...Once You Get Started...
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fangrrl_squees...it's hard to stop.
Right then, I've been meaning to write down and compare the chess moves in Taren Capel and Storm Mine. As I'm not a chess player, writing it down is the only way I could keep track of it.
From: Taren Capel
V - V31, playing white. C - Carnell, playing black.
V: King's knight to King bishop's three. (apparently the first move in the game, after several hours' thought by the VOC)
C: Queen's knight to queen's bishop three
V: King's knight to queen four
C: That's a poor choice... Queen's knight takes -
V: No, First master, that is not the correct move. The queen's knight moves to king four.
C: That's my piece you're moving, V31...
(later)
V: King's knight to King's knight six
C: ...this means the white knight must signify Blayse, and the black rook, which the white knight has put in jeopardy, must be Company central... you, Uvanov, are the black king. So, by extension, then, the black king's knight must be Rull.
U: *blather and bluster*
C: Now, the white knight also threatens the king's bishop, and if the bishops represent the priestly class and Uvanov is the black king, then that makes me the king's bishop. So bishop to queen three.
V: King's knight takes king's rook
C: Now that's very nasty... King's knight to king's bishop three.
U: *more blather about Carnell failing to predict the situation*
C: But V31 predicted it, isn't that interesting?
V: King's knight to king's knight six.
C: That must mean that Blayse is returning to base. Pawn to rook four.
V: You have moved incorrectly
C: What should my move be?
V: Black queen's knight to queen two
C: the white queen's knight and the white queen's bishop haven't moved all game... they just sit there together, a warrior and a priest in some form of alleigiance.. somehow linked with the Tarenists. I suppose it'll become clearer as the game progresses...Pawn to queen's rook four.
V: You have made an incorrect move, First Master.
C: Then what move should I have made?
V: Black queen's knight to bishop one.
C: That is an illegal move, V31
V: It is the next move in the game.
C: The black queen's knight, which is Iago, takes the black king's bishop, which is me!
V: Yes, First Master Carnell.
C: Damn!
V: It's time to make your move, First Master.
C: Are you on this board?
V: I am present.
C: Which piece?
V: I am the black queen's bishop
C: but I thought Taren Capel was the white king?
V: that is correct, First Master.
C: Iago was right, the game is rigged.To distract me from the wider picture. Who does the black queen represent? Are the two queens one and the same?
V: It is time, Carnell, for you to make your final move.
White king: Taren Capel (or, one suspects, the Fendahl - as I think Carnell came to believe)
White knight - Blayse
I'm guessing that Paullus was a bishop - but the king's or queen's, I don't know. Depends if you buy into the idea of the Fendalhl being on the board and if Capel is playing both sides.
Black king - Uvanov
Black queen's knight - Iago
Black king's knight - Rull
Black king's bishop - Carnell
Black king's rook - Company central
Black queen's bishop - V31
If Taren Capel is represented by both queens (not a bad idea, really, given his insanity and his ability to manipulate events, in his way) then the white king would have to be the Fendahl, methinks. Rather apt as for how it uses an apparent pawn - Justina - to win the game. And Iago is a pawn, in his way - really, the only time we see him in control is in Occam's Razor... The black queen's pieces, their actions fit as having possibly been orchestrated by Capel (ultimately the Fendahl) all along. Hmm....
***
Now... these are the chess moves in Storm Mine
V - Voc. playing white. B - Blayse, playing black.
V: King's rook to King's eight.
V: Queen's knight to queen's two
V: King's knight to King's rook four
B: Queen to king's rook four
V: Queen to king two
B Queen to Queen's knight six - check.
V: King to King bishop one.
B: King's rook to King's knight eight.
V: king's rook to king's rook six.
And then Blayse resigns, convinced by "Iago" that she's going to lose, anyway.
A white knight (not specified if it belonged to the king or queen, but on white's side, I don't think it matters1 - ) was the piece representing Blayse in Taren Capel. Blayse moves the white queen to black king's rook - a reference to Company Central, as per Taren Capel? And then they both move their rooks - and, of course, the white rooks remain undefined, although I'm inclined to hazard a guess that it might represent the Storm Mine on which Blayse currently resides - or thinks she does. They're both merchant entities, after all.
Blimey, where's someone who can think like a psychostrategist when I need one, huh?
I'm just curious if the two games relate to each other - of if that second game is a metaphor for what's really going on, in Storm Mine, as it was for the other story. *wanders off to think some more*
At least I've got all those fiddly bits written down, now. Trying to keep track of 'em in my head was impossible!
1 - unless you want to debate the possibility of a conflict between the Fendahl and Capel, even after Capel's death/absorption into the gestalt and, oh god, my head hurts at the notion of a three way chess-game played with only two sides...
