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Arno Nickel vs The World
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MOVES:
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f3 Be7 10.Be3 h5 11.Kb1 Qc7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bd3 b5 14.Ne2 Rc8 15.Nd4 Nd7 16.h3 Bb7 17.Bg5 Bxg5 18.Qxg5 Kf8 19.c3 h4 20.Rhe1 Rh6 21.Bc2 Qb6 22.Re2 Nf6 23.Bb3 Qc5 24.Qe3 Re8 25.Red2 Rh5 26.Bc2 g6 27.Qe1 Qc7 28.Ne2 d5 29.exd5 Nxd5 30.Be4 Kg7 31.Qf2 Qe7 32.Nd4 Nf6 33.Bxb7 Qxb7 34.Nc2 Qc7 35.Ne3 Qg3 36.Qg1 Rg5 37.a3 a5 38.Qf1 Re5 39.Rd3 Qf4 40.Re1 Nd5 41.Nxd5 exd5 42.Rxe5 1/2-1/2
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Feb-24-09		Eurotrash: Alas, no dancing rook.

Feb-24-09		blue wave: Thanks for the game GMAN. Thanks team. Well done.

Feb-24-09		g.mueller: Hi Ken <1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 h5 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 b5 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Nd4 Nd7 16. h3 Bb7 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Kf8 19. c3 h4 20. Rhe1 Rh6 21. Bc2 Qb6 22. Re2 Nf6 23. Bb3 Qc5 24. Qe3 Re8 25. Red2 Rh5 26. Bc2 g6 27. Qe1 Qc7 28. Ne2 d5 29. exd5 Nxd5 30. Be4 Kg7 31. Qf2 Qe7 32. Nd4 Nf6 33. Bxb7 Qxb7 34. Nc2 Qc7 35. Ne3 Qg3 36. Qg1 Rg5 37. a3 a5 38. Qf1 Re5 39. Rd3 Qf4 40. Re1 Nd5 41. Nxd5 exd5 42. Rxe5 Qxe5 43. Rd4 Qe1+ 44. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 45. Ka2 Re2 46. Rxh4 Rxg2 47. Rd4 Rg3 48. Rxd5 Rxf3 49. Rxb5 Rxh3 50. Rxa5 f5 51. b4 f4 52. Ra7+ Kf6 53. Ra6+ Kg5 54. Ra8 Kg4 55. Rf8 f3 56. a4 Kg3 57. b5 f2 58. Kb3 Kg2 59. Rxf2+ Kxf2 60. a5 Rh8 61. b6 g5 62. a6 g4 63. a7 g3 64. b7 g2 65. a8=Q g1=Q 66. Qxh8 Qb1+ 67. Ka3 Qc1+ 68. Kb4> Qb2+ 69. Kc5 Qa3+ 70. Kc6 Qa4+ click for larger view Engine: Deep Shredder 11 UCI (512 MB) by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen 18/48 0:51 < +6.91 > 71.Kb6 Qb3+ 72.Kc7 Qc4+ 73.Kd6 Qa6+ (73.172.587) 1409 TB:613.189

Feb-24-09		theodor: <Brent Baccala> friend, dont give up, I beg you! after all, you'll have to restitute your avatar to dotsamhot!

Feb-24-09		Dredge Rivers: Woo Hoo! A draw! My rating should go through the roof!

Feb-24-09		YouRang: <Eurotrash: Alas, no dancing rook.> Yeah, I always thought that for draws they should have a shrugging rook, or two rooks shaking hands, or a rook flashing a "peace" sign...

Feb-24-09		Willem Wallekers: Alas, the pigeon flew away as well.

Feb-24-09		kb2ct: <g.mueller:> Thank you, G�nter I thought so. :0)

Feb-24-09		ajile: <YouRang: <Eurotrash: Alas, no dancing rook.> Yeah, I always thought that for draws they should have a shrugging rook,> lol excellent

