The Bob Dylan Show

August 15, 2010:  Darwin vs. Me and Bob Dylan

Boise Concert

Darwin is age 5 and only got these pointers from me:
1.  "I think there is a better move" (when he was going to develop his white bishop on move 4).
2.  "I think there is a better spot for your queen"  (he was going to move it to e3 on move 10).
3.  I provided his strategy to win.  "promote one of these pawns"
4.  He needed help seeing checkmate.
I think I like his thinking!

Bob Dylan Boise
Darwin Porth vs. Adam Porth

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a -25

(black to move) 1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nxd5 Nxd5 6. Bc4 c6 7. d3 Bc5 8. Bg5 Bf5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O Bd4 11. Nxd4 Nf4 12. Rae1 Nd7 13. Nxf5 Nf6 14. Rxe5 Rae8 15. Rxe8 Rxe8 16. Bxf4 Nd5 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 h6 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qe8+ Kh7 21. Qxf7 d4 22. Qxb7 Kg6 23. Qxa7 Kxf5 24. Bd2 g5 25. Qxd4 h5 26. a4 Kg6 27. a5 Kf5 28. a6 Kg6 29. a7 Kf5 30. a8=Q Kg6 31. Qae4+ Kh6 32. Qf6# CHECKMATE!

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play chess online

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Boise Set List:

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)

Just Like a Woman

Rollin' and Tumblin'

Tryin' to Get to Heaven

High Water (for Charlie Patton)

Forgetful Heart

The Levee's Gonna Break

Blind Willie McTell

Highway 61 Revisited

Workingman's Blues #2

Thunder on the Mountain

Ballad of a Thin Man

Like a Rollin' Stone

Penitentiary Smoke Stacks

What a fabulous night.  The venue was an old Penitentiary that was converted into a pseudo-garden with old buildings and pieces of the guard wall still in place.  We sat in the grass in a section that had a large maze built out of the jail's bricks and had a  great view of the stage.  As Darwin and I played our game and listened to Bob, the sun sank and ignited the horizon with brilliant orange fading to a soft pink.  The half moon rose over the stage and during the last song a shooting star fell just as Bob hissed "how does it feel?"  Oh wow!

Like A Rolling Stone

August 14, 2010:  Dylan vs. Me and Bob Dylan

Jackson Hole

Jackson Hole Bob Dylan Concert
Dylan Porth vs. Adam Porth

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +2

Result: draw 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxd7 Nfxd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd5 Qg5 13. Nxc7 Rad8 14. Nb5 Nf3+ 15. Qxf3

[ Flip the board | Reset | Options… ] Play online chess

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight

Jackson Hole Setlist:

Leopard-Skin Pill-box Hat

To Ramona

Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again

Just Like a Woman

Rollin' and Tumblin'

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

Ballad of Hollis Brown

The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

Cold Irons Bound

When the Deal Goes Down

Highway 61 Revisited

Spirit On the Water

Thunder On the Mountain

Ballad of A Thin Man

Like a Rolling Stone

Jolene

All Along the Watchtower

A pre-concert chess game

My Painting (A woman from Florida wanted to buy it)

See, I really did paint it!

Darwin's Art Work - "Stacked Rock-pieces"

They are Bison (not Buffalo) or Tatanka

As we rolled into Jackson after a beautiful day of hiking, sight-seeing, frolicking, and producing art, we were all excited for the first of three Dylan concerts.  On the way to the concert, we saw a badger, pronghorn, bison, and several birds of prey.  After purchasing the requisite lattes, we arrived in the venue and sat down for a pleasant evening with Mr. Bob Dylan.  I think the cold kept the crowd rather docile and the people around us were really nice.  We really enjoyed this concert and returned to our Gros Ventre campground site.

If I could only get to play chess with Bob Dylan . . .a dream would be ful-filled!

 

Options:
	- allow legal moves only;
	- use short algebraic notation;
movement/animation speed: (slow) (fast)
	- show legal moves;

 

Pawn promotion:
	- Queen
	- Rook
	- Bishop
	- Knight