Anybody want to play me?

Good luck, mister wandeljw : )

wow, wandeljw

i would have lead with one of those little castle things, or the one near the centre with all the pointy things on it

of course i have no idea how to play chess

Thanks, mister kitten! Good luck to you, as well.

Check (don't know the notation for it)

I'm going to swoon.

For those who are interested in some chess reading (between the moves here in this game), here is a link to the great "Kasparov vs The World" game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasparov_versus_the_World

I remember watching the game live "online", which was a novel thing back in 1999. One of the most interesting things I observed is that during the game, there were really only 7 or 8 keep decision points in which the next move was not logically "forced" in order to keep the game even. A bulk of the moves were reactionary moves, only a few were pivotal decision points. A very educational game, both as a chess game, and as an experiment in collective decision making (using online technology, which was relatively new at the time).

(the notation for check would be "+")

(Where does the + go?)

Very interesting game so far!

(for example, your move: "7. Qa4+")