Author: Ed Trice
Date: 17:07:16 08/29/04
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Yes, the King's Gambit game is somewhat famous. Valvo passively sacrifices a piece with 14...Ba6 and he manages to win with perhaps the longest tactical sequence ever in correspondence play! You can watch the game replay online here: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1074719 I think I remember in Chess Life that Deep Thought was reported as being able to get 33 plies of search in the principal variation with the long time control, and even this could not undermine the sac (perhaps the sands of time have blurred my memory on the exact plycount, if it is some other number, I stand corrected.) >[Event "Correspondence match"] >[Site "Taking on the machines in Correspondence Chess"] >[Date "November 1988 - March 1989"] >[Round "1"] >[White "Michael J. Valvo"] >[Black "Deep Thought"] >[Result "1-0"] > >1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. >Nc3 e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qf4 13. c5 Nd7 14. Qc1 >Qf5 15. Qb1 Qxb1+ 16. Rxb1 O-O-O 17. f4 Be7 18. Rd1 g5 19. fxg5 Bxg5 20. >Bf3 f5 21. O-O Nb4 22. Rfe1 Rhg8 23. Kh1 c6 24. a3 Na6 25. b4 Nc7 26. a4 a6 >27. Re2 Be7 28. Rb2 Nd5 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Rg7 32. Ra1 Nb8 33. >Rba2 Rdg8 34. Ra8 Bg5 35. b6 Bd8 36. Bh5 Rf8 37. Be2 Rfg8 38. Be3 h5 39. Rb1 Be7 >40. Bb5 Bd8 41. Ba4 f4 42.Bxf4 Rf7 43. Bh6 h4 44. Bb5 Be7 45. c6 bxc6 46. Bxc6 >Rf3 47. Rba1 Ba3 48.Bd2 1-0 > >[Event "Correspondence match"] >[Site "Taking on the machines in Correspondence Chess"] >[Date "December 1988 - March 1989"] >[Round "1"] >[White "Deep Thought"] >[Black "Michael J. Valvo"] >[Result "0-1"] > >1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. Nc3 exf4 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. d4 Ne7 7. dxc6 Nbxc6 >8. d5 Nb4 9. Bc4 O-O 10. a3 b5 11. Bb3 Na6 12. Nxb5 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. >Ba2 14... Ba6 15. b4 Qc7 16. bxc5 Rfe8 17. Ne2 Qxc5 18. c4 Nxd5 19. Qd4 Qxd4 >20. Nxd4 Bc5 21. Kd2 Ne3 22. Kc3 Rac8 23. Bb2 Nxg2 24. Raf1 Rcd8 25. Rhg1 >Re3+ 26. Kd2 f3 27. Rxf3 Rxf3 28. Rxg2 Rh3 29. Kc1 g6 30. a4 Bb7 31. Rf2 >Ba8 32. Bb1 Rb8 33. Ba2 Rd3 34. Rf4 Rd2 35. Kxd2 Rxb2+ 36. Nc2 Rxa2 37. Nc3 >Rb2 38. Rf6 Kg7 39. Rf1 f5 40. Nd5 Bxd5 41. cxd5 Rb3 42. h4 Kf6 43. Re1 Rh3 >44. Re6+ Kf7 45. a5 Rxh4 46. Rc6 Bb4+ 47. Nxb4 Rxb4 48. Rc7+ Kf6 0-1 > >Curiously both games ended on move 48 :) > >Link to to source of these games for additional info: > >http://www.correspondencechess.com/marconi/volkerart.htm
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