Murder in the Cathedral (Chess at Barnes & Noble)

by TerryWalstrom 14 Replies latest jw friends

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  TerryWalstrom

  
  Jan 7 2018

  Terry: White

  1. d2-d4 g7-g6

  2. f2-f4 d7-d5

  3. Nb1-c3 Bc8-f5

  4. Bc1-e3 Ng8-f6

  5. h2-h3 Qd8-d6

  6. Ng1-f3 Qd6-b6

  7. Ra1-b1 h7-h5

  8. Be3-f2 Nb8-c6

  9. e2-e3 e7-e6

  10. Bf1-d3 Bf8-d6

  11. a2-a3 Bf5xd3

  12. c2xd3 Ra8-c8

  13. O-O a7-a6

  14. Rf1-e1 O-O

  15. Bf2-h4 Nf6-h7

  16. Nc3-e2 Kg8-g7

  17. e3-e4 d5xe4

  18. d3xe4 Bd6-e7

  19. Bh4-f2 Nh7-f6

  20. Nf3-g5 Kg7-h8

  21. Ne2-g3 h5-h4

  22. Ng3-e2 Kh8-g7

  23. Bf2xh4 Rf8-h8

  24. Bh4-f2 Rh8-f8

  25. Qd1-d2 Qb6-b3

  26. Bf2-e3 Rf8-d8

  27. Re1-c1 Rc8-a8

  28. Rc1-c3 Qb3-b5

  29. Kg1-f2 a6-a5

  30. Qd2-d3 Qb5xd3

  31. Rc3xd3 Ra8-a7

  32. Rb1-d1 b7-b6

  33. Rd3-c3 Nc6-b8

  34. Rd1-c1 c7-c6

  35. Kf2-f3 Rd8-c8

  36. a3-a4 Ra7-b7

  37. g2-g4 Be7-b4

  38. Rc3-c4 Rc8-e8

  39. h3-h4 b6-b5

  40. Rc4-c2 b5xa4

  41. Ne2-g3 Rb7-e7

  42. h4-h5 Re8-f8

  43. Rc1-h1 Rf8-h8

  44. e4-e5 Nf6-d5

  45. Be3-c1 Re7-b7

  46. Kf3-e4 Rb7-a7

  47. Rc2-h2 Rh8-h6

  48. h5xg6 Rh6xh2

  49. g6xf7 Rh2xh1

  50. Ng3xh1 Nd5-c7

  51. f4-f5 e6xf5+

  52. g4xf5 Kg7-f8

  53. f5-f6 Nb8-d7

  54. e5-e6 Nd7xf6+

  55. Ke4-e5 Nc7-d5

  56. Nh1-g3 Ra7-b7

  57. Ng3-f5 Nf6-g4+

  58. Ke5-e4 Ng4-f6+

  59. Ke4-e5 Nf6-g4+

  60. Ke5-e4 Nd5-f6+

  61. Ke4-f3 Rb7-a7

  62. Bc1-f4 Ra7-a8

  63. Bf4-e5 Ng4xe5+

  64. d4xe5 a4-a3

  65. e5xf6 a3xb2

  66. e6-e7+ Bb4xe7

  67. f6xe7#

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  My offbeat "idea" with the rooks on the H-file led to the win.
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  Black: Terry
  

  1. Ng1-f3 e7-e6

  2. c2-c4 c7-c5

  3. Qd1-b3 Qd8-b6

  4. Qb3xb6 a7xb6

  5. Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6

  6. g2-g3 d7-d5

  7. c4xd5 e6xd5

  8. h2-h3 Bf8-e7

  9. Nc3-b5 Nb8-a6

  10. Nf3-e5 O-O

  11. a2-a4 Nf6-d7

  12. Ne5-f3 Rf8-d8

  13. d2-d4 f7-f5

  14. Nb5-c3 Na6-b4

  15. Ke1-d1 Be7-f6

  16. e2-e3 h7-h6

  17. Ra1-a3 Nd7-b8

  18. d4xc5 b6xc5

  19. Rh1-h2 d5-d4

  20. e3xd4 Bf6xd4

  21. Bc1-d2 Bd4-f6

  22. Nf3-e1 b7-b6

  23. Kd1-c1 Ra8-a7

  24. f2-f4 Ra7-d7

  25. Ra3-b3 Nb8-c6

  26. Ne1-f3 Bc8-b7

  27. Nf3-e1 Nc6-a5

  28. Rb3-a3 c5-c4

  29. Kc1-d1 Bb7-c6

  30. Ra3-a1 Kg8-f7

  31. g3-g4 g7-g6

  32. g4xf5 g6xf5

  33. Rh2-f2 Bc6-b7

  34. Ra1-c1 Bb7-a6

  35. Ne1-c2 Na5-b3

  36. Nc2xb4 Rd7xd2+

  37. Kd1-e1 Rd2xf2

  38. Ke1xf2 Bf6-h4+

  39. Kf2-g1 Nb3xc1

  40. Nb4xa6 Rd8-d2

  41. Bf1xc4+ Kf7-g6

  42. Kg1-h1 Bh4-g3

  43. Kh1-g1 Bg3xf4

  44. Nc3-d5 Bf4-h2+

  45. Kg1-h1 f5-f4

  46. b2-b4 f4-f3

  47. Nd5xb6 Bh2-g3

  48. Bc4-b3 Rd2-e2

  49. Bb3-c2+ Kg6-f6

  50. Nb6-d7+ Kf6-e7

  51. Bc2-d3 Re2-e1+

  52. Bd3-f1 Re1xf1# ________ Played today
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  dropoffyourkeylee

  Awesome, Terry! I played over both games. You like to go right after the king, don’t you!

  so cool
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  Earnest

  Interesting games, Terry, but I sometimes felt as if I was watching Petrosian play. I had no idea why certain moves were played but there must have been some strategy behind them. In your first game in move 62 your opponent (black) played Ra7-a8. Why? It gave him no strategic advantage and lost him the game five moves later.
  
  Were you already playing chess when that infamous Awake! article came out in 1973 "Chess What Kind of Game Is It?". "Infamous" to those of us who had drooled over every game of the World Championship the year before!
  
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  TerryWalstrom

  Ra7-a8 was "mysterious".
  
  I'd describe it as a "temporizing" move when you don't think you have anything
  to do to improve your situation. Just killing time until your opponent makes a weak move.
  
  I DO REMEMBER that stupid AWAKE! article.
  I didn't know any JW's who actually played chess.
  Every once an awhile, the magazines would have an article which indicated mental illness

  on the part of the writer. We all just shrugged and went about our regular daily life.
  The 1972 World Championship in chess woke everybody up who was interested in chess

  and plenty of folks who didn't even know how it was played.
  
  The grand march to Armageddon was the main concern at that time since "75" was the big date.
  I was searching for my Dad in 72, but I stopped to watch the portion of the games televised.
  I didn't really get serious until the late 90's.
  Even so, making progress seemed beyond my grasp. Only lately have the threads come together better than before--mainly through watching Coffee Chess on YouTube :)
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  Charles Gillette

  Terry! There you go again! Writing so beautifully even when it comes to Chess. I use to play in the seventies even when that Awake came out it didn't stop some Bethelites who use to come over to my place to play and have a few beers. Now at 72 I have to think it through much longer. I have every game Bobby Fischer played in one book. Blueblades