I'm also interested, EST as well

1909 - The Bosnian Crisis ends, Serbia accepts Austria-Hungary's annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1901 - The fateful beginning of all diplomacy games.

Feb 19 - Florence Green, last surviving WW1 veteran, is born

Mar 2 - Claude Choules, last surviving WW1 combat veteran, is born

hear me out- if there are 3 more violent bumps, white's king is forced off the board! Ferb, I think I know what we're doing today! Be careful - the board might not always be bumped in the same direction, and Black's king looks a lot more precarious... Wait, are we playing off of that board, or the ...

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Ke7 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Ke8 5. Nxf7 Qe7 6. Nxh8 Qxe4+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 d5 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. c3 Bf5 11. Re1 Bc5 12. Kd1+ Kf8 13. d4 Bb6 14. Bf4 Kg8 15. Nd2 Kxh8 16. Nf3 Be4 17. Bc2 Bxc2 18. Kxc2 Ne4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxf2 21. h3 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Rf1 Ne4 24. b4 Bb6 25. Rf5 Re8 ...

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Ke7 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Ke8 5. Nxf7 Qe7 6. Nxh8 Qxe4+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 d5 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. c3 Bf5 11. Re1 Bc5 12. Kd1+ Kf8 13. d4 Bb6 14. Bf4 Kg8 15. Nd2 Kxh8 16. Nf3 Be4 17. Bc2 Bxc2 18. Kxc2 Ne4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxf2 21. h3 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Rf1 Ne4 24. b4 Bb6 25. Rf5 Re8 ...

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Ke7 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nxe5 Ke8 5. Nxf7 Qe7 6. Nxh8 Qxe4+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 d5 9. Bb3 Nc6 10. c3 Bf5 11. Re1 Bc5 12. Kd1+ Kf8 13. d4 Bb6 14. Bf4 Kg8 15. Nd2 Kxh8 16. Nf3 Be4 17. Bc2 Bxc2 18. Kxc2 Ne4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxf2 21. h3 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Rf1 Ne4 24. b4 Bb6 25. Rf5 Re8 ...

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1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Ke7
3. Bc4 Nf6
4. Nxe5 Ke8
5. Nxf7 Qe7
6. Nxh8 Qxe4+
7. Qe2 Qxe2+
8. Kxe2 d5
9. Bb3 Nc6
10. c3 Bf5
11. Re1 Bc5
12. Kd1+ Kf8
13. d4 Bb6
14. Bf4 Kg8
15. Nd2 Kxh8
16. Nf3 Be4
17. Bc2 Bxc2
18. Kxc2 Ne4
19. Ne5 Nxe5
20. Bxe5 Nxf2
21. h3 c5
22. dxc5

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Ke7
3. Bc4 Nf6
4. Nxe5 Ke8
5. Nxf7 Qe7
6. Nxh8 Qxe4+
7. Qe2 Qxe2+
8. Kxe2 d5
9. Bb3 Nc6
10. c3 Bf5
11. Re1 Bc5
12. Kd1+ Kf8
13. d4 Bb6
14. Bf4 Kg8
15. Nd2 Kxh8
16. Nf3 Be4
17. Bc2 Bxc2
18. Kxc2 Ne4
19. Ne5 Nxe5
20. Bxe5

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Ke7
3. Bc4 Nf6
4. Nxe5 Ke8
5. Nxf7 Qe7
6. Nxh8 Qxe4+
7. Qe2 Qxe2+
8. Kxe2 d5
9. Bb3 Nc6
10. c3 Bf5
11. Re1 Bc5
12. Kd1+ Kf8
13. d4 Bb6
14. Bf4 Kg8
15. Nd2 Kxh8
16. Nf3 Be4
17. Bc2 Bxc2
18. Kxc2 Ne4
19. Ne5

I steal the moon, after an unnecessarily complex plan with girl scout cookies and yellow aliens. I place the moon on space f5. On behalf of the Green, I am suing you for irreparable damage to the ecosystems of the world resulting from your gross misuse of the object called 'the moon'. I will be see...

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Ke7
3. Bc4 Nf6
4. Nxe5 Ke8
5. Nxf7 Qe7
6. Nxh8 Qxe4+
7. Qe2 Qxe2+
8. Kxe2 d5
9. Bb3 Nc6
10. c3 Bf5
11. Re1 Bc5
12. Kd1+

Good ol' discovered check.

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Ke7
3. Bc4 Nf6
4. Nxe5 Ke8
5. Nxf7 Qe7
6. Nxh8 Qxe4+
7. Qe2

DrFidelis wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:30 pm

4... Ke1

? This move is impossible

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Ke2
3. Bc4 Nf6
4. Nxe5

Pengwinja wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:53 am

We need the bongcloud, Ferdy.

Too bad I'm on the opposing team.

I certainly wasn't expecting all this when I came back to the thread. Anyway,

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3

Diplomacy&Warfare wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:09 am

Pengwinja wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:49 am

All the people have joined, shall we start tomorrow?

Sure. Are we playing with the touch-move rule?

Since we aren't playing with physical pieces I don't think the touch move rule makes sense here.

These are the results from the random team generator.

Team white: Wattsthematter, JustAGuyNamedWill, Ferdack, Spartaculous
Team black: Diplomacy&Warfare, DrFidelis, Pengwinja, kingofthepirates