Author: John Merlino
Date: 19:32:25 09/03/04
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On September 03, 2004 at 20:42:31, Mike Byrne wrote: >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. Not sure why Crafty scores that as anything more than "mostly drawish". After 42.Qd8+ Qg8! 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8 44.gxh5 (which is Crafty's main line), the position is this: [D]6k1/1r5p/3p4/2p1b2P/4Pp2/3P4/8/3R1R1K b - - 0 44 This is definitely a draw.... CM9_SKR on an AMD 2500 says: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 0.43 523 44...Rb3 45.Rf3 Rb2 46.Ra1 0:00 1/4 0.39 1419 44...Rb3 45.Rf3 Kf7 46.Kg2 Rb2+ 47.Kf1 0:00 1/4 0.38 1934 44...Rb2 45.Ra1 Rd2 46.Ra8+ Kf7 0:00 1/5 0.37 5238 44...Rb2 45.Ra1 Rd2 46.Ra3 Kf7 47.Kg1 0:00 1/5 0.26 10773 44...Kg7 45.Rf3 Rb2 46.Rdf1 Kf6 0:00 1/6 0.24 17810 44...Kg7 45.Kg2 Kh6 46.Rh1 Rg7+ 47.Kf1 Rg3 48.Ke2 0:00 1/7 0.25 54395 44...Kg7 45.Rb1 Rf7 46.Rf3 Kh6 47.Rg1 Bd4 48.Rg8 0:00 1/8 0.21 88179 44...Kg7 45.Rb1 Ra7 46.Kg2 Kh6 47.Rh1 Ra3 48.Rh3 Bd4 0:00 1/9 0.11 180325 44...Kg7 45.Rb1 Ra7 46.Rf3 Kh6 47.Rg1 Ra2 48.Rg8 Rd2 0:01 1/10 0.17 361216 44...Kg7 45.Rb1 Ra7 46.Rf3 Kh6 47.Rh3 Ra2 48.Rb7 Bd4 49.Rf7 Ra1+ 50.Kg2 0:03 2/11 0.16 814701 44...Kg7 45.Rb1 Rf7 46.Rf3 Kh6 47.Rg1 Rb7 48.Rg8 Rb2 49.Kg1 Bd4+ 50.Kf1 0:09 3/12 0.02 2582871 44...Kg7 45.Rb1 Ra7 46.Rf3 Kh6 47.Rh3 Bd4 48.Rb8 Ra1+ 49.Kg2 Rd1 50.Rf8 Rd2+ 51.Kf1 0:20 4/13 0.00 5709896 44...Kg7 45.Rb1 Rc7 46.Rf3 Kh6 47.Rh3 c4 48.dxc4 Rxc4 49.Re1 Bd4 50.Rf1 Be5 51.Re1 0:43 5/14 0.00 12767154 44...Kg7 45.Rb1 Rc7 46.Rf3 Kh6 47.Rh3 c4 48.dxc4 Rxc4 49.Re1 Bd4 50.Rf1 Be5 51.Re1 1:37 6/15 0.00 30132901 44...Kg7 45.Rb1 Rc7 46.Rf3 Kh6 47.Rh3 c4 48.dxc4 Rxc4 49.Re1 Bd4 50.Kg2 Rc2+ 51.Kh1 Rc4 If 42.Qd8+ Kg7? 43.gxh5, then I think this is probably a draw also. But White might have some chances: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 1/3 1.08 2165 43...Kh6 44.Rg1 Rg7 45.Rxg7 Kxg7 0:00 1/3 0.77 2720 43...Kf7 44.Rg1 Qe2 45.Qg8+ Kf6 0:00 1/4 0.77 9626 43...Kf7 44.Rg1 Qe2 45.Qg8+ Kf6 0:00 1/4 0.43 29407 43...Rb2 44.Rg1+ Kf7 45.Qg8+ Kf6 46.Qf8+ Qf7 47.Qd8+ Ke6 48.Qc8+ Ke7 49.Rg5 0:00 1/5 0.56 64036 43...Rb2 44.Rg1+ Kf7 45.Qg8+ Kf6 46.Qxa2 Rxa2 47.Rg2 Rb2 48.Rxb2 Bxb2 0:00 1/6 0.53 156473 43...Rb2 44.Rg1+ Kf7 45.Qg8+ Kf6 46.Qg5+ Kf7 47.Rg2 Rxg2 48.Qxg2 Qb3 49.Qg4 Ke7 0:01 1/7 0.53 403722 43...Rb2 44.Rg1+ Kf7 45.Qg8+ Kf6 46.Qg5+ Kf7 47.Rg2 Rxg2 48.Qxg2 Qb3 49.Qg4 Ke7 0:03 1/8 0.53 944107 43...Rb2 44.Rg1+ Kf7 45.Qg8+ Kf6 46.Qg5+ Kf7 47.Rg2 Rxg2 48.Qxg2 Qb3 49.Rg1 Qxd3 50.Qg8+ Ke7 51.Qxh7+ Ke6 52.Qf5+ Ke7 0:04 1/8 0.36 1341416 43...Qe6 44.Rf3 h6 45.Rg1+ Kh7 46.Qf8 Bd4 47.Rc1 Qg4 48.Qf5+ Qxf5 49.exf5 0:06 1/9 0.48 1819301 43...Qe6 44.Rf3 Kh6 45.Rg1 Rg7 46.Rxg7 Bxg7 47.Qh4 Be5 48.Rf1 d5 49.Rg1 0:12 1/9 0.26 3268999 43...Kf7 44.Qh4 Qe6 45.h6 Rb3 46.Rf2 d5 47.Rc2 dxe4 48.Qh5+ Kf8 49.dxe4 0:22 1/10 0.38 6167092 43...Kf7 44.Qc8 Rb2 45.Qd7+ Kf6 46.Qh3 Qe6 47.Qh4+ Kf7 48.Ra1 d5 49.Ra7+ Ke8 50.Ra8+ Rb8 51.Rxb8+ Bxb8 52.Rb1 Be5 0:40 1/11 0.51 11268424 43...Kf7 44.Qc8 Rb2 45.Qd7+ Kf8 46.Qh3 Qf7 47.Rb1 Rb4 48.Qf5 Qxf5 49.exf5 d5 50.Rbc1 Rb3 51.f6 Rxd3 52.Rxc5 Bxf6 53.Rxf4 1:19 1/11 0.29 22384216 43...Qe6 44.Rg1+ Kf7 45.Qg8+ Ke7 46.Rg4 Qxg8 47.Rxg8 Bd4 48.Rg5 f3 49.Rf5 f2 50.Kg2 Rb3 51.Kf1 Ke6 1:52 1/12 0.26 31624279 43...Qe6 44.Rg1+ Kf7 45.Qg8+ Ke7 46.Rg4 Qxg8 47.Rxg8 Bd4 48.Rg5 Rb3 49.Rf5 Be5 50.Kg2 Ke6 51.Kf3 d5 Pretty sad career, though.... jm
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