Descriptive Chess Notation

Past Masters’ Calabrese Counter Gambits

Calabrese {complete variation index} 8

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6: 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5 3.Bxg8{-24} Rxg8 4.exf5{-24} d5 (25.0-1)
1:    "  "     "  "      "         " 4.Qh5+{-15} g6 (16.0-1)
5:    "  "     "  " 3.d3{-34} Nf6 4.Ne2{-26} Bc5 (27.0-1)
4:    "  "     "  "    "        " 4.Nf3{-34} c6{-34} 5.Bg5 Be7 (35.0-1)
3:    "  "     "  "    "        "     "      d5{-45} 5.exd5 Bd6 (46.0-1)
2:    "  "     "  " 3.exf5{+31} Nf6 4.g4{-24} d5 (25.0-1)
8:    "  "     "  "      "        " 4.Nc3{+31} d5 (31...1-0)
7:    "  "     "  "      "        " 4.Nf3{-21} e4 (22.0-1)

Calabrese (algebraic) 8

[Game "1"]
[Event "Miscellaneous Game"]                  r n b q k b n r   r #   # k b   #
[Site "??"]                                   p p p p #   p p   p p p   # r #
[Date "1876.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     #   # b # p #
[Round "73"]                                  #   #   p p #     #   # N p   #
[White "Amateur"]                               # B # P #   #     # P # p # q #
[Black "Gioachino Greco"]                     #   #   #   #     #   Q   #   # N
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P P   P P P   P P   P n P P P
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R   B   # R K

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. Bxg8 Rxg8 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qxh7 Rg7 6. Qh8 Qg5 7. Qh3 fxe4
8. Nc3 Qf5 9. Qe3 Rf7 10. Nh3 d5 11. Nxd5 Nc6 12. c3 Be6 13. c4 Nd4 14. Qc3 Qg4
15. O-O Ne2+ 0-1

[Game "2"]
[Event "Rotterdam"]                           r n b q k b n r     #   #   r k #
[Site "Rotterdam"]                            p p p p #   p p   p p #   #   p
[Date "1861.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # p #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   b P #   P p
[White "Amateur"]                               # B # P #   #   Q #   #   #   P
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]                     #   #   #   #     P   #   r   #
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P P   P P P     P P #   q   #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R   B K #   # R

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. g4 d5 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. d3 h5 7. g5 Ng4
8. Nh3 Bxf5 9. f3 O-O 10. Nc3 c6 11. Qe2 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. Nd1 Qd6
14. Nhf2 Nxf2 15. Nxf2 Ne6 16. h4 Nd4 17. Qd1 e4 18. dxe4 Qg3 19. Qd3 Bxe4
20. fxe4 Qxf2+ 21. Kd1 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Rf3 23. Qa4 Raf8 24. exd5 Re3 0-1

[Game "3"]
[Event "Vienna"]                              r n b q k b n r     #   #   #   #
[Site "Vienna"]                               p p p p #   p p   #   #   #   #
[Date "1859.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # P # k # p p
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     p   #   #   #
[White "Lenhof"]                                # B # P #   #   P #   #   P   #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   # P #   #     # P #   #   #
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P #   P P P     #   # K #   #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   #   #   #   #

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit, Jaenisch Variation}
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 a6 8. a4 h6
9. d4 e4 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. f3 Qe8 13. fxe4 fxe4 14. Bf4 Qg6
15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Rf4 Re7 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Qf2 Nh5 20. Rh4 Rf7
21. Qd2 Nf6 22. h3 Qg5 23. Qf4 Nh7 24. Qxg5 Nxg5 25. Rf1 Rfe7 26. Rhf4 e3
27. Re1 Bxh3 28. Bd3 Bd7 29. b3 Nh7 30. Nd1 Nf6 31. c4 Ng4 32. Rf3 Nf2
33. Bg6 Nxd1 34. Bxe8 Rxe8 35. Rxd1 Bg4 36. Re1 Bxf3 37. gxf3 Kf7 38. c5 dxc5
39. dxc5 Re5 40. c6 bxc6 41. dxc6 Ke6 42. Kf1 e2+ 43. Rxe2 Rxe2 44. Kxe2 a5
45. f4 g6 0-1

[Game "4"]
[Event "London"]                              r n b q k b n r     #   #   #   #
[Site "London"]                               p p p p #   p p   p p #   #   # p
[Date "1864.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # p #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   #   # P #
[White "Valentine Green"]                       # B # P #   #     #   r p # k #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   # P #   #     #   #   R   #
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P #   P P P   P P   #   #   #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   #   #   #   K

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit, Jaenisch Variation}
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nc3 d6
8. Bb3 Na6 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Ne4 d5 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. d4 O-O
14. O-O e4 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Qh5 Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Rxf7 18. f3 f5 19. Rae1 Nc7
20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Re3 Kf6 23. Kf2 Bf7 24. c3 Bh5 25. h3 Kg5
26. g3 Ne6 27. Kg1 Nf4 28. gxf4+ Kxh4 29. c4 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Bf3 31. Be6 Rd8
32. Bg4 Bxg4 33. hxg4 Rxd4 34. f5 Kxg4 0-1

[Game "5"]
[Event "London, England"]                     r n b q k b n r     #   #   # k #
[Site "London, England"]                      p p p p #   p p   p   p b #   p
[Date "1866.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # p #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   # p #   # p
[White "M Hewitt"]                              # B # P #   #     # P #   #   #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   # P #   #     # Q #   #   B K
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P #   P P P   P P   N p r n P
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R   #   R   #

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit, Jaenisch Variation}
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Ne2 Bc5 5. c3 Nc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 fxe4
8. Bf4 d5 9. Bb5 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Bg5 Qe8
14. Qb3 Ng4 15. Bh4 e3 16. O-O Qh5 17. Bg3 e2 18. Re1 Rxf2 19. Nd2 Raf8
20. c4 Rxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Qh3+ 22. Kxh3 Ne3+ 23. Kh4 Ng2+ 24. Kg5 Rf5+ 25. Kg4 h5+
26. Kh3 Rf2# 0-1

