The 2,000,000th post game

Game against a player (Nepalese?) which might have gone VERY differently in 1 or 2 more turns ...

[WhiteElo "1815"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} e5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} d6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 5. d5 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 6. Be2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Nxe2 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 7. Nxe2 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 8. gxf3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Qh4 {[%emt 0:0:10]} 9. Be3 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:0:20]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Qg2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 11. Rf1 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qxh2 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:0:38]} 13. 0-0-0 {[%emt 0:0:5]} g6 {[%emt 0:0:14]} 14. Qb5+ {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:0:25]} 15. Qxb7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 16. Nb5 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:0:18]} 17. Bxh6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Nxh6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 18. Nxc7+ {[%emt 0:0:2]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 19. Qc6 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:0:43]} 20. Nb5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Qxf3 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 21. Nxa7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qf4+ {[%emt 0:0:21]} 22. Kb1 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 23. f3 {[%emt 0:0:11]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 24. Qc7 {[%emt 0:0:16]} Rhe8 {[%emt 0:0:23]} 25. Nc6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:0:43]} 26. b3 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:0:32]} 27. Nxd8 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:0:2]} 28. a4 {[%emt 0:0:12]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:0:30]} 29. Qc6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 30. f4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 31. fxe5 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 32. e6 {[%emt 0:0:2]} Nxd1 {[%emt 0:0:11]} 33. Rxf7+ {[%emt 0:0:2]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 34. Qb7 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Qh8 {[%emt 0:0:15]} 35. e7 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Qb2# {[%emt 0:0:9]Mate} 0-1

Illustrated moves for a DIFFERENT game than the one shown in the previous post, the chess game related on page 50435 , where the opponent's retreating one move too early effectively decided the game:

(scans 1-9 of 15)

Moves 10-15 of game related in my post just before this one.

Pawn to f3, his king moving, and bishop to e3, would have checkmated him to end the game. As it was, he resigned before that happened.

I should probably make clear; up above in the previous post, the game ends there with it being black's turn and him resigning.

Black's King has ONE, and ONLY one possible move at that point in the game, and that is to move to the square e4 with his king.

After THAT point, moving White's King Bishop's pawn up one space to f3 forces the Black King to move a 2nd time. At that point the Black King moves from e4 to d4. Once he's at d4, the White Bishop moving to e3 checkmates the Black King, outright winning the game.

Pyrite is a gem that possesses strange but largely undeniable physical strength, hardness, durability, and beauty ...

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