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Carl

How about a forum devoted to fine/spectacular games such as the one below. 'Best of Chess' or somesuch title

SPLAT!!

Doubtless some folk will use the opportunity to publish their humdrum ego-wank win in the Much Piddling & District CL. But such posts can be chopped if not up to scratch. Mostly folk will find games like the one above, and bring them to collective attention

Narciso Dublan, Marc - Bernadskiy, Vitaliy
0-1
Lorca Open 2019 round 07

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nge2 a6 8. c5 Nbd7 9. cxd6 exd6 10. Ng3 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bb7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Bf1 Re8 16. Rc1 Ne5 17. Qb3 h5 18. Nh1 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Bxd4+ 21. Nf2 Qh4 22. Rc2 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qg5+ 24. Bg2 Rxe4 25. Kf1 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxe1+ 27. Ne4 Bxe4+ 28. Kg3 Rg1+ 0-1

What happens after 20.Bxg7?

This one was also covered here and is more than worth a watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU30apy9vWo&t=556s

Yuffa - Cheparinov 0-1, Gib, rd 3

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2020-gi ... rinov_Ivan

Not sure whether "splat" is the right word, but Sadler v Horton (no, not that Horton) from "round 5" of 4NCL, played just this last weekend, is certainly a game very far from the ordinary. Sadler has agreed with Danny G that it is his most Alpha Zero-like game yet and it is easy to see what they mean.

See previous post.

M. Sadler - A. Horton, Daventry,4NCL Division 1a 2020

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. b4 a5 8. e3 b6 9. b5 Bb7 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O Rad8 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. bxc6 Nb8 16. f4 Nxc6 17. Rf3 exf4 18. Raf1 Ne5 19. Rxf4 Nfd7 20. Bd1 f6 21. Bc2 Rde8 22. h3 Rf7 23. Rh4 Nf8 24. Re4 Qd8 25. d4 Ned7 26. Rg4 Rfe7 27. Rg3 Ng6 28. Qd3 Ndf8 29. Ba4 Nd7 30. Bc6 Kh8 31. Rf5 Ngf8 32. h4 Rf7 33. e4 Ree7 34. h5 Ne6 35. h6 g6 36. Rf1 Qf8 37. Qe3 Nb8 38. Bd5 Nd7 39. Rf2 Kg8 40. Rgf3 Kh8 41. c5 bxc5 42. dxc5 Ne5 43. cxd6 cxd6 44. Bxe5 dxe5 45. Qb6 Nf4 46. Bxf7 Rxf7 47. Rc3 Qxh6 48. Rc7 Rxc7 49. Qxf6 Kg8 50. Qd8 Qf8 51. Qxc7 Qxa3 52. Qb8 Kf7 53. Qxe5

Lemme caution you all!

When the "secret agent who plots to usurp Alphaville's totalitarian supercomputer" starts acting as its poster boy you may begin to suspect an imposter.

Excellent game by Sadler.
I bought his book Chess for Life a couple of years ago at the Blackpool Chess Congress. He was playing and won it.
Anyway he and Natasha Regan both autographed the book for me and I had a nice conversation with them both.
Two very well mannered and pleasant people.

I quite like the game that gave Nepo the Russian Championship today, with a win from forum favourite

Dubov, Daniil vs Karjakin, Sergey

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. b4 Bb6 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd5 Nxc3 9. Nxc3 dxc3 10. Bg5 Ne7 11. O-O h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. Re1 Qe8 14. Bb3 a5 15. Bf6 a4 16. Bc4 Ng6 17. Qd3 d5 18. exd6 Be6 19. Qxg6 fxg6 20. Rxe6 Qf7 21. Bxc3 Kh8 22. Re4 Qf5 23. Re7 Rg8 24. Bxg8 Rxg8 25. dxc7 Qc2 26. Be5 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Bb6 28. h3 Kh7 29. Re1 a3 30. Kh2 g5 31. Nd4 Qc4 32. Nf5 Qxb4 33. Rc1 Kg6 34. Rxg7+ Kxf5 35. Rxg8 Bxc7 36. Bxc7 Qb2 37. Rc5+ Ke4 38. Rd8 1-0

David Howell described it as the Game of the Year in his column in the Saturday Times a number of weeks ago, which a had an excellent lengthy write up about it.
It was played in the Russian Championship Superfinal in Moscow last year.

I saw the Narciso K.I.D game being played.
Tell you what, have one of mine for a laugh!

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1097818

I thought it was an interesting game James. Thanks for posting it.

A game i played (honest I wasnt drunk despite the drunk like play-it is all sound) in the online county championships between myself as black (Alan Llewellyn)vs David Lovegrove- be prepared for a spectacular finish.[Event "Online County Championships (qualify.)"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.07.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Lovegrove, David"] [Black "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "1498"] [BlackElo "1548"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Shropshire"] [BlackTeam "Cumbria"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Ba6 8. Qe2 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qd6 10. h3 c5 11. c4 $2 $15 Nc6 12. a3 $6 $15 Rad8 13. Ne1 $2 $19 cxd4 14. exd4 h5 $2 {this was a mistake but it sets up the threat of Ng4 threatening mate. The point is if the Queen is lured to d4 it can no longer play [after Ng4...] Qxg4 without losing the Queen} 15. Nef3 g5 $3 16. Nxg5 Nxd4 $3 17. Qxd4 $4 (17. Rb1 Qc5 $15) 17... Ng4 $1 18. Qxd5 $4 (18. Qxg7+ $3 Kxg7 19. hxg4 hxg4 20. Re1 Rh8 21. Nf1 dxc4 (21... Qh6 $4 22. Ne6+ $3 Qxe6 (22... fxe6 $4 23. Bxh6+ Rxh6 $18) 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Bf4 Kf7 25. cxd5 exd5 $16)) 18... Qh2# 0-1

Chess960, bullet.

https://lichess.org/KtJDNLZG/black

1. e3 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. exd4 g6 4. Nb3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Bb4+ c5 7. dxc6+ d6 8.
c7 Nxc2 9. cxb8=Q Bb5# 0-1

qQn2krb/pp3p1p/3p2p1/1b6/1B6/1N6/PPn2PPP/QR1N1KRB w - - 0 10

So after the first three moves, Black went ?, ok, ??, ?!, ?!, checkmate. These computers aren't easy to please.