Speaking of mods, isn’t oojason ahead of me in line?
Darth Ender already defeated him. Also, as far as I know, oojason never played chess professionally.
YeGods, I certainly have never played professionally. Has Darth?
No, and I’m sure you’re better than me, but it could still be fun!
I am not counting on being better than you by any stretch… It’s been almost 25 years since I played a real game, and I am crazy rusty. Last year I tried playing some speed chess in that park in D.C. while on vacation, and got my ass handed to me by someone who I thought was weak. I might have chalked that up to him hustling me, but we weren’t playing for money. I honestly can’t remember any openings, so I’ll be doing well to make it safely into the middle game.
I tried to get an idea of your level by looking back at your last two games against Warb and oojason – but it’s hard to tell because you are clearly much stronger than they are. The only move I wondered about was why you didn’t play e5 against Warbler - I thought that was the point of the previous move. Although, your pawn structure was so much better by then I thought maybe it was actually easier to win your way and that you did that on purpose.