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My steem balance is zero, as promised.

Congratulations to all the winners of the chess match. Please check my wallet to confirm all of the liquid steem and SBD I've picked up from all sources since the

Announcing my next game, and auditioning for players.

I'm delighted to announce that steemit will be holding it's first game of Monopoly, and we'll be playing for real money. Source Posting the chessmatch gifs and running

My observations from running the chessmatch

I'm calling the chessmatch a success, for several reasons. Financially; It raked in around $600. Half of which will be paid out to my opponents, relative to the

That was a lot of fun.

Tomorrow, I'll post a round up of my thoughts and observations, and all of the gifs together in one post. Upvotes on today's post will also go into the pot, which

Armen's sniffing at blocktrades' heels, with his support, which is actually pretty great.

To think that armen's move is clearly the favourite, but blocktrades is upvoting it anyway, risking his lead... It's only a couple of dollars, since they've each

Assuming steem at 20 cents, I'll be handing out $250 worth

I'm not drowning in options on the chessboard any more, and we've certainly seen an influx of new players, which is just great. I'll put together a reflection on

Three quality contenders, tied at 2 upvotes each.

It may hold up the match by another 24 hours, but its a good opportunity to resteem yesterday's post, and maybe get some more traction on the leaderboard. They're

I've added in the dollar estimates, and blocktrades is now playing for 3 figures.

Can't say I've ever played a chess match for these kind of stakes before. While victory would mean a bigger payout for me than for any of you individually, I've

To be clear, all of my steem dollars are in the pot, too.

My wallet shot up to around 600 steem, then ground to a halt. Took me far too long to realise we're being paid in steem dollars again, instead of regular steem.

Why does everyone keep implying I'm done for?

Sure, given the opportunity, I'd spin the board around in a heartbeat, but there's life in the old dog yet. My beautiful wife's having a blast on holiday. Does that

Now my boy wants a cut, for shooting the gifs.

So Dad, while Mum's away, you need me to hold the camera. Are you going to get me something nice for helping? While I'm not being shaken down by an opportunitistic

That was a close one. I refreshed at exactly midday, and armen was still in front, with 3.

Its interesting to see the collaboration going on, with players trying to explain their moves well enough to be upvoted, but perhaps not so well that I get a sneak

I love adding a new name to the leaderboard. Welcome @immarojas.

This match has sort of been all about me, so far. I'm the handsome face in the gifs, the common foe, and the one who will be taking home all of that sweet, sweet

Not quite the hand gesture I wanted to make, but good sportsmanship won out in the end.

Bittersweet today. I lost my queen, but I also hit the top of the trending page for the first time, which is very exciting. Trying to save her has really kept me

Tomorrow will hurt, but today is still fun.

A long time ago, I underestimated an opponent, and overcommitted my queen. I had confidence, I had nerve, I had trash talk, but I didn't have skill. Source I don't

Preparing to say goodbye to a queen, and breaking the top 1000

I thought I had some options, until I realised I was in check. She can still make them pay dearly, but her ankle's broken, and she's going to hold them off as long

When you can't spot the sucker at the table.

When I started this match, I was hoping somebody would get really involved and passionate about the outcome. When I sat bolt up-right at 4 this morning, thinking

I keep hearing my queen's going to get taken, but I keep seeing her on the board.

Our three heavy hitters, armen, blocktrades, and brendio, have all opted to 'share the wealth' in the event of a black win (steem divided up proportional to total

If I'm hosting and running this match, why do I suddenly feel like a passenger?

Original on Youtube I only just realised the seriousness of my Queen's circumstances. For this move at least, my game is on rails. I can't see any way I'm going