*** Chess Low Content Thread ***
11-20-2014
, 01:43 AM
11-20-2014
, 04:22 AM
Well, I've just set Stockfish in the most aggro mode (maximum contempt factor, mobility, pawn structure, passed pawns, space, aggressiveness, skill, zero cowardice) and watched what was happening when it played with itself.
I guess I first need to annotate the 0.5 | 3 bullet where a white knight was left hanging (attacked by a non-pinned pawn) but got taken only after 8 moves (correctly so) - by another knight which was immediately recaptured by a pawn, so the sac was declined (and there had been a bishop sac by Black which also got declined)
I don't yet understand what was going on, slower engine analysis will show 
I guess I first need to annotate the 0.5 | 3 bullet where a white knight was left hanging (attacked by a non-pinned pawn) but got taken only after 8 moves (correctly so) - by another knight which was immediately recaptured by a pawn, so the sac was declined (and there had been a bishop sac by Black which also got declined)
I don't yet understand what was going on, slower engine analysis will show
11-20-2014
, 05:34 AM
11-20-2014
, 07:23 AM
Here's another computer game, one-sided but still fascinating.
Plot spoiler alert:
Plot spoiler alert:
Spoiler:
Code:
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "TONY-LAPTOP"]
[Date "2014.11.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "White Aggrofish"]
[Black "Black Aggrofish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[Time "08:56:31"]
[Variation "Mason Variation"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[TimeControl "30+3"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. d4 {(d2-d4 d7-d5) +0.35/18 2} d5 {(d7-d5 Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6) -0.27/19 1} 2.
Bf4 {(Bc1-f4 Ng8-f6 e2-e3) +0.37/17 2} Nf6 {(Ng8-f6 e2-e3) -0.37/17 3} 3.
e3 {(e2-e3 Nb8-c6) +0.39/19 2} Bf5 {(Bc8-f5 h2-h3 h7-h6 g2-g4 Bf5-h7 Ng1-f3
e7-e6 Nb1-d2 Nb8-d7 Bf1-e2 Bf8-d6 Bf4xd6) -0.21/15 2} 4. f3 {(f2-f3 Nb8-c6
Nb1-c3 Bf5-d7 a2-a3 e7-e6 g2-g4 h7-h6 h2-h4 Bf8-d6 Ng1-e2 e6-e5 d4xe5
