Flukes and Strange Moves ?

[perseus]

Flukes and Strange Moves ?

Anybody got any? Best are the ones that come off.

www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_game.cgi?320994?32b?black?large

is a deliberate Rook sacrifice for position. It was unsound and would have lost against correct play. As it was it probably won the game (the opponent did not finish).

[tommygun241]

That's probably the longest game i've ever seen, hehe!

Has anyone played any longer games than that?

[yassen]

tommygun241 said:

That's probably the longest game i've ever seen, hehe!

Has anyone played any longer games than that?

Long? It's only 49 moves! Most people have played longer games than that. I don't think anything below 60 moves could be called a long game.

[Blockhead]

This concern about game longevity seems 'off topic', even so, for those interested, one online authority gives the longest Chess game as 269 moves between I. Nikolic and Arsovic, Belgrade 1989, which ended in a draw!

This and other strange/bizarre chessic facts can be found at:
www.chess-poster.com/english/notes_and_facts/did_you_know.htm

[nightmare]

I agree Yassen 60 moves or more.

[beck15]

the moves played by black in this game are strange ones but definitely not a fluke. this is one of the sharpest variations around in chess!!
check out this game-
www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_game.cgi?338479??black?

[yitwail]

beck, thanks for posting that. white hasn't played the best moves, correct? what's supposed to be the best line for white? if it's a bother posting an entire variation, just the first move that differs from the one actually played might be helpful.

[nightmare]

That game is a farce, no business being mentioned here.

[beck15]

i've played that variation quite a few times, and as white i usually don't allow that to happen(ie, don't go for a fried liver unless i'm positive that my opponent won't play 4..Bc5(or he would play nothing else if i do wanna tackle it with white.)) i've developed analysis for the black side of this variation and maybe i'll post it when the game's over.(it won't take long)
as concerning the white side of play, i'm still struggling to find an answer.

[yitwail]

i see, so the usual line is still ...4. d5 5. exd etc, which was rather sharp to begin with. ;D

[yassen]

Speaking about long games...Last night's game in round 3 of the Morelia/Linares supertournament between Levon Aronian and the World Champion Topalov lasted 123 moves! Here it is:

[Event "XXIII SuperGM"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares MEX/ESP"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Topalov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[ECO "E55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Bd3 Qxc3
14. Ra3 Qf6 15. Qc2 h6 16. b5 Nb4 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Qb1 a5 19. Be4 Nc5 20.
Bd2 Bd7 21. Bxb4 axb4 22. Qxb4 Rxa3 23. Qxc5 Rfa8 24. Ne5 b6 25. Qc7 Bxb5
26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rd1 Ba4 28. Rd4 Be8 29. g3 Kh7 30. Kg2 Ra5 31. Nc4 Ra2
32. Rf4 Qc3 33. Qxb6 Ra1 34. Qb7 Qc1 35. Kh3 f6 36. Rg4 Bg6 37. Rxg6 Kxg6
38. Qe4+ Kf7 39. Nd6+ Ke7 40. Nf5+ Kd7 41. Nxg7 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 Qxf2 43. Qxe6+
Kc7 44. Qc4+ Kb7 45. Qe4+ Kb8 46. Qf4+ Qxf4+ 47. exf4 Ra2 48. h3 Kc8 49.
Kh5 Ra3 50. Nf5 Kd7 51. Kxh6 Ke6 52. Kg6 Ra5 53. Ng7+ Ke7 54. h4 Ra6 55.
Nh5 Ra8 56. Ng7 Ra6 57. g4 f5+ 58. Kxf5 Kf7 59. Nh5 Ra5+ 60. Ke4 Ra3 61. g5
Rh3 62. Kf5 Rxh4 63. g6+ Kg8 64. Kg5 Rh1 65. Nf6+ Kf8 66. Nh5 Rg1+ 67. Kh6
Rh1 68. f5 Kg8 69. Kg5 Rg1+ 70. Kf6 Rg4 71. Ng7 Ra4 72. Ne6 Ra5 73. Nc7 Kf8
74. Ke6 Ra7 75. Nb5 Re7+ 76. Kf6 Rd7 77. Nc3 Rd6+ 78. Kg5 Kg7 79. Nb5 Rd5
80. Nc7 Re5 81. Ne6+ Kg8 82. Kf6 Ra5 83. Nc7 Rc5 84. Ne8 Rc1 85. Nd6 Kf8
86. Ne4 Rc6+ 87. Kg5 Rc4 88. Ng3 Rc3 89. Ne4 Rc4 90. Nf6 Rc1 91. Nd7+ Kg8
92. f6 Rf1 93. Ne5 Rg1+ 94. Kf5 Rf1+ 95. Ke6 Re1 96. Kd6 Re2 97. Nc6 Rg2
98. Ke6 Re2+ 99. Kd7 Kf8 100. Kd6 Rg2 101. Ne5 Rd2+ 102. Ke6 Re2 103. Kf5
Rf2+ 104. Kg5 Rg2+ 105. Kh4 Rf2 106. Ng4 Rg2 107. Ne5 Rf2 108. Kg5 Rg2+
109. Kf4 Rf2+ 110. Nf3 Rf1 111. Ke3 Kg8 112. Kf4 Kf8 113. Ke4 Kg8 114. Ke3
Ra1 115. Kf4 Rf1 116. Kg4 Rf2 117. Kg3 Rf1 118. Kf4 Rf2 119. Ke4 Rf1 120.
Ke3 Ra1 121. Kd4 Rf1 122. Ke4 Rf2 123. g7 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[perseus]

Longest game on Stans? 60+ for starters. The game of 49 moves would have exceeded the sixty if it finished. I doubt if any of my games have gone over fifty though. I make a blunder before then!

[perseus]

Longest game of mine = 64.

www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_game.cgi?323796

Utterly dreadful game which would have gone on longer if I had not unaccountably about three times in the game pressed the wrong button by mistake.

Over 100 moves would be long.

[savin]

The longest game on Stan's netChess lasted 130 moves.

It was played between Double D and Petrov

It started on August 27, 2002 and finished on January 14, 2003.

www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_game.cgi?135957

The longest game in terms of time was started on July 12, 2001 and ended on December 11, 2003. 882 days!!! Only 30 moves were played and it end in a forfeit!! That is an average of almost 15 days for each move a player made.

The longest game to end without a forfeit was started on October 10, 2003 and ended on December 29, 2005 lasting 811 days and with 51 moves played. The game ended with Black Resigning.

www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_game.cgi?211879

A review of games that completed without a forfeit and made it to at least the 16th move shows that the aveage time that a player takes to reply to a move at Stan's is 1.85 days.

Of these games:
96.5% had an average of less than 2 days per move.
93.0% had an average of less than 1.5 days per move.
89.0% had an average of less than 1.2 days per move.
84.6% had an average of less than 1.0 days per move.


Over 50% of the games are played with between 0.4 and 0.8 days per move.

[dan3]

That is a lon game