5 minutes of Chess 五分钟的国际象棋游戏

In New Zealand, we are on the eleventh day (5th April) of our lockdown isolated-living period to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. We are allowed to go out to do essential activities like shopping for groceries, banking, visiting our family doctors and chemists but we need to keep our social distance of 2 meters when we meet up with others not within our ‘bubbles’ a term that refers to those whom we stay together in our houses. We are also allowed to walk to our nearest public parks for fresh air and we also see people in family groups bicycling on the roads.

在新西兰，我们处于封锁隔离期的第11天（4月5日），以防止COVID-19病毒传播。我们被允许出去做一些必不可少的活动，例如购物，买菜，看望我们的家庭医生和药剂师，但是当我们与其他人见面时，我们必须和我们不同家里住的人们保持2米的社交距离。我们还被允许步行到最近的公园以呼吸新鲜空气，并且我们还看到家庭中的人们在道路上骑自行车。

So, I spend most of my times doing what I like best, playing game after game of chess on my iPad via https://www.chess.com

因此，我大部分时间都在做自己最喜欢的事情，通过 http://www.chess.com在iPad上玩国际象棋。https://www.chess.com

My favourite game is that of playing with another player from the internet choosing the five minutes option. I find this very challenging as I need to think of my moves fast. As a result of the speed required in such games, I often make careless, unintended moves. The five minutes game is designed such that at the end of my five minutes, and I cannot checkmate my opponent, I am deemed to be the loser.

我最喜欢的游戏是与互联网上的另一位玩家一起玩，选择“五分钟”选项。我发现这非常具有挑战性，因为我需要快速思考自己的举动。由于此类游戏所需的速度，我常常会粗心大意，意想不到的动作。五分钟游戏的设计使得在我的五分钟结束时，我无法与对手对抗，我被认为是失败者

But before we look at the recent games that others have won, let us recapitulate the basics of the Chess game in the videos below.

但是在查看其他人最近赢得的比赛之前，让我们在下面的视频中概述国际象棋游戏的基本知识

If you are new to Chess, Watch this video on “How to play Chess?” https://youtu.be/fKxG8KjH1Qg

如果您不熟悉国际象棋，请观看有关“如何下棋”的视频。https://youtu.be/fKxG8KjH1Qg

There are six types of Chess pieces. Each side (the White and the Black) has two Rooks, two kNights, two Bishops, a Queen, a King, and eight pawns. Learn how they move across the Chessboard and when they can take opponent’s pieces.

国际象棋有六种类型。每边（白色和黑色）都有两个车（Rook)，两个马（kNight), 两个象 （Bishop)，一个女王（Queen)，一个国王（King), 和八个乒（pawn)。了解他们如何在棋盘上移动以及何时可以拿到对手的棋子。

How to Play Chess: Rules for Beginners: Learn Game Basics, Board Setup, Moves, Castling, En Passant https://youtu.be/mGuYHXfgDxY

下象棋的方法：初学者的规则：学习游戏基础知识，棋盘设置，移动，卡斯特，En Passant https://youtu.be/mGuYHXfgDxY

I play about twenty short 5-minutes a day. These short games do sharpen my mind. Every short game like this heightens the danger of careless moves. Every short game like this put me in a pressure cooker, feeling the stress but even if I do lose a game, it gives me a chance to learn from my mistakes.

我每天进行比赛约二十场, 每场比赛五分钟。这些短暂的比赛确实使我头脑清醒。像这样的每场短暂比赛都会增加不小心移动的危险。每次这样的短暂比赛都会让我陷入压力锅中，感觉到压力，但是即使我输了一场比赛，也给了我一次从错误中学习的机会。

The following is a game I lost yesterday, in only eight moves. I have only made one blunder, but one BIG blunder. The moves were as follows:

以下是我昨天输掉的一场比赛，只有八步。我只犯了一个错误，但犯了一个大错误。国际象棋步如下：

		White	Black
Excellent		5	5
Good		1	0
Inaccuracy		1	3
Mistake		0	0
Blunder		1	0
1		e4	e5
2		Nf3	Nc6
3		Bb5	Nd4
4		Nxd4	exd4
5		O-O	Bd6				Inaccuracy	5. … c6
6		c3	dxc3		Inaccuracy	6.  e5	Inaccuracy	6. … c6
7		Nxc3	Qh4				Inaccuracy	7. … c6
8		d4	Qxh2#		Blunder	8. g3

I was playing White and I did have five excellent moves, one good move, one Inaccurate move and yes, just one BIG Blunder of a move. In contrast, my opponent had five excellent moves and three Inaccurate moves.

我在玩白色，我确实有5个出色的棋步，一个不错的棋步，一个不准确的棋步，是的，只有一个大失误。相比之下，我的对手有5个出色的棋歩，还有3个不准确的棋歩.

The beginning of the game was the usual chess moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4

游戏的开始是通常的棋步：1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4   棋盘现在看起来像以下这样。

The Chess Board looks like this diagram below: 国际象棋棋盘如下图所示：

At this point after three moves, both players had an equal chance of winning the game.

在此，经过三步移动，两位玩家都有赢得比赛的同等机会。

Let us look at the Chessboard after both players had moved five steps. 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bd6

让我们看看两位棋手都走了五步之后的棋盘。 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bd6

Then, 6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 Qh4
然后，6. c3 dxc3 7. Nxc3 Qh4

Two moves later, the Chessboard looks like the diagram below: 经过再两步后，Chessboard 如下图所示：

It is at this point that White failed to see the alignment of Black’s Queen going into h2 with Black’s Bishop at f6 in alignment. White made a stupid move at 8. d4 with the quick and easy win for Black at 8. … Qxh2+

正是在这一点上，白方未能看到黑方的Queen进入f2时与黑方的 Bishop 处于f6的对齐。白方在8. d4 时采取了愚蠢的举动，而黑方8则快速轻松获胜.

End of this story. A lesson has been learned. Whenever a Bishop is aligned with a Queen, beware of being checkmated.

这个故事结束了。已经吸取了教训。每当对方的 Bishop 与 Queen 结盟时，请注意不要给他们被核对。