Chess

[darrelljs]

Given my grandmother was Norwegian I wonder if I am eligible ?

Darrell

[zakalwe]

For those who haven't been following Norway Chess, there was a real marathon game in round 7 between Giri and Karyakin that lasted for over 130 moves, ending after the commentators had gone home.

It's worth checking out. One of the players missed a very beautiful win while they were both down to just 30 seconds per move.

Daniel King's round 7 summary:
http://youtu.be/tB1gsrgBAtI

[ipecac]

That's the risk of pushing too hard for a win in a drawn position with time trouble. It worked out for Giri in the Blitz round, but not against Karyakin.

Also, go Agdestein

[regoarrarr]

http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=91961092

Fun game I was in.

Pay no attention to the move I made that let him skewer my queen on move 18

At that point, while nominally only slightly behind in material, I concocted a grand scheme to get him with a back-rank checkmate, which took about 15 move to pull off. Granted I'm sure he (and I both) made some blunders but I thought it was interesting

[regoarrarr]

I just ran the chess.com analysis and man we both made some really bad moves in that one

[ipecac]

http://www.chess.com/echess/game?id=91826132
This is one of my recent games. If my opponent played 20...0-0 instead of ...Rg8??, he's still slightly worse imo but he wouldn't have lost that badly.

[Gustaran]

[Rowain]

[novice]

Let's show off our nicest blitz finishes (and pay no attention to our frequent losses):
White to move and win:


Answer:
http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=883435238

[ipecac]

At that point did you see what happens if 15...Bxh2+?