Nc6xe5 Bf4xe5 Bd6xe5) +0.33/15 3} e5 {(e7-e5 Bf4xe5 Nb8-c6 g2-g4 Nc6xe5
g4xf5 Ne5-c4 Bf1xc4 d5xc4 Nb1-c3 Bf8-b4 a2-a3) -0.11/15 1} 5. dxe5 {(d4xe5
Nf6-h5 Ng1-e2 g7-g5 Bf4-g3 Nb8-d7 Nb1-c3 c7-c6 a2-a3 Bf5-g6 Bg3-f2 Nd7xe5
e3-e4 d5xe4 Nc3xe4 Bg6xe4 f3xe4) +0.36/13 1} Nh5 {(Nf6-h5 Ng1-e2 Bf8-c5
g2-g4 Nh5xf4 e3xf4 Nb8-c6 g4xf5 Qd8-h4+ Ke1-d2 Qh4-f2 Kd2-c1 Qf2xf3 Ne2-g3
Qf3xf4+ Qd1-d2 Qf4xd2+ Nb1xd2 Nc6xe5) +0.01/15 1} 6. Bd3 {(Bf1-d3 Bf5-e6
Ng1-e2 Nb8-d7 Nb1-c3 c7-c6 Ke1-f2 Nh5xf4 Ne2xf4 Nd7xe5 Nf4xe6 f7xe6 f3-f4
Ne5xd3+ Qd1xd3 Bf8-c5 Nc3-a4 Bc5-e7 a2-a3) +0.25/14 3} Be6 {(Bf5-e6 Ng1-e2
Nb8-d7 Nb1-c3 c7-c6 Ke1-f2 Nh5xf4 Ne2xf4 Nd7xe5 Nf4xe6 f7xe6 f3-f4 Ne5xd3+
Qd1xd3 Bf8-c5 Nc3-a4 Bc5-e7 a2-a3 O-O) +0.10/15 1} 7. Ne2 {(Ng1-e2 Nb8-d7
Nb1-c3 c7-c6 h2-h4 Bf8-c5 a2-a3 h7-h6 b2-b4 Bc5-b6 Nc3-a4 Bb6-c7 g2-g4
Nh5xf4 e3xf4 O-O Ke1-f2) +0.37/15 1} c6 {(c7-c6 Nb1-d2 Nb8-d7 Nd2-b3 Bf8-e7
O-O) -0.04/15 1} 8. a3 {(a2-a3 Nb8-d7 Nb1-c3 Bf8-e7 Ne2-d4 Be7-h4+ g2-g3
g7-g5 Nd4xe6 f7xe6 Bf4xg5 Bh4xg5 f3-f4 Nh5-g7 f4xg5 Qd8xg5 O-O Nd7xe5 e3-e4
O-O-O e4xd5 e6xd5) +0.38/16 1} Bc5 {(Bf8-c5 b2-b4 Nh5xf4 e3xf4 Bc5-e3 h2-h4
a7-a5 f4-f5 Be6-d7 Nb1-c3 O-O) +0.36/16 1} 9. Nbc3 {(Nb1-c3 Nb8-d7 h2-h4
f7-f6 Nc3-a4 f6xe5 Na4xc5 Nh5xf4 e3xf4 Nd7xc5 f4xe5 Qd8-c7 f3-f4 O-O Qd1-d2
Nc5xd3+ c2xd3 Be6-g4 g2-g3 Qc7-b6 Ne2-c3 a7-a5) +0.39/15 2} g5 {(g7-g5
Nc3-a4 g5xf4 Na4xc5 Qd8-h4+ Ke1-d2 f4xe3+ Kd2-c1 Nb8-d7 g2-g3 Qh4-e7 Nc5xe6
f7xe6 f3-f4 O-O c2-c3 c6-c5 Qd1-g1 c5-c4 Bd3-c2 Nd7xe5 f4xe5 Rf8-f2 g3-g4
Rf2xe2 g4xh5+ Kg8-h8) +0.01/17 7} 10. Na4 {(Nc3-a4 g5xf4 Na4xc5 Qd8-h4+
Ke1-d2 f4xe3+ Kd2-c1 Nb8-d7 Nc5xd7 Ke8xd7 g2-g3 Qh4-d8 Ne2-d4 c6-c5)
+0.04/18 1} gxf4 {(g5xf4 Na4xc5 Qd8-h4+ Ke1-d2 f4xe3+ Kd2-c1 Qh4-g5 g2-g3
Qg5xe5 f3-f4 Qe5-f6 Nc5xe6 f7xe6 Ne2-d4 Nh5-g7 c2-c3 e6-e5 f4xe5 Qf6xe5
Qd1-b3 b7-b6 Nd4-f3 Qe5-f6 Rh1-f1 Nb8-d7 Kc1-c2) +0.55/18 2} 11. Nxc5
{(Na4xc5 Qd8-h4+ Ke1-d2 f4xe3+ Kd2-c1 Qh4-g5 g2-g3 Qg5xe5 f3-f4 Qe5-f6
Nc5xe6 f7xe6 Ne2-d4 Nh5-g7 c2-c3 e6-e5 f4xe5 Qf6xe5 Qd1-b3 b7-b6) +0.01/18
1} Qh4+ {(Qd8-h4+ Ke1-d2 f4xe3+ Kd2-c1 Qh4-g5 g2-g3 Qg5xe5 f3-f4 Qe5-f6
