From: wft@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor)
Newsgroups: rec.games.abstract
Subject: PROGRESSIVE CHESS: Results so far.
Date: 19 Feb 1996 06:12:53 GMT
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Here are the results of the WIPCC tournament so far. First is a table
showing the opening white move & length of games; and totals thereof over
the 104 games so far. Second come the game scores. Significantly, there is
NO apparent advantage to playing white or black, in spite of the substantial
asymmetry therein in progressive chess! There *may* be some for particular
openings, but I doubt it's statistically significant; (haven't checked).
There are still 12 games to finish, (4 others have been defaulted); but
there have been many requests for info, so here's a preliminary viewing.
The d3 opening is not popular (rightly so IMHO).
Nor are knight openings, and those games have all been quite short!
For the purposes of these stats, I played out the resigned games for
myself in what seemed the optimal manner, in order to obtain game lengths
for these. (If there are any quarrels with these, let me know please!)
Amazingly, there was one game which, though resigned, was done so in a
drawable position! I've entered it as a draw here. It goes with the
one real draw, to make two! Amazing that we should get any, though both
could have been easily won (not mated) on the last move, in fact.
The shortest legal game is one with a 2.3333 move series...
1. e3or4 2. f3or4 g4 3. Qh5X. It is the (properly so-called) "fool's mate".
We did not get any exactly like this, though some came close !! There were
also a great many "scholar's mates" (wrongly popular called fool's mates),
Qxf2X or Qxf7X, Q protected by B (or N). Mostly on move 3 or 4.
Games as short as 3 or 4 moves are simply and totally avoidable of
course, though naturally we've had a lot as many of us are complete newbies.
But the comments from these have been edited out. Other comments by
participants have been mostly left in, with some extra comments by other
folk, and many extras of my own:- apologies for treading on any toes there!
It's a moot point whether games of length 5 or 6 should ever really
occur; I'm inclined to think not. For all those, and some 7's, I've
appended a simple mate motif-name, e.g. scholar's mate, back-rank mate,
or whatever. Those in CAPS come from standard chess, others I've made up
for convenience. Note in particular the large number of "lever" mates;
these are where the king is pressed against the back rank by a bishop
attacking immediately diagonally across in front of it, with another (named)
piece giving mate, (often guarded by the bishop). The "knight lever mate"
by Nc2 or Nc7 is especially common. Once these motifs become second
nature, I suspect 5/6 movers will all but disappear. Could be wrong!
Finally, I intend to post another article here, giving my updated views
on basic strategy, mainly opening strategy. I especially encourage
followups to that; and would also like to see any comments on any of these
games or stats that folk think significant.
Cheers, Bill Taylor.
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STAISTICS
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Number of games per opening/length.
e3 e4 d3 d4 N tot
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3 3 . . . . 3
4 3 7 2 1 1 c3 14
5 2 10 . 2 3 f3 f3 c3 17
6 7 8 1 1 1 h3 18
7 4 8 . 3 1 c3 16
8 5 8 . 1 14
9 4 3 . 1 8
10 . 2 1 . 3
11 2 . 1 3
12 . 3 . 3
13 1 . 1
14 . . .
15 1 . 1
!!
19 1 . 1
== 1 . 1 1
W 17 22 1 6 4 ---> 50 white wins
B 15 28 4 3 2 ---> 52 black wins
= 1 . 1 . . ---> 2 draws.
tot 33 50 6 9 6 104
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THE GAMES. (merely in order they came to me)
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WHITE: Juha Kivijarvi (juhkivij@utu.fi)
BLACK: Peter Olszewski (e0felr94@credit.erin.utoronto.ca)
1. e3
2. f6 Nc6
3. Bd3 Bxh7 Bg6X FOOL'S MATE !!!!!
1-0
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WHITE: Ben Dean Kawamura (BDKSWW@ritvax.isc.rit.edu)
BLACK: Mike Carson (ca98am79@acs.wooster.edu)
1. e3
2. d5 e5
3. Nf3 Nxe5 Bb5+
4. Ke7 Bg4 Bd1 Ke6
5. Kxd1 Nc3 a4 Nxf7 Nxd8+
6. Kf6 d4 dxc3 cxb2 bxa1(Q) Qxc1+
7. Kxc1 d4 d5 d6 dc cb=Q Qxa8
8. Bb4 Bc3 Nh6 Rxd8 Rd4 Rxa4 Ra1++
0-1
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WHITE: Jyrki Heikkinen (jhe@to.icl.fi)
BLACK: Bill Taylor (W.Taylor@math.canterbury.ac.nz)
1. e3
2. Nc6 Nh6
3. g4 g5 gxh6
4. g6 d5 Bg4 Bxd1
5. Nf3 Ne5 Bc4 Bxd5 Bxf7X B-N MATE
1-0
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White: Andrew Wang
Black: Robert Raines
1. d4
2. d6, e5
3. Nc3, f4, d4xe5
4. d6xe5, e5xf4, Ne7, Qxd1+
5. Kf2, Bxf4, Rxd1, Nd5, Nxc7X N-stake MATE
1-0
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WHITE: nicholas threloff BLACK: Carl Tillotson
1. e3
2. d6 Nh6
3. Qg4 Qxc8 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 Ng4 Nxf2 Nxh1
5. g3 Bg2 Bxh1 Bxb7 Bxa8
6. g5 Bg7 Bxb2 Bxa1 Bb2 Bxc1
7. h4 hxg5 g6 g7 Bb7 Bc8 gxh8=Q++
1-0
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WHITE: Brian Laughton (blaughto@credit.erin.utoronto.ca)
BLACK: Bill Taylor (W.Taylor@math.canterbury.ac.nz)
1. e3
2. Nc6 Nh6
3. Qh5 Bc4 Bxf7+
4. Nxf7 d6 Bg4 Bxh5
5. f4 f5 f6 fxe7 exd8/R+
6. N(f7)xd8 Nd4 Be2 Be7 Rf8 Rf1X R-lever MATE
0-1
wfct - or 6. f7xd8 Be2 Be7 Bc4 Rf8 Rf1 X
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WHITE: Fred Galvin (galvin@math.ukans.edu)
BLACK: Timo Honkela (Timo.Honkela@hut.fi)
1. e4
2. e6 Nf6
3. Nh3 d4 Bd2
4. Nxe4 Nc3 Nxd1 Ke7
5. Ng5 Nxf7 Nxd8 Bb5 Bg5+
6. Ke8 h6 hxg5 Nc3 Nxb5 Bb4+
7. Nc3 0-0-0 d5 d6 h4 hxg4 Rxh8X
1-0
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White: Ville Leppanen Black: Norbert Fogarasi
1. d3
2. d5 Nf6
3. e4 e5 exf6
4. e5 Bc5 Qxf6 Qxf2X SCHOLAR'S MATE !
0-1
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WHITE: Mike Carson (ca98am79@acs.wooster.edu)
BLACK: John Barber (jbarber@zeus.jersey.net)
GAME
1. e4
2. e6 d6
3. d4 f4 Nf3
4. e5 Bg4 Bxf3 Bxd1
5. fxe5 exd6 dxc7 Bg5 cxd8=Q++ Q-lever MATE
1-0
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WHITE: Joseph Tanti (jtanti@nexus.edu.au)
BLACK: Jouni Tolonen (jtol@rieska.oulu.fi)
1. e4
2. d5 Nc6
3. e5 e6 Ke2
4. Qd6 Qf4 Qe4X EPAULETTE MATE !
0-1
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This one is a cool game, the guy won without taking any stuff!!
WHITE: Dave Starkweather (davestar2@aol.com)
BLACK: Brian Laughton (blaughto@credit.erin.utoronto.ca)
GAME
1. e3
2. Nh6 c6
3. Bc4 Nh3 f3
4. Qa5 Qxa2 Qxa1 f5
5. Ng5 Nf7 Na3 Nb5 Nc7X TWO KNIGHTS MATE
1-0
COMMENTS
By removing his Queen from d8, Black prevented mate by the White Queen on f7
(after removing the knight on h6) but offered the interesting final series
of 5 knight moves on move 5. (Note the knights' symmetrical paths beginning
on white's move 3.) This is not just cute: it's the only way to achieve mate
in the position on the board (excepting alternative knight paths.) And by
playing f5 as black's last move in his #4, it permitted white to perform his
dance and end the game without ever capturing a piece. I assume this game is
not ground-breaking in progressive chess history, but I am proud of it for
its uniqueness!
wfct - Sorry to have to rain on your parade Dave.
>This is not just cute: it's the only way to achieve mate
>in the position on the board
It *is* cute; very cute. And maybe worth a "special effects" prize!
But it is *not* the only way to mate here. There is also the very mundane...
5. b4 b5 bxc6 cxb7 bxc8/Q X (or with the d-pawn also.)
What a bummer!
