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Dann Corbit
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Long castle, strong castle.

Post by Dann Corbit »

LambChop won anyway, but a long castle saves some hassle.

[d]rnbq1rk1/1p2bp1p/p3p3/2pP1p2/2B5/2N2N2/PPPQ1PPP/R3K2R w KQ - acd 29; ce 160; acs 103; acn 82929; pv O-O-O Bf6 ; bm O-O-O; c0 "white to move, move #12";

[Event "RWBC_Class_A_4th_Edition"]
[Site "ESPRESSO"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "LambChop_1099"]
[Black "Terra_33b11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[Variation "French"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Bc4 c6 8.Nf3 f5 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Qd2 c5 11.d5 a6 12.a4 exd5 13.Nxd5 Bf6 14.O-O-O b5 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Bd5 Ra7 17.Qa5 Re7 18.axb5 axb5 19.Qxb5 Na6 20.Rhe1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Qd8 22.Bc4 Qc7 23.Qb3 Qf4+ 24.Qe3 Qxe3+ 25.Rxe3 Kg7 26.Re7 Kf6 27.Ra7 Nb4 28.c3 Nc6 29.Rc7 Ne7 30.Rxc5 Rg8 31.g3 Be6 32.Bd3 Ra8 33.c4 h6 34.b4 Ra2 35.b5 Rxf2 36.b6 Rxf3 37.Bc2 Rf1+ 38.Kb2 Bc8 39.Rxc8 Nxc8 40.b7 Nd6 41.b8=Q Ne4 1-0
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