[QUOTE=davar55;391696]Black King x WHite Queen, MATE !![/QUOTE]
Ye are a bit racist, mate! :razz:

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[QUOTE=LaurV;391716]Ye are a bit racist, mate! :razz:
[COLOR=White](disclaimer: this was a joke/pun. I don't accuse anybody of racism here, hope it will be taken as intended)
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OK fine. Just a joke. Back to the serious game !

We await the opening White move.

Ok, now the game will shortly start in earnest and this thread from now on (as usual) will be used only for moves and important procedural notes from captains (time-off suggestions, team changes etc, formal protests -- ...hopefully, rarely). Jokes should go to the jokes thread, and spectators should retire to the peanut gallery.

Look. It is simple. I am signed up for email notifications for [I]this[/I] thread. If I receive another half a dozen silly messages, I will unsubscribe, it's as simple as that. Then the subsequent moves will be accepted and scribed only when I will read forum.

1.d4

1. ... Nf6

2. c4

2. ..c5

3. d5

3. ... b5

4. cxb5

4. ... a6