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WHITE: Eric Forgues (rikforg@odyssee.net)
BLACK: Juraj Lorinc (juraj.lorinc@st.fmph.uniba.sk)
1.e3
2.e5 Nh6
3.Qg4 Qg5 Qxd8+
4.Kxd8 Ng4 Nxf2 Nxh1
5.Bb5 Bxd7 Bxc8 Bxb7 Bxa8
6.h5 Ng3 Rh6 Rf6 Rf1X R-prong MATE
0-1
I was threatening this mate after my 4th move. First "move" in white's 5th Bb5
protected him, but capturing my pieces afterwards didn't prove to be useful.
It seems white wasn't thinking about this possibility.
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WHITE: Timo Honkela (Timo.Honkela@hut.fi)
BLACK: Jose Manoel Cruz Pereira Nunes (jmpnunes@matrix.amauri.com.br)
1. e3
2. e6 f5
3. Qg4 Qg5 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 Nc6 Nb4 Nxc2+
5. Kd1 Kxc2 f4 d4 b4
6. c5 cxd4 cxe3 e2 exf1=Q Qf2+
7. Ne2 Rd1 Rd5 Rxf5 Nbc3 Nd5 Rxf8X
1-0
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WHITE: W.Taylor@math.canterbury.ac.nz
BLACK:Dave Starkweather (davestar2@aol.com)
1. e4
2. e6 Nc6
3. Bc4 Qh5 Qxf7
4. Kxf7 Ne5 Nxc4 Qe8
5. Na3 Nb5 Nxc7 Nxe8 Ke2
6. h5 h4 h3 hxg2 gxh1/Q Qxe4+
7. Kf1 d3 dxe4 b3 bxc4 Ba3 Bxf8
8. Nf6 Nd5 Nf4 Nd3 Rxh2 Rxf2X
0-1
Your projection was quite right! It's surprising to me how few pieces can
deliver mate in these games - the time to set things up without those
annoying intermediate captures by the opponent really facilitates things!!!
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WHITE: S S Quah (ssquah@schach.pc.my)
BLACK: Matt Muir (mmuir@goodyear.com)
1. e3
2. d5 e5
3. d4 dxe5 Nh3
4. Qf6 Qf3 Bg4 Qxd1X
0-1 Q lever MATE.
COMMENTS
Nh3 protects f2, but the pawn move and capture don't improve his position.
An alternate mate is 4.d4 dxe3 Bg4 Qxd1. I believe the text is prettier.
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WHITE: Alex Tang Jr
BLACK: Jon McMillan
1. e4
2. d5 f5
3. e5 e6 Bb5+
4. c6 cxb5 Qd6 Qxe6+
5. Qe2 Qxe6 nf3 ne5 Qxc8++ Q BACK-RANK MATE !
1-0
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WHITE: Scott Gordon (sgordon@zippy.sonoma.edu)
BLACK: Edmund Torres (jdenman@freedom.nmsu.edu)
1. e4
2. c6 f6
3. e5 Be2 Bh5+
4. g6 gxh5 fxe5 Nf6
5. Qe2 Qxe5 Qxf6 Qh6 Qh5++ late FOOL'S MATE !!
1-0
COMMENTS
I guess I could have mated in 4 with Qf3, Qxf6 etc.
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White: Gary Duke Black: Peter Olszewski
1. d3
2. Nf6 d5
3. Bf4 Bxc7 Bxd8
4. Ne4 e6 Bc5 Bxf2X B-N MATE
0-1
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WHITE: Gary Duke (G.A.Duke@kcl.ac.uk)
BLACK: Juha Kivijarvi (juhkivij@utu.fi)
1. e3
2. e6 Nf6
3. Qf3 Qxf6 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 d5 c5 Nc6
5. Nc3 Nxd5 Nb6 Nxa8 c4
6. e5 Bg4 Nd4 Nc2X <--- 2 moves short! terrible. N-lever MATE.
0-1
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WHITE: Nicholas Threloff
BLACK: Martin Hyrcza
1.e3
2.e6 Ne7
3.Ba6 Bxb7 Bxa8
4.Nd5 Nc3 Nxd1 Ke7
5.Nf3 Ne5 Nxf7 Nxd8 Kxd1
6.Kxd8 Bb7 Bxg2 Bxh1 d5 Bf3+
7.Ke1 Nc3 Nxd5 Nxc7 Bxf3 d4 Nxe6+
8.Kd7 g5 g4 gxf3 Bh6 Bxe3 Rg8 Rg1X
0-1
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White: Norbert Fogarasi Black: Andrew Gray
1. e4
2. e6 Nf6
3. d4 f4 Nh3
4. Nxe4 Nf2 Nxd1 Bb4+
5. Bd2 Bxb4 Ng5 Nxe6 Nxg7X knight lever mate.
1-0
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WHITE: Juha Kivijarvi (juhkivij@utu.fi)
BLACK: Scott Gordon (sgordon@zippy.sonoma.edu)
1. e4
2. e6 d5
3. d4 Bg5 Bxd8
4. dxe4 e3 e2 exd1=Q+
5. Kxd1 c4 Kd2 Nc3 Re1
6. Kxd8 Bc5 Bxd4 Bxf2 Nc6 Bxe1+
7. Kxe1 Bd3 Be4 Bxc6 Bxb7 Bxa8 Nge2
8. Nf6 Ne4 Nxc3 Nxe2 Ng3 Nxh1 Bb7 Bxa8
9. g4 Kd2 Kc3 Kb4 h4 h5 h6 hxg7 gxh8=Q+
10. Kd7 Kc6 Kb6 Be4 Bc2 Ng3 Ne2 Nc3 Nb1 c5 X
0-1
COMMENTS (Scott)
A first-class game! There were lots of tricky mates to avoid.
It's fortunate I found a mate at the end because stalemate
traps abound in the position. For example:
10. Kd7 f5 fxg4 g3 g2 g1=Q Qg7 Qxh8 Qxb2+
(not taking the g-pawn would put me at risk for his queening it)
11. Kc5 a4 a5 a6 is stalemate.
or if I had included Kc6 in my move #10, then
11. Ka5 Ka6 Kxa7 Kxa8 c5 a4 a5 a6 a7 is also stalemate.
I'm not sure where white went wrong. Perhaps the error was at move #7.
I couldn't find a better defense for white at move #9.
wfct - No, W went wrong at 5, which is a terrible move-waster.
Better was 5. Kxd1 d5 dxe e7 exf8/Q+
Black cannot easily reply including RxB, so white threatens many mates!
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WHITE: Brent Hansen (bahnet@ix.netcom.com)
BLACK: Jose Nunes (jmpnunes@matrix.amauri.com.br)
1. e3
2. e6 f5
3. Qg4 Qg5 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 Nc6 Nb4 Nxc2+
5. Kd1 Kxc2 d4 e4 Bg5+
6. Nf6 c5 cxd4 fxe4 Bd6 e5
7. Nc3 Rd1 Rxd4 Rxd6 Rxf6 Nd5 Rf8++ DISCOVERED MATE
1-0
The game ended with a double check which was hard to
parry. The lesson to be learned is to never leave
an opponant's piece bearing down on your King!
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White: Juraj Lorinc (HORT-3) Black: Noam D. Elkies (HORT-1)
1.d3
2.Nc6 Nf6
3.Bg5 Kd2 g3
4.h6 hxg5 d5 Ne4+
5.dxe4 h4 hxg5 Rxh8 a4
6.d4 d3 Qd5 Qb3 dxc2 cxd1=Q# 2 Queens MATE
0-1
Comments: Through Move 3 the game followed one I played as White
in the '92 progressive chess contest. In that game my opponent
erred on Move 4, allowing mate next Move. I did not commit the
same error here, giving White the opportunity to do so on his
next turn. :-)
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White: Noam D. Elkies (HORT-1) Black: Chetan Radia (HORT-4)
1. Nf3
2. h5 Nc6
3. e4 d4 Nc3
4. e6 Qf6 Qxf3 Qxd1+
5. Kxd1 Bg5 Nb5 Nxc7# knight lever mate.
1-0
Comments: it is hard to believe Black can get away with ...h5
on his second Move. White probably had a decisive advantage
as early as Move 3, though Black did not have to allow an
immediate mate, let alone with a truncated Move 5.
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Subject: Nunes 1 Galvin 0: loser's comments
1. e3
2. Nh6 Nc6
3. Qh5 Qxh6 Qxc6
White's last series looks dubious to me.
wfct - I agree. Best maybe bxc6 BxBxnP
Now maybe some natural reply like 4. bxc6 Rb8 d5 e5 is good.
Instead, I find this atrocious series:
4. bxc6 h5 Rh6 Rf6??
With my one-track mind, I was only thinking of leaving myself in a good
position after the expected 5....xd8.... .
5. Ba6 Bxc8 Nc3 Nd5 Nxf6+!
White sensibly ignores my pitifully undeveloped queen and removes my
only developed piece. I think I'm hopelessly lost after this. Any
suggestions as to how I could have put up a better fight?
