Poly Casual Chess Game: OPD v HS

Harry Seldon · September 14, 2003, 02:43

Can you follow algebraic notation? I just picked it up myself so if I appear eager to use it...

If not I can try to help you or we can use whatever you're comfortable with.

1. e4

Urban Ranger · September 14, 2003, 04:36

Who's 'OPD?'

OPD · September 14, 2003, 06:04

yeah I can usually do the right notation

I also use ECTool to log games

1. e4 e5

I am OPD

Harry Seldon · September 14, 2003, 14:22

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3

Asmodean · September 14, 2003, 14:54

OPD = ......"Orlando Police Dept."??

Asmodean

P.S. Sorry for the threadjacking

OPD · September 14, 2003, 15:00

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6

Quote:

Originally posted by Asmodean
OPD = ......"Orlando Police Dept."??

It does now

Harry Seldon · September 14, 2003, 23:47

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb6

That's a hell of a commute from Birmingham, UK.

MichaeltheGreat · September 15, 2003, 01:11

Bb5 Harry - that's a color switch.

OPD · September 15, 2003, 05:03

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5

Yeah these video phone interrrogations don't really work too well.

Harry Seldon · September 15, 2003, 08:52

Quote:

Bb5 Harry - that's a color switch.

Must've thought he'd been touched by Jesus.

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4

You must be fairly menacing in real life in order to do it. I applaud your commitment to justice.

OPD · September 15, 2003, 14:16

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4

err yeah Justice is my middle name

Harry Seldon · September 15, 2003, 14:30

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5

I always wished my middle name was Justice but as fate would have it, it's Maniac Woodland Killer. Fate surely has dealt us a cruel hand.

OPD · September 15, 2003, 15:50

hey we live in the same place in 2 different countries

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5

Harry Seldon · September 15, 2003, 16:00

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0

I've actually been to Bimingham, UK. Both places have that "industrial nightmare" kind of feel to it and brick as every color in the spectrum.

OPD · September 15, 2003, 16:27

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6

Cool when did you visit? There's been alot of re-developement recently, almost everything that looked in the least bit scummy has been demolished. In the city centre that is.

Although some one did burn down the monument in centenery square

Harry Seldon · September 15, 2003, 16:34

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4

I guess it was 1995. I spent eleven days travelling from Edinburgh to London.

OPD · September 15, 2003, 16:43

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6

how big is Birmigham Al BTW?, the one here is the second biggest city in England at about 3 mill pop.

Harry Seldon · September 15, 2003, 16:53

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3

Fairly small; only about 300,000 actually live in the city, although our metro area consists of about one million. The area surrounding our city is very nice. Other than the immediate city we aren't very densely populated and have lots of parks and national forests around.

There didn't seem to be many parks around England. Was I not looking very hard?

OPD · September 15, 2003, 17:23

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7

Not many parks around really the UK is something like 1/500 the size of the US with 1/5 of the population.

Birmingham is one of the key cities of the Industrial revolution, mainly due to it's central location and good transport links. It's the canal capital of Europe with more than Venice, canals being the best way to move materials and products around before trains and lorries.
It's mostly famous for having almost no greenery in the centre, a true hardcore concrete jungle, although the canals all over the place kinda make up for that.

Harry Seldon · September 15, 2003, 20:42

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4

We've won the Arbor Day Tree Friendliest City several years in a row now so it looks like we're trying to push the concrete jungle back for now. Glad I didn't miss any parks on my way through; I'd have truly felt bad considering the amount of effort I put in trying to see Bath's two floor Qzar laser tag facility.

OPD · September 16, 2003, 05:09

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4

Harry Seldon · September 16, 2003, 10:31

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4

I have to hit the road for a conference then my cousin's wedding so my responses my be few and far between until Monday.

OPD · September 19, 2003, 07:43

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4 Bd4

Harry Seldon · September 23, 2003, 08:58

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4 Bd4
11. Ra2

Harry Seldon · September 26, 2003, 09:47

OPD, are you still in?

OPD · September 29, 2003, 10:17

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4 Bd4
11. Ra2 Nc3

sorry,

haven't been checking this forum

Harry Seldon · September 29, 2003, 13:27

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4 Bd4
11. Ra2 Nc3
12. Qxd4

That's OK. You responded once and I only noticed after opening the thread to taunt you.

As long as you still want to play I'll be here.

OPD · September 29, 2003, 14:07

cheers

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4 Bd4
11. Ra2 Nc3
12. Qxd4 Ne2+

Please note I didn't plan this last move in advance, I figured you were going to take me with your knight.

Harry Seldon · September 29, 2003, 15:12

Dang! I'm trying to play at work and having to duck and cover while my boss hassles me about a project I'm working on. Now that I've run out of excuses...

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4 Bd4
11. Ra2 Nc3
12. Qxd4 Ne2+
13. Kh1

NNNnnnnnnooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!

OPD · September 29, 2003, 15:24

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 Bc5
4. d4 Nxd4
5. Nxe5 Nxb5
6. 0-0 d6
7. Nc4 Be6
8. b3 Qe7
9. a4 Bxc4
10. bxc4 Bd4
11. Ra2 Nc3
12. Qxd4 Ne2+
13. Kh1 Nxd4