David Pruess Win In 6

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     David Pruess won this game in only 18 moves.
Can you find the final 6 moves that led to his
opponent's resignation?


Bonus: Can you name his opponent?

 


    
    

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At the time his opponent was rated 272 points higher.

Avatar of ozzie_c_cobblepot

No idea, but cool finish. Can you add a later post which gives some lines of analysis?

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     Perhaps David Pruess will provide analysis, as I'm not good enough to grasp
all the moves.
     I will see what else I can research.

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I was black in this game. I did not see anything better to do than the positional queen sacrifice, but in the final position white has an advantage.

The game was played in a tournament with a special rule that if you knock over a piece and then hit your clock, you forfeit. On the last move my opponent did just that, and an arbiter ran over and awarded the game to black.

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That's pretty funny.

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My mistake, as I posted this puzzle incorrectly thinking you were white.  I must have lost focus over all the excitement of the millionth member today.

It's still an interesting game.