6. exf6 Rb8 Rxb2 Rxa2 Rxa1 Rxc1+
7. Ke2 Nf3 Rxc1 Ne5 Nxf7 Nxd8 Rd1
8. Kxd8 Kxc8 h4 h3 hxg2 g1/R Rxd1 Rxd2+
9. Kxd2 e4 e5 exf6 exg7 g8=Q Qa2 Qxa7 Qa8++
1-0
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WHITE: Scott Gordon (sgordon@zippy.sonoma.edu)
BLACK: Gary Duke (G.A.Duke@kcl.ac.uk)
1. e4
2. e6 b6
3. d3 Bg5, Bxd8
4. d6 e5 Bg4 Bxd1
5. Kxd1 c4 Bxc7 Bxd6 Bxf8
6. Nf6 Rxf8 Nxe4 Nd2 Nxf1 Ke7
7. c5 cxb6 bxa7 axb8=R Rxa8 Rxf8 Rxf7+
8. Kxf7 e4 e3 exf2 exg1=Q Qxh1 Qxh2 Qxg2
9. a4 a5 a6 a7 a8=Q Ra6 Re6 Qe8#
1-0
I think black was in trouble early.
2...e6 followed by 4...e5 lost a move.
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WHITE: Mike Carson (CA98AM79@acs.wooster.edu)
BLACK: Timothy Luffingham (tjl@maths.warwick.ac.uk)
1. e4
2. e5 d5
3. f3 exd5 Bb5+
4. Bd7 Bxb5 Bd6 Qd7
5. Kf2 Qe2 Qxb5 d3 Qxd7+
6. Nxd7 e4 exf3 fxg2 gxh1=Q Qxg1+
7. Kxg1 Kf2 a4 a5 a6 axb7 bxa8=Q+
8. Ke7 Nh6 Rxa8 Rb8 Rxb2 Rxb1 Rxa1 Rxc1 (mate in 12)
12. Xmate
0-1
On Move 6, other similar moves I was considering lost:
6. Kxd7 e4 exf3 fxg2 gxh1=Q Qxg1+ loses to
7. Kxg1 Bg5 Nc3 Re1 Re8 Rd8 # and
6. Nxd7 e4 exd3 dxc2 cxb1=Q Qxa1 loses to
7. Bg5 Be7 Nh3 Re1 Nf4 Nh5 Nxg7 #
I like that Rook on Move 8: it captures Pawn, Knight, Bishop, Rook and Queen.
wft - feels that mate should be poss in 8, EITHER with Q OR without.
& NOTES: this is mate in 12 (which white gets by promoting & keeping R)
if 9 xR, p+ then 10-mate not possible; so 12 only.
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WHITE: Timothy Luffingham (tjl@maths.warwick.ac.uk)
BLACK: Ben Dean Kawamura (BDKSWW@ritvax.isc.rit.edu)
1. d4
2. e6 Bb4+
3. Bd2 Bxb4 Nh3
4. c5 cxb4 Qe7 Na6
5. Nc3 Nd5 Nxe7 Nxc8 Qc1
6. Nc5 Nb3 Nxc1 Nf6 Rb8 Nd3+
7. cxd3 g4 g5 gxf6 fxg7 gxh8=QX
1-0
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WHITE: Steve Dicks (steve@starswan.demon.co.uk)
BLACK: Juha Saukkola (jsaukkol@katk.helsinki.fi)
1. e4
2. e6 Nf6
3. e5 exf6 d3
4. Bc5 Qxf6 Qxf2X SCHOLAR'S MATE
0-1
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WHITE: Hugh Brodie (cchb@musica.mcgill.ca)
BLACK: Daniel Tilkin (tilkin+@andrew.cmu.edu
1. e4
2. Nh6 e6
3. d4 Bg5 Bxd8
4. Kxd8 Ng4 Nxf2 Nxd1
5. a4 a5 a6 axb7 bxc8(Q)+
6. Kxc8 Ba3 Bxb2 Bxa1 Bxd4 Bf2+
7. Kd2 Nf3 Nd4 Nc6 Nxb8 Nc6 Ba6++
1-0
I spent a couple of hours to come up with my 7th move(s). No plays
with the R and other pieces could force a mate in 7. Then I found
a line which "removes the defender" (the N on b8) and forces mate.
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WHITE: Daniel Tilkin (tilkin+@andrew.cmu.edu)
BLACK: David Norman (david@ellought.demon.co.uk)
1. e4
2. f5 d6
3. e5 Nf3 Nc3
4. f4 Bg4 Bxf3 Bxd1
5. Bc4 Bxg8 e6 Bf2++ Pawn-Bishop mate
wft - or Bxh7 Bg6X
1-0
A cheap mate. There was no way for black to capture the queen on move 4
without being mated.
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White: Daniel Tilkin
Black: Andrew Wang
1. e4
2. f5 d5
3. e5 Nf3 Nc3
4. e6 Bc5 Qh4 Qxf2 X SCHOLAR'S MATE
0-1
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WHITE: Frank Nestel (nestel@am.uni-erlangen.de)
BLACK: Mike Carson (CA98AM79@acs.wooster.edu)
1. e3
2. d5 e5
3. Qf3 Qxd5 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 Bg4 c6 Kc7
5. f3 fxg4 b3 Bb2 Bxe5+
6. Bd6 Bxe5 Nf6 Nxg4 Bxa1 Kd7
7. h3 hxg4 Rxh7 Rxh8 Rxb8 Rxa8 Na3
8. f5 f4 fxe3 e2 exf1=B Bc4 Bxb3 Bxa2
9. Nc4 Na5 Nxb7 Ke2 c3 Rxa7 Rxa2 Rxa1 Rf1 mate in 11.
11. Xmate
1-0
This is my second progressive chess game ever, but it looks like Black
spent too many moves on protecting his king. I thought White has to play
very, very materialistic, since he has one move less than Black
anytime. That was my only objective.
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WHITE: Norbert Geissler (norbert.geissler@mch.sni.de)
BLACK: Andrew Gray (agray@commerce.otago.ac.nz)
1. Nc3
2. c5 d5
3. e4 exd5 Nge2
4. Bg4 Bxe2 Bxd1 Nf6
5. Na4 Nb6 Nd7 Bb5 Nxf6# DISCOVERED MATE
1-0
My opponent underestimated the power of double check.
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White : Chetan Radia Black : Eric Forgues
1. d3
2. Nf6 Rg8
3. Bg5 Bxf6 Bc3
4. e6 Qg5 Qc1 Qxd1+
5. Kxd1 e3 Bxg7 Bxf8 Be2
6. Kxf8 Rxg2 Rxh2 Rxh1 b6 Rxg1+
7. Kd2 Nc3 Rxg1 Nd5 Nxc7 Nxa8 Bh5
8. a5 a4 a3 axb2 b1=Q Qxg1 Bb7 Qxf2+
9. Kd1 Nxb6 Nc4 Nd6 Ne4 Nxf2 Bf3 Bxb7 c3
10. d5 d4 dxe3 exf2 f1=B! Bxd3 Bb1 Bxa2 Bd5 Bxb7
11. c4 c5 c6 c7 c8=B! Bxb7 Bd5 Bxe6 Bxf7 Bg8 Bxh7
1/2 - 1/2
Comments: Me and my partner Chetan are proud to provide this tourney with
one of it's rare draws!!!!!!
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WHITE: David Norman (david@ellought.demon.ac.uk)
BLACK: Hugh Brodie (cchb@musica.mcgill.ca)
