Author: Odd Gunnar Malin
Date: 18:49:14 07/19/02
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On July 19, 2002 at 21:20:33, John Merlino wrote: >Here is a perfectly legal game that was played in the Politiken Cup just a few >days ago: > >(1) Dominguez,L (2613) - Nilsson,N (2187) [B07] >Politiken Cup Copenhagen (2), 16.07.2002 > >1.e4 d6 2.d4 Sf6 3.Sc3 c6 4.f3 Sbd7 5.Le3 b5 6.Dd2 b4 7.Sce2 a5 8.g4 Sb6 9.Sg3 >La6 10.Lxa6 Txa6 11.Dd3 Ta8 12.0-0-0 e6 13.g5 Sfd7 14.f4 Le7 15.Sf3 Dc8 16.f5 >Da6 17.Kb1 Dxd3 18.cxd3 0-0-0 19.Thf1 Kb7 20.Sd2 e5 21.h4 f6 22.Sf3 c5 23.d5 Tc8 >24.Sh5 Thg8 25.b3 a4 26.Tg1 axb3 27.axb3 Ta8 28.g6 hxg6 29.fxg6 Ta3 30.Kb2 f5 >31.exf5 Sxd5 32.Lg5 Lxg5 33.Sxg5 Sc3 34.Sxg7 Sxd1+ 35.Txd1 Sf6 36.h5 Tga8 37.Kc1 >Ta2 38.Se4 Sd5 39.Se8 Th2 40.Td2 Th1+ 41.Td1 Ta1+ 42.Kd2 Taxd1+ 43.Ke2 Sf4+ >44.Kf2 Th2+ 45.Kg3 Tg2+ 0-1 > >You can also view the game by going to: >http://www.dsu.dk/ny-par2/pol2002/poli01.htm > >Particularly, note the ratings of the players, and then the result. An upset, >certainly. But, then, you may notice that 18...0-0-0 is an ILLEGAL MOVE and >actually WAS played in the game; it is not an error. White apparently forgot >that Black's a-rook had previous moved! > >I can tell you that if you tried to enter a PGN of this game into Chessmaster, >it would not let you do so. However, strictly speaking, this IS a legal game! > >jm Well, this is not a legal game. If this was seen before the game had end the arabiter would have demanded it replayed from the illegal move. But after the game have ended there is a more to consider (next round etc.) for the arabiter so normaly he judge the result to stand. I don't think any program will let you enter this move because normal compression in gamefile/db demand correct move. Odd Gunnar
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