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The four horses game is supposed to be and outdated old fashioned tame boring opening, only good for old geezers, right?
But sometimes, like in this game: https://lichess.org/hjClMtiZLRN7 crazy things can happen.
On Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 12:08:08 PM UTC-4, Eli Kesef wrote:
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The four horses game is supposed to be and outdated old fashioned tame boring opening, only good for old geezers, right?No, it's quite complicated with many trappy lines.
But sometimes, like in this game: https://lichess.org/hjClMtiZLRN7 crazy things can happen.Spare us, that was not remotely interesting.
On Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 9:46:49 PM UTC+3, Eli Kesef wrote:because I had two queens, and he was about to lose his only queen, which would give me a 20 point advantage. I guess he didn't feel like playing on without a queen while I had two of 'm.
On Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 12:39:16 PM UTC+3, Eli Kesef wrote:
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This freshly played game https://lichess.org/ME1RmhJ34gqi ended on move 14. I guess that counts as a miniature. It is a beautiful heart warming but unfortunately seldom occurring variation of the four horses game. The opponent resigned on move 14
somehow that is enough for the enemy to surrender:What happened to fighting spirit?
https://tinyurl.com/tramp-checkers
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And I got another one, almost exactly a year later, another four horses, in which I get an extra queen on move 14, and the enemy is going to lose his queen on move 15, and his king is out in the open, running towards the middle of the board, and
https://lichess.org/GzGmDOKYDFUx
Sometimes the four horses game is not boring at all!
https://tinyurl.com/4-horses-openingBs"d
And yet another one!
A four horses game where the enemy loses his queen, and I get an extra one. So the material difference is 20 points, and the enemy surrenders on move 15: https://lichess.org/mqEJPmUsiHBm
https://tinyurl.com/4knights-carry-on
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