- challenging oneself [opennn]

[Onyx Cullen]

[OCC- yes, and sorry! I was in Pennsilvania!

Onyx glanced around, feeling the tension rise, she smiled. It was an awful good tactic, butttttttt....not against her. She wriggled her fingers, and grabbed the black pawn that was facing the white one (occ-the set of the facing pawns to the right) and jumped the pawn to the right.

OCC- hey, I havn't played chess forever, pawns move or jump diagonally? They move forward, but can only jump diagonally, right?

[- jasper whitlock hale]

[OOC – Pawns move forward but take pieces diagonally, so yeah, that’s right.]

Jasper watched her move attentively, noting that she took the bait, and his pawn. He smiled to himself, resting his finger on the tip of his leftmost pawn and moving it forward two spaces – partly so that it evaded capture and moved beyond the attacking range of Onyx’ pawn, and partly so that he had now granted his left rook access to the board. Perhaps it was time to unleash a few of the more lethal pieces into the game. It would liven things up a little for the players and the spectators. ”Does anyone plan on making bets?” he asked, not looking up from the board.

[Rook]	[|||||||]	[Bishop]	[King]	[Queen]	[Bishop]	[Knight]	[Rook]
[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]
[Knight]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]
[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]
[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]
[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]
[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[Bishop]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]
[Rook]	[Knight]	[Bishop]	[King]	[Queen]	[|||||||]	[Knight]	[Rook]

[Onyx Cullen]

Onyx grinned at Jasper's remark. "Well, I think whoever wins might be a surprise to whomever looses." She said in reply. Grabbing her left bishop, she moved it in front of the king, leaving only a pawn to stand in front of it.

[- jasper whitlock hale]

Jasper eyed the move warily. The bigger pieces were coming into play now and he couldn't deny that Onyx had given herself a strong position. He decided for now to play copycat, until he could work out a little more of her strategy. He moved his left bishop in the same diagonal motion, except that his protected his queen and not his king, because of their positions on the board. He had a few more moves planned by now. What he had to do next was execute them in the most opportuner order.

[Rook]	[|||||||]	[Bishop]	[King]	[Queen]	[|||||||]	[Knight]	[Rook]
[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[Bishop]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]
[Knight]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]
[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]
[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]
[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]
[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[Bishop]	[Bishop]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]
[Rook]	[Knight]	[|||||||]	[King]	[Queen]	[|||||||]	[Knight]	[Rook]

[Onyx Cullen]

Onyx lifted her eyebrow, noticing Jasper's move. She slowly moved her right knight in front of the pawn that was just in front of the knight.

[- jasper whitlock hale]

Jasper watched her move and scowled a little: she had been prepared for what might have been a useful attack for him. With that plan temporarily a suicidal one, he fell back onto a different option and moved his right bishop one square diagonally to the left so that it sat just in front of his king. Then he glanced at Onyx, waiting to see what move she would use next.

[Rook]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[King]	[Queen]	[|||||||]	[Knight]	[Rook]
[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[Bishop]	[Bishop]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]
[Knight]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]
[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]
[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]
[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[Knight]
[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]	[Bishop]	[Bishop]	[|||||||]	[Pawn]	[Pawn]
[Rook]	[Knight]	[|||||||]	[King]	[Queen]	[|||||||]	[|||||||]	[Rook]

[Onyx Cullen]

Onyx humphed. It was a ploy. she moved something that may seem unusful to him. She grabbed the pawn the the very left of her board. and moved it one space. Hoping without emotion that he wouldn't notice the space left open.

(hey, Rook's move forward to kill right?)