One more gone from the Top 5

Originally posted by heinzkat
See my February 2010 contribution in the RHP Blitz 😛

Such things happen

Very often on the internet

In three years time that player will come back and whoop your ass.

Originally posted by Fat Lady
This game is funny: Game 5410371. Assuming that laurentmeric has been banned for engine use, Littlemcniff did very well to hold this one.

I question the move: 4. c4

That seems abit off for a human to play

Originally posted by Fat Lady
In three years time that player will come back and whoop your ass.

I was black 😳

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Originally posted by heinzkat
I'd do the same under any circumstance, hop around and cash that advantage

sure, there's always the possibility the other 2200+ player will miss a fork on an empty board. in CC. 😀

Originally posted by wormwood
sure, there's always the possibility the other 2200+ player will miss a fork on an empty board. in CC. 😀

I remember a similar IM vs. WGM game last year with incremental time control where the WGM eventually succumbed after ten hours (exaggerated😛), it's just exhaustion chess

And on here you can always hope your opponent misses a deadline or is banned by Russ

Originally posted by heinzkat
See my February 2010 contribution in the RHP Blitz 😛

Such things happen

Very often on the internet

such rare upsets are possible, but such graphs aren't.

Originally posted by wormwood
hahahahahah.... these are always hilarious. back in the day trains44 went on knight hopping up to 120 moves in a similar N vs B ending.

ha, Only, I was the one with the hopping knight, he with the bishop.
Game 1545832

Originally posted by Regicidal
ha, Only, I was the one doing the knight hopping.
Game 1545832

ah, that's the game! so it was the other way around. oh well, I was close enough.


I think I asked you once before, years ago, but what finally made him agree to a draw?

I wondered how I jumped up in the player standings. 😞

Originally posted by heinzkat
Aha, I was already wondering how FabianFnas could be on page 1 all of a sudden

Oh, DanVM gave me 27 rating points when he was banned.
I will fall in the near future. I have quite a few games when I'm in under in quality. I won't stay in the page #1 for long.

Originally posted by philidor position
such rare upsets are possible, but such graphs aren't.

Rare upset? It happens to me about daily 😛

Originally posted by Fat Lady
It's aways good to see beginners improve. It warms the cockles of my heart to watch the progress of players on this site.

I bet he's glad he doesn't play horrors like this anymore: Game 3306970 (from March 2007).

Witness Nigel Short - David Norwood



Current Fide rating list:
Short 2696
Norwood 2503

Perhaps someone should alert FIDE

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White's play is 3800-ish

Originally posted by Ajuin
Witness Nigel Short - David Norwood

[pgn][Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Short,Nigel"] [Black "Norwood,David"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "9"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Nc6+[/pgn]

Current Fide rating list:
Short 2696
Norwood 2503

Perhaps someone should alert FIDE

[hidden]no doubt you will find out it was played in 1975 *grin*[/hidden]

Is this a joke or is it a genuine Short vs Norwood game?

Originally posted by Fat Lady
Is this a joke or is it a genuine Short vs Norwood game?

The game is genuine.My source is Burgess' mammoth book,page 131 in the notes to a Petroff defense trap.
Short was 10 years old,Norwood 6 so it was played in some junior event in 1975.