Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:34:45 06/11/99
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On June 11, 1999 at 00:21:52, Havergal Brian wrote:
>This game goes to show why even the smallest mistake in what appears to be a
>totally won position can lead to disaster:
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>[Event "ICS Rated standard match"]
>[Site "chessclub.com"]
>[Date "1999.06.10"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "OzsO"]
>[Black "crafty"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[WhiteElo "2776"]
>[BlackElo "2744"]
>[TimeControl "600+15"]
>
>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6
>8. Na4 Qd7 9. Nxc5 dxc5 10. Be3 Qd6 11. O-O Qe7 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4
>14. Nxe5 a5 15. c3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qa4 O-O 18. Qc4 Qd7 19. f4 Ng4 20.
>Bd4 Rf7 21. h3 Nh6 22. Ra4 Qe8 23. Be3 Re7 24. Rfa1 Nf7 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26.
>Rxa5 Kh8 27. Ra6 Nd8 28. Ra8 Rd7 29. Qxc6 h6 30. Qb5 Kh7 31. Bd4 Qe7 32.
>Bc5 Qf7 33. Bb4 c6 34. Qb6 Qxf4 35. Qf2 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Rf7 37. Qe2 Rf1 38.
>Ra2 Rh1+ 39. Kg3 Qg5+ 40. Qg4 Qe3+ 41. Qf3 Qg5+ 42. Qg4 Qe3+ 43. Qf3 Qg5+
>44. Qg4
>{Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2
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>Can you find the blunder... ;-)
If I were picking bad moves, one that i noticed was 33. Bb4... but there were
a couple of others... However, 'blunder' might be the wrong answer, as this
wasn't a trivial position...
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