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Ed Trice wrote on Tue, Sep 5, 2006 03:25 AM UTC:
The player on http://www.GothicChessLive.com known as M_TAL has always been
a very tough opponent. He is George Tsavadaris from Thessaloniki, Greece.
George is not only a 'regular chess' enthusiast, he is a strong
'anti-computer' player, in chess and Gothic Chess. Over the past 3
years, he has given me sample games where he has been able to defeat
Gothic Vortex. Today, though a bit rusty, he was finally overwhelemed by
Vortex. While I am sure he will be back strong, here is that game, played
at G/30 + 15:

http://www.gothicchesslive.com/javascript/game.php?gameid=1614

1.Nh3 h6 2.g3 d5 3.d4 g6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg2 Nj6 6.f3 Na6 7.g4 Ah7 8.g5 h5
9.Bf4 f6 10.e4 Nc7 11.Qd2 f5 12.exd5 cxd5 13.Af2 Bg7 14.j4 Ne6 15.Ni5 Ai8
16.Be5 Kf7 17.O-O Ni4 18.Ah4 Ch8 19.f4 j6 20.Nj3 i5 21.Af2 ixj4 22.h3 Ci6
23.hxi4 hxi4 24.Nh4 Ci7 25.Bf3 Bi5 26.Ae3 j3 27.Cf1 j5 28.Ni6 j4 29.Rh8
Cj5 30.Rxd8 Nxd8 31.Ch1 Aj6 32.ixj3 Ri8 33.Ag2 Bf8 34.Bh8 Ai5 35.Axi4 Cj7
36.Nxd5 Be6 37.Nc7 Rc8 38.Nxe6 Nxe6 39.Qd3 Ke8 40.Qb5+ Rc6 41.Bxc6+ bxc6
42.Qxc6+ Kf7 43.Re1 Nxf4 44.Qf3 Ag4 45.Qb3+ Ke8 46.Qb5+ Kf7 47.Qb3+ Ke8
48.Qb5+ Kf7 49.Qc4+ Ke8 50.Qc6+ Kf7 51.Rf1 Axi6 52.Axg6+ Kg8 53.Bi7 Rxi7
54.Ch6+ Cxh6 55.Axi7+ Kf7 56.gxh6 Ah4 57.Rf3 Ng6 58.h7 e6 59.Rh3 Bd6+
60.Qxd6 Ag2+ 61.Kh2 Af1+ 62.Kh1 Axh3 63.Ah6+ Ke8 64.Ag7+ Kf7 65.Qc7+ Ne7
66.h8=C+ Kxg7 67.Qe5# 1-0

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