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I think I read somewhere that though the program can't do it itself, Pastey can manually code it right... So I guess you should tell him about it...

And about German... Where there are you? And why?
I've got some relatives around München and am going there this summer... Ich sollte mich besser deutsch lernen...

Hm... I shall tell Pastey to have a look at it, then...

Whereabouts in Germany? Well... We're living in a small town called Saarbrücken... Probably you've never heard of it, it's somewhere in the south west... Why? Hm... This is a hard one... Well... Because we moved there, I suppose... That's the main reason... We're from BG originally, you know...

Hm... You're coming to Germany and have to learn German? Poor you... I don't enjoy the German language too much, and I think I'd have a *very* hard time learning it if I had to... That's my personal opinion, of course, and you mustn't let yourself be influenced by it...

BG?? Forgive me for my brain not working properly tonight...

I wouldn't say I -have- to come to Germany... I like to visit it... And I haven't been there in a few years... And I like the language too... In fact I started studying German before English... It doesn't mean I'd know it better though... But as I said, I should learn...

OK, I'm sorry... Using abreviations again...

Well, you said you didn't mind them...

BG's short for Bulgaria...

Hm... You started learning German before English, you say? Oh my... Well, I couldn't imagine how you'd speak German any better than you do English... But anyway... In fact, I'm quite surprised you said you like the language... You're about the first person I meet that has this opinion... Even many Germans themselves say English sounded much better... At least my friends say so...

You know, about the chess problem we have... I think I thought of a solution to our chess problem without having to bother Pastey...

If you moved one of your pieces to the square it stands on... Like A8 to A8, for example... Then it should be my turn... And I should be able to move the rook to it's proper place after the castling... From what I can tell, the program doesn't check for valid moves... This should do the trick...

OK, I've done that... I don't know if it worked... Is it your turn now??

Bulgaria, you say... Never would have guessed... How long have you lived in Germany then?

Hm... OK... Now we're in even more trouble...

Guess what happened...

Your rook disappeared... (Well, I suppose you played A8 to A8 like I said... Well, the rook from A8 is gone...)

Now what???

Hm... This match has gone a little chaotic...

What do you suggest we do? Shall I remove one of my rooks? Shall I continue the castling? Shall we now start a new game? Oh well...

Yep... Bulgaria...

And I've been living in Germany for... erm... Some 8 years... 8&1/2, to be precise...

LOL! This game really -is- pretty interesting now... And I have no idea what to do... Hmmm... *begins searching a magic spell for bringing the rook back and moving the other rook to the right square*

LOL...

*wishes he could help Alien with that spell, but the best spell *he* can think of is something like "Be back!", and that won't be too much use, will it... *

Anyway, I'm not too sure about what we could do... We could ask Pastey to code it right...

Or we could start a new game...

Or you could try & win against me without that rook... ... No... Not being serious here, but I could remove one of my own rooks in this way...

Just say which you prefer...

Well, the easiest solution is just to keep playing... At least I have an excuse for losing...

Hm... Online at the same time? I can't believe it...

Well, I suppose I'll go and move then...

Your turn... And when you've done, tell me what you moved... I can't see it...

And I'm afraid I'll have go pretty soon...

And that soon is now... Sorry...

Well, I had to go almost at once after I'd posted that, so I suppose we haven't lost much...

If you're looking for my move, I deleted my right rook...

We want fair play after all, don't we?

OK, now we're even then... And it's your turn...

I'm going to be gone for a week now but I'll come back... If I won't get killed or anything...

Good luck for the concerts!!! I wish I could be there listening...

Hi there!! It's been a loooong while... But suddenly I just remembered that we still have this game going on... And Pastey said it should work fine soo... Shall we continue? Or rather not?

*impressed look* Wow... I'd completely forgotten about that...

*looks guilty* Oops...

My fault, I suppose...

Yes, of course we'll go on...

I'll go make my move straight away...

What's been life doing to you in the meantime?

and no, the match isn't working... produces a 404 error...

Oh well...

Damn... Pastey said it should work... Hmh... Are you using Netscape? He said that there's some problems with Netscape but I can't remember what... Oh well, we're not playing then I guess...

There's nothing happening in my life... The summer holidays are over and I'm back to school... Although right now I'm having a terrible flu and sitting home in front of the computer screen wondering if that's actually a good way to get any better... Probably not but oh well...

How's your life??

I'm having a flu, too... And yes... a screen doesn't do much good...

Well... in fact, I *was* using Netscape... I'll try with IE... and let you know what happens...