[Game "6"]
[Event "GBR tour sim"]                        r n b q k b n r   r #   #   #   #
[Site "Great Britain"]                        p p p p #   p p   p p p   # k b K
[Date "1872.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     #   #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   # p #   r
[White "Fisher"]                                # B # P #   #     #   # p #   #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   #   #   #     #   #   # n #
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P P   P P P   P P P P   P   #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R N B Q #   # R

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. Bxg8 Rxg8 4. exf5 d5 5. Qh5+ g6 6. fxg6 Rxg6 7. Ne2 Nc6
8. O-O Bg4 9. Qxh7 Rh6 10. Qd3 e4 11. Qe3 Qh4 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd4
14. Qd1 Nf3+ 15. Kh1 Qxh3+ 16. gxh3 Rxh3+ 17. Kg2 Rh2+ 18. Kg3 Bd6+
19. Kg4 Rh4+ 20. Kf5 Rh5+ 21. Kg6 Rg5+ 22. Kh6 Bf8+ 23. Kh7 Kf7 24. Rh1 Bg7
0-1

[Game "7"]
[Event "The Hague"]                           r n b q k b n r     #   #   r k #
[Site "The Hague"]                            p p p p #   p p   #   #   #   p p
[Date "1873.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # p #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     p   # p #   #
[White "D Hermann"]                             # B # P #   #   P #   # b #   #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   #   #   #     # r P   q   # P
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P P   P P P     P   #   R P #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R   #   # Q K

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Ne5 d5 6. Bb3 Bxf5 7. d3 Bd6
8. Bf4 Qe7 9. d4 c5 10. c3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6
14. h3 Rab8 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd2 a5 17. a4 e3 18. fxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 Ne4
20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qf1 Rxb3 0-1

[Game "8"]
[Event "New Orleans"]                         r n b q k b n r   R b k #   #   #
[Site "New Orleans"]                          p p p p #   p p   # p #   #   #
[Date "1848.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # P #   #   p
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   #   p   #
[White "Morphy, Paul"]                          # B # P #   #     #   # B #   #
[Black "Morphy, Alonzo"]                      #   #   #   #     # Q P P # P #
[Result "1-0"]                                P P P P   P P P     #   #   #   P
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   #   q   #   B K

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nxd5 Bc5 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. d3 Bxf5
8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Bd5 c6 10. Be4 Nd7 11. O-O h6 12. c3 O-O-O 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 a6
15. Qb3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 g5 17. Be3 g4 18. Bxg4 Bc7 19. Bf3 Rhg8 20. Be4 Rg4
21. f3 Rg7 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Nb6 24. bxc6 Rdg8 25. Rf2 Qd8 26. Ra8+ Bb8
27. Bxb6 Rxg2+ 28. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 Qc1+ 31. Bg1 1-0

Calabrese (descriptive) 8

[Game "1"]
[Event "Miscellaneous Game"]                  r n b q k b n r   r #   # k b   #
[Site "??"]                                   p p p p #   p p   p p p   # r #
[Date "1876.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     #   # b # p #
[Round "73"]                                  #   #   p p #     #   # N p   #
[White "Amateur"]                               # B # P #   #     # P # p # q #
[Black "Gioachino Greco"]                     #   #   #   #     #   Q   #   # N
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P P   P P P   P P   P n P P P
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R   B   # R K

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 BxN, RxB; 4 Q-R5 ch, P-N3; 5 QxRP, R-N2;
6 Q-R8, Q-N4; 7 Q-R3, PxP; 8 N-QB3, Q-B4; 9 Q-K3, R-B2; 10 N-R3, P-Q4;
11 NxQP, N-B3; 12 P-QB3, B-K3; 13 P-QB4, N-Q5; 14 Q-QB3, Q-N5;
15 Castles, N-K7 ch; 0-1

[Game "2"]
[Event "Rotterdam"]                           r n b q k b n r     #   #   r k #
[Site "Rotterdam"]                            p p p p #   p p   p p #   #   p
[Date "1861.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # p #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   b P #   P p
[White "Amateur"]                               # B # P #   #   Q #   #   #   P
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]                     #   #   #   #     P   #   r   #
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P P   P P P     P P #   q   #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R   B K #   # R

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 PxP, N-KB3; 4 P-KN4, P-Q4; 5 B-N3, B-B4;
6 P-Q3, P-KR4; 7 P-N5, N-N5; 8 N-KR3, BxP; 9 P-KB3, Castles; 10 N-B3, P-B3;
11 Q-K2, N-QR3; 12 P-R3, N-B2; 13 N-Q1, Q-Q3; 14 KN-B2, NxN; 15 NxN, N-K3;
16 P-KR4, N-Q5; 17 Q-Q1, P-K5; 18 QPxP, Q-N6; 19 Q-Q3, BxKP; 20 PxB, QxN ch;
21 K-Q1, NxB; 22 QxN, R-B6; 23 Q-R4, QR-KB1; 24 PxP, R-K6; 0-1

[Game "3"]
[Event "Vienna"]                              r n b q k b n r     #   #   #   #
[Site "Vienna"]                               p p p p #   p p   #   #   #   #
[Date "1859.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # P # k # p p
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     p   #   #   #
[White "Lenhof"]                                # B # P #   #   P #   #   P   #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   # P #   #     # P #   #   #
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P #   P P P     #   # K #   #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   #   #   #   #

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit, Jaenisch Variation}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 P-Q3, N-KB3; 4 N-KB3, P-Q4; 5 PxQP, B-Q3;
6 Castles, Castles; 7 N-B3, P-QR3; 8 P-QR4, P-R3; 9 P-Q4, P-K5; 10 N-K5, QN-Q2;
11 NxN, BxN; 12 P-B3, Q-K1; 13 PxP, PxP; 14 B-B4, Q-N3; 15 BxB, PxB;
16 Q-K2, QR-K1; 17 R-B4, R-K2; 18 R-K1, KR-K1; 19 Q-B2, N-R4; 20 R-R4, R-B2;
21 Q-Q2, N-B3; 22 P-R3, Q-N4; 23 Q-B4, N-R2; 24 QxQ, NxQ; 25 R-KB1, QR-K2;
26 KR-B4, P-K6; 27 R-K1, BxKRP; 28 B-Q3, B-Q2; 29 P-QN3, N-R2; 30 N-Q1, N-B3;
31 P-B4, N-N5; 32 R-B3, N-B7; 33 B-N6, NxN; 34 BxR, RxB; 35 RxN, B-N5;
36 R-K1, BxR; 37 PxB, K-B2; 38 P-B5, PxP; 39 PxP, R-K4; 40 P-B6, PxP;
41 PxP, K-K3; 42 K-B1, P-K7 ch; 43 RxP, RxR; 44 KxR, P-QR4; 45 P-B4, P-N3; 0-1

