NotThePars Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, gkneil said: On the above, if we want to have a blunder of the season award I think I am an easy winner of it in my away game to the good @Cardinal Richelieu Are you the one who had someone in checkmate and inexplicably moved away? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Just now, NotThePars said: Are you the one who had someone in checkmate and inexplicably moved away? That was @Stellaboz against me in our first game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Since I'm basically the Magnus Carlsen/Gary Kasparov of P&B and nothing left to prove, I'm going to retire. Thanks for setting this up @Frank Grimes, it has been amazing! In all seriousness, the nature of the 1 day per move really got to me and I became obsessive-like just staring at boards for what felt like hours trying to figure out a plan so I'm in need of a break and just happy with the mindless, thoughtless chaos of blitz! All the best for next season lads! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 minute ago, die hard doonhamer said: That was @Stellaboz against me in our first game. I think that has to be the winner. Extraordinary chess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkneil Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: Since I'm basically the Magnus Carlsen/Gary Kasparov of P&B and nothing left to prove, I'm going to retire. Thanks for setting this up @Frank Grimes, it has been amazing! In all seriousness, the nature of the 1 day per move really got to me and I became obsessive-like just staring at boards for what felt like hours trying to figure out a plan so I'm in need of a break and just happy with the mindless, thoughtless chaos of blitz! All the best for next season lads! Absolute Bobby Fischer behaviour here 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkneil Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 9 minutes ago, NotThePars said: I think that has to be the winner. Extraordinary chess. Unaware of that one haha. I went from a significant winning position to handing the Cardinal a mate-in-1 with a single move of my Queen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 minute ago, gkneil said: Unaware of that one haha. I went from a significant winning position to handing the Cardinal a mate-in-1 with a single move of my Queen Yours is bad, let's not pretend, but he went from mate in one to eventually losing, so takes the crown IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 I would also like to take this opportunity to announce my retirement. My furlough will be ending soon and with sixty fewer hours in the week I won't be able to fit in any chess. Perhaps I'll return in future should there be a cup with rapid time format or something, but like Ludo, the daily format results in me obsessively over-analysing every move and it would suck my free time and sanity. Sincere congratulations to Ludo. A worthy winner and I enjoyed our games very much. Congratulations to everyone in general though, the quality of chess rose hugely as the season went on and it's been nice to interact with some well kent usernames outwith the forum. Many thanks too to Grimes for sorting everything out. @Ludo*1, name your charity and I'll send some prize money their way. No doubt I'll see some of you in the park for a friendly down the line. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: I would also like to take this opportunity to announce my retirement. My furlough will be ending soon and with sixty fewer hours in the week I won't be able to fit in any chess. Perhaps I'll return in future should there be a cup with rapid time format or something, but like Ludo, the daily format results in me obsessively over-analysing every move and it would suck my free time and sanity. Sincere congratulations to Ludo. A worthy winner and I enjoyed our games very much. Congratulations to everyone in general though, the quality of chess rose hugely as the season went on and it's been nice to interact with some well kent usernames outwith the forum. Many thanks too to Grimes for sorting everything out. @Ludo*1, name your charity and I'll send some prize money their way. No doubt I'll see some of you in the park for a friendly down the line. It was an honour to be your final league opponent prior to your retirement. All the best for the future, and I hope you return at some point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 25/01/2021 at 19:18, Ludo*1 said: I'm utter shite but LudoNo1 - 861/872 depending on if it's Blitz or Rapid. How it started^ 30 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: Since I'm basically the Magnus Carlsen/Gary Kasparov of P&B and nothing left to prove, I'm going to retire. Thanks for setting this up @Frank Grimes, it has been amazing! In all seriousness, the nature of the 1 day per move really got to me and I became obsessive-like just staring at boards for what felt like hours trying to figure out a plan so I'm in need of a break and just happy with the mindless, thoughtless chaos of blitz! All the best for next season lads! How it's going^ Spoiler I'm taking the piss Ludo youre clearly an accomplished player, all the best 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 It'd be great to get some over-the-board action at some point. Perhaps instead of chess boxing, we could create a P&B Chess Subcrawl. A pint and a blitz match at each stop. