Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 17:42:31 09/03/04
Poor Milton Ioannidis from Cypress is the answer to the trivial question "What player played in the most Chess Olympiad games without ever winning or drawing a game" Milton played 20 games in the 1962 Olympiad going 0-20-0 Perhaps his best game to score at least a half point came here whem he played the awful gxh5. A Qd8+ secures at least half a point and perhaps may even win. [d]7k/1r5p/3p4/2p1b1Qp/4PpP1/3P4/q7/3R1R1K w - - 0 42 Ioannidis,M - Schneider,R, 15th olm qual. group 3 1962 7k/1r5p/3p4/2p1b1Qp/4PpP1/3P4/q7/3R1R1K w - - 0 1 Analysis by Crafty 19.17 SE: 42.Qxh5 Qe2 43.Qe8+ Kg7 44.Qc8 Rb2 45.Qd7+ Kg8 46.Qe8+ Kg7 47.Qh5 = (0.21) Depth: 6 00:00:00 137kN 42.Qd8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.gxh5 Kg7 45.Kg2 Kh6 46.Rh1 ± (1.01) Depth: 6 00:00:00 146kN 42.Qd8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.gxh5 Kg7 45.Kg2 Kh6 46.Rh1 ± (1.01) Depth: 6 00:00:00 178kN 42.Qd8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.gxh5 Kg7 45.Kg2 Kh6 46.Rh1 Kg5 ± (0.86) Depth: 7 00:00:00 198kN 42.Qd8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.gxh5 Kg7 45.Kg2 Kh6 46.Rh1 Kg5 ± (0.86) Depth: 7 00:00:00 315kN 42.Qd8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.gxh5 Kg7 45.Kg2 Kh6 46.Rh1 Rg7+ 47.Kf3 Rg3+ 48.Kf2 ± (0.86) Depth: 8 00:00:01 356kN 42.Qd8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.gxh5 Kg7 45.Kg2 Kh6 46.Rh1 Rg7+ 47.Kf3 Rg3+ 48.Kf2 ± (0.86) Depth: 8 00:00:01 642kN 42.Qd8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.gxh5 Kg7 45.Rb1 Rxb1 46.Rxb1 f3 47.Rb7+ Kh6 48.Rf7 Kxh5 49.Rxf3 ± (0.71) Depth: 9 00:00:01 720kN 42.Qd8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.gxh5 Kg7 45.Rb1 Rxb1 46.Rxb1 f3 47.Rb7+ Kh6 48.Rf7 Kxh5 49.Rxf3 ± (0.71) Depth: 9 00:00:02 1987kN 42.Qd8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.gxh5 Kg7 45.Rf2 Kh6 46.Rh2 Rg7 47.Rb1 Rg3 48.Rb3 ² (0.58) Depth: 10 00:00:02 2201kN 42.Qd8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.gxh5 Kg7 45.Rf2 Kh6 46.Rh2 Rg7 47.Rb1 Rg3 48.Rb3 ² (0.58) Depth: 10 00:00:05 4999kN 42.Qd8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.gxh5 Kg7 45.Rf3 Kh6 46.Rh3 Rg7 47.Rg1 Rxg1+ 48.Kxg1 Kg5 49.Kg2 Kg4 ² (0.66) Depth: 11 00:00:06 5646kN 42.Qd8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.gxh5 Kg7 45.Rf3 Kh6 46.Rh3 Rg7 47.Rg1 Rxg1+ 48.Kxg1 Kg5 49.Kg2 Kg4 ² (0.66) Depth: 11 00:00:11 10795kN 42.Qd8+ Qg8 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.gxh5 Kg7 45.Rf3 Kh6 46.Rh3 Rg7 47.Rg1 Rg3 48.Rgxg3 fxg3 49.Kg2 Kg5 ² (0.63) Depth: 12 00:00:12 12429kN (Byrne, MyTown 03.09.2004) [Event "15th olm qual. group 3"] [Site "Varna BUL"] [Date "1962.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Ioannidis, Milton CYP"] [Black "Schneider, Raymond LUX"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A38"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1962.09.16"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 Rb8 8. d3 d6 9. a3 Bd7 10. Bd2 Qc8 11. h4 Bh3 12. e4 Bg4 13. Qe1 a6 14. Ne2 e5 15. b4 Nh5 16. b5 axb5 17. cxb5 Nd8 18. Nc3 f5 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Nh2 f4 21. gxf4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. f3 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Bh5 25. Qd2 Be5 26. a4 Qd7 27. a5 Ne6 28. Bh3 Qf7 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Qg2 Rf7 31. Rf2 Rg7 32. Qg5 Ra8 33. Rff1 Rf7 34. a6 bxa6 35. bxa6 Rxa6 36. Nc7 Qc8 37. Nxa6 Qxa6 38. Rbd1 Rb7 39. Ng4 Bxg4 40. fxg4 Qa2 41. h5 gxh5 42. gxh5 (42. Qd8+ Kg7) 42... Rg7 43. Qd8+ Rg8 0-1 He finished his Olympiad Chess Career with 0-24-0 record.
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