Good Recycles DiMuro12 March 1999In an exhausting 10 turn game, Ben Good has defeated Joseph DiMuro, handing DiMuro his first loss of the tournament. This puts Good and DiMuro in a tie for the lead with 1 point each. Joseph Ben DiMuro Good ------ ------ 1.d3 d4 2.e3 a4 3.a3 c4 4.Bb4+ Bc5 5.d:c4 B:c4 6.Re1 Qf3+ 7.Kd2 Q:f2+ 8.Kd1 Qf3+ 9.Kd2 d:e3+ [bg] ah, but i may still have it. 10.R:e3 still results in 10...Q:e3#. so now we have 10.Kc3 e2+ 11.Qe3 Q:e3# [bg] did i miss anything else? [jd] Just that I can respond to 10. ... e2+ with 11. Kd2. But I think you know where to go from there. 10.Resigns [jd] By the way, I saw this combination right after you made your 6th move. I was hoping and praying that you wouldn't see it (after all, it is a weird combo; you have to move your queen back and forth to mate me). So much for that hope. Hmm... it looks like we just constructed the very first cycle chess problem: a mate in 6. FINAL POSITION: +-------------------------------+ | X | | +-------+ | | 7 | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | 6 |*R*| | |*K*| |*R*| | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | 5 | |*P*|*B*| |*P*|*P*| | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | 4 |*P*| B |*B*| | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | 3 | P | | | |*P*|*Q*| | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | 2 | | P | P | K | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | 1 | R | B | Q | | R | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | 0 | | | | +-------+ | | a b c d e f | +-------------------------------+ +-------------------------------+ | X | | +-------+ | | 0 | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | 1 | | R | | Q | B | R | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | 2 | | | K | P | P | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | 3 |*Q*|*P*| | | | P | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | 4 | | | |*B*| B |*P*| | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | 5 |*P*|*P*| |*B*|*P*| | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | 6 |*R*| |*K*| | |*R*| | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | 7 | | | | +-------+ | | f e d c b a | +-------------------------------+ |
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DiMuro Scores Knockout with Combination1 March 1999Joseph DiMuro, making his tournament debut, scored a devastating win against Dave Hogarty in the first completed game of the contest. The win puts DiMuro in the lead. According to DiMuro: I think that this game could be considered the "Fool's Mate" of Combination Chess. +---+ 9 | k | +---+---+---+---+---+ 8 | i | b | a | n | r | +---+---+---+---+---+ 7 | p | | p | | p | +---+---+---+---+---+ 6 | | p | | p | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 5 | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 4 | | P | | P | | +---+---+---+---+---+ 3 | P | | P | | P | +---+---+---+---+---+ 2 | I | B | A | N | R | +---+---+---+---+---+ 1 | K | +---+ a b c d e f g Dave Joseph 1.Ae3 If4(xe2,f2,d3,e3,f3,e4,f4) 2.Resigns FINAL POSITION: +---+ 9 | k | +---+---+---+---+---+ 8 | | b | a | n | r | +---+---+---+---+---+ 7 | p | | p | | p | +---+---+---+---+---+ 6 | | p | | p | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 5 | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 4 | | P | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+ 3 | P | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+ 2 | I | B | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+ 1 | K | +---+ a b c d e f g |