[Game "4"]
[Event "London"]                              r n b q k b n r     #   #   #   #
[Site "London"]                               p p p p #   p p   p p #   #   # p
[Date "1864.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # p #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   #   # P #
[White "Valentine Green"]                       # B # P #   #     #   r p # k #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   # P #   #     #   #   R   #
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P #   P P P   P P   #   #   #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   #   #   #   K

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit, Jaenisch Variation}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 P-Q3, N-KB3; 4 N-KB3, P-B3; 5 B-KN5, B-K2;
6 BxN, BxB; 7 N-B3, P-Q3; 8 B-N3, N-R3; 9 Q-K2, Q-K2; 10 PxP, BxP;
11 N-K4, P-Q4; 12 NxB ch, PxN; 13 P-Q4, Castles KR; 14 Castles KR, P-K5;
15 N-R4, B-K3; 16 Q-R5, Q-KB2; 17 QxQ ch, RxQ; 18 P-KB3, P-KB4; 19 QR-K1, N-B2;
20 PxP, BPxP; 21 RxR, KxR; 22 R-K3, K-B3; 23 K-B2, B-B2; 24 P-B3, B-R4;
25 P-KR3, K-N4; 26 P-N3, N-K3; 27 K-N1, N-B5; 28 PxN ch, KxN; 29 P-B4, PxP;
30 BxP, B-B6; 31 B-K6, R-Q1; 32 B-N4, BxB; 33 PxB, RxP; 34 P-B5, KxP; 0-1

[Game "5"]
[Event "London, England"]                     r n b q k b n r     #   #   # k #
[Site "London, England"]                      p p p p #   p p   p   p b #   p
[Date "1866.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # p #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   # p #   # p
[White "M Hewitt"]                              # B # P #   #     # P #   #   #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   # P #   #     # Q #   #   B K
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P #   P P P   P P   N p r n P
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R   #   R   #

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit, Jaenisch Variation}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 P-Q3, N-KB3; 4 N-K2, B-B4; 5 P-QB3, N-B3;
6 P-Q4, PxQP; 7 NxP, PxP; 8 B-B4, P-Q4; 9 B-QN5, BxN; 10 QxB, Castles;
11 BxN, PxB; 12 Q-R4, B-Q2; 13 B-N5, Q-K1; 14 Q-N3, N-N5; 15 B-R4, P-K6;
16 Castles, Q-R4; 17 B-N3, P-K7; 18 R-K1, RxP; 19 N-Q2, QR-KB1;
20 P-B4, RxP ch; 21 KxR, Q-R6 ch; 22 KxQ, N-K6 ch; 23 K-R4, N-N7 ch;
24 K-N5, R-B4 ch; 25 K-N4, P-R4 ch; 26 K-R3, R-B7 ch & mate; 0-1

[Game "6"]
[Event "GBR tour sim"]                        r n b q k b n r   r #   #   #   #
[Site "Great Britain"]                        p p p p #   p p   p p p   # k b K
[Date "1872.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     #   #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   # p #   r
[White "Fisher"]                                # B # P #   #     #   # p #   #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   #   #   #     #   #   # n #
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P P   P P P   P P P P   P   #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R N B Q #   # R

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 BxN, RxB; 4 PxP, P-Q4; 5 Q-R5 ch, P-N3;
6 PxP, RxP; 7 N-K2, N-B3; 8 Castles, B-KN5; 9 QxP, R-R3; 10 Q-Q3, P-K5;
11 Q-K3, Q-R5; 12 P-KR3, BxN; 13 QxB, N-Q5; 14 Q-Q1, N-B6 ch; 15 K-R1, QxP ch;
16 PxQ, RxP ch; 17 K-N2, R-R7 ch; 18 K-N3, B-Q3 ch; 19 K-N4, R-R5 ch;
20 K-B5, R-R4 ch; 21 K-N6, R-N4 ch; 22 K-R6, B-B1 ch; 23 K-R7, K-B2;
24 R-R1, B-N2; 0-1

[Game "7"]
[Event "The Hague"]                           r n b q k b n r     #   #   r k #
[Site "The Hague"]                            p p p p #   p p   #   #   #   p p
[Date "1873.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # p #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     p   # p #   #
[White "D Hermann"]                             # B # P #   #   P #   # b #   #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   #   #   #     # r P   q   # P
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P P   P P P     P   #   R P #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R   #   # Q K

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 PxP, N-KB3; 4 N-KB3, P-K5; 5 N-K5, P-Q4;
6 B-N3, BxP; 7 P-Q3, B-Q3; 8 B-KB4, Q-K2; 9 P-Q4, P-B4; 10 P-QB3, Castles;
11 Castles, N-B3; 12 NxN, PxN; 13 BxB, QxB; 14 P-KR3, QR-N1; 15 PxP, QxP;
16 N-Q2, P-QR4; 17 P-QR4, P-K6; 18 PxP, QxP ch; 19 R-B2, N-K5; 20 NxN, BxN;
21 Q-KB1, RxB; 0-1

[Game "8"]
[Event "New Orleans"]                         r n b q k b n r   R b k #   #   #
[Site "New Orleans"]                          p p p p #   p p   # p #   #   #
[Date "1848.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # P #   #   p
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   #   p   #
[White "Morphy, Paul"]                          # B # P #   #     #   # B #   #
[Black "Morphy, Alonzo"]                      #   #   #   #     # Q P P # P #
[Result "1-0"]                                P P P P   P P P     #   #   #   P
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   #   q   #   B K

