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Nice finish in Bagi - Zvaginsev today in this event - and no, I don't know how to put it up here. Actually, I think that Bagi should have allowed the mate which is quite an attractive end to the game.
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Bagi, Mate - Zvjaginsev, VadimJohn Moore wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:07 pmNice finish in Bagi - Zvaginsev today in this event - and no, I don't know how to put it up here. Actually, I think that Bagi should have allowed the mate which is quite an attractive end to the game.
European Club Cup 2019 round 02
with the idea 62...Kf5 followed by 63...Rh6+ 63 Bxh6 g6 mate. Nice.
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Thanks Chris for the position!
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The game Howell v Harikrishna in round 3 is one for masochists; currently on move 197, and it's 167 moves since the last capture.
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There have been pawn moves though. David has now made the only possible try, 200 b4Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:35 pmIsn't the arbiter supposed to declare the game a draw at 75 moves if the one of the players hasn't already claimed?
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That's still one of the longest ever, no? And if we include only longplay games....
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On the face of it, David Howell did an awful lot of messing around in that game, but maybe it was with a view to gaining time on the increment, so as to be able to have a good think at critical points. I guess it's an unintended consequence of increments that it makes sense to do that in some types of position.
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Just noticed that Howell v Harikrishna from last year's European Club Cup, also in round 3, went a mere 85 moves, with David eventually winning.
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"On the face of it, David Howell did an awful lot of messing around in that game, but maybe it was with a view to gaining time on the increment, so as to be able to have a good think at critical points."
In the good old days, you did that to reach time-control, now it's to get extra time.
Did his opponent set a world record for the number of consecutive moves with the same piece, I wonder? I'm too idle to (a) count the consecutive moves and (b) try to find it on (presumably) Tim Krabbe's website. (Sorry about missing accent.) It must have been handy having all those bishop moves on the right side of the board and near the clock!
In the good old days, you did that to reach time-control, now it's to get extra time.
Did his opponent set a world record for the number of consecutive moves with the same piece, I wonder? I'm too idle to (a) count the consecutive moves and (b) try to find it on (presumably) Tim Krabbe's website. (Sorry about missing accent.) It must have been handy having all those bishop moves on the right side of the board and near the clock!
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Seems it's the fourth longest game in chess history, and would have been No2 if they had made another four moves....
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the- ... in-history
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Howell, David W L vs Harikrishna, Pentala
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David Howell kicks off...
David Howell wrote:I resisted the temptation to tweet about the standard of arbiters at the European Team Champs but today's experience at the Euro Club Cup was even worse. Being shouted at aggressively, simply because I asked him to stop breathing down my neck (literally), was most unpleasant.