Knight Pair

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Tim Spanton
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Re: Knight Pair

Post by Tim Spanton » Sun Feb 09, 2020 5:14 pm

Nick Grey wrote:
Thu Feb 06, 2020 10:02 pm
Tim. I read your excellent Thematic Exchange Spanish a quarter century ago so thanks again.

Time for me to dig up my Knight Pairs.
Thanks Nick - you may be interested in my 123-move game from yesterday's 4NCL:
https://beauchess.blogspot.com/2020/02/yesterday.html

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Re: Knight Pair

Post by Alex Holowczak » Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:00 pm

Tim Spanton wrote:
Sun Feb 09, 2020 5:14 pm
Nick Grey wrote:
Thu Feb 06, 2020 10:02 pm
Tim. I read your excellent Thematic Exchange Spanish a quarter century ago so thanks again.

Time for me to dig up my Knight Pairs.
Thanks Nick - you may be interested in my 123-move game from yesterday's 4NCL:
https://beauchess.blogspot.com/2020/02/yesterday.html
Is that 123-move game available in PGN form, a weary game-inputter asks?

Tim Spanton
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Re: Knight Pair

Post by Tim Spanton » Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:44 pm

Alex Holowczak wrote:
Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:00 pm
Tim Spanton wrote:
Sun Feb 09, 2020 5:14 pm
Nick Grey wrote:
Thu Feb 06, 2020 10:02 pm
Tim. I read your excellent Thematic Exchange Spanish a quarter century ago so thanks again.

Time for me to dig up my Knight Pairs.
Thanks Nick - you may be interested in my 123-move game from yesterday's 4NCL:
https://beauchess.blogspot.com/2020/02/yesterday.html
Is that 123-move game available in PGN form, a weary game-inputter asks?
It should be at the 4NCL website soon - meanwhile, my post gives all the moves, but with commentary:
https://beauchess.blogspot.com/

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Re: Knight Pair

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:47 pm

Here it is, Alex:

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Be3 0-0-0 9.Nd2 Ne7 10.f3 c5 11.N4b3 b6 12.a4 Nc6 13.Ke2 Be6 14.c3 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Ne4 h6 17.Rad1 Be7 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rd1 Ne5 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Nbd2 Be6 22.Bf4 Nc4 23.b3 Nxd2 24.Nxd2 a5 25.Be5 g6 26.c4 Bd6 27.Bf6+ Kd7 28.g3 Bf5 29.Ne4 Ke6 30.Bc3 h5 31.Ke3 Be5 32.Bxe5 Kxe5 33.f4+ Ke6 34.Nd2 Bc2 35.h3 Kf5 36.Ke2 g5 37.fxg5 Kxg5 38.Kf3 Bf5 39.Ne4+ Kg6 40.g4 Bd7 41.gxh5+ Kh6 42.h4 Bh3 43.Ng3 Bd7 44.Kf4 c6 45.Ke5 Bg4 46.Kd6 Bf3 47.Kc7 b5 48.cxb5 cxb5 49.axb5 c4 50.bxc4 a4 51.Nf5+ Kxh5 52.Nd4 Bd1 53.b6 a3 54.b7 a2 55.b8=Q a1=Q 56.Qh8+ Kg4 57.Qg7+ Kh3 58.Qd7+ Bg4 59.Qd5 Kxh4 60.Nb5 Qg7+ 61.Kb6 Qf6+ 62.Nd6 Qb2+ 63.Kc5 Qa3+ 64.Kd4 Qb2+ 65.Kc5 Qa3+ 66.Kb6 Bf3 67.Qd4+ Kh3 68.Nb5 Qa8 69.Qd7+ Kg2 70.Qc7 Qf8 71.c5 Qf6+ 72.Qd6 Qg5 73.Nd4 Bg4 74.c6 Qc1 75.Qd5+ Kh3 76.c7 Qb2+ 77.Nb5 Qf2+ 78.Qd4 Qf5 79.Nd6 Qb1+ 80.Ka7 Qa2+ 81.Kb8 Qb3+ 82.Nb7 Qg3 83.Qh8+ Kg2 84.Qb2+ Kg1 85.Qb6+ Kg2 86.Nd6 Qh3 87.Qb2+ Kg1 88.Ne4 Qf3 89.Qd4+ Kg2 90.Qd2+ Kg1 91.Qb4 Qf4 92.Qb1+ Kg2 93.Qb2+ Kf3 94.Nf6 Bf5 95.Qc3+ Kf2 96.Nd5 Qf3 97.Qd2+ Kg3 98.Qe1+ Kg4 99.Ne3+ Kf4 100.Nxf5 Qb3+ 101.Kc8 Kxf5 102.Qe8 Qb6 103.Qe7 Kf4 104.Kd7 Qb5+ 105.Kd8 Qd5+ 106.Ke8 Qa8+ 107.Kf7 Qd5+ 108.Kg6 Qg2+ 109.Kh7 Qh3+ 110.Kg8 Qg4+ 111.Kf8 Qc8+ 112.Kf7 Kf3 113.Qd8 Qb7 114.Qd7 Qb3+ 115.Kf8 Qb4+ 116.Qe7 Qb7 117.Kg7 Kg3 118.Qe5+ Kf3 119.Kg6 Kg2 120.Kg5 Qc8 121.Qe4+ Kg3 122.Qf4+ Kh3 123.Qh4+ 1-0

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Re: Knight Pair

Post by Alex Holowczak » Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:59 pm

Tim Spanton wrote:
Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:44 pm
It should be at the 4NCL website soon
I suppose I didn't make my reason for asking clear, did I? :)

Tim Spanton
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Re: Knight Pair

Post by Tim Spanton » Mon Feb 10, 2020 8:06 am

Alex Holowczak wrote:
Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:59 pm
Tim Spanton wrote:
Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:44 pm
It should be at the 4NCL website soon
I suppose I didn't make my reason for asking clear, did I? :)
Sorry, I'm clearly being dense - were you inputting the games at Maidenhead?

https://beauchess.blogspot.com/

Alex Holowczak
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Re: Knight Pair

Post by Alex Holowczak » Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:15 am

Tim Spanton wrote:
Mon Feb 10, 2020 8:06 am
Alex Holowczak wrote:
Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:59 pm
Tim Spanton wrote:
Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:44 pm
It should be at the 4NCL website soon
I suppose I didn't make my reason for asking clear, did I? :)
Sorry, I'm clearly being dense - were you inputting the games at Maidenhead?

https://beauchess.blogspot.com/
No, I co-ordinate the efforts to get the games played across the 4NCL on the website. I was at Daventry and all of those are done, but someone else gets Division 3s/4s online a bit later. The person keying them in would presumably quite appreciate not having to key in a 123-mover. :)

Tim Spanton
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Re: Knight Pair

Post by Tim Spanton » Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:25 am

Alex Holowczak wrote:
Mon Feb 10, 2020 10:15 am
Tim Spanton wrote:
Mon Feb 10, 2020 8:06 am
Alex Holowczak wrote:
Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:59 pm

I suppose I didn't make my reason for asking clear, did I? :)
Sorry, I'm clearly being dense - were you inputting the games at Maidenhead?

https://beauchess.blogspot.com/
No, I co-ordinate the efforts to get the games played across the 4NCL on the website. I was at Daventry and all of those are done, but someone else gets Division 3s/4s online a bit later. The person keying them in would presumably quite appreciate not having to key in a 123-mover. :)
I have to admit I did make rather a meal of winning the ending - the engines keep flashing mate-in-12-to-15 moves whatever I played

https://beauchess.blogspot.com/