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 PxP, N-KB3; 4 N-QB3, P-Q4; 5 NxP, B-B4;
6 NxN ch, QxN; 7 P-Q3, BxP; 8 N-B3, B-N5; 9 B-Q5, P-B3; 10 B-K4, N-Q2;
11 Castles, P-KR3; 12 P-B3, Castles QR; 13 P-N4, B-N3; 14 P-QR4, P-R3;
15 Q-N3, BxN; 16 BxB, P-N4; 17 B-K3, P-N5; 18 BxNP, B-B2; 19 B-B3, KR-N1;
20 B-K4, R-N5; 21 P-B3, R-N2; 22 P-N5, RPxP; 23 PxP, N-N3; 24 PxP, QR-N1;
25 R-B2, Q-Q1; 26 R-R8 ch, B-N1; 27 BxN, RxP ch; 28 RxR, RxR ch;
29 KxR, Q-N4 ch; 30 K-R1, Q-B8 ch; 31 B-N1, 1-0

Calabrese (descriptive) 8

[Game "1"]
[Event "Miscellaneous Game"]                  r n b q k b n r   r #   # k b   #
[Site "??"]                                   p p p p #   p p   p p p   # r #
[Date "1876.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     #   # b # p #
[Round "73"]                                  #   #   p p #     #   # N p   #
[White "Amateur"]                               # B # P #   #     # P # p # q #
[Black "Gioachino Greco"]                     #   #   #   #     #   Q   #   # N
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P P   P P P   P P   P n P P P
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R   B   # R K

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 BxN, RxB; 4 Q-R5 ch, P-N3; 5 QxRP, R-N2;
6 Q-R8, Q-N4; 7 Q-R3, PxP; 8 N-QB3, Q-B4; 9 Q-K3, R-B2; 10 N-R3, P-Q4;
11 NxQP, N-B3; 12 P-QB3, B-K3; 13 P-QB4, N-Q5; 14 Q-QB3, Q-N5;
15 Castles, N-K7 ch; 0-1

[Game "2"]
[Event "Rotterdam"]                           r n b q k b n r     #   #   r k #
[Site "Rotterdam"]                            p p p p #   p p   p p #   #   p
[Date "1861.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # p #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   b P #   P p
[White "Amateur"]                               # B # P #   #   Q #   #   #   P
[Black "Adolf Anderssen"]                     #   #   #   #     P   #   r   #
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P P   P P P     P P #   q   #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R   B K #   # R

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 PxP, N-KB3; 4 P-KN4, P-Q4; 5 B-N3, B-B4;
6 P-Q3, P-KR4; 7 P-N5, N-N5; 8 N-KR3, BxP; 9 P-KB3, Castles; 10 N-B3, P-B3;
11 Q-K2, N-QR3; 12 P-R3, N-B2; 13 N-Q1, Q-Q3; 14 KN-B2, NxN; 15 NxN, N-K3;
16 P-KR4, N-Q5; 17 Q-Q1, P-K5; 18 QPxP, Q-N6; 19 Q-Q3, BxKP; 20 PxB, QxN ch;
21 K-Q1, NxB; 22 QxN, R-B6; 23 Q-R4, QR-KB1; 24 PxP, R-K6; 0-1

[Game "3"]
[Event "Vienna"]                              r n b q k b n r     #   #   #   #
[Site "Vienna"]                               p p p p #   p p   #   #   #   #
[Date "1859.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # P # k # p p
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     p   #   #   #
[White "Lenhof"]                                # B # P #   #   P #   #   P   #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   # P #   #     # P #   #   #
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P #   P P P     #   # K #   #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   #   #   #   #

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit, Jaenisch Variation}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 P-Q3, N-KB3; 4 N-KB3, P-Q4; 5 PxQP, B-Q3;
6 Castles, Castles; 7 N-B3, P-QR3; 8 P-QR4, P-R3; 9 P-Q4, P-K5; 10 N-K5, QN-Q2;
11 NxN, BxN; 12 P-B3, Q-K1; 13 PxP, PxP; 14 B-B4, Q-N3; 15 BxB, PxB;
16 Q-K2, QR-K1; 17 R-B4, R-K2; 18 R-K1, KR-K1; 19 Q-B2, N-R4; 20 R-R4, R-B2;
21 Q-Q2, N-B3; 22 P-R3, Q-N4; 23 Q-B4, N-R2; 24 QxQ, NxQ; 25 R-KB1, QR-K2;
26 KR-B4, P-K6; 27 R-K1, BxKRP; 28 B-Q3, B-Q2; 29 P-QN3, N-R2; 30 N-Q1, N-B3;
31 P-B4, N-N5; 32 R-B3, N-B7; 33 B-N6, NxN; 34 BxR, RxB; 35 RxN, B-N5;
36 R-K1, BxR; 37 PxB, K-B2; 38 P-B5, PxP; 39 PxP, R-K4; 40 P-B6, PxP;
41 PxP, K-K3; 42 K-B1, P-K7 ch; 43 RxP, RxR; 44 KxR, P-QR4; 45 P-B4, P-N3; 0-1

[Game "4"]
[Event "London"]                              r n b q k b n r     #   #   #   #
[Site "London"]                               p p p p #   p p   p p #   #   # p
[Date "1864.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # p #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   #   # P #
[White "Valentine Green"]                       # B # P #   #     #   r p # k #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   # P #   #     #   #   R   #
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P #   P P P   P P   #   #   #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   #   #   #   K

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit, Jaenisch Variation}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 P-Q3, N-KB3; 4 N-KB3, P-B3; 5 B-KN5, B-K2;
6 BxN, BxB; 7 N-B3, P-Q3; 8 B-N3, N-R3; 9 Q-K2, Q-K2; 10 PxP, BxP;
11 N-K4, P-Q4; 12 NxB ch, PxN; 13 P-Q4, Castles KR; 14 Castles KR, P-K5;
15 N-R4, B-K3; 16 Q-R5, Q-KB2; 17 QxQ ch, RxQ; 18 P-KB3, P-KB4; 19 QR-K1, N-B2;
20 PxP, BPxP; 21 RxR, KxR; 22 R-K3, K-B3; 23 K-B2, B-B2; 24 P-B3, B-R4;
25 P-KR3, K-N4; 26 P-N3, N-K3; 27 K-N1, N-B5; 28 PxN ch, KxN; 29 P-B4, PxP;
30 BxP, B-B6; 31 B-K6, R-Q1; 32 B-N4, BxB; 33 PxB, RxP; 34 P-B5, KxP; 0-1