Nc5xe6 f7xe6 Ne2-d4 Nh5-g7 Rh1-e1 O-O Re1xe3 Nb8-d7 Nd4-f3 Ng7-f5 Bd3xf5
e6xf5 Nf3-e5 Nd7-c5 Qd1-d4 b7-b6) +0.15/18 2} 12. Kf1 {(Ke1-f1 f4xe3 Qd1-e1
Qh4-g5 Nc5xb7 Nb8-d7 Nb7-d6+ Ke8-e7) -0.08/18 1} fxe3 {(f4xe3 Qd1-e1 Qh4-g5
Ne2-g3 Rh8-g8 Nc5xb7 f7-f6 e5xf6 Nh5xf6 Bd3-f5 Be6-d7 Kf1-g1 a7-a5 Bf5xd7+
Nb8xd7 Nb7-d6+ Ke8-f8 Nd6-f5 Ra8-e8 Qe1-e2 Nf6-h5) +0.74/16 3} 13. Qe1
{(Qd1-e1 Qh4-g5 Ne2-g3 Rh8-g8 Rh1-g1 d5-d4 Nc5xe6 f7xe6 Ng3xh5 Qg5xh5 c2-c3
d4xc3 b2xc3 Qh5xe5 Qe1-h4 Qe5xc3) -0.17/17 1} Qg5 {(Qh4-g5 Ne2-g3 Rh8-g8
Rh1-g1 Nh5-g7 Qe1-b4 b7-b6 Nc5xe6 f7xe6 Qb4-d4 Rg8-f8 Ra1-e1 Nb8-d7 Qd4xe3
Qg5-h4 Qe3-f2 O-O-O Ng3-e4 Qh4xh2) +0.70/17 3} 14. g3 {(g2-g3 Nb8-d7 Nc5xe6
f7xe6 Kf1-g2 Qg5xe5 Qe1-c1 Rh8-g8 c2-c3 O-O-O Bd3xh7 Rg8-g7) -0.58/16 1}
Bh3+ {(Be6-h3+ Kf1-g1 Qg5xe5 g3-g4 Qe5-f6 Qe1-c3 Qf6xc3 b2xc3 Nb8-d7 Nc5xd7
Ke8xd7 g4xh5 Ra8-e8 Ne2-g3 h7-h6 Ra1-b1 b7-b6 Bd3-f1 Bh3xf1 Kg1xf1)
+1.25/14 1} 15. Kg1 {(Kf1-g1 Qg5xe5 g3-g4 Qe5-f6 Qe1-c3 Qf6xc3 b2xc3 Nb8-d7
Nc5xd7 Ke8xd7 g4xh5 Ra8-e8 Ne2-g3 h7-h6 Ra1-b1 b7-b6 Bd3-f1 Bh3xf1 Kg1xf1)
-1.25/1 0} Rg8 {(Rh8-g8 Nc5xb7 Qg5xe5 Bd3xh7 Rg8-g7 Bh7-d3) +2.13/15 1} 16.
Qc3 {(Qe1-c3 Nb8-d7 Nc5xd7 Ke8xd7 Qc3-d4 f7-f6 e5-e6+ Bh3xe6 f3-f4 Qg5-g7
Qd4xe3 Be6-h3 Kg1-f2 Kd7-c7 Ne2-d4 Ra8-e8 Nd4-b5+ c6xb5 Qe3xa7 Kc7-c6)
+0.94/16 2} b6 {(b7-b6 Nc5-a6 Ke8-d7 Qc3-b4 Qg5xe5 Qb4-h4 Bh3-e6 Na6-b4
a7-a5 Bd3xh7 a5xb4 Bh7xg8 Nb8-a6 a3xb4 Qe5xb2 Qh4-d4 Qb2xc2 Qd4xe3 Ra8xg8
Ra1xa6 Qc2-d1+ Kg1-g2) +1.54/16 3} 17. Nb3 {(Nc5-b3 Nh5-f4 Ra1-e1 Nf4-g2
Re1-f1 Ng2-h4 Nb3-d4 Qg5-h5 f3-f4 Bh3xf1 Kg1xf1 Nh4-f3 Kf1-g2 Nf3-h4+
Kg2-g1 Nh4-f3+ Kg1-g2) -0.50/15 2} c5 {(c6-c5 Bd3-b5+ Bh3-d7 a3-a4 Bd7xb5
a4xb5 Nb8-d7 h2-h4 Qg5-f5 Qc3xe3 Nh5xg3 Ne2xg3 Rg8xg3+ Kg1-f2 Rg3-g8 Ra1-g1
O-O-O Rg1-g5 Qf5xc2+ Nb3-d2 Rg8xg5 h4xg5 d5-d4 Qe3-e2 Nd7xe5) +2.82/16 5}
18. a4 {(a3-a4 Nb8-d7 Bd3-b5 Ke8-f8 Bb5xd7 Bh3xd7 a4-a5 Ra8-d8 Nb3xc5 b6xc5
Qc3xc5+ Kf8-g7 Qc5xa7 Qg5xe5 Qa7-d4 Qe5xd4 Ne2xd4 Rd8-b8 a5-a6) -0.84/17 8}
Qh4 {(Qg5-h4 Qc3-e1 Nb8-d7 Bd3-b5 d5-d4 Bb5xd7+ Ke8xd7 Ra1-d1 Kd7-c7 Nb3xd4
c5xd4 Rd1xd4 Qh4-g5 f3-f4 Qg5-f5 Qe1-c3+ Kc7-b7 Qc3xe3 Qf5xc2 Qe3-f3+