1. e4
2. e5 d5
3. d4 Bg5 Bxd8
4. exd4 d3 dxc2 cxd1(Q)+
5. Kxd1 e5 Bxc7 Bxb8 Bb5+
6. Bd7 Bxb5 Rxb8 f6 fxe5 Ba4+
7. Ke2 Nf3 Nc3 Nxe5 Nxd5 Nd7 Nxb8
8. h5 h4 h3 hxg2 gxh1(Q) Qxa1 Bc5 Qd1++
0-1
A nice mating combo for White if Black tries the aggressive
6. Bd7 Bxb5 Bb4 Nf6 Ng4 Nxf2+.
White mates with:
7. Kc2 Kb3! Nc3 Nxd5 e6 Rc1 Rc8++
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WHITE: Jouni Tolonen (jtol@rieska.oulu.fi)
BLACK: KHADEMHOSSEINI ALIREZA (khademh@ecf.toronto.edu)
1. d4
2. d6 nc6
3. d5 dxc6 Nc3
4. Bf5 Bxc2 Bxd1 bc
5. e4 Nf3 Ne5 Bc4 Bxf7X Knight-Bishop mate
1-0
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WHITE: Daniel E. Loeb (loeb@labri.u-bordeaux.fr)
BLACK: Jyrki Heikkinen (jhe@to.icl.fi)
1. e3
2. d5 e5
3. Qg4 Qxc8 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 Nc6 Nb4 Nxc2+
5. Kd1 Kxc2 Nf3 Nxe5 Nxf7+
6. Ke8 Kxf7 g5 Ne7 Nc6 Nb4+
7. Kc3 a3 axb4 g4 Rxa7 Rxa8 Rxf8+
8. Ke7 h5 hxg4 g3 g2 gxf1Q Qc4X
0-1
It should be noted that the first 6 moves were straight from the game
Olli Yli-Harja - Noam D. Elkies, played in the international e-mail
tournament organised by Timo Honkela in 1992-1993. That game continued
7. Kd1 Nc3 Nxd5 Nxc7 Nxa8 Be2 Bh5+
8. Ke6 Bg7 Rc8 Nd3 Bxb2 Bxc1 Rc2 Rxd2X
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WHITE: Dave Starkweather (davestar2@aol.com)
BLACK: Jyrki Heikkinen (jhe@to.icl.fi)
1. e4
2. e5 Nh6
3. d3 Bg5 Bxd8
4. d5 Bg4 Bxd1 Bg4
5. Be2 Bxg4 exd5 d6 dxc7
6. Nxg4 Nxf2 Nxh1 Na6 Nxc7 Kxd8
7. Ne2 a4 a5 a6 axb7 Rxa7 bxa8/Q+
8. Kd7 Bc5 Be3 Ng3 h5 Rh6 Rf6 Rf1X
0-1
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WHITE: Norbert Geissler (norbert.geissler@mch.sni.de)
BLACK: Ville Leppanen (villep@lena.cs.utu.fi)
1. Nc3
2. Nf6 e5
3. Nh3 Nd5 Nxf6+
4. Qxf6 Qc6 Qxc2 Qxd1+
5. Kxd1 e4 Ng5 Nxf7 Nxh8
6. b6 Ba6 Bxf1 Bxg2 Bxh1 Ke7
7. d4 dxe5 f4 f5 Nf7 Nd6 Bg5#
1-0
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White: Andrew Gray Black: Antal Ivanyi
1. e4
2. e6 Nf6
3. d4 Nh3 Nc3
4. Nxe4 Nxc3 Nxd1 Bb4+
5. Bd2 Bxb4 Nf4 Nxe6 Nxg7++ Knight lever mate.
1-0
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WHITE: Jon McMillan (jdm@liyorkrd.li.co.uk)
BLACK: Roger Poehlmann (rognmich@netcom.com)
1. e4
2. e6 Nf6
3. d4 Nc3 Nf3
4. Nxe4 Qh4 Qxf2 mate SCHOLAR'S MATE.
0-1
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white- Philippe Boucher dj691813@er.uqam.ca
black- TANG JR ALEX e0f8csbg@credit.erin.utoronto.ca
1.e4
2.e6 Nf6
3.d4 Be3 Qc1
4.Bc5 Bxd4 Bxe3 Bxc1
5.Be2 e5 exf6 fxg7 gxh8(Q)+
6.Ke7 Qxh8 Qxb2 Qxa1 Qxb1 Bh6+
7.Bd1 Nf3 Nd2 Nxb1 g4 g5 gxh6
8.b5 b4 b3 bxc2 Bb7 Bf3 nc6 cxd1(Q)++
0-1
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WHITE: Robert Gerstman (ah501@freenet.buffalo.edu)
BLACK: Jouni Tolonen (jtol@rieska.oulu.fi)
1.e4
2.d5 Nc6
3.Qg4 Qxc8 Qxd8+
4.Kxd8 dxe4 h5 Nf6
5.Nh3 Nf4 Ng6 Nxh8 Nxf7+
6.Kd7 Nd5 Nc3 Nb4 Nxc2X 2 knights, or Knight prong mate.
0-1
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WHITE: Joel Yang (jyang@cs.berkeley.edu)
BLACK: Nicholas Threloff (rthrelof@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu)
1. e4
2. e6 Ne7
3. d4 Nf3 Bg5
4. Ng6 Qxg5 Qc1 Qxd1+
5. Kxd1 d5 dxe6 e7 exf8=Q+
6. Kxf8 f5 fxe4 exf3 fxg2 gxh1
7. c4 c5 Kd2 Bc4 c6 cxd7 d8=QX
1-0
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WHITE: H.F.M.Brouwer (hbrouwer@inter.nl.net)
BLACK: Juha Saukkola (jsaukkol@katk.helsinki.fi)
1. Nh3
2. d5 Bxh3
3. gxh3 f4 Kf2
4. d4 d3 dxc2 cxd1Q <----- only case of 2 comrade queens so far!
5. Bg2 Rxd1 d4 e4 a4
6. e5 exd4 d3 d2 Qd3 Bc5X NO NAME!
A very cute mate - white must've thought his king had ample room to breathe,
how cruel! - wfct
0-1
White didn't want to win with 3.gxh3 e4 Bb5+
wft - I don't see 3.gxh3 e4 Bb5+ as an oautomatic win to W by any means,
but it *does* look quite good. Certainly good enough to make
2. Bxh3 (seemingly a good, cheap move) look not so hot, and make 1.Nh3
look like a good opener. Worth looking at further.
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white: Philippe Boucher
black: Marvin Radding
1.e4
2.d6 Be6
3.d4 d5 dxe6
4.fxe6 Nf6 g6 Bg7
5.Bc4 Bxe6 Qf3 Qxf6 Qf7++ late SCHOLAR'S MATE
1-0
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WHITE: Andrew Wallbank (aiwllbn@mailserv.mta.ca)
BLACK: SS Quah (ssquah@schach.pc.my)
1. e4
2. e6 Nh6
3. d4 Bxh6 Be3
4. d5 e5 Bg4 Bxd1
5. exd5 d6 dxc7 Bg5 cxd8=Q# new-queen lever mate.
1-0
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White: David Norman
Black: Andrew Wang
1. e4
2. d5, f5
3. Nh3, ef, Bb5+
4. c6, Bxf5, Bxc2, Bxd1
5. Ng5, Nf7, Nxd8, Kxd1, Bxc6+
6. Nxc6, Nxd8, h5, Nf6, Ng4, Nf2+
7. Ke2, Kxf2, b3, Bb2, Bxg7, Bxh8, h4
8. a5, a4, a4xb3, b3xa2, a2xb1\Q, Qxa1, Qxh1, Qxg2+
9. Kxg2, Bg7, Bxf8, Bxe7, Bxd8, Kf1, Ba5, Bc3, Bb2
10. Ra2, Rxb2, Rxd2, Ra2, d4, d3, d2, d1/QX (Checkmate)
0-1
When I received your move, I thought my position was unplayeable.
Now I just think it is very bad.
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WHITE: Frank Sven Nestel (nestel@am.uni-erlangen.de)
BLACK: Ben Dean Kawamura (BDKSWW@ritvax.isc.rit.edu)
1. e3
2. e6 Nf6
3. Qf3 Qxf6 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 Nc6 Nd4 Nxc2+
5. Kd1 Kxc2 Nf3 Ne5 Nxf7+
6. Ke8 d5 e5 Bb4 h5 Bf5+
7. Bd3 Bxf5 Nxh8 Nc3 Nxd5 Nxb4 Bg6+
8. Ke7 Rxh8 h4 h3 hg gh=Q Qg1 Qxg6+
9. d3 b3 Bb2 Bxe5 Bxg7 Bxh8 Rg1 Rxg6 Rf6 Mate in 11
11. Xmate
1-0
The capturing strategy worked well another time. Not nice, but
successful.
wfct - will be mate in 11.
(note final posish near stalemateable!)
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White: Huub Brouwer Black: Olli Yli-Harja
1. e3
2. e5 Nh6
3. Qf3 Qf6 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 a5 c5 d5
5. d3 e4 f3 Bxh6 Bg5+
6. f6 fxg5 dxe4 exf3 fxg2 gxh1Q
7. Bg2 Bxh1 d4 d4xc5 Nf3 Nxg5 Nf7+
8. Kc7 Bxc5 Bg4 Rd8 Rd1++
0-1
WHITE: Fred Galvin (galvin@math.ukans.edu)
BLACK: Brent Hansen (bahnet@ix.netcom.com)
1. e4
2. e5 Nh6
3. d4 Bg5 Bxd8
4. d5 Bg4 Bxd1 Bb4+
5. Kxd1 Be7 Bxb4 exd5 dxe5
6. Nc6 Nxb4 Nxc2 Nxa1 f6 fxe5
7. g4 g5 gxh6 hxg7 Ne2 Bh3 gxh8/Q+
8. Ke7 Rxh8 Rf8 Rxf2 Rxh2 Rxh3 Kd8 Rxh1+
9. Kd2 Ng3 Nxh1 Kd3 Ke4 Kxe5 Kd4 Kc4 a3
10. Nc2 Nb4 Nxd5 Nc3 Nxb1 Nc3 Nd1 a6 Ke8 Nxb2+
11. Kb3 Kxb2 Kb3 Kb4 Nf2 Ne4 Ng5 Nxh7 Ng5 Ne4 Nc3
12. Kd8 Kc8 Kb8 Ka7 c6 b6 a5+
13. Kc4 Na4 Nxb6 Kc5 Kxc6 Kb5 Kxa5 Kb5 a4 a5 a6 Ka5 Na4 MATE in 19 !
19. Xmate
1-0
wfct - mate not till 19 !! What a grinder! Surely to be a permanent record?