Feb-24-09		zanshin: GMAN's immediate reply: <Arno Nickel: Thank you for so many warm regards and comments. It's overwhelming, I never expected! Thanks again for a very interesting game! As I see, your main forum spread over more than 900 pages, a lot of stuff to read and study! I fear, it will take not only days, but weeks to get through. So please, be patient with me. By now, I can tell you, that after the opening I was quite confident to win the game, as I expected you would commit a positional suicide at any time. At the same time I did not want to take any risks, because it would have been a very bad feeling to lose a second time to the world team. This situation may explain some of my moves - like h2-h3. At the very moment I don't know, if after that I really missed a win. You suddenly started to defend very accurately, and all my analysis of lines with forced manouevres led to either drawn or dubious positions. I think, we will go more in detail later on. I was not so much astonished about g6 and Kg7, as this looks quite natural; well, a bit astonished, as Rybka 3, which I expected to be your main tool, does not realize this being the best choice. Kudos to the WORLD TEAM! What I did not expect was how strong that defence was! Perhaps it just shows the potential of this very complicate line with 10...h5!? I often felt, that the position was so extremely difficult that it's nearly impossible for every correspondence chess player to come always to clear and best results within 2-4 days of analysis. Of course, that's the handicap for both sides. I learned that this schedule - some sort of rapid chess - does not fit to my style and to my skills. Honestly speaking, many of my best moves and ideas in other games I only found after weeks of analysis. Then I always felt like someone digging for gold. You have the feeling it must be there, but you cannot see it. In such situations it needs a lot of time until you really "see"... Ok - see you! Of course, it will be very interesting for me to watch your game with Mikhail Umansky. Last not least, warm regards and thanks to Daniel Freeman and his team from Chessgames.com for all their support. Arno> Source: Arno Nickel

Feb-24-09		kirchhoff: Thank you to the team and GMAN for a fascinating experience.

Feb-24-09		whatthefat: Nice work team! Another game to be proud of. My own contributions petered out in the latter part of the game, and I'm very thankful to all those who kept the fire burning. Thanks also to GMAN of course, as a most worthy and friendly opponent.

Feb-24-09		WhiteRook48: thanks for the game.

Feb-24-09		pferd: g.mueller: click for larger view Interesting that (according to tablebase) now Ke5 wins faster than Kc7.

Feb-24-09		Ultra: It ended in a draw?! Who would have thought that? ;)

Feb-24-09		eternaloptimist: <YouRang: <Eurotrash: Alas, no dancing rook.> Yeah, I always thought that for draws they should have a shrugging rook, or two rooks shaking hands, or a rook flashing a "peace" sign...> lol Our team has an impressive record against GMAN. Some people are upset w/ the draw, but a win & a draw against 1 of the best correspondence players in the world is nothing to be ashamed of. Now we can concentrate on possibly our toughest opponent yet...GMMU.

Feb-24-09		Check It Out: A very interesting game, and well over my head. Congratulations to the World Team (even if not satisfied with the result) and the strong analysis team. You guys (and girls?) are incredible.

Feb-25-09		MWYOUNG: My vote for best move of the game is 25..Rh5. I was not sure about this move when we played it, but I think it saved our game. Good game team.

Feb-25-09		jepflast: Well... It's a draw world after all.

Feb-25-09		eightsquare: i think we should not have accepted the draw.

Feb-25-09		whiteshark: <Novelty of stem-game: <13. Bd3>>: click for larger view

Feb-25-09		MrMelad: What is the point of playing a game of combined computer's power against a single computer's power? And don't tell me about the 1000 pages of kibitzing because that only proves my point that this game is an utter waste of time.

Feb-25-09		zsoydd: . congratulations to ccGM Nickel and to the team! draw is the expected result of our current position in the opening it was by far not clear whether we would ever be able to get an equal game maybe White could have created more trouble for us with another plan from move 11 on

Feb-25-09		belgradegambit: Hey, I nailed the title of the GOTD! Too bad I couldn't bet chessbucks on it.

Feb-25-09		eightsquare: < thanks to the world team and GMAN for a wonderful game. WE STARTED OFF HORRIBLY BUT ENDED WITH POSITIONAL ADVANTAGE.THANK GOD GMAN COULD NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EARLY HANDICAP. ANYWAY,NOW LETS CONCENTRATE ON BEATING UMMU. I THINK GMAN WAS UNDER TOO MUCH PRESSURE. NICE GAME.FULL OF WONDERFUL SURPRISES.THANKSAND LETS MEET AGAIN IN THE MATCH AGAINST UMMU. CHEERS, WORLD TEAM, EIGHTSQUARE.>

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