Geez3r

It all adds up. Approved.

"You're not thinking long term. You chase me to my end of the board, and for what purpose?" Eric moves his knight back to it's former position. "In case you weren't paying attention, you'll now note that everyone of my pieces on the board is protected by another in this position. By the same token 3 of your pieces are not protected. I have a superior number of pieces on the board, AND a superior defense. How do you intend to overcome this, by leaving your own pieces unprotected? This is why I've been able to take so many of your pieces; you don't think about defense."

Knight(D7) to F6.

Knight(F6) to D7.

"This is quickly becoming a battle of pawns." Remarked Eric. "I didn't think you would take my bishop, not when you would lose your knight in the process." Relates Eric as he takes Captain's knight with his own. I thought you would adopt more of a guerilla attitude, striking at any target and then quickly retreating to fight another day. Guess that is not so. So will you hand me the rest of your offense now, or will you wait a few turns?"

Castles.

"Heh. 'Might'? You might need him later. "Dude"... I've wiped half your pieces off the board, you need all of them." Hrmm. Need to sure up my defenses in the back real quick. That second rook may very well be a problem. Good thing I can kill two birds with one stone. Eric then castles his King. Because I've got so many more pieces than he does, I can start trying to lock him down. I've gone a good job with his Knight already. If I can cut off those rooks, I'll have this in the bag. "Your move."

This becomes This.

Rook(C2) to A2.

"Yeah, I've pretty much killed all your options at this point. I should have taken your knight to keep the pattern though." Malice points to all the pieces he's taken at the side of the board, reciting them in order of capture "Pawn, bishop, pawn, bishop, pawn, knight, pawn, queen." Eric gives a half shrug "But what will you do? Some sacrifices have to be made." Now I just have to stall a few turns so I can get a pawn to the end of the board, but first, I have to get that knight to go where I want it. Eric moves his rook a few places over. "Your move."

Queen(A4) to D4

"An unexpected move. But then again, so is this." With a quick stroke, Eric takes the Captain's queen with his own. With his queen down, he's lost pretty much all of his offensive force. Furthermore, he has little chance of getting it back because all of his pawns are on my heavily defended side of the board. I still have most of my pawns, so while I back him into a corner, I can get some reinforcements. That's the plan anyway.

*immediately scraps future plans for Malice* Forget Dakka, we need Mecha.

Queen to A4

Eric had to laugh at that last bit. Too true. Being friends with you is far from easy." Eric opened the bottle on his way back to the table, this time it was just soda. I might need all my wits for this one. He had already taken 7 of the Captain's pieces, if the Captain wanted to continue this game he would need to start playing more cautiously. Which on the other hand meant that Eric could start to take bigger risks. Eric broke his formation a little and moved his queen 1 space forward. "Here's your next challenge."

This is becoming quite bothersome. "You're rapidly improving. Knock that off." Eric said with a smirk. He looked over the board for a moment, taking a swig from the bottle every now and then, though it looked like he had drained it already. Let's see if I can catch him in a flank. Eric then dramatically moved his rook across the board, snagging a mere pawn for his troubles. "Your move." said Eric as he got up from the table, probably to get another drink.

Rook(C8) to C2.

For the first time, a frown crossed Eric's face. I want to take his queen soo bad right now, but the price... it's just a little too high right now. Lemme see if I can weasel around in the background for a bit and cause a bit of chaos that way. Eric took the Captain's bishop with his own, putting his bishop deep in enemy territory. "It's my turn to take a gamble I guess."

Bishop(c3) to D2.

Bishop(b4) to C3

They had been dancing around it for quite some time now. They were over 20 turns into the game and there were few casualties. Sooner or later, the slaughter had to commence. Eric hoped that his ability to plan would let him come out on top, but it was just hard to predict the Captain's impulsive nature. So what was first on his list was the Knights. Their erratic movements could be a real pain in the hands of the Captain, and in fact had already caused Eric a bit of annoyance. "And let slip the dogs of war." said Eric softly as he took Captain's Knight with his Bishop.

Castle(A8) to C8.

"I said it before, there is no misdirection in chess. Whenever it's 'misdirection' it's really just a plan that has yet to be fully understood." Mostly because I don't know what it is yet. Lemme just pressure him a bit, see what he does. In the back field, Eric moved one of his castle's into attack position. Coming up with a new plan is a bit of a pain, maybe I shouldn't have hit the bottle so early. I always was a cheap date. I just need him to start breaking his formation a little, then I can break his defenses. I hope.

Pawn(B7) to B5.

"A good move yourself." Wait! -Was that a compliment? "I thought I had you for a moment there too." Perhaps the Captain was right. I did get quite cocky there before. I though I had this in the bag in a few more moves. Hrmm, now how do I tighten the noose without hanging myself? Better start working on a back up plan, gotta be careful, don't want to spook him yet. Eric drums his fingers on the table for a moment, fondly remembering the look on the Captain's face thinking on how to proceed. With no grand insights, Eric chooses to push a pawn rather than his luck.