After move 7, I expected something like this:
8. Ke7 Rxh8 Rf8 Rxf2 Rxe2 Rxh2 Rxh3 Rxh1+
9. Kd2 a4 a5 a6 axb7 b8/Q Qxa7 Qg1 Qxh1
10. Nc2 Ne3 Ng4 Nf2 Nxh1 Kd6 Kxd5 Kc4 Kb3 Kxb2
11. Na3 Nb5 Nxc7 Ne8 Nf6 Nxh7 Nf8 Ng6 Nxe5 Ke3 Ke4 (1/2 - 1/2)
Note that in this variation White's last move (Ke4) traps and wins the
Black Nh1; just for fun, because the game is still a draw.
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WHITE: Joseph Tanti (jtanti@nexus.edu.au)
BLACK: Chris W. Rea (cwrea@credit.erin.utoronto.ca)
1. e4
2. e5 Nh6
3. d4 Bg5 Bxd8
4. b6 Ba6 Be2 Bxd1
5. Bf6 Nc3 Nb5 Nc7X Knight lever mate.
1-0
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WHITE: Martin Hyrcza (e0fm1f34@credit.erin.utoronto.ca)
BLACK: Joel Yang (jyang@cs.berkeley.edu)
1. e4
2. Nf6 e6
3. d4 b3 Kd2
4. d5 Nc6 Kd7 Nxe4+
5. Ke3 Qg4 Qxg7 Qxf8 Qxd8+
6. Kxd8 e5 Bg4 Nb4 Ng3 Nxf1X spread 3-minor mate
0-1
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WHITE: Robert Gerstmann (ah501@freenet.buffalo.edu
BLACK: Joseph Tanti (jtanti@nexus.edu.au)
1. e4
2. d5 Nc6
3. Qg4 Qxc8 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 Na5 Nb3 Nxa1
5. c4 c5 c6 cxb7 cxa8/Q+
6. Kd7 Nf6 Nxe4 Nc3 Nc2X 2 knights, or Knight prong mate.
0-1
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White: Juraj Lorinc (juraj.lorinc@st.fmph.uniba.sk)
Black: Chetan Radia (clr11@cam.ac.uk)
1. d3
2. a5 Nf6
3. Bg5 Kd2 g3
4. Ng4 Nxf2 e6 Qxg5+
5. e3 h4 hxg5 Rxh7 Rxh8
6. Nxd1 Ke7 g6 Bg7 Bxh8 e5?
7. Ke2 b4 bxa5 a6 axb7 bxa8Q Qxb8
8. e4 c5 Bxa1 Be5 Bxb8 Ba6 Kd6 Kd5
9. Kxd1 d4 dxc5 c6 c7 cxd8Q Qa7 Qxa6 Qf6 mate in 11.
11. Xmate
1-0
Black had resigned as his position is hopeless - his only remaining moves are
with king on little area where he will be checkmated in the next move.
As Chetan after game pointed, the main mistakes was e5 in 6th move which
disallowed him to checkmate me on 8th move (although I would play other way in
the case of other move d5), and c5 instead of c6 on 8th move. I must add that
letting black king on d6 would be not the worst too.
After his 6th move black threatened a lot mates - I must especially point out
the one without promotion after my planned Ke2 on 7th move. Try to find it, it
uses only 2 bishops and 2 knights, no rook...
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White: Jon McMillan jdm@liyorkrd.li.co.uk
Black: Philippe Boucher
1. e4
2. e6 Nc6
3. d3 Bg5 Bxd8
4. b6 kd8 Nf6 Bb4+
5. c3 cxb4 Qc2 Qxc6 Qxa8
6. Ke7 Ba6 Rxa8 Nxe4 Nxf2 Nxd3+
7. Bxd3 Bxa6 Bb7 Bxa8 Nh3 Nc3 g4
8. h5 hxg4 gxh3 c5 cxb4 bxc3 cxb2 bxa1(Q)+
9. Ke2 Rax1 Bg2 Bh3 Bxe6 Bxf7 Bg6 Rc1 Rc7
10. Kd6 Kxc7 b5 b4 b3 bxa2 a1(Q) Qf6 Qxg6 Qh5+
11. Kf1 Kg1 ... Kh1
12. Qf5, Qf1++
0-1
wfct - must surely take the prize for jointly most mistakes!
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WHITE: Peter Olszewski (e0felr94@credit.erin.utoronto.ca)
BLACK: Scott Gordon (sgordon@zippy.sonoma.edu)
1. e3
2. e6 d5
3. Qf3 Qxd5 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 c5 Nc6 Bd6
5. Bb5 Bxc6 d4 dxc5 cxd6
6. e5 Bg4 Rc8 Rxc6 Rxd6 Rd1#
0-1
I got a bit lucky here. Had my opponent played
5. b4 b5 bxc6 bxb7 bxa8 I think I would have been in trouble.
My only chance after that (I think) would have been
6. Kd7 Ba6 Bxf1 Bxg2 Bxh1 Bxa8. He would then have cleaned
out my kingside with one of his pawns, and as long as he avoids
the mate threats, he probably would have a big advantage.
I didn't see a definite win for him, but it was probably there.
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WHITE: Daniel Loeb (loeb@labri.u-bordeaux.fr)
BLACK: Dave Starkweather (davestar2@aol.com)
1. e3
2. e5 Nh6
3. b3 Nc3 Nh3
4. d6 Bxh3 Bg4 Bxd1
5. f4 fxe5 exd6 dxc7 exd8/q+
6. Kxd8 Bf3 Ng4 Nc6 Nd4 Nxc2X spread 3-minor mate
0-1
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WHITE: Antal Ivanyi (tony@ludens.elte.hu)
BLACK: Norbert Geissler (norbert.geissler@mch.sni.de)
1. e3
2. d5 Nc6
3. Nf3 Bb5 Bxc6+
4. Qd7 Qxc6 Qxc2 Qxd1+
5. Qxd1 Kc2 Nc3 Nxd5 Nxc7+
6. Kd8 e5 Bd6 Bxc7 Nf6 Be6
7. h4 h5 h6 hxg7 gxh8B Rxh7 Bxf6+
8. Ke8 Rd8 Rd3 Bf5 a5 a4 Ba5 Rxd2#
0-1
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WHITE: Roger Poehlmann (rognmich@netcom.com)
BLACK: Philippe Boucher (dj691813@er.uquam.ca)
1. e3
2. e6 Nf6
3. Qf3 Qxf6 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 Ba3 Bxb2 Bxc1
5. Nc3 Rxc1 Bc4 Nge2 h4
6. g5 gh h3 hg Nc6 ghQ+
7. Ng1 Ke2 Nf3 Rxh1 Rxh7 Nd5 Rxh8 mate
1-0
The rather unorthodox (for progressive chess) of strategy of
development pays off since Black's 6th move does not leave
enough space for the King. However, after 6...d5 Black is
mated by Ng1, Bb5, Nd5, and f4-f5-fe-e7#. While h4 is typically
an error (allows liquidation of both K-side pawns) if Black
cannot rush the g-pawn down due to mates like this, then h4
provides a useful advanced pawn and a way for the Rh1 to
enter the game.
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WHITE: Andrew Wang (ajwang@credit.erin.utoronto.ca)
BLACK: Hugh Brodie (cchb@musica.mcgill.ca)
1. e4
2. e5 d5
3. d4 f3 Bb5+
4. Qd7 Qxb5 Qd3 Qxd1+
5. Kf2 Ne2 Rxd1 exd5 dxe5
6. f6 fxe5 e4 exf3 fxe2 exd1(N)+
7. Ke2 Bg5 Nc3 Rxd1 Kd3 Kc4 Re1+
8. Kf7 Bf5 Bxc2 Nc6 a6 Nge7 Nc8 Nb6++
0-1
--------------------------
WHITE: Timo Honkela (Timo.Honkela@hut.fi)
BLACK: Brent Hansen (bahnet@ix.netcom.com)
1. e3
2. d5 e6
3. Qf3 Qxd5 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 g5 h5 c5
5. Bc4 f4 fxg5 h4 Kf2
6. f6 fxg5 g4 b5 bxc4 Kc7
7. Rh3 Rf3 Rxf8 Rxg8 Rxh8 c3 a3
8. Na6 Bd7 Rxh8 Rb8 Rxb2 Rxb1 Rxc1 Rxa1
9. d4 d5 dxe6 exd7 d8R Rd1 Rxa1 Ke2 Rc1
10. Nb4 Nc2 Nxe3 Nxg2 Ne1 Nd3 Kd6 Ke5 Kf4 Nxc1+
11. Kf2 Nf3 Ne5 Nc6 Nxa7 Nb5 Nd4 Nb3 Nxc1 a4 Ne2+
12. Ke4 Kd3 Kc2 Kb3 Kxa4 Kb5 Kc6 Kd7 Ke8 Kf8 Kg8 g3+
13. Nxg3 Ne4 Nxc5 Nb3 Nd2 Nxc4 Nd6 Ne8 c4 c5 c6 c7 c8Q mate in 15.
15. Xmate
1-0
A long game like this might branch in many places. Some odd-looking
moves may be caused by the fact that the more obvious sequence would
lead, for instance, to the mate by the opponent. Consider black's
situation before sixth move. He could have gained quite significant
material advantage by 6. f6 fxg5 gxh4 h3 hxg2 gxh1Q. One bishop
and two knights suffice: 7. Bb5 Nc3 Nd5 Nf3 Ng5 Nf7++.
