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Re: Violence's Corner: A Rant, and a Proposal

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:20 pm
by BaghwanB
Magicwand wrote:
my point is that it was not a turing point at all.
you did exactly what i would have done.
but..after that you made careless mistakes and lost the game.



Ah... Gotcha. That's a good finding in and of itself.

Thanks!

Bruce "No left turn" Young

Re: Violence's Corner: A Rant, and a Proposal

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:38 pm
by Joaz Banbeck
Violence wrote:...
What I want to do here is have people post an opening/middlegame situation, and I will discuss the options that I see, taking care to highlight what I perceive to be the pluses and minuses of each move, and then say what I personally believe is the best option, and why.
...


OK. Sure. What are the best moves for each side in this position?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bc Black to move
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O X X . . . X . . O X X . . |
$$ | . X X O O X O X . X X O X . O O X . . |
$$ | X X O X . X O O X O X . O O . X O . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . O . O X O O X X X X X . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . O . X O X O O O O O . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . O X X O X X X X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . O . X X O O . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O O . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]

Re: Violence's Corner: A Rant, and a Proposal

Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:59 pm
by Chew Terr
Joaz Banbeck wrote:
Violence wrote:...
What I want to do here is have people post an opening/middlegame situation, and I will discuss the options that I see, taking care to highlight what I perceive to be the pluses and minuses of each move, and then say what I personally believe is the best option, and why.
...


OK. Sure. What are the best moves for each side in this position?

Click Here To Show Diagram Code
[go]$$Bc Black to move
$$ ---------------------------------------
$$ | . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X X O O . O X . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . X O O . O X X . . . X . . O X X . . |
$$ | . X X O O X O X . X X O X . O O X . . |
$$ | X X O X . X O O X O X . O O . X O . . |
$$ | . O O X . . . O . O X O O X X X X X . |
$$ | . . O X . . X . O . X O X O O O O O . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . O X X O X X X X . . . |
$$ | . . O X . . . . O . X X O O . . O . . |
$$ | . X X O X . X . . O O O . . . , . . . |
$$ | . O O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . X . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . X . X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . , . O . . . , . . . . . O . . . |
$$ | . . . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$$ ---------------------------------------[/go]


No, don't do it!

Re: Violence's Corner: A Rant, and a Proposal

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:22 pm
by Violence
My bad, guys, I've had to work late night, so I couldn't do it. I'll give it a whirl tonight.

Also, Joaz, this is a simple situation.

Black can pass. White can resign.