Chess – Pwned! Badge
Capture 50 pieces this week! (Players will not get challenge progress if they resign)

Want to work on your badges this week with some familiar faces? We’ll be playing in the following rooms:

Lottso Express:
- Topics/rooms that start with O
- Topics/Temporary Members Room 50630

Chess:
- Social/Temporary Members Room 50107

Don’t forget to wear a badge/chat icon that resembles a “B” to identify yourself to other BadgeHungry friends — a list is in the first comment below.

A few previous articles that may help with these challenges are Lottso Express Hints & Tips, How to Double Browse, and (while this is not the most effective way to capture pieces it will help you win if you’re doubling-up on badges) Chess Moves/How to Win at Chess.

Please feel free to leave your hints and tips for these badges in a comment below. Thanks!

* play against robots under the social tab
* sit at the left side of the table (you are white)
* make sure you move first

And make the following moves (the numbers and letters are around the edges of the game board for reference):

1: E2 to E4
2: F1 to B5
3: D2 to D4
4: G1 to F3
5: C1 to F4
6: D1 to D2
7: F4 to H6
8: D2 to H6
9: F3 to G5
10: H6 to H7
11: H7 to F7
Check mate!

This method is great for Chess badges where you have to win games like the King’s Chalice Badge (2005 weekly), the Wild Horsemen Badge (2006 weekly), the Royal Spotlight Badge (Mix-n-Match), the Red Horse Of Course Badge (Mix-n-Match), or the Night’s Knight Badge (Mix-n-Match). It also works for badges that require you just to finish games like the Royal Coup Badge (2004 weekly) and the Check Mate Badge (another 2006 weekly).

For “In A Row” badges, be sure to uncheck “Players switch sides after every game” in the options.

Thanks again John — your tip has been used by so many people here to finish badges we never thought we’d complete. We really appreciate your contribution!

Chess – Chess Champ Badge
Win 1,000 tokens this week!

This challenge has been decreased from 4,000 tokens to 1,000 tokens; while we are thankful for that, we are still dreading this challenge as folks who are (ahem) less than fanatic about chess in general. We have, however, heard of a great way to reduce the amount of time we’ll be spending playing our least-favorite game. Be warned: we haven’t tested it yet!

By moving the pieces from square to square in the following method while playing against a bot, you’ll win (and earn over 100 tokens):

Play as white (you can resign when you get the “black”/dark brown pieces):
1 Pe2-e4
2 Bf1-b5
3 Pd2-d4
4 g1-f3
5 Bc1-f4
6 Qd1-d2
7 Bf4xh6
8 Qd2xh6
9 f3-g5
10 Qh6-h7
11 Qh7-f7++

(P=Pawn, B=Bishop, Q=Queen — here’s a Chess piece reference)

Addiction Solitaire – Spike the Night Light Badge
Win 15 hands in 2 weeks!

Canasta – Canasta Basket Badge
Win 5 games with a “Frozen Pile” in 5 days! (”Players cannot ever pick up the discard pile” must be selected!)

Chess – Royal Spotlight Badge
Win 3 games IN A ROW in 3 days!

High Stakes Poker – Pairs on Fire Badge
Win 75 hands with a “2 Pair” or better in 10 days!

Jigsaw Detective – Pulp Detective Badge
Solve a puzzle on MEDIUM difficulty level in 20 minutes or less in 2 days!

Spades – Strong Arm Badge
Win 1 500-point RATED game in 1 week!

Sweet Tooth 2 – Gumball Machine Badge
Make a “Combo X2″ bonus or better 222 times in 2 weeks!

For those of you who have completed all of the Mix-n-Matches before this, you’ll be completing your 8th album with the first badge in this list. Pogo hasn’t created the 8th ’secret’ badge that you are supposed to receive for finishing the Mix-n-Match album, so you won’t get it…yet. However, Pogo reps have assured us that you’ll be automatically awarded the badge once it’s been created.