[Game "5"]
[Event "London, England"]                     r n b q k b n r     #   #   # k #
[Site "London, England"]                      p p p p #   p p   p   p b #   p
[Date "1866.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # p #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   # p #   # p
[White "M Hewitt"]                              # B # P #   #     # P #   #   #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   # P #   #     # Q #   #   B K
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P #   P P P   P P   N p r n P
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R   #   R   #

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit, Jaenisch Variation}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 P-Q3, N-KB3; 4 N-K2, B-B4; 5 P-QB3, N-B3;
6 P-Q4, PxQP; 7 NxP, PxP; 8 B-B4, P-Q4; 9 B-QN5, BxN; 10 QxB, Castles;
11 BxN, PxB; 12 Q-R4, B-Q2; 13 B-N5, Q-K1; 14 Q-N3, N-N5; 15 B-R4, P-K6;
16 Castles, Q-R4; 17 B-N3, P-K7; 18 R-K1, RxP; 19 N-Q2, QR-KB1;
20 P-B4, RxP ch; 21 KxR, Q-R6 ch; 22 KxQ, N-K6 ch; 23 K-R4, N-N7 ch;
24 K-N5, R-B4 ch; 25 K-N4, P-R4 ch; 26 K-R3, R-B7 ch & mate; 0-1

[Game "6"]
[Event "GBR tour sim"]                        r n b q k b n r   r #   #   #   #
[Site "Great Britain"]                        p p p p #   p p   p p p   # k b K
[Date "1872.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     #   #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   # p #   r
[White "Fisher"]                                # B # P #   #     #   # p #   #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   #   #   #     #   #   # n #
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P P   P P P   P P P P   P   #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R N B Q #   # R

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 BxN, RxB; 4 PxP, P-Q4; 5 Q-R5 ch, P-N3;
6 PxP, RxP; 7 N-K2, N-B3; 8 Castles, B-KN5; 9 QxP, R-R3; 10 Q-Q3, P-K5;
11 Q-K3, Q-R5; 12 P-KR3, BxN; 13 QxB, N-Q5; 14 Q-Q1, N-B6 ch; 15 K-R1, QxP ch;
16 PxQ, RxP ch; 17 K-N2, R-R7 ch; 18 K-N3, B-Q3 ch; 19 K-N4, R-R5 ch;
20 K-B5, R-R4 ch; 21 K-N6, R-N4 ch; 22 K-R6, B-B1 ch; 23 K-R7, K-B2;
24 R-R1, B-N2; 0-1

[Game "7"]
[Event "The Hague"]                           r n b q k b n r     #   #   r k #
[Site "The Hague"]                            p p p p #   p p   #   #   #   p p
[Date "1873.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # p #   #   #
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     p   # p #   #
[White "D Hermann"]                             # B # P #   #   P #   # b #   #
[Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"]                    #   #   #   #     # r P   q   # P
[Result "0-1"]                                P P P P   P P P     P   #   R P #
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   R   #   # Q K

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 PxP, N-KB3; 4 N-KB3, P-K5; 5 N-K5, P-Q4;
6 B-N3, BxP; 7 P-Q3, B-Q3; 8 B-KB4, Q-K2; 9 P-Q4, P-B4; 10 P-QB3, Castles;
11 Castles, N-B3; 12 NxN, PxN; 13 BxB, QxB; 14 P-KR3, QR-N1; 15 PxP, QxP;
16 N-Q2, P-QR4; 17 P-QR4, P-K6; 18 PxP, QxP ch; 19 R-B2, N-K5; 20 NxN, BxN;
21 Q-KB1, RxB; 0-1

[Game "8"]
[Event "New Orleans"]                         r n b q k b n r   R b k #   #   #
[Site "New Orleans"]                          p p p p #   p p   # p #   #   #
[Date "1848.??.??"]                             #   #   #   #     # P #   #   p
[Round "?"]                                   #   #   p p #     #   #   p   #
[White "Morphy, Paul"]                          # B # P #   #     #   # B #   #
[Black "Morphy, Alonzo"]                      #   #   #   #     # Q P P # P #
[Result "1-0"]                                P P P P   P P P     #   #   #   P
[ECO "C23"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   #   q   #   B K

{Bishop's Opening, Calabrese Counter-Gambit}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, P-KB4; 3 PxP, N-KB3; 4 N-QB3, P-Q4; 5 NxP, B-B4;
6 NxN ch, QxN; 7 P-Q3, BxP; 8 N-B3, B-N5; 9 B-Q5, P-B3; 10 B-K4, N-Q2;
11 Castles, P-KR3; 12 P-B3, Castles QR; 13 P-N4, B-N3; 14 P-QR4, P-R3;
15 Q-N3, BxN; 16 BxB, P-N4; 17 B-K3, P-N5; 18 BxNP, B-B2; 19 B-B3, KR-N1;
20 B-K4, R-N5; 21 P-B3, R-N2; 22 P-N5, RPxP; 23 PxP, N-N3; 24 PxP, QR-N1;
25 R-B2, Q-Q1; 26 R-R8 ch, B-N1; 27 BxN, RxP ch; 28 RxR, RxR ch;
29 KxR, Q-N4 ch; 30 K-R1, Q-B8 ch; 31 B-N1, 1-0

Concerning the above, font needs to be courier new, regular, size 10, and the style traditional, in Word, for the board position proportions, to tidy up a copy. It then comes up well as PDF booklets. This is an interesting opening, long in disrepute but fun. A case in point for comparing the two encodings, output by CT&PM, as a learning tool for descriptive notation.

It has been some time, but I am revising much, finding many bugs, adding useful capabilities, help facilities more optional, and cosmetics - a slow job with work commitments, but commuting time well spent and more entertaining. Those using what is currently available may be pleased to know a new version is not far away. Databases compiled will be upward compatible, but annotation will be corrected according to CT&PM's Export 8 standard under the Unorthodox Specifications option in the main menu (including ECO tags, nested commentry, traditional punctuation with ! & ?, and such mods as seem dictated by popular useage and utility.)

Of course, retain all original downloaded PGN for recompiling DATABASES in the future, or for reference or other requirements.

