Fabuloso Friday 2/Fabuloso Chess

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Contents 1 The Challenge 1.1 The Stakes 2 The Game :: Ze vs. Fabulosos :: 3 FAQ 4 Shoutbox 4.1 Shout here 5 A Bold New Strategy

The Challenge

"Holy crap! The League of Awesomeness says that any chess game started during a show has to be played all the way through! You've inadvertently challenged me to Fabuloso Chess. You have to make your first move by Sunday midnight. The LOA says that the stakes of this game are yet to be determined. You might want to contribute your ideas. I'm gonna kick your ass." - 06-23-06

The Stakes

Ze has accepted our stakes - 06-30-06

• If we win (and have you seen the chess game discussion? We are so going to whip his ass):

The Show: Unplugged - YES! "At least 10 minutes of Ze and a guitar performing songs." By popular vote, thanks to Ann for the winning suggestion!

• When we lose (yeah, when):

Fabulosos and Sports Racers have collectively pledged a TOTAL of: $275.11 to purchase a book from his Amazon Wish List!

We can afford The Psychology of Humor: A Reference Guide and Annotated Bibliography ($131.95): sounds stimulating! maybe he'll let us borrow it when he's done!

Note! Please do not hesitate to continue to pledge! If possible, we can bring down the amount of money everyone needs to contribute, or even purchase a few more books from his wish list! See how far down it's come so far!

The Game :: Ze vs. Fabulosos ::

detailed history | current 3d view

	Ze	Us	consensus
1	d4	d5	56%
2	c4	e6	66%
3	Nc3	Bb4	48%
4	Nf3	Nf6	82%
5	e3	Ne4	56%
6	Qc2	f5	62%
7	Bd3	O-O	83%
8	O-O	b6	61%
9	a3	Bxc3	57%
10	bxc3	Ba6	65%
11	Ne5	Nd7	37%
12	Nc6	Qf6	89%
13	f3	Nd6	100%
14	e4	dxc4	100%
15	Be2	e5	100%
16	d5	Nb8	55%
17	Nb4	Bb7	93%
18	a4	a5	100%
19	Na2	Nd7	50%
20	Ba3	Rac8	50%
21	Rab1	Qg5	60%
22	Kh1	fxe4	61%
23	fxe4	Qg6	89%
24	Rxf8+	Rxf8	100%
25	Bxd6	Rf2	100%
26	Rg1	cxd6	100%
27	Qd1	Nf6	73%
28	Bf3	Nxe4	93%
29	Nc1	Rd2	53%
30	Bxe4	Rxd1	100%
31	Bxg6	Rxg1+	100%
32	Kxg1	hxg6	100%
33	Resign	---

FAQ

Q: How do we know we are playing with Ze?

A: We don't, it could be his kitty or Deep Fritz, and there was nothing in the rules that forbid him asking a grandmaster for advice either.

Q: Won't Ze be able to read all our strategies?

A: Currently there is nothing in this wiki that a freeware chess engine won't detect in 10 seconds. Unless you want to post something that analyzes 18+ plies (at least 9 moves) ahead, there is no use for Ze reading it, and even then that analysis is half a move too old to be useful for him. It is important to understand that you don't win these kinds of games by trapping or surprising the opponent. You win by doing a deeper analysis at each move so that you are more likely to become aware of favorable deviations from previously analyzed lines before your opponent.

Q: Who's playing white?

A: That would be Ze. Poop!!

Shoutbox

If you don't know where to put something, just scream out here, and maybe someone will move your comment to the right place! Please note that this is not the best place to put current move proposals, only use this shoutbox if you are really confused... or just want to shout! The shoutbox is emptied at midnight into the magic dumpster!

• Click here to shout now!
• Click here to add a comment on the dicussion page!

Shout here

Are there images of the previous moves? I'm a visual person and I can't imagine a chess game on only algebraic notation. It would be really awesome if some one could make an animated .gif that showed the board after each move! -- Tapman

• Tapman, I might suggest using a freeware chess program to re-create the game using the move list. mayorcj^SR 10:08, 24 July 2006 (PDT)
• Or you could take a look at the detailed history.Geedubber 21:56, 27 July 2006 (PDT)

Okay, the new guys really need to read the edit guide. Geedubber 16:43, 26 July 2006 (PDT)

• Or .. I could come back and lend my argumentitive self to the game once more (at least I kept things clean editing-wise while I complained and harped about moves) ... :-) .. ßrigade^rant
  • WHOA .. now there's not only 'Multiple Votes' but 'Anti-voting?' .. jeez .. and the moves are getting worse too .. n/m .. i won't edit or contribute .. it's gotten to be a mess in there. ßrigade^rant
    • Then stop complaining about others contributions. arc

• I leave for one day, and THIS Qg5 is the move that everyone came up with??? Holy crap, batman! It's like one of the worst moves out of all the possibilities. Wait, let me guess... Bc1 for white (or possibly Qc1). Next time, let's try and make a move that isn't forced for white unless it gets us a real advantage, eh? I'll shut up if I'm wrong which is usually 100% of the time. V 08:38, 28 July 2006 (PDT)
• This is hardly a mess, my friends. If either Bc1 or Qc1, then f4 - depending on Ze's next move rook comes out to Rf6 followed by Rg6 and Ze's in huge trouble king-side. The beauty of it is there isn't a lot he can do about it, because his pawn chain, coupled with f4, restricts diagonal movement. Attacking his pawn chain at the base is far more advantageous than attacking the middle, isn't it? Otis 09:40, 28 July 2006 (PDT)

A Bold New Strategy

For our next move I propose we hollow out one of our horsies and then, after it's dark, have all the other pieces climb up into it and hide. Tomorrow Ze will see that we have abandoned the field and left him a trophy, which he will take back to his home row (which will change all of our pawns into queens). I haven't played out this line in any detail, but I'm sure it'll catch him off guard.--Neal 09:45, 21 July 2006 (PDT)

1. VOTE --Decoder
2. VOTE by wgolds47
3. VOTE by 69.230.60.248 22:19, 21 July 2006 (PDT): its just crazy enough to work!
4. VOTE by mayorcj^SR 13:10, 22 July 2006 (PDT)
5. VOTE by MikeRapin 14:11, 25 July, 2006 (EDT): Tro-jans! Tro-jans! Tro-jans!
6. VOTE by WythDryden: This is definately the way to go... Why hadn't we thought of this before?