Greatest Chess Game Ever Played in the History of the World

All Things Chess
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There comes a time in the lives of men where something so spectacular happens as to change all perceptions of reality.

Such a thing happened at the National Chess Congress this past weekend in Philadelphia in the following game. Here is the game:

[Event “National Chess Congress”]
[Site “Philadelphia PA”]
[Date “2010.11.28”]
[Round “05”]
[White “Feng,Perry”]
[Black “Sloan,Sam”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “C40”]
[WhiteElo “1778”]
[BlackElo “1900”]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6 3.Nxe5 fxe5 4.Qh5+ Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+ d5 7.Bxd5+ Kg6 8.Qg3+ Qg5 9.Qxc7 Ne7 10.Qd6+ Kh5 11.h4 Qxg2 12.Qe5+ Bf5 13.exf5 Qxd5 14.Qe2+ Kh6 15.d4+ g5 16.Bxg5+ Kg7 17.Rg1 Nxf5 18.Bd8+ Kf7 19.Rg5 Bb4+ 20.Kf1 Rxd8 21.a3 Qh1+ 22.Rg1 Qh3+ 23.Rg2 Ba5 24.Qh5+ Kf8 25.Qxh7 Nc6 26.b4 Bb6 27.d5 Ng3+ 28.Ke1 Qxg2 29.Qh8+ 0-1

Notes: The book line in this opening is 8. h4 h6 9. Bxb7. However, I have played on the black side of this variation many times and I have won every game. I am not afraid of it. Of course, this is because I do not mind playing a chess game four pawns down. Any man who is a man is not bothered by being four pawns behind.

The moves in the game follow my game against Grandmaster Alex Linderman in the US Open in Cherry Hill NJ. However, in that game he played 10. h4. I was too chicken to play 10. … Qxg2, so the game continued 10. … Nxd5 11. Qxc8. Now I should have played 11. … Qe5, leaving me with a knight against four pawns. This does not bother me but my rooks are stuck and cannot get out.

That game might have transposed back into this one had I played 10. … Qxg2 instead. So, I played it this time. I cannot find a refutation to the way that I played.

Sam Sloan

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According to my computer, if you had played 13. … Nxd5, then you would have been OK. After your move Qxd5, there was a mate in 4 that your opponent missed. He started out OK, with Qe2+, but after your move Kh6, he should have played Qe3+ and Qg5#.

But going back to your earlier point, it seems black is OK after 11. h4 Qxg2.

Jim

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 The USCF Executive Board elections a few years back?
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Are you still around? You were not at the National Chess Congress last weekend. Have you too been banned, blacklisted, thrown out?

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Thank you very much. You are correct that my opponent missed a mate that I also missed.

Thank you for finding a better way for me to play.

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Thank you for pointing this out and you are correct. My opponent missed a mate in two and I missed it also.

Fortunately, you have found an improvement for me. If I play 13. … Nxd5 instead of 13. … Qxd5 I hold the extra piece and there is no mate as the knight and queen guard all the key squares. If White tries to mate me he gets mated instead. For example: 13… Nxd5 14. Qe2+ Kh6 15. d4+ g5 16. hxg5+ Kg7 17. f6+ Kf7 18. Qh5+ Ke6 19. Qe8+ Kd6 20. Qd8+ Kc6 21. Qe8+ Kb6 22. Qd8+ Ka6

Now, the white queen is trapped and lost and the rook falls too so White is checkmated.

So, the Damiano “Defense” lives!!!