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I think I just committed the swindle of the... well, what with the number of games played here, perhaps of the week. But it's a swindle.

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1.e4e5
2.Nf3Bd6
3.Nc3h6
4.Bc4Nf6
5.O-Oa6
6.d4Nc6
7.d5Na5
8.b3Nxc4
9.bxc4Bb4
10.Bb2d6
11.a3Bxc3
12.Bxc3Nxe4
13.Bb2b6
14.Rb1a5
15.Nd2Nc5
16.f4f6
17.fxe5dxe5
18.Qh5Kf8
19.Rf3Qd6
20.Rg3Na4
21.Bc1Bd7
22.Ne4Qe7
23.Bd2Be8
24.Qf3Rd8
25.Qf2Bf7
26.Rgb3Bg6
27.Qf3Bxe4
28.Qxe4Nc5
29.Qg4Nxb3
30.Rxb3Rb8
31.Be1g5
32.Bg3h5
33.Qf5Kf7
34.Re3Kg7
35.Kf2Rbe8
36.Kf3Rh6
37.Bf2Rg6
38.h4g4
39.Kg3Kh6
40.Re1Rh8
41.Be3Kg7
42.Bd4Qxa3
43.c3exd4
44.Qd7Kh6
45.Kf4Qd6
46.Qxd6cxd6
47.cxd4Rg7
48.Re6Rd8
49.Rxf6Rg6
50.Rf7Rb8
51.g3b5
52.cxb5Rxb5
53.Ke4a4
54.Ra7Rb3
55.Rxa4Rxg3
56.Kf4Rh3
57.Ra7Rxh4
58.Kf5g3
59.Rh7Kxh7

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      And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why you never give up unless you know that even you yourself could not lose your opponent's game.

      (Ok, what is wrong with that PGN? I've tried removing all newlines inside comments, all newlines around comments, all headers, all [ i ]'s inside comments... nothing works. Could someone who has this figured out please have a look?)

      Richard

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      Superb! Pity it was not a Championship else it would be appearing
      in the Blog. But it will no doubt one day.

      Thank you. Entertainig Notes.

      Edit:
      First PGN worked - I have to go out now and meet Mrs Greenpawn.
      Good luck, I know what's like trying to repair a PGN.

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      Originally posted by greenpawn34
      Superb! Pity it was not a Championship else it would be appearing
      in the Blog. But it will no doubt one day.

      Thank you. Entertainig Notes.

      Edit:
      First PGN worked - I have to go out now and meet Mrs Greenpawn.
      Good luck, I know what's like trying to repair a PGN.
      Nah, what's there now is the first PGN. What you saw was that PGN hauled through Arena, which did post but put all the comments in the wrong places. At least, that's what it did when I viewed the post.

      But just in case, here it is again:
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      1.e4e5
      2.Nf3Bd6
      3.Nc3h6
      4.Bc4Nf6
      5.O-Oa6
      6.d4Nc6
      7.d5Na5
      8.b3Nxc4
      9.bxc4Bb4
      10.Bb2d6
      11.a3Bxc3
      12.Bxc3Nxe4
      13.Bb2b6
      14.Rb1a5
      15.Nd2Nc5
      16.f4f6
      17.fxe5dxe5
      18.Qh5Kf8
      19.Rf3Qd6
      20.Rg3Na4
      21.Bc1Bd7
      22.Ne4Qe7
      23.Bd2Be8
      24.Qf3Rd8
      25.Qf2Bf7
      26.Rgb3Bg6
      27.Qf3Bxe4
      28.Qxe4Nc5
      29.Qg4Nxb3
      30.Rxb3Rb8
      31.Be1g5
      32.Bg3h5
      33.Qf5Kf7
      34.Re3Kg7
      35.Kf2Rbe8
      36.Kf3Rh6
      37.Bf2Rg6
      38.h4g4
      39.Kg3Kh6
      40.Re1Rh8
      41.Be3Kg7
      42.Bd4Qxa3
      43.c3exd4
      44.Qd7Kh6
      45.Kf4Qd6
      46.Qxd6cxd6
      47.cxd4Rg7
      48.Re6Rd8
      49.Rxf6Rg6
      50.Rf7Rb8
      51.g3b5
      52.cxb5Rxb5
      53.Ke4a4
      54.Ra7Rb3
      55.Rxa4Rxg3
      56.Kf4Rh3
      57.Ra7Rxh4
      58.Kf5g3
      59.Rh7Kxh7

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          There should be a comment on the very last move, and the comment on Black's second move starts with "This is not". If that's not what you're seeing, you've got the comments in the wrong place, and I still don't know how to get these right.

