Live blogging doesn't make much logical sense unless zombies or androids write blogs but, given the Internet presence of the NRA, that possibility shouldn't be overlooked. I had considered posting the moves as they were made and that's what they call live blogging but, given that I'm alive and I blog, it seems to me anything I do is live blogging. Also given that this is a world that, through the insidious expression 'going viral,' has equated popularity with the spread of a hideous disease, no abuse of the language should come as a surprise. Welcome to the Matrix!
So I didn't do it move by move as Mary brought over some quite delicious curried chicken and this rapidly became the fancy of the many cats and dogs who live here. We played outside as Zeus has smiled on the last five days and the warm weather and sunshine was quite delicious also. However, that gave a clear shot at the food by the critters and there was no way of balancing a laptop in that mix.
The annotation will show the moves of the game so I'll leave that for the play by play. I have pretty good confidence the moves were accurately recorded when written by hand during the course of the game. I'm somewhat less confident of the accuracy of the transcription to HTML as that part was quite blinding. Hopefully I got it down correctly. (Note: the annotation is written from the perspective of black.)
If you don't play chess then the annotation will be meaningless so I'll cut right to it: Mary kicked my ass again! The score is now 5.5:4.5 and the away team has a one game lead again!
Herewith the annotation! (Updated due to omission of moves at several points in the game. I'll cop the plea that the transcription process in converting the notes to HTML is blinding and I must find a better way to do it. Obviously it needs to be done without error but the process creates error and that's the problem to solve. 1/1/13)
So I didn't do it move by move as Mary brought over some quite delicious curried chicken and this rapidly became the fancy of the many cats and dogs who live here. We played outside as Zeus has smiled on the last five days and the warm weather and sunshine was quite delicious also. However, that gave a clear shot at the food by the critters and there was no way of balancing a laptop in that mix.
The annotation will show the moves of the game so I'll leave that for the play by play. I have pretty good confidence the moves were accurately recorded when written by hand during the course of the game. I'm somewhat less confident of the accuracy of the transcription to HTML as that part was quite blinding. Hopefully I got it down correctly. (Note: the annotation is written from the perspective of black.)
If you don't play chess then the annotation will be meaningless so I'll cut right to it: Mary kicked my ass again! The score is now 5.5:4.5 and the away team has a one game lead again!
Herewith the annotation! (Updated due to omission of moves at several points in the game. I'll cop the plea that the transcription process in converting the notes to HTML is blinding and I must find a better way to do it. Obviously it needs to be done without error but the process creates error and that's the problem to solve. 1/1/13)
| White (Mary) | Black (Alan) |
| P B7-B6 | P D2-D4 |
| B C8-A6 | B C1-G5 |
| P F7-F6 | B G5-H4 |
| P G7-G5 | B H4-G3 |
| P H7-H5 | P H2-H3 |
| P H5-H4 | B G3-H2 |
| K B8-C6 | P E2-E3 |
| Q E8-H5 | B F1-E2 |
| B A6-E2 | K G1-E2 |
| Q H5-G4 | K B1-C3 |
| K C6-B4 | Q E2-D2 |
| P E7-E6 | P A2-A3 |
| K B4-D5 | Castle Kingside |
| K G8-E7 | R H1-G1 |
| Castle Kingside | P G2-G3 |
| P H4-G3 | B H2-G3 |
| R H8-H3 | P F2-F4 |
| P G5-G4 | K C3-D5 |
| K E7-D5 | K E2-C3 |
| P F6-F5 | Q D2-D3 |
| P E6-D5 | Q D2-D3 |
| R C8-E8 | P C2-C4 |
| R E8-E4 | P C4-D5 |
| Q G6-E8 | R C1-E1 |
| P D7-D6 | Q D3-C3 |
| R H3-H7 | R G1-G2 |
| Q E8-H5 | R G2-C2 |
| P H5-H3 | B G3-H2 |
| R H7-E7 | B H2-G1 |
| P C7-C5 | P D4-C5 |
| P E7-C7 | R E1-E2 |
| Q H3-F1 | King B1-A2 |
| Q F1-G1 | Q C3-F6 |
| B F8-G7 | Q F6-F5 |
| P B6-C5 | Q F5-G6 |
| Q G1-D1 | Q C6-D6 |
| P C5-C4 | R E2-D2 |
| Q D1-F3 | R D2-D4 |
| B G7-D4 | R C2-C4 |
| B D4-C5 | R C4-C5 |
| R E4-E7 | R C5-B5 |
| King B8-C8 | Q D6-A6 |
| R C7-B7 | R B5-C5 |
| King C8-D8 | P D5-D6 |
| Q F3-E3 | P D6-E7 |
| Q E3-E7 | R C5-D5 |
| R B7-D7 | R D5-B5 |
| Q E7-F7 | P B2-B3 |
| R D7-D2 | K A2-B2 |
| Q F7-H7 | P F4-F5 |
| Q H7-H1 | Checkmate |
2 comments:
Thanks for posting your chess game. I was playing through what was turning out to be an interesting game, when apparently the heat of battle interfered with the listing of moves. White's 8th move with the Queen doesn't make sense(?). Maybe some moves got away unlisted? Keep annotating the games though. Playing it out made me feel like I was right there looking over your shoulder seeing what each side was thinking. Actually, some of your moves left me wondering just what you were thinking. Just kidding! It made me want to play some chess and knowing you're in Greece made me want a gyro. Wish I were there. Happy New Year!
Holy cow, I only made it eight moves before I borked it! I'm sure I still have my notes and will review as the error is more likely in transcription than in the original notation. I've got to find a better way to do it as this one wasn't much fun plus it didn't even work (laughs) but I would like to bring them to you if there's any practical way to do it.
Oh yes, do go for the gyro. Here they just call them pitas but that's the same thing and quite scrumptious they are!
Happy New Year!
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