Can't say I've ever played a chess match for these kind of stakes before.
While victory would mean a bigger payout for me than for any of you individually, I've already kind of won, considering the obscene amounts of SP this game has given me.
I'm driven by innovation, so really just wanted to see if the idea had legs.
It looked good in my head, but you don't really get to find out until you try.
I'd say whatever happens from this point, this has been a success, and I'm very fond of everyone who's joined in.
I recently recruited a good friend and colleague. He has a personable, friendly nature, and the chiselled physique of a greek statue.
He's blogging on strength and wellness and absolutely knows his content.
I'll be recruiting and mentoring one meatspace friend each month, and promoting them at the end of each post.
December is Joe, give him a look
D8 to D4
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You gotta get your face out there, so people feel a human connection.
I went fishing for a photo of you (for the post looking at you), and could only find the tiny thumbnail you use as a profile pic. Don't be shy :) Every day I post a new gif of myself smiling.
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But i do have one pic in 1 of my posts! I thought my silly stories are humane enough ;)
But thank you..will post another one some other time.
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I doubt we will be able to mate with that move, too many pieces and king easily escapes. I think taking out knight give our bishops and queen more flexibility to mate quicker.
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We need the queen in D4. Followed by B7 to D5, our king to F7..G7 to F8 checkmate. 4 moves.
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B7 D5 meet knight D5 with check we can take with knight or queen at this point, but multiple possibilities for now... let's see 😉
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True ;)
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This is looking like the firm favourite, Imma :)
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1Qd4 Kb6 (forced) 2Bd5+ Nxd5+ (forced)
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Knight B5 to C3
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I'm guessing this wasn't intentional, but it looks your bots (or someone's) are voting up all your posts, including this one, which sort of violates the spirit of this contest. If these are bots, please let us know, so that the votes can be discounted (just as an example, I could vote up any of these comments with 40 votes without breaking a sweat).
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oh no worries... i will remove that... 😉 that was not intentional at all, all other moves also seem reasonable
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Good pick up, blocktrades. Is there a way to know this, as a host? I'd like to identify deliberate abuse.
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There's really no way to know for sure, if somone really wants to obscure it. But generally bots vote soon after original voter and you can also tell from the pattern of how they vote.
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Never crossed my mind, but I'll have to consider this when designing any other games.
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B7 D5
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Our queen is better to check in D4 rather than in D6 after this move.
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F6 to E4
Thought I'd through my hat in the ring again with an actual photo. Also, wanting to check that camera uploads were working again in eSteem and I can say to @good-karma that they are.
Need to get back to posting my lego updates now that it is going again.
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Thanks @brendio for mention and confirming! 👍 😉
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F6>E4?
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Yes, and that's why it helps to have a picture for when you make a typo.
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Matt, would you be making final notes about game after its finished? I would love to hear your experiences and thoughts on how it went and what was technical challenges, what would make it easier, etc? It would really help with some of my thoughts on #steemgames... Thanks 😉
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Good idea, @good-karma.
I've been planning to do a post containing all the gifs in sequence. I might include a debrief, lessons learned etc.
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Great, looking forward to it! 😉
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This idea of yours is brilliant thank you ;)
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Thanks :) I'm already planning my next project. Very exciting if I get it right.
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Ohhh..will it be fun?
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I'd be a referee, rather than a player.
Knock out competition. Very fun, but only if I can make it work.
Sorry to be cryptic, but I'm still not sure if it'll happen.
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Would it be more fun as a player? I dont mind playing..when is that gonna be??
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F-6 to D-5
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Upvote yourself :)
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It is a forced mate already here, D8 to D5. 3 more beautiful posts to go before checkmate, @mattclarke! I am still sad that I did not join earlier
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This move would probably be great, except his knight would take our queen :-)
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Oh my God... 15 hours in a bus and 2 nights with no sleep has some effect lol. I had all 4 moves for forced checkmate figured out, and here you go.
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Yep
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I'm going to need a tiebreaker in the next 10 mins
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