Mr. Cat draws GM Alexander Goldin

Hello all,

I played in the Land of the Sky XVIII tournament in Asheville, NC this weekend and after the tournament we had a simultaneous exhibition with Grand Master Alexander Goldin. Unfortunately, due to the weather, there were only five of us at the Simul. On a plus note, the other four players lost to GM Goldin and I was the only one to manage a draw. 🙂

Here is the game:

[Event "Simultaneous Exhibition"]
[Site "Land of the Sky XVIII"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Cheshire Cat"]
[Black "Alexander Goldin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1. f4 e5
2. fxe5 d6
3. exd6 Bxd6
4. Nf3 g5
5. g3 g4
6. Nh4 Ne7
7. e4 Nbc6
8. Be2 h5
9. c3 Ng6
10. Nf5 h4
11. Nxd6+ Qxd6
12. Rg1 hxg3
13. hxg3 Rh3
14. Kf2 Qf6+
15. Ke3 Rxg3+
16. Rxg3 Qf4+
17. Kd3 Qxg3+
18. Kc2 Bd7
19. d4 O-O-O
20. Nd2 Rh8
21. Nf1 Qf2
22. Be3 Qg2
23. Qd3 g3
24. Nd2 Rh2
25. Re1 Qh3
26. Kb3 g2
27. Nf3 Rh1
28. Ng1 Qg3
29. Qd2 Nce7
30. Bd3 f5
31. Qf2 Qxf2
32. Bxf2 fxe4
33. Bxe4 Bc6
34. Bxc6 bxc6
35. Re3 Nf5
36. Re6 Nfe7
1/2-1/2

Granted, he was giving me a lot of help, but I think I did remarkably well. 🙂 Horray me!!

~ Cheshire Cat 😀

P.S. A friend of mine asked me who the hell plays the Bird against a GM and the only person crazy enough to do it seems to be me. 😛

The Crazy got a draw though. Good on ya!

A draw against a GM is one for the scrapbook for sure. Congrats!

*Applause* When you get famous, I'm NN OK?😛

Great job my friend! Wow! to a gm, ive played against about a handful of masters, with a record of 2-7-3, thats great, im very impressed! Hooray for the Cat! When are you going to start to be active again, you dont want to drop your no1 spot all time to me!

Dustin

Originally posted by Cheshire Cat
the only person crazy enough to do it seems to be me. 😛

He's got cat class,he's got cat style!

A crazy game by a crazy cat,well done!

Great job Cheshire :-).

Originally posted by Dustnrogers
Great job my friend! Wow! to a gm, ive played against about a handful of masters, with a record of 2-7-3, thats great, im very impressed! Hooray for the Cat! When are you going to start to be active again, you dont want to drop your no1 spot all time to me!

Dustin

Thanks all!! It was certainly a fun experience. 🙂

~ Cheshire Cat 😀

>Hello all,

after the tournament we had a simultaneous exhibition with Grand Master Alexander Goldin. There were only five of us at the Simul. I was the only one to manage a draw.

Hey, CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I beat both Shamkovitch and Walter Browne when they came to Flint, Michigan, but they had a lot more opponents than just 5 players!

arrakis

Originally posted by arrakis
>Hello all,

after the tournament we had a simultaneous exhibition with Grand Master Alexander Goldin. There were only five of us at the Simul. I was the only one to manage a draw.

Hey, CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I beat both Shamkovitch and Walter Browne when they came to Flint, Michigan, but they had a lot more opponents than just 5 players!

arrakis