How about a game of Japanese Chess, i.e. Shogi? Now playing Shogi4 — Page 57

No worries. P-8c+

I still don't really want to keep playing.  My position is utterly hopeless.  There is no good fight to fight.  I have one piece to drop but no where to drop it.  You are completely infiltrating my territory and I have no good defense.  I can't even retreat my decent pieces properly.  I can't see any way to make anything look better.  You could probably mate me sooner than you even realize.  In reality you are dragging it out.  My game is hopeless.  But since I'm sure you don't want me to rob you of checkmate:

G-4d

If you want, we could start another game and play simultaneously, agreeing to put our moves for this game before the moves for that game. You might just want to finish this though.

While trying to find the saved file for the game we're playing, I opened up an earlier game we had played. At the point we had left off, you had captured all but three pawns and had, among others, all the knights, bishops, and rooks. So you aren't doing nearly as badly as I used to...

B*5c

Yeah, I'll hang in there.  B*4b

+P6d-7c

G-4c

I think it was a mistake to drop my bishop there. Hopefully it doesn't cost me.

B-2f+

I don't have time to figure out where the error is, but on my board I have a gold general on 3e that would prevent you from making that move.  Unfortunately, I have to go to work real early today and can't take the time to see what's going on.

My mistake. I hadn't moved your gold generals to the right spots for some reason. My move is instead Bx3e+

Oops, I forgot your pawn was there. I guess you can take it. That sucks though... :(

Assuming you move Pxe3, I move...(scroll down to see it, I don't want to change your mind if that is indeed your move).

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G*5a

I'm not going to look at your plan, and instead I'm going to suggest you take that back.

I think I can still do well without taking that back. You didn't take back your silly moves, so I will not take back mine. Either way, I'm still winning anyway.

I don't really like that when I save a game on BCM, then load it later, it doesn't actually load the game correctly.  It only lets me get to move 44 or something :(  Any chance you might supply me with the setup immediately after your bishop move?

Did you make an alternate move at that point? If you click onto a different move on a line which has two or more move notations, then it will show the following moves. But in case that isn't the problem, here you are (promoted pieces in bold, your pieces capitalized, and mine lowercase):

L--R--KN-
-P-N-B---
Pppn-G-PP
--P---P--
-----Sb--
p--s-----
--pp-pppp
-l--r-gsl
l----g-nk

My pieces in hand: pppgs

I hadn't made any move yet.  Thanks for sending the setup.  I wanted to see what your reply was to my suggestion that you take back your move, but since you went ahead with it, I hadn't even moved anything yet.  Yes, I would have captured your bishop, and now that I see your reply, I can't bear to play anymore.  You've crushed my windpipe and you are slowly watching me die.  I'd rather perform what ancient samurai did when their battle was lost, and commit harakari.

I just can't go on fighting such a hopeless battle.  And in reality, it is common etiquette to resign in a hopeless situation rather than drag out the fight.

Arg!  But part of me knows you want to checkmate me.  So perhaps I'll make it easier rather than more difficult.

Rx5a

I'm awful, aren't I? :D

I'd rather you making it difficult rather than playing suicidally (is that a word?), but I guess you'd rather end it.

Nx5a

Bx5e

Playing nonsuicidally (is that a real word? ;) ) doesn't look much better.  I would have simply taken your gold with my bishop instead, at which point you would take my bishop with your knight and promote it, which means I'd have to retreat my rook where you would surely have it trapped by so many promoted pawns and knights supporting each other.  There was no hope of keeping my rook, and the best I could do is try to save my bishop by not taking your gold (which would result in a loss of the rook as well), or not taking your knight right now with my bishop (which drags it out and does little to lengthen my game).  You've pwned me this game, completely legitimately, and I'll never underestimate you or make such hasty moves in the beginning with you again.

darth_ender said:

Bx5e

Do you mean Bx5a? I have no pieces on row e that you can take and your bishop can't take any of my pieces besides that one. If that's your move, Rx5a+

Playing nonsuicidally (is that a real word? ;) ) doesn't look much better.  I would have simply taken your gold with my bishop instead, at which point you would take my bishop with your knight and promote it, which means I'd have to retreat my rook where you would surely have it trapped by so many promoted pawns and knights supporting each other.  There was no hope of keeping my rook, and the best I could do is try to save my bishop by not taking your gold (which would result in a loss of the rook as well), or not taking your knight right now with my bishop (which drags it out and does little to lengthen my game).  

True.

You've pwned me this game, completely legitimately, and I'll never underestimate you or make such hasty moves in the beginning with you again.

 Darn it! ;)

Yes, that's what I meant to do.

RicOlie_2 said:

If that's your move, Rx5a+

 Your move?

My bad.  K-2b

S*3a#

Now if I felt like making you chase me across the board, I'd head to 3c.  But since I don't, K-1a

At least try a little bit! :)

B*5e