Right then, I've been meaning to write down and compare the chess moves in Taren Capel and Storm Mine. As I'm not a chess player, writing it down is the only way I could keep track of it.
From: Taren Capel
V - V31, playing white. C - Carnell, playing black.
V: King's knight to King bishop's three. (apparently the first move in the game, after several hours' thought by the VOC)
C: Queen's knight to queen's bishop three
V: King's knight to queen four
C: That's a poor choice... Queen's knight takes -
V: No, First master, that is not the correct move. The queen's knight moves to king four.
C: That's my piece you're moving, V31...
(later)
V: King's knight to King's knight six
C: ...this means the white knight must signify Blayse, and the black rook, which the white knight has put in jeopardy, must be Company central... you, Uvanov, are the black king. So, by extension, then, the black king's knight must be Rull.
U: *blather and bluster*
C: Now, the white knight also threatens the king's bishop, and if the bishops represent the priestly class and Uvanov is the black king, then that makes me the king's bishop. So bishop to queen three.
V: King's knight takes king's rook
C: Now that's very nasty... King's knight to king's bishop three.
U: *more blather about Carnell failing to predict the situation*
C: But V31 predicted it, isn't that interesting?
V: King's knight to king's knight six.
C: That must mean that Blayse is returning to base. Pawn to rook four.
V: You have moved incorrectly
C: What should my move be?
V: Black queen's knight to queen two
C: the white queen's knight and the white queen's bishop haven't moved all game... they just sit there together, a warrior and a priest in some form of alleigiance.. somehow linked with the Tarenists. I suppose it'll become clearer as the game progresses...Pawn to queen's rook four.
V: You have made an incorrect move, First Master.
C: Then what move should I have made?
V: Black queen's knight to bishop one.
C: That is an illegal move, V31
V: It is the next move in the game.
C: The black queen's knight, which is Iago, takes the black king's bishop, which is me!
V: Yes, First Master Carnell.
C: Damn!
V: It's time to make your move, First Master.
C: Are you on this board?
V: I am present.
C: Which piece?
V: I am the black queen's bishop
C: but I thought Taren Capel was the white king?
V: that is correct, First Master.
C: Iago was right, the game is rigged.To distract me from the wider picture. Who does the black queen represent? Are the two queens one and the same?
V: It is time, Carnell, for you to make your final move.
White king: Taren Capel (or, one suspects, the Fendahl - as I think Carnell came to believe)
White knight - Blayse
I'm guessing that Paullus was a bishop - but the king's or queen's, I don't know. Depends if you buy into the idea of the Fendalhl being on the board and if Capel is playing both sides.
Black king - Uvanov
Black queen's knight - Iago
Black king's knight - Rull
Black king's bishop - Carnell
Black king's rook - Company central
Black queen's bishop - V31
If Taren Capel is represented by both queens (not a bad idea, really, given his insanity and his ability to manipulate events, in his way) then the white king would have to be the Fendahl, methinks. Rather apt as for how it uses an apparent pawn - Justina - to win the game. And Iago is a pawn, in his way - really, the only time we see him in control is in Occam's Razor... The black queen's pieces, their actions fit as having possibly been orchestrated by Capel (ultimately the Fendahl) all along. Hmm....
***
Now... these are the chess moves in Storm Mine
V - Voc. playing white. B - Blayse, playing black.
V: King's rook to King's eight.
V: Queen's knight to queen's two
V: King's knight to King's rook four
B: Queen to king's rook four
V: Queen to king two
B Queen to Queen's knight six - check.
V: King to King bishop one.
B: King's rook to King's knight eight.
V: king's rook to king's rook six.
And then Blayse resigns, convinced by "Iago" that she's going to lose, anyway.
A white knight (not specified if it belonged to the king or queen, but on white's side, I don't think it matters1 - ) was the piece representing Blayse in Taren Capel. Blayse moves the white queen to black king's rook - a reference to Company Central, as per Taren Capel? And then they both move their rooks - and, of course, the white rooks remain undefined, although I'm inclined to hazard a guess that it might represent the Storm Mine on which Blayse currently resides - or thinks she does. They're both merchant entities, after all.
Blimey, where's someone who can think like a psychostrategist when I need one, huh?
I'm just curious if the two games relate to each other - of if that second game is a metaphor for what's really going on, in Storm Mine, as it was for the other story. *wanders off to think some more*
At least I've got all those fiddly bits written down, now. Trying to keep track of 'em in my head was impossible!
1 - unless you want to debate the possibility of a conflict between the Fendahl and Capel, even after Capel's death/absorption into the gestalt and, oh god, my head hurts at the notion of a three way chess-game played with only two sides...
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Date: 2008-09-22 01:28 pm (UTC)As for chess... I barely know how to play, as I learned when I was about seven years old and had no interest whatsoever in it, after that...