Shorties

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Henk
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Shorties

Post by Henk »

You can post your shortest games here. Would be even more fun if they are less than ten moves.

[pgn] [Event "Computer Chess Game"] [Site "HP"] [Date "2019.06.01"] [Round "-"] [White "SchaakMachine"] [Black "Fairy-Max 4.8S"] [Result "0-1"] [TimeControl "120"] [Annotator "1. +0.06 1... +0.18"] 1. d4 {+0.06/7} Nf6 {+0.18/8 7} 2. c4 {+0.17/5 2.4} c5 {+0.19/8 2.9} 3. e3 {+0.00/6 2.3} Nc6 {+0.14/7 7} 4. b3 {+0.21/5 2.3} cxd4 {+0.06/8 4} 5. exd4 {-0.22/6 2.2} d5 {+0.05/7 1.4} 6. Nf3 {-0.11/6 2.2} Be6 {+0.00/7 1.4} 7. Be2 {+0.31/5 2.1} Qd7 {-0.09/7 1.6} 8. cxd5 {+0.46/6 2.1} Bxd5 {-0.01/8 2.1} 9. O-O {+0.52/5 2.1} O-O-O {+0.20/8 3} 10. Bb5 {+0.54/5 2.0} Bxf3 {+0.26/8 1.4} 11. Qxf3 {-0.25/7 2.0} Qxd4 {+0.28/9 2.4} 12. Qh3+ {-0.09/6 1.9} e6 {+0.36/8 2.2} 13. Nc3 {-0.01/6 1.9} Bd6 {+0.52/8 2.1} 14. Rd1 {+0.19/5 1.9} Bxh2+ {+0.51/8 1.8} 15. Kxh2 {-0.33/7 1.8} Ng4+ {+4.14/10 1.0} 16. Kg1 {-0.94/8 1.8} Qxf2+ {+79.96/15 1.1} 17. Kh1 {-2621.36/8 1.8} Rxd1+ {+79.97/28 0.2} 18. Nxd1 {-2621.38/8 1.7} Qe1+ {+79.98/28 0.2} 19. Bf1 {-2621.40/9 1.7} Qxf1# {+79.99/28 0.2} {Xboard adjudication: Checkmate} 0-1 [/pgn]

[pgn] [Event "Computer Chess Game"] [Site "HP"] [Date "2019.06.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Stockfish 10 64"] [Black "SchaakMachine"] [Result "1-0"] [TimeControl "120"] [Annotator "1. +0.97 1... -0.17"] 1. e4 {+0.97/20} e5 {-0.17/6 2.5} 2. Nf3 {+0.81/20 0.8} Nc6 {-0.46/6 2.4} 3. Bb5 {+0.64/20 0.7} Nf6 {-0.14/6 2.3} 4. d3 {+0.71/20 0.1} Bd6 {-0.24/7 2.3} 5. Nbd2 {+0.91/20 4} Nd4 {-0.04/6 2.3} 6. Nxd4 {+0.95/19 0.7} exd4 {+0.06/7 2.2} 7. O-O {+1.13/20 0.3} c6 {+0.14/6 2.2} 8. Bc4 {+1.08/21 1.7} b5 {-0.39/6 2.1} 9. Bb3 {+1.81/18 1.0} Qc7 {+0.04/5 2.1} 10. Nf3 {+2.02/18 0.9} O-O {-0.09/5 2.1} 11. a4 {+2.03/20 0.7} Ng4 {+0.33/5 2.1} 12. h3 {+3.05/21 0.9} Nh2 {+0.62/8 2.0} 13. Ng5 {+4.12/19 1.2} Nxf1 {+3.18/7 2.0} 14. Qh5 {+99.91/40 0.7} Bh2+ {+2.47/7 1.9} 15. Kxf1 {+99.93/51 0.1} h6 {+2.14/6 1.9} 16. Bxf7+ {+99.95/60 1.3} Kh8 {+1.90/6 1.9} 17. Qg6 {+99.97/70 0.1} hxg5 {-2621.40/9 1.8} 18. Qh5# {+99.99/127 0.1} {Xboard adjudication: Checkmate} 1-0 [/pgn]
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Re: Shorties

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[pgn] [Event "ICS rated lightning match"] [Site "winboard.nl"] [Date "2019.03.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Minic"] [Black "POS"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1390"] [BlackElo "1164"] [TimeControl "60"] [Annotator "2. +0.79"] 1. g3 f6 2. e4 {+0.79/16 1.5} c6 3. Nc3 {+1.07/16 2.4} b5 4. a3 {+1.40/15 2.1} h6 5. Qh5+ {+99.96/58 0.1} g6 6. Qxg6# {+99.98/58 0.1} {POS checkmated} 1-0 [/pgn]

But POS is not a "real" opponent.
Henk
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Re: Shorties

Post by Henk »

The more ELO the better.
Dayffd
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Re: Shorties

Post by Dayffd »

A bit longish (24 moves)

[pgn] [Event "19Dayffd103"] [Site "Nampa"] [Date "2019.06.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Komodo 13.02 64-bit"] [Black "Critter 0.70 64-bit"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A43"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2019.06.01"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventCountry "USA"] 1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. a4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ngf6 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Ra3 Nb6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 Rfe8 13. f4 Nh5 14. e5 Ng7 15. g4 Qb4 16. Ne4 Bxa4 17. Qe2 Kh8 18. c3 Qa5 19. Qf3 Rf8 20. Qh3 f6 21. Nxf6 exf6 22. Bxg6 h5 23. Bxh5 Nxh5 24. Qxh5+ 1-0 [/pgn]
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Re: Shorties

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[pgn]1. g3 Nc6 2. e3 Ne5 3. Ne2 Nf3# 0-1[/pgn]
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Re: Shorties

Post by MikeGL »

Deep Blue 2

[pgn] [Event "IBM Man-Machine"] [Site "New York, NY USA"] [Date "1997.05.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Deep Blue (Computer)"] [Black "Garry Kasparov"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "37"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.N1f3 h6 8.Nxe6 Qe7 9.O-O fxe6 10.Bg6+ Kd8 11.Bf4 b5 12.a4 Bb7 13.Re1 Nd5 14.Bg3 Kc8 15.axb5 cxb5 16.Qd3 Bc6 17.Bf5 exf5 18.Rxe7 Bxe7 19.c4 1-0 [/pgn]
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Re: Shorties

Post by abik »

Henk wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 5:26 pm You can post your shortest games here. Would be even more fun if they are less than ten moves.
I have posted this game before, but this remains one of my favorite victories against my first chess computer. And it satisfies your ten move constraint :-)

[pgn][Date "sometimes in 1981"] [White "a much younger Aart Bik"] [Black "Chess Challenger 8 (Level 1)"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Qd4 6. Qh5 Qxe4+ 7. Kd1 Qxg2 8. Qxf7+ Kd8 9. Qxf8# 1-0 [/pgn]