Kb7-a6) +4.03/18 12} 19. Bb5+ {(Bd3-b5+ Ke8-e7 Qc3-e1 a7-a6 Ra1-d1 a6xb5
Rd1xd5 b5xa4 Nb3-c1 Ke7-f8 Rd5-d3 Nb8-c6 Rd3xe3 Qh4-b4 Qe1-d1 Ra8-d8 Nc1-d3
Kf8-g7 g3-g4) -3.40/15 2} Ke7 {(Ke8-e7 Qc3-e1 a7-a6 Ra1-d1 a6xb5 Rd1xd5
b5xa4 Nb3-c1 Ke7-f8 Rd5-d3 Nb8-c6 Rd3xe3 Qh4-g5 Qe1-c3 Kf8-g7 e5-e6+)
+4.28/17 1} 20. Qe1 {(Qc3-e1 a7-a6 Ra1-d1 a6xb5 a4-a5 Qh4-c4 a5xb6 Nb8-d7
Rd1-d3 Qc4xc2 Rd3-c3 Qc2xb2 b6-b7 Ra8-b8 Nb3xc5 d5-d4 Nc5-d3 d4xc3 Nd3xb2
c3xb2) -3.71/16 2} a6 {(a7-a6 Ra1-d1 a6xb5 a4-a5) +5.06/16 1} 21. Bxa6
{(Bb5xa6 Ra8xa6 Ra1-d1 Qh4-c4 Nb3-d4 c5xd4 Ne2xd4 Nb8-c6 Qe1xe3 Nc6xd4
Qe3xd4 Qc4xc2 Rd1-d2 Qc2-c5 b2-b3 Nh5-f4 Kg1-f2 Nf4-e6 Qd4xc5+ b6xc5 Rd2xd5
Rg8-b8) -4.53/16 3} Nxa6 {(Nb8xa6 a4-a5 b6xa5 Nb3xa5 Na6-b4 Qe1-c3 Ra8-c8
Na5-c6+ Rc8xc6 Ra1-a7+) +6.58/15 1} 22. a5 {(a4-a5 b6xa5 Nb3xa5 Na6-b4
Qe1-c3 Ra8-c8 Na5-c6+ Ke7-e8 e5-e6 Nb4xc6 e6xf7+ Ke8xf7 Qc3xe3 Qh4-f6
Kg1-f2 Bh3-e6 Qe3-c3 Qf6xc3 Ne2xc3) -4.82/17 10} Rab8 {(Ra8-b8 a5xb6 Rb8xb6
g3-g4 Rg8xg4+ f3xg4 Qh4xg4+ Ne2-g3 Qg4-g5 Ra1xa6 Rb6xa6 Nb3xc5 Ra6-a2)
+5.70/15 1} 23. Nbc1 {(Nb3-c1 d5-d4 a5xb6) -3.98/17 13} Nb4 {(Na6-b4 Ra1-a4
b6xa5 Ra4xa5 Nb4-c6 Qe1-c3 Nc6xa5 Qc3xa5 Rb8-c8 Qa5-b5 d5-d4 Nc1-d3 Qh4-g5
Qb5-b7+ Ke7-f8 g3-g4 Bh3xg4) +7.50/16 5} 24. Ra4 {(Ra1-a4 b6xa5 Ra4xa5
Nb4-c6) -5.44/16 1} Qc4 {(Qh4-c4 Qe1-c3 Qc4-b5 Ra4xb4 Qb5xb4 Qc3xb4 c5xb4
a5-a6 Rb8-a8 Nc1-b3 Ra8xa6) +6.60/16 3} 25. Qc3 {(Qe1-c3 Qc4xc3 b2xc3
Bh3-d7 Ra4xb4 c5xb4 a5-a6 Rb8-a8 Kg1-g2 Ra8xa6 Rh1-d1 b4xc3 Rd1-d3 Ra6-a4
Rd3xe3 d5-d4 Re3-e4 Bd7-f5 Ne2xc3 Bf5xe4 Nc3xa4 Rg8-c8) -5.57/18 5} bxa5
{(b6xa5 Ra4xa5 Qc4xc3 Ne2xc3 d5-d4 Nc3-e4 c5-c4 Ra5-a7+ Ke7-e6 b2-b3 c4xb3
Ne4-c5+ Ke6xe5 Nc5xb3 Nh5-f4 Ra7xf7 Nf4-d5 Nb3xd4 Ke5xd4 Nc1-e2+ Kd4-e5
Rf7xh7 Bh3-f5 Rh7-h5 Rg8-c8) +6.94/19 6} 26. Rxa5 {(Ra4xa5 Qc4xc3 Ne2xc3
d5-d4 Nc3-e4 c5-c4 Ra5-a7+ Ke7-e6 b2-b3 c4xb3 Ne4-c5+ Ke6xe5 Nc5xb3 Nh5-f4
Ra7xf7 Nf4-d5 Nb3xd4 Ke5xd4 Nc1-e2+ Kd4-e5 Rf7xh7 Bh3-f5 Rh7-h5 Rg8-c8)
-6.94/19 1} Qxc3 {(Qc4xc3 Ne2xc3 d5-d4 Nc3-e4 c5-c4 Ra5-a7+ Ke7-e6 b2-b3
c4xb3 Ne4-c5+ Ke6-d5 Nc5xb3 Nb4-c6 Ra7-a6 Nh5-f4 e5-e6) +7.06/19 1} 27.
