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Craftsman Experience - How to Make a Game Table, Part 1

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Zhū

The Nuclear Chessboard 2012 (clip1) (2/23/12)

Williams

[Event "Grande Synthe, France"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lalic, Peter"]
[Black "Pourrahnama, Amir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2131"]
[BlackElo "1927"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. d4 Qc7 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. O-O Ne8 10. e4 g6 11. b4 Ng7 12. Qb3 Ne6 13. Rad1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bf6 16. Rd2 Ne5 17. f4 Ng4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. h3 Nh6 21. g4 Be6 22. Qc3 f6 23. Nc5 Rae8 24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Nxe6+ Rxe6 27. Rf2+ Kg8 28. c5 Nf7 29. Bf1 Rf6 30. Bc4 Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Qe7 32. Qf3 e4 33. Qxf7+ Qxf7+ 34. Bxf7+ Kxf7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. g5 h6 37. h4 hxg5 38. hxg5 Kf7 39. Ke3 b5 40. cxb6 axb6 41. Kxe4 b5 42. Ke5 Ke7 43. a3 Kd7 44. Kf6 1-0

I'm going to repeat the same explanation, in case you're wondering what this is:
"As usual, I am not going to annotate the following games. Instead, feel free to comment and ask any questions, which I am happy to answer. The PGN text can be copied and pasted into any decent chess program, where a computer engine can then provide you with analysis. I haven't actually done this myself, so I'm not sure how well / badly I played. However, I do know that I didn't calculate enough at the board; intuition can help only so much!"

Morales

Chess Board – Standard Vinyl Roll-up in Green http://t.co/2fz46Z1SSR

Kamala

MONDAY NIGHT WE ARE BRINGING OUT THE GOOD OLD BOARD GAMES..CHESS,CHECKERS,TWISTER,AND CRIBBAGE.SOOO COME ON DOWN HAVE A FEW COLD ONES AND ENJOY GOOD TIMES WITH GOOD PEPS

Sadangi

Soooo many opportunities going on gotta sit down and look alive .never make moves without examining the whole chess board

Yamazaki

On a chess board, black keeps board,
I remain white.

Nguyen

The State Government Museum, inside the fort, is opened for public in 1985 and consists of ancient treasures of art, archaeology, anthropology, pre-history, weapons, sculptures, bronzes, wood carvings, handicrafts, numismatics, philately, botany, geology and zoology. The depiction of the historical monuments of North Arcot District in the gallery adds a graceful look to the museum. Bronze double antenna sword from Vellore Taluk of 400 BC., Stone Sculptures from late pallava to vijayanagar periods and the ivory chess board and coins used by the last kandian king of Sri Lanka, Vikrama Raja Singha are among the exhibits of monumental value. Art camp for school students and iconography for college students are a part of educational activities going on in the museum. The museum is situated besides the main bus stand in Lakshmanaswamy Town Hall and is open for public all the days from 9a.m to 12 noon and from 2 p.m to 5 p. m. And it is under the surveillance of Department of Musems.

Mizrachi

Chess Royal kingdom 3d Chess board by carlos 2012 part 1

García

[Chess] Acerook playing with Blocks Board Set on ICC

Gutiérrez

Debating statists is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are at chess, the pigeon is inevitably going to knock over all the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around the table looking victorious.

Amar

First House to Voldemort wins! Other houses, feel free to join in if you would like! And 50 points to the winning house! THIS IS IT SEXY PEASANTS, THIS DECIDES THE GAME!

Gryffindor - V O L D E M O R
Slytherin - V O L D E M O R

Question 17

What are the tests and puzzles that are made to pass in order to reach the Philosopher's Stone?

*HINT* there are 5!

- Mrs.Knight

Agrawal

I like Scrabble and Chess. I miss playing board games and cards

Upadhyay

Damier print got me lookin like a chess board. Ha Ha Ha

Gokani

Chess Vision Demo

Martin

Wembo hits head on chessboard, has a pout, then a laugh

Hall

Build a Chess Board. Pt.7- Hand-rubbed finish

Fujita

@Aneeta_F chess board

Mori

Springtime in Turkey with Bruce and his kids. Went to the ruins of a first century Christian stone burial site today hidden up in the mountains, and likely visited by the Virgin Mary who lived her last years here. Going on Sunday to visit her home and grave site.

Itō

Halo chess board

Brijesh

Sarasota Medieval Fair Chessboard 11-20-2011 The Wedding Proposal

Gāo

3ds max chess board for Beginner

Maeda

Human Chess Improv San Francisco

Friedman

we playing chess,so dont let dat board play you...checcmat3!

Richardson

Muthafuck that chess board was $1800 or some wild shit like that

Dahan

What is your favorite board game? — Chess ~ http://t.co/tSt11i1MbS

Ramírez

Na learner"@_imgXCLUSV_: @eichiechris u play chess?? How com we nvr met over a board in fac???"

