Standard: http://brainking.com/en/ShowGame?g=1119548 Still following "normal" opening procedures. Nothing worth noting yet, unless someone else sees something I'm neglecting.

Straight: http://brainking.com/en/ShowGame?g=1119549 Hrqls is trying to minimize his pieces already. I haven't really thought about it yet. I'm just trying to make moves that don't capture too many at a time and give Hrqls plenty of opportunity to capture mine.

To those of you who are following along, I'm sorry the games are taking so long to get underway. Hopefully they'll speed up as we go. :-)

John Baker