Nxc3 {(Ne2xc3 d5-d4 Nc3-d5+ Nb4xd5 Ra5xc5 Rb8xb2 Rc5xd5) -7.91/19 12} d4
{(d5-d4 Nc3-e4 c5-c4 e5-e6 Bh3xe6 c2-c3 Nb4-c6 Ra5xh5 Rb8xb2 Kg1-f1 d4-d3
Kf1-e1) +8.16/20 13} 28. Ne4 {(Nc3-e4 c5-c4 Ra5-a7+ Ke7-e6 c2-c3 d4-d3
c3xb4 Nh5-f4 Ra7-a3 Ke6xe5 Ne4-f2 Ke5-d4 Nf2xh3) -8.40/18 9} c4 {(c5-c4
Ne4-f2 e3xf2+ Kg1xf2 Nb4xc2 Ra5-a2 Nc2-b4 Ra2-a7+ Ke7-e6 Rh1-d1 Nb4-c6
Ra7-a2 Ke6xe5 Nc1-e2 Nh5-f6 Ne2xd4 Nc6xd4 Ra2-a5+ Rb8-b5 Ra5xb5+ Nd4xb5
Rd1-c1 Nb5-d4 Rc1xc4) +8.70/18 9} 29. Nf2 {(Ne4-f2 e3xf2+ Kg1xf2 Nb4xc2
Ra5-a7+ Ke7-e6 b2-b3 c4xb3 Nc1-d3 Nc2-b4 Nd3xb4 Rb8xb4 Ra7-a6+ Ke6-f5
Rh1-b1 b3-b2 Kf2-e2 Nh5xg3+ h2xg3 Rg8xg3 Ke2-d2 Kf5xe5 Ra6-a5+ Ke5-f4)
-8.70/18 2} exf2+ {(e3xf2+ Kg1xf2 Nb4xc2 Ra5-a7+ Ke7-e6 b2-b3 c4xb3 Nc1-d3
Nc2-b4 Nd3xb4 Rb8xb4 Ra7-a6+ Ke6-f5 Rh1-b1 b3-b2 Kf2-e2 Nh5xg3+ h2xg3
Rg8xg3 Ke2-d2 Kf5xe5 Ra6-a5+ Ke5-f4) +8.70/18 1} 30. Kxf2 {(Kg1xf2 Nb4xc2
Ra5-a7+ Ke7-e6 b2-b3) -8.70/1 0} Nxc2 {(Nb4xc2 Ra5-a7+ Ke7-e6 b2-b3)
+8.70/18 1} 31. Ra2 {(Ra5-a2 Nc2-b4 Ra2-a7+ Ke7-e6 g3-g4 Nh5-f4 Kf2-g3
Nb4-d5 Ra7-a6+ Ke6-d7 Ra6-a7+ Kd7-c6 Ra7-a4 Kc6-c5 Ra4-a5+ Kc5-b6 Ra5-a4
Kb6-b5 Ra4-a7) -8.48/17 6} Nb4 {(Nc2-b4 Ra2-a7+ Ke7-e6 g3-g4 Nh5-f4 Kf2-g3
Nb4-d5 Ra7-a6+ Ke6-d7 Ra6-a7+ Kd7-c6 Ra7-a6+ Kc6-b5 Ra6-a7 h7-h5 Rh1-d1)
+8.70/17 1} 32. Ra7+ {(Ra2-a7+ Ke7-e6 g3-g4 Nh5-f4 Kf2-g3 Nb4-d5 Ra7-a6+
Ke6xe5 Rh1-e1+ Nd5-e3 Ra6-a5+ Nf4-d5 Kg3xh3 Rb8xb2 Nc1-e2) -8.94/17 6} Ke6
{(Ke7-e6 Rh1-d1 Nb4-c6 Ra7-a2 Ke6xe5 Nc1-e2 d4-d3 Rd1-e1 d3xe2 Re1xe2+)
+9.08/16 1} 33. Rd1 {(Rh1-d1 Nb4-c6 Ra7-a6 Rb8xb2+ Nc1-e2) -9.24/17 4} Nc6
{(Nb4-c6 Ra7-a2 Ke6xe5 Nc1-e2 d4-d3 Ne2-c1 Bh3-f5 b2-b3 c4xb3 Ra2-b2 Nc6-d4
Nc1xd3+ Bf5xd3 Kf2-e3 Nd4-c2+ Ke3xd3 Rg8-d8+ Kd3-e2 Rd8xd1 Ke2xd1 Nh5-f6
