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Tony Palmer vs Lee Maring
Michigan Open (1984), Plymouth, MI USA, rd 6, Sep-03
Spanish Game: Steinitz Defense (C62)  ·  1-0

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Apr-08-06
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  tpstar: Look what you're doing to me (1. e4 e5), I'm utterly at your whim (2. Nf3 Nc6)/All of my defenses down (3. Bb5 d6)/Your camera looks through me (4. c3 Bd7) with its X-Ray vision (5. d3 Nf6)/And all systems run aground (6. Nbd2 Be7) [last book move]/All I can manage to push from my lips (7. Nf1 0-0) is a stream of absurdities (8. Ng3 a6)/Every word I intended to speak (9. Ba4 b5) winds up locked in the circuitry (10. Bc2 h6)/No way to control it [10 ... d5 11. ed Nxd5 12. 0-0 =], it's totally automatic (11. h3 Re8)/Whenever you're around (12. 0-0 Bf8)/I'm walking blindfolded (13. d4 ed), completely automatic (14. cd Nb4)/All of my systems are down (15. Bb1 c5), down down down (16. e5 de)/What is this madness (17. de Nh7) that makes my motor run (18. a3 Nc6)/My legs too weak to stand (19. Qd5)/I go from sadness [19. Be4 Qc7 ] to exhiliration (19 ... Rc8)/Like a robot at your command [19 ... Be6!? 20. Qe4 g6 =]/My hands perspire (20. Bxh7+ Kxh7) and shake like a leaf (21. Bf4), up and down goes my temperature [21. Rd1!? Rc7 22. Qxf7 ]/I summon doctors (21 ... Be6) to get some relief (22. Qe4+ Kg8), but they tell me there is no cure (23. Rfd1 Qe7)/They tell me [23 ... Qc7 24. Nf5 ]/No way to control it (24. Nh5 Nb8?), it's totally automatic [24 ... Bb3 25. Rd2 c4 ]/Whenever you're around (25. Bxh6! f5?)/I'm walking blindfolded (26. ef gf) [ ], completely automatic (27. Qg6+ Kh8)/All of my systems are down (28. Nxf6 Bf7), down down down (29. Qh7# 1-0) - Pointer Sisters + Fritz 7, "Automatic"

26 ... Qf7 27. Ng5 gxh6 28. Nxf7 Bxf7 29. Qg4+ Kh8

Apr-08-06  suenteus po 147: <tpstar> You must have been in your early teens when you played this game.
Jul-15-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  tpstar: [Event "US Junior Open"]
[Site "Saint Louis, Missouri, USA"]
[Date "1988.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Palmer, Tony"]
[Black "Rombauer, Rod"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[Engine "Fritz 7"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 [last book move] Qe7 8. Nbd2 [8. 0-0 0-0 ] d5 [8 ... 0-0 9. 0-0 =] 9. Qe2 [9. ed Nxd5 10. 0-0 0-0 ] d4 10. Nf1 [10. Nb3 dc 11. bc 0-0 =] h6 11. Ng3 Bd7 12. 0-0 0-0-0 [12 ... Qd6 13. a3 =] 13. cd [13. Bb3 Rhe8 ] Bxd4 ["Black can be proud of that piece" lol] 14. a4 b4 15. Bb3 Be6 [15 ... Bg4 16. Bc4 Kb7 17. h3 =] 16. Bxe6+ [ ] Qxe6 17. Be3 Nd7 [17 ... g6!? ] 18. Bxd4 [ ] exd4 19. Rac1 f6 20. Qc2 [20. Nf5 Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 ] Kb7 21. Nf5 Nde5 22. Nd2 Rd7? [22 ... g6 23. Nh4 Rd6 ] 23. Nb3 [ ] Kc8 24. Nc5 b3 25. Qd2 Qf7 26. Nxd7 [26. f4!? Ng6 27. Nxa6 Qe6 ] Qxd7 27. f4 Nf7 [27 ... g6 28. fxe5 gxf5 29. ef Rf8 30. Rxf5 Rf7 ]


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28. Rxc6! g6 29. Rfc1 gxf5 30. Qa5 Kb8 31. Rxa6 1-0.

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