          (Edit: and thank you for your kind words. All the more so because you know what you're talking about.)

          Richard

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          1.e4e5
          2.Nf3Bd6
          3.Nc3h6
          4.Bc4Nf6
          5.O-Oa6
          6.d4Nc6
          7.d5Na5
          8.b3Nxc4
          9.bxc4Bb4
          10.Bb2d6
          11.a3Bxc3
          12.Bxc3Nxe4
          13.Bb2b6
          14.Rb1a5
          15.Nd2Nc5
          16.f4f6
          17.fxe5dxe5
          18.Qh5Kf8
          19.Rf3Qd6
          20.Rg3Na4
          21.Bc1Bd7
          22.Ne4Qe7
          23.Bd2Be8
          24.Qf3Rd8
          25.Qf2Bf7
          26.Rgb3Bg6
          27.Qf3Bxe4
          28.Qxe4Nc5
          29.Qg4Nxb3
          30.Rxb3Rb8
          31.Be1g5
          32.Bg3h5
          33.Qf5Kf7
          34.Re3Kg7
          35.Kf2Rbe8
          36.Kf3Rh6
          37.Bf2Rg6
          38.h4g4
          39.Kg3Kh6
          40.Re1Rh8
          41.Be3Kg7
          42.Bd4Qxa3
          43.c3exd4
          44.Qd7Kh6
          45.Kf4Qd6
          46.Qxd6cxd6
          47.cxd4Rg7
          48.Re6Rd8
          49.Rxf6Rg6
          50.Rf7Rb8
          51.g3b5
          52.cxb5Rxb5
          53.Ke4a4
          54.Ra7Rb3
          55.Rxa4Rxg3
          56.Kf4Rh3
          57.Ra7Rxh4
          58.Kf5g3
          59.Rh7Kxh7

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              Originally posted by gambit05
              [pgn]
              [Event "Challenge"]
              [Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgame.com"]
              [Date "2011.12.04"]
              [Round "?"]
              [White "Shallow Blue"]
              [Black "nlslav"]
              [Result "1/2-1/2"]
              [ECO "?"]
              [WhiteElo "1428"]
              [BlackElo "1390"]
              [Annotator ""]
              [Source ""]
              [Remark ""]

              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Bd6 {This isn't exactly the best move in the King's Knight: it blocks Black's own c eap shot I was going for.} 1/2-1/2
              [/pgn]
              Well done, that's almost it! It starts out right, but it misses out the comment on move 19, and from then on starts putting them all one comment earlier. Also it doesn't have any newlines inside the comments (I had some blank lines in there), but that may be cause and effect or vice versa. Next try:

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              1.e4e5
              2.Nf3Bd6
              3.Nc3h6
              4.Bc4Nf6
              5.O-Oa6
              6.d4Nc6
              7.d5Na5
              8.b3Nxc4
              9.bxc4Bb4
              10.Bb2d6
              11.a3Bxc3
              12.Bxc3Nxe4
              13.Bb2b6
              14.Rb1a5
              15.Nd2Nc5
              16.f4f6
              17.fxe5dxe5
              18.Qh5Kf8
              19.Rf3Qd6
              20.Rg3Na4
              21.Bc1Bd7
              22.Ne4Qe7
              23.Bd2Be8
              24.Qf3Rd8
              25.Qf2Bf7
              26.Rgb3Bg6
              27.Qf3Bxe4
              28.Qxe4Nc5
              29.Qg4Nxb3
              30.Rxb3Rb8
              31.Be1g5
              32.Bg3h5
              33.Qf5Kf7
              34.Re3Kg7
              35.Kf2Rbe8
              36.Kf3Rh6
              37.Bf2Rg6
              38.h4g4
              39.Kg3Kh6
              40.Re1Rh8
              41.Be3Kg7
              42.Bd4Qxa3
              43.c3exd4
              44.Qd7Kh6
              45.Kf4Qd6
              46.Qxd6cxd6
              47.cxd4Rg7
              48.Re6Rd8
              49.Rxf6Rg6
              50.Rf7Rb8
              51.g3b5
              52.cxb5Rxb5
              53.Ke4a4
              54.Ra7Rb3
              55.Rxa4Rxg3
              56.Kf4Rh3
              57.Ra7Rxh4
              58.Kf5g3
              59.Rh7Kxh7

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                  ...and that did it. I now have the same game in my browser as in Chesspad.

                  What I still don't understand is why it wouldn't work before, when I also tried removing all newlines. Did you take out something else as well, which I overlooked?

