GAME SHOULD HAVE GONE LIKE THIS AT THE END.

This is the game linked to the last article.  Its shows how I should have played Kb1 on move 54.

Rapid 25m, Belfast
Deep Fritz 14 (2398) vs. Flanagan, Sam

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 e6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. e4 Ne7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Bb4 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. Qh1 Qxh1+ 19. Kxh1 Rfd8 20. c4 b6 21. Reb1 e5 22. f3 f6 23. Rb2 Rab8 24. h4 Rd7 25. a4 Rdb7 26. Rab1 a6 27. h5 Kf7 28. Rb3 Ke7 29. Kg1 b5 30. c3 Kd7 31. Kf1 Kd6 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Rb1b2 Kc7 34. a5 Ra8 35. Ra3 Rba7 36. Rba2 Ra6 37. Ra1 Rb8 38. Kg1 b4 39. cxb4 Rxb4 40. Ra4 Rxa4 41. Rxa4 c5 42. Kf2 Kc6 43. Ra1 Kb5 44. Rb1+ Kc6 45. Ra1 Ra7 46. Ra2 Kb5 47. Ra3 Rxa5 48. Rxa5+ Kxa5 49. Ke3 f5 50. g4 fxg4 51. fxg4 Kb4 52. Kf3 Kc3 53. Ke3 Kc2 54. Ke2 Kb1 55. Kf1 e4 56. Ke2 exd3+ 57. Kxd3 Kc1 58. Kc3 Kd1 59. Kd3 c4+ 60. Kxc4 Ke2 61. Kc5 Kf3 62. Kd6 Kxg4 63. Kd5 Kxh5 64. Ke4 Kg4 65. Ke5 g5 66. Ke4 h5 67. Ke5 h4

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Pawn promotion:
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END GAME DRAW WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WIN

In the position below, Fritz is white and has just played 54.Ke2, it is now black to play. 

In the game I played Kc3, it then played Ke3, the sequence was then repeated and Fritz claimed a draw by repetition.

I was not disappointed as I genuinely thought it was a drawn position.

It is not a draw, it is a win for black but I failed to see the winning method.

Tried to post  game below which shows how the endgame should have been played but just cannot get it to post at the minute.

I just could not see that it was needful for black to move away to b1 or b2???

I wonder how many club players would have managed to find the win from the position above?

Ecc 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

LOOKS LIKE FIDE NEED HELP FROM GM PASTOR BEGBIE AND RED HAND LUKE

Its looks like FIDE need the help of GM Pastor Begbie and Red Hand Luke in order to sort out the "Chess-cheating" or alleged "Chess-cheating" problem, once and for all!

Ec 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

THIS SEEMS LIKE AN APPROPRIATE TUNE AT THE MINUTE

Had a quick look at that Chess.com post about alleged "chess-cheating," it seems to be generating lot`s of comments!

Thought this was a appropriate tune, suitable for the occasion.

I did read an article somewhere quite recently where someone said, "Cheating will not kill Chess but the paranoia it generates will kill Chess."


1 Thessalonians 5:22  Abstain from all appearance of evil.

LOOKS LIKE THIS STORY WILL RUN AND RUN FOR A WHILE

Just read an article on Chess.com about "Chess cheating."

It looks like a story which will run and run for quite a while.

Personally speaking, I suspect "Chess cheating" is widespread on probably all the online sites.

It would be a very rare thing for me to play online nowadays, as I can hardly win a game.

The strange thing is, I can regularly get a rating which qualifies for a "Candidate Master" title from Fritz 14 when I play 25 minute time control games, in Fritz rated play mode.

Plus, on a number of occasions I have actually scored a rating which qualifies for a "Fide Master" title from Fritz 14.

Fritz has now reset itself but it keeps the title award from the last set of games.  Sometimes it lets me play a couple of hundred games before it automatically resets, at other times it may reset after about 30 games.

I keep the playing strength at a setting of 2398.

Danny Mallaghan and myself were just talking about online chess a few weeks ago, He was saying he finds it hard to win games as well.

In 1990 I started to study at the Free Presbyterian Bible college in Banbridge.

On the very first day, the principal of the Bible college announced that they had found evidence of cheating during exams, which had taken place at the end of the last College year.

They had to start whole inquiry in order to sort the matter out!

When you get cheating going on in a Bible College, you can be sure it is going on in a widespread fashion in the rest of society. 

2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MULDOON`S

Received the news that Muldoon`s had won the first division again, when I ran into Danny Mallaghan last week.

I see the news  is now posted on the UCU site.

This is the picture from last year, this year the order is reversed.

1 Cor 9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.