org/LJQJktbx

[Culise]

Welp, that was a pretty resounding defeat for me. ^_^

[Dutchling]

Welp, that was a pretty resounding defeat for me. ^_^

not the only one xD

[Shakerag]

posting to watch and get my ass handed to me in chess

[hops]

If this isn't ridiculous, I don't know what is.
(The game had SIX QUEENS)

[Event "First Saturday 2009 oktober IM-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Eventdate "2009.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emil Szalanczy"]
[Black "Thi Mai Hung Nguyen"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[Plycount "150"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.f3 Be7 10.g4 O-O 11.g5 Nh5 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Rg1 g6 15.Qf2 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.Rxd5 b5 19.Qd2 Qc7 20.Rd1 Rc8 21.c3 Rb8 22.Bc5 Nf4 23.Bxd6 Bxd6 24.Rxd6 b4 25.cxb4 Rcxb4 26.Rd8+ Kg7 27.Rxb8 Qxb8 28.Nc5 Rd4 29.Qc2 Rxd1+ 30.Qxd1 Qb5 31.Na4 Nh3 32.Nc3 Qc4 33.Qd6 Qf1+ 34.Kc2 Qxf3 35.Qxe5+ Kg8 36.b4 Qg2+ 37.Kb3 Nxg5 38.Ka4 Nf3 39.Qf6 h5 40.Ka5 Nxh2 41.a4 Ng4 42.Qd8+ Kh7 43.Kxa6 Qg3 44.Nd5 h4 45.Qf8 Qf2 46.b5 h3 47.b6 h2 48.b7 h1=Q 49.b8=Q Qa1 50.Qbe8 Qg7 51.Qfe7 g5 52.a5 Nh6 53.Qc6 Ng8 54.Qec7 g4 55.Kb7 g3 56.a6 g2 57.a7 g1=Q 58.a8=Q Qb1+ 59.Nb6 Nf6 60.e5 Ng4 61.Qae8 Qff5 62.Qce7 Nh6 63.Kc7 Qbe4 64.Nd5 Qfxe5+ 65.Qxe5 Qgxe5+ 66.Qxe5 Qxe5+ 67.Kd8 Kg7 68.Ne7 Qb8+ 69.Kd7 Qa7+ 70.Kd6 Qa3+ 71.Kd7 Qd3+ 72.Ke8 Qh3 73.Qd5 Qg4 74.Qe5+ f6 75.Qd5 Qa4+
1/2-1/2

[IronTomato]

I absolutely suck at chess but posting to watch

Challenge me to a game whenever you want, but prepare to win

[wobbly]

Good. Wobbly wasn't taken, I'm surprised how often it is. So on lichess.org as wobbly

[Yannanth]

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[hops]

I just felt that it'd be kind of weird to put the discussion about a board game so old that it has become a sport in its own right into Other Games, which is usually about videogames.

[anzki4]

Game up in case someone is interested: nvm

[hops]

I am reviving this topic because I am the thread maker. I am allowed to do this yes.

Does anyone know how to avoid getting foolmated? It's really annoying me because I can deal with close games, but in tournaments I sometimes get checkmated by cheap people using the Fool's Mate.

[TheDarkStar]

The easiest way is to start differently. Fool's mate-type strategies only work for certain openings. If you don't want to limit yourself quite that much, learn what the sequence of moves is and avoid them.

[LordBucket]

how to avoid getting foolmated?

Don't move your king's bishop's pawn until you've moved either your queen's or king's pawn. Use any standard opening and it won't be a problem.

I'm guessing though, that you probably mean Scholar's mate, because in my experience Fool's mate is a thing that doesn't actually happen. I don't think I've ever seen it happen except when it's being demonstrated as a thing that can possibly happen.

Scholar's mate is more common. There are lots of solutions. I'll give you one that's debatable, but I've found to be excellent general advice:

Stop moving your knights in front of your pawns.

Just...don't do that. It will save you a world of hurt. Learn to use your pawns and bishops.