A Couple of Fun Minitures Against Russian Players

[Terry McCracken]

[d]5rk1/2q3p1/1p1bp2p/p2p4/P2Pn3/2P1B2P/1PQN2P1/R5K1 b - - 0 20

[Date "2007.11.03"]
[White "Russian"]
[Black "Terry McCracken"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[TimeControl"Game 15 ]

1. f4 d5 2. d4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 b6 14. h3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. f5 Raa8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Be3 Ne4 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Nd2 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Ng3+ 22. Kxh2 Nf1+ 0-1



[d]4rn1k/1ppbrpp1/p6p/4P2Q/3pNP2/P2BP1R1/1q4PP/5RK1 w - - 0 24

[Date "2007.11.04"]
[White "Terry McCracken"]
[Black "Russian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[TimeControl "Game 15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Ne5 Be6 13. f4 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qh5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc5 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Rf3 Re7 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Rf1 Rae8 21. Rff3 d4 22. Ne4 Qc1+ 23. Rf1 Qxb2 24. Nf6 dxe3 25. Qxh6+ 1-0

Not Great Games...Just Fun

Love Thrashing Russians!...Regards,
Terry

[Sergei Markoff]

> Love Thrashing Russians!...Regards,

Are you a kind of nationalist?

Sorry for off-topic, just a question.

[Nid Hogge]

> Love Thrashing Russians!...Regards,

Are you a kind of nationalist?

Sorry for off-topic, just a question.

Hey Sergei, Can we excpect any new SmarThink soon?!

Sorry for off-topic, just a question.

[Sergei Markoff]

Hey Sergei, Can we excpect any new SmarThink soon?!
Sorry for off-topic, just a question.

I'm working on it. Current version progress is about 80-100 ELO, I think it's still not enought.

[Nid Hogge]

Hey Sergei, Can we excpect any new SmarThink soon?!
Sorry for off-topic, just a question.

I'm working on it. Current version progress is about 80-100 ELO, I think it's still not enought.

Thanks for replying!

Sounds super. I hope it can take on some Fish when it comes out P :

Best of luck,

[Murat]

Are you a kind of nationalist?

Hi sergei,

It is just a Russian Chess envy

But since I am Armenian, I don't have such problems

Murat:.

[S.Taylor]

[d]5rk1/2q3p1/1p1bp2p/p2p4/P2Pn3/2P1B2P/1PQN2P1/R5K1 b - - 0 20

[Date "2007.11.03"]
[White "Russian"]
[Black "Terry McCracken"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[TimeControl"Game 15 ]

1. f4 d5 2. d4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 b6 14. h3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. f5 Raa8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Be3 Ne4 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Nd2 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Ng3+ 22. Kxh2 Nf1+ 0-1



[d]4rn1k/1ppbrpp1/p6p/4P2Q/3pNP2/P2BP1R1/1q4PP/5RK1 w - - 0 24

[Date "2007.11.04"]
[White "Terry McCracken"]
[Black "Russian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[TimeControl "Game 15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Ne5 Be6 13. f4 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qh5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc5 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Rf3 Re7 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Rf1 Rae8 21. Rff3 d4 22. Ne4 Qc1+ 23. Rf1 Qxb2 24. Nf6 dxe3 25. Qxh6+ 1-0

Not Great Games...Just Fun

25.Qxh6 is the easiest chess move I've seen for a long time. So was the above ending.
How you got there must have been a different matter. I didn't go through it.
However, I always thought that a miniature meant within 20 moves.

Or perhaps the actual mating move can be up to 25, or even 30?

[Terry McCracken]

> Love Thrashing Russians!...Regards,

Are you a kind of nationalist?

Sorry for off-topic, just a question.

No.

[Terry McCracken]

[d]5rk1/2q3p1/1p1bp2p/p2p4/P2Pn3/2P1B2P/1PQN2P1/R5K1 b - - 0 20

[Date "2007.11.03"]
[White "Russian"]
[Black "Terry McCracken"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[TimeControl"Game 15 ]

1. f4 d5 2. d4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Nb3 a5 13. a4 b6 14. h3 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. f5 Raa8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Be3 Ne4 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Nd2 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Ng3+ 22. Kxh2 Nf1+ 0-1



[d]4rn1k/1ppbrpp1/p6p/4P2Q/3pNP2/P2BP1R1/1q4PP/5RK1 w - - 0 24

[Date "2007.11.04"]
[White "Terry McCracken"]
[Black "Russian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[TimeControl "Game 15"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Ne5 Be6 13. f4 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qh5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc5 17. Rae1 Bd7 18. Rf3 Re7 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Rf1 Rae8 21. Rff3 d4 22. Ne4 Qc1+ 23. Rf1 Qxb2 24. Nf6 dxe3 25. Qxh6+ 1-0

Not Great Games...Just Fun

25.Qxh6 is the easiest chess move I've seen for a long time. So was the above ending.
How you got there must have been a different matter. I didn't go through it.
However, I always thought that a miniature meant within 20 moves.

Or perhaps the actual mating move can be up to 25, or even 30?

A minuture is a game won within 30 moves.

[Eizenhammer]

Three postings of mine where I tried to express that I dont like this kind of hardly disguised nationalism have already been deleted.
So I changed my mind:

What a brilliant idea! Every international forum should have a section where people can openheartedly say what group they love to "thrash".
Thrashing Germans, Americans, jews should be no less popular than simple thrashing of Russians (well, the latter has the advantage that you can pretend to be a newborn Bobby Fischer, wow, how impressive).

Just let's join it. And don't be shy: Just challenge a player of your favourite group some hundreds of times, statistics tell us that you will finally have to win a game. Computer chess will no longer be so very boring.

Peter