The 2,000,000th post game

Sasse, Benjamin Eric

Author and academic administrator who is also a Nebraska junior senator.

-- Interviewed by Peter Robinson about his book, The Vanishing American Adult, 6/2/2017.

Possibly the longest game I've played ...

Definitely the longest on this particular website ...

Opponent ranked over 800 points higher.

Likely was trying to earn a 50 move draw, but he made a mistake somewhere ...

Over 90 moves recorded and checkmate inevitable; he let the time run down to end it. I like that kind of fighting spirit in chess; were our positions reversed, I'd probably have done the same.

[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "181"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 2. f4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 4. Ng5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} e3 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 5. dxe3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Qxd1+ {[%emt 0:0:3]} 6. Kxd1 {[%emt 0:0:3]} exf4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 7. exf4 {[%emt 0:0:9]} h6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 8. Ne4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 9. Nc5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:20]} 10. Nxb7 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 11. Ba6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 12. Re1+ {[%emt 0:0:13]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 13. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:0:8]} c6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:0:17]} cxb5 {[%emt 0:0:37]} 15. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:0:9]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 16. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:0:17]} 17. axb4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:0:37]} 18. Rxa7+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:0:24]} 19. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:0:34]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:0:16]} 20. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:0:24]} Kxc7 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 21. g4 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Be6 {[%emt 0:0:41]} 22. f5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 23. b3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 24. Bf4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 25. Nd7 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 26. Nc5+ {[%emt 0:0:21]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 27. bxc5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 28. Bd6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bf3+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} 29. Kc1 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 30. Rf1 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 31. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 32. Rf4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Ne2+ {[%emt 0:0:36]} 33. Nxe2 {[%emt 0:0:14]} Bxe2 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 34. Re4 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 35. Re7 {[%emt 0:0:17]} Rxe7 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 36. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Be4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 37. f6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 38. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} h5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 39. b4 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 40. c3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 41. Kd2 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 42. Ke3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 43. Kf4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 44. Kg5 {[%emt 0:0:21]} Be8 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 45. Kh6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 46. h3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 47. Kxh5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Bxh3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 48. Kg6 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 49. Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bf1 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 50. Ke7 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 51. Bd4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 52. Kf6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 53. Kg5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bf1 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 54. Kf4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bd3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 55. Ke3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 56. Kd2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 57. Kc2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 58. Kb2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 59. Ka3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Be6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 60. Kb2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 61. Kc1 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Be6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 62. Kc2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bf5+ {[%emt 0:0:2]} 63. Kb3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Be6+ {[%emt 0:0:2]} 64. Ka3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 65. Bh8 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 66. Kb2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 67. Kb1 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 68. Kc1 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 69. Kd2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 70. Kd3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Be6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 71. Kd4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 72. Bg7 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Ba2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 73. Bf8 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 74. Be7 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Ba2 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 75. Bd8 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 76. Bb6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Ba2 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 77. Ke5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 78. Bd8 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 79. Bf6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 80. Kd4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:0:1]} 81. c4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 82. Kxc4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 83. b5+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} Kb7 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 84. c6+ {[%emt 0:0:5]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 85. b6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Be6+ {[%emt 0:0:3]} 86. Kc5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} 87. Kd6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bg2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 88. b7+ {[%emt 0:0:6]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 89. Kd7 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Bh3+ {[%emt 0:0:4]} 90. Kd6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 91. Be5 {[%emt 0:0:3]TimeB} 1-0

Alice in Wonderland is sorta like LOTR

*slap*

Everything you say only proves that you have a insurmountable long steaming issues from childhood. Such a negative boy who can't take rejection, avoids direct conflict and is afraid of appearing less then worthy. Go ahead doll, vent but know that I've cross the river sticks to get here and ill be dame if I let some daddy's boy step on me with all his friends. Yes I am not deaf. I hear...

Originally posted by Wonder Man
Alice in Wonderland is sorta like LOTR

Originally posted by Surtur
*slap*

Originally posted by rudester
Everything you say only proves that you have a insurmountable long steaming issues from childhood. Such a negative boy who can't take rejection, avoids direct conflict and is afraid of appearing less then worthy. Go ahead doll, vent but know that I've cross the river sticks to get here and ill be dame if I let some daddy's boy step on me with all his friends. Yes I am not deaf. I hear...

😕

Guess some people really don't like Alice in Wonderland ...

The Story of Ms Pac-Man:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rhM8NAMW_VQ

😆 wasn't talking to you or was I?

Originally posted by rudester

... know that I've cross the river [Styx] to get here and ill be dame ...

Circumstances aside, joking aside, Alice in Wonderland, in almost any form, has elements of nightmare fuel, despite its reputation as a production for children. Modern interpretations of it especially so. The section of your quote above rather uncannily calls to mind Tim Burton's version of Alice, for instance, who though "just a girl" becomes the incarnation of the originally male hero of Jabberwocky, slaying a dragon-like monster to end the reign of a tyrannical raving lunatic of a queen. And, yes, the queen's issues stem from child, and, yes, disturbingly, VERY disturbingly, Alice must cross a "River Styx" as part of her journey, literally treading on the remains of the queen's victims to navigate the castle's moat ...

Yes I know I studied Alice in course I took in University, it actually can be interpreted that she was mentally unstable; wanting to escape her reality.

Cool "pawn ladder" game.
Think their proximity unnerved my opponent.

[WhiteElo "1769"]
[BlackElo "1713"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} c5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 2. e5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 3. h4 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 4. f4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} a6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 5. g4 {[%emt 0:0:11]} b5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 6. a3 {[%emt 0:0:22]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} c4 {[%emt 0:0:12]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Nge7 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 11. Qe2 {[%emt 0:0:13]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 12. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:0:18]} exd5 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 13. f5 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Be7 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 14. g5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 0-0 {[%emt 0:2:51]} 15. f6 {[%emt 0:0:7]} Bxf6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 16. gxf6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} g6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 17. Bh6 {[%emt 0:0:19]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 18. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Na5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 19. h5 {[%emt 0:0:32]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 20. Ra2 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 21. hxg6 {[%emt 0:0:26]} fxg6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 22. Bg7 {[%emt 0:0:17]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 23. Ng5 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Nc1 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 24. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Nxe2 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 25. Rh8# {[%emt 0:0:3]Mate} 1-0

Come on baby and rescue me. Cus I need you and dont know the words after this lol

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