A little confused by move 8 on in this game https://picasaweb.google.com/kpowers101/AverillPowersChessGames2#5609329967520742130
PxP seems it could take one of two pawns, and can't tell which is being taken?
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Ah i think I fixed it, I messed up a move somewhere, now it makes sense. Wow, I'm getting better at this :)
Rofl< i feel pretty stupid, finally figured out the ch stands for check in descriptive ;)
I'll try to do another one after work today, they are fun and instructive to play through.
Meemo, that would be brilliant! You are amazing. I have 9 games up, so check to see which are finished, if you look on this page: http://powers.kittysafe.net click on the images on the right, and you can see which are completed.
THANKYOU
I added the famous Dake game to the page as game #1, since that's the game most might know by Powers, in that it's been published in books on short game chess, and studied at length. Beautiful game btw, I highly recommend checking that one out!!!
You can play it out on the website.
I really like the way the photos of the score sheets come up alongside the game viewer. That's great.
Wow, that guy Dake barely had time to sit down! 
Here's the pgn for photo# 111:
[Date "????.04.16-18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Powers"]
[Black "Lieberman"]
[Event "Wisconsin State Championship"]
[Site "Milwaukee"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bf4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd5 11.Be5 Bf6 12.Bxf6 N7xf6 13.O-O Qc7 14.a3 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Ne4 16.Qc2 f5 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.Rac1 g6 19.Ne5 Kg7 20.f4 Nd7 21.b4 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Qe7 23.Rfd1 Bd7 24.Be2 Rfd8 25.Rd6 Be8 26.Rcd1 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Rd8 28.Qd1 Rxd6 29.exd6 Qd8 30.Qd4+ Kf8 31.Bc4 Kf7 32.Qxa7 Qxd6 33.Qxb7+ Qd7 34.Qxd7+ Bxd7 35.Kf2 Kf6 36.Ke2 Ke7 37.Kd3 Kd6 38.Kd4 Bc8 39.h4 h5 40.a4 Bb7 41.a5 Bc8 42.a6 Kc7 43.Kc5 Kd7 44.Kb6 Bxa6 45.Bxa6 Kd6 46.Bb7
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I do realize the scoresheet of your grandfather's game against Elo (Game #7 on your site) ends at move #44, and that no result is listed, but that almost certainly has to be listed as a win for Black, I'm sorry to say.
Black's position is compltely overwhelming. In fact, Black has a forced mate in four moves:
44... Bc3+ 45.Kf1 Qd3+ 46.Qe2 Qxb1+ 47.Qe1 Qxe1++
(I'm sure your grandfather would not want a draw listed, if he did lose.)
I looked for the longest game to convert. It might be this 91 move monster. (Image #100 and #101.) Here's that game:
[Event "Milwaukee Club Meet"]
[Site "Wisconsin"]
[Date "?"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ernest ?"]
[Black "Averill Powers"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. Nc3
Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. exd5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd5 13. Re1
Be6 14. Re3 Qd6 15. Qf3 Rab8 16. a4 Rb2 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh4 Rfb8 19. Rae1
Rb1 20. Qd4 c5 21. Qf6 R8b6 22. h4 Qb8 23. h5 d4 24. cxd4 cxd4 25. Qxd4
Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rb4 27. Qf6 Rf4 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxa4 30. hxg6 hxg6 31.
Bxg6 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 a5 33. Bf5 Bc4 34. Bd3 Be6 35. Bf5 Bc4 36. Rc5 Ba6 37.
Bd3 Bxd3 38. cxd3 a4 39. Ra5 Rd1 40. Rxa4 Rxd3 41. f3 Kg7 42. Kg3 Kg6 43.
Kf4 Rd2 44. g4 Rh2 45. Ra5 Rb2 46. Rg5+ Kf6 47. Rh5 Rb4+ 48. Kg3 Rb3 49.
Rf5+ Kg6 50. Kh4 Rc3 51. Kg3 Rb3 52. Ra5 Rc3 53. Ra6+ Kg7 54. g5 Rb3 55.
Kg4 Rc3 56. f4 Rc4 57. Rf6 Rc1 58. Rh6 Rg1+ 59. Kf5 Re1 60. Rd6 Ra1 61. Rd7
Ra5+ 62. Kg4 Ra4 63. Rd5 Rb4 64. Rf5 Rb1 65. Rf6 Rb4 66. Kf3 Ra4 67. Rb6
Ra3+ 68. Kg4 Ra4 69. Rd6 Rb4 70. Kf3 Rb3+ 71. Ke4 Rb4+ 72. Rd4 Rxd4+ 73.
Kxd4 f6 74. gxf6+ Kxf6 75. Ke4 Ke6 76. f5+ Kf6 77. Kf4 Kf7 78. Ke5 Ke7 79.
f6+ Kf7 80. Kf5 Kf8 81. Ke6 Ke8 82. Kf5 Kf7 83. Ke5 Kf8 84. Kf5 Kf7 85. Kg5
Kf8 86. Kg6 Kg8 87. Kf5 Kf7 88. Ke5 Kf8 89. Ke6 Ke8 90. f7+ Kf8 91. Kf6
1/2-1/2
You guys are wonderful... this project bringing my grandfather's legacy to life has been truly rewarding and meaningful to me and my familly. My grandpa had such a uniquely creative, open hearted, loving, playful, yet intensely disciplined way about him, it really shows in his chess, and you all have really helped bring this to life again for us and for that we are truly thankful.
If you look at GAME 7 on my site, click on game 7 and it errors, is there a 40 move limit? There are 12 games up but errors somewhere are causing only 10 to show...
Here's the PGN file if someone could check it out for errors.
http://powers.kittysafe.net/pgn/powers.pgn
Kittysafe wrote:
If you look at GAME 7 on my site, click on game 7 and it errors, is there a 40 move limit? There are 12 games up but errors somewhere are causing only 10 to show...
All 12 games show up and load fine for me.
Game #7 seems to have a problem with the final move for Black, Qxe1+. That's checkmate, so technically the move should be written as Qxe1# or Qxe1++. However, I find it odd that the java applet would be so picky about that. (I also am surprised that applet is "smar enough" to realize that's mate.)
However, that would be the first thing I would change. Try that and see what happens.
All other games load fine for me. (Using Firefox, version 4.0.1)
i did game 7 and it ended on move 43 for white according to the score sheet . Edcollins just gave you the reason why it should be a loss for white. Those last moves shouldnt be in the pgn unless you want to show it as a comment.
Beautiful. Thank you.
Bump :)
have plenty more games to do if anyone gets an itch :)
All the games are here: https://picasaweb.google.com/kpowers101/AverillPowersChessGames2#
Please check http://powers.kittysafe.com to see which gaves are already done.
THANK YOU!
Fixed it :)