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CHESS MOVES???

[LordKinbote]

Honestly? I don't know whether there's anything to figure out. Jim is smart, we know that already.

A few things I do notice...the first two moves that the prisoners make are the exact same moves that Jim makes. Jim moves his bishop. The game then skips ahead (it cuts to an exterior of the truck and then cuts back to the inside, and Jim is moving his queen to a spot that one cannot move their queen to from starting position).

Jim moves his queen and the prisoner moves his queen. It is true that the prisoner is still moving the same piece, but he couldn't possibly still be making the same moves as Jim...if he were, his queen would be at F6, not C6.

So, what does that mean? Nothing, I guess. The moves don't spell out any hidden word or anything.

---Scott

[Diandra]

F6

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[Ozy_y2k]

Unfortunately, it would be difficult to identify an opening gambit in this case, because the camera cuts away from the game after the first three opening moves (the first two of which, e4 and e5, are among the most common opening pawn moves in ANY given game, regardless of subsequent opening strategy), and does not appear to return until one or more moves has been made in the interim. Perhaps the puzzle here is for us to figure out what the most logical moves were that would have been made while we weren't able to watch; since it appears, strategically speaking, that Jim's opponents are not interested in threatening the king (the goal of most opening attacks), any "long-term" predictions on strategy wouldn't work as far as identifying an opening pattern.

Can anyone reproduce the moves, using Algebraic notation, here, so someone with a little more knowledge than I regarding openings can comment as to the most likely "missed" moves? I didn't have my VCR set to tape last night, so I missed it.

O

[luvinpush]

Re: F6

[Diandra]

Thanks

[Guest]

The Chess game is a tie-in to "Peter Pan" and the concept of playing to a draw...or a PUSH. That would mean one would never die or get old.

Take a look at the entry in under the topic PUSH, NV-Spec, titled "Focus on Peter Pan"

[dj_mystique]

all the moves?

[nevada1955]

Not sure I can read anything into the chess match other then the prisoners were setting him up so when they got back to the big house, they could "corner the white bitch" Also D'Wight Sloman used the word bitch during their confrontation.

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[Ozy_y2k]

don't think that's possible, since standard chessboards operate on a 64-square grid (8x8) while the map on enochonline is gridded at 48 squares (8x6). Unless you can explain further, I'd chalk this one up to overenthusiasm, paranoia and/or purposeful misdirection.

Ozy the crank

[catherwood]

Starting with the afternoon:
12:03 = E4
14:13 = C4
16:02 = B5
17:35 = E1
18:45 = D3
23:30 = D3

Continuing after midnight:
1:02 = F2
2:17 = G2
4:57 = G2
5:49 = G3

(I wasn't sure if the AM hours are the same day or into the next day.)

[Ozy_y2k]

I think Jim's chess game in the truck began with the moves e4-e5 if I'm not mistaken. As I said in another thread, this is one of the most common openings in chess, and the folks at enochpushdialectic have extended the opening sequence as defined to be indicative of either the Andersen gambit or the guioco piano.

O

[Diandra]

Chess Moves