--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 123 CHESS Ref: DEA00004 Date: 10/03/96 From: BRUCE MOON Time: 10:46am \/To: MISHA SAMON (Read 1 times) Subj: MS vs. BM GAME 1 -- Moon-Samon: 1 e4 e6 2 f4 Kf6 ^^^ ||| I think you meant 2...Nf6. If so, my reply is 3 e5. If not, please advise. GAME 2 -- Samon-Moon: 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 ... Later, Bruce Moon --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 123 CHESS Ref: DEA00005 Date: 10/03/96 From: BRUCE MOON Time: 10:53am \/To: ERIC RAINERI (Read 1 times) Subj: ER vs. BM White: Moon, Bruce Black: Raineri, Eric Place: FD Chess Date: 1996-1 -12 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 0-0 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 Be7 8. Be2 Nb6 9. b3 dxc4 10. bxc4 Bd7 11. 0-0 a6 12. h3 Bc6 13.Ne5 White: Raineri, Eric Black: Moon, Bruce Place: FD Chess Date: 1996-1 -12 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Bd3 e6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. 0-0-0 h6 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. f4 Qc7 13. Kb1 0-0-0 14. Qf2 Kb8 15. Be3 Rd7 Later, Bruce Moon --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 123 CHESS Ref: DEA00006 Date: 10/03/96 From: BRUCE MOON Time: 11:06am \/To: JOE BROOKS (Read 1 times) Subj: Chess variants On (27 Sep 96) Joe Brooks wrote to Bruce Moon... JB>BM>JB> If you wouldn't mind, I'd be interested in seeing a complete list JB>BM>JB> of variants you know of with a brief description of the rules for JB>BM>JB> each. JB>BM>JB> I'm also not going to say don't include ones I'm familiar with, JB>BM>JB> since I'd like you to include those as I've discovered that since JB>BM>JB> these rules aren't formalized there are regional variations or JB>BM>JB> "dialects" of each game. JB>BM> Quite right about the regional variations; some of the versions on JB>BM> there I either created or co-created and we have experimented with JB>BM> different formats of some of the others. I wasn't expecting to supply JB>BM> rules, you'll have to give me a few days to put something together. JB> Okay - whatever way you want to do is fine by me. If other people are JB> interested, and if it's something you do piecemeal (one variant or JB> related group of variants at a time), you could probably post them here JB> that way (I'm not wanting to hog the benefits of your doing this all to JB> myself). JB> To keep the load on you low, however, remember to keep it brief. I don't JB> want to bog you down with this. Detailed explanations and examples JB> aren't necessary. If there's a problem with me understanding omething, JB> I can always ask you for a clarification. I'll consider it. In the meantime I tried to send something to your -mail address and it was returned "user unknown". Try sending somthing to my E-mail address (bamoon@ucinet.com). Later, Bruce Moon --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 123 CHESS Ref: DEA00007 Date: 10/04/96 From: BRUCE MOON Time: 02:37am \/To: PIERRE LECLAIR (Read 1 times) Subj: PL vs. BM GAME 3 -- Moon-LeClair: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 Be7 5 e3 Nc6 6 Bd2 O-O 7 Be2 Nb4 8 a3 Na6 9 c5 b6 10 b4 bxc5 11 bxc5 Nb8 12 0-0 Nbd7 13 Rb1 c6 14 Na4 Ng4 15 h3 Nh6 16 Nc3 Qc7 17 e4 e5 18 exd5 exd4 19 d6 Bxd6 20 cxd6 Qxd6 21 Ne4 Qxa3 22 Bb4 ... GAME 4 -- LeClair-Moon: 1 e4 c6 2 Nf3 d5 3 Nc3 d4 4 Ne2 c5 5 d3 Nc6 6 g3 e5 7 Bg2 Be7 8 O-O Be6 9 c3 Nf6 10 Qa4 0-0 11 Bd2 h6 12 Qb5 a6 13 Qa4 Qd7 14 Ne1 b5 15 Qd1 Rac8 16 