Brent wondered what would have happened if, in the 6th move,
he had moved Kd7 instead of Kc7, i.e. 6. f6 fxg5 g4 b5 bxc4 Kd7.
If the next two turns had followed the ideas of the original
game, the game could have continued 7. Rh3 Rf3 Rxf8 Rxg8 Rxh8 c3 a3
and 8. Nc6 Ba6 Rxh8 Rb8 Rxb2 Rxb1 Rxc1 Rxa1.
Now the situation seems to be difficult for the white while
he cannot promote his d-pawn anymore. He might have followed
quite different line of moves using his knight to eliminate
black's knight, bishop, and rook. It seems that the position
is then advantageous to black while he is able to operate quite
successfully with his king possibly blocking white's king.
Eliminiting black's bishop may not be necessary while almost
all the white's pawns are in the dark squares. The situation
is not perfect after that maneuvre either while white's knight
does not have time, after taking black's knight and rook from
a1, to move to b2 which would block white's king from achieving
the crucial areas in black's side.
In the 9th sequence I was looking for a good last move. Finally
I ended up positioning rook to c1 so that black is not able
to take both the rook and the knight from g1 because of the king
at e2. The other alternatives seemed to lead to much less
successful results.
I was very happy to find the 11th sequence. For a long time
I thought that the game would end up to draw. Then I noticed
that simply positioning king to f2 prevents black from promoting
his g- and h-pawns. That saves so many moves that knight is able
to make a successful operation and to return to a strategic position.
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white: Ville Lepp{nen
black: Antal Ivanyi tony@ludens.elte.hu
1. d4
2. d5 c6
3. Qd2 Qg5 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 Bh3 Bxg2 Bxh1
5. f4 f5 f6 fxg7 gxf8Q+
6. Kd7 Nf6 Rxf8 Rg8 Rxg1 Rxf1+
7. Kd2 Kc3 Na3 Bg5 Bxf6 Rxf1 Rxh1
8. Na6 Rg8 Rg1 Rxh1 Ra1 Rxa2 Rxb2 Rxc2+
9. Kxc2 e4 exd5 d6 dxe7 e8R Nb5 d5 Rd8#
1-0
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Noam D. Elkies (HORT-1) Eric Forgues (HORT-2)
1.Nf3
2.Nf6 Rg8
3.e4 Bb5 Qe2
4.b6 Ba6 Bxb5 Bxe2
5.e5 e6 Ne5 exf7# pawn smother mate.
1-0
Comments: The strange ...Rg8?! on Move 2 may be tenable,
but leaving the King without Luft on move 4 wasn't.
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WHITE: John Randolph (jbr4@interramp.com)
BLACK: Fred Galvin (galvin@math.ukans.edu)
1. e4
2. d5 Nc6
3. d4 Nf3 Ke2
4. e5 Qg5 Qxc1 Qxd1+
5. Kxd1 Nc3 Bb5 exd5 dxe5
6. Ke7 Nxe5 Nxf3 Nd4 Nxb5 Nxc3+
7. Kd2 a4 a5 a6 axb7 bxa8/Q d6+
8. Ke8 Na4 g5 g4 g3 gxf2 f1/Q Bh6X
0-1
Still another way to mate: 8. Kd7 Nb5 Nh6 Ng4 Nxf2 Be7 Re8 Bg5X
Which is the most "aesthetic" mate in the position?
Timo - 8. Kf6 Nh6 Bxd6 Bb4 Bf5 Re8 Re1 Nb1X
More interesting question: What should White have done at move 7?
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WHITE: Marvin Radding (mradding@nightowl.net)
BLACK: Jon McMillan (jdm@liyorkrd.li.co.uk)
1. e4
2. e6 Nf6
3. g3 Bg2 Nc3
4. Nxe4 Qf6 Qxf2++ SCHOLAR'S MATE.
0-1
It's a difficult choice wether to remove the queen early or get the
pieces out allowing better moves for longer games.
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White: Adam Jarosz (5) Black: Noam Elkies (1)
1. e3
2. d5 e5
3. Qg4 Qg5 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 Nf6 Bb4 a5
5. a3 axb4 Rxa5 Rxa8 Bd3
6. Bg4 c5 c4 c3 cxb2 bxc1=Q mate. augmented Q-back-rank mate.
0-1
Comments: c-pawn excelsior, though the voracious e4xd3xc2xb1Q(R)xc1#
would be as good, or for that matter R-e8-e6-c6xc2xc1#. That Bc8
which White neglected to capture in Move 3 proved very useful --
without it it's much harder to find a mate (though of course Black
could have chosen a different Move 4 had White played 3.Qg4xc8xd8+).
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White: Peter Olszewski
Black: Edmund Torres
1. e3
2. Nc6 Nf6
3. Bc4 Qh5 Bf7X SCHOLAR'S MATE.
1-0
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White: Jordan Henderson Black: Nicholas Threloff
1. e3
2. e6 Ne7
3. Nc3 Nd5 Nxe7
4. Qxe7 Qc5 Qxc2 Qxd1+
5. Kxd1 Ba6 Bb7 Bc8 Bd7+
6. Kxd7 c5 c4 c3 cxb2 bxa1=Q
7. h4 h5 h6 hxg7 gxh8=Q Qxa1 Kc2
8. h5 h4 h3 hxg2 gxh1=Q Bg7 Bxa1 Qxg1
9. d3 e4 f3 Be3 Bxg1 Bxa7 Bxb8 Kd2 Ke2
10. Rxb8 Rb3 Rxd3 Rxf3 f5 fxe4 e5 Bd4 Ra3 Rxa2+ should be a DRAW!!
0-1 [statted as 1/2-1/2]
White resigned; but can capture trhe rook and a pawn, and remain
unbudgeable in front of the other pawn! Has been marked in stats as DRAW.
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WHITE: John Barber (jbarber@zeus.jersey.net)
BLACK: Frank Nestel (nestel@am.uni-erlangen.de)
1. e4
2. e6 Nh6
3. d3 Bg5 Bxd8
4. Kxd8 Ng4 Nxf2 Nxd1
5. Kxd1 Nc3 Nd5 Nxc7 Nxa8
6. Bb4 h5 h4 h3 hg hf=QX Q-back-rank lever mate.
0-1
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WHITE: Andrew Wallbank (aiwllbn@mailserv.mta.ca)
BLACK: Matt Muir (mmuir@goodyear.com)
1. e4
2. e6 Nc6
3. d4 Bg5 Bxd8
4. Nf6 Nxe4 Nc3 Nxd1
5. d5 dxc6 cxb7 bxa8=Q Qxc8
6. h5 h4 Nc3 Rh5 Rd5 Rd1 X rook prong mate.
0-1
Black could reached d1 via f2, but though that would win a pawn, it would
provide luft for the White King. The choice of Nc3 in effect won the game
for Black.
White could have mated with 5.Bh4 Nc3 Nd5 Nxc7. Since this means that Black
could not safely recapture the Q on Turn 4, this would seem to refute
Black's second turn.
Had White taken the N instead of the B (5.d5 dxc cxb bxaQ Kxd1), Black could
have mated with his B on b4 and R on e1.
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WHITE: Juha Saukkola (jsaukkol@cc.helsinki.fi)
BLACK: James Martin (jbm11@cam.ac.uk)
1.d3
2.e5 d5
3.Bg5 Bxd8 Qc1
4.Be7 Bxd8 Bf4 Bxc1
5.Nc3 Rxc1 Nxd5 e4 Nxc7+
6.Ke7 a5 a4 a3 axb2 bxc1Q+
7.Ke2 g3 Bh3 Bxc8 Nf3 Rxc1 Nd5+
8.Kd6 Nf6 Nxd5 Rxc8 Rxa2 Ra1 Rxc1 R8xc2+
9.Nd2 exd5 Kf3 Nc4+
10.Kxd5 Re2 Rf1 f5 Rfxf2X
0-1
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WHITE: John Barber (jbarber@zeus.jersey.net)
BLACK: Timothy Luffingham (tjl@maths.warwick.ac.uk)
1. e4
2. e5 d5
3. exd5 Nc3 d3
4. Bc5 Qh4 Qxf2X SCHOLAR'S MATE.
0-1
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WHITE: Timothy Luffingham (tjl@maths.warwick.ac.uk)
BLACK: Frank Nestel (nestel@am.uni-erlangen.de)
1. e4
2. e6 Bc5
3. d4 dxc5 Nh3
4. Qg5 Qxc5 Qxc2 Qxd1+
5. Kxd1 Bd3 Be3 Nd2 g3
6. d5 dxe4 exd3 e5 Bxh3 Kd7
7. Nf3 Nd4 Bg5 Re1 Rxe5 Re8 Rd8X
1-0
I was quite surprised to find the mate at the end - I had
already looked at quite a lot of other moves, none of which
seemed to work out particularly well.