                  Richard

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                  Originally posted by Shallow Blue
                  Nah, what's there now is the first PGN. What you saw was that PGN hauled through Arena, which did post but put all the comments in the wrong places. At least, that's what it did when I viewed the post.

                  But just in case, here it is again:
                  [pgn][Event "Challenge"]
                  [Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgame.com"]
                  [Date "2011.12.04"]
                  [Round "?"]
                  [ ou're talking about.)

                  Richard
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                  Black to move

                  Black played 47...Rg7? It just allows the wR in to pick off some pawns.
                  47...Ra8! The Rook stands best behind the passed pawn [Tarrasch]. Black could then push the a-pawn, tie up the white Rook, then follow with Rg7-c7 killing the c4 pawn and preparing the advance of the b-pawn as well.

                  Edit: If white plays Ke4-d3 to save the c4 pawn, his King is now tied up and Black's pawns can advance on the Kingside.

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                  Originally posted by SwissGambit
                  [fen]7r/8/1p1p1prk/p2P3p/2PP1KpP/8/6P1/4R3 b - - 0 47[/fen]
                  Black to move

                  Black played 47...Rg7? It just allows the wR in to pick off some pawns.
                  47...Ra8! The Rook stands best behind the passed pawn [Tarrasch].
                  True. He could also have played Rc8, targeting my c-pawn and getting two passed pawns instead of one.

                  I have the same weakness myself: no idea how to convert a clear advantage into a straight win in an even moderately complicated endgame. Cheap tactics mostly stop working at that stage.

                  Richard

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                  Originally posted by Shallow Blue
                  Well done, that's almost it! It starts out right, but it misses out the comment on move 19, and from then on starts putting them all one comment earlier. Also it doesn't have any newlines inside the comments (I had some blank lines in there), but that may be cause and effect or vice versa. Next try:

                  [pgn]
                  [Event "Challenge"]
                  [Site "http://www.playt s well, which I overlooked?

                  Richard
                  I removed a lot of spaces, especially between "{" and the following text. I also removed line breaks, but I am not sure whether that is necessary.

                  Edit: It seems they are. I just found that the were still some line breaks in my version of the annotated game after "Kf8 19.Rf3 {Argh! True blunder number one. Lesson learned (hey, a man must be allowed to", which I haven't seen as they fit with the normal text length.

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                  HI SB

                  I figured the notes were a move behind quite quickly, I'm used to seeing
                  it on here. The notes then fell further back but you could still keep track.
                  It happens.

                  I now use Penguin v6 (google it) it's a free download. It has always just sailed
                  into RHP without any hassle. I had to mess about about with the settings till
                  I got it how I like it. I now won't use anything else.

                  I could have stayed and reapired the first one. (Simply copying into and back out
                  of Penguin would have fixed it.) but I was running late.
                  Turns out that Mrs GP was also late so I could of spared a few minutes.

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                  Originally posted by greenpawn34
                  I now use [b]Penguin v6 (google it) it's a free download. It has always just sailed into RHP without any hassle. I had to mess about about with the settings till I got it how I like it. I now won't use anything else.[/b]
                  I just downloaded that - it's now on v8 - but I must say, it will never be my favourite. I don't like the two-tone look of the board, and I don't like how any opened game is automatically opened at the end, with no obvious setting to remedy that.
                  That needn't stop me from using it to copy-and-paste my PGNs though it, of course. Here, let's try:

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                  1.e4e5
                  2.Nf3Bd6
                  3.Nc3h6
                  4.Bc4Nf6
                  5.O-Oa6
                  6.d4Nc6
                  7.d5Na5
                  8.b3Nxc4
                  9.bxc4Bb4
                  10.Bb2d6
                  11.a3Bxc3
                  12.Bxc3Nxe4
                  13.Bb2b6
                  14.Rb1a5
                  15.Nd2Nc5
                  16.f4f6
                  17.fxe5dxe5
                  18.Qh5Kf8
                  19.Rf3Qd6
                  20.Rg3Na4
                  21.Bc1Bd7
                  22.Ne4Qe7
                  23.Bd2Be8
                  24.Qf3Rd8
                  25.Qf2Bf7
                  26.Rgb3Bg6
                  27.Qf3Bxe4
                  28.Qxe4Nc5
                  29.Qg4Nxb3
                  30.Rxb3Rb8
                  31.Be1g5
                  32.Bg3h5
                  33.Qf5Kf7
                  34.Re3Kg7
                  35.Kf2Rbe8
                  36.Kf3Rh6
                  37.Bf2Rg6
                  38.h4g4
                  39.Kg3Kh6
                  40.Re1Rh8
                  41.Be3Kg7
                  42.Bd4Qxa3
                  43.c3exd4
                  44.Qd7Kh6
                  45.Kf4Qd6
                  46.Qxd6cxd6
                  47.cxd4Rg7
                  48.Re6Rd8
                  49.Rxf6Rg6
                  50.Rf7Rb8
                  51.g3b5
                  52.cxb5Rxb5
                  53.Ke4a4
                  54.Ra7Rb3
                  55.Rxa4Rxg3
                  56.Kf4Rh3
                  57.Ra7Rxh4
                  58.Kf5g3
                  59.Rh7Kxh7

