G*8b mate
Good game. I had fun, and I'm glad you were having fun too. That was pretty cool. Since I have had a hard time keeping up with the pictures, I'll try to recreate the game soon with more pictures for Twister and anyone else who is interested.
Wanna play again? Or does anyone else want to try the game? You don't have to face me. You could go against Ric or someone else.
I'll go again if no one else wants to.
We can have simultaneous game running as well, of course. I'll take another game with you. :)
Alright, I'll go first (I assume it doesn't really matter).
P-2f
I was going to suggest you go first. Out of curiosity, what are your impressions of the game? What moves were good, not so good, on either part? I like analyzing the games a bit.
Forgot to move! G-3b
Well, I think one of the moves that was key to my downfall was when I moved my Gold General to 5b (turn 24) because that allowed you to go straight to the end of the board.
I also made a mistake when I belatedly began moving my King towards the corner and made room for him to go through beginning on turn 26 (I had only just found out about that strategy and probably would have made different moves in the early game had I been aware of what you were trying to do). While I was doing this I largely ignored your Silver General coming up towards me, so I was ill prepared when you got there.
Then of course I stupidly moved my Bishop to kill the promoted SG (I think that was my best option at the time, so it was really a series of stupid movies that culminated in the taking of my Bishop). I think that was a pivotal point of the game, as it gave you the upper hand for almost the rest of the game.
I then made a distraction with my pawn, which bought me some time, and I think that was a smart move, but you countered it well enough that it did very little to help me in the end.
Then I made a series of fairly good moves, but you paratrooped in your Bishop on turn 51 which gave you a huge advantage later and forced me to become defensive for the rest of the game.
On turn 55 when you moved your promoted Bishop to a square adjacent to both my Rook and your promoted Rook, you gained a further advantage since you had another valuable piece to drop behind my ranks.
From there it went downhill and I had very little in terms of strategy, as I was just fighting for my life at that point. I knew it was over as soon as you had two promoted rooks at the end of the board and it didn't last long after that of course.
Any thoughts on how I could have turned the game in my favour at one of these points in the game?
EDIT: I suppose that was more a description of the game than an analysis...
P-2e
I think my biggest weakness is that I don't make enough allowances for paratrooping which allows you to drop your pieces all over the place.
Hey, that was a great analysis. I wish I had time to return the favor now. Being Christmas, I'll probably be busy the rest of the day (I even had to go into work today). I'll try to analyze from my POV with pics ASAP. In any case, I'll make a quick move: P-3d
You had to work today? That's a bummer... :(
R-2f
More than you know. I'll whine about it later. Quick move: K-4a
S-2h
S-4b
K-4h
K-3a
K-3i
G-5b
P-1f
P-8d
N-1g
Well, it was nice to advance the game a few moves. I'd better call it a night, but I'm looking forward to continuing tomorrow later today. ;)
P-8e
K-2i
S-7b