Author: Steffen Jakob
Date: 23:08:15 11/12/01
Hi all,
it just happened that I looked at a funny game which Hossa played 2 years ago at
ICC with MissSilicon. In this game a KQKNNN endgame was on the board where the
promotion to the 3rd knight was the best move:
[Event "ICC 10 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "-"]
[White "MissSilicon"]
[Black "Hossa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by the 50 move rule"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf"]
[ECO "B90"]
[NIC "SI.14"]
[Time "03:50:51"]
[TimeControl "600+0"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O b5 8.
Bg5 Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 Qa5 12. Bd2 d5 13. Nxb4 Bxb4 14. Nb3
Bxd2 15. Nxa5 Bxa5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. b4 Bc7 18. f4 Bb6+ 19. Kh1 O-O 20. c4
dxc4 21. Bxc4 Rd8 22. Qb3 Nc6 23. Rad1 Nd4 24. Qb1 Rac8 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. Be4
Bd5 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. a5 Ba7 29. Rc1 Nfe6 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rc1 Nc7 32. Qd3
g6 33. Qg3 Bb8 34. Qh3 Rd8 35. Rc3 h5 36. Qh4 Re8 37. Qf6 Nce6 38. g3 Bc7
39. Qh4 Bd8 40. Qh3 Be7 41. b5 axb5 42. Qg2 Bb4 43. Rd3 Bxa5 44. Qxd5 Rd8
45. Qa2 Bb6 46. Qd2 Rc8 47. h4 Rc4 48. Qe1 b4 49. Qf1 Bc5 50. Qa1 b3 51. Rc3
Rxc3 52. Qxc3 Kg7 53. Qb2 Bb4 54. Qa1 Ne2 55. Kg2 N6d4 56. Kf2 Bc5 57. Qb2
Kh7 58. Kg2 Bb4 59. Qa1 Kg8 60. Qa8+ Kg7 61. e6 Nxe6 62. Qb8 Bc3 63. Qxb3
Be1 64. Qb2+ N6d4 65. Qb8 Bxg3 66. Qe5+ Kh7 67. Qe8 Ne6 68. Qxf7+ Kh6 69.
Qg8 Ne6xf4+ 70. Kf3 Bxh4 71. Qh8+ Kg5 72. Qd8+ Kf5 73. Qxh4 g5 74. Qh1 Nc3
75. Ke3 Kg4 76. Qf3+ Kh4 77. Kf2 Nce2 78. Qh1+ Kg4 79. Qb7 Kh3 80. Qe4 Kh2
81. Qe7 Ng3 82. Kf3 Nh3 83. Qf6 g4+ 84. Ke3 Nh1 85. Qb2+ Kg1 86. Qe5 N3f2
87. Qxh5 Ng3 88. Qe5 Nge4 89. Qa1+ Kg2 90. Qa8 Kg1 91. Qg8 Kg2 92. Qb8 Kg1
93. Qc7 Kg2 94. Kd4 Kg1 95. Qc1+ Kg2 96. Qf4 Kf1 97. Ke3 Kg1 98. Qf7 Kh2 99.
Qh7+ Kg1 100. Qg7 Nc3 101. Qg8 Kg2 102. Kd4 Ne2+ 103. Kd5 Kf1 104. Qb8 Nc3+
105. Ke6 Nce4 106. Qb5+ Kg2 107. Qf5 g3 108. Qb5 Kg1 109. Qb1+ Kh2 110. Qb8
Kg1 111. Qe5 g2 112. Kd5 Kf1 113. Qa1+ Ke2 114. Qg1 Kf3 115. Qe1 Kg4 116.
Kc4 Kf3 117. Kd4 Kg4 118. Qg1 Kf3 119. Qb1 Kg4 120. Ke3 Kh3 121. Qa1 Kh2
122. Qh8+ Kg3 123. Qb8+ Kh3 124. Kf3 g1=N+ 125. Ke3 Kg2 126. Qg8+ Ng3 127.
Qd5+ Kf1 128. Qf7 Nh3 129. Qc4+ Kg1 130. Qg8 Kg2 131. Qd5+ Kh2 132. Kd4 Nf4
133. Qg8 Nge2+ 134. Ke3 Nd1+ 135. Kf3 Ndc3 136. Qg7 Ncd5 137. Qh7+ Kg1 138.
Qa7+ Kh1 139. Qa1+ Kh2 140. Qh8+ Kg1 141. Qb2 Kh2 142. Ke4 Nc3+ 143. Kf5
Ncd5 144. Qg7 Ne3+ 145. Ke4 Ng3+ 146. Kf3 Nef5 147. Qa7 Ngh5 148. Kg4 Nfg3
149. Qf2+ Kh1 150. Kf3 Nge2 151. Qh4+ Kg1 152. Qe1+ Kh2 153. Qb4 Ng1+ 154.
Ke4 Nfh3 155. Qb2+ Kh1 156. Qb7 N5f4 157. Qc6 Nge2 158. Ke3+ Kh2 159. Qe8
Nc3 160. Kd4 Ncd5 161. Qg8 Nb4 162. Qc4 Nbd5 163. Qb3 Nf2 164. Qf3 Kg1 165.
Qg3+ Kf1 166. Qa3 Kg2 167. Qb2 Kg3 168. Qa1 Kh4 169. Qe1 Kg3 170. Qe5 Kh3
171. Qf5+ Kg2 172. Qg5+ Kf1 173. Qh6 Ke1 174. Qa6 Nb4 175. Qa1+
{Game drawn by the 50 move rule}
1/2-1/2
Position after move 124. Kf3:
[D]1Q6/8/8/8/4n3/5K1k/5np1/8 b - - 0 124
124... g1=N+! draw
Andrew, if you are reading this: are you still working on MissSilicon? Can we
expect a comeback at ICC?
Best wishes,
Steffen.
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