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IM vs. poker player.....

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The "measly chess prize" thread mentions a game between poker player and IM. I did a quick search and for those interested, these are the games where the poker player (Tom Dwan) was given rook odds against an IM - Greg Shahade. He was also given more time than the 45 minutes allotted per game to think - at an extra $300.00 a minute....If there was a way to insert these as boards, I didn't know it...sorry. So here they are in plain old notation...as recorded by Greg Shahade.

"Game 1, I am white, king's rook is missing…I actually overlooked ...Qxd4

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bf4 e6 5.c5 Qa5 6.a3 Bxc5 7.dxc5 Qxc5 8.Rc1 d4 9.Ne4 Qa5+ 10.b4 Qxa3 11.Nd6+ Ke7 12.Qxd4 Nd7 13.e4 Bg6 14.Ra1 c5 15.Qxg7 Qxb4+ 16.Bd2 Qd4 17.Qxd4 cxd4 18.Bb4 Kf6 19.f4 e5 20.f5 Bh5 21.h3 Nh6 22.Bd2 Ke7 23.Nxb7 Rab8 24.Na5 Rhc8 25.Bxh6 f6 26.Bc1 Kf7 27.g4 Nc5 28.gxh5 Nxe4 29.Bc4+ Ke8 30.Ne2 Nd6 31.Be6 Rc7 32.Ba3 Ne4 33.Bd5 Nc5 34.Bc6+ Kf8 35.Bxc5+ Kg7 36.Bd6 Rxc6 37.Nxc6 Rb6 38.Rxa7+ Kh6 39.Bf8+ Kxh5 40.Rxh7+ Kg5 41.Ne7 Rb1+ 42.Kf2 d3 43.Bh6+ Kh4 44.Be3# 1-0

Game 2, I'm black, queen's rook is missing. At the very end when he lost his queen he had only a few seconds left

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Bd2 Bg4 6.Nc3 Qc8 7.h3 Be6 8.e3 Nf6 9.Qe2 0-0 10.Ng5 Bd7 11.e4 d4 12.Nd1 c5 13.f4 h6 14.Nf3 Nh5 15.Qf2 exf4 16.Bxf4 Bxf4 17.gxf4 Nxf4 18.Qg3 Qc7 19.Qh2 f5 20.b3 fxe4 21.dxe4 Qa5+ 22.Nd2 Nc6 23.Rf1 g5 24.h4 Nb4 25.Rc1 Qa3 26.Rb1 Nxc2+ 27.Kf2 Qb4 28.Nf3 g4 29.Qg3 Kh7 30.a3 Qb6 31.Bh1 d3 32.Ne3 c4 33.Qxf4 Rxf4 34.Kg3 Qxe3 0-1

If anyone can tell me if there was a quick way to convert this into a board format for posting I'd be appreciative as well....

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Originally posted by jaserrn
The "measly chess prize" thread mentions a game between poker player and IM. I did a quick search and for those interested, these are the games where the poker player (Tom Dwan) was given rook odds against an IM - Greg Shahade. He was also given more time than the 45 minutes allotted per game to think - at an extra $300.00 a minute....If there was a way to ...[text shortened]... uick way to convert this into a board format for posting I'd be appreciative as well....



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Tom Dwan had $50 000 riding on the outcome of these matches- making them possibly the highest stakes chess games ever played? I'm glad you posted them.

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