Author: John Graham
Date: 17:11:24 01/18/05
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Hi again Steve. $2500?? Wow. Well that must not be the auction I was watching. It seems like it was more like 6 months back? Anyway, my reserve is *much* less than that (but if someone wants to pay that, thats OK too :)). Best regards, John. On January 18, 2005 at 19:48:28, Steve B wrote: >. Do you remember the selling price? BTW: The reserve has only 4 digits >>:) > >yes i remember it quite well >it sold this past November for close to $2500 >it was a German auction and the Euro-Dollar conversion did have an impact on the >price(Dollar was about 1.25 to 1 Euro then) >none the less it caused the final selling price caused quite a sensation here >and it forced me to post this message >:)) >Best >Steve > > > > >Subject: Collector's Corner...Elite Premiere ..What Price Fame?? > > >Hi All > >Given the absurd price the Elite Premiere recently garnered on Ebay(close to >$2500 USD) I thought it might be interesting to put this old horse through its >paces with a young new upstart..the newly released Novag Star Ruby >I set the Premiere to play with the black pieces and the Mephisto Vancouver 1991 >World Champion program . >Time control ..Game/30 min. > > >[Date "11-28-2004"] >[White " Novag Star Ruby"] >[Black "Elite Premiere-Vancouver"] >[Result "0-1"] > >1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. dxc5 dxe5 >8. fxe5 Nxe5 > >at this point SR is out of its book..more common in the Pirc is Q-d8ck >[D] rnbqk2r/pp2ppbp/6p1/2P1n3/8/2N2N2/PPP3PP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 1 > >9. Bb5+ 9... Ned7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 >12. bxc3 >amazing position..after only 12 moves SR has TRIPLED pawns >[D] r1bqk2r/pp1npp1p/6p1/2P5/8/2P2N2/P1P3PP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 1 > > O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. c6 >SR decides to sac the lead triplet pawn ...hoping to free up more squares for >its Bishop and provide a target for the Knight >however the Premiere didn't hesitate to swallow the offering >[D] r1bqr1k1/pp1npp1p/2P3p1/8/8/2P2N2/P1P3PP/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 1 > >bxc6 15. Nd4 e5 > >the point! >the c6 pawn cannot be taken due to ..Q-B6 CK and the Knight is history >[D] r1bqr1k1/p2n1p1p/2p3p1/4p3/3N4/2P5/P1P3PP/R1BQR1K1 w - e6 0 1 > >16. Nf3 f6 17. Qd6 Nb8 >unique position.. >the Premiere is up a pawn and yet ALL of its queens side pieces are their >original squares! >[D] rnbqr1k1/p6p/2pQ1pp1/4p3/8/2P2N2/P1P3PP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1 > >18. Qb4 Na6 19. Qa4 Qd5 20. c4 Qd7 21. Be3 Rb8 >22. Red1 Qc7 23. c5 Rb4 24. Qa3 Qb7 25. Qc1 e4 26. Nd2 Bg4 27. a3 Ra4 >28. Rf1 f5 29. Rb1 Qg7 30. h3 Bh5 31. Rf4 Qe5 32. g4 g5 33. Rxf5 Qg3+ >34. Kf1 Bg6 35. Ke2 Bxf5 36. gxf5 Qh2+ 37. Ke1 Qxh3 38. Nb3 Qxf5 39. Qb2 >Qf3 40. Bg1 >here the SR offered to Resign >not having any of that i insisted it play on! >[D] 4r1k1/p6p/n1p5/2P3p1/r3p3/PN3q2/1QP5/1R2K1B1 w - - 0 1 > > e3 41. Nd4 > >here the Premiere announces a mate in 7 .. > >[D] 4r1k1/p6p/n1p5/2P3p1/r2N4/P3pq2/1QP5/1R2K1B1 w - - 0 1 > >Qg3+ 42. Kf1 Rf8+ 43. Ke2 Rf2+ 44. Kd3 e2+ 45. >Nf3 Qxf3+ 46. Kd2 e1=Q+ 47. Kxe1 Re4# > >THE FINAL POSITION >[D] 6k1/p6p/n1p5/2P3p1/4r3/P4q2/1QP2r2/1R2K1B1 w - - 0 1 > >well there you have it >IRON CLAD proof that the Elite Premiere is worth every penny of that Ebay >selling price..perhaps even more.. > >:)) > >Best Steve
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