Great Game RAPTOR against SoCo and a valuable point for Kafka Boys!
Congrats RAPTOR!

Very Good Raptor! Important point. And you Kastelka very solid!

Good Luck Raptor!
I will watch the game!

Steve,
Your game with DOORMAN was just AMAZING!
Congratulations!
You really believe in you star!I also do it!
K

Well, to be honest with everyone........I did what Mr DOORMAN does on occasion, I kept the g pawn up and covered it with the h pawn. Kept advancing and just hoped that corner might, just might, fall open.
 
I was truly lucky and have DOORMAN to thank for the instructions in his games that i watched.

I just reproduced the game...Holy Raptor!...geee man....there have been a couple of very bloody games I've seen today! (also SoCo vrs Seek)...I will have my First Aid kit on my next game just in case....wow!

You are so right BaldeRunner!
I have seen the other game as well!
 
Bloody fight!
No prisoners!
Congratulations to the combatants!

Sorry I left so abruptly while we were watching DOORMAN v RAPTOR (LCH1267380520021773023246), k. I got booted offline and had trouble getting back right away so I gave up.
 
Today was a ton of NOVA fun for me. I played in a good game and then watched another with kastelka. We were yelling out what to do, and it was a lot of fun.
 
And that Charlie Brown is what NOVA is all about.
 
--SoCo

After a tough fight for the center the game ended
(W) Kastelka-(B) DualSpace 1-0.
Thank you DS for playing this game!

Oh dear.
Why oh why is my game looking like the deciding factor in the whole NOVA comp??? Nothing like pressure. I so hope i don't let you fella's down now it's crunch time
Grim's a better player than me and i dont think ive ever beaten him. Doesnt bode well.
Grim wants the game Saturday afternoon UK time. Will keep you informed.
I'll do my very best chaps.
 
UP THE KAFKA BOYS.
 
Very worried Al.

Dear Teammates
 
I have made a draw with Soto2!
I just hope that you are luckier(better) then me in your last games , and bring home the victory.
Cheers Al, Steve , and Jaume
 
Here is the game:
 

40. Qd2 wins for White.

30 ...Rxc3+ Seems to win for black ,at least the Queen if not even the game!
Of course, Wiz's observation is correct!

'Channeling' the Wisdom of Franz Kafka. Re. the "kastelka"-'DS' game.
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"Like I've always have said; Anytime you see a player forced to resign prematurely, due to a 'smashed' position; There are 3 main possibilities, as to the reason why; Including, any combination, thereof."
"Ergo; #1. Either he/she, was playing while 'smashed'; #2. The 'Sin' of "burning the candle, at both ends," in the 'Real World; Or, #3. The 'henpecked' 'hubby,' scenario."
 
"Since, I've been 'ministering' for the past week; In a 'place' I wouldn't 'send-my-dog'; Like most people... That's as best as I can analyze; As to the the 'whys-and-wherefores,' of Any abbreviated game. -- Sincerely, 'Franz'"
 
Ps.- "Did I mention, Not playing an opening; That you only know superficially? -- Sorry; This 'place' I'm 'in' at the moment; Is Not conducive, to cogent thought."

tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock...
I'm gonna have to go home soon. I can't stand feeling like this. Sat behind my desk and i cant concentrate on anything!!!
Only 3 hours 45 minutes to go until my game with Grim. My heart rate is up and i can feeeeeellllllll the tension.
 
 
Right, where's that red wine..............

Seeing good moves is really easy.......well. It does seem like that as a spectator. However, when your ass in on the line and all you can think about is 'what next' and 'tic tock - tic tock - tic tock' while the clock is running it is a much different story.
 
I find, in my own case, that tournaments are stressful and probably bad for my heart. Even today I am still playing the DOORMAN game in a 'WHAT IF' mode. I can't win this game because I am down material and under a killer attack. WHAT IF I just stall and make nonsense moves and just hope. WHAT IF he backed off the attack and started fresh with a new plan in a different direction.. WHAT IF he never took the rook of the back rank. WHAT IF WHAT IF WHAT IF WHAT IF. I almost lost on time because I actually had to go outside and breath some air and try to slow down my heart rate. I came back in and saw the clock was down to under 2 minutes with more that a few moves needed to make the time. That damn information sure didn't help. LOL.
 
It seems that this would be a good answer of why people shouldn't use machines to aid their chess game. Sitting back and mechanically reacting to the moves a non thinking machine tells you surly can not give the same feelings.
 
 
Oh well, I do love the game but blood chess is way above my ability.

Wonderfully put Steve
Words of wisdom in my hour of need are gratefully recieved. Bloody wish you were looking over my shoulder though!!!!

Gee! I am so proud of you guys!We are a hell of a TEAM!
Good Job Al. We will get them next time!Don't worry!

K, you may not think so now. I blew it and let you all down. I played like a bloody nervous wreck!!
1 win from 3 isnt acceptable and i apologise.
Its been a learning curve for me being my first but id hoped to do a little better.
One thing i would like to mention is, how bloody bloody lovely it is when a simple game can get you communicating with so many absolutely superb people.
 
Win or lose, you are awesome Caissa crew. Well, apart from that russian paeodofile chap. He's a w##ker!!!!
 
Sorry Kafka Boys.