Lady posing for leg workout shot is Zuzana from Bodyrock TV.
Didn't know that at first; had to research. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to figure out who the basketball ladies are without help, there weren't any good clues as I can yet see from what Riv posted for them. Nice shot, though.
I've got the ability to illustrate SOME moves of games back recently.
If luck holds out, I'll use it to photo-narrate the following game, a semi-long but good affair against a higher-ranked player:
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "1811"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:14]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} a4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 3. c3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} c6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} h5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} h4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 6. h3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 7. Bf4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 9. 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:3]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 10. dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 11. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 12. Bxe5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 13. Be2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bxh3 {[%emt 0:0:19]} 14. gxh3 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Qg5+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} 15. Bg4 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 16. hxg4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} h3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} h2+ {[%emt 0:0:16]} 18. Kh1 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 19. Qf3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:0:26]} 20. Qg2 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Bg1 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 21. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Qh6 {[%emt 0:0:34]} 22. g5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 23. Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:0:19]} 24. cxd4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 25. Rae1 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 26. d5 {[%emt 0:0:16]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 27. e5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 28. d6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 0-0 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 29. Qxh2 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 30. Re3 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 31. Rh3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Qd5+ {[%emt 0:0:34]} 32. Qg2 {[%emt 0:0:20]} Qxa2 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 33. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:0:28]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 34. d7 {[%emt 0:0:26]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 35. Rf2 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:0:10]} 36. Kh2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Qe1 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 37. Kg2 {[%emt 0:0:21]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:0:7]} 38. Rhf3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Nxf4+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} 39. Kg3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Nh5+ {[%emt 0:0:10]} 40. Kh3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 41. e6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 42. e7 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Qxd7+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} 43. Kh4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 44. Kh3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Qxg5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 45. Rg2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} 0-1
I'm playing as Black.
In response to my opponent's sound e4 opening, starting development by moving a center pawn like you're supposed to, I eschew good sense and start making pawn ladders up both sides of the board until stopped.
My opponent sees a chance to snipe an undefended piece, namely my knight at b1 with his bishop, but I provide it cover with a pawn ...
... and then get that knight to safety. My opponent castles kingside:
Almost 10 moves in now, I finally move my own king pawn to trigger a series of exchanges, which I encourage at one point by offering my opponent a rook for one of his bishops. Despite the cost to me in material, I then throw everything into destroying my opponent's castle, succeed, and then, with a check from my queen that precedes another series of exchanges, manage to march my already very-far-advanced h-pawn right up to his king, eventually penning it into the far corner with the help of my bishop. My plan is to get my knight up there and checkmate from an off angle. But my opponent sees that plan, and keeps me at bay with his own knight by attacking my queen, until I'm able to exchange it for my remaining bishop.
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Not able to record everything I wanted to before the blitz chess webpage closed on me.
Perhaps it's just as well.
Broad strokes: Oppenent placed intense pressure on me through a descending curtain of pawns in conjunction with snipes and trade threats and even one mate attempt from his queen. His 2 rooks to my one made it to difficult to attack directly at first.
I was forced to castle kingside; a REALLY bad idea when your opponent has rooks AND a queen ready to roll down your h-file, but I was facing mate in 1 or 2 otherwise, so I had no choice.
Nevertheless I managed to maneuver queen and knight into giving a discovered double check and then one uninterruptible follow up check by the knight that let my queen take out his queen. I STILL had to rely on happy accident of position to save me from a pair of graduating pawns before he could get his rooks coordinated, but, having done so, the game was mine. For whatever reason, he backed off my remaining knight, though I could see, and probably so could he, some fairly certain follow-ups for me from that point.
Close and involved game. The fact that discovering the length of it in terms of number of moves shocked me is a pretty good indicator that it was a GOOD game for both of us, too.
At some point, it should.
Anyway,
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[PlyCount "52"]
1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} a5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 2. b3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} a4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 3. bxa4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 4. d3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Na6 {[%emt 0:0:17]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 6. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 7. Qd2 {[%emt 0:0:7]} b6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 8. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:0:5]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 10. Nbc3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 11. Nd5 {[%emt 0:0:32]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 13. Qb2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} f6 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 14. Nec3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:0:27]} 15. Nb5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:0:45]} 16. Nbxc7+ {[%emt 0:0:7]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 17. Qb3 {[%emt 0:0:17]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 18. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:0:27]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:0:10]} 19. Ke2 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Qxc7 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 20. Nxa4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:46]} 21. Rb1 {[%emt 0:0:41]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:0:27]} 22. f3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} f5 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 23. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 24. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:0:18]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 25. c5+ {[%emt 0:0:24]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Nd4+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} 0-1
Craps is another country, a kingdom with its own legends, myths, rites, rituals, superstitions and its own language.The citizens of Crapsylvania are a cantankerous, narrow-minded bunch and you had better learn their customs and concerns because they certainly won't tolerate any deviation from their patterns.
Therefore the need for my craps to English dictionary
Here are other bets that can be made at craps: Craps, which are the numbers 2, 3, and 12 in tandem or alone; yo=the number 11; Big Red=the number 7. Yes, the seven is dreaded if you are a right bettor=betting with the shooter and against the appearance of the seven, but it is not dreaded by a wrong bettor=betting against the shooter and for the seven.
Boxcars are the two six-spot dice, while a boxman is the person who sits in the middle of the table and oversees that the game is handled properly by the dealers who run the game. Little Joe is a hard four, while Ada from Decatur is a hard eight and snake eyes are the two one-spot dice
A sleeper is a bet that has been left behind on the table while its owner has left on the table in his rush to leave the game and, perhaps, the casino. Single, double, and triple odds are not some weird couplings but how much you can proportionally increase your pass, don't pass, come and don't come bets when they are on the number. So, too, with 5X, 10X, 20X and 100X odds, which are not shirt sizes, but bet sizes