f4 Bh3 17 fxe5 Nxe5 18 Nf4 Bxg2 19 N4xg2 c4 20 Qe2 dxc3 21 Bxc3 cxd3 22 ... Later, Bruce Moon --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 123 CHESS Ref: DEA00008 Date: 10/04/96 From: BRUCE MOON Time: 02:53am \/To: CARMYN EGGE (Read 1 times) Subj: CE vs. BM GAME 1 -- Moon-Egge: 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 d4 e6 4 Bd2 Nc6 5 Nf3 d6 6 a3 dxe5 7 dxe5 ... ^^^^ |||| You originally had this move written as "d6 x e5" and I modified it into the more conventional format. GAME 2 -- Egge-Moon: 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Bc4 e6 4 d3 d5 5 Bb5+ Bd7 6 a4 Nc6 7 d5 .... ^^ || This one, however, does not express a legal move. You'll have to correct this before I can respond. CE> did I show that right?? Depends on which move you were referring to. See comments above. Later, Bruce Moon --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 123 CHESS Ref: DEA00009 Date: 10/04/96 From: BRUCE MOON Time: 03:17am \/To: JAMES RANSON (Read 1 times) Subj: JR vs. BM GAME 1 -- Moon-Ranson: 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nf3 ... Later, Bruce Moon --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 123 CHESS Ref: DEA00010 Date: 10/04/96 From: BRUCE MOON Time: 03:19am \/To: CHRISTIAN MAURO (Read 1 times) Subj: CM vs. BM GAME 1: Moon - Mauro: 1. e4 d6 2. f4 e5 3. Nf3 exf4 4. d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 ... GAME 2: Mauro - Moon: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Be2 e6 8. 0-0 Be7 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. ... Later, Bruce Moon --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 123 CHESS Ref: DEA00011 Date: 10/04/96 From: BRUCE MOON Time: 06:36am \/To: OLIVIER COLLARD (Read 1 times) Subj: OC vs. BM GAME 1 -- Collard-Moon: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Cc3 ^^^ ||| I assume you meant 5 Nc3. If so, my reply is 5...a6. If not, please advise. GAME 2 -- Moon-Collard: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 exd5 5. 5xd4 ^^^^ ^^^^ |||| |||| Something is seriously wrong here and here! These are both Black moves with no White move in between. My last White move was 4 e3, sent 25 Sep 96. 4...exd5 is not legal for either player, and 5 c5xd4 cannot be played by white but would be legal for Black's 4th move. Please advise. Later, Bruce Moon --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 123 CHESS Ref: DEA00012 Date: 10/04/96 From: BRUCE MOON Time: 06:38am \/To: DAN TRIPLETT (Read 1 times) Subj: INTER-ECHO MATCH Bruce Moon vrs Dan Triplett Chess Echo Tournament 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. Nd5 c6 9. Nxf6 Bxf6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. d5 Qb6 13. Rb1 Qb4+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2 15. Nxd2 cxd5 16. cxd5 Rac8 17. O-O Bd7 18. Rbc1 b5 19. f3 Rfd8 20. Nb3 ... Later, Bruce Moon --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 123 CHESS Ref: DEA00013 Date: 10/04/96 From: BRUCE MOON Time: 06:44am \/To: RICHARD VETO (Read 1 times) Subj: RV vs. BM On (01 Oct 96) Richard Veto wrote to Bruce Moon... RV>BM>RV> We've had mail problems recently in net 259... :( RV>BM> Been having a few myself! RV> Well... it seems that is has cleared up somewhat here... :) Wish I could say the same... GAME 1 -- Moon-Veto: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 e4 b5 4 b3 Ba6 5 bxc4 c6 6 Qb3 Qxd4 7 cxb5 ... GAME 2 -- Veto-Moon: 1 c4 c5 2 e4 Nc6 3 Nc3 e6 4 Nf3 Nf6 5 d3 d5 6 cxd5 exd5 7 ... Later, Bruce Moon