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 @Ludo*1 absolutely shiting it from @DeeTillEhDeh's promotion I see. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 19 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: I would also like to take this opportunity to announce my retirement. My furlough will be ending soon and with sixty fewer hours in the week I won't be able to fit in any chess. Perhaps I'll return in future should there be a cup with rapid time format or something, but like Ludo, the daily format results in me obsessively over-analysing every move and it would suck my free time and sanity. Sincere congratulations to Ludo. A worthy winner and I enjoyed our games very much. Congratulations to everyone in general though, the quality of chess rose hugely as the season went on and it's been nice to interact with some well kent usernames outwith the forum. Many thanks too to Grimes for sorting everything out. @Ludo*1, name your charity and I'll send some prize money their way. No doubt I'll see some of you in the park for a friendly down the line. Don't feel obligated at all to donate. Massive gesture! I won't say no to you chucking some money to the SSPCA, however! I had the absolute fear playing you and it culminated in my favourite game of the league. That second game where I had to come out of my shell and use a different opening because you'd been studying my plays was intense and that draw made for the most exciting game I experienced! 4 minutes ago, 101 said: How it started^ How it's going^ Hide contents I'm taking the piss Ludo youre clearly an accomplished player, all the best In all seriousness, I only tend to play 3 minute blitz with no increment and I've always been pretty shite because I usually just play whilst on 'other business' on my phone and just play anything. Since we've started this league, I still just chuck pieces about on 3 minute blitz, but even my rating on that has went up by over 200 points and doesn't seem to have capped off just yet. Think that's testament to how much this format and league made me actually study chess and think about different plays and openings etc. As I say, I spent hours upon hours just staring at a board and moving it about. Really worthwhile experience as I've improved immeasurably even at just blitz! Reckon there were and are many better players than me in these leagues, I just spent the longest trying to work out what to do like a sad act! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 minute ago, NotThePars said: @Ludo*1 absolutely shiting it from @DeeTillEhDeh's promotion I see. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stellaboz Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 41 minutes ago, gkneil said: Unaware of that one haha. I went from a significant winning position to handing the Cardinal a mate-in-1 with a single move of my Queen 38 minutes ago, die hard doonhamer said: Yours is bad, let's not pretend, but he went from mate in one to eventually losing, so takes the crown IMO. Absolute banter years material right there. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: Don't feel obligated at all to donate. Massive gesture! I won't say no to you chucking some money to the SSPCA, however! I had the absolute fear playing you and it culminated in my favourite game of the league. That second game where I had to come out of my shell and use a different opening because you'd been studying my plays was intense and that draw made for the most exciting game I experienced! Sorted. Very pleased you went for SSPCA, you never know with these things, The Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland is a registered charity after all! Aye, I really enjoyed our two games, especially the first as I'd never played online against a human before. If you'd caught me a week or two later in the season I might have been a bit more aware of the impending mate! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, Ludo*1 said: Since I'm basically the Magnus Carlsen/Gary Kasparov of P&B and nothing left to prove, I'm going to retire. Thanks for setting this up @Frank Grimes, it has been amazing! In all seriousness, the nature of the 1 day per move really got to me and I became obsessive-like just staring at boards for what felt like hours trying to figure out a plan so I'm in need of a break and just happy with the mindless, thoughtless chaos of blitz! All the best for next season lads! Bullshit! You know the taxman is on to you because of the back row getting paid via EBT. Lee Wallace told me so. Shitebag! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Bigmouth Strikes Again said: Sure, if everyone is ok with it. Yep, happy to play regardless of any league reshuffling that might happen. Ping the challenge over when yer ready. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 PLAY OFFS!! Division A play off el_scorgio (white) v Strachnovski (black) Division B play off GCarlos9 (white) v Dandies1983 (black) @Scorge @Bigmouth Strikes Again @Loki 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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