Mini 686 - Chess Mafia (Done)

[Goatrevolt]

Move Qf3

[ah2190]

Ok, so I'll

unmove

.

But still, I don't know what the best move is. I'm just a rookie here.

[veerus]

So what's up? Are we moving Qf3? Did we get deadlined into moving Qf3?

[MafiaSSK]

You still have 5 hours to change the lynch.

[veerus]

well then, let's hope people vote for Qf3 or we'll probably have to start lynching

[MafiaSSK]

This is the current Move Count. Just in case you guys forgot, you only need 3 votes currently to move.

Move Count

Rf1 (1): Inidgo Heron
Qf3 (3): Emptyger,Veerus,Goatrevolt
Kd1 (1):Abstract Actuary
Rhe1 (1):Zazier

[Goatrevolt]

Qf3 is the correct move here.

[veerus]

We have 3 votes for Qf3.. shouldn't the day end now?

[MafiaSSK]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 f5 5. exf5 exf5 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Nd5 Nb4 8. Nxb4 cxb4 9. d4 Nf6 10. Qc4 a6 11. Bd2 b5 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Qxf5 d5 14. Qd3 Ne4 15. g3 Bf5 16. Qb3 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 Be4 18. Re1 Kh8 19. Qe3 g5 20. Bd3 gxf4 21. Qe2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Bd6 23. Re6 Rf6 24. Ng5 Ra7 25. Qf3

Night 25 begins.

[Awesome Pants]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 f5 5. exf5 exf5 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Nd5 Nb4 8. Nxb4 cxb4 9. d4 Nf6 10. Qc4 a6 11. Bd2 b5 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Qxf5 d5 14. Qd3 Ne4 15. g3 Bf5 16. Qb3 Nxd2 17. Kxd2 Be4 18. Re1 Kh8 19. Qe3 g5 20. Bd3 gxf4 21. Qe2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Bd6 23. Re6 Rf6 24. Ng5 Ra7 25. Qf3 Rf5

Day 26 begins!

[The Central Scrutinizer]

initial thought : h4

[Indigo Heron]

I concur. h4 is a no-brainer.

move: h4

[veerus]

h4 fails to h6.

Rhe1 is the better move here. I'll be V/LA until monday but this is our best move it seems. Black is defending well and this is our last chance to push for an advantage. I'll vote Rhe1 when I come back unless there's a compelling argument against it.

[Goatrevolt]

h4 fails to h6.

Rxh6+

Rhe1 is the better move here.

Qxg5.

Move h4

[veerus]

hm, good point.

what about Nh3? I really don't want to leave our g3 pawn exposed to fxg3 with that bishop covering it. And Nh3 would allow us to put pressure on that pawn.

[Goatrevolt]

Nh3 isn't bad, but I think it's worse than h4. The main issue I see with it is it allows black to follow it up with Raf7, amassing a lot of pressure on that file.

I really like the Knight where he is. The threat of Nf7, or simply preventing black from moving the rook there is strong.

[Indigo Heron]

I really don't want to leave our g3 pawn exposed to fxg3 with that bishop covering it.

Really? I don't see fxg3 being a viable move for Black.

[veerus]

I really don't want to leave our g3 pawn exposed to fxg3 with that bishop covering it.

Really? I don't see fxg3 being a viable move for Black.

Not right away, no. But that pawn will remain weak for the rest of the game and fxg3 will surely be viable in a few moves.

[Indigo Heron]

For me, I don't think fxg3 will even materialise. I can see White playing g4 on the next move (assuming Black moves where I think it will move).

[ah2190]

The main problem is that they are thretening an attack on one of our rooks.

[Indigo Heron]

Really? Mind explaining it to me? I personally don't see any credible threat on the rook.

[Abstract Actuary]

Move: h4

It is a pretty clear choice here. All other lines mentioned so far and that I can see are clearly inferior. And all discussion around the move is only potentially helpful to black at this point, especially given how likely we are to play it.

-Only bring up possible counters if you see something that is very bad for us.

-Additionally, if someone mentions a move like h6, that is obviously a terrible move, just ignore it. Most of us obviously see how bad it is, and we will appropriately disregard it, and who knows, maybe that person will be on black. Wait until a bad move gets some traction, which likely won't happen, before refuting it.

[ZazieR]

Move h4

[ZazieR]

The main problem is that they are thretening an attack on one of our rooks.

This needs elaboration.

[ZazieR]

Mod

- It seems Sirdanilot has returned. Does this mean he's back in this game or not?