Kd1-c1 Nf6-d5 Rb2xc2 b3xc2 Kc1xc2 f7-f5 f3-f4+ Ke5-e4) +9.10/18 2} 34. Ra2
{(Ra7-a2 Ke6xe5 Nc1-e2 d4-d3 Ne2-c1 Bh3-f5 b2-b3 c4xb3 Ra2-b2 Nc6-d4
Nc1xd3+ Bf5xd3 Kf2-e3 Nd4-c2+ Ke3xd3 Rg8-d8+ Kd3-e2 Rd8xd1 Ke2xd1 Nh5-f6
Kd1-d2 Nc2-d4 f3-f4+ Ke5-e4 Kd2-c1 Nf6-d5 Rb2-d2 Rb8-a8 Kc1-b1 Ra8-b8)
-9.19/18 1} Kxe5 {(Ke6xe5 Nc1-e2 d4-d3 Ne2-c1 Bh3-f5 b2-b3 c4xb3 Ra2-b2
Nc6-d4 Nc1xd3+ Bf5xd3 Kf2-e3 Nd4-c2+ Ke3xd3 Rg8-d8+ Kd3-e2 Rd8xd1 Ke2xd1
Nh5-f6 Kd1-d2 Nc2-d4 f3-f4+ Ke5-e4 Kd2-c1 Nf6-d5 Rb2-d2 Rb8-a8 Kc1-b1
Ra8-b8) +9.19/19 1} 35. Ne2 {(Nc1-e2 d4-d3 Ne2-c1 Bh3-f5 b2-b3 c4xb3 Ra2-b2
Nc6-d4 Nc1xd3+ Bf5xd3 Kf2-e3 Nd4-c2+ Ke3xd3 Rg8-d8+ Kd3-e2 Rd8xd1 Ke2xd1
Nh5-f6 Rb2xc2 b3xc2+ Kd1xc2 Nf6-d5 Kc2-c1 f7-f5 f3-f4+ Ke5-e4 Kc1-c2 h7-h5
Kc2-c1) -9.37/17 2} d3 {(d4-d3 Ne2-c1 Bh3-f5 b2-b3 c4xb3 Ra2-b2 Nc6-d4
Nc1xd3+ Bf5xd3 Kf2-e3 Nd4-c2+ Ke3xd3 Rg8-d8+ Kd3-e2 Rd8xd1 Ke2xd1 Nh5-f6
Rb2xc2 b3xc2+ Kd1xc2 Nf6-d5 h2-h3 f7-f5 Kc2-d2 Rb8-c8 Kd2-d3 Rc8-c3+ Kd3-e2
Rc3-b3) +9.49/19 1} 36. Nc1 {(Ne2-c1 Bh3-f5 b2-b3 c4xb3 Ra2-b2 Nc6-d4
Nc1xd3+ Bf5xd3 Kf2-e3 Nd4-c2+ Ke3xd3 Rg8-d8+ Kd3-e2 Rd8xd1 Ke2xd1 Nh5-f6
Rb2xc2) -9.49/18 1} Bf5 {(Bh3-f5 b2-b3 c4xb3 Ra2-b2 Nc6-d4 Nc1xd3+ Bf5xd3
Kf2-e3 Nd4-c2+ Ke3xd3 Rg8-d8+ Kd3-e2 Rd8xd1 Ke2xd1 Nh5-f6 Rb2xc2 b3xc2+
Kd1xc2 Nf6-d5 h2-h3 f7-f5 Kc2-d2 h7-h5 f3-f4+) +9.55/18 1} 37. b3 {(b2-b3
c4xb3 Ra2-b2 Nc6-d4 Nc1xd3+ Bf5xd3 Kf2-e3 Nd4-c2+ Ke3xd3 Rg8-d8+ Kd3-e2
Rd8xd1 Ke2xd1 Nh5-f6 Kd1-d2 Nc2-d4 Kd2-c1 Nd4xf3 Rb2-b1 Nf3-d4 Kc1-b2
Rb8-a8 Rb1-e1+ Nf6-e4) -9.75/17 4 White resigns} *
11-20-2014
, 08:06 AM
11-22-2014
, 09:29 PM
11-22-2014
, 10:40 PM
11-22-2014
, 10:46 PM
; welcome to the club!