Díaz

Themed Chess Sets

Nakajima

Bigg Chess Board In Alanta http://t.co/rhDDeiSuVI

Morris

she is the only queen on board but we aint playing chess
wanna ghost write for a rapper
not a useless one

Lakhanpal

Pico chess

Lín

new chess illusion 2011 at chessillusion.blogspot.com a new 3d chess variant

Baker

What is your favorite board game? — Eh? Chess.. and Monopoly. http://t.co/y0q7pnUUzl

Wood

Love seeing the chess board in play at the Fountain! And live sax music outside of B2?!? Happy spring East Passyunk! http://t.co/EiKdoQGfWz

Hasegawa

@ChessClubLive @michelleobama @kid_chess: phew, drew on top (K-3) board, only our 2kings standing! i am still in it! ate some popcorn.

Inoue

Men.. Let me take ma lunch den go to d chess board to teach those dudes a lesson!

Okada

IF YOU WERE A PIECE ON THE CHESS BOARD, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE?

Peterson

Gaming Nation- Minecraft Chess With MegaTronJuice

Ishikawa

Am I a loser because I find it awesome that you can buy a life-sized chess board and costumes to dress up in and play in real life?

Nakashima

Custom Chess Boards - From Start to Finish

Sullivan

Chess World.net: Evolution of Chess Style #121 - Appreciating the style and wit of Tartakower!

Thomas

Black and white chess board two matted linocut by PascalesStudio http://t.co/TvJZ40yPUz via @Etsy #handmadebot #printmaking

Harris

Raised Chess Sets with Metal Pieces

Sharma

Lets get a cypher goin yall......Somebody set it off,a line or two,see what we get jumpin............

Hashimoto

Glove-driven Chess board

Kawle

Fallout secret ChessBoard

Stewart

That silly little boy with the "pop pop" "bang bang" white Astra VXR. Can I play chess on your roof?

Moore

@Twittarghz who even owns a chess board and pieces anymore!?

Cook

The earliest precursor of modern chess is a game called chaturanga, which flourished in India by the 6th century, and is the earliest known game to have two essential features found in all later chess variations — different pieces having different powers (which was not the case with checkers and go), and victory depending on the fate of one piece, the king of modern chess.[10] The original chess board was mathematically revolutionary, as reported by the infamous Wheat and chessboard problem. A common theory is that India’s development of the board, and chess, was likely due to India’s mathematical enlightenment involving the creation of the number zero.[8] Other game pieces (speculatively called "chess pieces") uncovered in archaeological findings are considered as coming from other, distantly related, board games, which may have had boards of 100 squares or more.[10] Findings in the Mohenjo-daro and Harappa (2600–1500 BCE) sites of the Indus Valley Civilization show the prevalence of a board game that resembles chess.[17]
Chess was designed for an ashtāpada (Sanskrit for "having eight feet", i.e. an 8x8 squared board), which may have been used earlier for a backgammon-type race game (perhaps related to a dice-driven race game still played in south India where the track starts at the middle of a side and spirals into the center).[18] Ashtāpada, the uncheckered 8×8 board served as the main board for playing Chaturanga.[19] Other Indian boards included the 10×10 Dasapada and the 9×9 Saturankam.[19] Traditional Indian chessboards often have X markings on some or all of squares a1 a4 a5 a8 d1 d4 d5 d8 e1 e4 e5 e8 h1 h4 h5 h8: these may have been "safe squares" where capturing was not allowed in a dice-driven backgammon-type race game played on the ashtāpada before chess was invented.[18]
The Cox-Forbes theory, started in the late 19th century, mainly from the works of Captain Hiram Cox and Duncan Forbes, proposed that the four-handed game chaturaji was the original form of chaturanga.[20] Other scholars dispute this and say that the two-handed form was the first.[21]
In Sanskrit, "chaturanga" (चतुरङ्ग) literally means "having four limbs (or parts)" and in epic poetry often means "army" (the four parts are elephants, chariots, horsemen, foot soldiers).[7] The name came from a battle formation mentioned in the Indian epic Mahabharata.[10] The game Chaturanga was a battle simulation game[7] which rendered Indian military strategy of the time.[22]
Some people formerly played chess using a die to decide which piece to move. There was an unproven theory that chess started as this dice-chess and that the gambling and dice aspects of the game were removed because of Hindu religious objections.[23]
Scholars in areas to which the game subsequently spread, for example the Arab Abu al-Hasan 'Alī al-Mas'ūdī, detailed the Indian use of chess as a tool for military strategy, mathematics, gambling and even its vague association with astronomy.[24] Mas'ūdī notes that ivory in India was chiefly used for the production of chess and backgammon pieces, and asserts that the game was introduced to Persia from India, along with the book Kelileh va Demneh, during the reign of emperor Nushirwan.[24]
In some variants, a win was by checkmate, or by stalemate, or by "bare king" (taking all of an opponent's pieces except the king).
In some parts of India the pieces in the places of the Rook, Knight and Bishop were renamed by words meaning (in this order) Boat, Horse, and Elephant, or Elephant, Horse, and Camel, but keeping the same moves.[18]
In early chess the moves of the pieces were: