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Woodshed
Joined 16 Apr '07 Moves 35523 From chessgames.com today
[Event "New York Masters 18th"] [Site "New York"] [Date "2002.07.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Leonid Yudasin"] [Black "Dennis Monokroussos"] [TimeControl "-"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteELO "2548"] [BlackELO "2290"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.O-O Bc5 7.Nc3 d6 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Nd5 Bg4 10.Be2 Qd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nh4 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 Nd4 14.Qd1 f5 15.c3 fxe4 16.cxd4 Bxd4 17.Qe2 c6 18.Ne3 d5 19.Rad1 Kh8 20.b3 Rf6 21.Nc2 c5 22.g3 Qf7 23.Nxd4 exd4 24.f4 Re8 25.Rfe1 Rfe6 26.f5 Re5 27.Qf2 Qf6 28.h3 b6 29.g4 e3 30.Qg3 Rg8 31.Re2 Re4 32.Kh2 c4 33.bxc4 dxc4 34.Ng2 b5 35.Nf4 Qe5 36.Ng2 Qf6 37.Qc7 Rge8 38.Qc5 Qe5+ 39.Qxe5+ R8xe5 40.Ne1 b4 41.Kg3 a5 42.f6 Kg8 43.Nf3 Rd5 44.Nd2 exd2 45.Rxe4 c3 46.Rf1 Rd8 47.Re2 d3 48.Ref2 a4 49.g5 b3 50.axb3 axb3 51.h4 b2 52.h5 c2 53.Rxd2 c1=Q 54.Rdd1 Qe3+ 55.Kg4 Rd4+ 56.Kf5 Qe4# 0-1
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Joined 23 Aug '04 Moves 26660 That must have been what it was like to fight Imperial Rome.
an English garden
Joined 15 Jan '08 Moves 32836 hahaha thats an awesome game
Woodshed
Joined 16 Apr '07 Moves 35523 Originally posted by AThousandYoung
That must have been what it was like to fight Imperial Rome. Heh! And another soldier fills the gap. Here is the closest game I could remember of my own - just keep taking toward the centre.
Game 3920989
I liked how the threat of a rook fork lead to a bishop fork instead, from this position here
[Event "Challenge"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2007.08.15"] [EndDate "2007.08.16"] [Round "?"] [White "desertdiver"] [Black "Exuma"] [WhiteRating "1637"] [BlackRating "1803"] [WhiteELO "1637"] [BlackELO "1803"] [Result "0-1"] [GameId "3920989"] 1. e4 d6 2. Bf1c4 Ng8f6 3. Nb1c3 Nf6xe4 4. Qd1f3 Ne4f6 5. d3 c6 6. h3 Nb8d7 7. Bc1g5 Nd7e5 8. Qf3e2 Ne5xc4 9. dxc4 e5 10. Bg5xf6 Qd8xf6 11. Qe2f3 Bf8e7 12. Qf3xf6 gxf6 13. Ng1f3 Bc8e6 14. O-O Rh8g8 15. Kg1h2 O-O-O 16. b3 f5 17. Ra1d1 Rg8g7 18. Rf1g1 f6 19. g3 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Nc3e2 Be7c5 22. Rg1g2 d4 23. c4 dxc3 24. Rd1xd8 Kc8xd8 25. Ne2xc3 Rg7d7 26. Nf3e1 Bc5b4 0-1
Joined 26 May '09 Moves 1198
Joined 29 Jun '05 Moves 6907 Originally posted by Exuma
I liked how the threat of a rook fork lead to a bishop fork instead, from this position here This is not really a fork is it; more like a form of skewer where both men are undefended (and in this case they are the same value), and no move can defend both of them. Any suggestions for a more distinctive name ?
Joined 21 Jan '07 Moves 12359 Originally posted by Exuma
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[pgn]
[Event "New York Masters 18th"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2002.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leonid Yudasin"]
[Black "Dennis Monokroussos"]
[TimeControl "-"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteELO "2548"]
[BlackELO "2290"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 fxe4 5.dxe4 Nf6 6.O-O Bc5 7.Nc3 d6 8.Bg5
O-O 9.Nd5 Bg4 10.Be2 Qd ...[text shortened]... b2 52.h5 c2 53.Rxd2 c1=Q
54.Rdd1 Qe3+ 55.Kg4 Rd4+ 56.Kf5 Qe4# 0-1[/pgn] Yeah I had seen that game, it's bloody brilliant!
Woodshed
Joined 16 Apr '07 Moves 35523 Originally posted by Essex 3
This is not really a fork is it; more like a form of skewer where both men are undefended (and in this case they are the same value), and no move can defend both of them. Any suggestions for a more distinctive name ? Yes - I like that better anyway - The threat of a fork, leads to a skewer
127.0.0.1
Joined 27 Oct '05 Moves 158564 very nice game. Those are some menacing pawns.
Woodshed
Joined 16 Apr '07 Moves 35523 Originally posted by zebano
very nice game. Those are some menacing pawns. Here is a classic Kingside swarm in a Pirc blitz game
[Date "2010.2.22"] [Round "?"] [White "milli"] [Black "Exuma"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e2-e4 d7-d6 2. d2-d4 Ng8-f6 3. Nb1-c3 g7-g6 4. Ng1-f3 Bf8-g7 5. Bc1-g5 O-O 6. Qd1-d2 Nb8-c6 7. Bf1-e2 e7-e5 8. d4-d5 Nc6-e7 9. O-O Nf6-d7 10. Bg5-h6 f7-f5 11. Bh6xg7 Kg8xg7 12. Be2-d3 f5-f4 13. Nf3-e1 g6-g5 14. g2-g3 Ne7-g6 15. Bd3-e2 Nd7-f6 16. Ne1-f3 h7-h6 17. h2-h4 Bc8-h3 18. Rf1-e1 g5-g4 19. Nf3-g5 h6xg5 20. h4xg5 Nf6-h5 21. Be2-f1 Qd8xg5 22. g3xf4 Nh5xf4 23. Bf1xh3 g4xh3 0-1
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