11-23-2014
, 01:40 AM
11-23-2014
, 12:26 PM
heh...you and me both. the world championship made me get interested.
no idea what my ranking would be, probably a couple points above 0, assuming you can't go into the negatives
I just want to be able to soul crush the 8th graders in the chess club. lol
can someone suggest some things to get started? assume you're talking to someone that knows the rules but has played like ~50 games lifetime.
study an opening or two enough to be comfortable after 5-6 moves? read something? if so, what?
11-23-2014
, 06:19 PM
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Obscure?? Mickey narrowly lost a match for the World Championship (to Kasimdzhanov, in the tie-breaks) ten years ago, and has reached the semi-finals on two (3?) other occasions! He has a low variance style, and will always be incredibly strong as long as he keeps playing.
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11-23-2014
, 11:36 PM
Speaking of the prodigy watch, Sam Sevian has just crossed 2500 in the St. Louis GM/IM invitational (and had already earned the 3 norms), which will make him the youngest GM in the American history (after FIDE approves) - 13 years, 10 months and 27 days old 
11-24-2014
, 12:06 AM
Very nice
Edit: For comparison with Sevian, at the age of 13 years, 10 months, here's what some other players of note were rated (as of their last published rating at the time):
Carlsen: 2581
Wei Yi: 2530
Wesley So: 2516
<< INSERT SEVIAN HERE AT 2484 last published, plus St. Louis rating gain
Jeffrey Xiong: 2457 (falling behind a little with Sevian's surge)
Nakamura: 2452
Caruana: 2426
Edit: For comparison with Sevian, at the age of 13 years, 10 months, here's what some other players of note were rated (as of their last published rating at the time):
Carlsen: 2581
Wei Yi: 2530
Wesley So: 2516
<< INSERT SEVIAN HERE AT 2484 last published, plus St. Louis rating gain
Jeffrey Xiong: 2457 (falling behind a little with Sevian's surge)
Nakamura: 2452
Caruana: 2426
Last edited by BobJoeJim; 11-24-2014 at 12:14 AM.
11-24-2014
, 12:43 AM
It's honourable for him to be the 4th best ever at his age
Alas he's drawn with Black today, so an extra-hot run hasn't happened and he's now 'just' 4.5/5.
But the 4th round game where he crossed 2500 is very memorable, he survived a wild middlegame, where IM Andrei Gorovets sacrificed the queen for a rook and bishop, and ended it by his own mating attack with a splendid final attraction/clearance rook sac that will be included in tactics trainers for sure (PGNs can be downloaded from here.) Not every GM can boast crossing 2500 by winning such a fancy game.
Alas he's drawn with Black today, so an extra-hot run hasn't happened and he's now 'just' 4.5/5.
But the 4th round game where he crossed 2500 is very memorable, he survived a wild middlegame, where IM Andrei Gorovets sacrificed the queen for a rook and bishop, and ended it by his own mating attack with a splendid final attraction/clearance rook sac that will be included in tactics trainers for sure
(PGNs can be downloaded from here.) Not every GM can boast crossing 2500 by winning such a fancy game.
Last edited by coon74; 11-24-2014 at 12:48 AM.