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WHITE: John Randolph (jbr4@interramp.com)
BLACK: Timo Honkela (Timo.Honkela@hut.fi)
1. e4
2. e5 f6
3. d4 Nf3 Bc4
4. d5 dxc4 Qxd4 Qxd1+
5. Kxd1 Nc3 Be3 Ke2 h4
6. Bh3 Bxg2 Bxh1 h5 Kd7 Bxf3+
7. Kxf3 Rg1 Rg5 Rxh5 Rxh8 Rxg8 Kg2
8. g5 gxh4 Bb4 Bxc3 Bxb2 Ke7 Na6 Rxg8+ mate in 10.
10. Xmate
0-1
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WHITE: Martin Hyrcza
BLACK: Jordan Henderson
1. e3
2. d6 Nf6
3. Qg4 Qxc8 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 Ne4 Ng3 Nxa1
5. Nf3 Ne5 Ng6 Nxh8 Nxf7+
6. Ke8 Kxf7 d5 d4 dxe3 exd2+
7. Kxd2 a4 Ra3 Rb3 Rxb7 Rxb8 Rxf8+
8. Kxf8 Rb8 Rxb2 Rxb1 Rxc1 Rxf1 Rxf2+
9. Kd3 Kd4 Kd5 Ke6 g4 g5 g6 gxh7 h8QX
1-0
My opponent could have prevented the mate by using his eighth move to
move his king to g8.
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WHITE: Brent Hansen (bahnet@ix.netcom.com)
BLACK: John Randolph (jbr4@interramp.com)
1. d4
2. d5 Nf6
3. Bf4 Bxc7 Bxd8
4. Bg4 Bxe2 Bxd1 Kxd8
5. Ba6 Bxb7 Bxa8 Kxd1 Nf3
6. e5 e4 exf3 fxg2 h5 gxh1=Q+
7. Kd2 Nc3 Nxd5 Nf4 Ng6 Nxh8 Rxh1
8. g5 g4 g3 gxf2 f1=Q Nd5 Bh6 mate
0-1
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White: Chris W. Rea Black: Robert Gerstman
1. e4
2. e5 d5
3. d3 Bg5 Bxd8
4. dxe4 exd3 exc2 exd1+
5. Kxd1 Bg5 Nc3 Nd5 Bb5+
6. c6 cxb5 f6 fxg5 nf6 nxd5
7. Rc1 Rc7 a4 a5 a6 axb7 axc8/Q++
1-0
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WHITE: Bill Taylor (wft@math.canterbury.ac.nz)
BLACK: Daniel Loeb (loeb@organon.labri.u-bordeaux.fr)
1. e3
2. e6 Bb4
3. a3 axb4 Nh3
4. Qf6 Qxb2 Qxc1 Qxd1+
5. Kxd1 Rxa7 Rxa8 Rxb8 Rxc8+
6. Ke7 Nf6 Rxc8 Ra8 Ra1 Rxb1+
7. Ke2 g4 g5 Bg2 Bd5 Rxb1 gxf6+
8. Kxf6 exd5 g5 c5 cxb4 b3 bxc2 cxb1/q
9. Nxg5 Nxf7 Nd8 Nxb7 Na5 Nc4 Na3 Nxb1 d4
10.Kg5 Kh4 Kh3 Kxh2 Kh3 Kg4 Kf5 Ke6 Ke7 Ke6
11.Nd2 Ne4 Nf6 Nxh7 Nf6 Nxd7 Nf6 Nxd5 e4 Ke3 f4
12.ke7 ke6 ke7 ke6 ke7 ke6 ke7 ke6 ke7 ke6 ke7 ke6
13.Kf3 Kg4 Kg5 Kg6 Kg7 Kf8 Ke8 Ne3 e5 f5X
1-0
White made heavy weather of the win; but a cute final position.
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WHITE: Jouni Tolonen (jtol@rieska.oulu.fi)
BLACK: Chris W. Rea (cwrea@credit.erin.utoronto.ca)
1. e4
2. e6 Nh6
3. d4 Bg5 Bxd8
4. Ng4 Ne3 Nxd1 Kxd8
5. Kxd1 Ba6 Ke2 Bxb7 Bxa8
6. Bb4 e5 exd4 Nc6 Ne5 Ba6+
7. Kd1 a3 axb4 Rxa6 f4 fxe5 Ke2
8. h5 Rh6 Rxa6 Ra1 Rxb1 Rxg1 d6 dxe5
9. Bc6 g4 g5 g6 gxf7 f8QX
1-0
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White: Antal Ivanyi Black: Norbert Fogarasi
1. e4
2. e6 Nf6
3. e5 exf6 Nh3
4. Qxf6 d5 Nc6 Bd6
5. g4 g5 gxf6 fxg7 gxh8Q+
6. Ke7 e5 Bg4 Bxd1 Rxh8 f5
7. Kxd1 c4 cxd5 dxc6 cxb7 b8Q Qxc7+
8. Ke6 Rc8 Rxc7 Ba3 Bxb2 f4 f3 Rxc1X
0-1
I was going to resign, instead of my 6th move, instead I sent that bad
sequence. He could have checkmated me with
7. Rg1 Rg8 Ng5 Bh3 Bxf5 Nc3 Nxd5X
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White: SS Quah Black: Tran Khuong
1. e3
2. e6 Nc6
3. Nf3 Bb5 Bxc6
4. Bc5 Bxe3 Qh4 Qxf2++ SCHOLAR'S MATE
0-1
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White: Chris W. Rea Black: Ali Khademhosseinieh
1. e4
2. e6 nf6
3. Qg4 Qxg7 Qxh8
4. Nxe4 Qf6 Qxh8 Nc6
5. d4 d5 dxc6 cxb7 bxa8 (queen)
6. Ke7 Ba6 Bd3 Bxc2 Qf6 Qf2# Augmented backrow Q mate; or Knight-Q mate.
0-1
white missed a mate on move 5. missed: Knight lever MATE
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WHITE: James Martin (jbm11@cam.ac.uk)
BLACK: Huub Brouwer (H.F.M.Brouwer@inter.NL.net)
1. e4
2. Nh6 e6
3. d4 Bg5 Bxd8
4. Ng4 Nxf2 Nxd1 Kxd8
5. h4 h5 h6 hg gh=Q
6. Ke7 Bg7 Bxh8 Bxd4 Bxg1 Bf2+
7. Kxd1 Kd2 g4 g5 g6 Rxh7 Rxf7+
8. Kd6 Nc6 Nd8 Nxf7 Ne5 Nxg6 Kc5 a5
9. Kc3 Bc4 Nd2 Rg1 Rxg6 Rxe6 Nb3X
1-0
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White: Tran Khuong (e0fkqc9i@credit.erin.utoronto.ca)
Black: Jori Ostrovskij (jostrovs@snakemail.hut.fi)
1.e3
2.e6 Nc6
3.d3 Be2 Nd2
4.Bc5 Bxe3 Qf6 Qxf2X SCHOLAR'S MATE
0-1
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White: Norbert Fogarasi Black: Norbert Geissler
1. e4
2. Nc6 d5
3. exd5 Bb5 f3
4. h5 Qxd5 Qxf3 Qxd1+
5. Kf2 Nf3 Rxd1 Nc3 d4
6. Be6 Bd5 g5 Kd7 Nh6 Ng4+
7. Ke2 h3 hxg4 gxh5 Bxg5 Nxd5 Bxc6+
8. Kxc6 Rxh5 Rxg5 Rxd5 Rxd4 Rxd1 Rxa1 Kb5 mate in 12.
12. Xmate
0-1
It may be somewhat premature, but I don't want to keep you waiting any more.
I resign.
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WHITE: Roger Poehlmann (rognmich@netcom.com)
BLACK: TANG JR ALEX (e0f8csbg@credit.erin.utoronto.ca)
1. e3
2. e6 Nf6
3. Qf3 Qxf6 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 Nc6 Nb4 Nc2+
5. Kd1 Kxc2 Nf3 Nc3 d4
6. c5 cd dc cb baQ Qxa2+
7. Bb2 Bb5 Ra1 Rxa2 Rxa7 Rxa8 Kb3
8. d5 d4 de ef f1Q Ba3 Bxb2 Qxb5+
9. Kc2 Ra5 Rxb5 Rxb7 Re7 Ne5 Nc6 mate
1-0
Black's fourth move was too slow and kept too much material on.
White's bad fifth move allowed Black to recover and decimate the Q-side.
