How to Play Chess like a Baboon…. And Win! (Part 1) Here is a fine of example of Ken Norbury’s method of winning games by playing bad moves. [Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/z54geEDZ"] [Date "2018.08.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Undodo"] [Black "ninepawn"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2018.08.30"] [UTCTime "17:55:39"] [WhiteElo "1911"] [BlackElo "1874"] [TimeControl "600+3"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Duras Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] 1. e4 f5 { A nonchalant Norbury mouseslips into his stride… } 2. e5 {Advancing rather than the more usual exf5} d6 {Natural move} 3. Nf3 dxe5 4. Nxe5 {White moves in for the attack} Nc6 {Encouraging white to carry on pursuing his attack ….} 5. Qh5+ {White obliges…} g6 {Norbury cowers..} 6. Nxg6 {Ouch} Nf6 {Counter attacking move } 7. Qh3 (7. Qh4 {is a better move but allows the rook swing} Rg8 8. Nxf8 9.Rg4) f4 {Attacks the queen} 8. Qh4 hxg6 {Norbury finds himself in the shit or bust territory that he so loves}9. Qxh8 Qd4 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. Qh4 Nb4 {Aggressive and materialistic} 12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Qe5+ {Declines taking the pawn and enables a bishop dance} 14. Kf1 Bf5 15. f3 Bxd3+ 16. Kg1 g5 17. Qf2 g4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 e6 { [#] Norbury threatens Bc4 and white resigns . } 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. More chess mayhem from Ken soon. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)
Of course you know what the collective noun is for a group of baboons….. a congress no less!
I didn’t know that 🙂 But I really like the idea.