May-22-11
 | | Phony Benoni: A little exchange on Facebook:
<Ben Finegold>: "just drew a 137 move game, which took 6 hrs and 20 minutes!!" <James Kulbacki> [Resignation Trap]: "I thought that you were well on your way to victory, until the time of the Rapture allegedly took place. I think that bottle of water you were drinking turned into wine at that point. White started to play as though he were drunk." |
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May-22-11
 | | OhioChessFan: I have no clue how White can expect to win this game after the 87th move. |
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May-22-11
 | | FSR: Agree with OCF, although IMO one could go back quite a few moves before that and make the same statement. It seems to me that for a very long time the most White could reasonably hope for was a dead-drawn king and pawn versus king ending. Unless stalemate is counted as a win in these allegedly post-Rapture days, I don't see the point in playing on so long. |
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May-22-11
 | | Penguincw: Well, at least it didn't sizzled to a short draw. |
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May-22-11
 | | Check It Out: It's tough to go from a won game to a drawn game. GM Finegold was probably playing on in frustration. |
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| May-24-11 | | Resignation Trap: Position after 27 moves: 
click for larger view John Donaldson and Jen Shahade, commentating on this game, suggested 28.Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Qxg7+ Ke6 30. Qc7, which appears crushing, since 30...Rd6 is met with 31. Qc8+ Rd7 32.Qxc6+, mopping up. Position after 30. Qc7: 
click for larger view Can you spot the fly in the ointment? |
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May-24-11
 | | chancho: 30...Qf3+ 31.Nxf3 32.exf3+ Kf1
(or g1 h1) 33.Rd1# |
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| May-24-11 | | Resignation Trap: Right! |
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May-24-11
| | chancho: Actually, I screwed up the numbers.
Here it is...
30...Qf3+ 31.Nxf3 exf3+ 32.Kf1 Rd1# |
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| May-27-11 | | chessicle: 28 Rxe7+ Kxe7 29 Qxg7+ Ke6 30 h4! surely, getting a second minor for the rook because of the pin, and freeing h2 for the king and preventing the "fly in the ointment." |
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| May-28-11 | | ajile: <chancho: 30...Qf3+ 31.Nxf3 32.exf3+ Kf1
(or g1 h1) 33.Rd1#>
LOL!
Win. |
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Jan-06-21
| | FSR: The secret of chess, according to Finegold:
<You have to play like you never want the game to end. In life, and in chess, people make terrible decisions just because they're impatient. They want things to end, right now, on their terms. They just want a reckoning, whether or not it's actually good. So they play f4, or they play bishop takes h7, and they just tear everything apart. But you don't have to play that way. You can play for hundreds of moves, if you want to. You could play for a thousand. And if you're happy with that, your opponent will be like, I want a sandwich, I want a beer, I want to get out of here. But meanwhile, you're content. You don't have to go anywhere. You just like moving the pieces around. You like playing chess.> Sasha Chapin, <All The Wrong Moves>, p. 212-13. |
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Kibitzing