The strong Ra8 and the bishop pair could not both be eliminated, since
White could have played for Kd6 and mate with the two bishops if Black
tried to capture the Ra8. This was a very interesting and the most
challenging game so far in the tournament I've played.
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WHITE: Matt Muir (mmuir@goodyear.com)
BLACK: Jori Ostrovskij (jostrovs@snakemail.hut.fi)
1. e4
2. e6 Nc6
3. d4 Bg5 Bxd8
4. Kxd8 Be7 Nd4 Nxc2+
5. Qxc2 Qc3 Qxg7 Qxh8 Qxg8+
6. Bf8 Ke7 b6 Bb7 Bd5 Bxa2
7. Rxa2 Rxa7 Rxa8 e5 Qxf8 ++
1-0
I believe the 2. e6 Nc6 opening is poor. (I played it in one game,
Wallbank-Muir, and got lucky with a win.) The only sane way for Black to
recover White's Q is 4.d6 e5 Bg4 Bxd1, which wastes time on the e6-e5 move
and seems to leave White with an advantage.
After White's 5th, Black has to waste a passel of moves to recover the Q.
Many continuations lose quickly:
6.Bf8 c5 c4 c3 c2 c1Q+?
7.Ke2 Nd2 Rxc1 Qxf8++
6.Bf8 d6 e5 Be6 f6 Bxg8?
7.Bb5 g4 g5 g6 g7 gxf8Q++
6.Bf8 Ke7 d6 Bd7 Bh6 Rxg8
7.Nc3 f4 f5 fxe6 exf7 fxg8Q Nd5++
One continuation which seems to avoid mate is:
6.Bf8 Ke7 d5 Bd7 Bh6 Rxg8,
but I expect White can maintain an advantage here also.
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White: Adam Jarosz (aj@net.emag.katowice.pl)
Black: Juraj Lorinc (juraj.lorinc@st.fmph.uniba.sk)
1. e3
2. e5 Nh6
3. Nh3 b3 Nc3
4. d6 Bxh3 kd7 c6
5. Qh5 Qxh6 Qxg7 Qxf8 Qxd8+
6. Rxd8 Na6 Nb4 Bg4 Nxc2# Knight lever mate.
0-1
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WHITE: Robert Raines (rar38371@Bayou.UH.EDU)
BLACK: Daniel Tilkin (tilkin+@andrew.cmu.edu)
1. d4
2. Nf6 d6
3. e3 Nc3 Nf3
4. Ne4 e5 Qh4 Qxf2X SCHOLAR'S MATE
0-1
White failed to guard f2, while doing nothing to reduce black's mating
material.
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WHITE: Ali Khademhosseinieh (khademh@ecf.toronto.edu)
BLACK: Joseph Tanti (jtanti@nexus.edu.au)
1. e4
2. e6 Nf6
3. Qg4 Qxg7 Qxh8
4. Nxe4 Qf6 Qxh8 Kd8
5. d3 dxe4 f4 Bc4 Ke2
6. Bb4 Qc3 Nc6 Ne5 Qe1 X "uppercut" Bishop-Queen mate.
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or pawn
0-1
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WHITE: Hugh Brodie (cchb@musica.mcgill.ca)
BLACK: Robert Alex Raines (rar3871@bayou.uh.edu)
1. d4
2. d5 Nf6
3. Nc3 Nxd5 Nxf6+
4. gxf6 Qxd4 e6 Qxd1+
5. Kxd1 c3 Kc2 e4 Bb5+
6. c6 e5 Rg8 Rxg2 Rxg1 Rxh1
7. Bg5 Bxf6 Rd1 Rd8++ Rook lever mate.
1-0
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White: Robert Raines (rar38371@bayou.uh.edu)
Black: David Norman (DAvid@ellought.demon.co.uk)
1. d4
2. d5, f6
3. Nc3, Nxd5, Nc3
4. Bg4, Bxe2, Bxd1, e6
5. Bg5, Bxf6, Bxd8, Kxd1, Kc1
6. Kxd8, Nc6, Nxd4, Nxc2, Nxa1, h5
7. Bb5, Nf3, Ng5, Re1, Rxe6, Re8++
1-0
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WHITE: Alex Tang (e0f8csb@credit.erin.utoronto.ca)
BLACK: Marvin Radding (mradding@nightowl.net)
1. e4
2. g6 Nf6
3. Qf3 Qxf6 Qxh6
4. e6 Qf6 Qxh8 Nc6
5. h4 h5 hxg6 g7 gxh8(q)
6. Nd4 a5 a4 a3 axb2 axc1(q)++ augmented Queen's back-rank mate.
0-1
I was surprised when I found the winning moves.
This game is full of surprises.
wfct - yes; one of the surprises was black missing a very standard mate
in 5 - a knight lever.
Also (to nitpick) black could've mated in 5 (not 6) - another knight lever!
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WHITE: James Martin (jbm11@cam.ac.uk)
BLACK: Steve Dicks (steve@starswan.demon.co.uk)
1. e4
2. e6 Nf6
3. Qf3 Qxf6 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 b6 Ba6 Bxf1
5. d4 Bf4 d5 d6 dc+ <---------- a nice time-killer move!
6. Kc8 Bxg2 Ba3 Bxb2 Bxa1 Bxh1
7. c4 c5 c6 Nc3 Nd5 Ne7 X
1-0
wfct - the "time-killer" at 5 soaks up a lot of moves to counter it. In the
event black chose to ignore it, with disastrous results!
White can save a mating move with B..d8
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White: Jori Ostrovskij (jostrovs@snakemail.hut.fi)
Black: SS Quah (ssquah@schach.pc.my)
1.e4
2.e6 Nc6
3.d4 Bg5 Bxd8
4.Nf6 Nxe4 Nxf2 Nxd1
5.Bh4 Nc3 Nb5 Nxc7X Knight lever mate.
1-0
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White: Olli Yli-Harja Black: Steve Dicks
1. e4
2. e6 Nf6
3. Qf3 Qxf6 Qxd8+
4. Kxd8 b6 Ba6 Bxf1
5. d4 d5 dxe6 dxf7 Bg5+
6. Kc8 Bxg2 h5 Rh6 Re6 Rxe4+
7. Kd2 a4 a5 a6 Ra4 Rxe4 Re8++
1-0
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WHITE: Steve Dicks
BLACK: H.F.M.Brouwer (hbrouwer@inter.nl.net)
1. d4
2. d5 Nf6
3. Nc3 Nxd5 Nxf6+
4. exf6 Qxd4 Bc5 Qxf2+ <---- another nice time-killer! -wft
5. Kd2 Nh3 Nxf2 Ne4 Nxf6+
6. gxf6 Ba3 Bxb2 Rg8 Rg3 Bc3++
0-1
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WHITE: Chetan Radia (clr11@cam.ac.uk)
BLACK: Adam Jarosz (aj@net.emag.katowice.pl)
1.e3
2.e6.Nc6
3.Ke2 Nf3 g3
4.Ne5 b6 Bb7 Bf3x+
5.Ke1 Qxf3 Qxa8 Bb5 Qxd8+
6.Kxd8 c6 xb5 Bd6 Nf6 h5
7.d4 dxe5 exf6 fxg7 Nc3 Nd5 gxh8(Q)+
8.Bf8 exd5 Kc7 h4 hxg3 g2 d6 gxh1(Q)+
9.Ke2 e4 exd5 Qxf8 Bg5 a4 a5 a6 Qd8X
1-0
I was allowed to take too many of Adam's pieces on move 7, though I felt
I had an initiative up to then anyway. - Chetan.
wfct - Chetan is correct. Whiye's opening move 3 was very "thick" - hard
to crack. Black 4 made a time-killer check - but it didn't work out as
well as usual, it was too easy for white to answer. This made it hard
for black to catch up, but even so 6 was poor - black is well behind now.
Possibly best was 6. c...xxh1(Q)+ but it still looks bad.
White missed a lovely "uppercut" epaullette mate! 9. Ke2 Qxf8 Rg1 Rg8 Qc8X
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WHITE: Marvin Radding (mradding@nightowl.net)
BLACK: Roger Poehlmann (rognmich@netcom.com)
1. e4
2. e5 d5
3. Nh3 g3 Bg2
4. Qf6 Bg4 Qf3 Qxd1 mate Queen lever mate.
0-1
Also possible was Bxh3 and a simple scholar's mate.
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WHITE: Jyrki Heikkinen (jhe@to.icl.fi)
BLACK: Brian Laughton (blaughto@credit.erin.utoronto.ca)
1. e3
2. c6 h5
3. Qf3 Bc4 Bxf7X A rather rare "Bishop's" SCHOLAR"S MATE!
1-0
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WHITE: Edmund Torres (jdenman@freedom.nmsu.edu)
BLACK: Juha Kivijarvi (juhkivij@utu.fi)
1. Nc3
2. e6 Nf6
3. a3 h3 Nf3
4. Ne4 Bc5 Bxf2X Bishop-Knight mate.
0-1
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