3 ms·

disappointed he didn't use algebraic notation. Could have been: e4e5f4ef

• inetsee 7y ago
  Wouldn't that be easier to crack, since it doesn't have any special characters?
• abjKT26nO8 7y ago
  And it would be easier to crack this way.
• CrazyStat 7y ago
  Algebraic notation wasn't in common use in the US until the 80s. 3BSD was released in 1979.
• phonebucket 7y ago
  Thompson is a person of class, hence opening with the queen's pawn. The Kings Gambit accepted is too brutish.
• floatingatoll 7y ago
  If you can find a good link about why algebraic notation is better, it would make an excellent HN post of its own today.
• sergers 7y ago
  But then he would have a more easily crackable password
• MadWombat 7y ago
  Queen's pawn, so d4d5e4de
  • toolslive 7y ago
    real men play the King's gambit ;)