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                      Edit: nope.

                      Richard

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                      Hi SB

                      As I said I had to mess about about with the settings till I was happy.

                      V8 - I never like upgrades. If something is working leave it alone.
                      It took me 12 years to get off Windows 3.1, that was really a smashing piece
                      of kit. It never let me down.

                      Surprised it did not fix it. There must be c/returns and tabs in the white space.

                      Don't despair, sort it out how you like it, then note up a game.
                      It does take about ½ an hour to get use to use to it.
                      I did the last blog with it and it did not need one correction. All the PGN's worked.
                      Before then I was fanning about for ages. I even binned games and notes
                      I was going to use out of frustration.

                      Someone must know of a simple, no gimmicks, standard easy to use PGN editor
                      that is RHP friendly. Perhaps some Einstein can write one.

                      And no engine. I'm not falling into that trap. (you can add a spell checker though.)

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                      Here is the most outrageous swindle I have ever seen in an OTB game. Played by one of the under 9s I was looking after in the EPSCA zonal competition last weekend.

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                      1.Qxe6Rxh2
                      2.Qxe7Rh1

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                      Only one point separated the teams in 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th place, and if the Oxfordshire player hadn't pulled this off we would dropped from 4th to 7th, and out of the qualifying places.

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                      Originally posted by Shallow Blue
                      Unfortunately for him, he lost his bottle in the endgame, and I knew exactly which cheap shot I was going for.

                      And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why you never give up unless you know that even you yourself could not lose your opponent's game.
                      I think I might open a separate thread with games I wanted to resign but I decided to play a little bit further, just ebcause a pretty girls was walking nearby and I didn't want her to see me resigning...

                      Here, in a blity 5+8 /on some other chess site/,
                      I played 30 ... Qb6 and left my Queen under the Knight's attack, but I kept poker face, and my opponent didn't notice anything.

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                      1.e4c5
                      2.Nf3d6
                      3.Bc4Nc6
                      4.O-Oe6
                      5.c3Nf6
                      6.Re1a6
                      7.d4b5
                      8.Bf1c4
                      9.d5Ne5
                      10.Nxe5dxe5
                      11.dxe6Bxe6
                      12.Qf3Be7
                      13.Be3Qc7
                      14.Na3O-O
                      15.Nc2Rad8
                      16.Bg5Bg4
                      17.Qg3Be6
                      18.Rad1Rxd1
                      19.Rxd1Rd8
                      20.Rxd8Bxd8
                      21.Qe3Ng4
                      22.Qd2Bxg5
                      23.Qxg5f6
                      24.Qd2Qb6
                      25.h3Nh6
                      26.Ne3Nf7
                      27.Nd5Qc5
                      28.b4cxb3
                      29.axb3Nd6
                      30.b4Qb6
                      31.Kh2Nxe4
                      32.Nxb6Nxd2
                      33.Bd3e4
                      34.Bc2f5
                      35.Kg3Kf7
                      36.Kf4h6
                      37.h4Kf6
                      38.Ke3Nc4
                      39.Nxc4Bxc4
                      40.Kd4g5
                      41.hxg5hxg5
                      42.g3Ke6
                      43.Kc5Ke5
                      44.Kb6Bd3
                      45.Bb3f4
                      46.Kxa6e3
                      47.fxe3fxe3
                      48.c4bxc4
                      49.Bd1c3
                      50.b5e2
                      51.Bxe2Bxe2
                      52.Ka5Bxb5
                      53.Kxb5

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                          And I do hope your opponent didn't have much valuable brandy in his bottle. 😉

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                          The post that was quoted here has been removed
                          It seems like Reshevsky had a nice sacrifice of his own.

                          48... Re1+ 49. Kh2 Rh1+ 50. Kxh1 Qxg3 51. Qc2 Nh3 with the dual threats of ...Qg1# and ...Nf2+

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