15 June 2012

15 Jun 2012: the perils of briskness

CHESS CLUB returned after a two week break.  The Gabridoodle brought his new chess kit, featuring: a roll-up board; nice, weighted plastic pieces; lesbian queens; a non-analog clock; and a carrying case.  The Chess Pirate was so flustered by the lesbian queens that she forgot that free promotion has been the universal rule since the 19th century.  We played only one, very brisk game -- the Pirate had some, let us say, shopping to do.

Gabridoodle - Chess Pirate, 0-1
Time control: Fischer, 25 minutes plus 10 seconds per move.

The Pirate was on the run almost from start to finish.  She fell into a nasty queen's side trap that cost her a rook.  However, she kept plugging away, making a number of choice comments (cataloged below).  Proving that it can be tough to actually win a winning position, The Gabridoodle made a couple of minor blunders and eventually lost due to time running out !

The catalog of choice remarks (all from the Pirate unless otherwise indicated):

Move 7: "Go ahead, play with The Shiny, [Gabridoodle].  It'll be mine soon."

Move 9: [in response to being taunted with the Cadbury rabbit sound] "Keep clucking over there, buddy !"

Move 12: The Gabridoodle says, "My rook is better than your rook."  The Pirate replies, "That's fabulous."

Move 17: "Tricky little bastard, aren't you ?  I'm just gonna have to suck it up."

Move 25: "Take my rook, you bastard !"

Move 27: "This game sucks.  I've got to get my fuckin' queen moving."

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