Author: John Merlino
Date: 15:57:07 01/12/04
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On January 12, 2004 at 16:48:45, George Sobala wrote: >"To win at chess, it is not necessary to make the best moves, merely to make you >r opponent play bad ones." > >The protagonists: > >TheDonimatrix: a weak sac-happy attack-crazy "drunken Tal" variant of Deep Sjeng >1.0 on a K6-450 > >MarkOrr: Mark Orr, Irish IM, FIDE 2360 > >Venue: ICC > >Game in 15 minutes > >[Event ""] >[Site "chessclub.com"] >[Date "2004.1.12"] >[Round ""] >[White "MarkOrr"] >[Black "TheDonimatrix"] >[Result ""] >[Eco ""] >[Annotator ""] >[Source ""] > >1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Nc3 a6 6.dxc5 Qxb2 7.Na4 >Qa3 8.Nb6 Qc3+ 9.Ke2 Nc6 10.Nxa8 e5 11.Nxe5 Bd6 12.cxd6 Nxe5 >13.Qd4 Qxc2+ 14.Qd2 Qe4 15.f3 Qf5 16.Nc7+ Kf8 17.Kf2 g5 18.Bxe5 >Ne4+ 19.Ke1 Nxd2 20.Bxh8 Nxf3+ 21.gxf3 Qxf3 22.Rg1 Qxe3+ 23.Be2 >Qxg1+ * > >2b2k1r/1pN2ppp/p2P1n2/3pnq2/5B2/4PP2/P2Q1KPP/R4B1R b - - 4 1 > >Black is busted, surely? Yes, Black is busted. And if White had played 19.Kg1 instead of Ke1, the King would have been there to protect the h1 Rook, and White probably would have won, most likely ending up ahead two rooks, knight and pawn, to a queen and bishop. [D]2b2k1r/1pN2p1p/p2P4/3pBqp1/4n3/4PP2/P2Q1KPP/R4B1R w - - 0 19 Chessmaster 9000, SKR personality, plays it out like this.... 19.Kg1 Nxd2 20.Bxh8 Nxf1 21.Rxf1 f6 22.Rc1 Bd7 23.Kf2 Kg8 24.Rhd1 Kxh8 25.Rxd5 Qg6 26.Na8 += Nice win either way, though! jm
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