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Feb-01-23 Topalov vs Shirov, 1998   rwbean: I just wanted to confirm the main findings: 47... ♗h3!! is the only winning move (of 13 possible) and is mate in (at most) 30 (I don't know what that comment about other winning moves is about - either that person is misinformed or it's some kind of weird trolling.) 45... ...      Feb-01-23 D E Rumens vs E Rayner, 1976   rwbean: After 14...♖xf3 15. gxf3 b5 16. ♗b3 try 16... a5 threatening 17... a4. e.g. 17. a3 ♘xb3 18. cxb3 ♘c6 17. a4 ♘xb3 18. cxb3 b4 17. c3 ♘e2+      Jan-31-23 D Levy vs J Bellon Lopez, 1976   rwbean: Like a Caro-Kann / Modern Defense cross. Probably Duncan Suttles used to play like this. 8. c4! leaves White ahead. 10. ♕xa7?? really?? there's still time to back out with 10. ♗b5. 12... e4! and 15... e4! better 16. o-o! avoids the issues ... 16. h3?? loses If 23.      Jan-31-23 Chess vs D Levy, 1978    rwbean: "I now had a lead of 2.5/0.5 and needed only one draw in the last three games to win my bet. I had demonstrated to everyone's satisfaction that my do-nothing strategy worked to perfection, so I considered it worthwhile to experiment in game four by attempting to beat the program at ...      Jan-29-23 Estrin vs V Palciauskas, 1978   rwbean: Last move is Mate in 13: 28.... Qg3 29.Qc8+ Kh7 30.Qxe6 fxe6 31.Rb5 Rh2 32.Rf2 h4 33.Rbb2 h3 34.a4 Nh4 35.Kf1 hxg2+ 36.Ke2 g1=Q 37.Be3 Q1xf2+ 38.Kd3 Qfxe3+ 39.Kc4 Rxb2 40.a5 Qe4# White can force the ♕s off with 22. ♕e4! probably heading for a draw. Then he tries 23. ...      Jan-29-23 M Umansky vs H Berliner, 2001   rwbean: 46. ♔f6 begins a mate in at most 33 ... 46. ♔f6 ♔g8 47. ♖g7+ ♔f8 48. ♖xg4 ♘e4 49. ♖f4 etc 30. ♘f6 is +2.50 after 40 ply ... which really traces back to 24. ♘ce4 (24. ♘b1 equivalent) ... +2.45 after 37 ply which in turn      Jan-29-23 Mac Hack VI (Computer)   rwbean: https://web.archive.org/web/2019042... .... AN INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD D. GREENBLATT November 25, 1992 in Madrid, Spain [Richard D. Greenblatt, Guest of Honour at the 7th World Computer-Chess Championship, granted an interview to H. Jaap van den Herik ...] What about your ...      Jan-28-23 Blitz vs Belle, 1978   rwbean: Ok, I left SF going for a Very Long Time and it got down to a mate in 18 with 10... ♖xh2. PV 10... ♖xh2 11. ♕g4 ♖h4 12. ♕xe4 ♖xe4 13. ♘xe4 ♕xe4 14. b4 d5!! 15. bxc5 dxc4 16. f3 ♕h4 17. ♖f2 ♗f5! 18. ♗a3 ♖e8 19. c6+ ♔f7 20. ♗c5 ♘e2+ 21. ♖xe2 ♖xe2 22.      Jan-27-23 K Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872   rwbean: Don't know why the eval was so high, a bit further ... 56 [+3.39] 9.d4 Rb8 10.Nf3 Qg4 11.Bb5+ c6 12.Bxa6 bxa6+ 13.Ka3 e4 14.h3 Qe6 15.Nc5 Qe7 16.Re1 Nf6 17.b3 Nd7 18.Kb2 Nxc5 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.Be3 Qe7 21.Ng1 O-O 22.Qd2 Rd8 23.Qc3 a5 24.Bc5 Qc7 25.a4 Ba6 26.Ne2 Bxe2 27.Rxe2 Rbc8 28.Rf1 ...      Jan-26-23 Kasparov vs Deep Thought, 1989   rwbean: Oops, left it a bit longer and Stockfish agrees, mate in 19. After 8,900 seconds, here's three ways it could happen. 37. ♕d7 ♖c2+ 38. ♔d3 ♖b2 39. a6 ♖b3+ 40. ♔c2 ♖f3 41. a7 ♖xf2+ 42. ♔d3 ♖f3+ 43. ♔d4 ♔g6 44. ...      Jan-20-23 A Zatonskih vs A Pourkashiyan, 2022    Jan-12-23 Plaskett vs Speelman, 2003    Jan-11-23 Belle (Computer)    Jan-11-23 Hort vs Tal, 1966    Jan-11-23 A Lesiege vs Deep Thought, 1988    Jan-11-23 Socrates vs Deep Blue, 1994    Jan-09-23 M Vucic vs S Sloan, 1986    Jan-08-23 M Vucic vs A Saidy, 2002    Jan-07-23 Mohishunder vs Cochrane, 1855    Jan-03-23 Cochrane vs Mohishunder, 1848    Dec-27-22 Miles vs Spassky, 1978    Dec-19-22 D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956    Nov-26-22 G Canfell vs E Rosen, 2017    Oct-24-22 Nakamura vs J Friedel, 2000    Oct-10-22 A Erigaisi vs Carlsen, 2022    Oct-07-22 R Praggnanandhaa vs Carlsen, 2022     Oct-07-22 So vs C Yoo, 2022     Oct-04-22 Keene vs P N Lee, 1970     Oct-03-22 S Quigley vs N J Patterson, 1978    Oct-03-22 N J Patterson vs Hodgson, 1977    Sep-30-22 N J Patterson vs Keene, 1968 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