Inter-house Chess
Today’s match in the inter-house chess tournament was an absolute epic, in which Belana Negri claimed a first win for Inchcolm, beating Anna Gilmore Heezen (Arran) in the process. After taking an early advantage, Belana was unable to force checkmate; and Anna, despite her king being left isolated from move 60, managed to hold on for a further 50 moves before finally being trapped by Belana’s queen, rook and bishops.
For those that can read standard algebraic chess notation, the match played out as follows:
1. d4 b5 2. c3 h5 3. h4 Nh6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Ne5 Nf5 6. e3 a5 7. a4 bxa4 8. Rxa4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Rh6 10. Nxd8 Kxd8 11. Rxa5 Rxa5 12. b3 c6 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Nb1 g6 16. b4 Ra4 17. Qxa4 Nxh4 18. Rxh4 Bg7 19. Qa5+ Kd7 20. b5 c5 21. Ba3 Bf6 22. Bxc5 Ke8 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Rf4 Bg5 25. Rf3 f6 26. Na3 Kc7 27. Nc4 dxc4 28. Rg3 Bh4 29. Rf3 Bg5 30. Qa5+ Kb8 31. Bxe7 Rh7 32. Bd6+ Rc7 33. Rg3 Bh4 34. Rh3 Bg5 35. g3 Bh6 36. f4 Bg7 37. b6 Bf8 38. Bxf8 Rc8 39. Bd6+ Rc7 40. bxc7+ Kb7 41. Qb5+ Kc8 42. Qa6+ Kd7 43. Bc5 Ke8 44. Qb5+ Kf7 45. Qxc4+ Ke8 46. Qa4+ Kf7 47. Rh2 Ke6 48. Qb3+ Kf5 49. Rf2 h4 50. gxh4 Kg4 51. Qd1+ Kf5 52. Bd6 Ke4 53. Qc1 Kd3 54. Qb1+ Kc4 55. Qa2+ Kb5 56. Qb2+ Kc6 57. Be7 Kd5 58. Qb3+ Kc6 59. Bxf6 g5 60. Bxg5 Kd7 61. Qa4+ Ke6 62. Rb2 Kf5 63. Be7 Ke4 64. Qc6+ Kxe3 65. Rh2 Kxf4 66. Bd6+ Kf5 67. Qd7+ Ke4 68. h5 Kd5 69. Be7+ Kc4 70. c8=B Kb3 71. Qb5+ Kxc3 72. Qa5+ Kxd4 73. h6 Ke4 74. Bb7+ Kd4 75. Bf6+ Ke3 76. Rh3+ Kf4 77. Qa4+ Kf5 78. Bg7 Kg6 79. Bf8 Kf5 80. Qa5+ Ke6 81. Bc8+ Kf6 82. Bg7+ Kf7 83. Bh8 Kf8 84. Qb4+ Ke8 85. Qb5+ Ke7 86. Qc5+ Kd8 87. Bb7 Ke8 88. Bc6+ Kd8 89. Qb6+ Ke7 90. Re3+ Kd6 91. Ba8+ Kd7 92. Rd3+ Kc8 93. Qa6+ Kc7 94. Rc3+ Kd8 95. Qb6+ Ke8 96. Bc6+ Ke7 97. Ra3 Ke6 98. Qb5 Ke7 99. Ra7+ Kd8 100. Qb6+ Kc8 101. Qa6+ Kd8 102. Qa5+ Kc8 103. Bf6 Kb8 104. Rg7 Kc8 105. Qa6+ Kb8 106. Rg8+ Kc7 107. Bd5 Kd7 108. h7 Kc7 109. Be5+ Kd7 110. Bc4 Ke7 111. Qa7#
Alternatively, if you copy the above text into the ‘Enter PGN Text’ box at http://chesstempo.com/pgn-viewer.html and click ‘Load PGN’, you’ll be able to get some sense of just how epic the match actually was.
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