There are still improvements to be made, help dialogue to be revised, and testing en passant, but the 2.03 release or "Chess Translator & PGN Manager" is now available, and a vast improvement on the previous version. It makes chess study and research easy, using a database of games which it can create for you from downloaded PGN. The Change log with the package will give some idea of the work that has been completed for now. I will continue meanwhile, under less pressure, with the above. Have fun.

The other downloads have also been updated except the concise "Odds Ratings" textbook prototype. I believe this mathematics can allow perfect ranking of chess players across the globe, on the net, in alarmingly short order. Being derived from elementary probability theory, the generated ratings rapidly converge to yield accurate probabilities. The simulator "Swiss Immaculate" verifies its efficacy in tournament practice with transparent calculations.

You may also find many useful features for WAV music to M4A codec conversion, and an array of file and folder management utilities in "Music Converter & Folder Manager".

http://www.swissimmaculate.com/

Hoping to complete (to my satisfaction) CT&PM in the near future. Thanks for your interest and support.

There has been a great deal of improvement of fundumental menu routines and other, and elaborate and extensive help facilities, properly formatted, added to almost every one. Also a surprise addition to  our version 3.00, which I am sure will be very much appreciated. This will soon be complete, and your waiting should prove worthwhile. I thought I'd better let you know I'm still alive and well.

How does one denote pieces obtained from pawn promotion in descriptive notation anyway?

For example: 56. f8=Q would be 56. P8KB=Q if I'm not wrong.

Here is a game from my 'CURIOS" collection, as produced by CT&PM, which contains promotions. A postition with five queens arises. You will be able to compare the algebraic & descriptive encoding. Set Notepad to font: Courier New, Regular, size 10, if you copy the games, or the board positions will be messed up, as here. The algebraic version, necessarily without board positions, is required for PGN Viewers.

[Event "Rudenko mem"]                         r n b q k b   r     #   #   #   #
[Site "St Petersburg RUS"]                    p p p p # p p p   #   #   #   K P
[Date "2005.08.24"]                             #   #   n   #     k p #   Q   #
[Round "5"]                                   #   #   p   #     p   #   q   #
[White "Milyaeva, N"]                           # B # P #   #     #   #   #   #
[Black "Bezgodova, M"]                        #   #   #   #     #   #   # Q #
[Result "1-0"]                                P P P P   P P P     #   #   #   #
[ECO "C24"]                                   R N B Q K   N R   #   #   #   #
[WHITEELO "1949"]
[BLACKELO "1936"]

{Bishop's Opening, Berlin Defence}
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Ne2 Be6 6. O-O Nc6 7. a3 Qd7
8. Ng3 O-O-O 9. Bd2 f6 10. b4 Nf4 11. Bb5 Qd5 12. Bxf4 Qxb5 13. Nc3 Qb6
14. Be3 Nd4 15. Nge4 Qc6 16. Qd2 h5 17. Rfb1 h4 18. h3 Bxh3 19. Bxd4 exd4
20. gxh3 dxc3 21. Qxc3 Qe6 22. Kg2 Rh5 23. Re1 f5 24. Nc5 Rg5+ 25. Kf1 Qc6
26. Re3 f4 27. Re4 f3 28. Qc4 Bxc5 29. bxc5 Rxc5 30. Qf7 Rxc2 31. Qxf3 Qd5
32. Qg4+ Kb8 33. Rd1 g5 34. d4 Rf8 35. f3 Rc3 36. Kg1 b6 37. Rf1 Qf5
38. Re8+ Kb7 39. Rxf8 Qxf8 40. Qxg5 Rc2 41. Qxh4 Qxa3 42. Qe4+ Rc6 43. d5 Rd6
44. h4 a5 45. Rd1 b5 46. Rd3 Qc1+ 47. Kf2 b4 48. h5 Qh6 49. Qg4 Rb6 50. f4 b3
51. Qf3 b2 52. d6+ c6 53. d7 b1=Q 54. d8=Q Rb2+ 55. Rd2 Rxd2+ 56. Qxd2 Qb6+
57. Kg3 Qg1+ 58. Kh3 Qb6 59. Qd7+ Ka8 60. Qe8+ Ka7 61. Qg6 Qh8 62. h6 Qc8+
63. f5 Qc5 64. h7 Q8f8 65. Kg4 Qc4+ 66. Kh5 Qe7 67. f6 Qe5+ 68. Kh6 Qh4+
69. Kg7 Qc7+ 70. Kh8 Qd8+ 71. Qg8 Qd6 72. Qg7+ Kb6 73. f7 Qhe7 74. f8=Q Qxg7+
75. Kxg7 Qe5+ 76. Q8f6 1-0

{Bishop's Opening, Berlin Defence}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 B-B4, N-KB3; 3 P-Q3, P-Q4; 4 PxP, NxP; 5 N-K2, B-K3;
6 Castles, N-QB3; 7 P-QR3, Q-Q2; 8 N-N3, Castles; 9 B-Q2, P-B3; 10 P-N4, N-B5;
11 B-N5, Q-Q4; 12 BxKN, QxB; 13 N-B3, Q-N3; 14 B-K3, N-Q5; 15 KN-K4, Q-B3;
16 Q-Q2, P-KR4; 17 KR-N1, P-R5; 18 P-R3, BxRP; 19 BxN, PxB; 20 PxB, PxN;
21 QxP, Q-K3; 22 K-N2, R-R4; 23 R-K1, P-KB4; 24 N-B5, R-N4 ch; 25 K-B1, Q-QB3;
26 R-K3, P-B5; 27 R-K4, P-B6; 28 Q-B4, BxN; 29 PxB, RxBP; 30 Q-B7, RxBP;
31 QxBP, Q-Q4; 32 Q-N4 ch, K-N1; 33 R-Q1, P-KN4; 34 P-Q4, R-KB1; 35 P-B3, R-B6;
36 K-N1, P-N3; 37 R-KB1, Q-KB4; 38 R-K8 ch, K-N2; 39 RxR, QxR; 40 QxNP, R-B7;
41 QxP, QxRP; 42 Q-K4 ch, R-B3; 43 P-Q5, R-Q3; 44 P-R4, P-R4; 45 R-Q1, P-N4;
46 R-Q3, Q-B8 ch; 47 K-B2, P-N5; 48 P-R5, Q-R3; 49 Q-N4, R-QN3; 50 P-B4, P-N6;
51 Q-B3, P-N7; 52 P-Q6 ch, P-B3; 53 P-Q7, P-N8=Q; 54 P-Q8=Q, R-N7 ch;
55 R-Q2, RxR ch; 56 QxR, Q-N3 ch; 57 K-N3, Q-N8 ch; 58 K-R3, Q-QN3;
59 Q-Q7 ch, K-R1; 60 Q-K8 ch, K-R2; 61 Q-N6, Q-R1; 62 P-R6, Q-B1 ch;
63 P-B5, Q-B4; 64 P-R7, Q/1-B1; 65 K-N4, Q-B5 ch; 66 K-R5, Q-K2;
67 P-B6, Q-K4 ch; 68 K-R6, Q-R5 ch; 69 K-N7, Q-B2 ch; 70 K-R8, Q-Q1 ch;
71 Q-N8, Q-Q3; 72 Q-N7 ch, K-N3; 73 P-B7, Q/5-K2; 74 P-B8=Q, QxQ/2 ch;
75 KxQ, Q-K4 ch; 76 Q/8-B6, 1-0

