Durrr in process of losing 60k+ in a chess bet.. good month for raptor

[phifediggy]

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Look what turned up on the USCF website..

http://beta.uschess.org/frontend/news_7_446.php

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haha awesome article. i'm sure many GM's are on tilt after reading that from not getting the same opportunity. 50k may not seem too outrageous in the poker world but it's huge in chess.

[TheWorstPlayer]

"I absentmindedly neglected to tell Danny that there were probably quite a few other strong players present in Vegas who would be glad to play a chess game for perhaps a bit less money."

"3. Before the match he also took a black pawn and put it on c4, put a white pawn on d4, and asked me if he was allowed to capture it via en passant. I informed him that this would be legal. This was another good omen for my chances."

lolololol

[rafiki]

I skipped a lot of posts, but would durrr do it again double or nothing, and your pro is down a queen ?

Is that still winable ? I'm asking because I really have no idea.

[pineapple888]

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I skipped a lot of posts, but would durrr do it again double or nothing, and your pro is down a queen ?

Is that still winable ? I'm asking because I really have no idea.

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Nah, Queen odds are ridiculous. Kasparov (World Champion at the time) once lost to somebody worse than Durrr, giving Queen odds. (And got really upset, he hates to lose at anything.)

[rafiki]

Ya it seemed too ambitious to lose the queen.

What about bishop on one side, rook on the other ?

[MicroBob]

I'm going to guess on this one. Not sure what Curtains would think.

Durr is probably getting a little bit better at figuring his way around the chess board.
Curtains' strength is going to remain static.

Curtains would still be a favorite with a rook advantage if they did it again although not as much as he was when they first did it I'm guessing.

Rook + Bishop and I'm guessing Raptor would be a favorite. Something like 65/35 or 70/30 or so would be my guess.
Definitely wouldn't surprise me if Curtains could pull it off down Rook+Bishop. But it would be a real battle for him and pretty much relies on hoping Raptor makes a really terrible mistake or three (which isn't impossible of course). If Raptor goes the whole way without some really bad mistakes in there then he should be able to win just by brute-force.

If Raptor learns to just try to trade-down at every opportunity then that would help his chances a ton too of course.

[MicroBob]

Nice article Curtains.

I noticed this part which I thought was kind of funny:

"Before the match he also took a black pawn and put it on c4, put a white pawn on d4, and asked me if he was allowed to capture it via en passant. I informed him that this would be legal. This was another good omen for my chances."


You did explain that en passant isn't a permanent opportunity, right?

[chesterboy]

After being involved in poker for 5 years or so, i forget how different chess players look at money. It is pretty funny reading that article. It reminded me of the crazy lengths chess players go to to try and hustle $800 in a tournament, often planning 6 months in advance. LOL I sure am glad I took up poker.

[pineapple888]

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Ya it seemed too ambitious to lose the queen.

What about bishop on one side, rook on the other ?

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Probably about 50/50 in that case. Durrr was smart enough in the current games not to just hand material over, and that's a very large handicap really, curtains would be reduced to more hustler-type play.

[TheWorstPlayer]

with shorter time, obviously curtains becomes a much bigger favorite. i'm sure he could win with queen odds, given a short enough time limit.