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Jacaranda Community Chess Game


Did you notice the chessboard hanging on the south wall of the Reference Department at Jacaranda Library? It displays the ongoing game between Library Manager Greg Carlson and the Jacaranda Library community.

You can play, too! Here's how:

  • The community--that's you--has a week to suggest a move. Then, Greg makes a move. 
  • You can suggest a move in person at the reference desk or by emailing Jacaranda Librarian Tamar Wolfe at twolfe@scgov.net, put "Chess Move" in the email subject line.**
  • Votes are tallied on Mondays, and the most popular move is chosen. Greg responds with his move Tuesday morning.

Even if you aren't a chess player...yet!...you can just watch the game and cheer the combatants. 

 

Game 5 as of 9-1-2010

Jacaranda Community Chess Game 5 as of 9-1-2010

You have until September 7, 2010, to suggest the next move for The Community (Black). The moves are listed below in Portable Game Notation, and The Community's moves are in bold:

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bf4 Nh5 4.Bg5 f6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bg3 g4 7.Nfd2 d5 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bb5

The Fourth Game

All the moves as of July 6, 2010, are listed below in portable game notation. The Community played White in this game:

1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e5 Bg7 5.h3 f6 6.c4 Nd7 7.f6 Ngf6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Be2 Nb6 10.b3 Ne4 11.Bb2 Bf5 12.O-O Kh8 13.c5 Nd7 14.Ne4 e4 15.Nh4 nc5 16.Nf5 gf5 17.Rb1 Ne6 18.d5 cd5 19.Bg7 Kg7 20.Qd2 Qd6 21.Rfd1 Rad8 22.f3 Qg3 23.Qe1 Qg6 24.e4 Nf4 25.Qc3 d4 26.Qf3 fe4 27.Qf1 Nh3+ (White conceded.)

The Third Game

All the moves as of Dec. 28, 2009, are listed below in portable game notation. The Community played Black in this game:

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 c4 4.d5 Nb4 5.Qa4+ Qd7 6.Qb4 Nf6 7.Qc4 b6 8.Qc6 Nd5 9.Qd7+ Bd7 10.Bd2 e6 11.e4 Nf6 12.Nc3 Bc5 13.Bd3 O-O-O 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bf6 f6 16.O-O Bc6 17.Ba6+ Kb8 18.Rad1 Bb7 19.Bb7 kb7 20.Rd8 Rd8 21.Rd1 Rd1 22.Nd1 b5 23.Kf1 b4 24.Ke2 a5 25.Kd3 Bf2 26.Nf2 1-0 (Black conceded.)

The Second Game

All the moves as of June 29, 2009, are listed here in portable game notation (PGN). The Community played White in this game:

1.e4 c5 2.nf3 e6 3.d4 c5d4 4.Nd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Bc5 7.Be3 Nf6 8.O-O d6 9.h3 Nc6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Qd2 Bb4 12.a3 Ne4 13.Qd3 Nc3 14.b2XNc3 Ne5 15.Qd1 Bc3 16.Rb1 Bd7 17.Nf3 b5 18.Ne5 Be5 19.Bf3 Ra8c8 20.c4 Qc4 21.Be2 Qc2 22.Qc2 Rc2 23.Bf3 d5 24.Bc1 rf8c8 25.Re1 Bf6 26.Be3 a5 27.Bd1 Rb2 28.Ra1 Rf2 29.Bf2 Ba1 30.Be2 Bc3 31.Rb1 b4 32.b4 b4 33.Be1 Be1 34.Re1 Kf8 35.Rb1 Rb8 36.Bd1 Ke7 (The Community conceded.)

The First Game

All the moves as of October 13, 2008, are listed here in portable game notation (PGN). The Community played Black in this game:

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e5 Ng8 4.f4 d5 5.d4 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Bd7 8.Qd2 c4 9.g4 Nh6 10.Bh3 Be7 11.O-O f5 12.f5 Nf5 13.Bf5 f5 14.Nd5 rc8 15.Bf2 Be6 16.Ne7 Ne7 17.Bh4 rc7 18.rad1 Bd5 19.e6 Qd6 20.Ng5 Be6 21.Ne6 Qe6 22.d5 Qd6 23.rfe1 c3 24.bc3 O-O 25.re6 Qc5+ 26.Bf2 Qc4 27.Qd4 Qxd4 28.Rxd4

Watch the gameplay using a PGN viewer. Copy the notation above and paste it into your favorite PGN viewer. Try one of these online viewers: LT-PGN-VIEWER 3.4 or Chess Tempo's PGN Viewer.


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