Eurika! "Chess Translator, PGN Manager & Calculator" is on the server for downloading, for the renamed Version 3.00 release:

http://www.swissimmaculate.com/contact-us

Be sure to check out the Root Menu Help option for some handy guidance in using the application.

I wasn't referring to the promotion itself, but rather how you then denote moves of the new piece(s) which were obtained from promotion. A new rook, bishop, or knight is neither "king's" nor "queen's", and multiple queens must be discriminated from each other as well.

P-Kb8(Q)

Not sure I understand where's the problem. Once you promoted a pawn, it simply becomes a piece which is on a 8th rank square. About multiple queens, you discriminate the same way you normally do with rooks or knights. For example:

1. Qae7# would be 1. QR7K#, 1. Qbe7# would be 1. QN7K#

I have posted this before, so bear with me.

For those who would like an online converter, there is one to convert from descriptive to algebraic here:

http://www.abdelnauer.de/js/notation.htm

A translator was the original conception for CT&PM. This is now the root menu option "Game Reader, Writer & Editor". It has now become basically a PGN Database Compiler, Editor & Searching Facility. Also, an Odds Ratings Facility has been added so that Chess Club Organisers can produce MEANINGFUL ratings for their membership. Also, this last allows programmers to quickly master the mathematics required to apply Odds Ratings to Net Based Chess Games for EFFICIENT & ACCURATE universal Ranking.

do you still say BxKBP if the f pawn is no longer on the f file?

What has become "Chess Translator, PGN Manager & Calculator" was originally intended as a translator to descriptive notation. As it developed, it also evolved. It will demonstrate, move by move, pressing the space bar, the translation during PGN file compilation. A rudimentary board & pieces are displayed to follow the game with. Its practical usefulness resided mainly in providing a learning aid for descriptive, to unlock the brilliant books written in descriptive, or to translate them maybe. PGN compiled to the database may be filed again in both notations, and either will (since glitch removed) recompile.

   The evolution has extended to allowing many formats, identifying features such as the entire set of "endgames" (all piece combinations excluding pawns for both sides), "positional opening positions" (those arising from the defining variant moves), searching and editing the database(s) compiled from internet PGN, and filtering games to or from the database with an array of criteria possible. As such, it is a tool for researching many aspects of chess, including the evolution of opening theory itsef, or learning how to manage various endgames.

   The latest addition, the calculator, is to allow chess club organisers to rate their players & estimate pre-game odds (mentally!). For the sake of mathematicians or programmers, the understanding of how to make such calculations for rating purposes is made abundantly clear by simulation and on screen formulae. But for a bit of shine to come (hopefully few glitches), the project has reached an end otherwise.

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 Poemander says: "The only other thing you may need for meteoric rise is a mind like Jose Capablanca (observed three games at four years of age, and sat down to win three games against Dad)"

The only evidence that Capablanca learned in that way, and won his first game against his father is his own account of it.  Do we believe it?  If he was not deliberately making it up it could easily be a false memory.  Several things cast doubt on its truth.  First that it is so unlikely that a four year old, on the basis of watching a few games, could beat even the weakest of adult players.  Second, that we do not, in general, have accurate memories from early childhood. Third, there is no end of examples of famous people in all walks of life exaggerating their achievements and experiences, or just making them up.  And finally, when you read Capablanca's account, it just does not ring true. 

Many a truth does not ring true on the basis of common experience. Worse still is spin from vested interests and centuries of its effects. Every lie is a roadblock in the mind. What are we subject to? What of other "cultures", like the Jews, for instance, and their history, actively suppressed by academics since1900 and long before already contradicted. They exist and much more so. What then, is their history, if you would gainsay? I believe, as did Newton & Einstein (my idea of scientists), that the diversity of humanity is a result of reincarnation. I have met or know of people with strange stories, like memories in their childhood years of dying in the Civil War. What do we know for sure? Research in that direction is not tolerated. It would explain the recorded game by Capablanca at four years and ten months old, but nothing much else will. Neither are Edgar Cayce or Patience Worth (read "The Case of Patience Worth" by Walter Franklin Prince) to be accounted for by "mainstream" thought, if properly reasearched. "Sauron does not share power!"

   From "The Unknown Capablanca" - David Hooper, Dale Brandreth

Game 158 Ramon Iglesias - JRC

Havana, 17 September 1893

(Remove White's queen)

This is Capablanca's earliest recorded game; he was four years and ten months old and too good, even then, to receive odds of the queen. From moves 12-23 he exploits the weaknesses of White's pawn structure - is it possible that he already had a grasp of position play?

1 P-K4 P-K4 2 N-KB3 N-KB3 3 NXP NXP 4 P-Q4 P-Q3 5 N-KB3 B-K2 6 B-Q3 N-KB3 7 P-B4 O-O 8 N-B3 N-B3 9 P-QR3 P-QR3 10 B-Q2 P-QN3 11 O-O-O B-Q2 12 K-N1 N-QR4 13 R-QB1 N-N6 14 R-B2 P-B4 15 P-Q5 R-K1 16 P-KR4 P-QN4! 17 P-N4 N-Q5 18 NxN PxN 19 N-K4 PxP 20 NxN+ BxN 21 BxBP BxNP 22 B-Q3 B-B6 23 R-R3 BxQP 24 P-R5 B-K3 25 R-N3 P-N3 26 P-B4 B-R5 27 R-N1 K-R1 28 P-B5 BxP 29 BxB PxB 30 B-R6 R-KN1 31 R2-N2 RxR 32 RxR Q-B3 33 B-N7+ QxB 34 RxQ KxR 35 K-B2 K-B3 36 K-Q3 K-K4 37 P-R6 P-B5 38 K-K2 K-K5 0-1

Here's the same game in algebraic, if you would like to throw it through a viewer:

[Event "Odds Game"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1893.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ramon Iglesias"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNB1KBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

{Setup}
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. c4 O-O
8. Nc3 Nc6 9. a3 a6 10. Bd2 b6 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 Na5 13. Rc1 Nb3 14. Rc2 c5
15. d5 Re8 16. h4 b5! 17. g4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Ne4 bxc4 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6
21. Bxc4 Bxg4 22. Bd3 Bf3 23. Rh3 Bxd5 24. h5 Be6 25. Rg3 g6 26. f4 Bh4
27. Rg1 Kh8 28. f5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Bh6 Rg8 31. Rcg2 Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Qf6
33. Bg7+ Qxg7 34. Rxg7 Kxg7 35. Kc2 Kf6 36. Kd3 Ke5 37. h6 f4 38. Ke2 Ke4 0-1

   To assess the playing strength of Ramon Iglesias we have the following
record, in another treasure, using descriptive notation, lost to posterity without the Latin of the Past Masters. Note that this time Ramon Iglesias is the one given "Odds", in the form of playing a blindfolded opponent.

   From "Pillsbury's Chess Career" - P.W.Sergeant and W.H.Watts
              GAME No. 195.
                 _____
          HAVANA, 17TH March, 1900.
                 Ruy Lopez.
    WHITE     BLACK       WHITE     BLACK  
   IGLESIAS PILLSBURY    IGLESIAS PILLSBURY
 1 P-K4     P-K4      13 K-R1     Kt-R4
 2 Kt-KB3   Kt-QB3    14 P-Q4     B-Kt3
 3 B-Kt5    Kt-B3     15 Kt-B4    B-Kt5
 4 P-Q3     B-B4      16 Kt-K1    Q-Kt4
 5 P-B3     Q-K2      17 KtxB     RPxKt
 6 Castles  Castles   18 B-Kt3    R-Kt2
 7 B-Kt5    P-KR3     19 B-B4     QR-KKt1
 8 B-KR4(1) P-Q3      20 Q-B1(3)  Kt-B5
 9 QKt-Q2   K-R1      21 Q-K3     B-R6
10 Q-B2     P-Kt4     22 R-KKt1   BxP ch
11 BxN      KKtPxB(2) 23 KtxB     P-R6
12 B-R4     R-KKt1       White resigns
 (1) B-K3 is commended in preference to this, which invites a King side
attack.
 (2) Pillsbury does not hesitate to break up his Pawns, in view of the open
file which he gets. But then he was not meeting a master in a tournament game on this occasion.
 (3) This is useless. P-B3 seems playable. Now Black finishes with a few
powerful moves.
 (4) 24 Q-Kt3, PxKt ch; 25 RxP, Q-B3, etc.
                 _____
   You will notice that the syntax and symbols of descriptive here varies too greatly for early computers to interpret. The solution was algebraic - vastly simplified. Here again is the above for the viewers.

[Event "Blindfold"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1900.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ramon Iglesias"]
[Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]

{Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence}
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 Qe7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
{B-K3 is commended in preference to this, which invites a King side attack.}
8... d6 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. Qc2 g5 11. Bxc6 gxh4 {Pillsbury does not hesitate to
break up his Pawns, in view of the open file which he gets. But then he was not
meeting a master in a tournament game on this occasion.} 12. Ba4 Rg8
13. Kh1 Nh5 14. d4 Bb6 15. Nc4 Bg4 16. Ne1 Qg5 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bb3 Rg7
19. Bc4 Rag8 20. Qc1 {This is useless. P-B3 seems playable. Now Black finishes
with a few powerful moves.} 20... Nf4 21. Qe3 Bh3 22. Rg1 Bxg2+ 23. Nxg2 h3
24. Qg3 hxg2+ 25. Rxg2 Qf6 0-1

   The third generation language Pascal has made translation to and from
descriptive feasible, but with a well defined syntax required.

[Event "Blindfold"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1900.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ramon Iglesias"]
[Black "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]

{Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence}
1 P-K4, P-K4; 2 N-KB3, N-QB3; 3 B-N5, N-B3; 4 P-Q3, B-B4; 5 P-B3, Q-K2;
6 Castles, Castles; 7 B-N5, P-KR3; 8 B-KR4, {B-K3 is commended in preference to
this, which invites a King side attack.} 8 ..., P-Q3; 9 QN-Q2, K-R1;
10 Q-B2, P-N4; 11 BxN, PxQB; {Pillsbury does not hesitate to break up his
Pawns, in view of the open file which he gets. But then he was not meeting a
master in a tournament game on this occasion.} 12 B-R4, R-KN1; 13 K-R1, N-R4;
14 P-Q4, B-N3; 15 N-B4, B-N5; 16 N-K1, Q-N4; 17 NxB, RPxN; 18 B-N3, R-N2;
19 B-B4, QR-KN1; 20 Q-B1, {This is useless. P-B3 seems playable. Now Black
finishes with a few powerful moves.} 20 ..., N-B5; 21 Q-K3, B-R6;
22 R-KN1, BxP ch; 23 NxB, P-R6; 24 Q-N3, PxN ch; 25 RxP, Q-B3; 0-1

   These two games of Ramon Iglesias are evidence of the great diversity of talents found throughout humanity (see MAT 25:14-46 KJV for the origin of the current interpreation of the word "talent"). In Chess, proportions of points won between any two players is possible, and ratings based on these measure playing strength. "On the chessboard lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of lies; the merciless fact, culmination in checkmate, contradicts the hypocrites." Emanuel Lasker.

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